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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Ashish Soni , USC (Los Angeles, incubator/university). Internap , PricewaterhouseCoopers , Demand Media , Stubbs, Alderton & Markiles LLP , Oracle , Cresa Partners , UK Trade & Investment , PIXT , and many others. There are also many movers and shakers here in the industry -- Jason Nazar at.

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Southern California SoCalTech Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 279

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JUNE 2, 2014

We spoke with Kristztina "Z" Holly --most recently, Vice Provost for Innovation at USC--about what Mayor Garcetti''s EIR program is all about, and her vision for how it might help shape the industry in Los Angeles. --both of whom are working on independent efforts in the area of bringing the city closer to entrepreneurs.

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Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

First, my thanks to Tim Draper for allowing me to use his song in my entrepreneur presentations at UCLA, Anderson School of Business and USC, Marshall School of Business. Bankers demanding blood refund. Company’s looking Moribund. Company vision. So tears and sweat can IPO. For 15 years he’s been out gunned.

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Draper USC UCLA Press 169

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DECEMBER 14, 2012

Atif Siddiqi: We've created a student centric marketplace, that allows businesses, working professionals, and alumni to hire student workers on demand. Where'd you get the idea for the company? We wanted to create something reliable, safe, trusted, and efficient, where real-time supply can meet real-time demand.

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Startup Design Demand USC 219

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

Coming off a very successful exit with Networks in Motion at the end of 2009, 2010 has been a very exciting year for several of my companies, Socialvibe, 2tor, Leadpoint, Webvisible and Impact Radius. These companies have all experienced growth and we're expecting substantial value creation in 2011.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2019

In a famous Harvard study of 212 new ventures a few years ago, USC professor Noam Wasserman found that half the founders were no longer at the helm after three years, and over time 80% were forced out. Don’t wait for the harsh reality of the demanding business world to start thinking about these tradeoffs.

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Startup USC Entrepreneur Statistics 97

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

Companies represented include: Disney, Warner Bros., ABC Family, Fox, Universal Music, Google, Facebook, Demand Media, MyLife, Riot Games, DFJ Frontier, Rustic Canyon, GRP Partners, Siemer and Associates, Marketshare, Saatchi Online, OMD, Ignited, Rubicon Project, Smashbox Cosmetics, NFL, UCLA, USC, and dozens of start-ups.

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MARCH 19, 2019

Disraeli also recently was appointed as CEO of the company. How did the company start? We started focusing on that, and at the time we were doing only phone verification, but then we started adding in data analytics because of customer demand, we added in some other things like straight messaging rather than pin codes.

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Marina Del Rey Software Review Startup Incubator 113

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JANUARY 11, 2017

In the startup world, one of the most difficult journeys to market is by companies who are taking basic scientific advances and technologies originally developed at universities, and taking them all the way to use in the commercial world. The company's CEO, Kos Galatsis , spoke to us a few years ago at the very beginning of their journey.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2016

After careful planning and working with major institutions of nnovation here, companies, and community leaders, we launched Innovate Pasadena in 2013. We had a great launch and have seen great success, which has validated the fact that there is a lot of pent up demand for an organization here. There are also many from USC and UCLA.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2017

In a famous Harvard study of 212 new ventures a few years ago, USC professor Noam Wasserman found that half the founders were no longer at the helm after three years, and over time 80% were forced out. Don’t wait for the harsh reality of the demanding business world to start thinking about these tradeoffs.

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Entrepreneur USC Statistics Equity 57

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MARCH 24, 2010

We've got a suite of on-demand, manufacturing tools which means they never have to spend money upfront. Brandon Hance: I was actually a student athlete, a quarterback at USC, and was on a couple of the national teams. Brandon Hance: Two in particular do on-demand, Cafepress and Zazzle. It represents a tremendous opportunity.

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Van Nuys Tech Coast Angels Startup Web 191

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” in 2014 the data seems pretty conclusive because LA has now become the fastest growing tech startup region by numbers of companies being started and those of us here have noticed this pace accelerating. Both are massively funding other LA tech companies through what Fred Wilson once defined as “recycled capital.”

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Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

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FEBRUARY 22, 2010

It's been awhile since we last caught up with Los Angeles-based Language Weaver (www.languageweaver.com), a venture-backed firm which develops language translation software, so we sat down the other day with Mark Tapling , the President and CEO of the firm, to hear more about where the company is nowadays--plus its strategy for growth and an exit.

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Software Review USC Content Tech Coast Angels 145

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OCTOBER 29, 2015

We sat down with Brett Crosby (who founded Urchin Software, the company which became Google Analytics) and Brew Johnson , the co-founders of the company, to learn more about the company and what it's working on. Thanks for the time today, it's great to get a chance to talk with you about your company.

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Southern California Google Technical Review Manhattan Beach 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses. We will also have some of the top companies present that each of the panelist has invested in.

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Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

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MAY 23, 2017

We are a technology company, not an ad agency, and we are really just a bunch of nerds who believe we can turn this thing upside down, and let people try those apps out before downloading. I got super, super fortunate that early in my career, I was living with an entrepreneur, Randy Saaf, who was running a company called MediaDefender.

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Startup Southern California UCLA Technical Review 113

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AUGUST 24, 2010

We were literally on the cusp of launching our prpoduct, and all of our work and money to date had gone into getting the innovative technology out of Caltech, exploring the marketplace, and making sure the product features matched with the demand of the market, which it clearly did. Is there a market? We've become fashionable.

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Startup Southern California Ideas Research 185

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Founder and CEO since starting the company back in 1999, Miller has led Cornerstone through 11 years of consecutive growth. Adam Miller transformed his company into one of the world’s leading software-as-a-service companies, specifically in the HR world. Richard Rosenblatt – Demand Media. 1 on this list.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

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OCTOBER 30, 2008

We spoke with Sunil Rajaraman, CEO and co-founder of the firm, about the company. We're targeting any company producing any short form video. What's the background of your founders, and how did the company come about? Zak went to the Peter Stark Program at the USC Film School, which is a very prestigious program.

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Content Writing Software Review Hollywood 138

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Southern California companies are second to only Silicon Valley in raising venture capital , there are three major universities to recruit talent – UCLA, Caltech, and USC – and a thriving startup community to mingle with. What are some examples of successful companies that were started here? LowerMyBills, Inc.

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