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The Design Accelerator Launches Incubator At Idealab

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A new, startup incubator-created by the Art Center College of Design and the California Insitute of Technology --said this morning that it has launched a brand new, design-focused incubator, housed at Idealab. The new incubator is headed by Mark Breitenberg and Erik Hovanec. READ MORE>>.

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Making The Pasadena Angels Relevant To Today's Startups, With Terry Kay

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In a world with a rash of startup incubators and accelerators, super angels, crowdfunding sites, and more, what''s the relevance of organized angel investments groups? First off, for those not familiar with the Pasadena Angels, talk about the group? What does that mean to entrepreneurs? It''s more than money.

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Announcing The Socaltech 50: Southern California's Up-and-Comers

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Tim Cadogan , OpenX (Pasadena, advertising). Isaac Garcia , Central Desktop (Pasadena, software). Matthew Goldman , Wallaby Financial (Pasadena, financial). Ryan Hudson , Honey (Pasadena, apps). Sam Teller ,LaunchpadLA (Los Angeles, incubator). Ashish Soni , USC (Los Angeles, incubator/university).

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Why Technology is Driving More Urban Renewal

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One of the major trends I’ve outlined is this movement of entrepreneurs (and as a lagging indicator venture funds) to more urban environments. In LA companies used to be concentrated near Pasadena or in the San Fernando Valley. And it’s not just the movement from Palo Alto to San Francisco. These days it’s Santa Monica and Venice.

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Share Ventures, an LA-based studio for company creation, is MoviePass co-founder Hamet Watt’s next act

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Watt, who came to MoviePass as an entrepreneur in residence at True Ventures, previously founded the brand and product placement startup NextMedium and also spent time as a board partner at Upfront Ventures. Now, the serial entrepreneur and startup investor is combining his two career paths under the auspices of Share Ventures.

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Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. Here’s Why:

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He was a life-long entrepreneur and the first business he created out of college (actually, he founded it while he was at Caltech) was a company that manufactured high quality audio speakers. Too many entrepreneurs focus on dilution. The idea actually came to him from the Yellow Pages business. They are very hands on.

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StartEngine Mentor Mixer and Downtown Grand Opening with Deputy Mayor Matt Karatz

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business community, and for our entrepreneurs to practice their pitch before demo day. Downtown LA is a major up-and-coming area for technology startups with easy access to the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and the new office is located only a few metro stops from Pasadena. The new office?s s rooftop terrace. See [link] (more)

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