socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2012

We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week. We'll head back to the beach on the first week of summer for a week-long Silicon Beach Fest in Santa Monica June 2013.

Dollar Shave Club 272

Dollar Shave Club Technical Review Santa Monica Southern California 272

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

Thursday night was the unveiling of the newest batch of Launchpad LA companies. The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to. Have a look at the companies below.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

A new startup, headed by entrepreneur Wil Schroter, has launched this week, looking to make it easier for startups to raise funding. Santa Monica- and Columbus, Ohio-based Fundable said that it is looking to provide a crowdfunding platform for "serious startups". on its advisory team. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Santa Monica Incubator Sites 224

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 2, 2013

This month TechZulu is heading to Coloft in Santa Monica! For those unfamiliar, held the last Friday of every month, TechZulu Final Fridays (#TZFF) are a creative blend between mentorship, networking event, startup showcase, and community celebration. The Deets: Where: Coloft 920 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90401.

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Santa Monica Entrepreneur Startup Design 97

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Please join LAVA and its friends for the fourth annual LAVA at the Beach networking event at the Marion Davies House - Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica. This networking event is for the Venture community in Southern California. See [link] (more)

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LAVA Southern California Santa Monica Venture Capital 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2013

It was standing room only at StartEngine 's Demo Day Wednesday afternoon, held at Santa Monica's Cross Campus , as the startup accelerator launched eight of its latest startups into the world, after a 90 day process of mentoring, honing their business model, and heads down development.

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Startup Commerce Santa Monica Mentor 256

socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

Among those funds is TYLT Lab (www.tyltlab.com), which recently announced a new, $20M early stage investment fund specifically focused on companies here. However, we''ve developed a formula of what, and how we look at deals, and have built out our own advisory network, where we use domain experts to vet deals out.

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Seed Funding Santa Monica Funding Startup 220

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

Burstly, a Santa Monica based company, provides an open and free ad management platform that helps mobile application developers better monetize their inventory. As I naturally get asked all the time why we invested in Company A or Company B, I thought I’d just put forth my thesis in writing.

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Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

TAU Ventures is based in Israel, and is linked with Tel Aviv Universitybut it hopes to take a lot of what Behzad has learned in Silicon Beach, and apply that to companies coming from Tel Aviv University. Behzad Kianmahd: Cross Campus is one of the companies I invested in, as the first, lead investor, about seven years ago.

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El Segundo Southern California Startup Santa Monica 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Please join LAVA and its friends for the third annual LAVA at the Beach networking event at the Marion Davies House - Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica. This networking event is for the Venture community in Southern California. This event begins at 7:30pm and runs until 10pm. See [link] (more)

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LAVA Venture Capital Southern California Santa Monica 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. What was most striking was the diversity and breadth of the node-network that defines the region--so complex and at times, overwhelming.

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Southern California SoCal Pasadena Startup 113

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Visible networking is turning into a really great opportunity to get to know people better, get to meet new people, and have some interesting conversations. He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. This time I'm getting to know Mark Geller ( LinkedIn , @markgeller ).

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Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2012

AlwaysOn based in Palo Alto, California is hosting its OnHollywood event on October 29 and 30 at the Museum of Flying in Santa Monica, CA. This year’s OnHollywood 100 Companies are today’s leaders in in the global innovation community. It provides a great networking opportunity for those in the tech and startup community.

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Company Companies Entertainment Hulu 64

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Please join LAVA and its friends for the second Meet the VC networking event at the Marion Davies House - Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica. This networking event is for the Venture community in Southern California. In attendance will be Venture Capital Partners and Angel Investors for over 20 firms.

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LAVA Venture Capital Southern California Santa Monica 100

Frank Addante

AUGUST 6, 2014

A month ago I spoke at the Silicon Beach Fest in Santa Monica in front of LA’s community of emerging entrepreneurs, innovators and disrupters. Also, determine what ingredient you want to focus on as a company that will be your core differentiator. This network effect can be powerful, and an accelerator in its own right.

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Entrepreneur Startup Santa Monica Ideas 111

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Having healthcare industry LPs is only valuable is you take advantage of their experience, smarts and networks. Thats an easy one.

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Pasadena Startup Southern California Santa Monica 124

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 14, 2015

NewCo is your passport inside 80+ of LA’s most successful companies. More than 15% of NewCos festival attendees travel to attend – because it’s such a rare insider’s look into a company by actually touring and being hosted by them inside of them. Meet and learn from the best entrepreneurs in an intimate setting.

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Beverly Hills Company Companies Santa Monica 40

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

For those who may be unfamiliar Techweek hosts a 7-day series of events with a 2-day technology conference and expo to bring together a mixture of entrepreneurs, visionaries, and thought leaders. Our LAUNCH competitors will be in attendance as you mingle and expand your network. Grab a drink and kick things off with a fun night!

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Santa Monica Commerce Conference Truecar 92

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 2, 2013

Whether you were a startup, an investor, a blogger, a fashionista, or someone just curious about what is happening in Santa Monica aka “Silicon Beach,” the recent Silicon Beach Fest had something for everyone which included panels, parties and more. Most companies are referred by other VC’s, founders or mentors.

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Cornerstone OnDemand Santa Monica Technical Review Startup 93

socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2012

In more proof that local techies can get enough of hanging out with the multitude of startups cropping up on "Silicon Beach" -- mostly Santa Monica and the westside of Los Angeles -- local event organizer TechZulu said today that it is launching a second edition of its Tech Crawl event on August 30th. READ MORE>>.

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Venice Mogreet Santa Monica Los Angeles 164

socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

We caught up with Sam Teller , who is directing efforts at the accelerator, to help fill entrepreneurs in on where the program fits in the world of technology and startup acceleration. Sam Teller: Launchpad is an accelerator in Santa Monica. It was really just something built for the community to help support entrepreneurs.

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Class Mentor Startup Santa Monica 261

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Santa Monica-based venture investor March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) announced last week that it has raised a second fund, worth $300M. We sold Velocloud to Vmware, in the software defined network (SDN) area. When a recession hits at some point, and it always does, how are your companies positioned for that?

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Funding Capital Artificial Inteligence Startup 160

socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2018

Santa Monica-based Ordermark (www.getordermark.com) is looking to tame that chaos with a system which takes all of those online orders, and feeds them into a single printer at a restaurant. We started asking our network of restaurant owners how they were handling this. Where's the company now, and what's next for you?

Startup 189

Startup Santa Monica Services Social Media 189

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2013

From Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur. If you’ve new to the startup world and have never launched a company, this event is for you. On May 2 from 7-10pm, join experienced CEOs and mentors for the premiere Business Rockstars Academy at the ROC Center in Santa Monica. How Steve Lehman turned $40,000 into $400 Million.

Startup 74

Startup Santa Monica Mentor News 74

Jason Nazar

APRIL 9, 2009

This month’s “Startups Uncensored” will be on “Getting Your Internet Company Bought”. Shawn created the original concept for Demand Media and executed the simultaneous acquisitions of eNom, eHow and several domain-name portfolios which launched the company. Santa Monica Public Library (Auditorium) 601 Santa Monica Blvd.

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Santa Monica Company Companies Startup 54

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2016

We take a really friendly, Shark Tank approach that promotes young entrepreneurs, and lets them pitch to a group of seasoned investors and venture capitalists on a panel, and where they not only get an actual investment, but also go through a retail challenge, to get consumer feedback. How did you get involved with angel investing, initially?

Startup 100

Startup Entrepreneur Invest Competition 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

Further to the south are the legendary companies of Cisco, Apple, Intel, eBay, Yahoo!, Back in 2006/07 when I sold my company and then worked at Salesforce.com there were very few options in SF for technology folk to build their careers at big, growing companies. Many “tech companies” now have green screens.

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Technology Rustic Canyon Cloud Computing Beverly Hills 313

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2009

For our Insights and Opinions section today, we have an article from Wil Schroter , CEO and founder of Santa Monica-based Affordit (www.affordit.com). Wil also founded Go Big Network , an online community for entrepreneurs. Does that mean it's raining cash like a Fat Joe video?

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Writing Santa Monica Venture Capital Entrepreneur 100

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

Silicon Beach Fest takes place June 19-22, 2013 in Santa Monica. Companies represented include: Disney, Warner Bros., Key Events include: June 14-16: Hackathon presented by AT&T will gather a few hundred developers, coaches, and business professionals who will create startup pitches at ROC Santa Monica.

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GRP Partners MyLife Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 88

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

After weeks of StartupDemo submissions we are now ready to announce the participating startup companies for the StartupDemo event being held at Wokano Sept. We took great consideration for every startup company that applied. Congratulations to all the selected startup companies! 22, 2010. Want to Sponsor? to 11:00 p.m.

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Company Companies Web Evite 106

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. 9:00 – 10:30pm – cocktail reception and networking.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2014

We spoke with Kevin Winston, the organizer of Silicon Beach Fest (www.siliconbeachfest.com), which is currently going on in Santa Monica and runs through Saturday, about the energy here in Southern California, as well as a little bit about what''s going on with the event this year. There are a lot of women entrepreneurs and VC.

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Santa Monica Conference Belkin Southern California 205

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. First and foremost, we're focused on making companies become successful. Erik, thanks for the time. It's a very similar model to YCombinator and TechStars.

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Technical Advisors Startup Southern California Los Angeles 176

Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 7, 2014

Every day my website gets hit by someone looking for Chef Eric Greenspan winner of the LA Grilled Cheese Invitational, owner of the Roof on Wilshire and of Food Network fame. A little more than three years ago I was on the Private Chefs of Beverly Hills on Food Network. ” She sat us. Eric Greenspan, lawyer.

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Beverly Hills Santa Barbara Email Networking 100

Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 7, 2014

Every day my website gets hit by someone looking for Chef Eric Greenspan winner of the LA Grilled Cheese Invitational, owner of the Roof on Wilshire and of Food Network fame. A little more than three years ago I was on the Private Chefs of Beverly Hills on Food Network. ” She sat us. Eric Greenspan, lawyer.

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Beverly Hills Santa Barbara Email Networking 100

Tech.Co

JULY 18, 2016

Several startups have been selected to demo their products for other founders and entrepreneurs. This year, we’ve partnered with the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) – which produces the CES – for the global conference that will bring together tech leaders, influencers, investors, and of course, early-stage startup companies.

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Los Angeles Angel Startup Newsletter 70

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

To interconnect these computers we needed IP-based telecommunications equipment build by the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. 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%.

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Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390