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Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Judges Includes BetterWorks, CallFire, Idealab, and Tech Coast Angeles

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a perks platform for small medium businesses. After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. Alex Maleki , Member of New Venture Group at Idealab. sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.).

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Spotlight: LA Tech Judges and SuperDemo Bill Gross of Idealab!

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We have been holding off on this announcement for quite a bit and now we can officially announce Bill Gross of Idealab as our SuperDemo presenter. Bill Gross founded Idealab in March 1996 and serves as the company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. SuperDemo: Bill Gross. He is a recognized leader in the Voice 2.0

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Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Judges Include Mike Jones, CallFire, Idealab, Tech Coast Angels, Coloft

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Mike has over 18 years of business development, marketing and management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations. Alex Maleki , Member of New Venture Group at Idealab. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers.

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UberMedia Planning Twitter Competitor, Says Report

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It looks like executives at Pasadena-based UberMedia , the Twitter client application provider started by Idealab's Bill Gross, may finally be fed up with the firm's constant battles with Twitter. According to reports, it is planning to launch its own, competing microblogging service. The news comes via a report last night from CNN.

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How Thrively Wants To Help Your Child Reach Their Full Potential

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We''ve spent the past year and a half working with two of seven board-certified, Neuropsychologists, to develop a strength assessment test, to develop a strength profile for each kid. What age is the service designed for? Having been part of Idealab for awhile, anything you learned in particular from that experience?

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Reflections on 2016: Grant Hosford, codeSpark

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of seed funding and launching our popular subscription service for kids ages 4-10. Cheaper devices (Chromebooks and Tablets), better development tools (Unity3d), global distribution platforms (Apple and Google App Stores) and better business models (subscription and freemium) make companies like codeSpark possible.

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Interview with Andy Steuer, Punchcard

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The firm is backed by Idealab, and is headed by Internet veteran Andy Steuer. While I was there, I was product manager leading efforts to include third party content into the platform. I headed up product development to build out their portal services. Andy Steuer: It's actually out of Idealab proper.