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Catalyzing Innovation In Pasadena, with Innovate Pasadena

socalTECH

As a footnote, the Innovate Pasadena logo is IP--there''s some symbolism around IP, intellectual property, and internet protocol, because we''re more science oriented than the Westside, which is more entertainment content and consumer oriented. We want to create businesses and engage with entrepreneurs. Andy Wilson: Great question.

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Congrats To All The Winners and Thanks To Our Speakers at #REACHNeXT!

Tech Zulu Event

Without further adieu, I present to you the winners of the 1st annual REACH NeXT conference: Entertainment: Storygami. Green Way Labs develops high-performance cleaning products that are 100% non-toxic. Was the VP of Technology at eHarmony where he built personality-matching technology. Health & Wellness: Green Way Labs.

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LA Tech Startup Innovators and Fun Facts

Tech Zulu Event

Product Development: philosophie. Whether the end goal is a functional business app or a mobile-friendly website, philosophie’s modern, open-source approach to development is sure to get the job done. Mark Douglas, Steelhouse President and CEO, is formerly from Oracle and was the VP of Technology at eHarmony.

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Formerly, he was Managing Director of both Product Management and of Business Development at Los Angeles Times Interactive. A 12 - year veteran of the online world, he has worked in sales, business development and content partnership functions for Yahoo!, Before that, he was VP, Client Strategy at Blast Radius.

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The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA

Jason Nazar

In the bay area it’s quite common for the entrepreneurs starting a company to be developers or technologists who can build the first versions of their products. That’s typically not the case in Los Angeles. Simply put LA has a lack of GREAT product, UI/UX, and design talent. In fact Paige Craig has coined it Silicon Beach.

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How DinnerDate.com Takes Online Dating Offline, with Andrew Connell

socalTECH

The startup--created by Robert Earl (Founder and CEO of Planet Hollywood), Grant Hosford (formerly of eHarmony), and Connell (formerly of Nokia)--is using the Internet to arrange group dates at local restaurants, to connect people in person and offline. It was a mixture of mobile and device-centric and Internet development.

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