socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2012

We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world this year?

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Dollar Shave Club Technical Review Santa Monica Southern California 272

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2012

The startup--which has the backing of such high profile investors as Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary's A-Grade Investments, Dreamworks, and Live Nation--also has some major partnership with entertainers like Madonna and No Doubt to create crowdsourced videos of their events. How difficult was it to get this to work on the technology side?

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Startup Entertainment Los Angeles Ideas 235

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 19, 2012

LA City Council Member Eric Garcetti will give the opening keynote for the inaugural Silicon Beach Fest , a celebration of digital innovators in startups and entertainment happening June 21 – 23. The moniker Silicon Beach refers to the technology scene in Los Angeles concentrated around the areas of Santa Monica and Venice.

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Rustic Canyon Santa Monica Entertainment Journal 104

socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2011

LA Cleantech Incubator , officially launched last week, and was created by Los Angeles Cleantech Alliance, a group supported by Mayor's Office, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Community Redevelopment Agency for Los Angeles, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, UCLA, USC, CalTech, and Arts Center College of Design.

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Southern California Orange County Incubator Tech Coast Angels 216

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

However, there's a new generation of technology driven startups who are looking to apply software and technology in a way that will change how movies are made, and marketed. Lots of them were in online media and entertainment. My co-founder, Taylor Mcpartland, is the entertainment guy. What's your background?

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Hollywood CTO Hire Social Media Platform 256

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses. He has also been a guest lecturer at Stanford, USC, and UCLA. 28 from 7pm-10pm in Santa Monica.

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Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

Silicon Beach Fest is gearing up to showcase the most promising startups and visionaries from across LA’s growing startup entertainment ecosystem. Mark Suster of GRP Partners and Launchpad was confirmed to keynote along with Nely Galan of Galan Entertainment, the first Latina president of Telemundo.

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GRP Partners MyLife Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 88

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 5, 2013

With unrivaled weather, a host of high-profile universities and unlimited array of daytime and nightlife entertainment, Los Angeles seems like a dreamland for young tech professionals and the companies hoping to employ their talents. And for good reason. DVDs are dying and streaming is on the rise. But it is the L.A. But as long as L.A.

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Southern California 98

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Prior to Tilofy, I had technical positions at Yahoo, Microsoft, and Samsung, ranging from development, to program management, to senior technology person on Samsung''s smart TV platform. Those three organizations have very strong networks inventure capital, entertainment, and academia, and put together the incubator.

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USC Southern California Organization UCLA 236

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2017

We sat down with Steve to chat about what the Alliance is working on, and why he decided to champion the growth of the technology industry here. We are devoted to the mission of supercharging Southern California's technology ecosystem, and help it emerge as a world class technology hub by 2025.

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Southern California Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur 170

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Los Angeles is an amazing place, and we have fashion, e-commerce, advertising, games, media, entertainment companies which I think make Los Angeles a phenomenal place. We've been able to get a bunch of applications already through word of moth, from talks at different classes, and most recently at the UCLA Business School.

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CTO Coach Startup Mentor Activision 194

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 22, 2013

Thibault Mathieu: Morgan and I were both in film school at UCLA. We were initially covering events like sports and arts festivals when we first launched a beta version of the WESAWIT app at UCLA. We are also working with new technology that deals with computer vision to help optimize the content.

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Social Media Startup UCLA Media 94

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. philosophie has worked with some of the world’s biggest names: Google, Nissan, Nintendo, UCLA, and more. Social Enterprise: Hub LA.

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Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

He began programming courses at UCLA while in high school and went on to earn a B.S. Early on GumGum began to experiment with overlaying rich media ads through Flash with photos until technology progressed and they moved over to Javascript. The technology is a work in progress that continues to evolve.

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Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

A market leader in content, music, entertainment, textiles, engineering, aerospace and trade. An innovator in technology, especially monetization. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. ” To me, LA will always be a creative hub for TV, film, music, video games and now technology. Not derivative.

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Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

And I realized that technology was bringing us closer. After a short stint at a community college for some credits I needed, I was accepted to UCLA. That’s why I’m so interested in technology. Early on at UCLA I decided that I wanted to work on the political side of technology. MM: What happened next?

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Training UCLA Technology IP 98

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. a social networking site for families), where the Yammer technology was developed.

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Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

to work on an entertainment-related technology project and have stayed ever since. This is a novel user interaction that embeds casual entertainment directly into the operating system experience, based on some fairly interesting underlying technology. Lou is a friend and colleague from UCLA Anderson.

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Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2013

An example of this is you might be a physician at Cedars, but also be a physician at UCLA and a physician at St John''s. My first was in a different space, in the entertainment and video space. The end user can rotate or access different enterprises from within TigerText. What''s the biggest lesson you''ve learned, as an entrepreneur?

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Yammer Startup Mobile Organization 229

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

This included stabilizing a historically negative traffic and user trend, reducing the operational cost of the business by nearly 90 percent and pivoting the product from its legacy as a social network to a social entertainment destination. Where: UCLA Anderson School of Management, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

LATechDigest

MAY 13, 2016

Enrou : Socially conscious marketplace started by UCLA graduates, and discovered by Troy Carter at the 30 Under 30 Summit in Philadelphia, where shoppers discover goods from all around the globe and support the people who made them through their purchases.

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Mentor Venture Capital Draper USC 75

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

The final showoff's have been selected, so that brings the count to a total of 10 showoff's plus a wild card from the demo night at UCLA (full list of showoff's below). He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. The speaker list just keeps on growing with some amazing talent (full speaker list below).

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Twiistup Riot Games UCLA Media 40

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Evening guests and judges arrived including Scott Sangster (President of LA Tech Coast Angels ), Farhad Mohit (Founder of BizRate/Shopzilla and Gri.pe ) and David Carter (Entrepreneur, Investor, Mentor, advisor at UCLA/USC/Chapman). Guests, visitors and teams mingled away enjoying appetizers and snacks along with this LASW’s 3rd keg.

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

Xconomy

JUNE 25, 2017

A Silicon Valley entrepreneur has set out to boost the startup ecosystem in San Diego and the rest of Southern California—and he already has scored a coup by partnering with Bill Maris, the founder and former CEO of Google Ventures, now known as GV.

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Southern California San Diego Startup Google 96