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Accelerator Crazy In Southern California

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LA Cleantech Incubator , officially launched last week, and was created by Los Angeles Cleantech Alliance, a group supported by Mayor's Office, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Community Redevelopment Agency for Los Angeles, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, UCLA, USC, CalTech, and Arts Center College of Design.

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Interview with Elizabeth Amini, Anti-Aging Games

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The firm notably has Atari founder Nolan Bushnell as an advisor and serving as its chief game designer. So I actually started a graphic design company out of college, and got lucky with the web taking off at the right time. So Nolan is behind the design of the games? We made a decision not to go for venture capital early.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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Creative – we’re a place of writers, directors, producers, musicians, costume designers, make-up artists, graphic artists, 3D modelers. A market leader in content, music, entertainment, textiles, engineering, aerospace and trade. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. Think about venture capital.

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LA Tech Startup Innovators and Fun Facts

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Venture Capital: Upfront Ventures. philosophie has worked with some of the world’s biggest names: Google, Nissan, Nintendo, UCLA, and more. Entertainment Tech: Atom Factory. Today’s startup innovators come from about six hours south of Silicon Valley. Get to know them now before they become household names.

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GumGum Makes Images Profitable for Publishers

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At the tender age of 15, Tanz teamed up with his friend Michael Schneider (the CEO of MobileRoadie ), to create the design firm Fluid Design. He began programming courses at UCLA while in high school and went on to earn a B.S. GumGum is led by founder and Los Angeles native wunderkind, Ophir Tanz. News, Gannett, and Tribune. “We

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Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Judges Include Mike Jones, CallFire, Idealab, Tech Coast Angels, Coloft

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and has led business analysis & user interface design projects for the U.S. It’s a community and work space focused on empowering entrepreneurs, startups, freelancers, programmers, designers, professionals, and all awesome people in general. Where: UCLA Anderson School of Management, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095.

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Behind the Scenes: Troy Carter’s SMASHD LABS with Suzy Ryoo

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Enrou : Socially conscious marketplace started by UCLA graduates, and discovered by Troy Carter at the 30 Under 30 Summit in Philadelphia, where shoppers discover goods from all around the globe and support the people who made them through their purchases. All this is by design, per the vision of Atom Factory founder Troy Carter.

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