socalTECH

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Irvine-based hard drive maker Western Digital , and Los Angeles-based studios Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and Warner Bros. The firms said the new technology will support full 1080p high definition digital movies and TV shows. The group plans to license its technology to others. READ MORE>>

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socalTECH

APRIL 19, 2010

Los Angeles-based RealD , which develops 3D projection technology for the movie business, has inked a licensing deal with systems-on-a-chip firm Sigma Designs , the two firms said Monday. Tags: reald movie content hollywood sigma designs semiconductor. Financial details of the licensing deal were not disclosed.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

I've lived in Los Angeles for ten years now. and Nextspace have definitely made a mark with this event which was, as told to me by Amplify's Managing Director, Paul Bricault, essentially to celebrate the end of work on their new building. Something very, established about it. These parties are always the same. Amplify.LA

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

We would argue that our movies are world-class movies, just designed entirely for mobile.” by designing or mobile consumption, they can eventually take advantage of every aspect of the phone including the camera, the touchscreen, the gyroscope, etc. definitely a big and expensive promotional bet for a “startup”. “We

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

Another $30 billion is designed to be targeted toward rural development; and finally the $40 billion in upgrading research infrastructure. Energy storage and renewable technologies are going to get a boost through a clutch of tax credits designed to accelerate their deployment. The administration doesn’t stop there.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 20, 2012

Last week, I attended an event hosted by The Los Angeles User Experience Meetup at Cross Campus in Santa Monica. He is the Content Strategist and CEO of FatDUX, headquartered in Copahagen, Denmark, a global company specializing in user experience with offices worldwide in Los Angeles, Budapest, Zagreb and Prague.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

The bad news is that Finding Developers is Tough Here in Los Angeles and even people willing to pay have a hard time finding Web Development in Los Angeles. Tech Events / Meetups - In Los Angeles, There are lots of Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California that are techie oriented.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Alex Benzer: My partner and I met here in Los Angeles, in high school. We're definitely Los Angeles natives, but we got the opportunity to do TechStars. I was really into graphic design in high school, and took several summer workshops at Caltech. After TechStars, how did you end up in LA?

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2019

In January, Los Angeles-based Pluto TV (www.pluto.tv) was acquired by Viacom for $340M, one of the largest acquisition deals so far in the region this year. I started a web design company, and ended up going to college in Florida, but kept on running the company on the side. Why it is you were successful, where they weren't?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2014

One new, Los Angeles startup-- Laudville (www.laudville.com)--recently launched its service to try to tackle that huge task, of bringing your content together. If you look at what Pinterest does for anything design related, it''s not just fashion, it''s not just design, it''s not just DIY, it''s everything. I love that.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Today, the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) published its updated economic forecast for LA and the Southern California region. In the US, the SEC proposed allowing all companies to market themselves to investors before announcing IPOs versus just those that fall under the agency’s “emerging growth” definition.

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

As a member of NextSpace I have witnessed Amplify in operation and it is a shop that definitely believes in good rewards stemming from hard work. Amplify’s close mentoring is by design. While we might not see Jeff, Paul and Chris as often as we once did, they have definitely become role models for Kluge as well.

Web Design 103

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Music Prodigy , a Los Angeles based music education technology firm serious on improving the way people learn, play and interact with music beat over 70 startups with their app Rock Prodigy to win the Silicon Beach Awards. How It Works. it’s like a video game!

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

With 10,000 square feet designed to inspire innovation, Amplify LA is the ultimate start-up accelerator and entrepreneurial campus — all to bring together the brightest, most enthusiastic technology minds into an environment that provides solutions, support, and collaboration. Fun Fact: Los Angeles heavy hitters J.J.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2012

How do you leverage your years of experience manufacturing and designing furniture for stores like Ikea and Crate & Barrel into the online world, and harness the interest of consumers to purchase their furniture online? As a designer of those products, I've seen in home furnishings over the last twenty years lots of cycles.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 11, 2016

The Wave VR is backed by PCB Edge,�Presence Capital,�Rothenberg Ventures, RRE Ventures, The VR Fund,�Seedcamp,� plus angels, anddual headquartered in Los Angeles and Austin. He's a virtual reality design guru. Our design philosophy is to double down on creating a very high value proposition. What is The Wave VR?

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2013

Los Angeles-based TheBouqs (www.thebouqs.com) thinks so, with its new, cut-to-order online flower delivery service for the iPad generation. Participating in the round is Quest Venture Partners, Siemer Ventures here in Los Angeles, Telegraph Hill Capital, and a number of great angel investors. million round.

Services 215

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

So this was definitely an introduction I was going to take. We funded about $2 million, which allowed a full team in Finland to be recruited for building the app and an international management team led from Los Angeles. It is what Seriously was designed to do. The results? This is so clearly our future.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2010

Alex Schneider: We designed the space to be a real creative, collaborative environment. We charge by-the-workstation, it's designed to be really flexible and affordable office space for these startups. You definitely see some distinct clusters 30 miles North and 30 miles South of us. What is the Ventura incubator?

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Ventura Incubator Technology Startup 200

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. It’s a very smartly designed debenture program. This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. Maker Studios. Savings.com.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2011

Well, Los Angeles-based KarmaGoat (www.karmagoat.com) has figured out a way to help people get rid of those unwanted items they have--and provide those proceeds to charity. When I was moving to Los Angeles from Paris, I was sorting through my stuff, and I made three bags of things. Where did the idea come from?

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UCLA Startup Ideas Help 256

socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2020

We did a lot of testing before we actually started designing and building Bingie, including running surveys, and started with kids as young as fourteen and people as old as 70. It was definitely scary, as COVID comes in first place with people worried more about their health than business. Who is the target audience for the app?

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Startup Netflix Ideas Content 113

socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2019

Wheels currently operates in Los Angeles and San Diego. Josh Viner: Wheels is live in Los Angeles and San Diego. Because of those two key things, plus being a really sleek, fashion-forward design, we can reach a much larger demographic. What is Wheels? That's the consumer side. Josh Viner: That's a good question.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Using advice about curriculum from the startup accelerator Y-Combinator and attracting superstar speakers like Elon Musk , Zhang has created an organization that is inspiring students to build great companies in Los Angeles. Zhang shares his thoughts about Los Angeles, incubator programs, and more. It’s a typical “Aha!”

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

We got a very design-centric online portfolio for people to showcase their work like scripts, images, resume, and other things like that. Los Angeles is going to be our home base. RR: There are definitely a lot of people up in Silicon Valley, but we can have a louder voice in LA. NG: Product design.

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Content Entertainment Startup Los Angeles 81

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Los Angeles-based Enrou (www.enrou.co) thinks it has a way--by connecting people with products that also help support international development and causes, via its own online marketplace. Ann Wang: It was definitely a struggle at the very beginning. We are looking forward to a national launch in 2015.

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Tech.Co

JULY 27, 2016

The immersive 12-week program is designed to address more than just coding. “When your interviewer is using your tool, you are definitely not a typical bootcamp grad, rather you are a seasoned engineer. This is the goal of the Codesmith program.”

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Software Engineering Study Startup Tool 70

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 10, 2011

Fueled by a drive to be self-made and complimentary pizza & beer, the room consisted of younger and older, budding entrepreneurs, track-proven overseers, and even a couple of angel investors. Vision-Driven (You’re definitely going to need a strong vision when those sleepless nights, crying kids, and angry spouse enter the picture).

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 30, 2010

Announced this morning, Los Angeles startup NeighborGoods.net is taking its sharing goodness all across the country. With the new announcement they also did a re-design of the entire service. I'm definitely going to keep on eye on NeighborGoods and can't wait to see where they are going from here.

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Social Network Design Email Los Angeles 53

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 12, 2013

I later found the bottle belonged to my roommate (don’t worry, the bottle was still in the communal cupboard and thoroughly cleaned upon return) – he was a graphic & brand designer by trade and had a quirkier appreciation for negative space than most people. DESIGN – 3. The design is great.

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Technical Review Design Product Patents 92

Tech.Co

AUGUST 31, 2015

Compression Wrap: Each Hyperice compression wrap is designed to apply maximum pressure to the Ice Cell, pushing all excess air to the surface so it can be released from the Ice Cell. Foam rolling is a great way to do this, and it’s something almost everybody at your gym does (side note: if you don’t foam roll, you definitely should).

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Tool Marketing Design Networking 81

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2019

then you can move into a role designed to maximize your potential income. After just 4 years I become managing partner of what is now the largest venture capital fund in Los Angeles. Taking risks is, by definition, risky! Learn tangible skills that will be valuable in your future. That was 12 years ago. Take chances.

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Pomona Startup Tips Networking 253

socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2019

Los Angeles-based Lucid Sight (www.lucidsight.com) is applying that technology behind the scenes to help power video games, using the digital asset features of blockchain to build ownership and scarcity into collectible video games. That's designing games on platforms that are fairly nascent now, like the iPhone was in 2008.

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Examples Startup Platform Venture Capital 157

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

As a member of NextSpace I have witnessed Amplify in operation and it is a shop that definitely believes in good rewards stemming from hard work. Amplify’s close mentoring is by design. While we might not see Jeff, Paul and Chris as often as we once did, they have definitely become role models for Kluge as well.

Web Design 40

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 40

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Most of the marketing tools out there are designed to market products with visual and text advertising, which doesn’t work for marketing music. I was the second employee at a startup affiliate network called Affiliate Fuel here in Los Angeles, handling business development. Our design has a long history.

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Startup Design Advertising Search Engine Optimization 80

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

It's a huge development task to develop your own mobile application, connect into Facebook, and create an online ordering system--unless you use the software from ChowNow (www.chownow.com), one of the newest startups to get funding here in Los Angeles. It's designed just for our system. There are two other parts of the system.

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Mobile Startup Platform GRP Partners 197

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

Tell us about your connection to Los Angeles. The Los Angeles music scene is very important for us because of connections. Diversity is definitely the case with our team. Right now we’re being incorporated here in San Francisco and the next step might be Los Angeles, but that’s still to be discussed.

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