Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

California boasts one of the most impressive economies in the United States. Southern California alone has a gross domestic product larger than countries including Mexico and Turkey. And, since 2012, just six counties in SoCal have seen their gross domestic product increase from $992 billion to $1.26 Start Local.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Southern California's top startups showed up in force Friday at the Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, for the Technology Council of Southern California's annual VentureNet conference. socalTECH was a media sponsor of the conference).

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MARCH 19, 2010

Four Southern California firms are headed to Palm Springs for the DEMO launch conference next week, according to a list of the presenters released Friday. DEMO has traditionally been a major launch event for startups and new technology products.

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APRIL 29, 2009

Southern California's venture capital industry isn't just content and media, but is gaining a reputation for companies who "actually know how to make money,"--or so says Highland Capital's Richard de Silva. Cremin said that when he started, few people understood the rules of the "equity economy."

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Tuesday, October 29, 2019 -- Music Tectonics Conference. Explore the seismic shifts shaking up the music industry as a result of technology and innovation. The first annual Music Tectonics Conference in Los Angeles October 28-29, 2019, is a destination event for innovators in music and technology. See [link] (more)

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OCTOBER 22, 2019

Monday, October 28, 2019 -- Music Tectonics Conference. Explore the seismic shifts shaking up the music industry as a result of technology and innovation. The first annual Music Tectonics Conference in Los Angeles October 28-29, 2019, is a destination event for innovators in music and technology. See [link] (more)

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MAY 21, 2021

This event is a collaboration with colleagues from across the county to present promising academic research, entrepreneurial faculty investigators, as well as local start- up companies. The conference is entirely virtual this year. See [link] (more)

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MAY 20, 2021

This event is a collaboration with colleagues from across the county to present promising academic research, entrepreneurial faculty investigators, as well as local start- up companies. The conference is entirely virtual this year. See [link] (more)

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MAY 19, 2021

This event is a collaboration with colleagues from across the county to present promising academic research, entrepreneurial faculty investigators, as well as local start- up companies. The conference is entirely virtual this year. See [link] (more)

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FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Hamet Watt , a Partner at Upfront Ventures, and the co-founder of bLife, MoviePass, and NextMedium, is reportingly launching a new startup studio in Los Angeles. Details on the new startup studio--which came to light at Upfront's annual conference, the Upfront Summit--have yet to be formally announced. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

A conference being held this week by the OpenStack cloud software group has surfaced what looks to be a surge in cloud-based companies in Southern California, including a number of startups.

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MARCH 17, 2016

However, if history is any lesson, downturns actually have created some of Southern California's most successful technology companies, whether through forcing those companies to swizzle their business models, by removing competition from the market, or even spurring customers to more readily adopt their products to save money.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2014

This weekend marks the 12th consecutive Southern California Linux Expo, SCaLE12x. Hosted at the USC Davidson Conference Center, it was initially a one-day event with just 20 speakers and two tracks. Phil Dibowitz shares this memory, “I remember the morning of the first conference vividly.

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MARCH 27, 2017

Sunday, April 2, 2017 -- N3XT CON 2017 - Entertainment, Technology, Startup. Located in Southern California, N3XT CON 2017 will spotlight industries that embody the LA spirit - Entertainment, Technology, and Startups. A pitch competition will also be held. See [link] (more)

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NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Tuesday, November 15, 2011 -- The Startup Conference. The Startup Conference is one of the largest entrepreneur conferences in Silicon Valley, and is coming to LA. Join 300+ entrepreneurs to discuss fundraising, launching your startup to the press and more. on Nov 15th. See [link].

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FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The Montgomery Summit, the investment, business, and technology conference run by Jamie Montgomery, and being run now by March Capital, announced its keynote speakers and presenting companies on Friday, saying it will be running virtually this year--and, for the first time, will be free.

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AUGUST 6, 2013

The LAUNCH Fund , the angel investment fund of Los Angeles angel and entrepreneur Jason Calacanis, is looking to invest $200,000 in startups who present at two of the events being run by Calacanis over the next couple of months, according to an announcement by Calacanis Tuesday. event events conference capital venture startup fund launch'

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DECEMBER 31, 2018

Editor's note: As we head into the new year, we've been featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Here's Alon Goren , founder of 805 Startups and the Crypto Invest Summit. You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here.

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JUNE 1, 2012

Thursday, June 7, 2012 -- Downtown StartUps Meet and Greet Conference. Come out and join us for the first official Downtown StartUps meetup! We are fortunate enough to have a large group of entrepreneurs who have joined Downtown StartUps, and we're ready for everyone to meet in the offline world! link] (more)

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OCTOBER 9, 2014

Reminder: Tomorrow is the last day for nominations for the socalTECH 50, our annual list of the top 50, up-and-coming individuals in Southern California''s technology! If you''d like to nominate an individual (not company) for this award, we''ve just started collecting your nominations online. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 11, 2017

Friday, July 14, 2017 -- Esri User Conference. One of the biggest GIS event globally, the UC attracts 16,000+ GIS users, managers and developers and includes 300+ exhibitors spanning across almost every industry from partners in enterprise (Cisco, Microsoft, SAP) to startups, NGOs and more. See [link] (more)

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JULY 11, 2017

Thursday, July 13, 2017 -- Esri User Conference. One of the biggest GIS event globally, the UC attracts 16,000+ GIS users, managers and developers and includes 300+ exhibitors spanning across almost every industry from partners in enterprise (Cisco, Microsoft, SAP) to startups, NGOs and more. See [link] (more)

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JULY 11, 2017

Wednesday, July 12, 2017 -- Esri User Conference. One of the biggest GIS event globally, the UC attracts 16,000+ GIS users, managers and developers and includes 300+ exhibitors spanning across almost every industry from partners in enterprise (Cisco, Microsoft, SAP) to startups, NGOs and more. See [link] (more)

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JULY 11, 2017

Tuesday, July 11, 2017 -- Esri User Conference. One of the biggest GIS event globally, the UC attracts 16,000+ GIS users, managers and developers and includes 300+ exhibitors spanning across almost every industry from partners in enterprise (Cisco, Microsoft, SAP) to startups, NGOs and more. See [link] (more)

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AUGUST 27, 2018

We caught up with Claude Jones , who is in charge of growing Walmart's technology team in Carlsbad from 70 people and tripling the team, out of new offices it announced this month. started in August of 2012. How did Walmart decide to set up in San Diego? What exactly does Walmart Labs work on in San Diego? How big are you now?

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AUGUST 27, 2018

We caught up with Claude Jones , who is in charge of growing Walmart's technology team in Carlsbad from 70 people and tripling the team, out of new offices it announced this month. started in August of 2012. How did Walmart decide to set up in San Diego? What exactly does Walmart Labs work on in San Diego? How big are you now?

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NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Tuesday, November 15, 2011 -- The Startup Conference LA. The Startup Conference is coming to Los Angeles on November 15th, 2011. Join Mark Suster, Scott Painter, Paige Craig and 300+ entrepreneurs. See [link] (more)

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Reminder: We''re now taking nominations for the socalTECH 50, our annual list of the top 50, up-and-coming individuals in Southern California''s technology! If you''d like to nominate an individual (not company) for this award, we''ve just started collecting your nominations online. Interested in sponsoring the awards?

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JUNE 10, 2013

Silicon Beach--the self-appointed name that has been used to describe many parts of Southern California''s tech community, but which has seemed to have centered itself over Santa Monica and surrounding towns--has no shortage of events and conferences. Last year''s event attracted more than 2,000 attendees. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

The second major startup launch event this month, DEMOfall 09, kicks off next week in San Diego, with four Southern California firms among the list of 56 companies slated to present at the conference. Tags: nativetung totaltrainer traveltrac gorok startup demo venturebeat.

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JUNE 17, 2014

The event--which is run by Kevin Winston of Digital LA, and also includes a long list of Southern California''s technology and media movers and shakers--includes events this year spread across Cross Campus, the Shore Hotel, The Viceroy, General Assembly, and other locations. Note: socalTECH is a media sponsor of the event).

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JANUARY 24, 2013

Webfest Global , the annual domain name and online traffic monetization conference run by Oversee.net's DomainSponsor, announced Thursday that celebrity Kim Kardashian will be the conference's keynote speaker. Editor's disclaimer: we're working with Oversee with its Webfest Global PITCHFEST this year.) READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2009

A number of Southern California firms are on the list for DEMO 09, the technology conference which has been one of the traditional launching ground for new products and startup firms. Tags: california demo startup conference southern. DEMO 09 is being held March 1-3 in Palm Desert.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Los Angeles area startups and would-be entrepreneurs were gathered Thursday as a part of the annual Twiistup technology conference, being held at the Skirball Center. The startup event--which continues until tonight--included keynotes by David Cohen of TechStars, Suneel Gupta of Groupon, Loic Le Meur of Seesmic, and many others.

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JUNE 7, 2010

For those who may not know of DEMO , it is a jammed packed twice a year 2 day conference filled with 6 minute on stage pitches, a demo pit, networking events, and not to mention one of the longest running emerging tech conferences. They are gearing up for DEMO Fall 2010 which is happening Sept. 13-15 in Silicon Valley.

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JUNE 28, 2018

Google raised the curtain with a splashy announcement that they’d be setting up their fifth cloud region in the U.S. Now companies like Microsoft, Google, and Amazon are competing for their business as more companies wake up to the pressures and demands for more flexible technology architectures. in Los Angeles.

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JANUARY 2, 2013

I've had several Startup CTO Consulting sessions recently where it became apparent that the Founder needed help with the business and product as much or more than the technology. Then we discussed how they could go about finding this startup business advisor. Likely they've progressed, so it may be a pretty natural fit.

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