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LAVA Honors Richard Riordan, Local Technology Firms

socalTECH

LAVA inducted Mayor Riordan--who had a long and involved career in venture capital and private equity before his efforts in politics--into its LAVA Hall of Fame. In Best venture funding for clean tech, NanoH2O , the firm developing reverse osmosis membranes for desalination and water purification based on research out of UCLA scored honors.

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Changing the Face of Digital Signage: Nanxi Liu of Enplug

Tech Zulu Event

You might be aware of their products – perhaps having seen their digital media signs in your favorite local restaurant or bar, but what you might not know is their compelling founders’ story and unique company culture. Like Zach, he left UCLA to jump in with both feet. We asked if he was willing to take a pay cut for more equity.

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Changing the Face of Digital Signage: Nanxi Liu of Enplug

Tech Zulu Event

You might be aware of their products – perhaps having seen their digital media signs in your favorite local restaurant or bar, but what you might not know is their compelling founders’ story and unique company culture. Like Zach, he left UCLA to jump in with both feet. We asked if he was willing to take a pay cut for more equity.

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A Chat With Jamie Montgomery On How LA's Tech Ecosystem Has Grown

socalTECH

The universities are now more focused on the innovation economy, with schools like USC, UCLA, Caltech, the Claremont Colleges all bringing good people to LA. There's content, digital media, and enterprise, and obviously eSports is centered here, AR and VR should be centered here, though we're early on that so we'll see how that plays out.

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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

SoCal CTO

What were those and how is that changing now given how things are changing in social media? I'm working quite a bit with startups who are leveraging social media, but I'm finding it hard to predict success and metrics. And how can an early stage company think about social media relative to important startup metrics (see [link] )?

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

Both Sides of the Table

And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more. Los Angeles. People either love it our hate it. All the stereotypes and caricatures are overblown.

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Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map

SoCal Delicious

Graduating Magna Cum Laude with a BA in Econ/Business from UCLA and with a JD from UCLA Law, Brian Lee was a talented attorney. Richard Rosenblatt – Demand Media. A SoCal native and graduate of both UCLA and USC, Richard Rosenblatt led the growth of MySpace from an unknown to a household name.