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What Future for Accelerators?

Both Sides of the Table

Not to mention the granddaddy of them all and arguably the first firm to properly do an accelerator – Idealab. And then of course our friends at TechStars launched an accelerator in collaboration with our friends at Disney so now there was six. With the success of Idealab in the 90’s every city was building out incubators.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

Both Sides of the Table

Home to the Internet’s first true “accelerator,” Idealab led by Bill Gross. And of course a place of idyllic weather, culture and a lifestyle. ” And of course it’s not a true assessment. Idealab, led by Bill Gross, who founded Overture, CitySearch and MANY other business [Pasadena].

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Reflections On 2019: Andy Wilson, Alliance for SoCal Innovation

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Given my fascination with this sector (I also happen to serve on the board of a municipal utility), I have watched with great curiosity an Idealab portfolio company Energy Vault (initially named Energy Cache) evolve over the last decade. The start-up has developed kinetic energy based, long-duration energy storage solutions.

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Spotlight: LA Tech | One Year, Recap, and Thank You!

Tech Zulu Event

Of course, the evening wouldn’t have been complete without our fireside chat with Mike Jones , serial entrepreneur and former CEO of MySpace. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. New models for improving the search experience are at the core of several companies currently growing inside of Idealab.

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Spotlight: LA Tech Winter | Recap, Videos, and Thank You!

Tech Zulu Event

Their presentation ended in a quick trivia round about science, a category which (of course), the techy audience chose. To close off the evening we had an especially inspirational super demo from Idealab’s Bill Gross.

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Spotlight: LA Tech | One Year, Recap, and Thank You!

Tech Zulu Event

Of course, the evening wouldn’t have been complete without our fireside chat with Mike Jones , serial entrepreneur and former CEO of MySpace. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. New models for improving the search experience are at the core of several companies currently growing inside of Idealab.

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Mingly Launches Mingly Web and MyPeople | Manage Your TwitFaceMailBookLink

Tech Zulu Event

After an initial round of seed funding of $500k led by Pasadena’s Idealab, Mingly saw great success as they built up their Gmail user base. Fast forward to the present with Mingly announcing the launch of two new products to expand their services to a wider audience of users.

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