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MARCH 8, 2013

he's been spinning out of his incubator. What's the idea behind the incubator? So, I set out a little bit in an ad-hoc way starting companies as ideas came to me. Now, we're turning into a formal incubator. However, we're very different than most incubators, in that we only do big data.

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MARCH 29, 2013

Over the past several years there have been a plethora of incubators and accelerators springing up all over southern California and particularly on the west side of Los Angeles. SoCal Tech. Here is a list of useful resources to help you in your search: News & Resources. Angel List. Networking, Events & Community.

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AUGUST 2, 2016

Los Angeles-based Gipper Media --a new app inspired by a high school entrepreneurship project--has launched, with the backing of Pandora co-founder and SoCal technology vet Jon Kraft and former Stamps.com Chief Softwarwe Architect Girish Venkat.

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APRIL 13, 2021

For today's interview, we spoke to Dave Eastman, the Director of the Viterbi Startup Garage, a startup incubator that is run by the University of Southern California, out of its location in Marina Del Rey. How are you different from other startup incubators, etc? It's not entirely exclusive, however.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

Second, this was a great year for the broader Southern California tech ecosystem. Ive been building technology companies in Southern California for 22 years and at the end of the day, the quality of the management team has the highest correlation to the eventual outcome of the business.

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JUNE 6, 2011

Those programs--epitomized by YCombinator in the Bay Area, and TechStars in Boulder, Colorado--attract newly minted entrepreneurs with a mixture of cash and mentoring, and a program which rapidly takes ideas and turns them into viable, executing businesses. I moved to Southern California in 1992, when Microsoft transferred me to here.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

How is this different than accelerator or incubator? David Carter: There is a lot of misunderstanding on what an incubator is, and what an accelerator is. When I was at Amplify, we had a lot of people wondering what an accelerator was, and how we differentiated from an incubator. Personally, I think that''s better for me.

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MAY 10, 2018

We spoke with Behzad last week about the fund, his experience at Cross Campus, and how the two intersect with the local tech community here in Southern California. He was interested in finding a way to connect their business school with Southern California's ecosystem, with startups, and seed investing, and was looking for ideas.

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DECEMBER 26, 2017

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's "movers and shakers" in the technology industry. So far, we have launched a handful of blockchain companies and are looking forward to more partnerships in 2018.

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JULY 23, 2012

But, how are those accelerators doing so far in terms of attracting capital and attention to Southern California startups? For our first measure, we tabulated the venture capital raised by accelerator firms --that is, companies that are tied to local accelerator/incubators. Of that, $97.47

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

Exciting times in the Southern California tech community. K5Launch announced a new accelerator program that provides promising technology startups with a three-month intensive accelerator program for entrepreneurs in Southern California. SoCal is home to some of the greatest startup success stories.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Over the last few years, there''s been an explosion in startup accelerators in Southern California, and in particular along "Silicon Beach" on the Los Angeles westside. An idea, prototype, customers, where? I think to be best positioned, a company should be more than an idea on the napkin. There''s many forms of data.

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DECEMBER 18, 2019

This idea actually was initially incubated at Daimler AG, the parent company of Mercedes Benz, and the idea came up in an incubation lab as something that would really disrupt the industry. Because of Daimler, theres a number of people involved from the automotive industry, its not just a bunch of tech guys with ideas.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Interesting Model for University President Saw a post by Paul Kedrosky pointing us to Graeme Thickins on How Stanford Does It. Its interesting to think about how universities might want to have their staff better aligned with moving ideas from the lab to start-ups.

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

Exciting times in the Southern California tech community. K5Launch announced a new accelerator program that provides promising technology startups with a three-month intensive accelerator program for entrepreneurs in Southern California. SoCal is home to some of the greatest startup success stories.

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

Amir Banifatemi: K5Launch supports our larger vision, the K5 initiative, which was promoted last year to provide a more stable and vibrant community of entrepreneurship in Southern California, but mostly Orange County. We are in Orange County, but we're also focused more largely on Southern California.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Those three organizations have very strong networks inventure capital, entertainment, and academia, and put together the incubator. Ali Khoshgozaran: It''s funny, as people have the idea that Twitter and Instagram are the fastest ways of getting good real time information. What drove your interest in this area? READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 16, 2014

We recently sat down with Luc Berlin, co-founder of Miigle, a SoCal startup that has an aggressive global mission to bring entrepreneurs together from around the world. We thought we had a great idea and we wanted to see how people responded to it. We know that Miigle is a platform for entrepreneurs to share ideas.

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OCTOBER 31, 2012

There's been a sudden surge in accelerator in Southern California, looking to help get startups off the ground and funded. To learn more about how the company went from just an idea at an accelerator to a healthy exit, we spoke with founder Eli Portnoy. But, do they really help? Congrats on the acquisition! It was really great.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

All in a room at the University of Southern California Silicon Beach Event on September 18th, 2013. In the end, 3 startups were awarded prize money for their spectacular business ideas. Over $50,000 in prize money. Big crowd of entrepreneurs, professors, students, and established professionals. Filled with innovation.

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

Accelerator programs--like YCombinator in Silicon Valley, and TechStars in Colorado--have come to the forefront of the minds of entrepreneurs as a way to boost their ideas quickly into the market, find funding, and into existence. Like other people that live here, I personally love Southern California, and wanted to live here.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles? If anyone has ideas on how to reach into to find candidates or other ways to find good people, I would love to hear it. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. in Computer Science.

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DECEMBER 23, 2016

This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. These exits have really validated our team's vision and that the talent and ideas that we invest and believe in. This reflection comes from Michael Jones of Science, Inc. Jones is also the former CEO of MySpace.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Challenge of Predicting Winners I just read a bit on the payout to YouTube from the Google Acquisition ( Internet News , CNN ). But even if you came to me with that idea, Im not sure I would have bought it. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The Los Angeles area has seen a surge in the last month in companies and organizations looking to bolster entrepreneurial activity and startups in Southern California. Science is looking to incubate its own set of companies, make investments, and otherwise work to create the next successful startups.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2012

.” More and more startup competitions are popping up in the relatively young and thriving startup tech scene of Southern California. Most entrepreneurs in a startup struggle to get that initial capital needed to execute development of their great idea.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 11, 2010

I once mentioned this idea to a fellow SoCal VC when I told him I wanted a CIC in LA and he said, “Co-location is dead. These kinds of office space arrangement are often called “technology incubators&# or “startup labs&# or something similar. Anyone have positive or negative experience in such an incubator?

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JUNE 20, 2014

We spoke with Kevin Winston, the organizer of Silicon Beach Fest (www.siliconbeachfest.com), which is currently going on in Santa Monica and runs through Saturday, about the energy here in Southern California, as well as a little bit about what''s going on with the event this year. People have a great idea, and they just do it.

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APRIL 4, 2013

What''s the idea behind FieldLevel? They were very small shcools--he went to Cate, which is inland from Ventura in the Santa Barbara area, and I went to The Thacher School, and we both ended up at the University of Southern California. Form there, we got interest from incubators, angel investors, and venture capital.

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DECEMBER 10, 2009

One of the industries which has seen a lot of activity lately in Southern California is clean technology, with a large amount of investment activity and new company formation. Nikhil Jain: We already have a list of deals, from Southern California, the rest of the U.S., Let's start with an overview of Clean Green Guy.

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APRIL 8, 2014

Rami Rostami: One of the things about the new crowdfunding phenomenon, is that everyone is raising money, validating their ideas, and maybe raising $500,00, or $50,000, or $5 million. We''re now trying to tie into the local universities, incubators, and other centers of entrepreneurship. But, what do they do from there?

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

The best person I know to talk about the growing entrepreneurship culture on campuses is Alex Zhang, a student at USC and the Managing Director of the student-run incubator LavaLab. Zhang shares his thoughts about Los Angeles, incubator programs, and more. Shared passion around an idea. What is LavaLab/what is the vision?

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 2, 2013

You are the person who wants to commit but you have no idea if the other party is going to be willing to commit to you. I've got a lot of great ideas and things to do. Accelerator / Incubator Mentors Most accelerators and incubators have a long list of potential mentors. I really appreciate your time.

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JANUARY 23, 2017

However, I always wanted to get into a broader role in the startup ecosystem, where I could help other entrepreneurs work on their ideas. LA also has so many other strong industries beyond technology, that it also helps to inform, contribute, and enrich what is happening here in the technology sector. That's exciting.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Mike will be using a desk at Make It Work to incubate his new company. We will collaborate on ideas and projects and we created the Superfriends together, a group of local entrepreneurs that will gather to share ideas and help each other grow personally and professionally. YouTube and many others.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

However, on the other hand, some ideas are more sensitive than others especially in the development phase, and an entrepreneur should be careful to disclose the idea only to those in whom he/she has a reasonable level of trust and who are genuinely in a position to help the company. Sounds like a great group.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Mike will be using a desk at Make It Work to incubate his new company. We will collaborate on ideas and projects. We created Superfriends, a group of local entrepreneurs that will gather to share ideas and help each other grow personally and professionally. I was provided with introductions to execs at Myspace, Facebook, Yahoo!,

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