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Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California

SoCal CTO

CalTech MIT Enterprise Forum – Great events on various topics – there's one this Saturday that would be great to go to. They put on great events. VentureNet – Great annual event by the Technology Council. You can use keywords like: Events in Los Angeles or Southern California Events or even Santa Monica Events.

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Angel Funding Advice

Both Sides of the Table

Join local organizations like OCTANe , TechStars or Launchpad LA. You need to make it an effort by researching on the web and going and doing 50 coffee meetings with people. If you’re three s -hot kids from Stanford, Caltech or MIT you might be able to push valuation higher. There are other ways you can get help.

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

SoCal Delicious

And, let’s not overlook the research juggernaut called Caltech, which managed $332 million in sponsored research and $1.77 Matthew Jenusaitis is the CEO of OCTANe , an Orange County startup accelerator whose mission is to connect people and ideas with capital and resources. Web Design Software. Web Hosting Software.