socalTECH
NOVEMBER 19, 2013
So, without further ado, here''s the list of this year''s 2013 Socaltech 50 : Basil Abifaker , Transaction Wireless (San Diego, digital gift cards). Sean Callahan , SlimSurveys (San Diego, mobile apps). Steven Cox , TakeLessons (San Diego, marketplace). Melani Gordon , Taphunter (San Diego, mobile apps).
socalTECH
AUGUST 20, 2009
Last Week, Calabasas-based Masher Media announced it had received a round of angel funding from the Tech Coast Angels to fund its development of MyMiniPeeps (www.myminipeeps.com), a virtual world for children. Plus, exposure through USC led me to the Tech Coast Angels. I found the process incredibly great.
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Tech Zulu Event
APRIL 30, 2014
In order to support all of these teams, there are several on-campus startup competitions every year, from the Silicon Beach USC competition to the New Venture Seed Competition, with prize funds to help build the companies. With the ability to import images from social media, HipTraveler creates a shareable, searchable itinerary.
Xconomy
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
Statistical models, simulations, social media outreach, and the capacity to analyze big data sets—you’d think by now that technology would have delivered election forecasts that more reliably predicted Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 presidential race.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 19, 2017
My last company got acquired by Qualcomm, and Qualcomm wanted me to move to San Diego to run their emerging business portfolio. I then became and EIR at UC San Diego, and joined EvoNexus, the not-for-profit incubator run by the Irvine Company. I did that for a couple of years, which got me and my wife down to SoCal.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 29, 2012
Those investors included a company called Paradigm, which is a big talent agency, Howard Lindzon in San Diego, and up north Greylock and Adam Nash. Recently, USC's film school started a comedic content major. We just graduated, and wrapped up a round of $750,000, with a bunch of great folks from both up north and here.
socalTECH
AUGUST 2, 2013
There is a lot of searching and sorting just to find out, for example, what the USC Trojans or Tesla Motors might be doing. We went out and validated this, and found out that the biggest people who dominate social media are clearly from the entertainment industry and sports, what you call stars. That''s where the company started from.
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