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Former Tinder VP Launches Startup Accelerator, Product Club

socalTECH

The new accelerator said it will invest $100K in three companies, taking 5 percent equity, and run its accelerator entirely remote. Morris is currently a venture investor at Chapter One Venture Capital. The new accelerator said that applications are due on Sunday, July 19th, for its Summer 2020 class. READ MORE>>.

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What Startup Advisors Do I Need?

SoCal CTO

A little while ago, I suggested that Every Web/Mobile Startup Should Have a Technical Advisor. But, advisors, coaches, and mentors can often fill the bill. For me, if I can help you within a couple hours Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions , I’m happy to do that and I don’t expect compensation or equity for that.

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New Survey Highlights “Lethargic Pace” of Healthcare Gender Equity

Xconomy

People are building mentoring networks. The San Francisco firm, which also issues reports and advocates for the growing sector at the intersection of health, data science, and mobile communication, says it surveyed more than 300 women for its annual gender diversity report. And there have been public pledges to do better.

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How More Women Are Becoming Angel Investors, with Eva Yazhari

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To learn more about how women are looking to change the investment climate--and get involved in investing themselves--we caught up with one of the Pipeline Fellowship''s local mentors, the CEO of Beyond Capital Fund (www.beyondcapitalfund.org), Eva Helene Yazhari , who is here in Los Angeles. It''s really a fantastic way to get mobilized.

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Interview with Sam Teller, LaunchpadLA

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There is a large menu of startup accelerators in the Los Angeles, but one of more established efforts in the area is LaunchpadLA ([link] The effort actually started as an informal mentoring program, but has grown and expanded to follow the accelerator model. We were founded in 2009 by Mark Suster from GRP Partners.

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Interview with Kevin Hell, EvoNexus

socalTECH

When companies come into our incubator, we take no equity, we take no stake in the company, it's completely free for the participant. They've provided a completely free facility, furniture, Internet access, mentoring, sponsorship--all of those things are provided for free. That's through the generosity of the Irvine Company.

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TechZulu Presents 2012 Startup Forecast | Featuring Science, Tech Coast Angels, Amplify, StartEngine, upStart.LA

Tech Zulu Event

Topics of discussion will be Saas, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2012, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building sensible businesses. He sits on several boards and is involved in the virtual worlds, gaming, mobile, media, and healthcare markets.