Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

As one of the organizers, Jay Tucker explained, “The Silicon Beach movement is the future of the Los Angeles tech area – tech, mobility, digital content, entrepreneurship, etc. I wanted to connect LA’s incredible entrepreneurs with the larger business community and with the resources of USC.”. Startup Pitch Competition.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Tuesday, October 11, 2011 -- Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator Launch Event. The City of Los Angeles is launching its new cleantech business incubator to accelerate the development of cleantech start-ups and to help build a stronger green economy in LA. See [link] (more)

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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. We spoke with Bryce Maddock , founder of TaskUs, about the company and how it has been providing the manpower behind a lot of LA''s technology startups. So, what is TaskUs?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2018

As a Jewish person I know something about this scapegoating because it is the history of my people for 2,000+ years including the Pogroms in Eastern Europe that cause my family to escape using fake passports and wind up in South America (Colombia) in search of a better life. He started living out of his car?—?too they felt “invisible.”

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APRIL 2, 2012

Online higher education startup 2tor , which has offices in Los Angeles and a prominent deal with the University of Southern California, said this morning that it has raised $26M in a Series D funding round. 2tor has an office up the street from USC near the Staples Center. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 26, 2014

The National Science Foundation is planning to create a new, innovation center in Los Angeles, in conjunction with the University of Southern California , the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) , and the University of California Los Angeles , the NSF said this morning. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Brad Feld visited Los Angeles this past week. Brad wrote up his answer here – you should read it because it’s very instructive for how I believe communities ought to think about naming conventions. Let my try those for Los Angeles as an example: Second largest city in America with 13 million people. LA should be LA.”

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MARCH 15, 2011

New York-based 2tor , the online education startup which powers online degree programs from the University of Southern California (USC) and others, has raised $32.5M Greg Martin, of Los Angeles-based Archer Venture Capital, sits on 2tor's board. 2tor also has operations near USC. 2tor also has operations near USC.

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

What's the latest craze in startups in Southern Califonia? It looks to be startup accelerators. In just the last few weeks, at least five different incubation/acceleration efforts have booted up in the region. The group is a member of the TechStars Network, and boasts a who's who of successful local CEOs and investors.

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APRIL 4, 2013

That''s what Los Angeles-based FieldLevel (www.fieldlevel.com) has been working on, making it easier for coaches to network and exchange information on athletes. The baseball community has really taken to it, because we''ve set it up how coaches already operate. How''d you start the company? What is that process?

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JUNE 2, 2014

Last month, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti created a new program, aimed at growing, assisting and sustaining entrepreneurs in Los Angeles. Krisztina "Z" Holly: The reason I picked that, is because there is a huge opportunity here in Los Angeles. Los Angeles is poised to play a huge role in that area. Also, the U.S.

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

One of the biggest complaints that local entrepreneurs have with Los Angeles has been a dearth of local sources of venture capital. However, the recent surge in startup activity has attracted a lot more capital into the area, including a significant amount of capital from LA's latest fund: Karlin Ventures (www.karlinvc.com).

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AUGUST 2, 2017

Our interview today is with Alan Horsager , the CEO of Pasadena-based Episona (www.episona.com), an angel backed startup which has already developed and has been offering up an epigenetic test for male fertility. We've translated that into a screening test, which started offering out in October of last year.

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JANUARY 19, 2017

For today's youth, it's often hard to figure out what they want to do in life--according to Deborah Ramo , Founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based Amavitae (www.amavitae.com). How did this start? Deborah Ramo: The group of us who started the company are all very interested in solving problems.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Despite the excitement and lure of startups to those in the tech industry, not everyone wants to join a startup after college--according to Mike Gammarino , who is helping to organize a new effort here to recruit students to startups. I'm actually an industrial engineer by education. That's the impetus for the program.

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JANUARY 23, 2013

However, it appears the spirit of innovation and technology didn't leave Google's old space: instead, that office has become Real Office Centers (realofficecenters.com), an office center which on a recent Friday looked to have become somewhat of a hub for Silicon Beach's startup and investors. It's up to the community.

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OCTOBER 4, 2012

Los Angeles-based CreatorUp (www.creatorup.com) wants to help aspiring online video producers with an online web education series. We spoke with Michael Tringe , one of the startup's co-founders, to learn more about what the company is getting set to launch. It's a hands-on kind of education. What's your background?

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

The group--which was started by Richard Koffler and John Morris , two well known investors in Los Angeles--has been trying to help connect CEOs with interesting university and other technology projects. That technology is coming out of USC's biomedical department, which is part of its School of Engineering.

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MAY 2, 2013

However, the newest venture capital fund in the area TenOneTen Ventures (tenoneten.net), headed up by David Waxman and Gil Elbaz, is hoping to change that, by focusing its efforts on technology-focused startups here. The majority of them are in Los Angeles, but not excusively. How did the new fund come about? David Waxman.:

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

Silicon Beach Fest is gearing up to showcase the most promising startups and visionaries from across LA’s growing startup entertainment ecosystem. More than 150 speakers include top executives from local accelerators, venture capitalists, entertainment powerhouses, brands, and emerging and established start-ups.

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

Three local universities, plus a Pasadena-based startup, have received a $360,000 grant to promote student entrepreneurship in clean technology. Department of Energy to help foster student entrepreneurs via a business plan competition run by the group called First Look West.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

TechZulu caught up with the founder Mike Tringe and this is what he told us. CreatorUp was launched online in Beta in January of 2013 and our startup team is based in Los Angeles. Mike Tringe earned his BA in History and Science from Harvard, and his MFA in Film Production from USC. When was it launched and where?

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MAY 11, 2011

Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based Anti-AgingGames (www.Anti-AgingGames.com), a new online game startup, announced a new service to help users improve their memory and concentration, as well as improve brain function. How did you end up starting the site? I ended up managing that project.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Why should a startup thinking about moving to a new place choose LA? Los Angeles offers a great deal, both in terms of business opportunities and lifestyle awesomeness. What are some examples of successful companies that were started here? What are the current local startups that more people should know about now?

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Formerly, he was Managing Director of both Product Management and of Business Development at Los Angeles Times Interactive. an enterprise social networking platform provider located in Los Angeles, CA. He was raised and educated in London. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony.

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OCTOBER 30, 2008

We're always interested in how technology is influencing the business of Hollywood, and recently ran across Los Angeles-based Scripped. We're now scaling up to the next stage, where we have that filter as we described, so that we can have an agency independently review content and allow producers to browse that content.

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