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Why an Atlanta-based Black influencer collective swapped their collab house for a studio

TechCrunch LA

The group says they took inspiration from similar community-oriented tech incubators in Atlanta like the Russel Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs , PROPEL Center and Gathering Spot , but Collab Studio will focus more specifically on the entertainment industry. “Some of these programs are cool, but it’s like, what’s after that?

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Announcing The Socaltech 50: Southern California's Up-and-Comers

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Sam Teller ,LaunchpadLA (Los Angeles, incubator). Evan Spiegel , SnapChat (Los Angeles, mobile app). Ashish Soni , USC (Los Angeles, incubator/university). Ophir Tanz , GumGum (Los Angeles, advertising). Ethan Senturia , Dealstruck (San Diego, crowdfunding). Holden Steinberg , Pagewoo (Santa Monica, advertising).

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Snap’s Yellow accelerator debuts its third batch of investments

TechCrunch LA

Earlier Yellow bets skewed more toward content investments as Snapchat was scaling Discover. Now Su says he’s fielding plenty of augmented reality pitches. Su also notes that the accelerator had its most international batch to date this year, with startups from Lithuania, Korea, Mexico and the U.K. making their way to Los Angeles.

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LA Tech Startup Innovators and Fun Facts

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Incubator: Amplify LA. Social Media: Snapchat. Developed by four Stanford University students, Snapchat , now located in Venice, is a new way to share moments with friends and family. Mark Douglas, Steelhouse President and CEO, is formerly from Oracle and was the VP of Technology at eHarmony.

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Be Great Fest | Celebrating Los Angeles’ Startup Ecosystem

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s tech scene by the city’s own incubator-accelerator Be Great Partners. Be Great Partners said they’ve made it their mission to incubate Los Angeles itself even as they continue to build local, disruptive consumer and enterprise startups. Although the Startup Genome Project named Los Angeles the No.

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What I Would Look for When Choosing a VC – Knowing What I Know Now?

Both Sides of the Table

The other problem with extreme success is that for some VCs it makes them disinterested in middling outcomes, things that take a long time to incubate or solving thorny problems when a company doesn’t immediately move up and to the right. SEO marketing vs. social marketing. FourSquare. Everywhere.

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How ZEFR Is Helping Hollywood And Brands Understand YouTube

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But, what that really did, is it allowed us to use that network to incubate the software we are building now for YouTube. They came to LA, and they''ve invested in companies like Honest Company and Snapchat, and a few others, hosted dinners for Los Angeles entrepreneurs, and they''ve made a serious investment in the community.

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