Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Wonderful human being who is civically engaged, mother of 3, mentorer of younger founders, hard worker and arguer extraordinaire (so says her current Twitter bio). As a result we need somebody well networked into these communities already. She has been in operations in Seattle and Los Angeles. So there you have it.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2013

MuckerLab , the Los Angeles startup accelerator headed by Erik Rannala, is presenting its newest startup class today in a Demo Day. MuckerLab's prior class included such hot Los Angeles startups as SurfAir, Retention Science, Wallaby, and InstaCanvas.

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JANUARY 30, 2013

StartEngine provides $20,000 to $100,000 in funding to promising startups, and also offers up mentoring, office space, and help in getting those startups to the next stage. StartEngine's founders are Howard Marks, who co-founded Activision, and investor Paul Kessler.

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Santa Monica Startup Activision Commerce 178

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 19, 2012

Los Angeles launched its cleantech business incubator to accelerate development of cleantech start-ups by offering flexible office space, CEO coaching and mentoring, and access to a growing network of experts and capital. Friday, July 20, 2012 -- Green LAVA Meeting. LACIis the business equivalent of baseball?s

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

We also had awesome group of mentors that included: David Waxman (Co-founder of PeoplePC, Spot Runner and Firefly Network), Paige Craig (CEO of BetterWorks ), Josh MacAdam (Co-founder/CTO at Ming.ly Guests, visitors and teams mingled away enjoying appetizers and snacks along with this LASW’s 3rd keg. Rob Maigret. Scott Sangster.

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socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2013

What''s the idea behind the incubator--which gives its startups $20,000 in capital, education, mentoring, working space, and more--and how is it tied to USC? There''s a shortage of those types of people in Los Angeles. We''re giving them access to capital, mentors to build companies, and all here in Los Angeles.

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socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

There is a large menu of startup accelerators in the Los Angeles, but one of more established efforts in the area is LaunchpadLA ([link] The effort actually started as an informal mentoring program, but has grown and expanded to follow the accelerator model. We're really excited for the next steps.

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Class Mentor Startup Santa Monica 261

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2016

The Techstars Health Accelerator recently set up shop in Los Angeles with Cedars- Sinai�the second, Techstars powered startup accelerator in the city--in a move to help healthcare startups get to market quicker. It's hard to get that kind of rapid feedback, guidance, coaching, and mentoring in such a short period of time elsewhere.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2016

The Techstars Health Accelerator recently set up shop in Los Angeles with Cedars Sinai�the second, Techstars powered startup accelerator in the city--in a move to help healthcare startups get to market quicker. It's hard to get that kind of rapid feedback, guidance, coaching, and mentoring in such a short period of time elsewhere.

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Mentor Startup Coach Ideas 100

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 6, 2015

Straight outta Austin, MakerSquare has teamed up with coding school collective, Hack Reactor , to open a new campus in LA to help fill the tech talent gap and to provide the area with the necessary talent pool to continue the Los Angeles tech expansion (as a call to action for President Obama’s TechHire initiative).

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Touted as both the first and largest of its kind in Europe, the more than 300 attendees will go through a weeklong boot camp where they will network with other entrepreneurs and pitch to more than fifty business mentors and investors.

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Southern California Entrepreneur Mentor Mobile 180

Tech.Co

JULY 19, 2017

Independent media network WelkerMedia is launching the world’s first no-equity and not-for-profit acceleration program with a focus on digital activism, social impact and creative projects. arm is based out of Los Angeles, they also have locations in Hong Kong and Moscow, Russia. How It Works.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

They did development in SF and had the ad sales team in NY. At every entrepreneur event I through between 2008-2012 I invite Hamet because he was a great mentor for entrepreneurs. He reached out to younger founders and offered to help via his network at AT&T, Google, media agencies … you name it. Los Angeles'

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Kevin Winston , is the organizer of Digital LA , the popular and widely attended networking organization for the Los Angeles startup, web, movie, music, marketing, and social media community. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year?

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Dollar Shave Club Technical Review Santa Monica Southern California 272

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Many people don’t realize that the majority of the monetization of the Internet originated in Los Angeles but was perfected in Silicon Valley. LA By The Numbers.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 5, 2012

If you use the mentor-driven model that we pioneered at TechStars, you get entrepreneurs who are deeply connected with the broader entrepreneurial landscape. Many experienced entrepreneurs choose to go through an accelerator because of the network effect and the dynamics of the mentor help that they get.

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Startup Incubator Doc Mentor 270

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

I go to lots of events in Los Angeles, and there are many entrepreneurs who want to start companies, are bootstrapping, and everyone has a great idea and is figuring out how to launch their products and launch their startup. Second, be smart about networking. million unfilled jobs. We wanted to see how we could be the bridge.

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UCLA Education CIO Examples 159

CEO Flow

MARCH 2, 2009

Aaron is also the Program Director for Entretech’s Nitro.la , a non-profit mentoring network in partnership with USC, UCLA and Caltech, to help develop LA’s entrepreneurial community by “getting more companies funded in greater Los Angeles&#. 7:30a – 9:30a: CEOFlow working session.

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Santa Monica Los Angeles Finaventures Angel 40

CEO Flow

MARCH 2, 2009

Aaron is also the Program Director for Entretech’s Nitro.la , a non-profit mentoring network in partnership with USC, UCLA and Caltech, to help develop LA’s entrepreneurial community by “getting more companies funded in greater Los Angeles&#. 7:30a – 9:30a: CEOFlow working session.

Santa Monica 40

Santa Monica Los Angeles Finaventures Angel 40

CEO Flow

MARCH 2, 2009

Aaron is also the Program Director for Entretech’s Nitro.la , a non-profit mentoring network in partnership with USC, UCLA and Caltech, to help develop LA’s entrepreneurial community by “getting more companies funded in greater Los Angeles&#. 7:30a – 9:30a: CEOFlow working session.

Santa Monica 40

Santa Monica Los Angeles Finaventures Angel 40

CEO Flow

MARCH 2, 2009

Aaron is also the Program Director for Entretech’s Nitro.la , a non-profit mentoring network in partnership with USC, UCLA and Caltech, to help develop LA’s entrepreneurial community by “getting more companies funded in greater Los Angeles&#. 7:30a - 9:30a: CEOFlow working session.

Santa Monica 40

Santa Monica Los Angeles Finaventures Angel 40

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The program is based on a highly developed process created by entrepreneurial thought-leader and Ivy League educator Steve Blank , author of the book The Four Steps to the Epiphany. Customer Development. There is a mentor program that accompanies the class. Single founder teams are welcome but may have to work twice as hard.

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Class Mentor Startup UCLA 98

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Founded in London in 2006, the Hub is a global network of social enterprises with each individual chapter acting as a gathering place for innovation, technology, creativity, and positive change. Product Development: philosophie. Fun Fact: Los Angeles heavy hitters J.J. Make sure to check out Both Sides of the Table !

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Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

My partner Greg Bettinelli (worth following on Twitter) was recently named by The LA Business Journal as the “ Top deal maker in Los Angeles in Venture Capital.” In the end, if you’re not developing a deep bench of talented professionals who keep you on your toes, you’re bound to be disrupted.

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Venture Capital Journal Invest Santa Monica 150

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Your Software Development Partner. Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. Cadence, Intel, IBM, Freescale, Mentor Graphics, Synopsys, LSI, X-Fab, and many other leading-edge. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network. Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com).

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Southern California IP Orange County Glendale 140

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2013

In particular, funding for companies developing deep technology--software and cloud, as opposed to content and media--seems to be lacking. We saw an extraordinary opportunity, in general, and in LA in particular, to really focus in on technology in Los Angeles. That''s the reason we developed our own positioning there.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Mayer, Disney’s EVP of Corporate Strategy and Business Development. Accepted participants will receive $120,000 in investment capital to develop their ideas, along with mentor support from top Disney executives, including Chairman and CEO Robert A. Recall, in 2013, Los Angeles collectively saw $1.1

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Entertainment Santa Monica Ideas Mentor 102

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

venture funding and business deals, technology develops, and more from Santa Barbara. It's the source for keeping a pulse on the dynamic world of technology, reaching venture capitalists, angel investors, entrepreneurs, CEOs, social media. experts, developers, and many, many others. to San Diego. audience, please contact us to.

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SoCalTech Advertising Rustic Canyon Glendale 127

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Your Software Development Partner. Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network.

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Advertising Southern California IP VentureNet 113

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Internally, we look very similar to a tech company, in that we have a development team, go-to-market team, and product people, and the ultimate goal of what we want to accomplish is to create companies that can run independently, with their own management teams. That''s why creative people seek out Los Angeles.

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Startup Technology Incubator Silver Lake 231

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 16, 2013

There is a plethora of tech innovation going on in Los Angeles right now, and not only in Silicon Beach — but all over from downtown to the valleys to everywhere in between. New entrepreneurs are setting up shop and the city is encouraging tech development with exciting initiatives. s advisory board. To me Built In L.A.

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Startup Mentor Entrepreneur Platform 105

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Alex Benzer: My partner and I met here in Los Angeles, in high school. We're definitely Los Angeles natives, but we got the opportunity to do TechStars. We have some great mentors now. Thanks to TechStars, we've got an awesome mentor who's co-habitating with us now, and we're learning something daily from him.

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Startup CTO Coach Blogging Social Media 242

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Howard Marks is co-founder of Activision , and head of Los Angeles-based startup accelerator StartEngine. We were also about to build a really solid mentor network in a short period of time, pulling in about 250 CEO's and CTOs, from all backgrounds and locations. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year?

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Southern California High Tech SaaS Social Media 168

socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Los Angeles is the capital of on-demand apps, for just about anything you want. We have about 350, nationally certified, trainers on the platform, all vetted internally by us, and by our mentor network. Our model is focused on people developing a fitness program. We have about 45 partner locations in the LA area.

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Training Startup Orange County Malibu 100

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Amplify Mentor Panel in full swing. Amplify’s close mentoring is by design. Like good mentors Paul, Jeff, Richard, Oded and David as well as Chris and Kris create an atmosphere in which the motivated founders can take advantage of the knowledge base to which they are exposed.

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Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Please join TechZulu as well as Los Angeles tech savvy elite comprised of VC’s, Angels investors, startups and your fellow entrepreneurs, as we celebrate LA’s most exciting tech creations of the moment with the brightest digital minds and engineering talents this side of Fresno. 7:00 – 7:45pm – check-in. Diamond Sponsor.

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CalTech Idealab Tech Coast Angels Enterprise Forum 79

socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Last week, a group of four angel investors here announced their plans to create a new, accelerator program to spur the creation of an entrepreneurial community in the area around new startups. All of our mentors are investors as well. However, the main benefit is the one-on-one assistance of entrepreneurs, and access to capital.

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Orange County Southern California Startup Class 192