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Reflections on 2020: Andy Wilson, Alliance for SoCal Innovation

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The massive geographic footprint of the region has always been a limiting factor in our work as a Super Connector, but we soon realized that virtual platforms actually allow us to more effectively bring people together than solely relying on live in-person convenings.

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Smarter Digital Marketing With Smartify's Carla Bourque

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Pasadena-based Smartify (www.getsmartify.com)''s CEO, Carla Bourque , recently talked to us about the company''s online marketing platform, and how it differentiates itself from a lot of other competitors in the market. Carla Bourque: Smartify has been based in Pasadena for the past three and a half years. What is Smartify?

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Interview with Jay Ackerman, Reveleer

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Our platform helps health plans represent how they are performing in those two areas, which is a critical dimension of the value care movement. Our platform is changing how they think about solving that, disrupting a market which has been served by throwing lots of people at it. There's a long game as they migrate over time.

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Interview with Dan Tamkin, Unified Dispatch

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Most of the board was from the Tech Coast Angels and Pasadena Angels, and while they are good people--and frankly, from their point of view--it made sense not to nurse it along in their portfolio when a company isn't going to make it. The company was facing a straight shutdown, where it would just be sold for its assets.

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How Yapert Puts All Your Interests In One Mobile App, With Phil Kelly

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Yapert raised a funding round a few weeks ago from the Tech Coast Angels, Desert Angeles, and Pasadena Angels for its mobile apps, which consolidates news and information about your favorite interests. I''ve both been an entrepreneur, as well as the head of the division of a public company. Phil Kelly: That''s an interesting one.

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Interview with Andy Steuer, Punchcard

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Last week, Pasadena-based Punchcard (www.punchcard.com) launched its mobile apps, which help local retailers provide rewards to loyal customers. While I was there, I was product manager leading efforts to include third party content into the platform. The firm is backed by Idealab, and is headed by Internet veteran Andy Steuer.

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Interview with Buck Jordan, Miso Robotics

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It runs our proprietary technology, and it's a platform that people can plug into. We're also at Caliburger in Pasadena, at Dodger Stadium, and Chase Field. That's what's exciting about Wavemaker Labs, we're building multiple companies on the same platform and raising capital into them to enter different industries.

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