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JumpStartFund Names Hyperloop Effort

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JumpStartFund--which is based in El Segundo--said its community has voted to name the company Hyperloop Transportation Technologies , and also has tapped into ANSYS, GloCal Network Corporation, and UCLA"s Architecture and Urban Design program SUPRASTUDIO to work on the effort. READ MORE>>.

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New Matter Donates 3D Printers To STEM Program

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Pasadena-based 3D printer manufacturer New Matter announced this morning that it is donating five of its MOD-t 3D printers to a science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education organization program in Downey, called the Challenger Center. The center says it is just down the road from such companies as Virgin Orbit and SpaceX.

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Friday Tech Video Roundup for November 16th, 2012

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Peter Pham, of Los Angeles technology studio/incubator Science Inc., SpaceX Grasshopper. SpaceX tests its Grasshoppper, vertical takeoff and landing technology earlier this month. with Mario Andretti. apparently likes not just his startups to move fast, but also his cars. Introducing the PublishThis Content Cloud.

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Southern California's Top 10 Most Popular Tech Stories Of The Year

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What was Southern California's technology community most interested in 2012? SpaceX Plans Launch Site In Texas - In April, SpaceX announced plans to set up a launch. why (except widespread interest all year in the achievements of Hawthorne-based SpaceX, and. As part of our. an article was accessed on our publication.

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Founder Insitute LA Gears Up For Spring Semester

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The Los Angeles chapter of the Founder Insitute , the startup incubation program run locally by Ken Rutkowski, is gearing up for its Spring Semester, saying that it has added a number of new mentors for the semester. Other mentors to the effort include Elon Musk (Tesla/SpaceX), Kelly Perdew (Fastpoint Games), Michael Robertson (MP3.com),

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8 Tactics To Make You A Fearless Business Innovator

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Every business owner and entrepreneur I meet in my consulting rounds dreams of finding that “ disruptive ” innovation that will supercharge their business and move it into the ranks of business unicorns (billion-dollar valuations), such as SpaceX and Apple. If you don’t keep it top of mind today, then you are going to be left behind.

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

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We''re proud to announce the Socaltech 50 , our list of the 50, up-and-coming people in Southern California''s technology ecosystem. Sam Teller ,LaunchpadLA (Los Angeles, incubator). Ashish Soni , USC (Los Angeles, incubator/university). Ophir Tanz , GumGum (Los Angeles, advertising).