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Launchpad LA Receives VC Funding: $50,000 Per Startup

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We have significant VC commitments (listed below) – every entering company will get $50,000 in funding, mentorship from top VCs and successful entrepreneurs plus free office space. The first two years of the program focused on education & mentorship. This education will continue. For the past 2.5

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Mark Suster, Nely Galan to Keynote Silicon Beach Fest

Tech Zulu Event

This second annual fest brings together technology leaders, startup CEOs, investors, Hollywood studio executives, entrepreneurs, developers, students and more to celebrate LA’s dynamic technology industries with panels, workshops, hackathon, mixers, and a start-up showcase spotlighting 40 local startups.

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codeSpark:Teaching Kids Software Coding Without Words

socalTECH

Grant Hosford: I was working at Idealab, for Bill Gross, when I had the idea. Like me, he was a dad, has three kids, and was a Lego Robotics coach for 7 years. These are skills that are being talked about by educators, things such as impulse control, mindfulness, and executive functions in general.

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What Should We Make of Peter Thiel’s “20 Under 20? Education Program?

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Thiel and friends will also agree to mentor these young entrepreneurs. We need to take some risks in education and in innovation in this country so anybody that it trying to break through the traditional mold and try to create a new model ought to be lauded, not attacked. The value of a college education. So is this a good idea?

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