socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Science is looking to incubate its own set of companies, make investments, and otherwise work to create the next successful startups. I thought it would be interesting to raise a tranche of money, to have a platform where we could incubate our own concepts, work with the best entrepreneurs around, and build new businesses.

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Incubator Startup Commerce Los Angeles 196

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Last week, Santa Monica-based Tecca (www.tecca.com) launched a consumer electronics, consumer information service, backed by Fuse Capital and Best Buy. The service--currently only available on iPhone and Android--allows users to find reviews and information about consumer electronics products.

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Incubator Startup Web Technical Review 239

socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

The idea, is to make it accessible as a multi-disciplinary part of Tel Aviv University, so that young people, alumni, and students with ideas for a company can join the fund, not only to be funded with seed money, but also so they can be accelerated and potentially incubated before they go out.

El Segundo 100

El Segundo Southern California Startup Santa Monica 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

One of the biggest complaints you hear from both entrepreneurs and investors in Los Angeles, is the lack of a credible, visible startup accelerator in the Los Angeles area. Erik Rannala: MuckerLab is a new startup accelerator, focused on incubation stage Internet, software, services, and media businesses here in LA.

Technical Advisors 176

Technical Advisors Startup Southern California Los Angeles 176

socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2011

Those programs--epitomized by YCombinator in the Bay Area, and TechStars in Boulder, Colorado--attract newly minted entrepreneurs with a mixture of cash and mentoring, and a program which rapidly takes ideas and turns them into viable, executing businesses. Typically, venture backed companies, always entrepreneur led.

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Startup Mentor Southern California Incubator 221

socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

We caught up with Sam Teller , who is directing efforts at the accelerator, to help fill entrepreneurs in on where the program fits in the world of technology and startup acceleration. Sam Teller: Launchpad is an accelerator in Santa Monica. It was really just something built for the community to help support entrepreneurs.

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Class Mentor Startup Santa Monica 261

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

A few weeks ago, Rahul Sonnad --a serial entrepreneur who is best known for founding and selling thePlatform to Comcast--alternately confused and dazzled attendees at Twiistup, the Los Angeles tech conference, with a fake-stilted-Indian-immigrant and ukulele-singing-and-dancing studded pitch for his firm, Geodelic (www.geodelic.com).

Clearstone 124

Clearstone Incubator HTML Twiistup 124

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

He didn’t tell it in the video but, ever the entrepreneur, Scott started a business to take couples up on a “mile high club&# flight on airplanes as a way of getting all of his miles logged to get his next class of airplane license that required a certain number of hours logged. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2021

Buck Jordan: Miso Robotics is bringing the power of automation to commercial kitchens, and addressing one of the biggest challenges of the food industry, which is increasing production with the expansion of the delivery market, while also safely decreasing human contact. On top of that, god forbid, if someone gets E.

Startup 113

Startup Venture Capital Capital Customer 113

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

24 7pm at Coloft in Santa Monica. A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded, advised, invested and sold numerous businesses, including application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media, Movoxx, PeopleMedia, Brizzly and Myspace. Dan Dato , Mentor at upStart.LA. Venue Sponsor.

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Tech Coast Angels Startup Angel Southern California 105

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Be Great Partners , a Los Angeles technology incubator, has recently released a report on the startup community in LA and the information shows a positive growth for startups here in LA. The wide range of startups is great and creates more opportunities for new talent and entrepreneurs to join the Los Angeles area. With Yahoo!,

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Report Orange County Startup West Los Angeles 104

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

In addition to the 330+ students, entrepreneurs and investors in attendance, the event also achieved over 45,000 views on the TechZulu live stream. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. Sangster is a serial entrepreneur and M&A executive with experience both founding and acquiring businesses. Spotlight: LA Tech Summer SuperDemo is all electric car company CODA.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

In addition to the 330+ students, entrepreneurs and investors in attendance, the event also achieved over 45,000 views on the TechZulu live stream. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content.

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Sangster is a serial entrepreneur and M&A executive with experience both founding and acquiring businesses.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2012

the business incubator and studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. I come from a background where I have a solid understanding of what makes for a good business model, and I've seen entrepreneurs who have had success and been able to execute. We spoke to Aaron about the company. Can you explain how DogVacay works?

Technical Review 164

Technical Review Startup Sites Malibu 164

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2012

the business incubator and studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. I come from a background where I have a solid understanding of what makes for a good business model, and I've seen entrepreneurs who have had success and been able to execute. We spoke to Aaron about the company. Can you explain how DogVacay works?

Technical Review 160

Technical Review Startup Sites Malibu 160

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Always looking to provide the very best for our community so that you may learn and grow as a startup or entrepreneur, Bill Gross is one of the best experts we could provide. A lifelong entrepreneur, Bill started several companies prior to Idealab. which made a natural language product for Lotus 1-2-3 called HAL.

Idealab 84

Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

And post production. One of the major trends I’ve outlined is this movement of entrepreneurs (and as a lagging indicator venture funds) to more urban environments. These days it’s Santa Monica and Venice. It’s becoming harder to distinguish tech companies from media companies. And make-up artists. And writers!

Technology 313

Technology Rustic Canyon Cloud Computing Beverly Hills 313

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

12:00 It seems like there’s a shift in the VC world to more ex-entrepreneurs. 23:00 Question from the audience: Do VCs have a preference for startups that choose to work with incubators? 23:00 Question from the audience: Do VCs have a preference for startups that choose to work with incubators? Is that a real trend?

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Rustic Canyon Venture Capital Southern California Userplane 279

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. and Facebook beef up their presence and more Silicon Valley investors and entrepreneurs establish footholds in.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44