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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. READ MORE>>.

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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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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week. Paul Bricault is Managing Partner at Amplify LA (Www.amplify.la), a hands-on startup accelerator and co-working and community space in Venice.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Venice-based Snapchat 's newest product--Snap-recording sunglasses--is the result of the work of another, Los Angeles startup--Vergence Labs--which was quietly acquired by Snapchat back in 2014. Business Insider tells the story of Vergence Labs , founded by Erick Miller and Jonathan Rodriguez, and their roots at UCLA and Stanford.

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JUNE 27, 2013

But in Los Angeles, Santa Monica is akin to SoMa in San Francisco, Cambridge in the Boston area or Flatiron / Union Square in NYC. Santa Monica is the place where the highest concentration of early-stage startups are created if you consider also the contiguous geography of Venice Beach. We chose a location that fit our style.

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JANUARY 7, 2019

My biggest takeaway this year was truly understanding the strength and cohesion of the Los Angeles startup community. Startup Boost became global, growing to six cities in 2018 (Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, Detroit, Dublin and London), helping over 70 early stage startups. What was the biggest lesson you learned this year?

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DECEMBER 27, 2012

We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week. We launched a Digital LA - Women series with four panels starring female founders, entrepreneurs, developers and PR, which will also continue into the new year.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here. Our first is with Andy Wilson of the Alliance for SoCal Innovation. Happy Holidays!

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

According to Los Angeles-based FEM (fem-inc.com), video recommendations can make a significant difference in how long a user spends on a website or app. How did you end up in Los Angeles? Rachel Payne: I''m originally from Los Angeles. rachel payne video recommendation inteview startup entrepreneur' READ MORE>>.

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Google Content Startup Venice 233

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Who are the top tech companies to work for in Los Angeles? popped up consistently in an informal (and highly non-scientific poll) of a number of readers, executive recruiters, and others in the Los Angeles area, who cited growth, brand, profitability, and other factors in their suggestions to us of the top companies. Rubicon Project.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2014

But the tech culture of Los Angeles is shifting real estate’s center of gravity. The Los Angeles Business Journal recently reported data compiled by SoCalTech.com showing that “L.A. But it was the low-key, creative beach vibe of Venice and Santa Monica that spurred a spate of start-ups to seek offices and homes.

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Entertainment Santa Monica Journal Belkin 108

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OCTOBER 28, 2016

Venice-based Amplify LA (www.amplify.la) is celebrating its fifth anniversary as a startup accelerator here in the Los Angeles area � one of the few in the area to have survived in more or less original form after the launch of a number of startup incubators and accelerators five years ago.

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JUNE 25, 2015

Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based CrossCut Ventures (www.crosscutventures.com) announced its third, venture capital fund--a continuation of an investment theme very much centered around the growth of Southern California, and in particular, the Silicon Beach startup ecosystem. For the new entrepreneurs, what's the best way to approach you?

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

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Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

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APRIL 12, 2017

How did you end up here in Los Angeles doing investments? Until we have that perfect day, there will always be smart entrepreneurs trying to solve those inconveniences, trying to resolve all of those pain points. And of course, that entrepreneur has to have the passion to pursue solving that problem.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

To hear about the firm's interest in Los Angeles, and Southern California investments in general, we spoke with Fouad ElNaggar , Principal at the firm, to hear about where the firm is nowadays and what kind of investments it is making locally. It's difficult to add value to a portfolio company or entrepreneur.

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Redpoint Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Invest 154

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

I chose Venice, California as a great breeding ground for this tool to help all the local businesses,” said Hagger. “We want to help local business introduce themselves through our tools and create a connection. On your birthday you could receive an offer on Doppels and in minutes you could be walking into a local business.

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Startup Venice Social Network Tool 123

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JULY 19, 2016

Los Angeles-based goFlow is hoping to make that inforamtion as easy as checking out an app, tapping into a crowdsourced network of outdoor sports enthusiasts. With that idea in mind, I started this in Israel, and came here to Los Angeles and Southern California to talk to people in the surfing industry. After I arrived here in L.A.,

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Silicon Beach as we know it didn’t exist, coworking was unheard of, and an angel was mainly thought of as a heavenly creature, not the likes of Paige Craig. Entrepreneurs like Matt Coffin , Kamran Pourzanjani and Brock Pierce were making their mark. It was 2008. However, that wasn’t the start … Rewind to the 90s.

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Southern California Santa Monica SoCal High Tech 89

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

SIGNIFICANCE PASSING-MENTION. --> Tech Titans Hit the Beach As Silicon Valley moguls go on a home-buying spree in Los Angeles, theyre reshaping the real-estate landscape. Tech entrepreneurs and executives from Silicon Valley are moving south and buying up luxury homes in the Los Angeles area. NAME David Sacks. Stock Quotes.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

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JUNE 19, 2019

Once you've exhausted looking online for tips, Los Angeles-based ProGuides (www.proguides.com) offers up professional, instructional content to help you improve your skills at such popular titles as League of Legends, Hearthstone, and Fortnite. Sam Wang: I was previously at UC Berkeley, and came down to Los Angeles to be involved in e-sports.

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Help Coach Startup Tips 113

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

I’m often asked about the differences between being at a VC and being an entrepreneur and whether I prefer one or the other. As I’m fond of saying, “It’s pretty hard to call yourself ‘Upfront’ and then seem like you’re playing games with entrepreneurs.” Waltham shifted to Cambridge.

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Rancho Palos Verdes Santa Monica Venture Capital Startup 150

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

For the first three months of this year, I have had the pleasure of breathing the same air as the crew from Amplify , the Venice based accelerator. The value that is being “added” is often at arms length or via a specialist who interacts with the entrepreneur.

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Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

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MARCH 11, 2014

Venice-based Zefr (www.zefr.com) got its start in the content world--licensing movie clips and posting them online--but soon, figured out there was a whole different opportunity in developing software tools to understand exactly what was happening on YouTube. Plus, they''ve invested in Los Angeles. That goes a long way.

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Hollywood Help Media Content 159

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JULY 13, 2013

My mom was an entrepreneur – she was kind of my inspiration for entrepreneurship. And no one could see me as anything but a startup guy, so I started a second company and called myself a serial entrepreneur. Then everyone just started calling me a serial entrepreneur. As an entrepreneur you have to suspend disbelief.

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Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Venture Capital 337

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MAY 19, 2017

Venice Beach-based Signal Sciences (www.signalsciences.com) has created sofdtware designed for those application developers to help protect those web applications. Andrew Peterson: We talked to a bunch of folks about the best way to start a company, and Los Angeles made the most sense. In that world, the risk of security holes is huge.

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Web Startup Southern California Software 138

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

For the first three months of this year, I have had the pleasure of breathing the same air as the crew from Amplify , the Venice based accelerator. The value that is being “added” is often at arms length or via a specialist who interacts with the entrepreneur.

Web Design 40

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 40

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2015

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2015 Startup and Entrepreneur Forecast taking place Thursday, January 29 from 7 p.m. Our line-up of panelists include many of Southern California’s top VCs, Angels and Startup Accelerators. at the Dethrone Base Camp in Santa Monica. There will be FREE food and drinks provided. Want to Sponsor?

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Startup Artificial Inteligence Venture Capital Santa Monica 40

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2011

Gordon Gould: We have some angels. We live in Venice, and our back house is sort of our operations center. She was the COO of CLEAR, the airport passenger security firm, and is super great at brand building and also the actual operations side. We're a good pair in that regard. Your last venture was venture backed--how about this time?

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Web Social Media SEO Media 225

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

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NOVEMBER 15, 2014

I then got my MBA at University of Chicago so I secretly pull for local entrepreneurs as long as they don’t make me visit in the Winter any more. And consider Snapchat – one of our hometown favorites as they’re based in LA (Venice Beach). But no community can become complacent with the wins that it has.

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Company Companies Startup Snapchat 369

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JULY 10, 2012

I see it first hand in Los Angeles where given the growth of YouTube networks the worlds of art & technology are colliding. One of the major trends I’ve outlined is this movement of entrepreneurs (and as a lagging indicator venture funds) to more urban environments. These days it’s Santa Monica and Venice.

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