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Reflections on 2016: Rob Freelen, Silicon Valley Bank

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In 2016, our Santa Monica office more than doubled market share of early-stage companies. One example is Santa Monica-based hardware company, Ring, who transitioned to a hybrid business model that now includes recurring revenue. In the interest of full disclosure, Headspace is a client of SVB Santa Monica.

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TechZulu Presents: The Annual Startup Forecast

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28 from 7pm-10pm in Santa Monica. He is also the co-founder of Playsino, ExpressCoin (Bitcoin exchange), GoCoin (Bitcoin payment platform), Five Delta, Evertune, GamesTV, Digital Entertainment Network, KnCMiner.cn (Bitcoin Mining), and Robocoin China (Bitcoin ATM). Peter Csathy - CEO Manatt Digital Media Ventures.

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The Talent Tourniquet | Making Los Angeles Startup Friendly

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One of the hotter topics at the last Silicon Beach Fest (SBF) in Santa Monica was the exodus of homegrown tech talent. For all the technical wizardry on display on movie screens, Hollywood continues to struggle to keep up with the blistering speed of technology and its impact on sales and distribution of digital content.

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

Both Sides of the Table

And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. DemandMedia has already scaled a tech team to a considerable size in Santa Monica. You can hire a talented head of marketing, business development, technology and sales.

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Sponsor post: Discount to tomorrow's DFR, and win a ticket to digiday:APPS

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We invite you to the Second Annual Digital Family Reunion on Wednesday, December 2nd at Wokcano Restaurant in Santa Monica from 6-11pm. Read more below for details. It's time again to come together for the holidays!

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Tapiture Taps Into Successful Social eCommerce And Secures $2.25M In Seed Funding

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Santa-Monica based Tapiture has grown in traffic by 300%, monetized from year one and raised $2.25 If Pinterest is catnip for girls, Tapiture was founded to go after the men, but quickly evolved into a more sophisticated artistic social media community. million in seed funding since its founding in 2012.

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The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA

Jason Nazar

Here it seems that entrepreneurs are coming out of business school, transitioning from corporate life, or hail from the entertainment industry. Whereas in Silicon Valley, you can have a V.1 There’s Santa Monica, Westside, Hollywood, Downtown LA, the Valley, and Pasadena. In fact Paige Craig has coined it Silicon Beach.

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