L.A. By Design
SoCal Tech Calendar
MAY 25, 2012
Thursday, May 31, 2012 -- SoCalBio Networking Forum in Los Angeles County: "L.A. By Design" Mastering the Nuances of Design to Win in an Increasing Competitive MedTech Scape. See [link] (more)
Internap's Los Angeles Data Center Gets LEED Certification
socalTECH
JUNE 11, 2013
Hosting and colocation provider Internap said today that its Los Angeles data center has received LEED Gold certification, the green label for buildings administered by the U.S. Internap announced its Los Angeles data center in 2011, and opened up the buildling in September of 2012. Green Building Council (USGBC). READ MORE>>.
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Innovation and Design for Social Change
SoCal Tech Calendar
SEPTEMBER 7, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012 -- Innovation and Design for Social Change. In conversation with Lorne Buchman, President, Art Center College of Design. We're excited to announce our new partner for our morning business series: the Gensler architectural firm in downtown Los Angeles. Bill Gross, CEO and Founder, Idealab.
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Urban Rebound-Los Angeles Conference
SoCal Tech Calendar
MAY 5, 2012
Friday, May 11, 2012 -- Urban Rebound-Los Angeles Conference. This event is part of Urban Rebound-Los Angeles, an exciting business growth initiative for women entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange and Riverside Counties, etc. See [link] (more)
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Urban Rebound-Los Angeles Conference
SoCal Tech Calendar
MAY 4, 2012
Thursday, May 10, 2012 -- Urban Rebound-Los Angeles Conference. This event is part of Urban Rebound-Los Angeles, an exciting business growth initiative for women entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange and Riverside Counties, etc. See [link] (more)
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User Experience Professionals Association of Los Angeles
SoCal Tech Calendar
NOVEMBER 7, 2012
Thursday, November 8, 2012 -- World Usability Day - Making Life Easy! Usability of Financial Systems, the theme for World Usability Day 2012, will investigate and advance the application of user-centered design methodologies to financial systems and services. Usability of Financial Management.
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Los Angeles Startup Ideation Bootcamp
SoCal Tech Calendar
FEBRUARY 29, 2012
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 -- The Startup Ideation Bootcamp provides expert advice with real-world practice. The evening begins with talks by leading startup Founders designed to teach you the components of good and bad startup ideas. Then, attendees can share their ideas with both experts and peers to receive constructive feedback.
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FastPay Acquires AnchorOps
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OCTOBER 11, 2017
Los Angeles-based FastPay announced today that it has acquired AnchorOps , a developer of electronic payment solutions for media buyers. AnchorOps was based in Westborough, Mass, and was founded in 2012. The two said AnchorOps' payment solutions were exclusively designed for media industry.
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Be Great Fest | Celebrating Los Angeles’ Startup Ecosystem
Tech Zulu Event
AUGUST 27, 2013
Meet the next generation of startup success stories at Be Great Fest in Los Angeles. 17, entrepreneurs, investors, civic leaders and other key players in the tech industry will gather at the historic Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, Calif. Although the Startup Genome Project named Los Angeles the No.
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In SF, tech crumbled the American dream — LA can do better
TechCrunch LA
AUGUST 1, 2019
Damian Bradfield is the president, CMO and founding partner of WeTransfer , the company that designs tools for the creative process. With San Francisco gold-plated, who’s to say Los Angeles is far behind? Los Angeles doesn’t need to become another San Francisco. Damian Bradfield. Contributor. Employee engagement and education.
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Big tech companies are looking at Hollywood as the next stage in their play for the cloud
TechCrunch LA
JUNE 28, 2018
in Los Angeles. Keeping the focus squarely on tools for artists and designers the company talked up its tools like Zync Render, which Google acquired back in 2014 , and Anvato, a video streaming and monetization platform it acquired in 2016.
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254 Green LAVA
SoCal Tech Calendar
SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
Thursday, September 20, 2012 -- Green LAVA. Green LAVA is the Strategic Interest Group of the Los Angeles Venture Association focused on opportunities and challenges coincident with the design, development and deployment of sustainable products, services and businesses. See [link].
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MEDICAL IMAGING INNOVATIONS
SoCal Tech Calendar
DECEMBER 3, 2012
Saturday, December 8, 2012 -- MEDICAL IMAGING INNOVATIONS: SMALL DEVICES - BIG OPPORTUNITIES. What do entrepreneurs, mathematicians, software engineers, physicists, physicians, biologists, anatomists, angels, venture capitalists and bankers have in common? Electrical engineers design and make the hardware.
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The Snap IPO Happened. What Next LA?
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 6, 2017
Mayor Eric Garcetti at Upfront Summit, February 2017 I first sat down with then councilman Eric Garcetti on the Ides of March 2012 — almost 5 years ago exactly. He was running to be the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles and he outlined his vision to “open up the city government to technology and innovation” if he were elected.
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The Shed is a startup out of Virginia trying to revive the rental-for-everything business
TechCrunch LA
SEPTEMBER 7, 2020
Rodgers O’Neil came up with the concept back in 2012 when she was working as a marketing executive for General Electric out of Boston. The Los Angeles-based startup Joymode was attempting to do much the same thing. That company sold to an early stage investment firm out of New York.
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At AngelHack Santa Monica, Teams Battle Sleep Deprivation, Nerves
socalTECH
DECEMBER 6, 2012
AngelHack, the self-proclaimed leader in hackathon competitions, completed its Fall 2012 season this past weekend with contests held simultaneously in five cities: Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, Toronto and Paris.
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Fifty years of the internet
TechCrunch LA
MARCH 18, 2019
When my team of graduate students and I sent the first message over the internet on a warm Los Angeles evening in October, 1969, little did we suspect that we were at the start of a worldwide revolution. The internet was designed to promote decentralized information, democracy and consensus based upon shared values and factual information.
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253 Access to Capital: Money to Mainstreet
SoCal Tech Calendar
OCTOBER 12, 2012
Thursday, October 18, 2012 -- Access to Capital Conference for Small Businesses. DandB Credibility.
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113 Startup Weekend LA | Recap February 2012
Tech Zulu Event
MARCH 5, 2012
Startup Weekend LA has grown to become a very special event here in Los Angeles. Those with their ideas selected were out on the prowl, looking to recruit the top designer or developer in the room. Wow — what a weekend. By 10:00 PM, teams were working away into the night.
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Social Media Week Lands in Los Angeles Sept. 24-28
Tech Zulu Event
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
Created by founder Toby Daniels , Social Media Week Los Angeles will focus this series of discussions around the theme of “Empowering Change Through Collaboration.” Monday: Los Angeles – The Social City. Why Los Angeles Is The Next Silicon Valley. A City of Angels: How Social Media is Bringing LA Closer to Utopia.
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92 Putting an End to the Dark Ages of Local Businesses
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 3, 2013
We spent a year (2012-2013) building a merchant acquisition machine and all of the systems to support bookings, calendar integrations, location services, etc. We then spent much of 2013 proving out the merchant model in one city – Los Angeles. We built “book it now” functionality in LA and then San Francisco.
Silicon Beach Fest 2013 & TechZulu Penthouse Featuring TZXSN
Tech Zulu Event
MAY 29, 2013
Silicon Beach Fest is LA’s original and largest startup tech entertainment festival, celebrating the burgeoning tech scene in Los Angeles. Silicon Beach uniquely features startup and Hollywood entertainment speakers at panels, parties, hackathon, demo day, startup showcase, and more events, June 19-22, 2013 in Los Angeles.
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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of
SoCal Delicious
MAY 6, 2012
63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies. Subscribe to RSS.
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Meet Launchpad LA’s Graduating Startups
Tech Zulu Event
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
Meet the Graduates: · Connectifier, which connects recruiters to potential job candidates, consists of 4 ex-Google employees and local angel investor, Terrence Yang, has dubbed Connectifier one of the best startups of 2012. YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7 YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7
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JS Saturday | Javascript Beginner to Advanced in One Day!
Tech Zulu Event
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
In a collaborative effort, Ria Consulting, LLC and Los Angeles Net Developers Group are hosting this event on November 10th, 2012 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California. Troy Miles , A designer and developer of software since 1979 writing games in assembly and C.
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AT&T’s 1.9 Billion Investment In Greater L.A. Area Expanding 4G LTE
Tech Zulu Event
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
billion in its Greater Los Angeles area wireless and wireline networks in a move to make communications in LA reliable and spread internet coverage and network performance. Gary Toebben, President & CEO of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce was also impressed by the firm’s move. billion Investment. billion Investment.
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68 How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 8, 2014
Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.
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390 Intro to the LA Startup Scene
Tech Zulu Event
MAY 16, 2013
Article after article points out that Los Angeles is on its way to becoming one of the most robust startup communities in the United States. The first “Intro to the LA Startup Community” back in October 2012 was taught by Sam Teller , Managing Director of Launchpad , a four-month accelerator program started by venture capitalist Mark Suster.
Spotlight: LA Tech Judges and SuperDemo Bill Gross of Idealab!
Tech Zulu Event
JANUARY 20, 2012
In college at the California Institute of Technology, he patented a new loudspeaker design and formed GNP Loudspeakers, Inc. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology and of the Art Center College of Design. Chris Dumler , Co-Founder of Los Angeles Startup Foundation.
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Bolstering the Partner Ranks at GRP
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 12, 2013
He co-founded a prominent accelerator in Los Angeles called MuckerLab , that has produced a number of impressive companies and he mentored more than 20 of them. It was perfect timing since in 2012 GRP raised its fourth fund bringing our total assets managed to nearly $1 billion. So I began talking to him about joining the fund.
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360 Submissions Now Open For Spotlight: LA Tech Winter
Tech Zulu Event
DECEMBER 20, 2011
Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of January 22nd, 2012. We leverage our network in the Los Angeles community to provide members with access to potential employees, mentors and investors. Demeter Interactive is a digital marketing and communications firm based in Los Angeles, California.
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79 Catch #Mindshare50 Talks Live on TechZulu
Tech Zulu Event
MAY 10, 2012
Bushnell is currently co-founder and chief game designer for Anti-Aging Games. This upbringing naturally steered him to Los Angeles, where he now works in computer graphics for feature films. Artists & InventorEric is an artist and inventor in Los Angeles, CA. and the Chuck E Cheese’s Pizza-Time Theater chain. Interview).
Miigle Revisited | A SoCal Startup With a Global Mission
Tech Zulu Event
JUNE 16, 2014
We first interviewed Luc in 2012, just as he was launching the prototype for Miigle. In 2012 Miigle was just in its beginning stages. How much has the product changed from where it was in 2012 and where it is today? Back then we invested very little in design. In 2012, you were not considering outside funding.
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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 17, 2012
Brad Feld visited Los Angeles this past week. ” Many people on the Westside of Los Angeles are using the term Silicon Beach these days to describe the amazing renaissance that is truly happening here. Let my try those for Los Angeles as an example: Second largest city in America with 13 million people. LA should be LA.”
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Spotlight: LA Tech | One Year, Recap, and Thank You!
Tech Zulu Event
OCTOBER 28, 2011
It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry. upStart.LA is a startup accelerator based in Los Angeles that helps tech entrepreneurs get their business up and going. Applications are now open for the January 2012 program. Community Sponsors.
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77 Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Presenting Companies at UCLA
Tech Zulu Event
OCTOBER 20, 2011
It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry. Where: UCLA Anderson School of Management, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095. upStart.LA is a startup accelerator based in Los Angeles that helps tech entrepreneurs get their business up and going. Event Details.
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102 How to Find and Hire a Developer
Tech Zulu Event
NOVEMBER 26, 2012
At Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood 2012 Kevin Winston organized a panel called “How to Find and Hire a Developer”. Try to identify developers that are flexible in their design. datatv.com – web & interactive mobile web development based in Los Angeles, Ask for Adam.
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Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Winter Presenting Companies at Caltech
Tech Zulu Event
JANUARY 30, 2012
He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology and of the Art Center College of Design. When: Thursday, February 2, 2012 – 7:00 p.m. Directions to the Spotlight: LA Tech Winter 2012. Demeter Interactive is a digital marketing and communications firm based in Los Angeles, California.
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AT&T Mobile App Hackathon | Superheroes & Geeks, Only in Hollywood!
Tech Zulu Event
AUGUST 6, 2012
On July 27, 2012 the AT&T Developer Program and Apigee produced the Mobile App Hackathon in Los Angeles, California. Spearheaded by Alex Donn , the event was designed for both technical and non-technical attendees to build apps over the course of a weekend at Io/La , an incubator/co-work space in the heart of Hollywood.
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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 8, 2014
Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Many people don’t realize that the majority of the monetization of the Internet originated in Los Angeles but was perfected in Silicon Valley. LA By The Numbers.
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376 How ChowNow Delivers Mobile Orders For Restaurants, With Christopher Webb
socalTECH
JANUARY 17, 2013
It's a huge development task to develop your own mobile application, connect into Facebook, and create an online ordering system--unless you use the software from ChowNow (www.chownow.com), one of the newest startups to get funding here in Los Angeles. It's designed just for our system. There are two other parts of the system.
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197 Plug.dj Raises $1.25M to Expand Popular Music Sharing Community
Tech Zulu Event
DECEMBER 11, 2013
LOS ANGELES, December 10, 2013 – Some big news for local startup Plug.DJ With their $1.25M funding round led by Javelin Venture Partners, the Los Angeles based company will be seeking to expand their team, further develop their product, launch new services and improve community support. About Plug.DJ.
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Gogobot GogoGives! | Interview with Audrey Lo
Tech Zulu Event
NOVEMBER 28, 2012
I am the Gogobot Community Manager of West Los Angeles. I have been with Gogobot since March 2012. I just started Gogogives in November 2012 and the first dinner was held at Anatolia Mediterranean Restaurant in Westwood, near UCLA. This program was designed to be a win-win situation to all parties involved.
Timing and why we’re all VCs
TechCrunch LA
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
Today, the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) published its updated economic forecast for LA and the Southern California region. Some more on metrics design and quantification. Quality tech news from around the web. Written by Arman Tabatabai. Carl Larson Photography via Getty Images.
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