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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

A move to more urban environments (SF over SV, Cambridge over Waltham, London over Thames Valley, Santa Monica / Venice, Flatiron and so forth) as basically young people want to live where young people want to live. In 2012 Upfront Ventures raised its 4th venture capital fund – this one was $200 million.

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How This Entrepreneur Raised $28,000 Using Airbnb to Fund Her Startup

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Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. Tracy is knowledgeable enough to talk tech and swap design & product stories with other founders, but she realized early that networking amongst this group and reading and writing in their journals would not bring her more customers.

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Submissions Now Open For Spotlight: LA Tech Winter

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Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of January 22nd, 2012. Headquarted in Santa Monica, CA, CallFire is dedicated to providing high-availability systems, intuitive user interfaces, furious developer support, and unparalleled customer care in order to transform how companies do business.

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Spotlight: LA Tech Judges and SuperDemo Bill Gross of Idealab!

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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. and has led business analysis & user interface design projects for the U.S.

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Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Winter Presenting Companies at Caltech

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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. Bill received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology. to 10:00 p.m.

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Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Presenting Companies at UCLA

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It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry. CallFire.com is a small company with fewer than 20 employees located in beautiful Santa Monica. Applications are now open for the January 2012 program. As of May 2010, CallFire has over 20,000 customers!

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Spotlight: LA Tech | One Year, Recap, and Thank You!

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It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry. Headquarted in Santa Monica, CA, CallFire is dedicated to providing high-availability systems, intuitive user interfaces, furious developer support, and unparalleled customer care in order to transform how companies do business.

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