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The Design Accelerator Launches Incubator At Idealab

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A new, startup incubator-created by the Art Center College of Design and the California Insitute of Technology --said this morning that it has launched a brand new, design-focused incubator, housed at Idealab. The new incubator is headed by Mark Breitenberg and Erik Hovanec. READ MORE>>.

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Making The Pasadena Angels Relevant To Today's Startups, With Terry Kay

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In a world with a rash of startup incubators and accelerators, super angels, crowdfunding sites, and more, what''s the relevance of organized angel investments groups? First off, for those not familiar with the Pasadena Angels, talk about the group? That''s one thing we''ve talked about with incubators, with valuations.

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Idealab Startup Aims At $149 3D Printer, Gets Funding

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A new, Pasadena-based startup out of Idealab , the startup incubator headed by Bill Gross, is hoping to bring 3D printing to the masses for $149. According to New Matter , it is hoping to bring its 3D printer to users, starting at only $149, in an attempt to make 3D printing accessible to everyone.

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Why Technology is Driving More Urban Renewal

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And costume & set designers. In LA companies used to be concentrated near Pasadena or in the San Fernando Valley. So we’ve seen an explosion in the number of startup companies and subsequently a huge burst in the number of incubators. It’s becoming harder to distinguish tech companies from media companies. And writers!

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Share Ventures, an LA-based studio for company creation, is MoviePass co-founder Hamet Watt’s next act

TechCrunch LA

“I love solving problems with design and entrepreneurship. ” In some ways, the model isn’t that different from Bill Gross’ idealab, the Pasadena, Calif.-based based incubator company that’s a few miles up the road from Share Ventures Los Angeles home base.

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Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. Here’s Why:

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And while they historically had come up with 100% of their ideas and created the companies themselves, they are increasingly open to funding people with great ideas who want to build businesses with IdeaLab provided the companies will stay be in LA (and preferably Pasadena). They are very hands on. I think this makes no sense.

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New Tech Center Emerging in Pasadena?

Steve Reich

Pasadena may be the best tech story never told. Somehow the home of IdeaLab, OpenX, CalTech, Art Center College of Design, and JPL doesn’t have much of a reputation as a innovation hub. Still, Pasadena never hits anyone’s radar as a hot tech destination. The City of Pasadena has given great support.