SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 23, 2012

Sunday, April 29, 2012 -- Milken Institute Global Conference. Set for April 29 through May 2 in Los Angeles, the 2012 Global Conference will bring together the diverse worlds of business, finance, policy, education, health, energy and philanthropy to come up with fresh solutions to the globe's biggest challenges.

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Conference Education Resource Los Angeles 113

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. OrangicStartup’s is a company that helps Internet startups start. 24 7pm at Coloft in Santa Monica.

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APRIL 6, 2012

Wednesday, April 11, 2012 -- Are You Ready for the Medical Device Excise Tax? On March 30, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act enacting a new excise tax on medical device sales. on sales of medical devices after December 31, 2012. The new excise tax is imposed at a rate of 2.3%

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OCTANE Education Sales Company 113

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APRIL 26, 2012

Wednesday, May 2, 2012 -- Milken Institute Global Conference. Set for April 29 through May 2 in Los Angeles, the 2012 Global Conference will bring together the diverse worlds of business, finance, policy, education, health, energy and philanthropy to come up with fresh solutions to the globe's biggest challenges.

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Conference Education Resource Los Angeles 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 27, 2012

Thursday, February 2, 2012 -- LA CEOs, an education and support group for CEOs presents: Cyber Security: Understanding The Modern Day Threat Landscape. This event is restricted to CEOs only of companies with a minimum of $1million in revenue or funding. No service providers. See [link] (more)

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Education Funding Services Marketing 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2011

San Diego-based Zeebo , a developer of a wireless, digital entertainment and education system, initially targeted at the global market, has raised $17M in a new funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. Zeebo has previously raised funding from Qualcomm.

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Education San Diego Entertainment Platform 145

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MARCH 30, 2012

Thursday, April 5, 2012 -- LA CEOs, an education and support group for CEOs presents: Protecting Brand and Image: Reputational Risk Management While todays business climate presents an array of challenges for corporations, the risk of damage to the companys good name and reputation is one of the most difficult risk areas to minimize.

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Education Company Companies 113

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 -- Digital LA - Scrum with Jeff Sutherland. Jeff will lead a discussion on using Scrum including techniques, use, educating others in ur company about scrum, etc. Join our fourth one-on-one chat with Jeff Sutherland, often known as the Father of Scrum. He'll be joined by Scott Downey, RapidScrum.com.

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Downey Education Company Companies 113

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JUNE 13, 2012

Tuesday, June 19, 2012 -- ProVisors Technology Industry Group. The ProVisors Technology Industry Group's mission is to provide a networking, educational, and referral driven forum to one another through personal knowledge and expertise in the Technology sector. Email kholmes@jhcohn.com.

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Technology Education Email Networking 113

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APRIL 11, 2012

Tuesday, April 17, 2012 -- ProVisors Technology Industry Group. The group's mission is to provide a networking, educational, and referral driven forum to one another through personal knowledge and expertise in the Technology sector. Email Kevin Holmes (kholmes@jhcohn.com).

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Technology Education Email Networking 113

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MAY 9, 2012

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 -- ProVisors Technology Industry Group. The ProVisors Technology Industry Group's mission is to provide a networking, educational, and referral driven forum to one another through personal knowledge and expertise in the Technology sector. Email kholmes@jhcohn.com.

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Technology Education Email Networking 113

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MARCH 14, 2012

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 -- ProVisors Technology Industry Group. This group's mission is to provide a networking, educational, and referral driven forum to one another through personal knowledge and expertise in the Technology industry. Email Kevin Holmes (kholmes@jhcohn.com), Group Leader.

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Technology Education Email Networking 113

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

Tuesday, October 23, 2012 -- The San Diego Tech Coast Angels present Early-Stage Valuation. Program Overview: This interactive workshop educates and empowers angel investors, entrepreneurs, and others interested in access to capital on a variety of ways to value pre-revenue companies.

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Tech Coast Angels Case Study San Diego Study 113

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. The most important differentiation for tech companies to make is that gentrification doesn’t necessarily mean revitalization. Employee engagement and education. Damian Bradfield. Contributor.

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Boyle Heights Los Angeles Design Training 237

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JUNE 7, 2012

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 -- Startup California OC Launch Event. The Startup America Partnership is based on a simple premise: Young companies that grow create jobs. Provide valuable resources and education to help startups in Orange County grow fast! Who should attend?

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Orange County Startup Education Resource 100

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Tool Users - Startups often have a long gestation period in which the team is in discovery mode, defining the company's value proposition, target market, pricing, business model, etc. Unfortunately, the 2012 QS TopMBA.com Applicant Survey notes that, on average, MBAs expect to earn $153,000 upon graduation.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Case Study Class 279

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FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Thursday, March 1, 2012 -- LA CEOs, an education and support group for CEOs presents: VCs, Angels, Accelerators and Incubators. Attendance to this event is restricted to CEOs of companies with a minimum of $1million in revenues or funding. John also led VC firm GKM Ventures and co-founded LAunchpad LA. See [link] (more)

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Tech Coast Angels Incubator Venture Capital Education 113

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

According to a recent Forbes article , UC Santa Barbara''s Technology Management Program offers students a superior startup education over the University of Pennsylvania (home of Wharton), as well Harvard, Northwestern and even its acclaimed southern neighbor, the University of Southern California. All-Star Alumni. Am I biased?

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Santa Barbara Technical Review Startup Venture Capital 258

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APRIL 27, 2012

Thursday, May 3, 2012 -- LA CEOs, an education and support group for CEOs presents: Achieving Home-Run MandA and Financing Outcomes. Investment Banking veteran Kevin Covert will share insights into achieving home-run MandA and financing outcomes for digital media and technology companies.

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Venture Capital Education Media Acquisition 113

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MAY 6, 2012

Saturday, May 12, 2012 -- Getting in the Game: Entrepreneurs and the. Come to this Enterprise Forum for an overview of the video game industry, followed by a panel discussion of how companies are getting in the game by taking advantage of these new opportunities in the gaming world. Video Game Industry. Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum.

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Enterprise Forum Entrepreneur CalTech Education 133

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2012

These could be support related, or education related, or a package of product and services for a new class of customers. This often works best if you find a company similar to yours with great potential, but drowning in debt, or short on the necessary skills. Add services that are complementary to your product.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Thursday, January 5, 2012 -- LA CEOs, an education and support group for CEOs presents: Banking on the Difference; Changes and Strategies for Businesses AFTER The Great Recession After the summers Debt Standoff, Sand Ps Downgrade of the U.S., Our featured speaker is Matt Olsen. See [link] (more)

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Venture Capital Education Startup Funding 113

InfoChachkie

JUNE 11, 2012

HIGHEST DEGREE OBTAINED BY AMERICA'S 400 RICHEST PEOPLE Source: Forbes Magazine, Jan 2012. According to a January 2012 Forbes article, nearly 16% of the 400 most affluent Americans do not have a college degree. Richard leveraged the fact that record companies were Student’s biggest advertisers to subsequently launch a record store.

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Tips Startup Education Entrepreneur 279

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

With the SOLD OUT Startup Weekend Los Angeles quickly approaching (February 24th-26th, 2012) it’s time to start getting in the creation mindset. This year Startup Weekend is branching out towards driving solutions to be created for the education industry with Startup Weekend EDU. But according to Ms.

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Education Entrepreneur Startup Mentor 71

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 -- How the Government (Yes, the Government!) If your company is positioned in a science, technology, or education field, you may be well poised for a government grant to validate your idea, develop your product, and grow your business. These grants do not require payback or equity in your company.

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Help Outsource Development Research Education 100

Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

As the company’s third employee hire, Salamon could look back and see the rise of the company’s entire journey as he was trying to figure out what to do next with his life: does he stay or strike out on a bold new path? I said, ‘Let’s give this a shot’. That phone call became their first book deal.

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Education Los Angeles Class Ideas 92

socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2013

The massive, $103M funding round for Carpinteria-based Lynda.com might have been a surprise for some, except perhaps readers of this publication, who over the years have gotten a glimpse of the growth rate of the company in recent years. May 2012, $70M. 2009, $37M. Oct 2010, $50M - 140 employees. January 2013, $100M - 400 employees.

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Southern California Funding Startup Company 226

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2012

As a former educator, I understand the complexity of the bureaucratic processes of secondary and post-secondary education systems. That is why I am amazed and extremely excited at how fast Pathbrite is storming through the education system and slugging home-runs.

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Education Web 2.0 Course Platform 63

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 18, 2012

During this years 2012 SXSW the team behind the.CO domain were our in force educating entrepreneurs and the like that a company should be on a.CO CO standing for company). domain was good enough for the Brooklyn hipster, referring to the company Hipster out of Brooklyn, NY. Will you get your company a.CO

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.Net Education Entrepreneur Help 78

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

The network grew exponentially from its earliest days, with the number of connected host computers reaching 100 by 1977, 100,000 by 1989, a million by the early 1990’s, and a billion by 2012; it now serves more than half the planet’s population. In this it has disappointed to fully achieve the aspirations of its founding fathers.

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UCLA Social Media Social Network Santa Barbara 253

socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2014

The companyin the spirit of Nestis hoping that consumers will help drive adoption of its product, which it expects to ship in January. We spoke with founder Manrique Brenes --a veteran of such companies as Skype and Cisco--to hear about Blossom''s products, plus its link to such companies at Vizio. What your product all about?

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Demand Startup Southern California Marketing 258

socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2014

We spoke with CEO and co-founder Nanxi Liu about the company''s software. What''s the story behind the company? Nanxi Liu: We started the company in the summer of 2012, with five totally random people. Explain how five strangers all ended up starting a company together, exactly? We were actually all strangers.

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Social Media Media Startup Culver City 178

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

The first day of 2012 seems the perfect day to do so. The travel companies offer brochures showing private beaches and phenomenal sights. I always love visiting companies because you can tell so much about the character of the company by spending time in their offices. You get a feel for the company “vibe.”

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Startup Organization Entrepreneur Blogging 319

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 22, 2013

Professor Vijay Pande of Stanford University, Mohandas Pai, Chairman of Manipal Global Education and Vish Mishra, Venture Director at Clearstone and mentor to The Hive and The Fabric have joined CFI’s Advisory Board. There are thousands out there too, many of them engineers building companies in Silicon Valley just like Mehta.

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Clearstone Organization Education Google 79

socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2016

Once upon a time, one of the best benefits that employers could offer up an employee was a company contribution to their retirement plan. Santa Monica-based Tuition.IO (tuition.io) has s created a way for companies to both help their employees tackle that mound of student debt, as well as attract better and more loyal employees.

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Help Startup Platform Santa Monica 100

Eric Greenspan

MAY 9, 2013

First, let me preface by saying that I’m not being compensated in any way by the company I’m about to talk about. My 16 year old was living with his mom this past year as my business of 12 years went under in June of 2012. It was an awesome company with a cult-like following and over 40,000 customers in Socal.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

In what is a fairly unusual move, last week, Tradesparq (www.tradesparq.com), a Chinese startup in the area of B2B trade information, said it was planning on setting up its operations here in Southern California, as part of an expansion and scaling of the company. How long has company been around? What is Tradesparq?

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