SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 -- Los Angeles County Technology Week. The 10th Annual Techweek will be hosted once again at the award-winning Business Technology Center of Los Angeles County - California's largest high tech business incubator located in Altadena (near Caltech, JPL and other major research institutions).

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Los Angeles Altadena Technology Angel 100

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JANUARY 11, 2013

Tuesday, January 15, 2013 -- StartEngine Mentor Mixer and Downtown Grand Opening with Deputy Mayor Matt Karatz - 1/15/2013. A night to mix and mingle with mentors, founders, the Downtown L.A. business community, and for our entrepreneurs to practice their pitch before demo day.

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Mentor USC Incubator Pasadena 124

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JUNE 6, 2011

Although Los Angeles has become a hub for the high tech startup world, Surprisingly, one of the things which hasn't happened in the Los Angeles area is any huge, successful venture acceleration programs. Those mentors are not just Bruce and I, although we are full time on this. What is Upstart.la?

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Startup Mentor Southern California Incubator 221

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NOVEMBER 15, 2011

In an unprecedented surge in startup support activity in Los Angeles this morning, another venture startup accelerator, Start Engine , formally launched this morning, applying the accelerator model to startup in the Los Angeles area.

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Startup Southern California Activision Mentor 219

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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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Marina Del Rey Startup USC Incubator 150

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DECEMBER 6, 2011

Los Angeles-based Start Engine , the business accelerator being spearheaded by Activision co-founder Howard Marks, said today that it has created a new, $15M investment fund for its portfolio of startups, and added former Governor Gray Davis as an advisor. McPeak; and Greg Suess of ROAR to its advisory board. READ MORE>>.

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Funding Southern California Activision Class 214

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

One of the biggest complaints you hear from both entrepreneurs and investors in Los Angeles, is the lack of a credible, visible startup accelerator in the Los Angeles area. We caught up with Erik to hear more about MuckerLab, and its efforts to grow the Los Angeles technology ecosystem.

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Technical Advisors Startup Southern California Los Angeles 176

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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. That''s why creative people seek out Los Angeles.

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Startup Technology Incubator Silver Lake 231

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JULY 19, 2012

Los Angeles launched its cleantech business incubator to accelerate development of cleantech start-ups by offering flexible office space, CEO coaching and mentoring, and access to a growing network of experts and capital. Friday, July 20, 2012 -- Green LAVA Meeting. LACIis the business equivalent of baseball?s

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LAVA Incubator Coach Startup 113

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NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Are you an entrepreneur hoping to startup a company in the Los Angeles area? Southern California apparently has no shortage of investors, entrepreneurs, and others eager to help budding entrepreneurs. It's structured so that they get funding, office space, all of the Internet resources, tools they need from mentors.

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CTO Coach Startup Mentor Activision 194

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

Last week, a group of four angel investors here announced their plans to create a new, accelerator program to spur the creation of an entrepreneurial community in the area around new startups. We are in Orange County, but we're also focused more largely on Southern California. All of our mentors are investors as well.

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Orange County Southern California Startup Class 192

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MAY 10, 2018

Behzad Kianmahd is the co-founder of Los Angeles coworking space Cross Campus , which is one of the major centers of startup activity in Silicon Beachand also involved as co-founder and lead investor in a brand new, venture capital fund, TAU Ventures (www.ideasimmersion.com/tau-ventures/). What is TAU Ventures?

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El Segundo Southern California Startup Santa Monica 100

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MAY 5, 2011

PortTechLA is a public/private non-profit technology center and business incubator operated by a coalition consisting of the City of Los Angeles, Port of Los Angeles and the San Pedro and Wilmington Chambers of Commerce.

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Enterprise Forum San Pedro Incubator Commerce 100

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JANUARY 23, 2017

Techstars (www.techstars.org) has a long history and record of success as a startup accelerator, with programs across the country and world--and recently opened up its third, Los Angeles program, Techstars LA. Techstars recently appointed Anna Barber as its Managing Director, so we thought we'd sit down and get to know Anna better.

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Startup Los Angeles Claremont Press 100

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

The Los Angeles tech scene has seen a rapid increase of women founding start-ups, mentors, investors and more. Girls in Tech - Los Angeles and WITI will bring together a wide range of women in technology representing the "players" you'll need to drive your company to success.

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WITI Startup Incubator Los Angeles 113

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

All in a room at the University of Southern California Silicon Beach Event on September 18th, 2013. As one of the organizers, Jay Tucker explained, “The Silicon Beach movement is the future of the Los Angeles tech area – tech, mobility, digital content, entrepreneurship, etc. Filled with innovation.

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USC Cornerstone OnDemand Southern California Netflix 98

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JULY 16, 2013

Incubator: Amplify LA. Fun Fact: Los Angeles heavy hitters J.J. Abrams, Jim Wiatt, and Zach James have presented at Amplify’s Wednesday evening mentor events. Mark Douglas, Steelhouse President and CEO, is formerly from Oracle and was the VP of Technology at eHarmony. Entertainment Tech: Atom Factory.

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Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

The panel is comprised of Southern California’s Top VC’s, Angels, and Startup Accelerator founders. Scott Sangster , President at Tech Coast Angels (Los Angeles)/CEO at OrganicStartup. Dan Dato , Mentor at upStart.LA. There will be plenty of FREE Pizza and drinks!

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Tech Coast Angels Startup Angel Southern California 105

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APRIL 10, 2012

One of the most original, subscription startups to come out of Southern California's tech accelerator boom emerged last week, looking to disrupt not just another retail sector or e-commerce category, but something else entirely: the airline industry. We shuttle primarily between Palo Alto and Los Angeles.

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Startup Mentor Technical Review Santa Barbara 240

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Southern California has had its share of new startup accelerators launch in the last few months, however, few people here have actually experienced an accelerator firsthand. Alex Benzer: My partner and I met here in Los Angeles, in high school. We have some great mentors now. Alex Benzer: We call it Silverlake HQ.

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Startup CTO Coach Blogging Social Media 242

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DECEMBER 5, 2013

Wednesday November 20 th , 2013 was a special day for the technology entrepreneurs at the University of Southern California. Marks continued to talk about his past and then talked about the startup landscape in Los Angeles. We were going to be interviewing with Howard Marks for his incubator, StartEngine, in the morning.

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Startup Los Angeles USC Southern California 107

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Chris Dumler , Co-Founder of Los Angeles Startup Foundation. Chris Dumler is an advocate of the Los Angeles startup community and the culture that holds it together. Scott Sangster, President of Tech Coast Angels (Los Angeles)/CEO at OrganicStartup. Event Details. to 10:00 p.m. Gold Sponsor. .

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

In some ways it is similar to early stage incubators such as Y Combinator, although FI is even earlier stage, focusing on developing the founders themselves as entrepreneurs as opposed to actual companies. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to?

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Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

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OCTOBER 28, 2011

In addition, Howard Marks unveiled Start Engine , a new LA incubator focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. Thank you all for your continued support in highlighting the many innovative technologies emerging in Southern California! Making Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Possible. Diamond Sponsor.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall 2011 Judges! Mike Jones , Investor and Advisor Located In Los Angeles. Scott Sangster, President of Tech Coast Angels (Los Angeles)/CEO at OrganicStartup. Mike Jones is an Internet executive, investor and advisor located in Los Angeles.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

Scott Sangster, President of Tech Coast Angels (Los Angeles)/CEO at OrganicStartup. OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. There is still time to apply so if you have yet to do so APPLY HERE.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

In addition, Howard Marks unveiled Start Engine , a new LA incubator focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. Thank you all for your continued support in highlighting the many innovative technologies emerging in Southern California! Making Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Possible. Diamond Sponsor.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49