socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2013

Can tapping the power of the crowd not only help you find customers and help fund your project, but also help you shape your startup idea and find funding? A new, Los Angeles area startup, JumpStartFund (www.jumpstartfund.com) recently launched, offering up a combination of crowdfunding and crowd-advice for entrepreneurial ideas.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

A new competition--part of the Startup America effort launched by the Obama Administration, and spearheaded locally by Caltech, USC, and UCLA--said today that it is looking to award $200,000 in prize money to university students with clean energy business ideas.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Northridge-based Gamma Medica-Ideas , a developer of digital molecular imaging systems, said Tuesday that it has raised $24M in financing. Gamma Medica-Ideas develops digital imaging products, used for medical research and the drug discovery market, as well as for diagnosis of cancer in women.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2010

The new prize, which is being funded by the Massiah Foundation, will award $50,000 each year to the best, entrepreneurial plan and idea to come out of the USC Viterbi engineering school. Maseeh told socalTECH that the prize was modeled after a similar, schoolwide competition at MIT, where he received his Ph.D. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

Silicon Valley Bank and Mastercard said the startups will go through a four-month virtual program that provides resources to help refine and enhance their business ideas. Editor's note: Silicon Valley Bank is a sponsor of socaltech, which does not influence our coverage. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 25, 2009

West Hollywood-based Citysearch , the local reviews and directory service of IAC, has taken an unusual approach to finding its next business idea: it's running a contest which asks its users to submit a "brilliant" idea for web and mobile applications. Tags: citysearch business contest idea venture capital equity. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 5, 2013

Some of the highlights from this week from socalTECH''s video section , where we''re currently featuring community videos from and about local startups: Silicon Beach at SXSW. What''s the idea behind Santa Monica''s Splash.io? What''s going with Southern California''s technology world? What is Splash.io. Image courtesy BigStock.

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AUGUST 21, 2014

Today''s Insights and Opinions article comes from longtime socalTECH reader Frank Addante --who recently took Rubicon Project public. I have always forced myself to ask three very basic, but very important questions before moving forward with any idea. Who else is in the market? Do they have a solution? Why do I need yours?

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NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Some of the highlights from this week from socalTECH's video section , where we're currently featuring community videos from and about local startups: Peter Pham of Science Inc. Santa Barbara's Phone Halo pitches the idea of its GPS/Bluetooth wallet tracking device in this (kinda campy) video. with Mario Andretti.

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JUNE 8, 2016

Dua--who is both a physician and working mother--told socaltech that "On the day after a woman won a major party's nomination for President of the United States, it is especially meaningful to me to announce that Jamie McCourt is joining our Board of Directors."

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APRIL 18, 2012

Do you have a real business in front of you, or just an idea? Read the rest of Matt's article, How to Decide if You Have a Business Or Just an Idea. That's the topic of today's Insights and Opinions article, from Matt Crowley , a Los Angeles author and business attorney, who shares an extract from his new book, Getting Into The Game.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Some of the highlights from this week from socalTECH's video section , where we're currently featuring community videos from and about local startups:  Perfect Market's Gangnam Style Halloween.

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JUNE 22, 2011

Founders I interview keep telling me to focus on the One Thing, the key feature that's so important to users that they'd put up with the bugs which are a natural part of a startup's early days, but I often wonder, "how can we find that One Thing?" David Cohen gave me the answer.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Playa Vista-based X PRIZE Foundation, the nonprofit group which was behind the first commercial spaceship to reach orbit, the Ansari X Prize, is ramping up another one of its competitions--this time, looking towards crowd-sourced "green ideas" for its X PRIZE in Energy and the Environment.

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JANUARY 4, 2010

Last year, in the midst of a market collapse and recession, we kicked off an effort to survey the opinions of people in the high tech industry here in Southern California to get a better idea of people's opinions and attitudes on the economy.

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AUGUST 22, 2013

A new, Los Angeles area startup launched this morning, hoping to use the power of the crowd to help take ideas to launch. The startup--headed by Dirk Ahlborn--has created a system which lets the crowd provide feedback, ideas, and even crowdfunding to take ideas and research to market. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2009

Rotohog's CEO, Kelly Perdew, told socalTECH that the idea behind the round is that it will take the firm to profitability. Los Angeles-based Rotohog , which develops fantasy sports games for sports leagues and others, has raised $2M in an inside round led by Mission Ventures and DFJ DragonFund.

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AUGUST 30, 2013

There was a lot of hype earlier this month over the introduction of the idea for Hyperloop--a system for getting people to and from the Bay Area in only minutes , using 800 mile per hour aluminum pods. However, Hyperloop is just that--only an idea--and Musk isn''t planning to take it to market, just yet. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 22, 2021

Elon Musk and his tunnel drilling company, The Boring Company, appears to be pitching the idea of using its tunnels for freight, according to pitch materials leaked from the company. It's unclear how far along the idea has gotten, however, those tunnels are nearly twice as large as the company's existing tunnels.

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JANUARY 29, 2021

The company said the new effort, which it is calling IDEA, challenges its partners and other companies to work with nonprofit partners to provide electrification worldwide. The company said its nonprofit partners include Footprint Project, Empowered by Light, It's Time Foundation, and Grid Alternatives.

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socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2009

According to the firm, it will help companies that want to create and sell ideas across broadcast TV, broadband, print or digital media. The firm's founder is Patricia Handschiegel, who was the founder of Stylediary. Handschiegel sold Stylediary in 2007 to StyleHive.

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JULY 23, 2012

socalTECH has analyzed its database of venture capital deals , exits, and other local deal activity, and started to come up with some tracking of the activity due to local accelerators, with some interesting results. However, what do the numbers say, even though it's but the first inning in the game?

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MARCH 6, 2018

Do you have a startup idea, and a team, but no seed funding, and are even too early for an early stage startup accelerator? According to Matt Stodder, the co-director of Startup Boost in Los Angeles, the idea behind the program is to create a better flow of better companies into the next critical stages.

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MAY 4, 2011

Where did the idea come from and how did you start working on this? We started with the initial idea of building vertical, B-to-B social environments, and soon figured out that was a terrible idea. We started experimenting with lots of ideas, and Namesake is the evolution of a thousand small tweaks.

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MAY 30, 2012

That's the idea behind a new startup, Fundable , headed by serial entrepreneur Wil Schroter , which allows you to use rewards -- product, company schwag, an even equity -- as a tool to get your startup to the next stage. The idea is to solve the problem which is holding them back from accessing a larger audience.

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MAY 20, 2019

Virgin Hyperloop One, formerly known as Hyperloop One, is developing tube-based transportation systems, modeled after a futuristic idea first proposed by billionaire Elon Musk. The company is one of several companies, including two Los Angeles companies, working on similar ideas.

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socalTECH

JUNE 29, 2010

On the heels of the much heralded IPO of Silicon Valley electric car darling Tesla Motors today on the NASDAQ, investors are now looking to what other firms might benefit from the electric vehicle market--and what appears to be a growing appetite for IPOs.

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JULY 15, 2019

j2 Global, which owns such brands as IGN, Mashable, PCMag, Everyday Health in the online publishing space as well as eFax, eVoice, and Livedrive in the cloud services space, said it has acquired Idea First Technologies and Highwinds Capital and Cloak Holdings. Financial details of those acquisition were not announced.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

There''s been a lot of buzz about tech mogul Elon Musks''s idea behind "Hyperloop"--a concept to make transit between Los Angeles and San Francisco in only minutes, using 800 mph, aluminum pods. However, Musk''s idea has only been that--an idea--with no plans to actually implement the transportation system.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The idea of high-flying air taxis has been popular; in 2017, Uber said it planned to have flying taxings in Los Angeles by 2020 (pictured); just last week, Uber sold its flying tax division to another company.

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DECEMBER 28, 2015

As is a tradition for socaltech, we feature reflections on the past year from those in the community all during the last week of the year. For today's contribution, we have the thoughts of Arteen Arabshahi , a venture capitalist at Karlin Ventures (www.karlinvc.com). What was the biggest news for you or your firm this year?

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The company's initial idea for a product is "Carry", a robot to be used to help farmers gather hand-picked crops faster and with less physical demand. The company is backed by Wavemaker Partners, and is led by CEO Suma Reddy. Future Acres said it is seeking to raise up to $3M in seed capital via equity crowdfunding site SeedInvest.

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JUNE 13, 2013

Round one is for ideas, then there''s a round for storyboarding, and a round for execution. The idea round revolves around 140 character ideas. Anyone with a good idea can participate. That''s different than the old idea of video crowdsourcing, where people have to do everything. There are three phases.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2020

According to Quibi, it has "considered and exhausted every option available to us" and said it was "not succeeding" either because "the idea itself wasn't strong enough to justify a standalone streaming service or because of our timing."

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Cie Digital Labs, led by Anderee Berengian, recently has focused on helping brands and also startups take their ideas and turn them into new technology ventures. Davis previously served at at eBay and Pepsi, and is Managing Partner at early stage venture capital investor Rezven Partners. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Where''d the idea for the company come from? I had the idea that instead of a gray box, it would be great to change that to a beautiful flower. I had the idea that instead of a gray box, it would be great to change that to a beautiful flower. Erik Adams: It''s more of a validation of the idea, and to pique people''s interest.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2012

The company said it has launched a new online idea board it calls a "Moodboard", as part of its SocialBridge collaboration product. Central Desktop described the new feature a "private Pinterest", allowing team members to post creative ideas and images, comment on those ideas, and more as part of the creative process.

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