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JULY 7, 2016

Thursday, July 7, 2016 -- Global Disruptors Pasadena: Inspiring Local Entrepreneurs to Think Globally. Join us for a night of FREE networking and stories from entrepreneurs with a global reach.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Pasadena has a long history as a center of the technology and innovation world�all the way back to first American experiments with rocket launches in 1936�Southern California's first foray into the rocket business (sorry, SpaceX)--through the Internet boom with Idealab, to today. They've filled up pretty quickly.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 -- TiE SoCal. Join TiE Southern California as we shift locations to serve the entrepreneurs of the San Fernando Valley, at the Warner Center Marriott. Prior to joining ViaLogy, Dr. Gulati headed the Ultracomputing Technologies (UCT) Group at NASAs Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, CA.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 -- Co-Founders Wanted Pasadena. Brought to you by CoFoundersLab, come meet other aspiring entrepreneurs and build the team to make your business happen. Looking for a co-founder? You're in luck! Start networking now by creating a free profile at cofounderslab.com!

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA), which supports local startups and emerging-growth companies, has named entrepreneur Kimberly Kovacs as the group's new President, according to the group. LAVA's day to day operations are managed by Executive Director Len Lanzai. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 29, 2013

Rubicon Project , the online advertising technology firm headed by serial entrepreneur Frank Addante, looks like it may just be the next Southern California company to file for an IPO, based on a number of executive appointments made Tuesday.

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Southern California Chief Technology Officer Legalzoom OpenX 180

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DECEMBER 22, 2017

In this solo episode we meet up with Nick Co-Founder and Co-CEO and talk about Thrive Market, affordable healthy living, learning how to mange 'insane' growth, giving back, providing engineers a good reason to migrate south to Los Angeles, and as an entrepreneur solving a problem you care about. www.collective-genius.com. www.socaltech.com.

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JUNE 21, 2019

What's the hardest part of being a startup entrepreneur? Minnie Ingersoll: I grew up here in Southern California, in Pasadena, and have been in the Bay Area for a number of years, and just became a new partner at TenOneTen Ventures. TenOneTen Ventures is an early stage, seed investor here in Southern California.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. This was the cumulation of several years as an entrepreneur based in Pasadena growing clean energy technology companies.

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Artificial Inteligence Capital Venture Capital Southern California 100

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NOVEMBER 1, 2013

We''re trying to identify the top 100 up-and-coming individuals in Southern California''s technology industry! We''re honored to have the following folks helping us to pare down the hundreds of names we''ve received so far for the Socaltech 100, and we''ll be providing profiles of our selection committee in the coming weeks.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Pasadena-based Punchcard , the newly launched startup developing mobile, loyalty programs for retailers, said this morning that it has raised $1M from Idealab. The firm has initially launched in Southern California, saying it is providing local visitors with rewards for visiting more than 147,000 local businesses in the region.

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Idealab Southern California Pasadena Mobile 179

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

In one of Southern California''s biggest holiday events of the year, over 700 people joined us last night at the Skirball Center in Los Angeles to celebrate the region''s rising stars, the socalTECH 50. party skirball event dfr2013 entrepreneurship feature entrepreneur awards socaltech50' READ MORE>>.

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SoCalTech Oracle Southern California Pasadena 205

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

Three local universities, plus a Pasadena-based startup, have received a $360,000 grant to promote student entrepreneurship in clean technology. Department of Energy to help foster student entrepreneurs via a business plan competition run by the group called First Look West. OnGreen said it is the commercial partner for the effort.

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JANUARY 11, 2018

Watch Tech Scenes episode two we explore Los Angeles from Pasadena, Hollywood, Santa Monica to Manhattan Beach and meet up with Harrison Tang of Spokeo, Sarah Zurell of Pavemint, Andrew Blackmon of the The Black Tux, Bambi Francisco of Vator, Nick Green of Thrive Market, and Brew Johnson of PeerStreet. www.collective-genius.com.

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AUGUST 10, 2012

Southern California has the one of the largest gathering of organized angel investment groups, and a huge crop of startup accelerators: there's only one problem, which is they don't naturally work together. As a Pasadena Angel, I wanted to be shocked, but I wasnt. The Angel funding process can be arduous.

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Angel Southern California Pasadena Angels Coach 174

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AUGUST 18, 2017

Last week, Pasadena-based Ocular Data Systems (www.oculardatasystems.com) announced a funding round from the Pasadena Angels, for its camera-based systems used by law enforcement to capture evidence in drunk or drugged driving cases. We want to become a Southern California success story. What does Ocular Data Systems do?

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. This contribution is from Jay Goss , General Partner at Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health , based in Pasadena.

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JANUARY 31, 2011

Greg Waldorf , the former CEO of Pasadena-based eHarmony , is joining venture capital firm Accel Partners as CEO-in-Residence, the firm said Monday evening. Waldorf left eHarmony on January 19th, as the firm has been rumored to be in process of an IPO.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

The firm, based in Pasadena, has dozens of. Frank Addante, who founded Rubicon, is a serial entrepreneur who co-founded L90, which was acquired. The perks which have made Google a perennial favorite of would-be employees in Silicon Valley, and the company's dominance of Internet search, also make it an employee favorite here in SoCal.

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Technical Review Company Companies Southern California 279

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APRIL 11, 2012

Steve Reich , a Southern California entrepreneur and investor, says it's all about one thing: respecting their culture. Angel groups (such as the Pasadena Angels) even publish their requirements online. What's the best way to connect with an angel investor, and how do you get them to pay attention to your company?

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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

OnGreen.com is seeking green tech start-ups to exhibit at Demo Day III on February 15, 2010, in Los Angeles, California OnGreen.com is a LA based start-up building a global cleantech community of entrepreneurs, investors, academic institutions, government industries, and business and technical experts. See [link] (more)

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Rustic Canyon Pasadena Angels SoCal Southern California 100

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Southern California already has mature, well established angel groups like the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels; is there room for one more? Will a little competition be good for entrepreneurs? Is Maverick Keiretsu reincarnated? Just how are they unique? I do ask that question.

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OCTOBER 17, 2018

Investors agree that the single most important factor for a company's success is the entrepreneur. Join Pasadena Angels Chairman, Chris Wadden, at this special evening where he will talk about various methodologies that investors use to evaluate entrepreneurs.

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Metrics Case Study Pasadena Angels Pasadena 100

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MARCH 1, 2012

Last week, Pasadena-based Punchcard (www.punchcard.com) launched its mobile apps, which help local retailers provide rewards to loyal customers. So how did you end up back in Southern California? We moved back down to Southern California, and never looked back.

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Southern California Idealab Startup Customer 245

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MAY 10, 2018

We spoke with Behzad last week about the fund, his experience at Cross Campus, and how the two intersect with the local tech community here in Southern California. We have a number of locations, including one in Santa Monica, one in Pasadena, one in Downtown, and one in El Segundo and the South Bay Area. What is TAU Ventures?

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MARCH 12, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Monday, March 12, 2007 MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point The NY Times did a piece today on MyShape, a start-up in Pasadena - Log in Your Measurements, and the Clothes May Fit. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. in Computer Science.

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MyShape CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire 150

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JANUARY 23, 2017

Anna Barber: Before this, I hadn't been involved with Techstars as a mentor, however, I'd been an entrepreneur and mentored at other accelerators. However, I always wanted to get into a broader role in the startup ecosystem, where I could help other entrepreneurs work on their ideas. That's both a challenge and an opportunity.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

More recently, my position was Chief Revenue Officer for Guidance Software, a company which provided forensic and cybersecurity software in Pasadena. We're backed by Upfront Ventures, which is a well known venture capital firm here in SoCal. What are you biggest challenges and goals now as a company?

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JUNE 12, 2012

Bob Aholt is a successful tech entrepreneur, prolific Angel investor, and "investment screener" for the Pasadena Angels. If you read Tech Crunch it seems like every startup is raising capital.that's far from the truth. Less than 1 0.000000e+00ven get close.

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Startup Pasadena Angels Pasadena Writing 147

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JUNE 20, 2014

We spoke with Kevin Winston, the organizer of Silicon Beach Fest (www.siliconbeachfest.com), which is currently going on in Santa Monica and runs through Saturday, about the energy here in Southern California, as well as a little bit about what''s going on with the event this year. There are a lot of women entrepreneurs and VC.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Atlas Powered has raised $700k from Tech Coast Angels, Maverick Angels, Pasadena Angels, Angel Capital Entrepreneur Fund, LaunchpadLA, and Clark Landry. Last year Forbes ranked Launchpad LA the top Southern California incubator, and Seed-DB has shown Launchpad LA companies have historically done well.

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GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

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JUNE 20, 2016

Women Entrepreneurs. Innovate Pasadena. TECHSPARKS PASADENA Held Their Monthly Get Together. And if you ever needed a reason to live in LA… Brilliant summer rays paint the perfect SoCal sunset #FollowTheSun : @Venice_Sunsets pic.twitter.com/U0NMhtu8EI. — SMCLA Summer Kick-Off. Wednesday, June 22. AWS: Splunk!

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JANUARY 14, 2011

Panels include: Social Media; The Pasadena Angels An Investor Panels Evaluation of Five Technology Companies; The Impact of Portable Tablets and Apps on Business; Learn Technology Trade Secrets from Top Entrepreneurs: and much more. Thursday, January 20, 2011 -- Los Angeles County Technology Week. See [link] (more)

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Our first offering this fall couldn't be more fitting for this backdrop: serial entrepreneur Bill Gross of the Pasadena-based Idealab in conversation with Art Center president Dr. Lorne Buchman on social innovation--and the critical issues of housing. See [link] (more)

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JANUARY 11, 2013

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

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Mentor USC Incubator Pasadena 124

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Recently, Pasadena-based Pasadena-based Soliant Energy , one of the solar energy firms in Southern California, opened up a new pilot production line. Marco DeMiroz: We've announced a relationship with SunEdison and Morrows-Meadows, the largest renewable energy installers in the Southern California area.

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APRIL 10, 2011

Our program will explore how entrepreneurs can interact with utilities, government and the private sector to promote innovative ideas to cut traffic congestion, emissions and transportation. Saturday, April 16, 2011 -- Greening Your Ride: Entrepreneurial Opportunities in the Transportation Sector. Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum.

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