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

TechCrunch LA

Watt says Share Ventures will operate as a holding company with pooled equity shared across the employees at the company. ” In some ways, the model isn’t that different from Bill Gross’ idealab, the Pasadena, Calif.-based

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Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Judges Include Mike Jones, CallFire, Idealab, Tech Coast Angels, Coloft

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Mike has over 18 years of business development, marketing and management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations. Alex Maleki , Member of New Venture Group at Idealab. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers.

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I Want My CIC! … The Benefits for Startups to Be Co-Located

Both Sides of the Table

These kinds of office space arrangement are often called “technology incubators&# or “startup labs&# or something similar. These are not to be confused with incubators like YCombinator or IdeaLab which look to invest in your company and take equity positions.

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Clearstone's Sumant Mandal On Exits, Opportunities

socalTECH

If you about it, their customers have begun opening up their purses, which have been kind of tied up in the last 18-24 months, they haven't been investing in new technology or products, and equities are getting more expensive. Sumant Mandal: First of all, you know our heritage is as an incubator. READ MORE>>.

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The Startup UCLA Accelerator Is About Entrepreneurship Not Investment Returns

SoCal Delicious

Participating companies get between $4,000 and $8,000 in addition to mentorship and office space while participating in the 12 week program, and have to give up zero equity in exchange. There are five prominent ones in town, Launchpad, Amplify, MuckerLab, StartEngine, and IdeaLab. the startup scene really is booming in la!

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