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Be Great Fest | Celebrating Los Angeles’ Startup Ecosystem

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startups attracting over $847 million in investment funds in 2012 alone, the city’s diverse resources are often too separated. s tech scene by the city’s own incubator-accelerator Be Great Partners. The star of the upcoming Jobs biopic has funded numerous tech companies through his venture firm, A- Grade Investments.

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Veteran LA law firm opens a Silicon Beach office and launches a pro-bono “Precelerator”

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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. Skip to secondary content. Get Tickets.

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Why The LA Dodgers Accelerator Is Combining Sports, Investment and Startups

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Tucker Kain: In 2012, when the current ownership group bought the Dodgers, the group they pulled together was pretty heavily investment focused. In a lot of ways, they all realize how early businesses are funded and started, and also understand the opportunity something like Dodger Stadium gives to pilot some of those opportunities.

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Interview with Cody Simms, Techstars LA

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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. There is still amazing growth in that sector.

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MuckerLab Unveils Second Graduating Class to Investors

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MuckerLab has already secured its reputation as one of the hottest startup accelerators in town with a particular emphasis on product for incubation-stage software, services and media ventures. With over 9 million photo questions posted since October 2012, their users spend 170 minutes a month on the service.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

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October 5, 2012. In growing numbers, Silicon Valley executives—long based in tech strongholds like Santa Clara and Palo Alto—are buying homes in Los Angeles, as the lines between the technology and entertainment businesses grow blurrier. the entertainment industry. See a sample reprint in PDF format.