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LAVA Names Kovacs As President

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The Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA), which supports local startups and emerging-growth companies, has named entrepreneur Kimberly Kovacs as the group's new President, according to the group. LAVA's day to day operations are managed by Executive Director Len Lanzai. READ MORE>>.

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Announcing The Socaltech 50: Southern California's Up-and-Comers

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Alex Kazerani and James Segil (shared), EdgeCast Networks (Los Angeles, content delivery network). event socaltech50 awards entrepreneur entrepreneurship feature dfr2013' There are also many movers and shakers here in the industry -- Jason Nazar at. Jerry Jao , Retention Science (Los Angeles, analytics/advertising).

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Angel Funding Advice

Both Sides of the Table

This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC. In most cases if you can’t get a prototype done you’re probably not an entrepreneur. Professional angels / former entrepreneurs / seed funds – In Silicon Valley there are people like Ron Conway, Jeff Clavier, Mike Maples and many more. That’s OK.

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Vizio and the Story of the Sleeping Giant

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I am currently at the annual VC in the OC program held in Irvine CA by OCTANe , an organization that connects people and ideas to resources and capital in Orange County. Over 600 people came to this event to listen share and network, including entrepreneurs, VC’s and investors.

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Interview with Kevin Strong, FutureDash

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We spoke with Kevin shortly before the holidays about the firm, as well as how he connected with Allan at an OCTANe event. Kevin Strong: I actually met Allan at an OCTANe event, back in March or early April. We built that to 50 people with funding from a VC in Ireland closely connected with the European company.

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

SoCal Delicious

Venture capital. Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. Social networking. Matthew Jenusaitis is the CEO of OCTANe , an Orange County startup accelerator whose mission is to connect people and ideas with capital and resources. Cloud services. Cloud storage. Enterprise. Acquisition. Developers. Infographics.