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LA Startups Gather At Twiistup

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Los Angeles area startups and would-be entrepreneurs were gathered Thursday as a part of the annual Twiistup technology conference, being held at the Skirball Center. Despite some disagreement over the role of Los Angeles in the technology world, there was a sense of optimism among attendees of the area's role in the startup ecosystem.

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Badgeville Did Not Earn a Badge Checking in at Twiistup 8

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At Twiistup 8 last week ten startups gave their pitches to a panel including a VC, Angel Investor, Advisor and industry expert. No startup recieved harsher criticism than Badgeville. Visit TechZulu for full story.

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Geodelic Confirms Verizon Relationship

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Geodelic is powering Verizon's GeoGuides application, which Geodelic has been showing off privately since Sonnad took the stage at Twiistup in Los Angeles in January, with his ukulele-studded pitch for Geodelic. Tags: geodelic verizon investment venture capital mobile location applications rahul sonnad. READ MORE>>.

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Jason Nazar On Startups, Execution, and Hiring

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Jason Nazar is CEO of Santa Monica-based Docstoc (www.docstoc.com), the online document sharing site, and a fixture at Los Angeles technology events. You can also approach people like me, and others, who will be happy to introduce you to any venture capitalist or angel. We talked about this on the panel today.

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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount

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Twiistup is just 2 weeks away and there have been a whole slew of announcements within these past few days. And now what you have all been waiting for.the TechZulu Twiistup discount. Twiistup 007 Speaker List: Peter Guber. Quilici is also a member of the board of directors of NeoEdge Networks and a member of Tech Coast Angels.

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Insights: The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA

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Jason Nazar is CEO and founder of Santa Monica-based document sharing firm DocStoc , and recently put together his thoughts on the challenges, and opportunities, facing startups in Los Angeles. I recently hosted a panel at the Twiistup Conference about LA tech companies. That's typically not the case in Los Angeles.

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The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA

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I recently hosted a panel at the Twiistup Conference about LA tech companies. I asked the panelists ( David Travers , Brian Norgard , Fouad ElNaggar , & Demian Sellfors ) about the specific challenges that we face down here in Los Angeles as opposed to Silicon Valley. That’s typically not the case in Los Angeles.

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