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LAVA Honors Richard Riordan, Local Technology Firms

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The Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA) held its annual awards event last night, honoring former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, as well as local, venture backed companies in a banquet last night at the Luxe hotel in Los Angeles. Other finalists were Clicker.com , Truecar , and Zumbox.

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SPONSORED POST: LAVA's Meet the VCs November 17th

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socalTECH is a media sponsor of the LAVA Special Event: Meet the VCs on November 17th. It's a can't miss opportunity for aspiring entrepreneurs looking to connect with investors in Southern California technology companies. Register for the event at the LAVA web site today!

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Raise Capital Locally But Expand Globally

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Friday, January 6, 2012 -- Raise Capital Locally But Expand Globally. Global LAVA. Our esteemed guest speakers include: Monica Dodi, Co- Founder and Managing Director of The Womens Venture Capital Fund, focused on early stage women led new ventures. Insight from VCs with Global Expertise. See [link] (more)

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Reflections on 2019: Scott Alderton, Preccelerator

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What was the biggest news for you/your company this year? In late 2018 we shifted the model to include a cash investment in cohort companies. Scott is also co-chair of the Firms Venture Capital and Emerging Growth practice group. We'll be featuring contributions all through the holiday season. READ MORE>>.

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Shaking the MoneyTree

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Thursday, September 23, 2010 -- LAVA hosts PricewaterhouseCoopers' Shaking the MoneyTree. See [link] (more).

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Making The Most out of Sitting on Panels

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Many of us in the technology, media and VC world sit on panels at lot. I sat on two panels in the past week – once at LeadsCon (** see appendix if you’re interested in a back story here) and today at the America’s Growth Capital conference. It would be good to undertand size of companies.

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Inspiring College Entrepreneurship | With lessons from Y Combinator and Elon Musk

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Using advice about curriculum from the startup accelerator Y-Combinator and attracting superstar speakers like Elon Musk , Zhang has created an organization that is inspiring students to build great companies in Los Angeles. We’ve also hosted Jonathan Badeen from Tinder and WIll Hsu from Mucker Capital.