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Surveying SoCal's M&A Landscape, with David Siemer

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For the more questionable ones, ones with less sustainable differentiation, this time it''s a little tougher than a couple of years ago, and certainly much more so than 2006 and 2007. I think the incubators have a lot to do with it. an incubator in Singapore, and we do a dozen or so investments a year.

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LA Tech Startup Innovators and Fun Facts

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Founded in London in 2006, the Hub is a global network of social enterprises with each individual chapter acting as a gathering place for innovation, technology, creativity, and positive change. Incubator: Amplify LA. Fun Fact: One of the most prominent figures from their firm, Mark Suster t, runs a blog startups follow religiously.

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Interview with Matthew Goldman, Wallaby

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A few days ago, Wallaby ([link] the latest startup out of Los Angeles technology incubator MuckerLab unveiled itself, to solve just that problem. I was there for three years, from 2006 to 2009, in product management and working with retailers launching programs. We spoke with founder Matthew Goldman about the startup. What is Wallaby?

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This Week in VC – Scott Painter, CEO of Zag & TrueCar

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Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Danish VOIP technology company founded in 2006 by entrepreneur Tanveer Sharif. Current round: $4. led by Altos Ventures and Maverick Capital, with Larry Braitman. Total raised: $6.0mm. See: TechCrunch. Total raised: $10.5mm. See: TechCrunch.

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Meet the Investors & Tech Leaders Judging at Startup Night SXSW 2018

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Thomas Flake, Founder of PTI Incubator & Founder of bcause. In addition to that, Tom works with the National Institute of Aerospace and proposed the creation and funding of a small business incubator (Peninsula Technology Incubator or PTI). Eric Mathews, Founder and CEO of Start Co.

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Interview with Wade Eyerly, SurfAir

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Since 2006, I have been spending the last six years working on different models on how to make this work. The startup incubator actually found us. Wade Eyerly: I was spending 27 days a month on the road about seven years ago, and learned very intimately that there's something wrong with the way we fly in America.

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Why Technology is Driving More Urban Renewal

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Back in 2006/07 when I sold my company and then worked at Salesforce.com there were very few options in SF for technology folk to build their careers at big, growing companies. So we’ve seen an explosion in the number of startup companies and subsequently a huge burst in the number of incubators. Juniper and countless others.