socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2013

Those are on top of the more established incubation and acceleration efforts here, such as Launchpad LA, MuckerLab, Amplify LA, StartEngine, Science, EvoNexus, Qualcomm Labs, Idealab, and many others. READ MORE>>.

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USC Startup Southern California Incubator 187

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. Home to the Internet’s first true “accelerator,” Idealab led by Bill Gross. Idealab, led by Bill Gross, who founded Overture, CitySearch and MANY other business [Pasadena]. Like they truly understood entrepreneurs. I was a former entrepreneur.

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Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 2, 2011

Thiel and friends will also agree to mentor these young entrepreneurs. We need to take some risks in education and in innovation in this country so anybody that it trying to break through the traditional mold and try to create a new model ought to be lauded, not attacked. The value of a college education. So is this a good idea?

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Education Startup Incubator Class 322

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

This second annual fest brings together technology leaders, startup CEOs, investors, Hollywood studio executives, entrepreneurs, developers, students and more to celebrate LA’s dynamic technology industries with panels, workshops, hackathon, mixers, and a start-up showcase spotlighting 40 local startups.

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GRP Partners MyLife Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 88

socalTECH

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Grant Hosford: I was working at Idealab, for Bill Gross, when I had the idea. These are skills that are being talked about by educators, things such as impulse control, mindfulness, and executive functions in general. What's the story behind Codespark? The other benefit we've learned about lately, is executive function skills.

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Software Template Startup Study 100

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MARCH 11, 2011

He was a life-long entrepreneur and the first business he created out of college (actually, he founded it while he was at Caltech) was a company that manufactured high quality audio speakers. Bill had previously created a packaged software company called Knowledge Adventure the produced children’s educational software.

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Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

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FEBRUARY 21, 2010

At at time where nearly all advertising was purchased on a CPM (cost per thousand) basis and not very measurable this was a huge innovation that should be credited to Bill Gross, the founder of IdeaLab. For starters – the team is exactly what I look for when I’m looking to fund entrepreneurs.

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Advertising Invest RSS CPC 284

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JANUARY 1, 2012

Entrepreneur Dinners. One of my favorite things to do is to organize entrepreneur dinners when I travel. I usually ask somebody local who knows the local scene to invite out 10-15 local entrepreneurs who might be interested to meet up and I agree to pick up the tab. We hung out a lot together a dinners and educational events.

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