socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Private equity investment firm Blackstone said Friday that it is expanding its university entrepreneurship program, Blackstone LaunchPad , to Southern California. Blackstone said it is supplying a $3.5M The new effort is open to students in any major.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

We will also have some of the top companies present that each of the panelist has invested in. Our Panelist Include: Brock Pierce - Starting & Investing in Bitcoin, Games, and Gambling Businesses. He has also been a guest lecturer at Stanford, USC, and UCLA. Peter Csathy - CEO Manatt Digital Media Ventures.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2019

We got a relatively large client in 2008, after three years of chugging along, and that's when we knew that was the business we should be focusing on. Stacy and Darren, our other co-founder who's not here right now, actually graduated from USC. Did you take investment initially? What were you doing before?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2014

I had worked a year in investment banking, and Jasper was out of USC. In 2008, we started to throw around ideas, and eventually settled on this one. We have a great team on the ground in the Philippines, who are phenomenal at managing, training, and investing in staff. Before that, I was in New York, City.

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

I told him, I wanted him to invest his time. We actually wrote the business plan in a business plan class at USC. Elizabeth Amini: He's our advisor, and also chief game visionary. I asked him if he wanted to be involved, and he asked me if I wanted his money, or his time. So Nolan is behind the design of the games?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 13, 2010

Having followed the firm since its early days as a spinout of USC, we thought we'd talk with CEO Mark Tapling to get the back story behind the acquisition, and where the firm is going form here. Mark Tapling: Starting in March of 2008, Language Weaver really embarked on a growth strategy. Mark, thanks for the time today.

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