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Reflections on 2016: Lawrence Ng, OnRamp Fund

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Today's contribution is from Lawrence Ng , serial entrepreneur who, last year, founded OnRamp Fund , a $10 million incubator that invests in early stage startups. What's was biggest news from you or your‏ firm this year? Lawrence Ng: Our biggest news was growing our global incubator, OnRamp. Lawrence C.

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Reflections on 2016: Michael Terpin, Transform Group

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What's the biggest news from you or your‏ firm this year? Michael Terpin: My personal biggest news in 2017 was moving to Puerto Rico. Michael--despite a recent move to Puerto Rico--is a longtime fixture of the LA technology community, having founded Marketwired here, and is an expert on Bitcoin. READ MORE>>.

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Launchpad LA Receives VC Funding: $50,000 Per Startup

Both Sides of the Table

The first two years of the program focused on education & mentorship. This education will continue. But this year there are two new components: funding & a facility. But this year there are two new components: funding & a facility. But wait, does that make Launchpad LA an incubator now?

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Stained Glass Labs Rebrands to Wearable World to Commit to Wearable Tech & the Internet of Wearable Things

Tech Zulu Event

Wearable World brings all aspects of our business offerings together nicely under one overarching umbrella, including GLAZED Conferences, WeCodeWe, Wearable Wednesdays and the Incubator.” Through news content, incubator and accelerator programs, and events, Wearable World acts as the catalyst for future Wearable Technology innovation.

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Breaking Down Barriers to Entrepreneurship Starts with Messaging

Tech.Co

With the rise in startup activity around the country, more local organizations are emerging to help provide resources, training, education, and funding to support underserved communities and their dreams to build a business. Find business news, stories, insights and expert tips all in one place at Chase.com/forbusiness. .

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Attention Startup Accelerators: Your Job Is Not Over After Demo Day

InfoChachkie

Good news: a quick review of TechCrunch’s March 2015 List of Top 20 U.S. The TechCrunch team was judicious in its determination of qualifiers, insisting that the accelerators be, “fixed-term, cohort-based, with educational and mentorship components, culminating in a public pitch or demo day.”

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“Built In L.A.” the New Online Community for Startups

Tech Zulu Event

Which is why some senior tech leaders (that include Tony Pritzker , Howard Marks and Josh Berman ) banded together to bring the community online through a new site called Built In L.A. Its mission is to connect, educate and promote online innovators that are coming out of L.A.’s that has quietly soft launched this January.

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