SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 2, 2010

Thursday, July 8, 2010 -- Maverick Angels Boot Camp for Entrepreneurs. Do you have a great business idea but are not quite ready to present to angel investors? Many entrepreneurs have promising business plans, but are not skilled in how to present their ideas to investors. See [link] (more).

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 16, 2020

Both Nguyen and Lim are serial entrepreneurs. The two met in their early twenties when Nguyen was trying to launch a fashion business and Lim was solidifying her career as a social media celebrity and designer. . Based in Los Angeles, Bümo had already managed to lock in a $2.4 As the pandemic began to spread across the U.S.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Thursday, September 13, 2012 -- Innovation and Design for Social Change. In conversation with Lorne Buchman, President, Art Center College of Design. We're excited to announce our new partner for our morning business series: the Gensler architectural firm in downtown Los Angeles. Bill Gross, CEO and Founder, Idealab.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Female co-working space operator The Riveter --which operates coworking space both in West Los Angeles and Marina Del Rey--said this week that it has raise $15M in a Series A funding round. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 24, 2020

One entrepreneur who’s spent time on both sides of the business as a startup founder and an employee for one of the biggest brands in athletic wear has launched a new app to try build a bridge between the physical and virtual fashion worlds. View this post on Instagram. The future of fashion discovery could be in the metaverse.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 7, 2022

An entrepreneur makes a claim that stretches comfort. The entrepreneur–founder explained this problem away by stating that the designers and manufacturers would ship direct after we’d grown to a large enough size. And designers or manufacturers never did offer to ship direct. I had my doubts but led the deal anyway.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 5, 2012

Friday, May 11, 2012 -- Urban Rebound-Los Angeles Conference. This event is part of Urban Rebound-Los Angeles, an exciting business growth initiative for women entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange and Riverside Counties, etc. See [link] (more)

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. But many have no insight or connections to the ethereal angel investment community, which In the U.S. Angels prefer strong teams to big ideas.

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2014

In a world with a rash of startup incubators and accelerators, super angels, crowdfunding sites, and more, what''s the relevance of organized angel investments groups? First off, for those not familiar with the Pasadena Angels, talk about the group? What does that mean to entrepreneurs? It''s more than money.

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socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2019

Earlier this month, the annual Montgomery Summit conference was held in Santa Monica, including a special portion of the conference dedicated to the Rise of the Female Entrepreneur. I also think there's an interesting opportunity in Los Angeles, as the tech scene continues to develop and mature. I think it's a fantastic program.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 4, 2012

Thursday, May 10, 2012 -- Urban Rebound-Los Angeles Conference. This event is part of Urban Rebound-Los Angeles, an exciting business growth initiative for women entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange and Riverside Counties, etc. See [link] (more)

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Mogul Millennial — this Dallas-based company is a digital media platform for black entrepreneurs and corporate leaders. Nuggetverse — Los Angeles-based Nuggetverse is creating a children’s media business based on its marquee character, Tubby Nugget. Wabisabi Design, Inc.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 9, 2020

The Los Angeles-based app development shop, V/One , is giving away 50,000 free mobile app builds through the rest of April as the company officially launches its platform for would-be, LA-based mobile app moguls. “But, I wasn’t going to let someone tell me I couldn’t be a tech entrepreneur.”

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. And it wasn’t just Google Ad Words that originated in Los Angeles.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2013

Tran moved to Los Angeles and started his business in Chinatown with a need he personally had. How much could the new generation of entrepreneurs learn from that? The distinctive design of his packaging. He noticed that Americans didn’t have good hot sauce. But his goal wasn’t to make a billion dollars.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. Here are eight key insights that will help you find a productive match: Angels want equity ownership, not causes. Angels prefer strong teams to big ideas.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 27, 2013

Meet the next generation of startup success stories at Be Great Fest in Los Angeles. 17, entrepreneurs, investors, civic leaders and other key players in the tech industry will gather at the historic Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, Calif. Although the Startup Genome Project named Los Angeles the No.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The Los Angeles and New York-based venture firm M13 has managed to nab former Techstars LA managing director, Anna Barber, as its newest partner and the head of its internal venture studio, Launchpad. There is no better place for M13’s Launchpad than Los Angeles and no better person to lead it than Anna. Anna Barber, partner, M13.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2016

As a startup advisor and aspiring angel investor, I’ve long been wary of startups trying to create new markets out of problems people didn’t know they have, or problems generally accepted as unsolvable. Overtly design the ecosystem as well as product. You, as the entrepreneur, have to set the culture by everything you say and do.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Venice-based Snap announced the third class of its Yellow startup accelerator class on Wednesday, naming ten companies to participate in its annual 14-week program in Los Angeles. Snap says that those 10 companies were receive $150,000 in equity investments, mentorship from Snap and others, space in Los Angeles, as well as other support.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Just weeks after Canoo took the wraps off of its electric vehicle , the Los Angeles-based startup and co-founder Stefan Krause has been accused of gender and marital discrimination, harassment, breach of contract, and wrongful termination in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. Canoo has never revealed the names of its primary investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2015

According to most definitions, an entrepreneur is one who envisions a new and different business, meaning one that is not a copy of an existing business model. Many entrepreneurs have a passion and an idea, or even invent a new product, but are never able to execute to the point of creating a startup. Startup and development stage.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2020

Representatives from the government and the utility managing the power of Los Angeles are proposing a sweeping infrastructure package worth roughly $150 billion centered on the broad electrification of transportation and industry. The funding would include $20 billion for utility upgrades.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 16, 2009

Thursday, October 22, 2009 -- Space Angels Network: Aerospace Venture Forum. Join Space Angels Network for a unique half-day event designed to bring together selected emerging aerospace ventures with an exclusive group of early-stage investors interested in aerospace opportunities. See [link] (more).

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 8, 2009

Friday, April 10, 2009 -- Maverick Boot Camp for Entrepreneurs. Do you have a great business idea but are not quite ready to present to angel investors? Many entrepreneurs have promising business plans, but are not skilled in how to present their ideas to investors.

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Entrepreneur Training Ideas Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Many of us get that itch of becoming an entrepreneur. Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. Each group should consist of at least a business developer, designer and technical developer.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 8, 2020

Watt, who came to MoviePass as an entrepreneur in residence at True Ventures, previously founded the brand and product placement startup NextMedium and also spent time as a board partner at Upfront Ventures. Now, the serial entrepreneur and startup investor is combining his two career paths under the auspices of Share Ventures.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Leonardo DiCaprio is making a significant commitment to the Los Angeles-based investment firm, Struck Capital , as part of the actor’s commitment to building LA into a tech development powerhouse. DiCaprio is also investor in the Los Angeles-based ethically and sustainably focused financial services firm, Aspiration.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 2, 2009

Friday, June 5, 2009 -- Maverick Boot Camp for Entrepreneurs. Do you have a great business idea but are not quite ready to present to angel investors? Many entrepreneurs have promising business plans, but are not skilled in how to present their ideas to investors.

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Entrepreneur Training Ideas Design 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 29, 2009

Wednesday, February 4, 2009 -- Entrepreneur Mentoring Session. Entretech is launching Nitro a new program designed to "Get more companies funded in Greater Los Angeles." The size of the event will be kept small, to focus on just one or two entrepeneurs/researchers at a time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

In addition to being the startup entrepreneur, there are other key roles where Boomers can be a force in driving successful startups, in concert with leaders from Gen-X and Gen-Y: Early-stage Angel investors. Software and hardware development architects and designers. boomers entrepreneurs gen-x gen-y startups'

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review Report 106

Steve Reich

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The Pasadena Angels have redesigned our site with a new focus on Entrepreneurs and LA Basin tech resources. We started by surveying a group of local entrepreneurs and our own members to find out what they wanted in a site. Angel Investing Bluebeam Pasadena Angels Raising Captial' Let me know what you think!

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Our interview today is with Karen Caswelch , the CEO of SciArt Software (www.sciartsoftcom), a startup developing design software for the aerospace industry. We spoke with Karen at the recent Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Every new startup I know dreams of being funded early by one of the 318,000 active Angel investors in the USA alone. Most of these investors are members of Angel groups that have a rigorous filtering and screening process, to select the top 3% and most fundable proposals. Remember the old adage that “investors fund people, not ideas.”

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Los Angeles-based Ground Control , the new digital content startup led by serial entrepreneur Mike Macadaan, is powering a new online site, Biden's Briefing , which features podcasts and other content from former Vice President Joe Biden. CCO at Fox Interactive, VP of User Experience and Design at AOL. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2022

In addition to being the startup entrepreneur, there are other key roles where Boomers can be a force in driving successful startups, in concert with leaders from Gen-X and Gen-Y: Early-stage angel investors. Software and hardware development architects and designers. Supportive co-founder and executive positions.

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Technical Review Software Review Entrepreneur Report 147

socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2018

Los Angeles-based Michelson 20MM Foundation , a private foundation created by spinal surgeon Dr. Gary K. AdmitHub develops artificial intelligence software designed to help guide students to and through college, and in particular is aimed at helping at-risk students. Financial terms of the investment were not announced.

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