SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 -- TiE SoCal. Join TiE SoCal for the second monthly event of the year, featuring Harvard Law School Research Scholar Vivek Wadhwa and Managing Director of Revolution Partners, Michael Barker. Mr. Wadhwa is a technology entrepreneur and a columnist for BusinessWeek.com. See [link] (more).

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Congratulations Southern California Gelsons store shoppers, you’re getting Impossible Foods on your grocery shelves. The meatless ground meat substitute will be appearing in stores across the Southern California as the first step in a phased nationwide rollout on Friday.

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APRIL 23, 2013

Despite the level of venture capital activity in Southern California, the region--according to informal discussions with venture capitalists over the years--continues to suffer from a dearth of local, indigenous capital--at least, compared with the hundreds of investors along Sand Hill Road.

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OCTOBER 4, 2013

Chinese global trading site Tradesparq , a Shanghai-based company helping to enable trade with Chinese manufacturers, is setting up shop in Southern California, according to co-founder Michael Kleist. The company''s site features a huge range of products from Chinese manufacturers, and enables inquiries to those suppliers to others.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

California boasts one of the most impressive economies in the United States. Southern California alone has a gross domestic product larger than countries including Mexico and Turkey. And, since 2012, just six counties in SoCal have seen their gross domestic product increase from $992 billion to $1.26

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AUGUST 5, 2009

Southern California was for the most part passed up on the Department of Energy's $2.4 The SCAQMD's project--which is headquartered in Diamond Bar--involves deployment of a fully integration, production plug-in hybrid system for Class 2-5 vehicles, plus a demonstration fleet of 378 trucks and shuttle buses.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

A report today from CNN's Term Sheet says that a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, Erik Rannala , is leaving Harrison Metal Venture Capital to set up a new venture capital fund in Southern California. According to the report, Rannala is setting up a separate fund to focus on opportunities in Southern California.

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JUNE 25, 2015

On-demand pickup service Curbside , which develops a mobile, on-demand app and associated service that lets users buy products from retailers such as Target and Best Buy, and pick them up later that day, is planning to expand to Southern California. Curbed did not say where in Southern California it expects to launch first.

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MARCH 19, 2010

Four Southern California firms are headed to Palm Springs for the DEMO launch conference next week, according to a list of the presenters released Friday. DEMO has traditionally been a major launch event for startups and new technology products.

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JULY 7, 2010

One complaint we sometimes hear from venture capitalists visiting Southern California for the first time, is the difficulty of finding experienced entrepreneurs and executives. Mahalo / Jason Calacanis - Calacanis, often known better in Silicon Valley than Southern California, had his last success in Weblogs, Inc.,

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APRIL 23, 2013

Despite the level of venture capital activity in Southern California, the region--according to informal discussions with venture capitalists over the years--continues to suffer from a dearth of local, indigenous capital--at least, compared with the hundreds of investors along Sand Hill Road.

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

In what is a fairly unusual move, last week, Tradesparq (www.tradesparq.com), a Chinese startup in the area of B2B trade information, said it was planning on setting up its operations here in Southern California, as part of an expansion and scaling of the company. How long has company been around? Michael Kleist: We started in 2010.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

Rivian, which is led by founder and CEO RJ Scaringe, recently announced an agreement with Amazon to supply 100,000 electric delivery vans starting in 2021, although the firm has yet to start commercial production on its vehicles. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

A number of Southern California inventors and companies have been recognized today by magazine Popular Mechanics , for their work on what the magazine says are "world changing" innovations. Tags: southern california inventor ucla innovation. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 6, 2011

In a sign that demand for employees from Southern California technology firms is on the rise, two, separate announcements Wednesday from local companies indicates that hiring demand at local companies is up, and companies are again scrambling to fill positions.

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DECEMBER 18, 2012

It looks like all of the flap over Instagram 's change in its terms of service--which some had interpreted as giving Instagram the right to sell users' photos--has missed impacting a number of Southern California's startups. all have been building businesses around Instagram.

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

Southern California venture totals for Q3 totaled around $1.0 Q3 has traditionally been a slower, venture funding quarter in Southern California, due to summer vacations and a slower work schedule for both high tech companies and venture firms during the summer months. billion invested in Q2. billion invested in Q2.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. SoCal tech and life science companies are scaling faster than at any point in history.

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AUGUST 5, 2009

Southern California was for the most part passed up on the Department of Energy's $2.4 The SCAQMD's project--which is headquartered in Diamond Bar--involves deployment of a fully integration, production plug-in hybrid system for Class 2-5 vehicles, plus a demonstration fleet of 378 trucks and shuttle buses.

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MARCH 17, 2016

However, if history is any lesson, downturns actually have created some of Southern California's most successful technology companies, whether through forcing those companies to swizzle their business models, by removing competition from the market, or even spurring customers to more readily adopt their products to save money.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Join us tomorrow as we stream the ProductCamp Socal event Live starting at 9:00am PST. ProductCamp is a great opportunity to learn from, teach to, and network with professionals involved in the Brand/Product Management, Marketing, and Development processes in Southern California! What is ProductCamp?

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

That''s true of many Southern California ad-tech companies. There are lots of guys who can''t raise money, but I think that''s because typical A round investors, which is what we are, are seeing companies with a post money valuation of over $10M, but are still pre-product and going for their A round. Their only option is an IPO.

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JUNE 23, 2009

Department of Energy, for the firm's electrical vehicles--potentially benefiting Southern California and an un-named, local city--if negotiations for a location are successful. Tesla said that it is in "final negotiation" for those facilities somewhere in California, which will employ around 1,000 workers. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 12, 2014

Technocel said its new 60,000 square foot building will accommodate 250 employees in marketing, product development, and sales at its brands, which include TYLT,Random Order, and Jellyfish. The company also said it will provide prototyping, 3D modeling and assembly for TYLT Lab.

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MAY 30, 2019

The winner will receive $1000 in cash, $2500 in legal services from leading SoCal law firm Stubbs Alderton and Markiles, a 409A valuation from Weaver (a $5K value), a year's worth of coworking space at Hub 101, and hugely valuable real-time investor feedback about their product and presentation. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California. For anyone from California, you know there are vast differences between the northern and southern parts of the state – so vast in fact that, to us, they could just as easily stand alone as two separate states. Social networking. Social games.

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APRIL 22, 2010

Wednesday, April 28, 2010 -- Southern California Venture Network - LA Monthly Mixer. Kicking out cool, furred-out products to enhance our first love. This month we are pleased to feature Brian Buck of fOXX Pedals! Down in the fOXXhole, our first love is music. Our second love? Come join us at our new location!

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FEBRUARY 27, 2009

A number of Southern California firms are on the list for DEMO 09, the technology conference which has been one of the traditional launching ground for new products and startup firms.

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DECEMBER 28, 2017

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's "movers and shakers" in the technology industry. The attractive by-product is that I am reading more and working out more. Overall I am optimistic for 2018.

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JUNE 23, 2017

The insurance industry today is one of the last industries to fully jump into adopting technology for offering up their products, says Wayne Slavin , CEO and founder of SURE (www.sureapp.com), and just needs some help in getting there. Those brands have pretty good products. Wayne Slavin: That's a good question. What's your background?

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JANUARY 2, 2020

Leaseville, the pioneer in the virtual lease-to-own (LTO) space demonstrated strong metrics on its new product this year and is now poised to scale significantly. One of our SaaS companies made great strides with a new product. What is the biggest lesson you learned this year? Two lessons learnedand relearned! READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 11, 2014

The evening kicked off with a panel with Chet Pipkin , CEO of Belkin ; Abhi Nemani , Chief Data Officer for the City of Los Angeles ; Oded Noy , Co-founder, AmplifyLA and CTO, TargetClose; Erik Rannala , Co-founder & Partner, Mucker Capital ; and Matt Kozlov , VP Product Management, Telesign.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 16, 2014

We recently sat down with Luc Berlin, co-founder of Miigle, a SoCal startup that has an aggressive global mission to bring entrepreneurs together from around the world. How much has the product changed from where it was in 2012 and where it is today? We first interviewed Luc in 2012, just as he was launching the prototype for Miigle.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 7, 2010

This coming week the tour is making two stops in Southern California, one in San Diego, CA on June 15 and another in Irvine, June 16. So if you are a Startup in SoCal or maybe even a company that has been around a while but have a new product that is launching, this is something you don't want to miss.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Tuesday, February 17, 2009 -- "Effective New Product Development PROCESS in Entrepreneurial Cultures" PDMA SoCal. Product development professionals have long recognized that a new products process, if not properly suited for an organization, can actually hinder new product development. See [link] (more).

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 -- Five Ways Product Managers Can Increase Influence While Growing Their Careers. PDMA SoCal. Many product managers do everything right yet still lack influence. Processes and deliverables that drive the product lifecycle are only part of the equation.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Thanks to all of our sponsors, who make our coverage of Southern California's technology industry possible: Sponsors. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies.

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