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Interview with Matthew Jenusaitis, OCTANe

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Clearly, 2009 was not a good year, from the perspective of the technology innovation ecosystem. Technology and innovation has historically been the thing that has pulled the economy out of recessions, and I think that is especially true right now. For OCTANe to be successful, we want to see our technology ecosystem grow.

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Southern California Accelerator Report Card: Q1 2013

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There''s been a lot of activity over the past two years in the Southern California accelerator/incubator market, with numerous groups (Amplify, EvoNexus, K5, LaunchpadLA, MediaCamp, Science, StartEngine, and many, many others) looking to help entrepreneurs start and fund their companies. But, how successful have they been? Science Inc.

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How Serviz Plans To Conquer The Home Services Industry

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Zorik Gordon: We incubated this at ReachLocal, and spun it out in February of last year. If they are supposed to arrive in a two hour time window, we allow you to track that tech as they go from house to house. What's the story behind Serviz? A little less than a year ago, we relaunched it live in Los Angeles as Serviz.

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