socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2019

A new, philanthropic education effort-- Coding Our Future LA --announced on Tuesday that it is sending 200, South LA students to summertime "tech camps", as part of a philanthropic and educational effort to increase opportunities for underserved youth in the technology space.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

Leonard Kleinrock is the Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. When my team of graduate students and I sent the first message over the internet on a warm Los Angeles evening in October, 1969, little did we suspect that we were at the start of a worldwide revolution.

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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.

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socalTECH

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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socalTECH

MAY 29, 2013

A local, clean energy business plan competition started by the California Insitute of Technology (Caltech), the University of Southern California (USC), and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has awarded $160,000 in prizes in its latest competition. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

by providing cutting-edge online education to a global population of people looking to make it in the ever-evolving entertainment industry. There’s a community feel even to our education. And the ability to bring education to the world has been our intention from day one.”. Educating the next generation of media talent.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 17, 2015

There’s a team of Los Angeles entrepreneurs who would agree with me on that, and they launched their platform Kadenze to help people tap their creativity. It’s also open to learners from anywhere in the world, giving unprecedented access to educational resources some may never have dreamed they’d be able to attain. Ajay Kapur, Ph.D,

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socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2013

We dropped in recently, and found a screening session for the Tech Coast Angels; a number of former StartEngine, MuckerLab, and LaunchpadLA startups in residence; not more than a few startup founders wandering the halls; and a long list of upcoming technology networking events on the calendar. Digital content is the software of Los Angeles.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2011

To understand how one local company is making that transition, we talked with Los Angeles-based All About Addiction (www.allaboutaddiction.com), a company that grew out of Adi Jaffe's work at UCLA as a trained psychologist. Adi Jaffe: I'm a UCLA addiction trained psychologist, specializing in addiction. Adi Jaffe: It is tough.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Our annual conferencefocused on educating our community on growing valuable tech enterprises-- set a record with over 500 attendees and our best attendee feedback to date. He has been an angel investor in over 50 tech companies, is an LP in 5 seed funds and has served on over a dozen venture-backed boards. READ MORE>>.

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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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socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2011

K5Launch , which was announced yesterday, is headed up by Amir Banafatemi, Ray Chan, David Cheng, and Kai Tao, four Southern California angel investors. Similarly, the firm is using a Y-Combinator/TechStars model to startups, and covers Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2011

According to Pasadena-based green marketplace firm OnGreen , the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and University of Southern California (USC) scored a grant from the U.S.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2012

Unlike Los Angeles, San Diego, and Orange County--all of which have a number of schools with an engineering focus--and even Santa Barbara, which has benefited greatly from having a strong engineering program at UCSB--Ventura County does not have a major engineering school.

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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. I had worked along with some of these organization son the ground, who were employing people, providing microfinancing, education, and help.

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socalTECH

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. Specifically, we look at digital media, healthcare IT, e-commerce, education technology and financial services. We focus on a lot of sectors, but the geography is more important to us than the industry.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Mike Jones , Investor and Advisor Located In Los Angeles. Alex serves on the Board of Directors for Logsdon School, a non-profit school providing educational services to students with special needs. Scott Sangster, President of Tech Coast Angels (Los Angeles)/CEO at OrganicStartup. Navy, Pfizer, & Unisys Corp.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The program is based on a highly developed process created by entrepreneurial thought-leader and Ivy League educator Steve Blank , author of the book The Four Steps to the Epiphany. StartupWeekend Next, like it’s predecessor, is going to be big, global in fact with 25 programs launching worldwide next week.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

I'm actually an industrial engineer by education. I'm part of a technology group called Digerati, and myself and other folks have found that we've had problems hiring technology folks in Los Angeles. One, is we're educating students on the value of entrepreneurship, and letting them know that cool startups exist in Los Angeles.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Brad Feld visited Los Angeles this past week. ” Many people on the Westside of Los Angeles are using the term Silicon Beach these days to describe the amazing renaissance that is truly happening here. 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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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2013

We saw an extraordinary opportunity, in general, and in LA in particular, to really focus in on technology in Los Angeles. There is a really genuine and real opportunity in the intersection of media and entertainment technology here in Los Angeles, and people are focused here on that for a legitimate reason.

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socalTECH

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. We're just trying to create more companies in Los Angeles, and to be involved with them. Thanks, and good luck! READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 25, 2013

Campbell was new to Los Angeles, freshly inspired from a TED conference, and after attending a smattering of Barcamps and Westside Meetups he was ready to produce his own event that was a mixture of all. It is important when the presenters come from a complex educational background that the content is curated in a digestable manner.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Pasadena-based Cramster (www.cramster.com) recently announced $3M in a large angel round for the firm's online study communities. We spoke with the two founders of the firm, Rob Angarita and Aaron Hawkey , about what the site is all about, and the interesting way in which they connected with their angel investor.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2011

Los Angeles-based SaveFans (www.savefans.com) recently raised some funding for its take on secondary ticketing, so we thought we'd speak with founder Wes Brodsky about the company and where it's going. Educate us, and explain what's different about how you are handling ticket sales and how that's different from the many others out there?

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

ABC Family, Fox, Universal Music, Google, Facebook, Demand Media, MyLife, Riot Games, DFJ Frontier, Rustic Canyon, GRP Partners, Siemer and Associates, Marketshare, Saatchi Online, OMD, Ignited, Rubicon Project, Smashbox Cosmetics, NFL, UCLA, USC, and dozens of start-ups. Panels: Developer, Arts/Education; Green, Good and Government.

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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 has been an instructor in UCLA Extension for 9 years, and is a frequent contributor to various online publications.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

I am the Gogobot Community Manager of West Los Angeles. They range from events that are open to the general public and are aimed to educate the local community of what Gogobot does to events that are exclusively tailored to Gogobot’s most prolific members—the pro members. Can you tell me what you do for Gogobot? What is Gogogives?

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socalTECH

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. We're funding things like clean water, education, and other efforts.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

After a short stint at a community college for some credits I needed, I was accepted to UCLA. Early on at UCLA I decided that I wanted to work on the political side of technology. But if you work hard and educate yourself, you’ll have opportunities. plus a housing allowance. I had my struggles and failures along the way.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

We're always interested in how technology is influencing the business of Hollywood, and recently ran across Los Angeles-based Scripped. I went to UCLA Business School, and just graduated this past June. Scripped (www.scripped.com) is applying the world of Web 2.0 A large portion of our users are students.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Los Angeles offers a great deal, both in terms of business opportunities and lifestyle awesomeness. Southern California companies are second to only Silicon Valley in raising venture capital , there are three major universities to recruit talent – UCLA, Caltech, and USC – and a thriving startup community to mingle with.

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