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Interview with Steve Poizner, Alliance for Southern California Innovation

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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. Steve Poizner: The Alliance is a new nonprofit, whose mission it is to bring together a lot of the amazing, unique assets of Southern California. Tell us what the Alliance is all about?

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Southern California needs to find its hub for it to develop its own tech ecosystem

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Recognizing the tens of billions of dollars that the Southern Californian region leaves on the table, because it hasn’t taken its rightful place in the American technology industry, a new group called the Alliance for Southern California Innovation has just released a report to analyze how SoCal can work to assume its pole position.

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Alliance for Southern California Innovation Names Andy Wilson As Director

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The Alliance for Southern California Innovation , the nonprofit founed by Steve Poizner to help bolster Southern California's entrepreneurial ecosystem, said on Tuesday that it has named Andy Wilson as its first Executive Director. READ MORE>>.

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Reflections on 2020: Andy Wilson, Alliance for SoCal Innovation

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Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, sposors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. Today, we have Andy Wilson, Executive Director of the Alliance for SoCal Innovation (www.alliancesocal.org). What are you most looking forward to in the technology/startup world in 2021?

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First Look SoCal Showcase: How Do You Create More SoCal Startup Success?

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That was the question at the SoCal First Look Showcase , run by the Alliance for SoCal Innovation and the Los Angeles Venture Association at UCLA on Wednesday. READ MORE>>

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LA, and Southern California's Surge In Venture Capital Funds

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Investment interests: Consumer Internet, eCommerce, enterprise software, cloud computing, financial technology, advertising technology. Managing Directors: Jeff Stibel, Kobe Bryant Investment interests: Focus on the convergence of technology, media and data (TMD), as well as in industries such as sports and wellness. Section 32.

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Steve Poizner Boots Up New Southern California Tech Nonprofit

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Steve Poizner , the former California gubernatorial candidate and former founder of SnapTrack (which he sold to San Diego's Qualcomm), says he has created a new group called the Alliance for Southern California Innovation , which will focus on further developing Southern California's entrepreneurial ecosystem.