socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Kraft, who co-founded Thrively with fellow startup veteran Girish Venkat, sat down to talk to us about Thrively, as it emerges out of beta. However, the pull of this new idea became too strong, so we set out to start the company. There are only a hand full of activities every kid does, and it just fills up their schedule.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

Introducing Bitcoinference | A Decentralized Conference , hosted by illustrious startup accelerator, 500 Startups. Bitcoin has had a rough start to the year (to say the least) – with a never-ending news feed consisting of massive bankruptcy , scandal stories, and car chase media fiascos. Getting Things Started.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Co-founded in the Netherlands in 2013 by brothers Marijn and Willem Maas, Withlocals is open for travel and dining experiences in Southeast Asia, including Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia where online travel sales are expected to grow nearly 200% by 2016 according to emarketer. Online travel sales to grow by 200% by 2016.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

San Diego-based ZeaKal (www.zeakal.com) recently announced a $15M, Series C funding round for its efforts to develop plant traits which increase the efficiency of photosynthesis. We caught up with co-founder and CEO Han Chen to better understand what the company is working on, and some of the complexity of getting their technology to market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Almost every early-stage startup who has approached investors for funding has heard the innocuous sounding rejection “I love your idea, but come back when you have more traction.” A graph that shows a hockey-stick “up and to the right” curve with at least three data points per key indicator is a great visual assist.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Since 2013, when Elon Musk released his white paper for an emerging mode of transportation using low air pressure within a tube, companies around the world have answered the call to build the next generation of futuristic transportation. million in Series A financing from Sherpa Capital along with three other funds.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Venture lab & early stage fund for big data startups and scientists. Founded by Tasso Argyros and Stamos Venios , the lab is Silicon Valley’s first venture lab and early stage fund for big data startups and scientists, complete with working space, support staff That will help build disruptive big data firms.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 9, 2013

Katie Rock, the founder of Activyst lives up to her name. Growing up, Katie was an athlete and played tennis in college. On the advice of mentors and friends, she started pounding the pavement and setting up meetings with people in that space who wanted to know what issue she was most passionate about.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 18, 2016

If the data held up in wider testing, it could mean that hepatitis C could be cured someday with a short course of pills, without the flu-like symptoms that dogged regimens of the past. “It In three years, Vertex went from having a billion-dollar hepatitis C business to zero—abandoning the research completely.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

I have never been more optimistic about the impact that the tech startup community is having on cities in America or about the role that cities outside of San Francisco / Silicon Valley can play in our future. Changes in the Startup Ecosystem. Open source computing, which reduced costs to start a company by 90%. And on and on.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Launched in beta July last year in Oakland, San Francisco, Dealflicks is a price line for movie tickets and gives movie tickets and concessions for up to 60% off to help theaters get butts in their seats. 3rd Startup. Stock Trader/Researcher at E-Trade, Zecco Trading, and William O’neil. Any funding yet?

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 20, 2016

For three years, a group of investors and experienced neuroscience executives have been stealthily advancing one of the more ambitious new startups in neurology, called BlackThorn Therapeutics. Today they’re finally shedding a little light on what they’ve been up to. It’s emerging from clinical research.”.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 12, 2014

New and innovative designers are popping up everywhere, thanks to new technology like 3D printing. SYNCFAB originally started in 2013 as 3D Lab Works to research the advantages of 3D printing and compare it to traditional manufacturing and in turn also help revive the US manufacturing industry.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Hunt Transport which makes the ecosystem ripe for startups to thrive. In this interview with #StartupsEverywhere , I talk withMichael Iseman, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Startup Junkie, about the mentorship pool, knowledge transfer, the latest happening in the ecosystem and the energy of this community within the region.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Josh Hartwell: We officially incorporate in 2003, though we started laying groundwork for the company in 2002. We started back then, because my other co-founder and I had worked very closely with JAMDAT on JAMDAT Bowling and Fifa Soccer. Talk about how you went from JAMDAT to Mobile Deluxe? Can you talk about how you managed that?

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

HandUp collects the money and then provides it directly to the landlord, ensuring that the donors’ funds are properly deployed. Intrigued and impressed with HandUp’s story, I sought out Rose, who graciously agreed to spend some of her precious startup CEO time sharing her story with me. That’s how we got our start.”.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 12, 2016

Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research founding director Tyler Jacks has spent decades making important contributions in cancer research, but until forming Cambridge, MA-based Dragonfly Therapeutics, he’d never spun a startup out of his own lab at MIT. —David H.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

He helped turn a jellyfish protein into an invaluable lab tool that every researcher knows as “GFP”—green fluorescent protein, which is used to illuminate the inner workings of cells. His Nobel stemmed from his work on fluorescent proteins, now a laboratory staple in biological and medical research.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Xconomy has learned that Daniel stepped down from his role as president of research & early development at Celgene (NASDAQ: CELG ) over the summer, a position that has since been filled by Rupert Vessey. Another new startup he’s involved with is focused on the neurobehavioral field, he says. We think alike,” Daniel says. “We

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JULY 10, 2012

I think that’s one of the reasons that many of the most interesting bay area startups are choosing to locate themselves in the city. And make-up artists. One of the major trends I’ve outlined is this movement of entrepreneurs (and as a lagging indicator venture funds) to more urban environments. And sound engineers.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

Tons of great conversations about new startups, hardware, and the entrepreneurs building them. To cap off our 6th year at SXSW and follow up on last year’s amazingly successful Trend Lounge , we knew this year had to be bigger, better, more engaging, and of course, even more fun. Big ups to the Twitch.TV

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