Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

This Spotlight takes place Thursday, October 27, at UCLA. Mingle is a networking service that uses location to discover and create relevant connections. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. 9:00 – 10:30pm – cocktail reception and networking.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. This Panel will explore issues such as: How can companies best utilize social networking media?

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Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2011

To understand how one local company is making that transition, we talked with Los Angeles-based All About Addiction (www.allaboutaddiction.com), a company that grew out of Adi Jaffe's work at UCLA as a trained psychologist. Adi Jaffe: I'm a UCLA addiction trained psychologist, specializing in addiction. Adi Jaffe: It is tough.

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UCLA Research Tech Coast Angels Offshore 204

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

At The Pool , the startup headed by Alex Capecelatro, is getting set for a big launch event Tuesday evening, as the firm launches its service to connect like-minded people in real life. At The Pool's founders are all out of UCLA. At The Pool said it now has members in every major U.S. city, and in more than 50 countries outside the US.

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Clearstone UCLA Startup Capital 166

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2019

Peter Cowen is the founder of Sutton Capital Partners (www.suttoncapitalpartners.com), a technology investment bank focused on SaaS, FinTech, Infrastructure and tech-enabled outsourced business services. Peter has also been on the Faculty of UCLA Anderson for the past 10 years. READ MORE>>.

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Capital Southern California Technical Review SaaS 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Peter Cowen is the founder of Sutton Capital Partners (www.suttoncapitalpartners.com), a technology investment bank focused on SaaS, FinTech, Infrastructure and tech-enabled outsourced business services. Peter has also been on the Faculty of UCLA Anderson for the past 10 years. READ MORE>>.

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Capital Southern California SaaS SoCal 124

socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2013

We dropped in recently, and found a screening session for the Tech Coast Angels; a number of former StartEngine, MuckerLab, and LaunchpadLA startups in residence; not more than a few startup founders wandering the halls; and a long list of upcoming technology networking events on the calendar. What's the idea with ROC?

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Google Tech Coast Angels Screening Santa Monica 253

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

The new group, The Tech CEO Network , said it is looking to help bridge between the technology present at local schools like Caltech, UCLA, USC, UC Irvine, and other universities, and actual, viable companies. Tags: startups university research mentoring network tech.

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Research Tech Coast Angels Company Companies 164

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

In the Best venture funding in software/services, Edgecast , the content delivery network (CDN) provider, was the winner, with finalists including Eucalyptus Systems , Factual , and SV Network. Finalists were CODA Automotive , Fisker Automotive , and Amonix.

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LAVA Zumbox Technology ReachLocal 166

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

An online marketplace for legal services. Get free bids from lawyers on the documents and services you need! AppMyForm, an environmentally conscious new service offered by RGBmobile, enables any paper form to easily be converted into a customized Mobile Content Capture app, digital record and process launch mechanism.

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UCLA Santa Monica Mobile Web 97

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Tech Coast Angels Fast Pitch - February 24th - UCLA. Fast Pitch Los Angeles is one of the best start up networking events of the year. Robert Ramey Software Development (www.rrsd.com/socal ) - We provide services for the design and development of products requiring expertise in software, electronics, and mechanical engineering.

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Southern California Tech Coast Angels IP Orange County 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2011

The group is a member of the TechStars Network, and boasts a who's who of successful local CEOs and investors. K5Launch , which was announced yesterday, is headed up by Amir Banafatemi, Ray Chan, David Cheng, and Kai Tao, four Southern California angel investors.

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Southern California Orange County Incubator Tech Coast Angels 216

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

One of those is Hollywood-based FilmBreak (www.filmbreak.com), which is applying the world of social networking, media, and the Internet to help film-makers gain access to the analytics and insights they need to better market their films. Who is the ideal audience for this service--studios, independents, others? What's your background?

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Hollywood CTO Hire Social Media Platform 256

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

In addition to his experience as an angel investor, Kelly served in the US Army as a Military Intelligence Officer and completed Airborne and Ranger training, and graduated from West Point and UCLA. I decided to found Moonshots Capital as an angel syndicate through our network of accredited angels, basically as a single purpose vehicle.

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Capital Startup Invest Training 223

Xconomy

JUNE 30, 2016

They wanted to combine Hinshaw’s experience in starting and growing health IT startups with Balgrosky’s expertise in strategic IT planning and overhauling healthcare IT networks—but without getting too deeply involved. They came to San Diego in 1996, when Scripps Health hired Balgrosky as CIO and senior vice president. Jean Balgrosky.

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San Diego CIO Incubator Startup 67

socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Specifically, we look at digital media, healthcare IT, e-commerce, education technology and financial services. Over the past few months I've been building my networking, and we've done about a deal a month so far. I think the right team and network are very important, as is traction, validated by customers.

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Funding Startup Invest Commerce 253

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

I do energy and materials investment, Internet investing, digital media investing, and financial services investing. Fouad ElNaggar: I think that what we offer to companies is a different level of service, even at the early stage, than super angels can provide. I am different, in that my areas of focus is quite broad. That's part one.

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Redpoint Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Invest 154

socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2014

Mann, to his credit, with his multi-billion dollar foundation, he offered to find out what was going on, offering $100 million to UCLA to find out what was going on. We thought we could deliver that 3D image as a software-as-a-service. Unfortunately, UCLA''s money dried up due to legal issues. So, it was not a good situation.

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Startup Competition Software Review UCLA 262

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

He is also the co-founder of Playsino, ExpressCoin (Bitcoin exchange), GoCoin (Bitcoin payment platform), Five Delta, Evertune, GamesTV, Digital Entertainment Network, KnCMiner.cn (Bitcoin Mining), and Robocoin China (Bitcoin ATM). He has also been a guest lecturer at Stanford, USC, and UCLA. On Demand).

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Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2012

We spoke with CEO Kai Stubble to hear about how SupperKing is looking to create a service--inspired by collaborative consumption sites like Airbnb--which will let people host meals in their homes for strangers, to get to meet new people, show off your cooking skills, and hopefully make new friends.

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Platform Mobile UCLA Sites 250

socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2012

We spoke with CEO Kai Stubbe to hear about how SupperKing is looking to create a service--inspired by collaborative consumption sites like Airbnb--which will let people host meals in their homes for strangers, to get to meet new people, show off your cooking skills, and hopefully make new friends.

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Platform Mobile UCLA Sites 247

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Visible networking is turning into a really great opportunity to get to know people better, get to meet new people, and have some interesting conversations. My first job out of school was at one of the early bioinformatics companies in Silicon Valley, working as the head of technical services. Tell me a bit about your background.

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Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Do you have any rituals you observe on a day when our country honors you and your fellow Armed Services members? DB: My service was up in August of 2008, and I moved back to the U.S. After a short stint at a community college for some credits I needed, I was accepted to UCLA. Veterans Day is a day of remembrance.

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Training UCLA Technology IP 98

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

An inadvertant bump led on the crowded Southwest flight prompted a conversation between Spitulski and Zhu, and by flight’s end, Zach had agreed to leave UCLA to join the startup. Like Zach, he left UCLA to jump in with both feet. Think a digital billboard ecosystem where third parties can create apps for our network.

Social Media 106

Social Media Startup Screening Advertising 106

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

LA is a vibrant community with a rich network of angels that fund early stage companies, lots of VCs, easy access to big media, lots of innovation in media, mobile content, games, green, health care, and many, many others. Probably the biggest drawback of Los Angeles is the distance and traffic that makes networking more difficult.

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CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

At the same time, when I saw an old colleague at an event at UCLA a few weeks back, we both were discussing how hard we felt it was to predict success in this kind of venture. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking? The poor guy. What a bad $200M decision.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

An inadvertant bump led on the crowded Southwest flight prompted a conversation between Spitulski and Zhu, and by flight’s end, Zach had agreed to leave UCLA to join the startup. Like Zach, he left UCLA to jump in with both feet. Think a digital billboard ecosystem where third parties can create apps for our network.

Social Media 81

Social Media Startup Screening Advertising 81

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

I ran Altavista from 2001 to 2002 in Europe, and came back to the states, doing a lot of consulting between the Dot Com crash and the beginning of social networking. In late 2004, I became the 39th employee at Myspace, and built a team under me of 300 people, in engineering, project management, QA, and creative services.

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Startup Technology Incubator Silver Lake 231

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Many thanks to everyone who participated in last night’s Spotlight: LA Tech at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. Mingle is a networking service that uses location to discover and create relevant connections. is a web hosting and virtualization service provider headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. Alex serves on the Board of Directors for Logsdon School, a non-profit school providing educational services to students with special needs. 8:30 – 9:30pm – cocktail reception and networking.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We have world-class universities like Caltech, UCLA, USC and more. Great companies like BeachMint that are growing at a rapid clip have to dig deep into their networks to meet hiring needs. In New York you have access to fashion, media, art and of course, financial services. million in SF Bay Area ).

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

The final showoff's have been selected, so that brings the count to a total of 10 showoff's plus a wild card from the demo night at UCLA (full list of showoff's below). Quilici is also a member of the board of directors of NeoEdge Networks and a member of Tech Coast Angels. Founder and senior writer for GigaOm. ycombinator.com. .

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Twiistup Riot Games UCLA Media 40

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

The “ TenHands ” name emerged from the concept and philosophy of John Wooden, the UCLA basketball coach, who emphasized the value of teamwork and insisted that all ten hands (five players) touch the ball before shooting. Today we run TenHands on a fungible QoS enabled network that we buy. What is TenHands and why the name? Any funding?

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Cloud Computing Software Platform Startup 65

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Many thanks to everyone who participated in last night’s Spotlight: LA Tech at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. Mingle is a networking service that uses location to discover and create relevant connections. is a web hosting and virtualization service provider headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

We also had awesome group of mentors that included: David Waxman (Co-founder of PeoplePC, Spot Runner and Firefly Network), Paige Craig (CEO of BetterWorks ), Josh MacAdam (Co-founder/CTO at Ming.ly Also we would like to thank our global sponsors: Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Ven Corps, Twilio, Vertical Response, oDesk, Elance and OpenTok.

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Adam Miller transformed his company into one of the world’s leading software-as-a-service companies, specifically in the HR world. Graduating Magna Cum Laude with a BA in Econ/Business from UCLA and with a JD from UCLA Law, Brian Lee was a talented attorney. magazine and the LA Business Journal.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Southern California companies are second to only Silicon Valley in raising venture capital , there are three major universities to recruit talent – UCLA, Caltech, and USC – and a thriving startup community to mingle with. provides online service to compile and compare plans and rates across multiple monthly services.

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Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42