Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2011

USC hosted its first Startup Weekend from September 23rd to 25th and it rocked! We had MBAs, undergrads, engineers, designers, and visitors from all throughout the LA tech scene participate in the event. Feeling ever more inspired, the teams got right back to working on their products. 70+ students. 8 business ideas.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2014

Holly is a well known figure in LA''s technology landscape, having most recently been Vice Provost for Innovation at USC; Holly also had spearheaded similar, innovation efforts at MIT. Tehrani is founder and President of Allied Group, a product design and manufacturing company, and also has been very involved in the.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

In order to support all of these teams, there are several on-campus startup competitions every year, from the Silicon Beach USC competition to the New Venture Seed Competition, with prize funds to help build the companies. The University of Southern California is home to many innovative students and companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2018

He went to college to study art and design. He looked at Architectural Digest, Interior Design, Vogue, etc. He decided to recreate the scenes from these beautiful design photos and he added back the immigrant Latinos who are so responsible for the privileged lives we lead. He started living out of his car?—?too

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Monday, November 10, 2008 -- "Optimizing Business Performance with Value Networks" USC CTM Speak and Spark Luncheon Discussion. As the economy turns down, every enterprise is searching for new ways to increase productivity and inspire innovation from their existing resources.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 22, 2014

While we have become more productive as a society, with the advent of computers aiding our work, physical inactivity has become a high risk factor in contributing to chronic illnesses. It is built out of 5 years of research at USC. This was run out of USC? It could be a lot worse than just comfort.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 17, 2019

The two had met in college at USC in their jet propulsion lab. From the site, Relativity will be able to launch its first designed rocket, the Terran 1, which is the only fully 3D-printed rocket in the world. “The 3D factory and automation is the other product, but really that’s a change in emphasis,” says Ellis.

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socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2014

We spoke with Kristztina "Z" Holly --most recently, Vice Provost for Innovation at USC--about what Mayor Garcetti''s EIR program is all about, and her vision for how it might help shape the industry in Los Angeles. There''s also the rising cost of manufacturing overseas in China and elsewhere, and a desire to keep iterating products locally.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2017

Our first product is called Seed, which is a screening test for male infertility. I also have a visiting appointment at USC. The two other co-founders, one at USC and the other at the University of Utah are professors at those universities. What's the biggest challenge you've had in bringing this product to market?

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socalTECH

JULY 1, 2013

Our mission is to bring inventions and innovation out of research institutions, primarily Universities, and license them and convert those inventions and innovations into viable products, and eventually companies, which we can get acquired for an early exit, or launch them into commercial operation and then eventually get acquired.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2017

And I'm especially proud to have received our 501(c)(3) charitable designation from the I.R.S. Over the last few years or so consumers have radically changed our expectations around delivery, wanting nearly instant access to products as though we were turning on a faucet or flipping a light switch.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Mike Tringe earned his BA in History and Science from Harvard, and his MFA in Film Production from USC. He’s worked as an English and Film teacher at the American School of Tangier, and has also assistant taught film production at USC. How to Plan Your Production: Need help producing your web series?

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socalTECH

JULY 29, 2016

Z Holly: MAKE IT IN LA is a new initiative, started by Mayor Garcetti, with the mission to help connect and support the manufacturing ecosystem in LA, and inspire entrepreneurs to launch and make their products here. The most surprising one, is that 58 percent of manufacturers here have excess production capacity.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2012

From visualization to conception, and actually taking the product to market, a company usually takes about 1-2 years to create. Although, many people believed in my idea, I found it difficult to create a full team that can execute an MVP (Minimum Viable Product) by Sunday. We had exactly 54 hours! Pitch and form teams!

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Myself, I am now working with a medical ultrasound technology firm, working directly with the researcher and a design firm. That technology is coming out of USC's biomedical department, which is part of its School of Engineering. At USC, there's probably five or six different touchpoints.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 2, 2011

The girls gave their live slideshow pitches with cheeky excitement, using skits and live acting to show the need for their products. Their slideshow presentations addressed a number of questions about their products including target demographics, customer needs, marketing avenues, financial/revenue streams, leading competitors, and etc.

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LATechDigest

MAY 13, 2016

Trakfire : a platform that enables its community to curate the best music from emerging artists, the third company founded founded by 19 year old USC Iovine Young Academy sophomore Arjun Mehta. All this is by design, per the vision of Atom Factory founder Troy Carter. SMASHD LABS First-Round Cohorts.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Brandon Hance , Founder and CEO of Los Angeles based GoodThreads , went through college as a student athlete playing football for USC while studying business. Seeing all the different t-shirts at the walk, and knowing the hassle put into each one from creation to design and distribution, Brandon saw an opportunity.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

The best person I know to talk about the growing entrepreneurship culture on campuses is Alex Zhang, a student at USC and the Managing Director of the student-run incubator LavaLab. LavaLab is USC’s first product design incubator program run for students by students. What is LavaLab/what is the vision?

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Social networking sites and microblogs are used not only to build company brands, but to foster productivity; social media tools help build communities around the question, "What are you working on?" Formerly, he was Managing Director of both Product Management and of Business Development at Los Angeles Times Interactive.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2013

One guy was a designer, two guys were Ruby engineers, and I included – not an engineer. I think design forward companies, we can get a little more attention and more referral traffic from that fact that we focus on aesthetics. But the most important thing about design forward companies is that your conversion rates are a lot better.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Product Development: philosophie. With 10,000 square feet designed to inspire innovation, Amplify LA is the ultimate start-up accelerator and entrepreneurial campus — all to bring together the brightest, most enthusiastic technology minds into an environment that provides solutions, support, and collaboration.

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socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2010

Brandon Hance: I was actually a student athlete, a quarterback at USC, and was on a couple of the national teams. Most artists are on tour, or playing shows locally, and they need a product to sell at those opportunities. We have some minimum price points for every product they might want to sell. for a shirt.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Hours after the panelists debated the future of content distribution at the Silicon Beach @ USC conference, across campus at the Annenberg Innovation Lab a remarkable product demo was taking place by Coincident.TV. ScreenSync TV is just one product offering in the amazing portfolio of products Coincident has created.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 27, 2012

The idea came to John Kolker at USC 1 year ago, then through start engine him and his partner were able to make their idea come to life. They have been working on the idea for about a year and are launching the product now, currently partnered with American Golf. You can also “mark your territory” and share your adventures.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Adam Bell (@datatv) - Web Design and Branding with an attitude! Clinton Schaff (@clintschaff) - USC Online Communities Industry Faculty. Cynthia Lou (@CynthiaAnnLou) - Designer, Writer, Web & Brand Strategist. Khayyam Wakil (@iamkhayyam) - Strategist, Designer, Wordsmith, Comedian. Adam Zbar (@Tap11) - CEO, Tap11.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Technology and IP law are at the forefront of the movie, and themes include common issues in startups regarding cash flow, IP rights, tech development, product design and distribution of equity. She has guest lectured on cyberlaw at USC's Annenberg School of Journalism.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

If you look back, the original founder, Stephan studied at the USC Foreign School of Music, so there is a long standing connection with LA. Does that carry over into your product targets? He loves the product, it’s the first time he’s using audio clips and remixing them on a sound basis.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Keynote: Jeff Cole, USC Annenberg School Center For The Digital Future. I’d Like To Thank The Academy…On Twitter: A Conversation with the Emmys, Oscars, Grammys, Streamys, and Dick Clark Productions. Branded Content + Social Sharing = The Perfect Match. Friday: Innovation and The Future. 9:00-9:30am. Freshwire Daily Brief: Friday.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Southern California companies are second to only Silicon Valley in raising venture capital , there are three major universities to recruit talent – UCLA, Caltech, and USC – and a thriving startup community to mingle with. Codeita lets you design, code, and publish all from a cloud-based LAMP development environment.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Some attendees came in a bit later on Sunday as they coded and designed throughout the previous night however everyone was “in the Loft” by mid-morning, along with other guests such as Paige Craig and Francisco Dao ( 50 Kings , Twiistup, and Writer at Fast Company). Rob Maigret. Scott Sangster.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

A SoCal native and graduate of both UCLA and USC, Richard Rosenblatt led the growth of MySpace from an unknown to a household name. His second venture was Tesla Motors, creating the first production electric car of the modern era. Think the new products are the only big things happening for Apple today? Skip to primary content.

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