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Southern California needs to find its hub for it to develop its own tech ecosystem

TechCrunch LA

Recognizing the tens of billions of dollars that the Southern Californian region leaves on the table, because it hasn’t taken its rightful place in the American technology industry, a new group called the Alliance for Southern California Innovation has just released a report to analyze how SoCal can work to assume its pole position.

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Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Winter Presenting Companies at Caltech

Tech Zulu Event

This Spotlight takes place Thursday, February 2, at Caltech. Crowd Seats gets you in the crowd for your favorite games with ticket prices 50-90% off face value! Where: Baxter Hall | CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125. Price: $25 (Early Bird). Take the next left on Holliston Avenue, into Caltech campus.

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

Both Sides of the Table

Both graduates of one of the most premier science institutions in the United States: Caltech. What do Bill Gross and Gil Elbaz have in common that portends well for the future of LA Tech? Both are massively funding other LA tech companies through what Fred Wilson once defined as “recycled capital.”

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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 ). Fox bought MySpace for $580 million and then did a deal with Google worth more than the purchase price to serve up ads.