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Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Judges Includes BetterWorks, CallFire, Idealab, and Tech Coast Angeles

Tech Zulu Event

So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer 2011 Judges! He is also an active investor with stakes in companies like Hipmunk, GroupMe, Facebook, Zynga (acquisition stock), and SV Angels. Sangster lives in Los Angeles and is actively involved in improving early childhood education. He received a B.S.

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Material Mix Monetizes the Trade of Recyclables

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28 year old Allison Carmen’s Material Mix began operations in June and she says its helping waste and recycling professionals reduce operating expenses and recover investment on inventory via a dynamic, web-based, customer regulated exchange platform with supply chain management tools. Role of College Education. Problem She is Solving.

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Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Judges Include Mike Jones, CallFire, Idealab, Tech Coast Angels, Coloft

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So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall 2011 Judges! Mike continues to be actively involved with early-stage start-ups as an investor, advisor and board member. Alex serves on the Board of Directors for Logsdon School, a non-profit school providing educational services to students with special needs.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. CEO hinted to WSJ that it may go public in early 2011. Configurable from desktop-based web-based UI. Moving into online education courses for 8 th -12 th grade in Summer 2010. Note that I’m not defining who numbers 1,2 are. Time will tell. Founded in 2007.

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Aaron Swartz | A Stranger in a Strange Land

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Swartz knew that creating useful programs to better educate people would not suffice if there were laws preventing us to freely access information. Swartz’s activism was fueled by his belief that freedom of knowledge gives power to the people. Activism, Lawsuits and Depression. Knowledge is Power.

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StoryBots Brings Edutainment to Second Screens | Delighting Kids

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Their mission is to make learning fun for kids — and life easier for parents — by offering personalized eBooks, videos, activity sheets and more.”. In mid-August of 2011, they created JibJab Jr. He also discovered that websites with activity sheets were very popular and had tons of downloads. He connected the dots.

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StoryBots Brings Edutainment to Second Screens | Delighting Kids

Tech Zulu Event

Their mission is to make learning fun for kids — and life easier for parents — by offering personalized eBooks, videos, activity sheets and more.”. In mid-August of 2011, they created JibJab Jr. He also discovered that websites with activity sheets were very popular and had tons of downloads. He connected the dots.