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OCTOBER 19, 2017

Steve Poizner: The Alliance is a new nonprofit, whose mission it is to bring together a lot of the amazing, unique assets of Southern California. We are devoted to the mission of supercharging Southern California's technology ecosystem, and help it emerge as a world class technology hub by 2025.

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MARCH 5, 2019

Predicting what 2019 will hold for the SoCal innovation economy is risky. A decade ago, Silicon Valley Bank launched Startup Outlook , capturing what US tech and healthcare entrepreneurs think about business conditions, hiring, fundraising, exits and the public policy issues that affect them most. Read What's Ahead for SoCal Startups?

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APRIL 3, 2017

A new report, issued by Silicon Valley Bank over the last week, has found that Southern California startups are far more focused on being acquired than on IPOs, and also on making profits, compared with most startups. and China.

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AUGUST 6, 2012

At least six, Southern California companies -- Nimble , ParkMe , Quarterly , Beachmint , Chromatik , and Dollar Shave Club -- have been named as one of Entrepreneur Magazine's 100 Brilliant Companies list today, a healthy share of the publication's annual look at the best ideas, hottest industries, and innovators.

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MARCH 26, 2018

A new study, released by the Alliance for Southern California Innovation , has surprisingly come out highly critical of the region's fragmentation and "lack of a compelling geographic center", saying those factors are keeping the region from emerging as a "tech hub as robust as Silicon Valley".

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OCTOBER 19, 2020

Good Growth Capital , a venture capital investment firm focused on complex science and technology start-ups, says it has set up shop in Southern California, and hired a new, West Coast Venture Partner in Los Angeles. In addition to Holly, Good Growth Capital also said it added a new Advisor, Robert Poor, Ph.D. , READ MORE>>.

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MAY 22, 2012

I realized that it has been a little while since I posted about the Los Angeles Startup Community and so needed to update my list of startup events that will be out of date almost before I finish publishing it.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Private equity investment firm Blackstone said Friday that it is expanding its university entrepreneurship program, Blackstone LaunchPad , to Southern California. blackstone launchpad student entrepreneurship program ucla southern california entrepreneur startup business' READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Steve Poizner , the serial technology entrepreneur who recently founded the Alliance for Southern California Innovation , has thrown his hat back into the political ring, and will again seek a seat heading up the California Insurance Commission.

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JUNE 28, 2019

For our Insights and Opinions section today, where we share contributed articles from the Southern California technology community, we have Eric Eide , of the Alliance for SoCal Innovation , a nonprofit that recently has been working on trying to help support the local entrepreneurial community across the region.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

After launching a study to identify how tech hubs work, the leader of a nonprofit consortium created to boost Southern California’s startup ecosystem says he is focusing on three initiatives to supercharge the seven-county SoCal region as a hotbed for innovation. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. We made 7 investments in SoCal founders in our first year (out of 8 total), and even the 1 exception has deep SoCal ties and we hope to relocate her here in 2021.

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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. Dr. Sandeep Gulati will be the featured keynote speaker, who is the Co-Founder and CTO of ViaLogy, founded in 1999 as a spin-off of NASA.

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JULY 7, 2010

One complaint we sometimes hear from venture capitalists visiting Southern California for the first time, is the difficulty of finding experienced entrepreneurs and executives. Mahalo / Jason Calacanis - Calacanis, often known better in Silicon Valley than Southern California, had his last success in Weblogs, Inc.,

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MARCH 16, 2017

Are you an entrepreneur, looking for capital here in Southern California? It's turning out to be a great time for entrepreneurs looking for funding in the region, with not only high profile exits of such companies as Snap Inc., Watertower Ventures. www.watertowerventures.com) Fund size: $5M.

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JANUARY 29, 2013

C-Suite Quarterly has identified the top leaders in Southern California's technology industry, and is honoring them Wednesday evening at an event at the Viceroy in Santa Monica.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 -- TiE SoCal. Join TiE SoCal for the second monthly event of the year, featuring Harvard Law School Research Scholar Vivek Wadhwa and Managing Director of Revolution Partners, Michael Barker. Mr. Wadhwa is a technology entrepreneur and a columnist for BusinessWeek.com.

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APRIL 1, 2009

I am excited to be participating in and announcing the of: Southern California Tech Central This is a community of people in Southern California who have come together to help find and organize the best content from blogs, news sources and other web sites all around technology in So Cal.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Looking to figure out what makes Southern California's thriving technology industry tick? We've partnered with Tech Scenes, produced by Jeff Martin, to help showcase what makes the region such an attractive community for startup entrepreneurs and venture investments.

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MARCH 23, 2016

A new survey, released this week by Silicon Valley Bank, finds that even as the availability of venture capital in Southern California is tightening, and lofty unicorn valuations are declining, startup entrepreneurs are still optimistic about the future of technology in the region. and China for their opinions.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Three, Southern California companies have topped the annual Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards in three different categories.

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MARCH 19, 2010

Four Southern California firms are headed to Palm Springs for the DEMO launch conference next week, according to a list of the presenters released Friday. Tags: demo conference investedin phonehalo xpenser tastr startup entrepreneur. DEMO has traditionally been a major launch event for startups and new technology products.

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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. Over the last four years, I watched numerous entrepreneurs raise equity. Given SVBs market position, that is great news.

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JULY 24, 2019

Len Lanzi is Executive Director of the Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA) (www.lava.org), which helps startup entrepreneurs get their companies funded. Len gave some advice to startups on how best to get the attention of venture capital and other investors, at the recent First Look SoCal Showcase. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

In what is a fairly unusual move, last week, Tradesparq (www.tradesparq.com), a Chinese startup in the area of B2B trade information, said it was planning on setting up its operations here in Southern California, as part of an expansion and scaling of the company. Once you know the space, China really helps entrepreneurs.

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JULY 17, 2017

Techstars Los Angeles has just named the ten companies that will be joining the startup accelerator for its 2017 class, saying its theme this year was "going long on LA and southern California".

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DECEMBER 8, 2010

Tuesday, December 14, 2010 -- Southern California Venture Network (SCVN) Professional General Mixer. The Southern California Venture Networks (www.SCVN.org) invites you to meet, mix and mingle with other like-mined entrepreneurs at the next professional mixer in the Irvine Spectrum. See [link] (more)

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JUNE 24, 2010

Wednesday, June 30, 2010 -- Southern California Venture Network. SCVN helps entrepreneurs, service providers and private equity sources to accelerate their entrepreneurial velocity. Join us for this networking mixer and company presentation event. See [link] (more).

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JANUARY 15, 2017

Saturday, January 21, 2017 -- Aerospace and Defense: Finding and Funding Opportunities for Entrepreneurs in Southern California. Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum. From small sat’s and drones to headline-making rocketry by the “big guys,” our Southern California Aerospace landscape has been revitalized.

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OCTOBER 7, 2018

Saturday, October 13, 2018 -- Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum - Longevity. Join us for this exciting forum where we will review how entrepreneurs may approach the most promising advances in healthspan biotech, how entrepreneurs may approach these opportunities, the path to financing, and the resources in Southern California.

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AUGUST 25, 2010

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 -- Southern California Venture Network (SCVN) Professional General Mixer. The Southern California Venture Networks (www.SCVN.org) invites you to meet, mix and mingle with other like-mined entrepreneurs at the next professional mixer in the Irvine Spectrum. See [link] (more).

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JANUARY 19, 2011

Tuesday, January 25, 2011 -- Southern California Venture Network (SCVN) Professional General Mixer. The Southern California Venture Networks invites you to meet, mix and mingle with other like-mined entrepreneurs at the next professional mixer. See [link] (more)

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Pham, a SoCal native best known for his roles at Photobucket, Billshrink, and Color, will focus on marketing and business development for Science. Pham was most recently Entrepreneur-in-Residence for Trinity Ventures. Pham was a critical piece of the acquisition of Photobucket for $300M by Fox interactive Media. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 21, 2010

Tuesday, July 27, 2010 -- Southern California Venture Network (SCVN) Professional General Mixer. The Southern California Venture Networks (www.SCVN.org) invites you to meet, mix and mingle with other like-mined entrepreneurs at the next professional mixer in the Irvine Spectrum. See [link] (more).

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DECEMBER 26, 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. Were pleased to be a part of one of SoCals greatest VC-backed successes. Here's Jim Andelman of Bonfire Ventures.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

That''s true of many Southern California ad-tech companies. What do you think will take Southern California''s technology community to the next level? The problem is diseconomy of scale. There''s many $100M plus revenue companies, and no one wants to buy them or has the wherewithal to buy them. Now we have it.

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OCTOBER 17, 2007

On Ben Kuo's blog, he posted about Entrepreneurs in Southern California and pointed to a post by Will Johnson, a Southern California entrepreneur and blogger. b) history of success; and c) abundance of start-up companies (so if one fails there is another to jump on).

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