socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2012

In what it calls a "video MBA", Santa Monica-based DocStoc has launched a major new feature of the site, aimed at helping small businesses and professionals learn about everything from building a brand, pitching their business plan, running an Adwords campaign, and more.

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Course Santa Monica Sites Pricing 178

socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2014

The two of us really wanted to be entrepreneurs. We''d gone to high school together in Santa Monica, and we were both very entrepreneurial in high school. We were really stubborn entrepreneurs, and worked at it for three years, because we were really determined to make it work. Before that, I was in New York, City.

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Startup Technology Outsource Santa Monica 231

socalTECH

JULY 18, 2018

Santa Monica-based SPACES (www.spaces.com), led by CEO Shiraz Akmal and a team of entertainment veterans from Dreamworks Animation, is hoping to do that with a series of physical attractions, powered by VR technology. We have an expert team, marrying world-class IP from Hollywood, and videogames and bringing that into this new format.

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Entertainment Santa Monica IP Startup 180

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

One of the biggest complaints you hear from both entrepreneurs and investors in Los Angeles, is the lack of a credible, visible startup accelerator in the Los Angeles area. However, we think there are probably enough great companies and entrepreneurs in Southern California to full up the classes.

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Technical Advisors Startup Southern California Los Angeles 176

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) has just announced a brand new, $240M venture investment fund, led by longtime venture investing veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery. It's all about the entrepreneur. That's when you start meddling in the company.

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Southern California Capital Funding Invest 113

socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2011

Those programs--epitomized by YCombinator in the Bay Area, and TechStars in Boulder, Colorado--attract newly minted entrepreneurs with a mixture of cash and mentoring, and a program which rapidly takes ideas and turns them into viable, executing businesses. Typically, venture backed companies, always entrepreneur led.

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Startup Mentor Southern California Incubator 221

LATechDigest

MAY 23, 2016

LA METRO EXPO LINE Opened from DTLA All the Way to Santa Monica. WorthyWomen " class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> " class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> pic.twitter.com/v0Z3Qvy5AP. NFTE Hosted Their Annual Entrepreneur Competition. Standing room only.

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Snapchat Class Santa Monica Venice 45

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. I guess Santa Monica is officially “Silicon Beach” in the local people’s minds. Still, I kind like the name, well, um, … Santa Monica. Like they truly understood entrepreneurs. I was a former entrepreneur.

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Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

I thought it would be interesting to raise a tranche of money, to have a platform where we could incubate our own concepts, work with the best entrepreneurs around, and build new businesses. One, is we'll come up wit our own ideas, and work with really early stage entrepreneurs in-house. We'll do only a few every year. READ MORE>>.

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Incubator Startup Commerce Los Angeles 196

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 16, 2013

A class we produce here at General Assembly called “Intro to the LA Startup Community” , has turned into a series, each time presented by a different prominent person in the startup ecosystem providing a unique perspective on the tech scene in LA. Sam taught a second rendition of the class in February and over 700 people signed up.

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Rustic Canyon Startup Los Angeles Class 74

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

He didn’t tell it in the video but, ever the entrepreneur, Scott started a business to take couples up on a “mile high club&# flight on airplanes as a way of getting all of his miles logged to get his next class of airplane license that required a certain number of hours logged. It’s part of what makes him so likable.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Entrepreneurs like Matt Coffin , Kamran Pourzanjani and Brock Pierce were making their mark. That’s what comes to mind when I think of the annual Digital Family Reunion event held at Wokcano in Santa Monica. However, that wasn’t the start … Rewind to the 90s. Money was flowing with the first Internet boom.

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Southern California Santa Monica SoCal High Tech 89

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Every entrepreneur at some point has probably felt like this and asked themselves the question: “now what?” Well, perhaps it’s time to consider an incubator/accelerator program: Programs like Silicon Valleys’ Y Combinator which essentially put entrepreneurs through a 3+ month startup boot camp.

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Incubator Startup Mentor Entrepreneur 107

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 26, 2011

Please join TechZulu as well as Los Angeles tech savvy elite comprised of VC’s, Angels investors, startups and your fellow entrepreneurs, as we celebrate LA’s most exciting tech creations of the moment with the brightest digital minds and engineering talents this side of Fresno. As of May 2010, CallFire has over 20,000 customers!

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Tech Coast Angels Southern California Los Angeles Santa Monica 80

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

Only naive people believe that but for inexperienced entrepreneurs you can be fooled into the narrative by the press who sometimes write stories without the actual data. It’s funny but recently I was at the CornerstoneOnDemand conference in Santa Monica. But it still is a major force and it ain’t going away.

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Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

It was a great chance for the class to interact with the community in LA. I first met him there and knew he was a talented entrepreneur that I wanted to work with some day. Gyroscope is in double-dog secret stealth mode right now so I’ll focus more on the entrepreneur. And of course we had, TheMan.

Company 276

Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

28 from 7pm-10pm in Santa Monica. Brock Pierce is a 10x entrepreneur best known for pioneering the market for digital currency. Extensive experience as an executive, entrepreneur and as an investor. TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2014 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Tuesday Jan.

Startup 111

Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Last week, Santa Monica-based Revolution Prep announced its first, institutional round of funding, worth $15M, from Kennet Partners. If you're teaching classes of 32 maybe even 37 students, it's difficult to know where students are. However, on the group side, a class has 15-17 students. It's at a more granular level.

Software Review 178

Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2015

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2015 Startup and Entrepreneur Forecast taking place Thursday, January 29 from 7 p.m. at the Dethrone Base Camp in Santa Monica. Silicon Valley Bank.

Startup 40

Startup Artificial Inteligence Venture Capital Santa Monica 40

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

In addition to the 330+ students, entrepreneurs and investors in attendance, the event also achieved over 45,000 views on the TechZulu live stream. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

We will be bringing you some of the hottest startups around to give you a quick rundown about their companies and get to know the entrepreneur behind those companies. This Panel is filled with investing super stars who will be going over must have content for all the startups and entrepreneurs out there. Adrenaline Fueled Angel.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

Sangster is a serial entrepreneur and M&A executive with experience both founding and acquiring businesses. CODA Automotive is a privately held company headquartered in Santa Monica, California that designs, manufactures and sells electric vehicles and lithium-ion battery systems purpose-built for transportation and utility applications.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

We want to provide our audience with not only amazing presenting startups/newly released products (submissions still open Apply Here ) but also outstanding people that can help you grow as an entrepreneur and lead a successful business. CallFire.com is a small company with fewer than 20 employees located in beautiful Santa Monica.

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Tsavo Idealab Tech Coast Angels Userplane 76

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

Our global and diverse team of engineers, scientists, and researchers with world-class expertise in video conferencing, object recognition, object tracking, and augmented reality is committed to continuous innovation and fostering an entrepreneurial culture that will accelerate the commercialization of our revolutionary technologies.

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CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

My mom was an entrepreneur – she was kind of my inspiration for entrepreneurship. And no one could see me as anything but a startup guy, so I started a second company and called myself a serial entrepreneur. Then everyone just started calling me a serial entrepreneur. As an entrepreneur you have to suspend disbelief.

Startup 337

Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Venture Capital 337

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Sangster is a serial entrepreneur and M&A executive with experience both founding and acquiring businesses.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. CallFire.com is a small company with fewer than 20 employees located in beautiful Santa Monica. Community Sponsors. Community Sponsors.

UCLA 102

UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 19, 2013

It can be a confusing world to seek funding when you’re just starting out and Silicon Beach Fest (#SBF) was a great place to learn what investors are looking for, meet investors of all levels in a collaborative environment, network with like-minded entrepreneurs, and develop relationships to further your dream and business.

Tech Coast Angels 87

Tech Coast Angels Technical Review Invest Venture Capital 87

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

In addition to the 330+ students, entrepreneurs and investors in attendance, the event also achieved over 45,000 views on the TechZulu live stream. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content.

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

CapLinked lets entrepreneurs focus on what they do best, while making sure their investors always stay in the loop. Founded in 2006, Demand Media is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA with offices in Bellevue, WA, Austin, TX, New York, NY and London, UK. Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

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. SuperDemo: Bill Gross. which made a natural language product for Lotus 1-2-3 called HAL.

Idealab 84

Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Headquarted in Santa Monica, CA, CallFire is dedicated to providing high-availability systems, intuitive user interfaces, furious developer support, and unparalleled customer care in order to transform how companies do business. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2009

Yesterday, Santa Monica-based SharesPost (www.sharespost.com) launched a new service of particular interest to the venture capital and high tech startup market, a new, online service which facilitates the buying and selling of private company stock. trillion asset class we realized there was a real opportunity here.

Startup 124

Startup Zag Venture Capital Equity 124

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

In growing numbers, Silicon Valley executives—long based in tech strongholds like Santa Clara and Palo Alto—are buying homes in Los Angeles, as the lines between the technology and entertainment businesses grow blurrier. and Facebook beef up their presence and more Silicon Valley investors and entrepreneurs establish footholds in.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44