socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2014

has figured out one way -- which is to run a startup accelerator, Warner Media Camp (www.mediacamp.com)--which pulls a class of startups into the company for an intense, twelve week program every year, and helps those companies tap into the resources of the studio. What attracted you about these particular companies?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 -- Want to Start A Business? Girls in Tech - Los Angeles and WITI will bring together a wide range of women in technology representing the "players" you'll need to drive your company to success. The panel will consist of women founders, investors and popular incubators. See [link] (more)

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2012

M&A is a common way of acquiring new products and services, without the incubation time of building and testing the product. 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. Merge with or acquire another business. Hire people smarter than you.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 21, 2012

OCTANe , the Orange County-based organization helping to bolster the high tech industry and entrepreneurs, reported this morning that in the first half of 2012, companies participating in its startup accelerator have raised a total of $26.8M in funding.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

It’s also a very exciting time here in LA Tech with over 6 accelerators and incubators springing up over the past year. Tyler has helped coach dozens of companies through pitching and presenting at Launch Conf and formerly TechCrunch 50. Joey Pomerneke and Adam Steele also joined us from Startup Weekend Global in Seattle.

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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. The company’s CEO, Brendon McQueen, graduated from Columbia with 12 loans that totaled over $120,000.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc. Companies were getting funded more easily and many more companies were actually being created.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 14, 2014

ABC has even created an incubator-style program in which startup non-profits compete for $100,000 in seed funding. My pleasure John, thank you for helping us spread the word about our program. A Better Chicago helps the most promising programs to scale up to really make a difference. We differentiate ourselves in four ways.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Our challenge is to help start, fund, improve, and grow 1000 companies in five years. Obviously, as with many other accelerators, we provide mentorship and shared resources, and help with creating a company, access to public relations, and other resources like legal help. What inspired you to start this?

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

The University of Southern California is home to many innovative students and companies. In order to support all of these teams, there are several on-campus startup competitions every year, from the Silicon Beach USC competition to the New Venture Seed Competition, with prize funds to help build the companies.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2014

” Last year, I was introduced to Karma’s company and services from a friend. Amidst the search she found her way working with NYC based incubator Techstars as an associate. Amanda talks a bit about life working for an incubator. One simple idea: “Getting online should not be that difficult.”

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Outsource Development Startup Incubator Press 108

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2013

More and more entrepreneurs are hearing about the successful graduates and investors queued behind a few well-known startup incubators, including Y Combinator, TechStars, and the Founder Institute. According to the National Business Incubator Association (NBIA) , there are currently over 1250 incubators today in the US alone.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 16, 2014

We first interviewed Luc in 2012, just as he was launching the prototype for Miigle. Unless people feel a certain level of appeal towards what you are doing, they are less likely to want to help you. What differentiates us from other platforms is that our members are helping each other – it’s about startups helping each other.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2016

This morning, Techstars (www.techstars.org), the startup accelerator which has had great success in spreading its approach to helping to get startups to the next stage of their life�usually, funding�announced it has opened up its third accelerator in Los Angeles, Techstars LA. What types of companies will be part of Techstars LA?

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 21, 2013

What I really liked was serving people, I really liked helping people, and in my little seven-year-old mind, that meant being a waitress. It was that love of serving people that led me on my long journey of starting a company.". I took that lesson of integrity and brought it with me when I started my company.

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SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

November 8, 2012 6:00 PM Only $20! Seventeen lawyer regional firm Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP has represented digital media, internet, technology, consumer electronics, and entertainment companies and investment funds out of its Sherman Oaks office since its formation in 2002. Comment help. Skip to secondary content.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 5, 2013

For example, he explained a situation where his company could not meet payroll the next day and was about to go out of business. My job is to help you not get a job,” Marks announced. LA is up and coming and is a great place to be because everybody is helping each other out. It was the morning of June 26th, 2012.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Please join us in congratulating this quarter’s Spotlight companies: Earbits is an online radio platform where artists, labels and concert promoters bid for airtime on a per-song-played basis, and use the exposure to sell their music, event tickets and more. Applications are now open for the January 2012 program.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2014

More and more entrepreneurs are hearing about the successful graduates and investors queued behind a few well-known startup incubators, including Y Combinator, TechStars, and the Founder Institute. According to the National Business Incubator Association (NBIA), there are currently over 1,900 members in over 60 nations.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Joe: I came to the Coachella Valley in January of 2012 to serve as the Founder and Managing Director of the Palm Springs iHub. Can you tell us more about your company. What makes the Coachella Valley an ideal place to start a company? Joe Wallace, CEO and Chief Innovation Officer at CVEP.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Joe: I came to the Coachella Valley in January of 2012 to serve as the Founder and Managing Director of the Palm Springs iHub. Can you tell us more about your company. What makes the Coachella Valley an ideal place to start a company? Joe Wallace, CEO and Chief Innovation Officer at CVEP.

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Startup Technical Review Patents Services 119

socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2015

Tucker Kain: In 2012, when the current ownership group bought the Dodgers, the group they pulled together was pretty heavily investment focused. As we came in, and started looking at opportunities the Dodgers had in front of them, they saw many great, smart, innovative young companies approaching us. Tucker Kain: It's been great.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Bill Gross founded Idealab in March 1996 and serves as the company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. A lifelong entrepreneur, Bill started several companies prior to Idealab. Bill serves on the boards of directors of numerous companies. OrangicStartup’s is a company that helps Internet startups start.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Please join us in congratulating this quarter’s Spotlight companies: Earbits is an online radio platform where artists, labels and concert promoters bid for airtime on a per-song-played basis, and use the exposure to sell their music, event tickets and more. Applications are now open for the January 2012 program.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

The large gathering of top investors spilled out of the office into the surrounding sidewalk and swelled with buzz and speculation of what the 10 newly formed companies had to offer. Okuno has been investing in Los Angeles startups for the past three years after selling his own company E-Z Data. Or maybe a goldmine. Founded by L.A.’s

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

PwC has been a significant contributor, as have the law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, local creative agency Philosophie, and cloud infrastructure company Joyent. In many cases, the next logical step for one of these young companies will be to join another, later-stage accelerator. Comment help. 5 comments. Get Livefyre.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The company recently closed an impressive $19 million in Series B funding led by Sequoia Capital to build out the engineering teams. For example, Waze tapped into its community during Hurricane Sandy to help the White House and FEMA identify which gas stations had power. What are companies doing RIGHT to maintain users?

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Mobile Technical Review Platform Startup 71

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I can’t help feel a bit of rear-view mirror analysis in all of “VC model is broken” bears in our industry. Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. Some will pay off, others will not.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

October 5, 2012. COMPANY FB COMPANY|FB. COMPANY GOOG COMPANY|GOOG. COMPANY YHOO COMPANY|YHOO. COMPANY MSFT COMPANY|MSFT. COMPANY TSLA COMPANY|TSLA. PIXELS IN PARADISE | Andrew Frame, founder of the Internet-telephone company Ooma, paid $5.5 Financial News.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

On the plus side, it’s an opportunity to get in early and really help make things happen that will change an industry, or change the world. But these requirements may go away with the Crowdfunding JOBS Act passed into law back in 2012. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Join an existing Angel investor group.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

On the plus side, it’s an opportunity to get in early and really help make things happen that will change an industry, or change the world. This is the second tier of startup investors, and offers the comfort of working with more experienced investors with similar interests, to help gather and vet startup investment proposals.

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Startup Invest Incubator Ideas 91

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

This has been especially true for angels or seed investors as there is a new thesis that less capital is needed to start Internet companies so more money is being spent at this phase of the funding lifecycle. companies did not participate in the first phase and consequently were not in the running for all that followed. Sound familiar?

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