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MAY 13, 2016

CENIC (Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California) runs the California Research and Education Network (CalREN) , which connects such institutions as Caltech, UCLA, USC, Cal State LA, and the Los Angeles Community Colleges, as well as K-20 students and educators. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2023

When globalization or technology shrinks distances (Internet), painful missing needs become evident, and opportunities abound. Truly “disruptive” technologies. I hear this term every day, wrongly applied to new social media site, or a new productivity tool. Usually, people pay to relieve pain before buying luxury items.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2023

The more potentially disruptive your technology, the more important it is that this message be quick, simple, and quantified. Is there an educated marketplace waiting? An educated marketplace is one where your target customers already understand the problem and the impact of your technology.

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JANUARY 22, 2014

Carpinteria-based online education company lynda.com announced this morning that it has bolstered its executive team with four new hires. Lydon was previously at ValueClick serving as VP of Technology Operations, and also served at Microsoft. learning video education online executive lynda' READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Santa Monica-based Visio Internet , which develops Internet sites for governments, has raised a round of growth capital, according to the company. Nachman is the former Chief Business Officer of Velocify, and also served at Marlin Equity Partners, Phoenix Energy Technologies, McKinsey and Company, and Kidder, Peabody & Company.

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DECEMBER 17, 2012

Carpinteria-based Lynda.com , the online video education and tutorial site, said this morning that it has named a new CTO. The firm said it has named Frits Habermann as Chief Technology Officer of the company, to help scale out the company's infrastructure. He also has served at RealNetworks, Edmark and Siemens.

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JANUARY 10, 2013

Carpinteria-based Lynda.com , the online video education site, looks to be continuing its growth trajectory, and has hired a new CFO. The company said it has named Elaine Kitagawa as Chief Financial Officer, after recently hiring former PopCap CTO Frits Habermann as its new Chief Technology Officer. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 31, 2017

a Bay Area company focused on virtual and augmented reality training and coworking, said on Thursday that it plans on opening up a new Los Angeles area education and coworking space, specifically focused on the VR and AR community. The company said its new site, based in Marina Del Rey, will open on April 13th. Upload Inc. ,

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The more potentially disruptive your technology, the more important it is that this message be quick, simple, and quantified. Is there an educated marketplace waiting? An educated marketplace is one where your target customers already understand the problem and the impact of your technology.

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JUNE 8, 2016

Students at the University of Southern California , as well as fellow students from area community colleges, said they are looking to launch a rocket into space--and help further STEM education--through its USC Rocket Propulsion Lab (RPL).

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JUNE 5, 2012

FundaGeek , the crowdsourcing site led by Dan Gutierrez, has launched a new portal site it says is specifically aimed at helping those researchers use the crowdfunding craze to address their research areas. The firm said the new site includes tips and other resources for helping researchers get the most out of crowdfunding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2020

When globalization or technology shrinks distances (Internet), painful missing needs become evident, and opportunities abound. Truly “disruptive” technologies. I hear this term every day, wrongly applied to new social media site, or a new productivity tool. Usually, people pay to relieve pain before buying luxury items.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Customers today extrapolate their relationships not only from personal contact, but from every aspect of their interface with your company, including web site and social media interactions, access to peer reviews, as well as the actual services experience. Bolton, a distinguished Marketing Educator Award winner at the W.P.

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Xconomy

JULY 24, 2018

Come join us at our newest interactive conference, XCON: The Xconomy Conference on Technology and Transformation. Request your invitation today to connect with top leaders by visiting our event site or e-mailing xcon18@xconomy.com with your name, job title, company affiliation, and.

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

The company said Thursday that it has released technology which help employers cut down on employees watching time-wasting viral videos and entertainment--while still allowing those employees to access other, useful content on sites like YouTube, Facebook, and other social sites.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Customers today extrapolate their relationships not only from personal contact, but from every aspect of their interface with your company, including web site and social media interactions, access to peer reviews, as well as the actual services experience. Bolton, a distinguished Marketing Educator Award winner at the W.P.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

The firm's web site now lists Menlo Park as its headquarters, after it raised funding from Battery Ventures, Western Technology Investment, and angel Gokul Rajaram. Tags: edufire education video venture capital. in a Series A funding. The firm's CEO, Jon Bischke, did not respond to emails for comment.

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JANUARY 13, 2010

Santa Monica-based Tsavo Media , which is developing software which helps to make web sites more relevant to their visitors, announced today that it has added a new feature to match relevant stories with users on its Daymix information portal. The firm said now has more than two million unique users per month across its network.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

Lynda.com , the online video education provider which has been one of the region's most successful, bootstrapped companies--is no longer bootstrapped, after inking a massive, $103M growth equity round. Lynda.com offers up online education courses on things like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Microsoft Excel, AutoCAD, and much more.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 16, 2019

CommonGrounds Workspace, a San Diego, CA-based company that operates flexible office spaces in California and Colorado today, announced Wednesday that it had raised $100 million in a Series A financing to expand its lineup to roughly 50 sites during the next two years. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

Pasadena-based Evolution Robotics , the developer of robotic technology backed by Idealab, is now distributing its Mint automatic floor clear through Bed, Bath, and Beyond. The firm's robot, which competes head to head with the Roomba, uses electrostatic cleaning cloths to clean hard floors.

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AUGUST 11, 2009

A patent lawsuit against educational software provider Blackboard , which was spawned by the acquisition of Sherman Oaks-based NTI Group last year, has been settled, according to Texas-based TechRadium. TechRadium said the move would allow each company to continue to provide mass notification technology and services to clients.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2013

The non-profit, Code.org is partnering with Computer Science Education week to lead a massive effort to raise awareness around computer science education this December. Among the education partners selected to provide courseware by Code.org is my own non-profit “Teaching Kids Programming” (part of the MONA Foundation ).

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JUNE 27, 2013

We caught up with Mark Suster , one of Upfront''s General Partners and a well known blogger and technology personality, the new fund, and how his blogging is now driving the firm''s investment activity. It''s good news for us, but it''s also good news for Los Angeles technology. Tell us about the new fund? It''s the single best.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

It's a can't miss opportunity for aspiring entrepreneurs looking to connect with investors in Southern California technology companies. This program provides education about the capital raising process, perspectives on the current market and useful tools and insights into the current state of the venture capital business.

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JUNE 23, 2011

One of the firms which has been active in that area is Los Angeles-based CauseCast (www.causecast.com), run by Ryan Scott , who talked us about the company's relationship with the Huffington Post, its new efforts to provide its technology to companies interested in corporate social responsibility, and other initiatives.

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APRIL 6, 2009

Los Angeles-based Panache , a provider of advertising insertion technology for the online video market, said Monday that the firm is in a partnership with TVO, a media organization based in Ontario focused on public education. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Plus, he told us a little bit about how he's helping to build a mini cluster of technology companies in the Silverlake area. We had to figure out what would help the other 90 percent build better and more interesting sites. The most attractive thing about it was the educational value. After TechStars, how did you end up in LA?

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AUGUST 30, 2011

La Jolla-based SwoopThat , an online comparison search site for textbooks, said today that it has expanded its course search technology on the site, making it easier for students to save on textbooks. Simkin graduated from Harvey Mudd College last year. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2022

You may dream of developing a new silicon chip technology, but a bit of research should tell you that most disruptive solutions take billions in investment, and more time than you can afford for acceptance. More important than a business plan may be early networking, a web site and blog, and building relationships with key industry experts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

This popular funding source, where anyone can participate, per the JOBS Act in the US, is exemplified by online sites like Kickstarter. These are government funds allocated to support new technologies and important causes, like education, medicine, and social needs. Request a small business grant.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2015

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( over 200 active ), or another dating site (now over 2500 in the US alone). Innovative technologies have no value until they are turned into solutions to real customer problems. Your people are the key to innovation, more so than a new technology.

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MAY 25, 2012

If you were a student in college, working on a startup idea, what would spur you to drop your education plans, and go full time on your startup? Why does the world need another social sharing site? Scott Ferreira: I think that most of the sites don't do these things very well. Scott Ferreira: I would say just maintaining speed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

This popular funding source, where anyone can participate, per the JOBS Act in the US, is exemplified by online sites like Kickstarter. These are government funds allocated to support new technologies and important causes, like education, medicine, and social needs. Request a small business grant.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2019

To better understand exactly where EV technology is today, we caught up with Caradoc Ehrenhalt , the CEO and founder of a Los Angeles startup, EV Safe Charge (www.evsafecharge.com), to chat a bit about his view of where EV charging technology today. Caradoc Ehrenhalt: That's a really good question. For the consumer, it is confusing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2017

This technology is not only spawning a new generation of entrepreneurs, but is also changing the educational landscape, all the way down to early grade school. Makerspaces and hackerspaces have sites and events, including education and training, where people with common interests can meet, socialize and collaborate.

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APRIL 11, 2013

We also see that, as video technology and platforms, and platforms grow and Internet connections grow stronger, and as the quality of HD video has started to develop, people are more in favor of online lessons as well. What makes the most successful instructors on your site? That''s favorable for us. Steven Cox: There are so many.

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