SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

Saturday, November 17, 2012 -- Startup Weekend Los Angeles. Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. Ever wondered what it takes to be an entrepreneur?

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NOVEMBER 10, 2012

Friday, November 16, 2012 -- Startup Weekend Los Angeles. Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. Ever wondered what it takes to be an entrepreneur?

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2012 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Tuesday Jan. We have a line up of amazing speakers who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2012. Mike is actively involved with early-stage start-ups as an investor, advisor and board member.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Sunday, February 26, 2012 -- Los Angeles Startup Weekend. Come join the communities finest and launch a new startup! After the wildly successful event last time in Santa Monica, we are excited to be coming back! See [link] (more)

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NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 -- Red Herring Global 2012 will gather CEOs of groundbreaking startups from around the world, influential venture capitalists and investors in Los Angeles on November 27- 29. The creme de la creme of the 100 most groundbreaking global startups will be honored at this special event.

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Los Angeles Startup Technology Angel 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2015

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). Rose, according to his recent book, “ Angel Investing.” Neither does David S.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2012

Saturday, February 25, 2012 -- Los Angeles Startup Weekend. Come join the communities finest and launch a new startup! After the wildly successful event last time in Santa Monica, we are excited to be coming back! See [link] (more)

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FEBRUARY 18, 2012

Friday, February 24, 2012 -- Los Angeles Startup Weekend. Come join the communities finest and launch a new startup! After the wildly successful event last time in Santa Monica, we are excited to be coming back! See [link] (more)

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NOVEMBER 23, 2012

Thursday, November 29, 2012 -- Red Herring Global 2012 will gather CEOs of groundbreaking startups from around the world, influential venture capitalists and investors in Los Angeles on November 27- 29. The creme de la creme of the 100 most groundbreaking global startups will be honored at this special event.

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Los Angeles Startup Technology Angel 100

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NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Wednesday, November 28, 2012 -- Red Herring Global 2012 will gather CEOs of groundbreaking startups from around the world, influential venture capitalists and investors in Los Angeles on November 27- 29. The creme de la creme of the 100 most groundbreaking global startups will be honored at this special event.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Thursday, December 6, 2012 -- Tech Cocktail's Los Angeles Startup Showcase + Sessions. Hey Los Angeles, the Mixer parade is coming your way! We'll be kicking off the event with inspiring Sessions talks followed by the traditional demo style Startup Showcase; served over cocktails, of course. See [link] (more)

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Los Angeles Angel Startup Course 100

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JULY 18, 2012

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 -- The Tech Coast Angels presents MEET THE ANGELS. Are you thinking about starting your own company or in the early stages? The Tech Coast Angels invites San Diego's up and coming entrepreneurs to "Meet the Angels" that can help you make your dream come true.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Today, we're featuring Mark Suster , a venture capitalist at GRP Partners , founder of LaunchpadLA , the startup accelerator, not to mention well read blogger and highly watched host of This Week In Venture Capital. The most significant news for GRP Partners in 2012 was the first close of our 4th venture fund.

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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.

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Ideas 113

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2012

Santa Monica-based Surf Air , the startup airline which is looking to remake air travel with its unlimited, subscription-based air flights between Los Angeles, Palo Alto, and a few other select locations, told its supporters today that it is now readjusting its timeline for launch, and anticipates flying by the end of 2012.

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Anthem Santa Monica Los Angeles Startup 159

socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2014

Handybook , one of a crop of new companies which provides on-demand, mobile access to local service providers--in this case, handyman services and house cleaners--said yesterday that it has launched its services in Los Angeles, and also hired a local general manager. READ MORE>>.

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Los Angeles Angel Marketing Southern California 159

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Reducing consumption by expanding the notion of the rental economy and giving people access to tools and equipment has been something of a startup holy grail for some time. 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.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

seems like an unlikely place to grow one of the next billion-dollar startups in the booming Los Angeles tech ecosystem. But it’s here in the (other) Valley’s southernmost edge that investors have found a startup they consider to be the next potential billion-dollar “unicorn” that will come out of Los Angeles.

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Glendale Los Angeles Startup Technical Review 271

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AUGUST 22, 2012

Tuesday, August 28, 2012 -- Hey Los Angeles, get ready for your upcoming Tech Cocktail Mixer and Startup Showcase. Tech Cocktail Mixer and Startup Showcase Events - they?re s hottest tech startups with a couple hundred passionate technophiles- and serve over cocktails. re our specialty.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Howard Marks is co-founder of Activision , and head of Los Angeles-based startup accelerator StartEngine. This year, we were lucky enough to find 40 great startups to invest in, growing StartEngine immensely. 2012 has been a remarkably interesting year in terms of developments in technology. SAAS is here to stay.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Some of the highlights from this week from socalTECH's video section , where we're currently featuring community videos from and about local startups:  Perfect Market's Gangnam Style Halloween. All about startup Chewse, one of the Los Angeles startups to join the Fall 2012 class of 500Startups, and its group food ordering service.

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MAY 4, 2012

Thursday, May 10, 2012 -- Startups Uncensored #26. Josh and Diego started Beachmint in 2010 and since then have raised over (wait for it.) $70 They're also both active angel investors in the LA startup scene having invested in some of the most popular LA tech companies. 70 Million Dollars. See [link] (more)

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OCTOBER 1, 2012

Thursday, October 4, 2012 -- Health 2.0 Los Angeles Meetup. An Evening with Scott Marlette and Brad Brooks, Co-Founders of GoodRx and TigerText. Our panelists will discuss the challenges, failures, and successes of running and growing a health care 2.0 There will be time to ask questions and connect with others in the health care 2.0

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Los Angeles Angel Startup 100

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JULY 9, 2012

Wednesday, July 11, 2012 -- Maverick Angels Open Evening for Entrepreneurs. The Maverick Angels Open Evening for Entrepreneurs is an event geared towards familiarizing entrepreneurs with the Maverick Angels process, our members, and our sponsors. See [link] (more)

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Entrepreneur Angel Startup Examples 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2014

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). billion collected in 2012. No one know which startups are not going to fail.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This is the third article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). Paul Kedrosky made the case for “naive optimism&# being an important part of startup success. Either downside scenario requires angel deals to be funded further. Obviously I agree.

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Invest Angel Venture Capital Startup 284

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 25, 2013

the online community for the Los Angeles startup scene, soft launched in January with the help of community leaders, including mega VC Tony Pritzker. A new startup is launched every 40 hours in Los Angeles. It is hard to keep up with the newly formed companies and deals. As we reported earlier, Built in L.A.,

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Los Angeles Report Angel Startup 89

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AUGUST 9, 2012

Monday, August 13, 2012 -- Tech Coast Angels (TCA) - Southern California Tech Company Screening. Tech Coast Angels is the largest angel investor network in the United States and one of the leading sources of funding to early-stage companies in Southern California.

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MAY 13, 2012

Monday, May 14, 2012 -- Tech Coast Angels Open Forum. Listen to Angels, Investors, Venture Capitalists and Catalysts and what they have to say about investing and being investor ready. Pitch your business, idea or concept through live video feed and hear feedback from industry veterans. Ask questions and learn.

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Tech Coast Angels Angel Education Startup 100

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. Innovate In the early years of a startup there is a lot of kinetic energy of enthusiastic innovators looking to launch a product that changes how an industry works.

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APRIL 18, 2012

Tuesday, April 24, 2012 -- Tech Coast Angels Fast Pitch Competition. Finalists will each have 90 seconds to make their best pitch to a panel comprised of Tech Coast Angels members, founders of leading accelerators and incubators and other start-up experts.

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Tech Coast Angels Angel Incubator Startup 100

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Los Angeles-based Just says it uses telematics “to reward safe drivers and reduce insurer bias” by looking at factors such as how, when and where customers drive, rather than factors such as ZIP code or marital status as most traditional insurers do. There’s Metromile, which launched its personalized pay-per-mile auto insurance in 2012.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 27, 2013

Meet the next generation of startup success stories at Be Great Fest in Los Angeles. Their mission: to support a charity, savor the hot SoCal nightlife, and transform Los Angeles into the startup capital of the world. Although the Startup Genome Project named Los Angeles the No.

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JUNE 1, 2012

Thursday, June 7, 2012 -- Downtown StartUps Meet and Greet Conference. Come out and join us for the first official Downtown StartUps meetup! We are fortunate enough to have a large group of entrepreneurs who have joined Downtown StartUps, and we're ready for everyone to meet in the offline world! link] (more)

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Conference Startup Los Angeles Entrepreneur 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 22, 2012

We are live from Startup Weekend Los Angeles at Coloft! HUGE thanks to Denise Walker for helping out with the stream! Stream will begin around 6:15pm PST. Refresh the page if video is not live streaming.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Wednesday, November 28, 2012 -- Startup Venture Summit. For High Growth Startups Seeking Funding or Partners. Pitch to serious multi million dollar investors and angels. All Stages Welcome: PreLaunch, Early and Mid Stage. Hear from successful entrepreneurs who share their lessons learned.

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Startup Networking Entrepreneur Customer 124

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

I was reading Danielle Morrill’s blog post today on whether one’s “ Startup Burn Rate is Normal. I love how transparently Danielle lives her startup (& encourages other to join in) because it provides much needed transparency to other startups. Let’s set up a framework. Gross Burn vs. Net Burn.

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