Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

This Spotlight takes place Thursday, July 14, at The California Institute of Technology (CalTech). Where: CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125. The Caltech Entrepreneurship Club is the hub for innovators in the Caltech community who want to learn how to make their idea a reality. Event Details.

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CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 22, 2017

Join us at Cal State Los Angeles for a full day of innovations and technologies presented by the region's finest researchers and inventors! This technology preview is geared for Serial Entrepreneurs, Angel Investors, and Venture Capital Investors. See [link] (more)

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LAVA UCI CalTech UCLA 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 1, 2011

Saturday, May 7, 2011 -- Renewable Energy and the Smarter Grid: Opportunities for the Entrepreneur. Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. As aggressive policies and vigorous investments take hold, newer and smarter technology is rolling out.

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Enterprise Forum Entrepreneur CalTech Startup 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Southern California has seen a surge in accelerators and incubators looking to spawn new startups in the region. Sandalbay Life is actually run by a serial entrepreneur with ties to Marks, Neil Malhotra. We're currently looking for seed level investment to fund the full development of the product for actual implementation.

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Startup Platform Southern California CalTech 164

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. And do so in real life, too. So, yeah, I would like LA to be LA. And because they’ve been so successful / dominant in this space you could argue that even now they could do later stage with this brand if they ever chose to. downtown LA]. Also East of the 405?

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Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

What they do, is accelerate that team or company to get them to the next level, and then go through and put in some investment money, help them build out the management team, and help with vendor relationships, help with overall strategy, and then help those companies riase their next round of capital.

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Startup Technology Incubator Silver Lake 231

socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2021

For today's interview, we spoke to Dave Eastman, the Director of the Viterbi Startup Garage, a startup incubator that is run by the University of Southern California, out of its location in Marina Del Rey. We don't have the resources to do typical diligence and assessment, so we just piggyback on other deals.

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Marina Del Rey Startup USC Incubator 150

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more. We have many seasoned entrepreneurs who have built successful companies here and made a lot of money for investors and themselves. But LA is not Silicon Valley and we don’t need to aspire to be so. LA investors are more pragmatic. Come join us.

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Company Companies Technology Startup 290

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

The conference is run by Jamie Montgomery , one of the local industry's pioneers in venture capital and investment. It's now an internationally recognized showcase for technology here in Los Angeles, and we also get to showcase Southern California companies, as well. On Tuesday, we have a program regarding female entrepreneurs.

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Technical Review Conference Silver Lake Cornerstone OnDemand 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2010

In light of the recent success, we sat down with Marc Averitt and Sharon Stevenson to talk about the recent exit, where they are with their fund nowadays, and what advice they have for entrepreneurs. It was about three years from investment to exit, which we were really thrilled about. Nice chatting with you today!

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Startup Southern California Ideas Research 185

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2017

Some entrepreneurs might be surprised you didn't want to sit on a beach in Bali for the rest of your life�talk more about that? I got super, super fortunate that early in my career, I was living with an entrepreneur, Randy Saaf, who was running a company called MediaDefender. He sold it to ArtistDirect for $42.5M

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Startup Southern California UCLA Technical Review 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 8, 2012

Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. This forum will address questions such as where the markets are developing, how entrepreneurs and corporate investors play a role in this space, what impact the recession has had on deal size and investors appetite for risk, and how investment activity varies according to technology type and fuel produced.

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Enterprise Forum CalTech Activity Technology 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2017

Semiconductor advances are infamous for costing millions of dollars and requiring very significant investment in infrastructure. How did a startup like yours go from that research to a product without millions and millions invested in semiconductor infrastructure? So those resources have been fantastic.

Startup 100

Startup Southern California UCLA Incubator 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Saturday, December 6, 2008 -- "Building a Virtually Integrated Life Sciences Company" Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. Even more important, who invests in these virtual companies and what criteria are they using? What is the essential core of a life sciences business? What parts of the business can be delegated to others?

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Enterprise Forum Company Companies CalTech 100

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 5, 2013

But, despite these advantages, the region is finding itself in the unusual position of watching qualified graduates flee Southern California for the sheen of Silicon Valley, Seattle and Austin. But it’s not just the pull of outside influences sapping the talent, as many of L.A.’s s wounds are self-inflicted.

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Southern California 98

SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Getting research out of the university lab and into a growing business poses a unique set of challenges - especially when the scientist is assumed to be the entrepreneur. Not only are the founders deeply invested in the research, but their chosen profession is academia rather than the business world. See [link] (more).

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Pepperdine LAVA Mission Ventures CalTech 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Saturday, February 12, 2011 -- Synthetic Biology Today and Tomorrow: The Way Entrepreneurs and Visionaries Want the World to Be. Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. That will take large, risky investments, and long periods of time, and it will raise a variety of issues of ethics and how to regulate the new technology appropriately.

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Enterprise Forum CalTech Research Entrepreneur 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Always looking to provide the very best for our community so that you may learn and grow as a startup or entrepreneur, Bill Gross is one of the best experts we could provide. A lifelong entrepreneur, Bill started several companies prior to Idealab. Where: CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Southern California has had its share of new startup accelerators launch in the last few months, however, few people here have actually experienced an accelerator firsthand. The other reason for building it, is LA is crapped on all the time from a press perspective and entrepreneur perspective. We'd love to take money for that.

Startup 242

Startup CTO Coach Blogging Social Media 242

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

I’m a software guy so I’m sure there are cases where building isn’t feasible. In most cases if you can’t get a prototype done you’re probably not an entrepreneur. In SoCal we have Crosscut Ventures, Matt Coffin, Mike Jones, Klaus Schauser, etc. They know that the money they invest may be lost.

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Angel Funding Venture Capital Startup 291

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. Sangster is a serial entrepreneur and M&A executive with experience both founding and acquiring businesses. Where: CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313