socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

There's a new, startup incubator in town in West Los Angeles--this time, launching out of Loyola Marymount University and its College of Business. According to the school, it has launched the The LMU CBA Business Incubator , a brand new startup incubator focused on companies in the technology and consumer products area.

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socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2017

Online e-commerce giant Amazon.com now owns roughly 40 grocery stores in Southern California, in what is the company's biggest foray into the grocery store market to date. Photo: Whole Foods' West Los Angeles location. billion deal. Amazon.com said it will pay $42.00 READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 7, 2009

I've helped organize the Los Angeles CTO Forum for almost 10 years. As part of doing that, I've had the opportunity to interact with a wide variety of different chief technical officers from different kinds of companies over those years. But where do the software development companies in Southern California congregate?

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socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2013

Ridesharing app SideCar is the latest, peer-to-peer, smartphone-driven, ridesharing app to debut in Los Angeles, letting people find drivers willing to give them a ride around the city. The company--which also has operations in San Francisco, Seattle, Austin and Philadelphia--is run locally by City Manager Drew Crofton.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Los Angeles-based Squeegy , an on-demand, car wash service, said Wednesday that it has officially launched its service in Los Angeles. The company then dispatches a mobile car wash to a customer's home, office, or other location for an on-site car wash. Squeegy's on-demand app currently runs only on iOS.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

I am the Gogobot Community Manager of West Los Angeles. I also manage the Gogobot online community within the West LA. I launched the brand in West LA Gogobot region last May. During Gogobot West LA events, a lot of money gets spent on food or drinks.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2015

has launched a beta of a new, on-demand service for car repair, starting in West Los Angeles, the company said today. Venice-based startup CarLove.co

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Thursday, October 20, 2016 -- GAN-LA Presents Small Business Breakfast Series: How to Build a Brand with Authentic Storytelling. Join us at the Pepperdine West Los Angeles Graduate Campus and learn invaluable information about what it means to be an entrepreneur. Breakfast provided.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Southern California technology companies are hiring aggressively, and the high tech job outlook is better than it has ever been, with hundreds of open positions and many companies eagerly seeking high tech talent. socalTECH's Job Board helps companies, and potential empoyees, connect. Sr Product Manager , West LA, Shopzilla.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2011

Despite the economy, Southern California's high tech job outlook is better than it has ever been, with hundreds of open positions and many companies eagerly seeking high tech talent. Software Engineer , West LA, Shopzilla. Accounting Manager / Assistant Controller , Los Angeles, Oversee.net.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2018

If investors at some of the biggest technology companies are right, the next big restaurant chain could have no kitchens of its own. ” Collins’ company just raised $10 million in a funding round led by GV , the investment arm of Google parent company, Alphabet. The Battle Is For The Customer Interface.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 24, 2020

The app, called Aglet , was created by Ryan Mullins, the former head of digital innovation strategy for Adidas, and it’s offering a way to collect virtual versions of limited edition sneakers and, eventually, design tools so all the would-be Virgil Ablohs and Kanye Wests of the world can make their own shoes for the metaverse.

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socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2018

Jay Goss: It's a fund focused on early stage companies, Seed or Series A. We're looking for companies that are doing health care. We proactively look for companies in the Los Angeles region, but we're opportunistic, and we'll look anywhere in the country or world. A number of those have been healthcare companies.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 1, 2019

Rich Branning is the CEO and co-founder of Sweep (www.sweepcrew.com), a company that handles logistics, maintenance, and other heavy lifting required for on-demand scooter companies like Bird, Lime, and others. Why don't these companies just go do this themselves? We've been in the last mile space since it's conception.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2018

That's what Los Angeles-based Eusoh (www.eusoh.com) is hoping to do. We caught up with Allen Kamrava , the CEO and founder the startup, to learn about how the company is building a consumer platform that allows assembled and self-selected groups to form for the purpose of sharing unexpected costs of life.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2012

One way is to automate the process, which is what Los Angeles-based CallFire has been helping its business customers with. We thought it would be interesting to hear from Dinesh Ravishankar , CEO of CallFire, to learn more about where the company fits into the world of telephony APIs and services. What is CallFire?

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2012

LA-based company, Chewse has joined 500 Startups in Silicon Valley, making it the first starup from LA to join the prestigious accelerator program and seed fund. 33 companies are in this batch. 500 Startups says it received hundreds of applications but ended up selecting 8 companies.

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socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2011

Although Los Angeles has become a hub for the high tech startup world, Surprisingly, one of the things which hasn't happened in the Los Angeles area is any huge, successful venture acceleration programs. Typically, venture backed companies, always entrepreneur led. Bruce was an investor in the Series A round there.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Hollywood and Silicon Valley converged over coffee at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in West Los Angeles for the Digital Hollywood conference to find out what studios and techies are all buzzing about. Did a company shift the move from VHS to DVD years ago? No difference in quality, just a different manner of calling it up.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Josh Resnick is a serial entrepreneur, and the founder and CEO of nProgress , the company behind ntro. Josh was formerly the President of Pandemic Studios, and helped co-found the company, merge it with Bioware, and eventually sell the combined firm to Electronic Arts for $860M. What's the idea behind the ntro?

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

COMPANY FB COMPANY|FB. COMPANY GOOG COMPANY|GOOG. COMPANY YHOO COMPANY|YHOO. COMPANY MSFT COMPANY|MSFT. COMPANY TSLA COMPANY|TSLA. PIXELS IN PARADISE | Andrew Frame, founder of the Internet-telephone company Ooma, paid $5.5 Financial News. Professor Journal. SmartMoney.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2009

It turns out, one of the companies supplying book scanning devices for libraries and others-- Atiz (www.atiz.com)--is located here in Los Angeles. What's the story behind how you started the company? It's been incredible, absolutely, raising the profile of all the companies digitizing bound books.

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