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The next big restaurant chain may not own any kitchens

TechCrunch LA

Investors are pouring millions into the creation of a network of shared kitchens, storage facilities, and pickup counters that established chains and new food entrepreneurs can access to cut down on overhead and quickly spin up new concepts in fast food and casual dining. The Battle Is For The Customer Interface.

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Announcing The Socaltech 50: Southern California's Up-and-Comers

socalTECH

Tim Cadogan , OpenX (Pasadena, advertising). Isaac Garcia , Central Desktop (Pasadena, software). Matthew Goldman , Wallaby Financial (Pasadena, financial). Ryan Hudson , Honey (Pasadena, apps). event socaltech50 awards entrepreneur entrepreneurship feature dfr2013' Greg Cohn , Burner (Los Angeles, mobile app).

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Interview with John Delacruz, Foodme

socalTECH

Pasadena-based Foodme (www.foodme.com) is one of the first, external startups funded out of Idealab's New Venture Group, and is looking to help connect restaurants with customers using a CPA model. The firm so far has signed up a number of restaurants in the Pasadena area. We're one of the first investments out of that group.

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Smarter Digital Marketing With Smartify's Carla Bourque

socalTECH

Pasadena-based Smartify (www.getsmartify.com)''s CEO, Carla Bourque , recently talked to us about the company''s online marketing platform, and how it differentiates itself from a lot of other competitors in the market. Carla Bourque: Smartify has been based in Pasadena for the past three and a half years. What is Smartify?

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What I Learned in 2014: Kevin Winston

socalTECH

Demand Media hosted a welcoming opening party at the Vicerory, and Media Temple organized an amazing closing party at Cross Campus with aerialists, DJ, interactive displays - and people are still talking about the delicious food. At the end of 2013, we were excited when there was an investment round of $20M to $30M.

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LA Startup Report 2013 | A Rising Forecast

Tech Zulu Event

Be Great recognizes seven main startup points in Los Angeles: “Silicon Beach”, West LA, Culver City, Pasadena, Orange County, South Bay, and Downtown LA. The wide range of startups is great and creates more opportunities for new talent and entrepreneurs to join the Los Angeles area. With Yahoo!,

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Interview with Buck Jordan, Miso Robotics

socalTECH

I had been seed investing and incubating businesses, and was sitting with a friend of mine, John Miller, who ran Caliburger, which is a 35 location burger chain, which is exporting the California lifestyle, much like In-N-Out does. The demand is there. There are now over 8,000 investors to date who have invested $1000 to $2000 each.

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