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AUGUST 16, 2010

The Tech Coast Angels , Southern California's largest angel investment group, is hailing its latest exits today, saying that the recent IPOs for Green Dot and Trius Therapeutics , as well as the sale of Language Weaver to SDL, have left members "smiling". Financial terms of those various deals were not disclosed.

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JUNE 25, 2009

Pasadena-based Big Stage Entertainment , a developer of 3D avatar creation software, has released new software today which allows users of the popular Skype voice calling application to lip synch spoken words through a photo-realistic avatar. Tags: software plugin calling skype virtual avatar entertainment bigstage stage. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Coast Angels Southern California Mission Ventures Entertainment 100

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NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Pasadena-based Big Stage Entertainment , the venture-backed startup which is developing photo-realistic avatar technology, has exited its beta and officially launched its site. The firm had launched a beta of its site in August.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Clearstone Southern California Mission Ventures 100

socalTECH

MAY 27, 2010

For this morning's interview, we have an interview with Kieve Huffman , the co-founder of Dather (www.dather.com), a new Los Angeles startup which has created a tool which helps to aggregate social networking web sites and media. So, I've been sending them deep links to Flickr and YouTube, and trying to convince them to sign up for Facebook.

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Startup Buzznet Entertainment Social Network 213

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Despite the proximity to Hollywood and the entertainment world, in the world of Southern California startups, actually combining the two world is quite difficult. NowLive is trying to do just that, leveraging both technology and the entertainment world to build its business. We also are dong the Twilight premiere from LA.

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Paramount Entertainment Hollywood Content 187

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Pasadena-based Big Stage Entertainment, whcih provides technology to create 3D avatars, said today that it has partnered with Stephen J. Cannell productions will offer a collection of short clips from classic TV shows on BigStage.com's site. Cannell Productions, the firm behind "The A-Team" and "The Greatest American Hero."

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Southern California Mission Ventures Pasadena 100

socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2009

Our interview today is with Santa Monica-based OneCubicle (www.onecubicle.com), a new startup we ran across recently, which is looking to provide a more professional social networking site for younger people. Why did you decide to start yet another social networking site? Our demographic is the 22 to 32 year old. How are you backed?

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Social Network Entertainment Startup CTO Coach 100

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JUNE 6, 2011

I've also worked with startups in Southern California, including TouchCommerce, and I was with them when they were on their first round of funding. I moved to Southern California in 1992, when Microsoft transferred me to here. My big clients were Disney, Nestle, Toyota, all the big Southern California companies.

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Startup Mentor Southern California Incubator 221

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DECEMBER 18, 2019

We can do about 85 percent of all repairs on the driveway, on site. If we diagnose something major, where a vehicle has to be taken off site, we will take that vehicle and then bring it back when its done. I spent the last seven years running a company called ScoreBig, a LA-based tech startup in the live entertainment space.

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Mobile Startup Orange County San Diego 100

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

How do a bunch of German moviemakers end up in Los Angeles, running a site helping studios to market and promote their films via their venture backed startup? MOviepilot is starting to bring its movie recommendations and discovery site to the U.S., and has set up shop here to connect with the local entertainment industry.

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Startup Paramount Netflix Entertainment 164

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

SXSWi has listed the following information on their site: If you or someone you know is doing amazing work with technology to help their community, nominate them for a chance to win a scholarship to attend SXSW Interactive. Culture and Entertainment. Immersive Entertainment – Sensation to Imagination. Culture and Entertainment.

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Entertainment Startup eBook Outsource Development 73

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

In what has been an unprecedented surge in interest in helping entrepreneurs, there have been more than a half dozen accelerators--most patterned after the successful YCombinator and TechStars programs elsewhere in the country--established in Southern California in the last month or so.

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CTO Coach Startup Mentor Activision 194

socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2012

Sam Altman: PartyEarth is a global media and entertainment company. That includes all of the big cities you would envision, including London, Paris, and so forth. How long has your site been available? Sam Altman: I was not born and bred in Southern California. What is PartyEarth?

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Content Equity Startup Platform 196

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DECEMBER 1, 2008

We talked with Richard Yen, the firm's Director of Venture Capital and New Media, about the company's link to Univision, what kinds of investments it is making, and his impressions as an investor of the opportunity here in Southern California. Haim's background is in media and the entertainment industry, for several decades.

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Southern California Media Venture Capital Invest 100

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DECEMBER 1, 2008

We talked with Richard Yen, the firm's Director of Venture Capital and New Media, about the company's link to Univision, what kinds of investments it is making, and his impressions as an investor of the opportunity here in Southern California. Haim's background is in media and the entertainment industry, for several decades.

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Capital Southern California Media Venture Capital 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 9, 2009

Thursday, August 13, 2009 -- Entertainment News Goes Social Panel. Join us for our panel discussion on how industry news sources are using online, especially social media, to report entertainment news. Digital LA. Extra extra read all about it! online, your iPhone, Blackberry, tweets, etc! See [link] (more).

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News Social Media Entertainment Blogging 100

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MARCH 3, 2011

Last week, we talked with Fouad ElNaggar of Redpoint Ventures about some of the interesting companies in Southern California. One of those he mentioned was Hark (www.hark.com), an online site which allows users to find and share sound bites and audio clips from movies and elsewhere. We're going out there, and harnessing that.

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Redpoint Startup Content .Net 201

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Individuals use social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Plaxo as career-advancing tools, even more useful in a down economy. Social networking sites and microblogs are used not only to build company brands, but to foster productivity; social media tools help build communities around the question, "What are you working on?"

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Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

For those who haven't tried your service, tell us the story behind the site and how you started it? Why and how do people use your site? You can go to Mogreet.com or go to our wireless web site, at wap.mogreet.com , or use your cell phone on any number of carriers, such as AT&T, Verizon, etc. But, there are two things.

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Mogreet Paramount Entertainment Mobile 133

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

By using SteelHouse, ecommerce sites can use live data to instantly respond to a customer’s wants and needs for stronger transaction values, increased conversion rates, and an overall better customer experience. Entertainment Tech: Atom Factory. Fun Fact: Los Angeles heavy hitters J.J.

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

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. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to?

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Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Interesting that Booyah is led by a former game producer, Keith Lee, who formerly launched very large products for Blizzard Entertainment. If I were a number 3-5 players I’d be looking to exit early while there’s still a lot of enthusiasm for this hot market.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Adam Goldenberg’s JustFab is one of the new heavy-hitting membership fashion sites. A SoCal native and graduate of both UCLA and USC, Richard Rosenblatt led the growth of MySpace from an unknown to a household name. There are a couple of names that pop up all over the Southern California entrepreneurship community.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 2, 2012

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing engineer and PageWoo ’s CEO and co-Founder Jason Crilly about his side project, the new hacker news site for the Southern California tech community called Develop.la. s first hacker news site, Develop.la. First off, there are a few things about Jason you should know.

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News Los Angeles Ideas Startup 95

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

It’d been a big year in tech, and the different supporting parts of team TZ – so what better way to kick off the festivities with an inaugural train-bound journey, courtesy of the good people at Amtrak. Addison McCaleb – Mediahound , making it easier for you to discover entertainment. Hustle hard, ride in comfort.

Entertainment 99

Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

In growing numbers, Silicon Valley executives—long based in tech strongholds like Santa Clara and Palo Alto—are buying homes in Los Angeles, as the lines between the technology and entertainment businesses grow blurrier. The southern migration is taking place as companies like Google. the entertainment industry.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Charlie Capen is co-founder of HowToBeADad.com , an entertainment site and dad blog for “parents, soon-to-be parents and people who have no desire to procreate, whatsoever.” The site features running commentary and visual diagrams on the idiosyncrasies of fatherhood, parenting missteps and his own adjustment to having children.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78