socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Launchpad LA , the Los Angeles startup accelerator program which is run by Sam Teller, and was founded by venture capitalist Mark Suster, is gearing up for another class, to start next month. LaunchpadLA started initially as a mentoring group, but expanded into accelerating and investing in companies in the last few years.

Class 168

Class Startup Web Design Mentor 168

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Los Angeles-based ShopNation , one of the current class of the LaunchpadLA business mentoring effort, has partnered with fashion focused and editorial site theFashionSpot , the firms said today. ShopNation, which is headed by Travis Schneider, is powering theFashionSpot's online fashion storefront. READ MORE>>.

AtomicOnline 145

AtomicOnline Class Mentor Los Angeles 145

socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2011

K5Launch , which was announced yesterday, is headed up by Amir Banafatemi, Ray Chan, David Cheng, and Kai Tao, four Southern California angel investors. Similarly, the firm is using a Y-Combinator/TechStars model to startups, and covers Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego.

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Southern California Orange County Incubator Tech Coast Angels 216

socalTECH

JULY 17, 2013

Los Angeles has always been a major market for launching products, and in the era of e-commerce has become highly attractive for its large consumer population, a technology-savvy population, and affinity for new products and services. We started the company three years ago, in 2010, and started in New York City. What is H.Bloom?

Legalzoom 165

Legalzoom Los Angeles Startup Commerce 165

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Participating in this event also included world recognized security expert and Co-founder of Fonality , Samy Kamkar , Danny Schreiber (Managing Editor of Silicon Prairie News) and Rob Jadon (serial-entrepreneur and angel investor). Everyone joined back at Coloft at 9:00 AM the following morning and worked hard throughout the day. Rob Maigret.

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

There is a large menu of startup accelerators in the Los Angeles, but one of more established efforts in the area is LaunchpadLA ([link] The effort actually started as an informal mentoring program, but has grown and expanded to follow the accelerator model. Then, it turned out, all of those companies did really well.

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Class Mentor Startup Santa Monica 261

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

After months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Companies: Spotlight Companies. It’s a gallery of great entrepreneurship. Event Details.

UCLA 102

UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

What you might not realize is that the adorable droid was the brain child of Sphero, a robotics and digital technology company and an alumni to the Disney Accelerator program. “This year, more than ever, we are working with companies with the potential to help define the future of media and entertainment together with Disney.”

Artificial Inteligence 109

Artificial Inteligence Startup Entertainment Press 109

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

He shared tons of information about how how they were using marketing to quantitatively make marketing decisions at HauteLook and acquire customers for prices that were far cheaper than similar companies. He was also the first one to challenge my conventional wisdom that it made no sense for tech companies to advertise on television.

Venture Capital 360

Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Winter Companies: Spotlight Companies. Bill serves on the boards of directors of numerous companies.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies.

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

The Spotlight is shining down these amazing LA companies! And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Winners: Spotlight Companies. It gives music companies a direct pipeline to market their products and services to music fans. Spotlight: LA Tech Summer SuperDemo is all electric car company CODA.

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Amplify’s portfolio companies are schooled on every challenge they need to master in order to achieve success. Amplify Mentor Panel in full swing. Amplify’s close mentoring is by design. Jeff looks for these same qualities in the companies he backs. And they do all this in the span of four intense months.

Web Design 103

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

This leads to a set of questions: What is the role of a CTO in the early stages of a company, and does that role change later on as both the company and that individual matures? It specifically answers the first questions about role and how it changes as the company matures. How will I know when the need has arisen?

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CTO Coach CTO Hire Outsource Development Develop 231

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Plus, he told us a little bit about how he's helping to build a mini cluster of technology companies in the Silverlake area. Is the idea to have multiple projects as part of the company? Alex Benzer: My partner and I met here in Los Angeles, in high school. We have some great mentors now.

Startup 242

Startup CTO Coach Blogging Social Media 242

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

SWNext Los Angeles has teamed up with Cross Campus to host the 5-week class that will be led by the founder and CEO of QuantSoft, Wilton Risenhoover, who also teaches entrepreneurship at UCLA Extension. This class is designed to help entrepreneurs understand where they are going wrong.”.

Class 98

Class Mentor Startup UCLA 98

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Their roster of success includes numerous pioneering tech companies, many of which continue to be industry leaders today — Overture, BillMeLater, CitySearch, and more. Fun Fact: A team from OKCupid works out of the space, as well as a few of the best civic-focused tech companies in LA. Fun Fact: Los Angeles heavy hitters J.J.

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2012

We caught up with Wade Eyerly , co-founder of the company, who told us the story behind the company, and how it hopes to bring unlimited flights from local regional airports, via a subscription model, to the market. We shuttle primarily between Palo Alto and Los Angeles. What's the idea behind SurfAir?

Startup 240

Startup Mentor Technical Review Santa Barbara 240

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 20, 2011

We’re looking for companies with new technology to demonstrate (or better yet, those with upcoming launches they wish to promote among savvy peers). TechZulu is ramping up to do it all again with an all new group of companies and a SuperDemo. This could be your company’s chance to shine in the Spotlight. Diamond Sponsor.

CalTech 79

CalTech Idealab Tech Coast Angels Enterprise Forum 79

socalTECH

AUGUST 28, 2017

She told us about why so many Los Angeles investors are supporting the company and gave us an overview of what PartySlate is all about. I tapped my co-founder, John Haro, who I worked for at Agency.com, and at another mobile marketing company, and we talked about the idea, ideated, and I brought him on as co-founder.

Technical Advisors 100

Technical Advisors Technical Review Metrics Startup 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Bill Gross founded Idealab in March 1996 and serves as the company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. A lifelong entrepreneur, Bill started several companies prior to Idealab. In college at the California Institute of Technology, he patented a new loudspeaker design and formed GNP Loudspeakers, Inc.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

The film gives several examples of where not having women included in product decisions has led to poor design by not truly understanding 50%+ of the ultimate consumers. She gives examples ranging from poor auto air bag design (female body types being different) to “Clippy,” the Microsoft assistant that many women found creepy.

Venture Capital 256

Venture Capital Examples Screening Help 256

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Amplify’s portfolio companies are schooled on every challenge they need to master in order to achieve success. Amplify Mentor Panel in full swing. Amplify’s close mentoring is by design. Jeff looks for these same qualities in the companies he backs. And they do all this in the span of four intense months.

Web Design 40

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 40

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 16, 2013

There is a plethora of tech innovation going on in Los Angeles right now, and not only in Silicon Beach — but all over from downtown to the valleys to everywhere in between. Keeping track of all the new companies, funding, networking and events going on across town is challenging. has to offer startups. s advisory board.

Startup 105

Startup Mentor Entrepreneur Platform 105

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

The Spotlight: LA Tech Fall is garnering some excellent companies being submitted and most of which I wish could all be part of this amazing night. Mike Jones , Investor and Advisor Located In Los Angeles. and has led business analysis & user interface design projects for the U.S. Still Time to Submit Your Company!

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 2, 2013

It was quite inspiring to hear other startup founders who started businesses in their apartments share how they turned their small companies started with maybe one or two others, into multi-million enterprises with hundreds of employees and never-ending growth in sight. Most companies are referred by other VC’s, founders or mentors.

Cornerstone OnDemand 93

Cornerstone OnDemand Santa Monica Technical Review Startup 93

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2013

The nuts and bolts of our tech company is that CMS in the middle, the connection engine. All part-time guys, I was in business school and I was working at The Honest Company. The four guys that built Porter were all working at The Honest Company. It gives us and other companies that are design forward a little bit of an edge.

Technical Review 87

Technical Review Mobile Startup Los Angeles 87

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 26, 2011

We’re looking for companies with new technology to demonstrate (or better yet, those with upcoming launches they wish to promote among savvy peers). TechZulu is ramping up to do it all again with an all new group of companies and a SuperDemo. This could be your company’s chance to shine in the Spotlight.

Tech Coast Angels 80

Tech Coast Angels Southern California Los Angeles Santa Monica 80

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Please join us in congratulating this quarter’s Spotlight companies: Earbits is an online radio platform where artists, labels and concert promoters bid for airtime on a per-song-played basis, and use the exposure to sell their music, event tickets and more. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.

Idealab 77

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Not all of these products & companies came from Silicon Valley but the overwhelming majority did. Open source computing, which reduced costs to start a company by 90%. To be clear we will continue to see great infrastructure companies built and these will mostly come from Silicon Valley. All great communication companies.

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

The group--which was started by Richard Koffler and John Morris , two well known investors in Los Angeles--has been trying to help connect CEOs with interesting university and other technology projects. We're looking for inventors interested in commercializing and spinning out their technology into a company.

Networking 215

Networking Research Startup USC 215

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

GumGum is led by founder and Los Angeles native wunderkind, Ophir Tanz. At the tender age of 15, Tanz teamed up with his friend Michael Schneider (the CEO of MobileRoadie ), to create the design firm Fluid Design. The old media companies were resistant to change. Photos…the final frontier.

Advertising 98

Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

Excellent companies being submitted and most of which I wish could all be part of this amazing night. He also designed the Farmville iPhone application (top iPhone app), and worked on corporate development deals including Microsoft, Yahoo, Zynga Japan, and Zynga corporate strategy. Still Time to Submit Your Company!

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

If you're an employee in a big company, sometimes it can feel like you're not sure when your career is going. Los Angeles-based Fuel50 (www.fuel50.com) You can find a mentor, a coach, a project, or experience, to help you prepare for the role you are looking for. How did you start the company?

Help 100

Help Southern California Startup Technical Review 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2010

The event this week launches some companies, and showcases the talent we have in the space. Alex Schneider: We designed the space to be a real creative, collaborative environment. It's a place where companies can network with each other, collaborate the business, in a brainstorming atmosphere. What is the Ventura incubator?

Ventura 200

Ventura Incubator Technology Startup 200

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 6, 2012

On July 27, 2012 the AT&T Developer Program and Apigee produced the Mobile App Hackathon in Los Angeles, California. Spearheaded by Alex Donn , the event was designed for both technical and non-technical attendees to build apps over the course of a weekend at Io/La , an incubator/co-work space in the heart of Hollywood.

Hollywood 82

Hollywood Mobile HTML JavaScript 82

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Mike Jones is an Internet executive, investor and advisor located in Los Angeles. A long-time entrepreneur, Mike founded his first successful Internet company in college and since then, has founded, built and sold numerous online and mobile businesses. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.

Tsavo 76

Tsavo Idealab Tech Coast Angels Userplane 76