socalTECH

JULY 31, 2012

The firm said that, to promote the API, it will award $10,000 in cash for the best entry in its Rule the Beach: Hack Your Way into Viddy competition, for the top app developed by a developer, with a trip to Venice Beach for a team of up to four people to interview for a position at the company. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2010

The Cleantech Open , the clean technology focused business competition, has named the semifinalists for its 2010 competition, indicating a number of Southern California firms are semifinalists in the competition.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

The Petcentric Hackathon , which is being held on the Amplify campus in Venice, said Thursday that it will offer up a top prize of $3,000 to the top team which comes up with the top ideas and products that help people engage with their pets. The latest? A hackathon focused on pets.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2012

To top it off they also announced a “Rule the Beach: Hack Your Way into Viddy” developer competition in a blog post : …Team Viddy would like to invite you to join the Silicon Beach community, by entering our “Rule the Beach: Hack Your Way into Viddy” Developers Competition.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Curation is obviously also a form of competitive advantage for companies like StitchFix, TrunkClub and DailyLook who offer stylists to help you curate your clothing experiences. From Warby Parker … To Bonobos … To UNTUCKit … And at Parachute Home we’ve also begun our massive retail rollout with our first two locations in Venice and Portland.

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LATechDigest

MAY 23, 2016

NFTE Hosted Their Annual Entrepreneur Competition. And if you ever needed a reason to live in LA… #FollowTheSun down the streets of Venice—the perfect end to another day in LA. — Audrey Bellis (@audreybellis) May 19, 2016. Congrats to @NFTEGreaterLA finalists & winners! pic.twitter.com/J03KX7bIvZ.

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Snapchat Class Santa Monica Venice 45

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2011

There was a real opportunity for me to arbitrage the last decade and a half of my experience in the Internet, and apply that to a products company, and to get some real competitive advantage. Having a strong presence online and strong, positive word of mouth in a relevant audience is a real competitive advantage.

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socalTECH

JULY 19, 2016

Roni Eschel: I grew up surfing competitively, and traveling the world. I saw that there was a combination of technology and the surfing industry in Venice. How did you go from pro surfing in Israel, to starting a company here in L.A.? After I arrived here in L.A.,

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socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2017

People welcomed us with open arms, and always wanted us to co-invest, because they didn't see us as competitive. They think I live in Hollywood, but there's Santa Monica, Venice, Echo Park, Silverlake, there's a scene downtown, I can go for a walk in the hills, I can go take a walk on the beach, there is just so much going on.

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socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

I'm going to move to LA, and we're pretty close to the Movieclips guys, and we think we'll have some support from them and start in Venice somewhere. Do you see a lot of competition from current US services? We plan on opening up shop at the end of June.

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

For the first three months of this year, I have had the pleasure of breathing the same air as the crew from Amplify , the Venice based accelerator. Building a standout destination site for video gamers takes moxie in the highly competitive and lucrative on-line game industry.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 22, 2013

I mean, Venice Beach is starting to be called “Silicon Beach”. The competition is not as big as Silicon Valley of course, but LA is going in the right direction. The lack of competition is nice, but to be a part of the LA tech scene growth is something special to be a part of. But it’s how the engineer meets the artist.

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Social Media Startup UCLA Media 94

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

For the first three months of this year, I have had the pleasure of breathing the same air as the crew from Amplify , the Venice based accelerator. Building a standout destination site for video gamers takes moxie in the highly competitive and lucrative on-line game industry.

Web Design 40

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 40

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

And consider Snapchat – one of our hometown favorites as they’re based in LA (Venice Beach). No – I’m not worried about the competition. But I know with local funding and local support that’s certainly less likely. But we still need more funds. We’ll win our fair share of deals.

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