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Announcing The Socaltech 50: Southern California's Up-and-Comers

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We''re proud to announce the Socaltech 50 , our list of the 50, up-and-coming people in Southern California''s technology ecosystem. James Borow and Clark Landry (shared position), SHIFT (Los Angeles, Santa Monica, advertising). Tim Cadogan , OpenX (Pasadena, advertising). Asher Delug , Airpush (Los Angeles, advertising).

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Silicon Beach at USC 2013 | Entrepreneurial Inspiration

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All in a room at the University of Southern California Silicon Beach Event on September 18th, 2013. I wanted to connect LA’s incredible entrepreneurs with the larger business community and with the resources of USC.”. Pelv-Ice , founded by USC MBA graduate Jill Bigelow, won third place and the $10,000 prize.

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A History of SCaLE12X, 12 years of the SoCal Linux Expo

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This weekend marks the 12th consecutive Southern California Linux Expo, SCaLE12x. During planning of the fifth year, Scott Kilroy from the USC LUG and Lei Zhang from the UCLA LUG approached him about throwing a joint effort; pooling their talents to put together the first SCaLE. I remember being worried no one would show up.

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Strike Social Bolsters Board, Advisors

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Los Angeles-based advertising technology developer Strike Social is bolstering its board and advisory team, saying that it has named Lawrence Chu to its board of directors, and signed up Dr. Arif Ansari, a big data systems researcher at the University of Southern California, as an advisor. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Neal Pecchenino, Boxi: Turning Blank Trunks Into Moving Ads

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Neal Pecchenino , the founder and CEO of Boxi , while trying to advertise the brand of a company he was working for--how do you reach a lot of people with a branding campaign, affordably? Neal Pecchenino: We are the largest truck advertising company in the country. I had been at USC, at the Etnrepreneurship program.

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Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Startup Marketing Ideas - Eric David Greenspan

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He’s done several startups and is a board member of the Technology Council of Southern California (which is where I met him originally). Some days I respond to questions asked by folks like yourself, the press, or an entity doing a case study, i.e. Citrix, RIM, USC. Who are some of your go to people in Southern California?

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FreeBike Project | Shifting Brands into Gear

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Both are students at the University of Southern California and wanted to provide free bike access to students on campus. Because advertisers have limited access to campuses, having their advertisement on a bicycle becomes less intrusive than the typical flyer and newspaper advertising.