Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

But audience size and consumption is massive and growing plus; Study Innovator’s Dilemma ( my cheat sheet here ). No matter how much it bothers you, people do like to entertain themselves with a “lean back” experience. And we like to be entertained. And I’m seeing it emerge all around me in Los Angeles.

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JULY 22, 2019

This morning's interview is with Matt Kozlov , the Managing Director of the new Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator , which just got started in Los Angeles. Right now, we're in the beginning of the mentorship phase, where our companies have moved here from all over the world to spend three months in Los Angeles.

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JANUARY 24, 2011

For this morning's company profile, we thought we'd connect with ShareSquare (www.getsharesquare.com), a newly funded Los Angeles startup focused on QR barcodes -- 3D barcodes -- focused on musicians and entertainers. Matthias Galica: The first two verticals which correspond to our use case are in music and entertainment.

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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. I studied cognitive science, the study of the brain, as an undergraduate. This is my third company.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

I studied East Asian religions in college and was intrigued to hear that a Buddhist monk was delivering meditation and mindfulness via a mobile app. Rob Freelen is Silicon Valley Bank's Los Angeles Market Manager, where he leads a team of bankers working with a thriving team of early-stage technology companies.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based HitFix (www.hitfix.com) an online news site focused on entertainment, announced it had raised $2M in a funding round. What's the story behind HitFix and where do you fit in the entertainment news landscape? and entertainment as a whole is rapidly changing and growing.

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

Behzad Kianmahd is the co-founder of Los Angeles coworking space Cross Campus , which is one of the major centers of startup activity in Silicon Beachand also involved as co-founder and lead investor in a brand new, venture capital fund, TAU Ventures (www.ideasimmersion.com/tau-ventures/). What is TAU Ventures?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

https://medium.com/media/cc969482e7abf6b75d3c0958c8ee409d/href I moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and as a VC who had built his career as a programmer, database designer, program manager, CEO then VP Products at Salesforce, I wanted to build a portfolio of software investments. I asked Jonah in my interview how he became this viral guru.

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DECEMBER 29, 2017

Check out the entertaining video here.) Most Angelenos don't realize Los Angeles is the largest manufacturing center in the country. (We Yet, in another study, it still has difficulties understanding Homer Simpson's actions. And I'm especially proud to have received our 501(c)(3) charitable designation from the I.R.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2015

We know now that people learn from a younger age, and keep coming back for more, from sources that are entertaining and educational ( edutainment ). Universities and the marketplace are spawning tools like OpenStudy , which is a learning network enabling massively multi-player study groups. Learning doesn’t have to be all work.

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socalTECH

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). Deborah Ramo: It's interesting, but my background is actually in the entertainment world. Companies spend $133 billion a year in the U.S.

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MAY 10, 2016

Los Angeles-based Napkin Finance (napkinfinance.com) has figured it out, with a series of very visual, highly engaging �napkins�, which explain, in a graphical way, many of the principles and basics of personal finance. The idea is that we want to simplify complex topics, in a way that is fun, engaging, and entertaining.

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socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2016

Los Angeles-based Render Media (www.rndr.com), which is creating a publisher geared at the social world, social channels, and sharing. The reason why, was one of our angel investors was a big news and political junky, and he was also the biggest angel in Opposing Views. What's the right strategy for reaching your audience?

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Without further adieu, I present to you the winners of the 1st annual REACH NeXT conference: Entertainment: Storygami. Rufus Labs is a wearable technology startup in Los Angeles with a heavy focus on building devices for the industrial sector (EMS, police, campus/event security, warehouse, etc). Health & Wellness: Green Way Labs.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Please join us at digiday:APPS on December 10th, in Los Angeles. Buy: The Biggest Question Customer Conversations: Are Apps A Shout Out or a Deep Discussion Survival of the Fittest: Darwin's Law of Apps and packed with case studies! Win a ticket to digiday:APPS. digiday:APPS * December 10th * The Renaissance Hollywood Hotel.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2012

If your B2B contacts check-in regularly at certain types of locations (entertainment venues, stores, etc.) Branded entertainment. If you think location-based services are a long way from mainstream, take a look at the new 2012 Digital Study. “Coopetition,” or strategic cooperation with a competitor is another angle.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 2, 2011

At the Technovation Challenge LA Pitch Night hosted by Iridescent , we saw six teams of high school girls from various Los Angeles City Schools pitch a number of mobile app ideas to a panel of venture capitalists and entrepreneurs. The winners, Techno Unibot Freaks, with In a Flash received a prize courtesy of EA entertainment.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Last week, Los Angeles-based MOVIECLIPS.COM (www.movieclips.com) announced the firm's Series A funding round, worth $3M, from Shasta Ventures, First Round Capital, and a number of Silicon Valley angels. Studies show, if you don't, people will turn to piracy. I ran the Los Angeles Film Festival for a decade.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2016

We know now that people learn from a younger age, and keep coming back for more, from sources that are entertaining and educational ( edutainment ). Universities and the marketplace are spawning tools like OpenStudy , which is a learning network enabling massively multi-player study groups. Learning doesn’t have to be all work.

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Entrepreneur Startup Education Tool 58

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 10, 2012

His set of studies include examining the conscious control of single neurons in humans, the ability to affect altered states of consciousness as dreams or sleep, and the ability of humans to regulate high-level emotions. This upbringing naturally steered him to Los Angeles, where he now works in computer graphics for feature films.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Well, Los Angeles based Near Networks (www.nearnetworks.com) is looking to both reach customers online, and avoid the tacky, lousy production of typical small business ads, with a new service. There was a recent study which showed that adding a video makes it 53 times more likely that you'll have a Google first page search result.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 11, 2016

Our first night in a Paris restaurant in 1993 I forced my mom to sit in the non-smoking section, which at that time meant sitting upstairs and eating on our own while the lively entertainment was downstairs. The most obvious narrative of the film is the Los Angeles layer and it is here where the film shines.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 9, 2018

In a study by the US Department of Commerce , women in STEM jobs earn 33 percent more money than women in non-STEM positions. Their Siggy Robot is a self-balancing robot that rolls on a pink segway and can be coded to dance, go through obstacle courses, and engineered for entertainment.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

I went to school at Babson, back East, and majored in finance and entrepreneurial studies. I've been engaged in about thirty startups, anywhere from in incubators, being an angel investor, to leading the charge. Location-based entertainment is shopping. I moved out to California to build businesses. That's not going away.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Hyperloop One has has announced agreements with: Russia, Helsinki-Tallinn, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Netherlands, Switzerland, Los Angeles, USA, Dubai-Abu Dhabi, and United Arab Emirates. After joining the ET3 Consortium in 2011, Garzilli announced plans to build an entertainment version of the ride using funds from an Indiegogo campaign.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 10, 2013

Joe''s intelligent, creative and entertaining videos satisfy the young YouTube viewer''s comedy fix while crossing over to a more mature and sophisticated audience. In college) I was studying to be a doctor. I''ve got to move to Los Angeles, because that''s where I''ll be able to make it.''". and I realized that.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 10, 2013

Joe''s intelligent, creative and entertaining videos satisfy the young YouTube viewer''s comedy fix while crossing over to a more mature and sophisticated audience. In college) I was studying to be a doctor. I''ve got to move to Los Angeles, because that''s where I''ll be able to make it.''". and I realized that.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

The group has expanded beyond Action Sports to include brands from Consumer Electronics, Music & Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Automotive & Motorsports, as well as our growing college student consumer community. Fellow at the University of California Center for the Study of Democracy and an Expert Blogger for Fast Company.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

MM: What did you study? It kept me entertained during down time. I also just spoke at a TEDx talk earlier this month at Cal State Los Angeles on the convergence of technology and public policy. I was the definition of a non-traditional student. DB: Cultural Anthropology and Political Science. The Air Force forced it on me.

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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. If you look back, the original founder, Stephan studied at the USC Foreign School of Music, so there is a long standing connection with LA. Thanks for joining us Roland.

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2009

Vicon became the largest motion capture hardware and software company and our primary markets there were entertainment, computer games, film, and also life sciences and engineering. We also have an angel investor, who invested a long time ago and is also involved with the business. You mentioned you're VC funded?

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Entrepreneurism / Monetization Pitch Session, Startups / Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital (VC) / Angels / Investors. . From an introduction to value pricing to case studies to client relationships, how value pricing can. Genre communities particularly the horror-themed ones are increasing seen by the entertainment indus.

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