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LA Tech Startup Innovators and Fun Facts

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Abrams, Jim Wiatt, and Zach James have presented at Amplify’s Wednesday evening mentor events. Entertainment Tech: Atom Factory. Social Media: Snapchat. Developed by four Stanford University students, Snapchat , now located in Venice, is a new way to share moments with friends and family.

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Los Angeles’s Secret to Startup Success

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For companies in the media, entertainment, or content business, there’s no better place to be. As LA’s startup scene matures, expect to see more companies like Cornerstone OnDemand take up the cause of mentoring the startup community and reinvesting experience into it. s Startup Future.

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Behind the Scenes: Troy Carter’s SMASHD LABS with Suzy Ryoo

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Each mentor spoke for nearly an hour to the entire group, answered questions, and sat with each company for one-on-one mentoring. Trakfire : a platform that enables its community to curate the best music from emerging artists, the third company founded founded by 19 year old USC Iovine Young Academy sophomore Arjun Mehta.

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MakerSquare Wants to Teach You to Become a Developer in Weeks

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With the growing need for Software Engineers at technology, entertainment and media companies in the Los Angeles area, Hack Reactor, which has three founders who are University of Southern California graduates, identified fertile ground for MakerSquare to educate, train and mentor technologists in Southern California.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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I don’t need to tell you what else is LA … SnapChat, Whisper, Tinder. In LA we have entertainment, finance, textiles, aerospace, transportation, fashion and so forth. Maker Studios, the largest producer of online short-form videos (content) recently sold to Disney for nearly $1 billion. All great communication companies.

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