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Be Great Fest | Celebrating Los Angeles’ Startup Ecosystem

Tech Zulu Event

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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Why an Atlanta-based Black influencer collective swapped their collab house for a studio

TechCrunch LA

From Los Angeles to Silicon Valley , a trend emerged among social media influencers and startup founders alike: move into a mansion with 10 or so collaborators, work day and night together to build fame and wealth, and hope that your new roommates do their dishes. A post shared by Collab Studios (@collabstudiosatl).

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Announcing The Socaltech 50: Southern California's Up-and-Comers

socalTECH

Chance Barnett , Crowdfunder (Los Angeles, crowdfunding). Allison Beal , StyleSaint (Los Angeles, fashion). James Borow and Clark Landry (shared position), SHIFT (Los Angeles, Santa Monica, advertising). Josh Brooks , OnTheRunTech.com dba Post Cards On The Run (Los Angeles, mobile apps).

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Snap’s Yellow accelerator debuts its third batch of investments

TechCrunch LA

Mogul Millennial : a media startup sharing professional resources for Black entrepreneurs. Earlier Yellow bets skewed more toward content investments as Snapchat was scaling Discover. making their way to Los Angeles. Charli Cohen : a “next-gen” streetwear fashion brand. Nuggetverse : a web comics media startup.

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From Nothing to Something with Howard Marks & Nanxi Liu

Tech Zulu Event

Wednesday November 20 th , 2013 was a special day for the technology entrepreneurs at the University of Southern California. The USC Entrepreneur Club and the Kairos Society brought Howard Marks , a successful entrepreneur and founder and CEO of StartEngine , on campus to speak about his past experiences. The Time Is Now. “We

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How ZEFR Is Helping Hollywood And Brands Understand YouTube

socalTECH

But, what that really did, is it allowed us to use that network to incubate the software we are building now for YouTube. Plus, they''ve invested in Los Angeles. They''ve been coming here for two years, meeting with people here in Los Angeles, and we thought that we pretty cool. That goes a long way.

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What I Would Look for When Choosing a VC – Knowing What I Know Now?

Both Sides of the Table

I had an enjoyable conversation this morning with a young team straight out of college this morning and they were calling to ask advice on how to approach fund raising (angels vs. VCs, how to select a VC, etc.) Most entrepreneurs I encounter seem to make their decisions more on perceived brand, past successes and ability to intro.