socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2016

Los Angeles-based HelloTech , the on-demand, in-home technical services company founded by serial entrepreneur and tech investor Richard Wolpert, said it is expanding into San Diego, and has begun offering up its services in the city. The company now offers up its services in Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego.

San Diego 100

San Diego Orange County Services UCSD 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2011

According to Pasadena-based green marketplace firm OnGreen , the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and University of Southern California (USC) scored a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to help foster student entrepreneurs via a business plan competition run by the group called First Look West.

CalTech 165

CalTech UCLA Southern California Pasadena 165

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. I think there is also no denying the role that Richard Rosenblatt has played in building the LA tech ecosystem and spawning great entrepreneurs who followed in his footsteps. “There’s something going on in LA.”

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Truecar 376

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 18, 2011

Known for its entertainment scene which blossomed in the early nineteen hundreds, LA also has some of the best schools in the country in UCLA and USC. The event will offer a cocktail event atmosphere for tech enthusiasts a place to connect with the local tech companies, entrepreneurs and more established LA companies.

Beverly Hills 113

Beverly Hills West Hollywood Mahalo Santa Monica 113

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Are you an entrepreneur hoping to startup a company in the Los Angeles area? Southern California apparently has no shortage of investors, entrepreneurs, and others eager to help budding entrepreneurs. Howard Marks: We're a startup accelerator, which will help entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days.

CTO Coach 194

CTO Coach Startup Mentor Activision 194

Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

First, my thanks to Tim Draper for allowing me to use his song in my entrepreneur presentations at UCLA, Anderson School of Business and USC, Marshall School of Business. This song is the heart of soul of many entrepreneurs like me and I love sharing it. Anyone this rich must have lied. Chorus: He is the Riskmaster.

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Draper USC UCLA Press 169

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. We launched a Digital LA - Women series with four panels starring female founders, entrepreneurs, developers and PR, which will also continue into the new year.

Dollar Shave Club 272

Dollar Shave Club Technical Review Santa Monica Southern California 272

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 21, 2014

Los Angeles is the only place in the US with a collegiate hackathon, an event where programmers spend hours together programming and building, of that scale and the LA Hacks team from UCLA made sure it was awesome. We want UCLA to be the top tech school that comes to mind.” And they did a good job with it.

UCLA 108

UCLA Los Angeles Snapchat USC 108

Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

What’s business advice helped shape who you are as an entrepreneur today? When I was in college at USC, the president of the university at the time, Steven Sample, spoke to one of my classes about a book he had recently written on leadership. What’s your best financial tip for early-stage entrepreneurs? You get what you pay for.

Tips 83

Tips Entrepreneur Sample USC 83

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2017

There's a tightness which is squeezing the lifeblood from the entrepreneurs, even as it remains an amazing place. But, there is broad agreement that it would be a wonderful thing to get more entrepreneurs and venture capital into the region. The first step, is to attract more entrepreneurs. You want those investors to be local.

Southern California 170

Southern California Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur 170

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. Founder Collective – If you were an early-stage startup and wanted to be funded by entrepreneurs who had walked in your shoes before, you wouldn’t have to stretch the imagination far to think of what “Founder Collective” is meant to stand for.

Startup 304

Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Santa Monica 304

socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2012

One of the biggest complaints that local entrepreneurs have with Los Angeles has been a dearth of local sources of venture capital. I tend to invest in seasoned entrepreneurs or those who have the right experience in the particular industry they are in. What's the best way to approach you as an entrepreneur?

Funding 253

Funding Startup Invest Commerce 253

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2014

Sandra Itkoff – Entrepeneur in Residence, UCLA Institute for Innovation and Technology Transfer. Mike Swords – Executive Director of Strategic Research Initiatives and Global Partnerships, UCLA. The work he performs is a mixture of research and enterprise, with UCLA being a hotbed petri dish of industry.

UCLA 99

UCLA Technical Review Software Review Incubator 99

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2017

Some entrepreneurs might be surprised you didn't want to sit on a beach in Bali for the rest of your life�talk more about that? I got super, super fortunate that early in my career, I was living with an entrepreneur, Randy Saaf, who was running a company called MediaDefender. He sold it to ArtistDirect for $42.5M

Startup 113

Startup Southern California UCLA Technical Review 113

socalTECH

JULY 1, 2013

The incubator-- Greenwings Biomedical (www.greenwingsbiomedical.com), is led by Richard Koffler , a serial entrepreneur and angel investor in Los Angeles. Three years ago, I started the first of three companies in a portfolio out of the UCLA health system, VAL9000.

Incubator 217

Incubator Startup USC Tech Coast Angels 217

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2013

Despite a growing technology industry here in Southern California, local investors and entrepreneurs tell us there''s still a shortage of local, venture capital. I was just at USC yesterday, and they''re really focused on great things in science in engineering. There''s Caltech, the Claremont Colleges, Harvey Mudd, UCLA.

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Invest Technology Startup Venture Capital 159

socalTECH

MAY 8, 2017

When you think about the traditional clinical research opportunities, they are at the UCLAs and USCs of the world, the major research institutions. We met many years ago when we both went to UCLA's Medical Scientist training program, a national program that trains MD-PhDs.

Technology 133

Technology Study UCLA Research 133

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map. Tech startup accelerators dot the landscape, feeding investments into the waiting arms of the nation’s most intelligent and driven entrepreneurs. Miller was even honored as an Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” for 2011. Follow PandoDaily: Search.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

That technology is coming out of USC's biomedical department, which is part of its School of Engineering. When you think about it, working with the universities, it's not just talking with UCLA; it's talking with their engineering school, their medical school, their office of intellectual property. Thanks, and good luck! READ MORE>>.

Networking 215

Networking Research Startup USC 215

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

We sat down with Jamie�who has been part of LA's technology industry, either as an investor or advisor since its very early days--to get his perspective on where we are today, especially as it relates to all of the companies he's worked with over the years on a more global stage and in Silicon Valley, and his advice to entrepreneurs.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Conference Silver Lake Cornerstone OnDemand 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2013

The wide range of startups is great and creates more opportunities for new talent and entrepreneurs to join the Los Angeles area. A centralized startup community provides a stronger and talented group of individuals, entrepreneurs, and investors to communicate and build a healthier startup community. With Yahoo!

Report 104

Report Orange County Startup West Los Angeles 104

socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2017

One of the companies on that journey is Los Angeles-based Carbonics (www.carbonics.com), which is taking technology developed in the labs of USC and UCLA, and bringing it to use in the wireless semiconductor market. The company's CEO, Kos Galatsis , spoke to us a few years ago at the very beginning of their journey.

Startup 100

Startup Southern California UCLA Incubator 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

We've been hiring from all of the top schools�Carnegie Mellon, Caltech, USC, Berkeley, UCLA ,and it has taken a combination of deep learning, machine learning, speech synthesis, linguistics, and psychology to come up with all of this. We have about 25 people in house, and around 15 outside whoh have worked on this.

Idealab 173

Idealab Artificial Inteligence Startup Ideas 173

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more. We have many seasoned entrepreneurs who have built successful companies here and made a lot of money for investors and themselves. Entrepreneurs in LA spend a lot of time commuting up to the Valley. My biggest message is that for most this fear is overrated.

Company 290

Company Companies Technology Startup 290

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. SMASHD LABS First-Round Cohorts.

Mentor 75

Mentor Venture Capital Draper USC 75

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

Panels were based at hubs including Leadership, Branding / Advertising, Social Media, Entrepreneurs, Community and more. RT @OEInnovation #SBF why I live in #LA: intersection of #beach #tech #entrepreneur #entertainment. & Thanks to students and organizer UCLA comp sci Ph.D & #celebrity to pull off anything!

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

To solve that issue, Mike, as well as a number of other entrepreneurs here in Southern California, is in the midst of organizing Students4Startups (www.students4startups.com), a group which hopes to connect graduating students in the area to local startup companies. Mike tells us about the group: Mike, thanks for the time today.

Startup 206

Startup Technical Review Outsource Yahoo 206

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

There are always the hard core entrepreneurs, who will do anything they have to do get it done, and they'll work in the basement, they'll literally use their car as their office, wherever. However, we have broad groups of entrepreneurs and types of technology, which makes it challenging to develop programming around that fits everyone.

Pasadena 100

Pasadena Orange County Idealab CalTech 100

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 5, 2013

That kind of vote isn’t exactly encouraging to companies and entrepreneurs with new and potentially disruptive business models looking to plant roots here. Another idea was to tap into the talent pool at CalTech, UCLA and USC early using accessible internship programs through a public-private partnership with the City.

Los Angeles 98

Los Angeles Startup Angel Southern California 98

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

I was then brought into a fund as an EIR, an Entrepreneur-in-Residence for Epic Ventures. If you look at just Caltech, UCLA, and USC, and you look at our population base, we''re pouring out more engineers than pretty much anywhere. Entrepreneurs should seek those people out.

Startup 231

Startup Technology Incubator Silver Lake 231

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Brock Pierce is a 10x entrepreneur best known for pioneering the market for digital currency. He has also been a guest lecturer at Stanford, USC, and UCLA. Extensive experience as an executive, entrepreneur and as an investor. We will also have some of the top companies present that each of the panelist has invested in.

Startup 111

Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

This second annual fest brings together technology leaders, startup CEOs, investors, Hollywood studio executives, entrepreneurs, developers, students and more to celebrate LA’s dynamic technology industries with panels, workshops, hackathon, mixers, and a start-up showcase spotlighting 40 local startups.

GRP Partners 88

GRP Partners MyLife Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 88

socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Avi Kahan: I went to UCLA where I got my JD. Mitch Kahan: I graduated from USC, the cross town rivals with Avi. Avi Kahan: I think you have to have some kind of compatibility other than looks, whether that's hiking, or sushi, or something else, something to connect you with that other person. What were you two doing before InviteUP?

Mobile 100

Mobile Startup Ideas Sites 100

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Participating in this event also included world recognized security expert and Co-founder of Fonality , Samy Kamkar , Danny Schreiber (Managing Editor of Silicon Prairie News) and Rob Jadon (serial-entrepreneur and angel investor). Guests, visitors and teams mingled away enjoying appetizers and snacks along with this LASW’s 3rd keg.

Los Angeles 73

Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Southern California companies are second to only Silicon Valley in raising venture capital , there are three major universities to recruit talent – UCLA, Caltech, and USC – and a thriving startup community to mingle with. Los Angeles offers a great deal, both in terms of business opportunities and lifestyle awesomeness.

Guide 42

Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313