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APRIL 1, 2014

Techgladiatr said it is gearing its competition towards "comedians pretend to be entrepreneurs and pitch ridiculous business ideas" -- however, given the kinds of startups that regularly appear on the scene -- and some that actually succeed-- it might be difficult to tell the pretend business from the real ones. Personal rocket ship company

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MARCH 2, 2010

But, there was no good for Hollywood to find them. I got to talking with Will Schroter, who was an old business associate of mine and old friend, and we thought it could be very interesting to create a place where Hollywood could reach out to find people. Let's talk a little bit about the intersection of technology and Hollywood.

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AUGUST 5, 2014

What do you get when you combine a technology investment demo day with a Hollywood-style story pitch session? Most of the companies included a strong element of technology, and many of the startup entrepreneurs in attendance had a strong engineering--rather than content--background. warner media camp demo demoday content hollywood'

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JULY 1, 2013

According to Walmart, via its Silicon Valley-based @WalmartLabs unit, it is running the contest to let entrepreneurs get their products noticed and sold on its website and potentially, the Walmart store chain. walmart vimby content hollywood production entrepreneurship startup product' READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 12, 2017

My only relationship with LA was through the movies, so I naively synonymized LA with the glitz and glamour of Hollywood and never really gave it a chance. Unlike Hollywood, which is all about sharp elbows, about "my script", "my talent", "my private equity", "my deal", venture is all about community. People can no longer sit still.

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MARCH 20, 2014

According to the startup, which is led by Todd Wagner, it has added such names as local tech entrepreneur Clark Laundry (SHIFT/TagWorld), Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein (The Weinstein Company), musician Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park), and news anchor Dan Rather to the advisory board.

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JUNE 11, 2018

For our interview this morning, we caught up with Scot Lawrie , the President and technical Co-founder of Los Angeles-based Coverfly (www.coverfly.com), and John Rhodes , Coverfly's head of Marketing and Business Development, to learn a bit more about the early stage, bootstrapped startup focused on Hollywood script writers. What is Coverfly?

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JUNE 4, 2010

Los Angeles-based GotCast , the online casting site run by Alec Shankman and backed by entrepreneur Will Schroter, said this week that it powered the online casting efforts for a new television show for web site SuicideGirls. Tags: gotcast suicidegirls pinup girl television model hollywood cable. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 9, 2012

The bible of entertainment industry news, Variety , has been acquired by Internet entrepreneur Jay Penske, via his firm, Penske Media , the companies said today. Variety has been covering entertainment and Hollywood news since 1905. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2012

The effort is being run by Professor Jonathan Taplin at the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab, who local entrepreneurs and investors might know as the founder of Intertainer; he also had served in the investment banking industry at Merrill Lynch and a producer in Hollywood for Martin Scorsese.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map. If a person from outside Los Angeles is a fan of the city, dig a little and you’ll probably find that they like it for the celebrities, Hollywood not LA. Miller was even honored as an Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” for 2011. Post navigation.

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JUNE 11, 2013

This second annual fest brings together technology leaders, startup CEOs, investors, Hollywood studio executives, entrepreneurs, developers, students and more to celebrate LA’s dynamic technology industries with panels, workshops, hackathon, mixers, and a start-up showcase spotlighting 40 local startups. Media Partners.

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AUGUST 12, 2014

If you''re a large, Hollywood studio, how do you tap into the energy and ideas of the startup community? warner bros media camp mediacamp technology startup content hollywood accelerator incubator interview' Warner Bros. What attracted you about these particular companies? READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 28, 2012

We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week. At io/LA we launched a new 8000 sq/ft co-work and incubator space in Hollywood.

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JULY 29, 2016

Z also has recently launched a new podcast series , where she talks to entrepreneurs here at the intersection of entrepreneurship and manufacturing. There is a really an opportunity to support that sector, which usually gets overshadowed by technology and Hollywood. Tell us about MAKE IT IN LA, and what you are doing?

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JANUARY 18, 2019

Since then, we have had our chargers on movie studio sets for actors and crew to use for major Hollywood movies, and have also supplied charging equipment for motorcycle companies. Caradoc Ehrenhalt: I've been at a startup before, before Avery Dennison, as a serial entrepreneur creating different products and inventions.

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MAY 4, 2011

Norgard has been keeping Namesake close to the vest, but we were able to visit him at the firm's headquarters in West Hollywood, where he gave us an overview of what the firm is doing. Norgard is a serial entrepreneur, having co-founded NewRoo (acquired by Fox Interactive Media/MySpace) and co-founding Twitter advertising startup Ad.ly.

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DECEMBER 27, 2012

We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week. So we did a one-day fall Silicon Beach Fest at io/LA in Hollywood. At the closing party, attendees kept saying "This is great! When's the next one?"

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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. Sara Bordo: My co-founder, Brad Sexton and I, both come from the Hollywood studio world. We spoke with Sara Bordo , the firm's founder and CEO, about the company.

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DECEMBER 5, 2013

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JUNE 2, 2014

Last month, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti created a new program, aimed at growing, assisting and sustaining entrepreneurs in Los Angeles. The new "Entrepreneur-in-Residence" program has appointed its first, two, EIRs--Krisztina "Z" Holly and Amir Tehrani.--both And, one crazy thing I''d love to see, is for Hollywood to play a role.

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AUGUST 29, 2014

We''re also backed by the Entrepreneurs'' Roundtable in New York. interview bubbl content clip hollywood studio sharing instagram vine warner mediacamp' I personally was a technology VC and digital media investor. How are you financed and backed? Mauhan Zonozzy: We''re angel funded, and were part of Media Camp at Warner Bros.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

The startup--created by Robert Earl (Founder and CEO of Planet Hollywood), Grant Hosford (formerly of eHarmony), and Connell (formerly of Nokia)--is using the Internet to arrange group dates at local restaurants, to connect people in person and offline. How did you get from working on mobile to online dating?

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NOVEMBER 9, 2015

We spoke with Eyal Pfeifel , Co-founder and CTO of Imperson, about the startup and its technology�which hints at some of the impact technology development might have on Hollywood. Imperson is based in Israel, but is backed by Disney and has been aiming use of its technology in Hollywood. Tell me what Imperson is all about?

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JANUARY 18, 2019

Since then, we have had our chargers on movie studio sets for actors and crew to use for major Hollywood movies, and have also supplied charging equipment for motorcycle companies. Caradoc Ehrenhalt: I've been at startups before, before Avery Dennison, and after, as a serial entrepreneur creating different products and inventions.

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DECEMBER 29, 2017

Eighteen months ago, when MAKE IT IN LA's launch from Mayor's Garcetti's office was featured in a White House press release, we announced an audacious goal of reaching 1,000 entrepreneurs with our programming by the end of this year. We also started offering Factory Tour Workshops to entrepreneurs, with nearly 100 applying for the pilots.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Crush Cpaital said the funding goes towards development of the show, which is a 10-episode series that will follow five diverse entrepreneurs striving to list their companies on the Nasdaq. Crush Capital says its goal is to give retail investors access to Regulation A+ IPOs and other financial products.

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OCTOBER 11, 2016

We take a really friendly, Shark Tank approach that promotes young entrepreneurs, and lets them pitch to a group of seasoned investors and venture capitalists on a panel, and where they not only get an actual investment, but also go through a retail challenge, to get consumer feedback. How did you get involved with angel investing, initially?

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APRIL 29, 2009

Speaking on a panel on Venture Capital in Hollywood at AlwaysOn's OnHollywood conference yesterday, de Silva said he's now seeing repeat entrepeneurs coming out of Southern California who are just as good, if not savvier about real businesses, as Silicon Valley.

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

Los Angeles- and Atlanta-based Mighty Oak Entertainment , which produces sports clips for traditional, digital, and streaming, has received an investment from former MGM Television President John Bryan and entrepreneur and KDOCTV (Los Angeles) owner Bert Ellis, Jr., the company said last week.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2011

WEMO Media is an interesting combination of Hollywood, computer games, and deep technical experience, one of the few companies we have seen which seems to combine both the worlds of high tech and software with content, interactive, and Hollywood.

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

In the bay area it’s quite common for the entrepreneurs starting a company to be developers or technologists who can build the first versions of their products. Entrepreneurs that start companies in LA are often focused on revenue and business models. That’s typically not the case in Los Angeles.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

We have a soft spot for investors and entrepreneurs, who might be super-smart, but are not necessarily as experienced. I think, to answer the question for entrepreneurs, is unfortunately, people have fallen back a bit to their traditional networks. We discovered them very early. That's where we add value. It's even harder now.

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AUGUST 10, 2015

Our interview this morning is with serial entrepreneur Tony Farwell , the Executive Chairman and co-founder of GovX (www.govx.com), a San Diego-based online marketplace aimed at current members of the military, veterans, and government employees, including first responders, police, and others.

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JULY 18, 2018

We have an expert team, marrying world-class IP from Hollywood, and videogames and bringing that into this new format. Everyone came in to support our vision of bringing the next generation of location-based attractions to locations around the world. We're building attractions that are VR-enabled.

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JUNE 20, 2014

While we happen to be located here, we have panels throughout today and tomorrow, talking about where in LA should I build my startup -- we have people from Hollywood, Pasadena, USC, talking about those neighborhoods. There are a lot of women entrepreneurs and VC. The third thing, is it''s not just Santa Monica and Venice.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

What's the story behind the site and how you got into tracking Hollywood numbers? Tags: movie office numbers opusdata hollywood content entrepreneur interview nash bruce. Bruce Nash: I had a tech background, originally, but I've always been a fan of the movies. READ MORE>>.

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