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Reflections on 2016: Rob Freelen, Silicon Valley Bank

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In 2016, our Santa Monica office more than doubled market share of early-stage companies. One example is Santa Monica-based hardware company, Ring, who transitioned to a hybrid business model that now includes recurring revenue. In the interest of full disclosure, Headspace is a client of SVB Santa Monica.

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REACH | Disruptive Technologies Impacting the Future of Gaming [Live]

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Tonight starting at 7:00pm PST we will be streaming and bringing you all the action live from Cross Campus in Santa Monica. Event Details: Where : Cross Campus 820 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90401. Scot has been an entrepreneur and executive responsible for the launch of several interactive entertainment ventures.

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Here are More Signs that LA Tech is Moving to the Next Level

Both Sides of the Table

This was 2005 when I had no exits under my belt, no blogs … nobody was looking. And a fourth partner – Jennifer Massey – will join from an entertainment background. Nearly everybody in the DC region had told me, “You must meet Mike. He knows every startup & VC in town.” He was a mensch.

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Interview Dan Dato and Bruce Brown, Upstart.LA

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I moved to the Santa Monica office of Microsoft Consulting Service. That was five or six years ago, 2005 or so. We've also been working on a location, and we have some places identified in west LA, Santa Monica. I moved to Southern California in 1992, when Microsoft transferred me to here.

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Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map

SoCal Delicious

On the other hand, Rosenblatt is one of the biggest reasons why I think Silicon Beach is the future of the entertainment industry in the United States. Coffin sold LowerMyBills.com in 2005 for 300 million and took that money into the Los Angeles startup sector. Matt Coffin – LowerMyBills.com.