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Why Technology is Driving More Urban Renewal

Both Sides of the Table

Back in 2006/07 when I sold my company and then worked at Salesforce.com there were very few options in SF for technology folk to build their careers at big, growing companies. Technology innovation doesn’t occur in a vacuum. And sci-fi writers are but one example of the way society impacts technology. Today there’s many.

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ServiceTitan is LA’s least likely contender to be the next billion-dollar startup

TechCrunch LA

Located at the southeastern tip of the San Fernando Valley, the Los Angeles suburb counts its biggest employers as the adhesive manufacturer Avery Dennison; the Los Angeles industrial team for the real estate developer CBRE; the International House of Pancakes; Disney Consumer Products; DreamWorks Studios; Walt Disney Animation and Univision.

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Transportation Weekly: Uber’s spending habits, Tesla Model Y, scooters and AVs in Austin

TechCrunch LA

Mark Harris is back with new details on Uber’s autonomous vehicle technology program. The upshot: Uber was spending $20 million a month to develop self-driving technologies. Uber is in talks with Softbank Vision Fund and Toyota to raise $1 billion for its self-driving unit Uber ATG. Deal of the week. Megan Rose Dickey.

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Intellectual Property and Its Impact on Entrepreneurship

SoCal Tech Calendar

IEEE San Fernando Valley Section and Entrepreneurs Consortium of Southern California. Steve Chen will present an overview of the patent process with a focus on IP issues related to the different types of ARRA funded vehicles, and some leads on patenting green technology. See https://www.123signup.com/event?id=jmphg.

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How GridTest Is Helping To Build The Next Electric Car, With Neal Roche

socalTECH

The clean technology sector is infamous for taking a big toll on startups--requiring large investments, risky technology propositions, steep international competition, and fickle government policies. We manufacturer our equipment here in the San Fernando Valley, but we're also shipping our equipment to Asia and Europe.

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Does a VCs Culture Really Matter? The Upfront Story

Both Sides of the Table

When you’re on Fund I or Fund II it is often a founding team that all started together, knew each other before and went through the trenches together to get a fund raised. Also, many of our deals were in NYC, Chicago, San Francisco or London. So Silicon Valley massively shifted to San Francisco.