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JANUARY 20, 2011

In recent years, one of the more common ways to share information, conduct training, or pitch your company to other has been through online, web-based webinar and conferencing. Freebinar is backed by the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. First, for folks who haven't used your service, what is Freebinar?

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JUNE 22, 2009

Los Angeles-based Break Media , which operates a number of web sites focused on the young male demographic, announced this morning that it has launched a new website, MadeMan.com. According to Break, the new site will focus on product reviews, including "gadgets, gears, fashion, sports, and more."

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JULY 23, 2009

Technology from Los Angeles-based Total Immersion , a developer of "augmented reality" products--is showing up in a new Mattel toy line, based on Twentieth Century Fox's action adventure film "Avatar." Financial impact of the deal to Total Immersion was not disclosed.

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OCTOBER 4, 2012

You've got a great idea for a web video series, but how do you learn about how to make that happen, to get distribution, and monetize that video? Los Angeles-based CreatorUp (www.creatorup.com) wants to help aspiring online video producers with an online web education series. Michael Tringe: We are an online web series school.

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OCTOBER 6, 2012

I had been hanging around Klout for a year and many of my friends had angel funded the company and were champions. John laid into a well-honed thesis on why the social web needed a “Page Rank” equivalent for people. It is company 500px who has a beautiful product and a burgeoning community on the iPad and web.

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Cornerstone OnDemand Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup 303

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JUNE 18, 2012

Los Angeles-based HipSwap is trying to break the mold of online marketplaces, with its highly visual, mobile and online marketplace for fashion and other items. HipSwap is venture funded by Founders Fund; Greycroft Partners; Barodo Ventures; Broadbeach Ventures and other angel investors. Think eBay is just too tough to use?

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socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2009

Los Angeles-based Total Immersion , a developer of technology for inserting interactive video into a live camera feed, said Monday that it has inked a deal with baseball trading firm Topps to create "3D" baseball trading cards. The deal is the first consumer product to come out of Total Immersion. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Participating in this event also included world recognized security expert and Co-founder of Fonality , Samy Kamkar , Danny Schreiber (Managing Editor of Silicon Prairie News) and Rob Jadon (serial-entrepreneur and angel investor). Also of note was Ryan Orrico’s launch of HandJob, a new form of job applicant screening and referral tracking.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2013

Super-angels. Minimum Viable Product (MVP). For startup new product development, this is a strategy used for fast and quantitative market testing of a product or product feature, popularized first by Eric Ries for web applications. Social mobile web. Startup accelerator. Startup accelerator.

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APRIL 17, 2010

We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. Lee Essner is formerly a senior exec from WeddingChannel and has much experience in running a successful web property.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

One of the great joys of doing the web series This Week in VC every week is that I get to spend time with great people debating the issues of our day including how our industry is evolving as well as insights into how companies got started, got their initial traction and dealt with adversities. Oh, yeah. Positive feedback feeds the idea.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 9, 2011

Last year, venture capitalists and angels who co-invested with them placed $7 billion into seed and early-stage deals, an 11 percent increase from 2009, according to the most recent PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report. Meet angels via the entrepreneurs they’ve funded. By Monica Mehta.

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Tips Capital Tech Coast Angels Screening 100

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies. Subscribe to RSS.

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JULY 25, 2012

One way is through Insteegram (www.insteegram.com) , a service recently launched by Los Angeles-based Rnddr Labs, which allows users to buy their own Instagram images printed onto a high quality T-shirt. Edward Park: Our company, Rnddr Labs, is trying to create frictionless merch tools and products. What is Insteegram about?

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Startup Commerce Web 2.0 Screening 174

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

Los Angeles-based BiasSync (www.biassync.com) was founded by three, very experienced serial entrepreneurs-- Michele Ruiz (broadcast journalism), Robin Richards (CareerArc, Internships.com, NTI Group, MP3), and Dan Gould (former VP of Technology for Tinder). It's the idea of bringing a modern web experience to this.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Los Angeles-based Gumiyo (www.gumiyo.com) has been developing mobile websites for SMBs and publishers for a number of years, and recently started to offer up self-service tools to make it easy for those customers to create cross-device mobile websites. It's fascinating to see how quickly the SMB adapts to next generation technology products.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Hamilton Chan is founder of Los Angeles-based PaperLinks (www.paperlinks.com), a new startup which is developing mobile applications which take advantage of QR codes--the 3D barcodes which are cropping up everywhere--to help users marketers go beyond just linking those codes to web pages, but also to power social applications.

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MARCH 4, 2010

Jason is also behind the popular "Startups Uncensored" events in Los Angeles, so we also pinged him on how those events have been going. Do you screen all of the documents on the marketplace, or how does that work? Jason Nazar: We screen the profiles, but we don't screen the content. A year ago, we were around 3.5

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Technical Review Rustic Canyon Screening Startup 171

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MARCH 2, 2012

The founders, who are part of the Los Angeles StartEngine accelerator, talked to us about what they're doing. What drove you to make this a product startup, after running an agency for several years? We were really passionate about technology, and had been doing lots of conceptual stuff, but always wanted to create a product.

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JANUARY 3, 2014

One new, Los Angeles startup-- Laudville (www.laudville.com)--recently launched its service to try to tackle that huge task, of bringing your content together. We''ve already integrated Twitter and Facebook, and our product is in its earliest MVP, and it''s now out there. That''s also one of the things I really love about Los Angeles.

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Entertainment Startup Southern California Netflix 206

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Maneesh has more than nine years of product development and operational experience in the high tech industry. He also has product strategy and business development experience in the areas of video-on-demand services and RF CMOS components. Through Tech Coast Angels, he has screened in excess of four hundred start-up companies.

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Orange County Miramar Startup Tech Coast Angels 106

Both Sides of the Table

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. Many “tech companies” now have green screens. And post production. It’s becoming harder to distinguish tech companies from media companies. And make-up artists. And sound engineers.

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

Given how Apple’s products are normally delivered to near perfection it is likely to be a huge holiday hit this year. And meanwhile I’ve seen several LA startups focus on creating low-cost video production & distribution houses. But the whole market will develop more slowly as we watch this bum fight take place.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. Mobile Web America, Inc. Everything happens in the browser (no software to download) and the finished product looks amazing on large screens! SuperDemo: Bill Gross.

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CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

“Yes&# was given to me by one of my favorite angel investor / seed VC’s to work with – John Greathouse of Rincon Venture Partners and author of the blog InfoChachkie that you should check out because it is filled with great info from a guy who has been a very successful operator. It is how angel rounds come together.&#.

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Guide Funding Venture Capital Technical Review 293

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit. Time will tell.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

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MAY 11, 2010

Last week, Los Angeles-based EcoMom (www.ecomom.com) launched its "green" parenting site, with backing from Dave McClure. We help them identify products that are safe and health for them and their families, from organic baby food, to household items. We're very transparent on what products we are approving on and our filtering process.

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Software Review Commerce Startup Sites 200

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MAY 13, 2018

If you truly believe that you, your company and your products are exceptional and your company will be valuable then you’re actually doing them a FAVOR by helping them invest in your startup. Like any sale you first need to plan your “prospects” and qualify whether or not they’d be a good fit for your product?—?an

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Venture Capital Funding Startup Sales 332

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APRIL 13, 2011

This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 Either it’s a bunch of pictures or screen shots or it’s a bunch of words. So I was an Angel investor from 1994 to 1996. Was about a billion dollars on the IPO” and “was one of the first web analytics companies. was starting. Aren’t pitch decks still the norm? “I

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

Tech Coast Angel investor Dale Okuno came out because he believes that MuckerLab attracts better talent because they keep their class size small and focused. Okuno has been investing in Los Angeles startups for the past three years after selling his own company E-Z Data. Existing marketplaces underserve this audience.

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OCTOBER 30, 2008

We're always interested in how technology is influencing the business of Hollywood, and recently ran across Los Angeles-based Scripped. Scripped (www.scripped.com) is applying the world of Web 2.0 Sunil Rajaraman: We provide free, web-based screenwriting software to aspiring writers and professionals in the community.

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Content Writing Software Review Hollywood 138

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Los Angeles. In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. There is no region in the country that comes close to having the sheer number of angels & VCs that Silicon Valley has as well as the dollars that flow into the region (40% of all dollars, PwC Moneytree report ).

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. It gives music companies a direct pipeline to market their products and services to music fans. The Spotlight is shining down these amazing LA companies! CHANGE YOUR WORLD. It’s that simple.

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CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

He started targeting the ad by location and interest, and the number of potential people he was reaching began decreasing on screen (Facebook tells you dynamically). My Obsession With The Product - Feld Thoughts , May 3, 2010 For some reason I’ve been doing a lot of interviews lately. MongoDB at Etsy - Code as Craft , May 19, 2010 Hi!

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Today is the day Solaborate is publicly launching a beta-version of their platform on the web with an iOS and Android mobile apps for those on the road. I was with SAP America for about 7 years heading different roles such as consulting, product management, and sales. TechZulu: Where did Solaborate originate from?

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Social Media Social Network Tool Mobile 92

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

Your measurements are automatically sent via wi-fi to the cloud and stored in a password protected portal viewed on the web or on your iPhone. I loved the product that much. Last week I went to the Inaugural Open Angel Forum run by Jason Calacanis. I’m not that public about my weight. There is, of course, a paid version.

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Technical Review Software Review Startup SoCal 278