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How TenOneTen Ventures Is Investing In LA's Technology Future

socalTECH

In particular, funding for companies developing deep technology--software and cloud, as opposed to content and media--seems to be lacking. Explain what kinds of investments TenOneTen makes or hopes to make? David Waxman: We''ve been making investments since the beginning of the year. David Waxman: Right now, it''s just us.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

” I hear it when I visit LPs (the people who invest in VCs) all across the country, “Yeah, I haven’t been out there for a few years but I keep hearing that something is going on there.” Both graduates of one of the most premier science institutions in the United States: Caltech. Stuff you may not know about LA?

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Interview with Dave Eastman, Viterbi Startup Garage

socalTECH

We really focus on the mentorship, programming, and content, and the ability to access USC, and specifically its School of Engineering. There are 9 innovation nodes in the US associated with I-Corp, and one of those nodes is out of the Viterbi School of Engineering, with UCLA and Caltech partners in that.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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A market leader in content, music, entertainment, textiles, engineering, aerospace and trade. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. IA Ventures – Roger Ehrenberg was doing angel investing before he became a VC. I know that I call them often to co-invest. And do so in real life, too. downtown LA].

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Interview with Nikhil Jain, ObEN

socalTECH

Nikhil told us a bit about the startup,which was spawned out of Idealab, and recently raised a round of funding from CrestValue Capital, Cybernaut Westlake Partners, Leaguer Venture Investment Co., Your IoT and visual avatar can speak in your voice, providing any content that you and I could speak. Entertainment Co., READ MORE>>.

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Social Networking Entreprenuerial Opportunities

SoCal CTO

Last Saturday, I was a panelist at the CalTech - Social Networks event. Generally these are oriented around: Niches & Content Oriented Networks You see all kinds of niche networks coming up. Content is often a defining mechanism to create these networks. That shows some interest in the topic. Outdoors, faith-based, etc.

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

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I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). We will seeing the growth of social networks around topics of interest like StockTwits for people interested in investing in the stock market.