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Interview with Anna Barber, Techstars LA

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Anna Barber: Before this, I hadn't been involved with Techstars as a mentor, however, I'd been an entrepreneur and mentored at other accelerators. However, I always wanted to get into a broader role in the startup ecosystem, where I could help other entrepreneurs work on their ideas. That's both a challenge and an opportunity.

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Meet Launchpad LA’s Graduating Startups

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This is class four for Launchpad LA. Atlas Powered has raised $700k from Tech Coast Angels, Maverick Angels, Pasadena Angels, Angel Capital Entrepreneur Fund, LaunchpadLA, and Clark Landry. Less Neglect helps companies reduce churn, upsell users, and increase customer acquisition rates. YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. Home of JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), which helps put rockets into space. ReachLocal, founded by Zorik Gordon, publicly traded company helping small businesses across America use the Internet for marketing [Woodland Hills. Like they truly understood entrepreneurs.

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Workforce Trends, Economy, & More: Q&A With Alexandria’s Joel Marcus

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Think “innovation” and you might picture some scrappy entrepreneurs toiling away in a kitchen or garage, hoping the landlord doesn’t notice what they’re up to. Our campuses also provide great world-class conference facilities, and we also do a lot of hands-on mentoring. So it ranges.

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Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Judges Includes BetterWorks, CallFire, Idealab, and Tech Coast Angeles

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To help curate and show off the best that LA has to offer we called in a few friends. Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas. OrangicStartup’s is a company that helps Internet startups start. He received a B.S. Event Details. to 9:30 p.m.

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codeSpark:Teaching Kids Software Coding Without Words

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It turns out, there are lots of benefits to learning the logical thinking behind software coding, according to Grant Hosford , the founder of Pasadena-based codeSpark (www.codespark.org). We caught up with Grant to learn more about The Foos and his quest to use the principles of software programming to help kids learn.

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Spotlight: LA Tech Judges and SuperDemo Bill Gross of Idealab!

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Always looking to provide the very best for our community so that you may learn and grow as a startup or entrepreneur, Bill Gross is one of the best experts we could provide. A lifelong entrepreneur, Bill started several companies prior to Idealab. OrangicStartup’s is a company that helps Internet startups start. Event Details.

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