Spotlight: LA Tech Was A Hit! | 1 Down 3 To Go!

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We would like to thank all who came out and supported the first Spotlight event of the year.  To those that couldn’t make it and watched the live broadcast we thank you and all the support you have given TechZulu.  Huge thanks goes to all the companies that presented, Michael Schneider of Mobile Roadie who gave a great presentation and who we were honored to have as our SuperDemo.

Here at TechZulu, we do our best to bring you amazing companies that are building great products.  Since we are based here in Southern California we really do our part and help the community thrive, and expose all the best that the Southern California technology community has to offer.  And last night was a great testament to that.  Amazing Spotlight companies, a fantastic audience, and great conversation sparked by the mixing and mingling of the academic and business worlds.

This was just the first of 4 Spotlight: LA Tech events we are putting on this year.  We have begun taking submissions for the next Spotlight event and you can submit your companies here.  Looking forward to checking out some more amazing companies throughout the year :)

For those who missed out last night the rebroadcast is up and highlights of each Spotlight company will be up soon.

Apple TV Winner

Congrats to the winner of the Apple TV courtesy of CoLoft!

Justin Hong

The Line up:

Graphight is the ultimate networking tool. By aggregating all of your existing address books and professional networks, it tracks who you know and how well you know them so that you can systematically enhance the value of your business network.

Smartvark is a deal-hunting personal assistant! No more junk – just the deals that match your tastes. They are lining up some awesome deals and exclusive events for their debut in Los Angeles, sign up now to be first to get an invite when they launch in your area.

QLess replaces physical lines and waiting rooms with virtual, mobile lines. Customers can enter the line from their cell phones, touch screen kiosks, or the Web. Or, employees can add them to the line from QLess Queue Manager. Customers can roam freely while they wait.
QLess sends them an SMS or calls shortly before their turn arrives.


You Rock digital designs and manufactures digital musical instruments that bridge the gap between gaming and real music. Our fist product, the You Rock Guitar is an advanced musical instrument as well as a video game controller.


daqri is unparalleled augmented reality technology mixed with QR code capabilities.

Spotlight: LA Tech will have a special SuperDemo presented by Michael Schneider of Mobile Roadie.  Michael spoke about the mobile landscape, why its important, along with giving a presentations about his company and why he chose to build it here in Los Angeles.  Mobile Roadie is a platform that allows anyone to quickly, easily, and inexpensively build and manage an iPhone, Andriod, Blackberry app. Mobile Roadie supports many interactive features like photo galleries, streaming music that can be linked for purchase on iTunes, YouTube videos, a fan wall, through which you can post comments and photos and also share them with your friends and even live stream viewing capabilities to name a few. Mobile Roadie’s also provides access to an intuitive CMS which makes updating photos, video, managing comments, and posting news an easy process.

Thanks To Our Sponsors!

We also wanted to take this opportunity to thank our sponsors. Because of your support, we are able to make this all happen and help do our part in helping our community grow.

Diamond Sponsor


At CallFire.com, they try to make using VoIP, simple. They are dedicated to providing high-availability systems, beautiful user interfaces, furious developer support and unparalleled customer care. They are a unique group of intellectuals with aspirations to truly change how companies do business.

CallFire.com is a small company with fewer than 20 employees located in beautiful Santa Monica. As of May 2010, CallFire has over 20,000 customers! We’re just an hour from the snow and steps from the beach. We work harder than we play, and we play harder than most!

Community Sponsors


(mt) Media Temple, Inc. is a web hosting and virtualization service provider headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Since 1998, the company has provided businesses around the world with reliable, professional-class services to host websites, email, business applications, and other rich Internet content.

They are giving out discount codes for (gs), (dv), or (ve) servers and a few extra goodies to all who signup for the event!


The Coloft is a space for entrepreneurs, independents, startups, programmers, designers, professionals, and awesome people in general. Because putting all of us together results in amazing things –together we are even more brilliant than we are alone.

Get Involved!

We currently have sponsorship slots open If you would like to be part of this amazing event and show your support for TechZulu.  Contact us at sponsor@techzulu.com.

  • Sponsorship Opportunities for Events, and other channels
  • Sponsored giveaways and contests
  • Custom ad deals and partnerships

Efren Toscano

Efren Toscano founded TechZulu in the heart of Southern California: Orange County. Focused on providing a platform to showcase all that is happening here in the tech and media space. TechZulu is rapidly growing to be the hub for Southern California technology companies news source. Efren has been chosen as one of LA Weekly's People of 2009 and selected as a Top 20 MostPublic Individuals in Los Angeles in Tech and Biz by NowPublic. He divides his time between San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles and tech events around the US.

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