Disney Accelerator Names 2016 Class
socalTECH
JULY 11, 2016
The Walt Disney Company has named its next class of startup participating in the Disney Accelerator , the startup accelerator and mentoring company held on the company's Burbank campus.
Techstars Healthcare Accelerator Announces 2016 Class
socalTECH
APRIL 5, 2016
The Techstars Healthcare Accelerator at Cedars-Sinai announced its first class on Monday, saying that it has selected 11 companies to participate in the first accelerator to be held at the Cedars-Sinai campus for the next three months. Demo Day for the accelerator class is June 23rd.
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Reflections on 2016: Greg Cohn, Burner
socalTECH
DECEMBER 26, 2016
This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. It's a fantastic demonstration of the potential of "open" phone numbers, which are traditional phone numbers enhanced with first-class consumer applications. You can see all of our holiday reflections here.
The Trade Desk Adds Board Member
socalTECH
MARCH 18, 2019
Buyer is Managing Partner of the Class V Group, a consulting firm that advises companies on initial public offerings. According to The Trade Desk, Buyer had advised the company prior to its IPO in September 2016.
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What Do LPs Think of the Venture Capital Markets for 2016?
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 1, 2016
And that’s real cash that LPs can’t put to work in other asset classes. Another Area of Concern is in the Seed Investor Class. Final upfront lp survey data 2016 from Mark Suster. In fact, if you add the capital flows of the past ten years, there have been just shy of $50 billion in net cash outlays.
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Lymber, Founded in Early 2016, Surprised by Mindbody’s Buyout Offer
Xconomy
APRIL 12, 2017
Lymber, named as a 2017 Xconomy San Diego startup to watch , has developed a technology platform that enables mobile users to book openings in fitness and wellness classes. Lymber aggregates data about the real-time availability of fitness and wellness classes for its users, with about half that data coming from Mindbody, Hecht explained.
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Silicon Beach Report July 12: Hyperloop One, Its Chairman Sued by Co-Founder
L.A. Business Journal
JULY 12, 2016
Hyperloop One and its chairman sued by co-founder, Virgin Galactic to restart spaceship testing, Disney Accelerator names 2016 class, and more.
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100 Selling Online In 2016 For The First Time – What Works When You Have A Blank Slate?
InfoChachkie
AUGUST 8, 2016
It may seem hard to believe, but even in 2016, there remain a number of successful consumer brands that are not sold online. I thought it would be interesting to understand the challenges and concerns of entrepreneurs who began selling online for the first time in 2016, so I sat down with Heidi Muther, COO at Z S upply , LLC.
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SoCal Tech Calendar
JUNE 17, 2016
Thursday, June 23, 2016 -- Preccelerator Program Demo Day. SAM Preccelerator® Program (1453 3rd Street Promenade, Suite 300) is our meeting spot to showcase the Preccelerator's current class of all-star companies to investors and the start-up community. Clear your calendar - It's going down!
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6 Top Trends For The Digital World In 2016
Tech Zulu Event
JANUARY 26, 2016
6 Entrepreneurs share their predictions for this year’s evolution of online industries, which will be key for small businesses across the globe in 2016. In 2016, the price of mobile data will remain relatively stable. Streamlined Online Experiences – Think Slack 2016. Wireless Global Connections. The large U.S.
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Why Was Winter in Venture Capital Funding so Short?
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 6, 2017
WINTER For starters when we conducted our annual VC & LP survey in December of 2016 to prepare our annual Upfront State of the VC Industry report we found that twice as many VCs cut their investments in 2016 relative to 2015 with > 30% of VCs having cut investments. Unless of course something Trump’s our good weather.
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Techstars Launches New Healthcare Accelerator In LA
socalTECH
OCTOBER 21, 2015
The two said they will provide up to $120,000 in funding for each team in the program, which will run for 13 weeks, from March 28th until June 23rd, 2016, taking 6-10 percent of equity in each startup in the program. The new accelerator is being run alongside Cedars-Sinai , and will focus on health and healthcare delivery. READ MORE>>.
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FastSoft Partners With Brazilian Firm
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 23, 2010
According to the firm, the partnership will focus on Internet-based viewing of world-class sporting events, including the 2014 FIFA World Cup, 2016 Olympics, and 2011 Military World Games. Financial details of the partnership were not disclosed.
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Digest 5/16-22: Raises for PatientPop, SpacesVR; Disney VR, Littlstar, Vntana
LATechDigest
MAY 23, 2016
WorthyWomen " class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> " class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> pic.twitter.com/v0Z3Qvy5AP. — Audrey Bellis (@audreybellis) May 19, 2016. — Scott Perry (@scottperry) May 18, 2016. — John Gutierrez (@johngutierrez) May 19, 2016.
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Boulevard books $70M to help beauty and wellness salons with their bookings
TechCrunch LA
AUGUST 9, 2022
Not only has Boulevard designed an elegant and visionary platform that fills a pressing need in a fast-growing industry, but they’ve also built a thoughtful, customer-centric culture validated through world-class retention. We’re excited to support the Boulevard team as they continue to grow.” Kang is joining the board with this round.
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Interview with Anthony Citrano, Acquicent
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 4, 2019
The goal is to open up an asset class that the average investor can't really access. Traditionally, as you can imagine, buying into this asset class requires a tremendous amount of wealth. These investments have performed very, very well, but the average investors has never been able to reach into that asset class.
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189 Report: Biotech VCs Perpetuate Boardroom Gender Gap
Xconomy
JANUARY 24, 2017
In the mega-class of 177 biotechs that went public from 2012 through 2015, women held 11 percent of the board seats, according to their 2016 regulatory filings. That’s according to British recruitment firm Liftstream and its new study of biotech companies that went public in the recent boom years. While there is.
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How Entrepreneurs Can Capitalize On Their Alma Mater
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 1, 2016
Most aspiring entrepreneurs look to their alma mater, or any university, as a source of classes that can help them, but neglect to think outside the box or take advantage of all the other resources to be found there. Online or evening entrepreneurship classes for anyone. Access to entrepreneurs-in-residence, business mentors.
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United Dwelling is one startup building something to solve California’s housing crisis
TechCrunch LA
MAY 19, 2020
After wrestling with recalcitrant homeowners, husbanding their parcels of land to keep their property values high, the state’s leadership passed a law that increased the availability of new rental units and put more money into homeowners’ pockets in 2016. “We go to the homeowner and say you have this property here.
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Latest Data Show Venture Capital Industry on Pins and Needles
Xconomy
OCTOBER 25, 2016
Year-to-date annualized investment activity suggests that 2016 will see approximately $74 billion invested in just under 8,000 companies, which would still make it the second-most active year in the past decade, although with a marked deceleration. “Funding gap” with projected 2016 activity. The projected $43.2
$150,000 Investment from Make in LA for hardware Startups | Batch 2 Application Open
Tech Zulu Event
NOVEMBER 30, 2015
They are just over the halfway mark with their current class and have been continuously improving their program to increase the value for their entrepreneurs, their products and their business. Batch 2 will run from February 8th through June 11th, 2016 in Chatsworth, CA. Key benefits: 100% hardware-focused four month program.
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40 How Mompreneurs Can Have it All, And Some
Tech.Co
MAY 24, 2017
And not just the token two children, but to actually be the one who volunteered in their classes and screamed at them to stop picking flowers on the soccer field. Three and a half years later, my company has 130 employees and is closing in on $20M in revenue in 2016. I wanted the career and the family. Find Your Me Time.
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Connected Classroom Technology and Essentials for K-12 School Districts
Southern California Edison Blog
JUNE 26, 2019
Student messaging is increasing collaboration between classes and different schools, while online portals are connecting parents with the schools themselves. Online parent portals can display school announcements, emails from teachers, or updates on assignments that allow parents to be more involved in their child’s classes and workload.
A Letter to My Son on Becoming Independent
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 22, 2016
May 21st 2016. You love to crack jokes, be the class clown or come up with witty or sarcastic responses. L’dor Vador Jacob. It is the day that you mark an important occasion, your Bar Mitzvah. And I want to stop on that thought — “mark an occasion.” My first-cousin Sam, who came from Dallas said it best. “I
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231 With $4.5M in Funding Wearable IoT World Launches U.S.-Pan Asia IoT Superhighway Accelerator
Tech Zulu Event
JANUARY 18, 2016
In the 2016 Policy Address, the Chief Executive stated that the Government will set aside HKD 2 billion to set up an Innovation and Technology Venture Fund to co-invest in local startups with private venture capital funds on a matching basis. A 15-week accelerator will also be conducted in Shenzhen in the third quarter of 2016.
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8 Reasons to Find Joy in Your Job
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 14, 2016
That’s why companies like Twitter offer free yoga classes and free meals to employees. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 05/04/2016. Constant stress, tension, and unhappiness causes people to withdraw and reject new customer ideas or solutions. Supportive group collaborations produce better results.
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59 Why I Made the Decision to Go from Home Office to Coworking Space
Tech.Co
DECEMBER 15, 2017
The number of coworking spaces alone is expected to jump from 11,300 in 2016 to 13,800 by the end of this year. Coworking has exploded globally over the past two years. According to one study, there were over 835,000 people working out of coworking spaces last year.
Clinton Versus Trump: Who’s Stronger on Innovation?
Xconomy
JULY 26, 2016
For specifics, I’m drawing mostly from the final draft of the 2016 Republican Platform , the July 21 draft of the 2016 Democratic Platform , Hillary Clinton’s June 22 economics speech in Raleigh, NC, and Donald Trump’s June 28 trade policy speech in Monessen, PA. But she hasn’t talked about the issue much during the 2016 campaign.
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40 Is the Future of Cybersecurity in M&A?
Xconomy
JULY 19, 2016
For 2015, there were 133 information security M&A deals, according to 451 Research’s Tech M&A Outlook 2016. New funds have been raised dedicated to this segment. What we’ve also seen is the increase in M&A. In general, M&A is a natural part of the IT security market. Why is this happening?
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Why Most of Your Assumptions About Phone Calls are Wrong
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 14, 2014
That number is projected to GROW to 70 billion by 2016 (Source: BIA Kelsey). We quickly found ourselves with multiple VC firms wanting to invest and I’m super proud to announce that we have just announced a $20 million round of funding to continue to grow the business into the enterprise class leader that I know we can become.
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8 Reasons To Incorporate Your New Company Early
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 1, 2016
An LLC will work just fine for this, but if you know enough to anticipate more than 100 investors or special classes of stock, I recommend incorporating as a Delaware or Nevada C-Corp or S-Corp. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 01/22/2016. Define a business entity early to manage taxes and intellectual property.
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61 Student-Founded Fantasy Pollster Is Hoping To Pick The Next President
InfoChachkie
MARCH 24, 2016
Unlike sites of the past that were deemed illegal, the current crop of election sites appear to well positioned to exploit the unprecedented focus Americans are applying to the 2016 election cycle. For instance, in the High Tech Sales class, we discussed the necessity of tracking ad performance. Fantasy Pollster.
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How Well Versed Are You In Startup Investor Jargon?
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 16, 2016
These terms refer to a class of professional investors who invest their own money, like angels, but have the larger resources and scope of venture capitalists with other people’s money. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 03/04/2016. A seed round is intended to be followed by a bigger Series A round.
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How a War on Climate Change Could Restore Economic Growth in America
Xconomy
AUGUST 23, 2016
The main proponent of this argument is environmentalist and author Bill McKibben, whose August 2016 cover story in The New Republic , “ A World at War ,” makes electrifying reading. If you haven’t read the Gordon book or the McKibben article, well, you’re in luck: I’m about to summarize them here.
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MakeSpace Raises an Additional $17.5 million and Unveils Strategy to Make Public Storage the Next Blockbuster Video
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 24, 2016
million in funding on TechCrunch led by Harmony Partners and Upfront Ventures to double its footprint of 3 cities (New York, Chicago & Washington DC) to 6 in 2016. MakeSpace , the leading provider of next-generation storage for consumers, today announced an additional $17.5 Strategy.
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Profitability Helps San Diego Lender Step Out from Industry Cloud
Xconomy
JULY 26, 2016
Against that backdrop, National Funding said today that through the first half of 2016, it has provided over $1.5 Another oft-mentioned concern about peer-to-peer lenders is that most members of the new class of lending companies have yet to prove their business model in the ultimate stress test —an economic downturn.
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Fintech Lender Uses Profitability to Step Out from Industry Cloud
Xconomy
JULY 26, 2016
Against that backdrop, National Funding said today that through the first half of 2016, it has provided over $1.5 Another oft-mentioned concern about the peer-to-peer industry is that most members of the new class of lending companies have yet to prove their business model in the ultimate stress test —an economic downturn.
Making Sense of the Stock Market Drops in Relation to Venture Financing
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 24, 2015
If market slumps persist the woes will extend into LPs who will take a wait-and-see approach to investing in VC funds making 2016 an unpleasant year to be raising. Our investors often allocate across different classes (real estate, commodities, public stocks, bonds and private equity – of which VC is a subset).
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150 Where You’d Least Expect Them
Xconomy
DECEMBER 28, 2017
All three said the same thing: They were thrilled at the opportunity to prove that their destination — although smaller, lesser known, or farther away — has just as many cultural and intellectual assets to attract world-class events as the big guys. In 2016, Rapid City was officially named ICPC 2017’s host city.
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75 Bio Roundup: FDA Says No, PCSK9 Value Fight, CRISPR Intrigue & More
Xconomy
AUGUST 19, 2016
Data from the other three trials should come in late 2016 or early 2017. The combination is meant to improve upon Vertex’s approved pairing of CF drugs ivacaftor-lumacaftor (Orkambi), and Vertex is testing it in a variety of genetic subsets of CF patients.
Tech Transforms the Election Experience, From VR to Voter Registration
Xconomy
SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
2 so the students can talk about them in class or with their parents. Voting opens for the school kids on Oct. 17 and closes Nov. 1, a week before the grownups vote. Newsela plans to release the results of the student election on Nov. Then they can compare their generation’s verdict with the outcome of the adult vote on election night.
Venture Outlook 2016
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 18, 2015
Fast forward 3 years and looking out into the 2016 horizon, what do I see? Technology riches yield bumper crops in venture capital with new firms and new largesses – the rewards of LPs rediscovering our asset class. Final venture outlook 2016 from Mark Suster. So my outlook for 2016? Are LPs to blame? None of these.
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The Greatest Strength of America is Immigration and Integration
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 11, 2016
I remember fondly my dad (from Colombia) wanting to eat out of the house and experience the best multi-cultural foods one could actually find in middle-class, suburban Sacramento in the 70s & 80s. He captures the daily life of working class Angelinos in a way that would make Mike Leigh proud. You go into the neighborhoods.
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