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Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California

SoCal CTO

He talks about a bunch of the different networking events that occur in Los Angeles and other parts of Southern California. VentureNet – Great annual event by the Technology Council. You can use keywords like: Events in Los Angeles or Southern California Events or even Santa Monica Events. Great post by John Shiple.

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Insights: VCs Planting the Seeds for a Cleantech Bumper Crop in L.A.

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For today's Insights and Opinions section, we have an article from Dr. John Paglia , an associate professor of finance and senior researcher of the Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Project. Our research suggests even more can be done to stimulate investment in Los Angeles startups. READ MORE>>.

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How Google's Old Offices Are Becoming A Tech Hub, with ROC's Walter Grieves

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In a sign of the growth of the Silicon Beach technology world, last year, Google moved its headquarters out of a space on Arizona Avenue in Santa Monica, and into a new fancy headquarters space in Venice. Today, we just had a screening for the Tech Coast Angels, they're screening companies and having lunch here.

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Interview with Rich Branning, Sweep

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Our company started with a few buddies of mine from Pepperdine and one of their brothers, and they're all local, Southern California guys who moved to Pepperdine and grew up locally here in Los Angeles. I'm originally from Palo Alto, but I graduated from Pepperdine in 2012. That has been a vastly neglected talking point.

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Jason Lawrence Nazar

Tech.Co

Jason is also the creator and host of Startups Uncensored, the longest running and most widely attended technology gathering in southern California, which regularly brings together thousands of entrepreneurs, techies and investors. Jason was named one of the “Most Admired CEOs in Los Angeles” by the LA Business Journal.

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How Cloudvirga Wants To Disrupt The Slow, Antiquated Mortgage Industry

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in funding, from Dallas Capital, Upfront Ventures, and Tribeca Angels. Because of that, it's very antiquated, both in terms of the process and the technology used. For those who do understand it, they are so used to the technology today I the space, which is very anitiquated. Cloudvirga recently raised $7.5M What is cloudvirga?

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

SoCal Delicious

Los Angeles offers a great deal, both in terms of business opportunities and lifestyle awesomeness. Before starting Docstoc, he was a founder/partner in a venture consulting firm in Los Angeles where he worked with dozens of startups. OAF is a high quality private investor pitch forum for founders to meet quality Angels.

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