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MARCH 17, 2012

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 -- Competitive Intelligence: 007 Market Intel. PDMA SoCal. The company president calls you into his office after attending a brainstorm session. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to estimate market size, competitive market share, how many potential customers are there, and price points.

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Competition Innocal Case Study SoCal 100

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

Thursday, October 15, 2020 -- Pepperdine Most Fundable Companies Showcase 2020. Now in its third year, the Most Fundable Companies competition has grown to over 4,500 companies, and for the first time attracted startups from all 50 U.S.

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Pepperdine Company Companies Competition 100

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MARCH 25, 2021

Wednesday, March 31, 2021 --.

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Pepperdine Competition Company Companies 100

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MARCH 17, 2016

There has been a lot of worry recently in the high tech industry and from venture investors about "headwinds" in the technology market, particularly with valuations of "unicorn" companies dropping, investors shying away from investing in rounds, and even employees looking for safer jobs. The company was eventually acquired by LinkedIn for $1.5

Southern California 100

Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Technical Review SoCal 100

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

In what is a fairly unusual move, last week, Tradesparq (www.tradesparq.com), a Chinese startup in the area of B2B trade information, said it was planning on setting up its operations here in Southern California, as part of an expansion and scaling of the company. How long has company been around? What is Tradesparq?

Southern California 170

Southern California Startup SoCal CTO Hire 170

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JANUARY 17, 2010

Saturday, January 23, 2010 -- Southern California Monte Jade (SCMJ) Fast-Pitch Competition. Formatted as a pitch competition, this is an educational opportunity to learn how to profile an enterprise and deliver a concise, effective pitch. This will be a good business networking opportunity for all. See [link] (more).

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Southern California Technology Conference Competition 100

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

Last week, the University of Southern California 's Viterbi School of Engineering announced that it had established a new, business plan competition, the Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition ([link] specifically aimed at students in the engineering school. Then, I went and founded a company called Intelisense.

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Competition Southern California Mentor USC 154

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

The University of Southern California is home to many innovative students and companies. In order to support all of these teams, there are several on-campus startup competitions every year, from the Silicon Beach USC competition to the New Venture Seed Competition, with prize funds to help build the companies.

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Competition Startup USC Southern California 104

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OCTOBER 17, 2007

On Ben Kuo's blog, he posted about Entrepreneurs in Southern California and pointed to a post by Will Johnson, a Southern California entrepreneur and blogger. b) history of success; and c) abundance of start-up companies (so if one fails there is another to jump on). willing to go work for startup companies.

Southern California 150

Southern California Startup SoCal El Segundo 150

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Huntington Beach-based Rocket Lab , one of Southern California's new crop of space and rocket startups, has launched its first commercial payload to space, successfully sending its first paying payload to space on Sunday. Rocket Lab successfully put six small satellites into orbit into low earth orbit.

Southern California 113

Southern California SpaceX Competition Los Angeles 113

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MAY 29, 2013

A local, clean energy business plan competition started by the California Insitute of Technology (Caltech), the University of Southern California (USC), and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has awarded $160,000 in prizes in its latest competition. READ MORE>>.

Draper 191

Draper CalTech Southern California Education 191

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Now, a new breed of companies is finally making it out, which has had a huge impact on valuations. There''s a huge backlog of companies trying to make it out. What''s interesting about ad-tech, is that with the exception of AdaptTV and AOL, there''s not a lot of large buyers out there for ad-tech companies.

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Southern California SoCal Commerce Invest 124

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MARCH 27, 2017

Located in Southern California, N3XT CON 2017 will spotlight industries that embody the LA spirit - Entertainment, Technology, and Startups. Industry leaders from top companies such as Disney, LA Times, BuzzFeed, and NBC will share their experiences at the conference. A pitch competition will also be held.

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Entertainment Buzzfeed Technology Southern California 100

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JANUARY 24, 2019

The company says it has initially deployed its vehicles in the Gaslamp vehicle of San Diego, with plans to expand across Southern California, and eventually, nationwide. The company faces some significant competition in the area, with a massive battle already occurring between Lime, Bird, Uber, Lyft, and many others.

San Diego 113

San Diego Southern California Entertainment Competition 113

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OCTOBER 15, 2015

Two, Southern California companies have made the semi-finalist list for the much-watch Cisco Innovation Grand Challenge competition, which promises to give out $150,000 to a company developing the "next best thing" in the Internet-of-Things area.

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Southern California UCLA Competition San Diego 100

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OCTOBER 15, 2015

Two, Southern California companies have made the semi-finalist list for the much-watch Cisco Innovation Grand Challenge competition, which promises to give out $150,000 to a company developing the "next best thing" in the Internet-of-Things area.

Southern California 100

Southern California UCLA Competition San Diego 100

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NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Tech Coast Venture Network is rounding up the finest entrepreneurs to compete for $25,000 in cash prize in their Survivor 7 Pitch Competition this Thursday, November 15th. The event will be held in Chapman University and has attracted over 30 companies that have submitted their pitch videos online.

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Competition Networking TCVN Southern California 65

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AUGUST 27, 2018

However, the company's technology team, Walmart Labs (www.walmartlabs.com)--which said this month that it is planning on major growth in San Diego is responsible for the company's key supply chain technology, online e-commerce site, and much more. They wanted to hire people, but wanted us to leave for the Bay Area.

San Diego 100

San Diego Southern California Technology Artificial Inteligence 100

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AUGUST 27, 2018

However, the company's technology team, Walmart Labs (www.walmartlabs.com)--which said this month that it is planning on major growth in San Diego is responsible for the company's key supply chain technology, online e-commerce site, and much more. They wanted to hire people, but wanted us to leave for the Bay Area.

San Diego 100

San Diego Southern California Technology Artificial Inteligence 100

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JULY 20, 2011

In another attempt by a Southern California company to attract talent, Santa Monica-based BetterWorks just became the latest firm to dangle a cash bounty to people for product or engineering hires. product or engineering positions -- plus provide one free year of Betterworks services to that person's company or organization.

Southern California 191

Southern California Startup Santa Monica Los Angeles 191

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DECEMBER 2, 2019

Sir Richard Branson , the founder of Virgin Group, which is behind such local Southern California companies as Virgin Galactic , Virgin Hyperloop One , and Virgin Orbit , as well as Elon Musk , the CEO and founder of SpaceX and The Boring Company , have joined a group of CEOs who issued a statement on Monday backing the Paris Agreement.

Southern California 100

Southern California SpaceX Competition Company 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 11, 2012

Late last year we announced that local Southern California startup Caplinked was launching a worldwide pitch competition for entrepreneurs to present their business ideas to a panel of all-star judges from Idealab, Rincon, and Chris Yeh.

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Competition Idealab Southern California Ideas 63

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

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Southern California Tech Coast Angels IP Orange County 113

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MAY 30, 2012

In another, big step this week for Southern California's startup space vehicle industry, Virgin Galactic , the Sir Richard Branson-backed effort to commercialize sub-orbital flight vehicles for space tourism, said Wednesday that it has been granted an experimental launch permit from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Southern California 190

Southern California SpaceX Hawthorne Competition 190

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JULY 18, 2012

The group, which runs its pitch competitions in both San Diego and Los Angeles multiple times during the year, said it is looking for any entrepreneur in Southern California willing to make a 2-minute pitch to investors.

Tech Coast Angels 150

Tech Coast Angels San Diego Angel Southern California 150

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JUNE 12, 2012

Santa Barbara, one of Southern California's technology centers, has a unique problem: how do you scale out your technology staff, despite intense competition from the firm's large number of technology companies, expensive cost-of-living, limited real estate, and a fairly long trek from the rest of the region for commuters?

Santa Barbara 145

Santa Barbara Technical Review Southern California Competition 145

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

I’m very pleased today to announce that I invested, on behalf of GRP Partners, in Burstly alongside Rincon Venture Partners , an early stage VC in Southern California whith whom we love to work (and were our co-investors on RingRevenue ). I don’t intend either, Burstly has respectable and strong competition.

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

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NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Thursday, November 17, 2011 -- Business Plan Competition and Dinner Be a VC! Join SDVG at the annual PitchFest Business Plan Competition to take part in funding promising Southern California companies. Hear their business plans and visions to determine which is most likely to go the distance.

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Southern California Venture Capital Competition Funding 113

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JANUARY 15, 2014

For today''s Insights and Opinions article, where we regularly share the thoughts and observations of Southern California''s high tech movers and shakers, we have an article from Ivan Nikkhoo of Siemer & Associates. What makes Uber is an extraordinarily important company? In one word, freedom. Which is (Continued.).

Southern California 149

Southern California High Tech Conference Competition 149

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NOVEMBER 9, 2011

City Council President Eric Garcetti, to mark its entry into Los Angeles, the 16th market covered by the company. Car sharing startups have become immensely popular in areas such as Boston and San Francisco, with heavy competition between Zipcar, Relayrides, and Getaround.

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Los Angeles Angel Southern California Startup 213

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MARCH 19, 2010

Thursday, March 25, 2010 -- OCTANe and Cleantech Open: 2010 Competition Breakfast Briefing. Are you an "Ecopreneur" with an early stage clean technology company? Enter the 2010 Cleantech Open Business Competition. See [link] (more).

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Competition OCTANE Mentor Resource 100

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AUGUST 11, 2009

Monday, August 17, 2009 -- CALIFORNIA BUSINESS ASCENT is a statewide business competition for entrepreneurial growth companies produced by the Golden Capital Network and officially endorsed by the State of California Business, Transportation and Housing Agency. See [link] (more).

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Competition Networking Capital Company 100

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JULY 14, 2010

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 -- How Savvy Companies Leverage Brand, Technology and IP Licensing to Leap Ahead of The Competition. See [link] (more).

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IP Competition Technology Company 100

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Our Fast Pitch Competitions are "the" place for Southern California entrepreneurs to present their ideas to investors. Each competition consists of 10-12 entrepreneurs giving fast pitches to a panel of investors and other members of Southern California's entrepreneurial community. See [link] (more).

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Tech Coast Angels Angel Southern California Competition 100

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JANUARY 17, 2013

In an email announcing the renewal, Jerome Chang, the coworking space's founder, said that he believes that--having already been in the location for five years--that makes the coworking space the oldest, and therefore first coworking spot in SoCal.

Culver City 256

Culver City Santa Monica SoCal Southern California 256

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands , which operates a suite of online, advertising driven websites across a wide range of verticals, said Monday that it would go private in a $640M, private equity deal, bucking the trend of Southern California companies filing to get to the public markets. READ MORE>>.

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Internet Brands Westlake Village Woodland Hills Beverly Hills 190

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OCTOBER 2, 2009

Thursday, October 8, 2009 -- San Diego 3rd Annual Quick Pitch Competition. Announcing the third annual Quick Pitch competition, showcasing talented entrepreneurs seeking funding. Competition winners will be announced at the conclusion of the evening and presented with 2009 Quick Pitch Awards. See [link] (more).

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San Diego Competition Entrepreneur Invest 100