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HomeHero Launches Home Caregiver Marketplace

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Los Angeles-based technology incubator and studio Science --headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones--has launched a new startup in the Internet marketplace area, called HomeHero this morning. care senior science scienceinc incubate incubator marketplace caregiver home homehero' READ MORE>>.

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What Mattered in 2012: Rory Moore, CommNexus

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Biggest new for CommNexus / EvoNexus: EvoNexus incubator companies reached the $95M in capital raised and two companies were acquired. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world this year?

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Where to Find Venture Funding in Southern California

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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. How you get referred into these shops is a subject for another post. Here is a list of useful resources to help you in your search: News & Resources.

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Interview with Erik Rannala, MuckerLab

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Erik Rannala: MuckerLab is a new startup accelerator, focused on incubation stage Internet, software, services, and media businesses here in LA. Erik Rannala: The name is a reference, actually, to Thomas Edison and the research lab he created. Erik, thanks for the time. It's a very similar model to YCombinator and TechStars.

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A Chat With Kelly Perdew: Moonshots Capital And Its First Dedicated Fund

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If you look at a Techstars, a YCombinator, a 500 Startups, and the local incubators and accelerators in LA and Austin, we lean in heavily when military veterans are involved. You often hear that, but our application here is very specific. That gives us a great advantage in the ecosystem. The next step, is also interesting.

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Interview with Sam Teller, LaunchpadLA

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To get any notice from any accelerator, the best thing is to have their current companies and mentors refer you. Also, for the last piece of advice, make sure you're networking and getting out there in the community. A strong referral from someone in the network will help them look extra closely at you. Sam Teller: Great question.

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Interview with Aaron Hirschorn, DogVacay.com

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the business incubator and studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. We do phone interviews, and check references for lots of our hosts. The company--which was founded by husband and wife team Aaron Hirschorn and Karine Nissim Hirschorn --is the latest company to come out of Science, Inc., We spoke to Aaron about the company.