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DECEMBER 26, 2017

So this fall, we launched Science Blockchain, a new incubator that partners with leading entrepreneurs to build a portfolio of blockchain and cryptocurrency related businesses. I need to focus my time on big ideas paired with extremely passionate entrepreneurs. What was the biggest personal lesson you learned from 2017?

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 5, 2022

But across the country in Atlanta, a fast-growing tech hub , a cohort of Black creators reimagined that idea. The idea of “consistent investments” is key to the way that Collab Crew wants to run its studio, offering long-term support for its members to grow. Image Credits: Robiiiworld (Brandy Merriweather via BStarPR).

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I spent the last seven years running a company called ScoreBig, a LA-based tech startup in the live entertainment space. This idea actually was initially incubated at Daimler AG, the parent company of Mercedes Benz, and the idea came up in an incubation lab as something that would really disrupt the industry.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 13, 2015

Shelon currently serves as a Managing Partner/Investment Advisor at Turnkey Partners and the Founder/CEO to BizTechIQ™, a hands-on Tech Startup Incubator + Pre/Post – Accelerator for students, entertainers, athletes and professionals.

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

The idea, is to make it accessible as a multi-disciplinary part of Tel Aviv University, so that young people, alumni, and students with ideas for a company can join the fund, not only to be funded with seed money, but also so they can be accelerated and potentially incubated before they go out. Behzad Kianmahd: Nothing is easy.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The IoT for Cities Summit and Challenge , scheduled for March 10-11, 2015 , in San Francisco will welcome government officials, industry representatives, entrepreneurs, investors and residents to conduct a large-scale listening and idea sharing session. Wearable World, Inc. ,

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socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2011

Those programs--epitomized by YCombinator in the Bay Area, and TechStars in Boulder, Colorado--attract newly minted entrepreneurs with a mixture of cash and mentoring, and a program which rapidly takes ideas and turns them into viable, executing businesses. April was really focused on locking down the business strategy an idea.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Those three organizations have very strong networks inventure capital, entertainment, and academia, and put together the incubator. Ali Khoshgozaran: It''s funny, as people have the idea that Twitter and Instagram are the fastest ways of getting good real time information. What drove your interest in this area?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2017

However, I always wanted to get into a broader role in the startup ecosystem, where I could help other entrepreneurs work on their ideas. I worked in entertainment for five or six years, and film for 5 years, then at Scribble Press, which was a retail entertainment concept for kids, to let kids make their own books.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2015

I want to tell them to just start anywhere, but I realize that most have no idea where anywhere is. We know now that people learn from a younger age, and keep coming back for more, from sources that are entertaining and educational ( edutainment ). It takes more than passion and a course on business basics.

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socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2014

For example, we had a keynote from Patrick Soon-Shiong, who talked about his new health incubator, and Frank Addante, at Rubicon Project, talking his ad-tech services. We''re showing people that we have the cool media-entertainment stuff, which is cool and great, and we love that. People have a great idea, and they just do it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2018

I want to tell them to just start anywhere, but I realize that most have no idea where anywhere is. We know now that people learn from a younger age, and keep coming back for more, from sources that are entertaining and educational ( edutainment ). It takes more than passion and a course on business basics.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

In the end, 3 startups were awarded prize money for their spectacular business ideas. Pelv-Ice is a pelvic support device for post-partum mothers and a recent winner of the Accelerating Innovating Mentoring (AIM) 2013 incubator and pitch competition. Only 8 teams were chosen to pitch in the finals on September 17th.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2015

How did the idea to launch your own accelerator come about? Some might not fit the traditional, accelerator model, but still saw the value of partnering with the Dodgers and RG/A, and we also have many traditional, accelerator candidates, who have great ideas and young businesses, and impressive founders. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2016

I want to tell them to just start anywhere, but I realize that most have no idea where anywhere is. We know now that people learn from a younger age, and keep coming back for more, from sources that are entertaining and educational ( edutainment ). It takes more than passion and a course on business basics.

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2010

Greg Siegel: I had most recently been representing actors as an entertainment agent at Endeavor Agency, but I had started out in the Internet world way back in the nascent days of the Internet. I had connected with Applied Minds, and we had been discussing a number of ideas that had been percolating around the area.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 22, 2013

We came up with an idea for an app and around that time we met with Chris. The idea for the app is to see events through the eyes of the audience. The idea is great and has been working very well. But right now, we are focusing on the B2B ventures and we will be coming back to that idea soon.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

to work on an entertainment-related technology project and have stayed ever since. This is a novel user interaction that embeds casual entertainment directly into the operating system experience, based on some fairly interesting underlying technology. The idea of supporting people who have a day job is great!

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Richard Wolpert – Managing Director of Amplify.LA, startup incubator and Venture Advisor at Accel Partners. She reminds us that whole ecosystems have been built on seemingly innocuous ideas. So instead, there can be a focus on enabling the public to expand on these baseline ideas. Let’s Talk Bitcoin.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2013

As opposed to a startup incubator, which typically deals with startups barely hatched, an accelerator focuses on a later stage startup, with an existing product and proven business model, looking for rapid growth. Rewards include becoming the “mayor” of an entertainment location via FourSquare , to winning badges via a Badgeville campaign.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

We are all coming from a background in entertainment. He went to Todd and they tried to tackle the idea of the “two-choice question”. We started to work on the mobile site and I had an idea of Bedloo being kind of like an Instagram for voting. We came from an entertainment background and not a typical tech startup background.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2017

I then became and EIR at UC San Diego, and joined EvoNexus, the not-for-profit incubator run by the Irvine Company. The idea came about because of my work in both regions, and comparing and contrasting the two, and figuring out the game in Southern California. I did that for a couple of years, which got me and my wife down to SoCal.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

It’s also a very exciting time here in LA Tech with over 6 accelerators and incubators springing up over the past year. Following a quick ice-breaker game of “Half-baked” where anyone in the room throws out a word to then generate an entertaining pitch, the real pitches began. By 10:00 PM, teams were working away into the night.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

What's your background, and where did the idea for the business come from? Sam Rogoway: I'm an entertainment attorney by trade, and have represented a number of the largest reality production companies, as well as award winning filmmakers, both scripted and documentark filmmakers. Finally, what's the next big goal for the company?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2016

One could argue that in 2010, 2011, and 2012, that growth was in the video and entertainment area. Finally, the last thing, is what is the idea and product you are trying to build. Cody Simms: Obviously, I live here in LA, and I have been since 2005. I have witnessed first hand the amazing growth of the LA startup ecosystem.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

One of the fastest growing startups in Southern California in recent years was Hautelook, which went from just an ideas to a huge, $270M acquisition by Nordstrom only X years later. I've been engaged in about thirty startups, anywhere from in incubators, being an angel investor, to leading the charge. I've been doing that for 25 years.

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SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Seventeen lawyer regional firm Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP has represented digital media, internet, technology, consumer electronics, and entertainment companies and investment funds out of its Sherman Oaks office since its formation in 2002. The idea is simply to foster the community and support up-and-coming entrepreneurs.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas. OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. Dinesh earned his B.S. Event Details.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

Founder and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment, the visionary multimedia venture spanning movies, TV, sports, and new media, Peter Guber is among the most successful executives in the entertainment and communications industries. At Lunch, you share and discover genuinely useful information and ideas. Leila Chirayath Janah. .

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

It’s true that the carrier then gets their huge slice for being the billing and payment engine but the idea is that you as a website more than make up for this in terms of customer conversion. Their purchases are limited to restaurants, bars, retail clothing outlets, travel and entertainment. Wildfire Interactive.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Have you ever had an idea for a great product, but thought any of the following: "I don't have en. Step by Step From Idea to Bootstrap Startup. The step by step story of an entrepreneur’s journey from idea to bootstrap web startup from her vi. Starting a dev team to build a brand new idea is harder. So you have an idea.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. A decade ago the idea of even watching video online would have been laughable. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry. Just how transformative is broadband?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2020

At Upfront we believe in improving access for founders and entrepreneurs to networking, professional development, and economic opportunities, and that’s what Kobie set out to do with Valence , which he incubated in our offices. He’s been a leader at the intersection of media and tech for many years and we’re grateful to partner with him.

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