socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2018

The Thiel Foundation , the nonprofit formed by maverick technology investor Peter Thiel, named a new class of twenty entrepreneurs as part of its 2018 Thiel Fellows program--including one Los Angeles entrepreneur, Gemma Busoni. Peter Thiel recently moved from Silicon Valley to Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 8, 2020

Morken has spent the past thirty five years at technology companies and will be reporting directly to the company’s co-founder and chief executive, Rich Pierson. “We feel so lucky that the company is in a position to attract someone with the deep experience that CeCE has in scaling world-class organizations.”

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said production of the Tesla Semi, a Class 8 heavy duty truck, would begin in 2019. Newcomer Thor Trucks is developing a medium-duty Class-6 electric truck for UPS, which will also be tested in California. — Volvo Trucks North America (@VolvoTrucksNA) December 12, 2018.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 9, 2018

This year at CES 2018 Eureka Park, the mega startup hub of the conference, the hottest early-stage startups from around the world will showcase their products and services aimed at disrupting their respective industries. Meet the startups showcasing at Eureka Park Startup Arlington this year at CES 2018: BooleanGirl. Albrechtsen said.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2017

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's "movers and shakers" in the technology industry. What are you looking forward to most in 2018? Aside from $50,000 bitcoin? CryptoKitties! READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Of course you’ve probably known of Meg as a business leader for many years, formerly as President and CEO of Hewlett Packard and the CEO of eBay before that, but since late 2018 she has been the CEO of Quibi (joining founder Jeffrey Katzenberg as the first employee). Between the heavy hitters at the helm, the more than $1.4B

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. Our goal is to build a platform that helps our companies achieve best practices as quickly as possible on their way to becoming world-class companies.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 18, 2019

While that first deal didn’t work out, Geder and Harris both remained interested in the technology and startup scene and saw a new opportunity to leverage their networks and promote new businesses. billion in 2018, a record for the region, according to data from Pitchbook and the National Venture Capital Association.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2018

I’m convinced that you can learn more from failure than success, so it pays to take these as lessons to improve your success odds before you start: Creating a new technology doesn’t make a business. Despite the technology, the fears of pedestrians and government regulations strangled the business.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

But the reality is that “global warming” massively blunted the effects of winter and my prognosis for VC fundings of entrepreneurs in 2017–2018 is now very sunny indeed. Actually, winter did come and I have the data that shows it. Unless of course something Trump’s our good weather. This chart surprised me the most.

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socalTECH

JULY 18, 2018

How do you apply virtual reality (VR) technology, and turn it from just a nifty technology trick, to something which is truly a lifelike journey you can experience with friends? We have an expert team, marrying world-class IP from Hollywood, and videogames and bringing that into this new format. That's been a part of our DNA.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The rules of business and technology are changing rapidly, and the pace of change is only accelerating. Don’t wait for someone else to send you back to class, or push you to change. Explore new technologies and innovative new approaches. Technology is making new things possible in learning and skill building.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2017

We sat down with Steve to chat about what the Alliance is working on, and why he decided to champion the growth of the technology industry here. We are devoted to the mission of supercharging Southern California's technology ecosystem, and help it emerge as a world class technology hub by 2025.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Sam’s vision was to build a world-class “reverse logistics” company that could be as ambitious as Amazon has been in delivering goods to our houses. So it makes me laugh to this day when I talk with a journalist or potential investor in the company and they ask flippantly, “How is MakeSpace a technology company?”

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

They think they are saving costs by not using the latest technology to capture data, and minimizing storage. This is a new class of software that can adapt in real time to market changes. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 09/17/2018. Get data flowing, and machines talking to each other.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

A critical stage for most first-time entrepreneurs is getting their idea developed into at least a prototype to validate their technology. Another alternative is to find an inexpensive class on grant writing. Marty Zwilling First published on CayenneConsulting on 08/22/2018. It’s time to get started today.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 26, 2016

In many industries, business and enterprise customers usually pay more than everyday consumers for the business-class version of the same product. percent in 2016,and to be almost double 2015 levels by 2018. Technology Driving Personal Advisory. The large U.S. This is historically not the case in the wireless industry.

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