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Choosing Internet Platforms

SoCal CTO

I'm blogging from the CalTech Enterprise Forum. The topic is: Betting Your Company On An Internet Platform? However, these platforms could be interesting for prototype and pilot solutions. The other conclusion was that you need to have a migration path from the platform. application services (security, integration), etc.

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Elementary Robotics raises cash to expand in Los Angeles’ growing robotics hub

TechCrunch LA

Earlier this year, Embodied announced a $22 million round for its personal robotics platform focused on healthcare and wellness, while InVia Robotics collected $20 million for its own take on the robotics industry. Elementary Robotics has raised $3.6 So we’re excited to be building this company in LA.” ”

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

Both Sides of the Table

So much so that if you read Ken Auletta’s wonderful book “ Googled ” you’ll see that Larry and Sergey had for years stated they would never do paid search results. The patents Overture held became known in small circles as Google’s ’361 problem as outlined here. Yes, Google won.

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

Both Sides of the Table

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 ). encouraging an open platform where 3rd parties can make lots of money]. ask microsoft, aol/time warner & google].

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Bridging The Gap Between Students And Startups, With TechLA

socalTECH

However, for students at USC, UCLA, and Caltech, that just doesn''t exist. The third is a platform to connect everyone on, which is being provided by Internships.com, which is at techla.internships.com. We often run into students who say: I have an internship opportunity with Google, Microsoft, or IBM--why should I look at a startup?

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

Both Sides of the Table

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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Interview with Steve Poizner, Alliance for Southern California Innovation

socalTECH

So, despite their rivalries and silos, people have come together, and we now have all 5 UC campuses in Southern California, plus Caltech, Harvey Mudd, USC, UC San Diego, and others involved. What's really pushed that in the last few years are the major titans here, such as Apple, Google, Facebook, and others.