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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%). Both are massively funding other LA tech companies through what Fred Wilson once defined as “recycled capital.” In the last month alone (ie not captures in the $1.5

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Interview with Anne Walls and John Singleton, WordHustler

socalTECH

I went to UCLA, and majored in English, and then worked in Hollywood for ten years, for companies such as CAA, Paramount, and Judd Apatow. I started my career as a technologist, as a software engineer. How's the company funded? Did you bootstrap this or get some funding? My background, is I'm from Los Angeles.

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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount

Tech Zulu Event

The final showoff's have been selected, so that brings the count to a total of 10 showoff's plus a wild card from the demo night at UCLA (full list of showoff's below). Quilici received a PhD in computer science from UCLA, and from 1991-1999 was a faculty member at the University of Hawaii. . Bambi Francisco. Dave McClure. .

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TenHands HD Video Collaboration I Founders Interview

Tech Zulu Event

The “ TenHands ” name emerged from the concept and philosophy of John Wooden, the UCLA basketball coach, who emphasized the value of teamwork and insisted that all ten hands (five players) touch the ball before shooting. Co-founder and lead software developer Anil Kumar was a led software engineer for WebEx. Any funding?