Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Exciting times in the Southern California tech community. K5Launch announced a new accelerator program that provides promising technology startups with a three-month intensive accelerator program for entrepreneurs in Southern California. SoCal is home to some of the greatest startup success stories.

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San Diego Southern California Orange County SoCal 66

socalTECH

MARCH 15, 2013

Nils Forsblom is not new to the startup world -- in fact, his last startup, Fruugo, raised an astounding $48M in funding, and became one of the most heralded-- and controversial --startups in Finland. What we do, is I identify things and start defining features around ideas. How did you end up here in Southern California?

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Mobile Southern California Startup Outsource Development 233

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

He’s done several startups and is a board member of the Technology Council of Southern California (which is where I met him originally). I have a few meetings with the team, perhaps about the website design, radio show structure, an event we are working on, a sponsorship (perhaps the uniforms for our youth basketball team).

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Exciting times in the Southern California tech community. K5Launch announced a new accelerator program that provides promising technology startups with a three-month intensive accelerator program for entrepreneurs in Southern California. SoCal is home to some of the greatest startup success stories.

San Diego 56

San Diego Southern California Orange County SoCal 56

socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

Among those funds is TYLT Lab (www.tyltlab.com), which recently announced a new, $20M early stage investment fund specifically focused on companies here. We spoke with Rami Rostami and Gerard Casale , who are behind TYLT Labs, and who told us a bit about their new fund, its investment criteria, and where it sees the promise here.

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socalTECH

MARCH 7, 2012

In a bid to spur more startups out of the University of Southern California, the USC Stevens Institute for Innovation said Wednesday that it has awarded $498,700 to six research projects. USC's effort, the Ideas Empowered Program, is funded by James C.

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USC Southern California Social Network Research 150

socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2020

How did you come up with the idea for the company? Matt Knox: The idea came up, because most people have their own method of figuring out what they want to watch next. I started protyping an idea of how to do this, across all platforms. I told him my idea, and after he sold his company, we started working on fundraising.

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Startup Netflix Ideas Content 113

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 16, 2014

We recently sat down with Luc Berlin, co-founder of Miigle, a SoCal startup that has an aggressive global mission to bring entrepreneurs together from around the world. Back then we invested very little in design. We thought we had a great idea and we wanted to see how people responded to it. We also buffed up our technology.

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SoCal Southern California Startup Platform 104

socalTECH

APRIL 9, 2020

It's an unusual time for the startup world, however, despite the ongoing health emergency, companies are still announcing funding. I got really inspired by that, hooked up with Yarone, a grizzled startup veteran in the Southern California startup technology. Did you close the funding before the pandemic hit?

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Startup Westlake Village Platform Southern California 133

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

” So Ethan went to work as a product manager at Google Video. He had an idea for a startup that would help consumers better book service jobs and would take on Service Magic, which he believed had a business model that could be disrupted. So I asked Ethan to build his product first and then we would fund.

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CTO Coach Google CTO Hire Yammer 359

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Most people think they can do product design. How do I find entrepreneurs who have a great idea that can get or has got funding who need a CTO and/or development team? In your case, they need to be someone with a great idea who needs help fleshing it out into a product vision. I like the idea. I can see that.

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Los Angeles Product Angel Startup 179

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

I promised I would write this post with some thoughts and ideas on the topic. Where to Search for the Technical Cofounder So where might you run into the right person? Here are some ideas: In your company or other companies. Ask around for ideas on where they hang out. Here's an example of that kind of email.

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CTO Hire CTO Coach Startup Equity 211

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2011

In terms of the problem, is the majority of tools available today to help people with their money have been designed by financial times, for people more like them. He was the startup-to-profitability CFO at Fandango, and really is one of the most incredible, operational executives in all of So-Cal. That's part of the premise.

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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2013

As much as the idea of "Silicon Beach" wants to represent the whole of the local technology industry in Los Angeles, there are -- as one would expect in such a large metropolitan area -- many different neighborhoods and communities spread across the region, all with their own individual identities, companies, and technology focuses.

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Pasadena Santa Monica CalTech Technical Review 242

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 22, 2015

Attendance will be limited to 1000 people, which will include startups, members of the press, top tier talent and some of the most prominent venture funds. You haven’t received oodles of press coverage for your idea/product. It’s set to be the most exciting tech event to hit Los Angeles. Who should apply?

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Startup Idealab Press SoCal 40

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 2, 2010

Do you have a great business idea but are not quite ready to present to angel investors? Many entrepreneurs have promising business plans, but are not skilled in how to present their ideas to investors. Thursday, July 8, 2010 -- Maverick Angels Boot Camp for Entrepreneurs. See [link] (more).

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Entrepreneur Angel Training Ideas 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

They get together with a few buddies, bounce around ideas, build some code (sometimes internally, sometimes through contractors), start talking to potential angel investors and then register their company. So eventually you have your company funded but only 2 of the 5 people who started the company are still around.

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Startup IP Southern California Entrepreneur 318

socalTECH

JULY 21, 2014

Very few Southern California startups make it from seed funding all the way up through an IPO, and rarely do they do so with their original founder. One of Southern California''s big success stories -- from startup, to venture funding, and a recent IPO--is Los Angeles-based TrueCar , which had its IPO in May.

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Truecar Entrepreneur Southern California .Net 209

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 11, 2011

This Sunday BetterWorks his hosting Coloft Hackfest in Santa Monica, CA,and what better way to spend your weekend then with an amazing group of individuals from your local Southern California Tech scene. Early designer of Paypal. Come by yourself and team up or bring your engineering/product design friends.

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Santa Monica Yammer Geni Southern California 72

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 22, 2014

SoCal startup Moving Analytics is tackling this global problem. Through simple design, extensive sensing mechanism research, and behavioral science principles, Moving Analytics is carving out its own innovative niche in a heavily competitive space by providing a simple solution for highly sedentary people.

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USC Southern California Activity Study 104

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Southern California has had its share of new startup accelerators launch in the last few months, however, few people here have actually experienced an accelerator firsthand. That's funding our new product, FanMix, which is a a social media tool. Is the idea to have multiple projects as part of the company?

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Startup CTO Coach Blogging Social Media 242

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 4, 2012

In a typical business, the idea is to do that and make some money. Are nonprofits the only organizations that can solve these problems, or are there ways to make money (and find funding) while making life better for people at the bottom of the economic pyramid? Entrepreneurs identify problems and find ways to solve them.

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CalTech Research Design Organization 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 2, 2009

Do you have a great business idea but are not quite ready to present to angel investors? Many entrepreneurs have promising business plans, but are not skilled in how to present their ideas to investors. Friday, June 5, 2009 -- Maverick Boot Camp for Entrepreneurs. See [link] (more).

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Entrepreneur Training Ideas Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 20, 2011

TechZulu and The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) are pleased to announce Spotlight: LA Tech Winter. Spotlight: LA Tech is part of a quarterly demo series that will highlight the finest technology entrepreneurship in Southern California. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 8, 2009

Do you have a great business idea but are not quite ready to present to angel investors? Many entrepreneurs have promising business plans, but are not skilled in how to present their ideas to investors. Friday, April 10, 2009 -- Maverick Boot Camp for Entrepreneurs. See [link].

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Training Ideas Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

After months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. The evening will consist of a series of live stage demonstrations guaranteed to impress and inspire new ideas among all in attendance. Event Details.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

The firm was pitching for funding at the Technology Council of Southern California's VentureNet event earlier this month. We spoke with Lisa LeVasseur, CEO of the firm, and Sce Pike, President of the company, to learn more about how they are hoping to tackle the mobile phone market and where the idea came from.

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VentureNet Startup Mobile Technology Council 100

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

From the article: Mithril had its best moment yet last week when a portfolio company, Auris Health, sold to Johnson & Johnson for more than $3 billion — returning at least $500 million to the fund. South California is also seeing declining seed investment. Some more on metrics design and quantification. All appears well.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2014

Most of the solutions in our market are for lots of doctors, and are on-premise solutions, and are really designed for bigger physician groups and hospitals. Dan Rodrigues: The genesis for the idea actually started in my last business, between the first company I started--which was an Internet startup--and Kareo.

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Startup El Segundo CTO Hire Outsource Development 160

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 2, 2012

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing engineer and PageWoo ’s CEO and co-Founder Jason Crilly about his side project, the new hacker news site for the Southern California tech community called Develop.la. The reason being is because Silicon Valley is out of ideas. Jason is a passionate advocate for. The framework in L.A.

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News Los Angeles Ideas Startup 95

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

He also designed the Farmville iPhone application (top iPhone app), and worked on corporate development deals including Microsoft, Yahoo, Zynga Japan, and Zynga corporate strategy. Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas. Navy, Pfizer, & Unisys Corp.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

He is a unique human being with original thoughts & ideas and very limited concern for having to fit into other people’s narratives. Creative – we’re a place of writers, directors, producers, musicians, costume designers, make-up artists, graphic artists, 3D modelers. And do so in real life, too.

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Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

This Spotlight takes place Thursday, July 14, at The California Institute of Technology (CalTech). The evening will consist of a series of live stage demonstrations guaranteed to impress and inspire new ideas among all in attendance. We have helped many other startups through our carefully designed investment model.

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. The evening will consist of a series of live stage demonstrations guaranteed to impress and inspire new ideas among all in attendance. The time has finally arrived!

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

When he had the idea for his company, he didn’t write a long business plan or try to raise money to hire an agency to build a website for him. He just pounded out design and code for a few weeks and got Plancast up on the web and users adopting his product right away. Challenge #4 – We are Divided by Our Geography.

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Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 9, 2014

Too often people dive straight into their shiny solution ideas without thinking about why they’re doing what they’re doing or considering the change they want to see in the world. This helps to add some constraints to the design process as everyone has a clear idea of what the product isn’t. Chase the vision not the money.

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Startup Design Customer Custom 78

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 21, 2015

So she started a conference for girls. Hundreds of founders, speakers, mentors, and students flocked to the University of Southern California on March 28 th , 2015 to be inspired by female entrepreneurs. Another member founded an organization for UX design enthusiasts. She didn’t stop there.

Entrepreneur 40

Entrepreneur Southern California Conference Startup 40