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Meet Launchpad LA’s Graduating Startups

Tech Zulu Event

Sam Teller, the Managing Director of Launchpad LA hinted that big news would come soon. Atlas Powered has raised $700k from Tech Coast Angels, Maverick Angels, Pasadena Angels, Angel Capital Entrepreneur Fund, LaunchpadLA, and Clark Landry. Those eight have recently completed the program and are ready to do business.

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Interview with Ilya Pozin, Cofounder of Pluto TV

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I started a web design company, and ended up going to college in Florida, but kept on running the company on the side. When I got to LA after I graduated from college in 2005, I pursued it full time, and we quickly grew that company to over $5M in revenues a year, without any kind of funding.

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

SoCal Delicious

VentureBeat | News About Tech, Money and Innovation. Huge news: Millions of PHP developers can now build mobile apps for iOS and Android — in PHP. 10 New York City startups we’re crazy about. MYTH 2: Silicon Valley companies will always have the best shot at funding. Whats Hot Menu. Skip to primary content.

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Why I Made the Decision to Go from Home Office to Coworking Space

Tech.Co

The largest VC backed companies in this space have raised several hundreds of millions in funding to help expand their global footprint. The number of coworking spaces alone is expected to jump from 11,300 in 2016 to 13,800 by the end of this year.

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140conf Live From The LA Music Box Theater

Tech Zulu Event

Adam Bell (@datatv) - Web Design and Branding with an attitude! Barry Schuler (@BSchuler) - former CEO of AOL, Ex Producer of LOOK, Managing Director DFJ Growth Fund. Phil Hulett (@philhulett) - Co-Host of LA's Morning News on KFWB, Anaheim Ducks PA Announcer, Voiceover Artist. Adam Zbar (@Tap11) - CEO, Tap11.

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The Startup Guide To SXSW Panel Picking

Tech Zulu Event

Bootstrapping boostrapping, Funding, lean startup. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization Funding, psychology , vc. . Forget the MBA and textbooks - A new crop of leaders are relying on iPads and facebook for a new wa. The web is constantly changing—ne. News from the Transmedia Trenches. Funding / VC.

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

Welcome to the Lost Decade (for Entrepreneurs, IPO’s and VC’s) - Steve Blank , July 15, 2010 If you take funding from a venture capital firm or angel investor and want to build a large, enduring company (rather than sell it to the highest bidder), this isn’t the decade to do it. The good news: There are good answers to these questions!

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