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One reason we have those investors, is I think that demo days won't work in LA. So, when we decide to throw a demo day, it won't be like the demo days in Silicon Valley. Why they won't work, is because we only have a handful of active venture capitalists here.
This is our second class, and it culminates in this Demo Day we just had. warner bros media camp mediacamp technology startup content hollywood accelerator incubator interview' Our sister company, Turner, began Media Camp San Francisco in 2012. When we saw the great success that they were doing, we started our own program in 2013.
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I was just down at Demo Day for the USC Incubator. They had some pretty high quality companies presenting. I just found out about a great award opportunity for people connected to USC (or who can figure out a connection in time). I also have a discount code below for the event.
It’s like a bar crawl, but with startup/Accelerator/Incubator offices instead of bars. Space may be purchased using the “Demo Table” ticket. When: July 26, 2012 6-11pm. Where: Santa Monica, CA (Silicon Beach!). What do you do on a Tech Crawl? Email info@techzulu.com and we will add you as one of the stops. No worries!
Erik Rannala: MuckerLab is a new startup accelerator, focused on incubation stage Internet, software, services, and media businesses here in LA. Erik, thanks for the time. For those not familiar with accelerators and MuckerLab, explain what it's all about? It's a very similar model to YCombinator and TechStars.
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It’s a three-month program providing its selected startups with $21,000 in seed funding, plus the typical incubator benefits like shared office space, legal assistance, infrastructure and hosting, and mentorship from a network of advisors.
The Imagine Impact vetting process involves both experienced readers and a natural language processing system that the talent incubator developed internally. Hollywood, the founders felt, was the best place to nurture that talent, according to interviews with the founders conducted at the company’s last demo day.
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