socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Santa Monica-based entertainment studio Lionsgate reported this afternoon that it has linked with Massify, an online community for the film industry, to help develop feature film projects for the studio. Financial details of the effort--which the firms are billing the Lionsgate Incubator Project--were not disclosed.

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socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2019

MacDonald was most recently at Walmart, managing that company's e-commerce entertainment business; he also was founder and CEO of Ingress Capital Incorporation, an online private placement marketplace; and also served as CEO of the Pronto Network at IAC, a shopping comparison engine. MacDonald also has served at Avery Dennison.

Commerce 113

Commerce San Diego Incubator Entertainment 113

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2010

He heads their business development practice and they have been very active in incubating, investing in and helping grow LA startups. Creative Artists Agency ( CAA ) is a prominent entertainment and sports agency headquartered in Los Angeles. Natural networker with a proven track-record of establishing broad relationships.

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Venture Capital Technical Review GRP Partners Email 290

socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2014

Kevin is also well known as the organizer of the Digital LA networking group (digitalla.net), which hosts dozens and dozens of events in Silicon Beach every year (Editor''s note: socalTECH.com is a media sponsor of the event). We''re showing people that we have the cool media-entertainment stuff, which is cool and great, and we love that.

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socalTECH

MAY 22, 2009

BASSETT Executive Search Solutions (www.BassettSearch.com) The confidential source for executive talent -- serving emerging growth company clients in the high tech, new media, entertainment and consumer industries. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon IP 100

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The theme for Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood is startups and Hollywood, featuring leaders from movie studios, music labels, agencies, and startups in entertainment – how Hollywood studios are investing and working with startups, and how Silicon Beach startups are making entertainment businesses.

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Hollywood Screening Ideas Entertainment 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Those three organizations have very strong networks inventure capital, entertainment, and academia, and put together the incubator. That program is a partnership of the University, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, which is a top tier VC firm, and United Talent Agency, the premium talent agency.

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socalTECH

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 think we will see the rise of a newer and larger mobile-focused media companies and the continued evolution in traditional television entertainment.

Dollar Shave Club 140

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Visible networking is turning into a really great opportunity to get to know people better, get to meet new people, and have some interesting conversations. to work on an entertainment-related technology project and have stayed ever since. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to?

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

You cannot afford to speed, gun the engine, take detours, or spend your precious cash on a killer stereo to entertain you during your trek. Along with Selling (see Be Like Sam ) and Networking (see Making Stone Soup and Personal Pitch ), negotiating is a vital startup skill. However, do not count on it.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2015

The LA Dodgers has opened the doors on its first, startup accelerator program class this morning, unveiling the 10 companies included in the first LA Dodgers Sports & Entertainment Accelerator. The accelerator begins today, and runs through a Demo Day in November at Dodger Stadium.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2020

We know now that people learn from a younger age, and keep coming back for more, from sources that are entertaining and educational ( edutainment ). Universities and the marketplace are spawning tools like Brainly , which is a learning network or massively multi-player question and answer tool. Learning doesn’t have to be all work.

Entrepreneur 137

Entrepreneur Tips Startup Education 137

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Founded in London in 2006, the Hub is a global network of social enterprises with each individual chapter acting as a gathering place for innovation, technology, creativity, and positive change. Incubator: Amplify LA. Entertainment Tech: Atom Factory. Make sure to check out Both Sides of the Table ! Social Enterprise: Hub LA.

Startup 111

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Tech.Co

APRIL 13, 2015

Such in-depth experiences led to positive results and productivity thus creating profitability in every aspect including running a mortgage real estate firm and financial network with lucid, comprehensive, and administrative judgment to innovative projects.

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Journal Incubator Networking Education 70

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

This is the city we call home, and we are proud to have the opportunity to utilize our networks to drive this initiative forward and make city living better for everyone.”. The Summit will examine verticals such as transportation, hospitality, entertainment, city services, healthcare, among others, and discuss potential IoT applications.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. From this we have seen a commensurate boom in the number of startup companies. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

In homage to The Dude’s sentiment, tech startup Akanda Virtual Networking named its open source project The Rug because it “ties together” OpenStack networks by managing orchestration, routing and other key network services. Their attempts to architect software automation for physical networks were a bridge too far.

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IBM IBM Networking Software 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2016

The startup's CEO is Matt Hagger, who founded a startup incubator in London called E-Man Labs; the company's co-founder is Eli Shmerler, who comes from Belgium. The startup--founded in London--said it decided to locate in Los Angeles, after touring New York, Austin, and Silicon Valley, looking for the right place to launch the startup.

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles Angel Incubator Mobile 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2015

We know now that people learn from a younger age, and keep coming back for more, from sources that are entertaining and educational ( edutainment ). Universities and the marketplace are spawning tools like OpenStudy , which is a learning network enabling massively multi-player study groups. Learning doesn’t have to be all work.

Entrepreneur 112

Entrepreneur Startup Education Tool 112

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 4, 2011

So do yourself a favor this month and come explore a variety of tech opportunities and network with some of LA’s top startups at the offices of Idealab, the Pasadena-based technology incubator.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Their purchases are limited to restaurants, bars, retail clothing outlets, travel and entertainment. Wildfire was one of the darlings of the fbFund incubator program. My own view on these services is nuanced. I get why people from 22-35 would find this service fun and attractive. Wildfire Interactive.

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

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. Consumers do want ads, but they want them to be relevant and entertaining,” Cheng explained. Bigelow stated, “AIM was a very similar contest.

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USC Cornerstone OnDemand Southern California Netflix 98

socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2015

That not included the relationships and network that our owners bring to bear, but also capital. Tucker Kain: One thing we've found, is the ability to bring a brand like the Dodgers to bear on these early stage businesses opens up opportunities for them, from our network of mentors and industry experts.

Startup 100

Startup Invest Resource Entertainment 100

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Robertson is the founder of Influence , a networking tool for influencers that’s expected to announce its Series A financing in the coming weeks. Los Angeles-based funds, in closer proximity to the entertainment industry, have been quicker to invest in the creator economy. Now, everyone wants to become an influencer.”.

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Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

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.

Mobile 100

Mobile Startup Orange County San Diego 100

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.

El Segundo 100

El Segundo Southern California Startup Santa Monica 100

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 22, 2013

TB: We are an international team and using our available network is helping us push beyond the U.S. There are a lot of incubators and a lot of money that is starting to flow here. The entertainment connection is readily available and getting more clients is a bigger possibility. Plan to expand beyond the U.S.?

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Social Media Startup UCLA Media 94

socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2016

We spoke earlier with Cody Simms , Executive Director of Techstars America and who leads the program in LA, to hear more about why the startup accelerator operator is opening up its third accelerator here, why Los Angeles has turned out to be one of the leading sources for startups across its network, as well as Cody's advice to entrepreneurs.

Startup 100

Startup Los Angeles Mentor Class 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Richard Wolpert – Managing Director of Amplify.LA, startup incubator and Venture Advisor at Accel Partners. Pierce mentions the bigger potential of the technology beyond currency, diving into its role as a decentralized network. Until then, we’ll be focused on gimmicky applications and entertainment.

Startup 95

Startup Google Education Venture Capital 95

Tech.Co

JANUARY 4, 2018

For many founders, getting noticed by investors, potential customers, incubators and other companies, is a necessity to take your product to the next level. Bautiful Box will keep your pet entertained while at home and will train it too! Bautiful Box (Cagliari, Italy). Fing (London, UK). Lishtot (Jerusalem, Israel).

Startup 70

Startup High Tech Product Design 70

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

We are all coming from a background in entertainment. Usually the way the whole financial structure is setup to get into incubator programs and stuff like that, they want business minded people. We came from an entertainment background and not a typical tech startup background. TechZulu: Why call Bedloo, Bedloo?

Startup 69

Startup Social Media Platform Media 69

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

MuckerLab has already secured its reputation as one of the hottest startup accelerators in town with a particular emphasis on product for incubation-stage software, services and media ventures. The Blayze network already reaches or 200 million viewers and has generated thousands in sales. Founded by L.A.’s That got them in.

Class 100

Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. 8:30 – 9:30pm – cocktail reception and networking. Dinesh earned his B.S. in Computer Science and his MBA from UC Irvine. Event Details. RSVP: AGENDA. 6:00 – 7:00pm – check-in.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2016

We know now that people learn from a younger age, and keep coming back for more, from sources that are entertaining and educational ( edutainment ). Universities and the marketplace are spawning tools like OpenStudy , which is a learning network enabling massively multi-player study groups. Learning doesn’t have to be all work.

Entrepreneur 58

Entrepreneur Startup Education Tool 58

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2018

We know now that people learn from a younger age, and keep coming back for more, from sources that are entertaining and educational ( edutainment ). Universities and the marketplace are spawning tools like Brainly , which is a learning network or massively multi-player question and answer tool. Learning doesn’t have to be all work.

Startup 51

Startup Education Entrepreneur Tool 51

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 6:30 the house was packed and SWLA was underway.

Startup 66

Startup Mahalo Technical Review Idealab 66

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. Quilici is also a member of the board of directors of NeoEdge Networks and a member of Tech Coast Angels.

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Twiistup Riot Games UCLA Media 40