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MAY 28, 2019

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand Foundation , the nonprofit arm of Cornerstone OnDemand, says it will launch a set of free, online learning programs to help under-represented, job sekers in Los Angeles. Area Chamber of Commerce, to provide access to a free online learning program for job seekers.

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JULY 11, 2017

Stopping by your local, Los Angeles 7-11 convenience store for a free Slurpee today? While you are there, you might notice that you can now buy Soylent , the meal replacement product created by Los Angeles-based Rosa Foods. Rosa Foods says Soylent is aimed at the "on-the-go millennial".

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

Three, Los Angeles area companies have been selected for a accelerator being run by Silicon Valley Bank and Mastercard, the companies announced this morning. Domuso is developing payment financing software for renters; Earny is a personal assistant which provides money back on purchases; and Papaya develops mobile bill payment apps.

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JANUARY 30, 2013

StartEngine , the startup accelerator headed by Howard Marks, is launching its newest class of startups today in a private event in Santa Monica. The eight startups are pitching their investors to startups at CrossCampus in Santa Monica this afternoon. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Los Angeles�as the center of the entertainment industry�has begun to adopt a new role as the center of online video in recent years�and has also with the e-commerce industry and expertise here from the technology industry. Corey Weiss , IPSY's Head of Business Development, is based in Santa Monica, and helps to run that effort.

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MARCH 27, 2014

Santa Monica-based GoCoin , the Bitcoin payments startup led by Steve Beauregard, has scored $1.5M The funding also included angels Andrew Frame (Ooma), David Neumann (Current TV), and others. software ecommerce angel seed purchase capital venture bitcoin gocoin' in a Series A financing, the company said today.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Sean Percival, best known for founding Los Angeles tech blog lalawag, in addition to his work as an executive at MySpace, has booted up a new effort--Santa Monica-based Wittlebee , a new, online subscription service for baby supplies. to launch in the last few weeks, and the second, e-commerce via subscription firm from Science.

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JANUARY 25, 2012

The love affair between Los Angeles startups combining e-commerce and celebrity continues unbated today, as a new, Santa Monica-based startup headed by actress Jessica Alba --and backed by Brian Lee , the founder of LegalZoom and ShoeDazzle--unveiled itself to the world.

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JANUARY 31, 2013

It was standing room only at StartEngine 's Demo Day Wednesday afternoon, held at Santa Monica's Cross Campus , as the startup accelerator launched eight of its latest startups into the world, after a 90 day process of mentoring, honing their business model, and heads down development. Standing room only crowd at StartEngine).

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

This month’s “Startups Uncensored” will be on “Building an E-commerce Business”. It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation talking about the strategies, tactics, and challenges of building and growing online properties through E-commerce. Santa Monica Public Library (Auditorium) 601 Santa Monica Blvd.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Kick off what will no doubt be an unforgettable Techweek experience in Los Angeles by joining investors, sponsors and the city’s top startup founders at the Kickoff Party. TechZulu will guide groups through some of the hottest tech companies in Santa Monica: Hawke Media, NeoHire, Zuma Ventures and others.

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JANUARY 24, 2013

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 -- StartEngine is pleased to present our latest class of startups at our Demo Day on Wednesday, January 30th at CrossCampus in Santa Monica. This event is for VCs, early stage funds, angel investors, mentors as well as a number of esteemed guests. tech entrepreneurs. tech entrepreneurs.

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MARCH 10, 2015

The White House has named Los Angeles as one of 21 communities around the nation which are part of a new technology job and training effort called TechHire , the administration announced Monday. techhire white house jobs employment california angeles technology recruiting training school education' READ MORE>>.

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JULY 18, 2012

Santa Monica-based Retention Science , a new startup out of the MuckerLab accelerator, is announcing this morning that it has raised $1.3M in a seed funding. Retention Science is using big data techniques to help model online visitors, and figure out how to convert them into cusotmers.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Venture51 is an inestor in Los Angeles-based EcoMom, the online eco-friendly e-commerce site run by Jody Sherman, Zaarly, the mobile marketplace startup which spawned out of LA Startup Weekend, along with companies such as Getaround, LaunchRock, and Tout. Mahalo is based in Santa Monica. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

24 7pm at Coloft in Santa Monica. The panel is comprised of Southern California’s Top VC’s, Angels, and Startup Accelerator founders. Scott Sangster , President at Tech Coast Angels (Los Angeles)/CEO at OrganicStartup. There will be plenty of FREE Pizza and drinks! Our Panelist Include.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The Los Angeles area has seen a surge in the last month in companies and organizations looking to bolster entrepreneurial activity and startups in Southern California. We're really focused on those three things, and doing it here in Los Angeles, here in Santa Monica on Second Street.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

Silicon Beach Fest takes place June 19-22, 2013 in Santa Monica. Key Events include: June 14-16: Hackathon presented by AT&T will gather a few hundred developers, coaches, and business professionals who will create startup pitches at ROC Santa Monica. Thursday Night Fashion Party at Santa Monica Place.

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AUGUST 7, 2014

Los Angeles has been in the midst of a technology boom over the last few years, with many of high profile startups growing in the area. It''s all over the map, from content moderation for applications like Whisper and Tinder, to photo retouching for e-commerce websites. It makes Los Angeles traffic look like a walk in the park.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

Los Angeles. And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. DemandMedia has already scaled a tech team to a considerable size in Santa Monica. TechCoast Angels backed GreenDot should be a major IPO this year.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

Santa Monica-based Tala , backed by Google Ventures and Lowercase Capital, has developed a tool that allows anyone with a cell phone to build a financial track record, specially for people in emerging markets. We can see marchan transactions, and if they are making e-commerce transactions, if they are paying things at small kiosks.

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APRIL 22, 2016

How did you end up in Santa Monica? Los Angeles was interesting, in particular, because of the whole technology scene and Silicon Beach happening here. Jason Reid: We have hired some very experienced folks as part of our team from LA, who have been in the market with e-commerce and gifting in the past.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 3, 2010

One such company, Santa Monica, Calif-based FamilyFinds, launched this week with $5.75 Groupon ushered in the new era of group buying, and now hyper local and vertical deal sites are the name of the game. in funding from Split Rock Partners. Visit TechZulu for full story.

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

We invite you to the Second Annual Digital Family Reunion on Wednesday, December 2nd at Wokcano Restaurant in Santa Monica from 6-11pm. Please join us at digiday:APPS on December 10th, in Los Angeles. Read more below for details. It's time again to come together for the holidays! Win a ticket to digiday:APPS. REGISTER TODAY!

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

TechZulu will be streaming SMCLA: Going Goo Goo Over Google Analytics, live from the Mahalo Office in Santa Monica. Come join Social Media Club – Los Angeles on Tuesday, Feb. Erica Forrette, Online Marketing / E-commerce with a stealth startup (moderator) www.linkedin.com/in/ericaforrette. . What is Google Analytics?

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 10, 2011

South, a solid Santa Monica bar and grill was bustling earlier this Tuesday courtesy of the good people at Tech Cocktail and their winter technology mixer. Being their second time in Los Angeles I was really excited for the event organizers for getting their room as packed as it was.

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APRIL 17, 2010

The team has experience in building startups (Doug Ludlow was formerly a founder in a TechStars company) and have all worked at local Los Angeles based startups. We’re excited to welcome the CEO Michael Agustin to Los Angeles. The company’s first offering will be a mobile retail commerce platform. Watch this space.

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APRIL 10, 2012

One of the most original, subscription startups to come out of Southern California's tech accelerator boom emerged last week, looking to disrupt not just another retail sector or e-commerce category, but something else entirely: the airline industry. We shuttle primarily between Palo Alto and Los Angeles. How did this all start?

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JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

From there, I became the first non-founder employee at an e-commerce startup called BITSource, which was the first electronic software distributor delivering electronic volume software licenses to corporations. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to? Who are some of your go to people in Los Angeles?

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