SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Thursday, February 12, 2009 -- Twiistup 5. Our events feature several startups chosen to 'showoff' their products and services to influential bloggers, fellow tech-heads, investors, the media and those interested in learning about what?s s hot in tech.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2009

Los Angeles-based ExpenseBay scored the top award--a Lego trophy--at last week's Twiistup startup showcase event, rising above 11 other startups looking to strut their stuff to investors, angel investors, entrepreneurs, and others at the Universal Hilton on Thursday and Friday. Tags: expensebay twiistup contest.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

At Twiistup 8 last week ten startups gave their pitches to a panel including a VC, Angel Investor, Advisor and industry expert. No startup recieved harsher criticism than Badgeville. Visit TechZulu for full story.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 11, 2010

If you are a NYC Startup and looking for great exposure, advice, and people to help build your startup? Then you should definitely give the Twiistup NY-Startup Summit a look. If you have a great idea and have some specs that is perfect and just what Twiistup is looking for.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

TechZulu has been involved with Twiistup for quite some time now. We love startups, entrepreneurs and being able to bring you all the lastest in the startup community. Visit TechZulu for full story.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

The moment you all have been waiting for has finally arrive.Twiistup 7 talks, interviews and startup pitches! We were able to capture every talk and every startup pitch for your viewing pleasure. So without further delay TechZulu presents to you the winner of Twiistup 7. Dave McClure - Startup metrics for pirates.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Alright start-ups if you were hesitant for some reason about applying for Twiistup this should give you that extra umph! Twiistup Just announced that it has added a demo night for all showoff applicants. Twiistup has partnered with The MEMES Center at UCLA Anderson and has added a Wildcard Demo night.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

For our Insights and Opinions section today, we have a piece from GRP Partners' Mark Suster , who--after watching and judging pitches at last week's Twiistup event--gives some hints and tips about how not to suck at presentations. This was evident at the Twiistup pre-event company pitch last week at UCLA. I was the judge. Continued.).

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socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2013

Macadaan--who's been instrumental in everything from AOL, MySpace, Twiistup, Tsavo, and many other local startup efforts--shared some of what he learned at the Big Kansas City event last week, talking about Dollar Shave Club, Science, and more. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 8, 2010

Twiistup just announced a new "Ultimate Executive Conference" to be held at a 5-Diamond resort in Dana Point, CA. Here is the email from Twiistup Producer Francisco Dao : "We're excited to announce a very special event called The Retreat. What is the Retreat? Who's in the Retreat? Why haven't I received an invite to the Retreat?

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 27, 2010

Today at 3pm PST is the final time for you to grab your Twiistup tickets at the $397 rate. They have also released their final agenda shown below: Twiistup 007 Agenda. 12:00-1:00 PM: Eric Ries – The Lean Startup. 4:00 – 4:45: Paul Graham of Y-Combinator with Om Malik - Starting Up Fast and Cheap.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

David Cohen is the founder and CEO of TechStars, a mentorship-driven seed stage investment program for Internet startups. David opened up Twiistup 8 with a great talk on building an entrepreneurial community, and how you could start your own in whatever city you may be located. Visit TechZulu for full story.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Today Twiistup has announced it official date of January 28th 2010 and an awesome lineup of its first confirmed speakers. He’s currently working on a new programming language called Arc, a new book on startups, and is one of the partners in Y Combinator. Twist And Shout for Twiistup 5. Relive the Magic of Twiistup 4.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

The Los Angeles technology crowd turned out in full for last week's Twiistup 5 event--a showcase for startups looking for exposure and funding--with over 1,000 attendees at a private aircraft hangar at the Santa Monica airport. Tags: technology totspot startup twiistup twiistup5 angeles networking event cogi.

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socalTECH

MARCH 23, 2011

Jason Nazar is CEO and founder of Santa Monica-based document sharing firm DocStoc , and recently put together his thoughts on the challenges, and opportunities, facing startups in Los Angeles. I recently hosted a panel at the Twiistup Conference about LA tech companies. Whereas in Silicon Valley, you can have a V.1 READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 6, 2009

In his post, he mentions the following events / event organizers, and you should visit his post for a bit more on each of them. You can use keywords like: Events in Los Angeles or Southern California Events or even Santa Monica Events.

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socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2009

Macadaan is well known in the Los Angeles technology community for creating and running Twiistup, the popular Los Angeles technology networking and startup showcase event. Tsavo develops content-focused web sites which apply technology to serve up more relevant information and advertising depending on who was visiting those web sites.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

At Twiistup 8 Bart Becks (prior CEO os Belgacom Skynet) took the stage to present SonicAngel, a startup that is challenging the current music industry business model. Visit TechZulu for full story.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

John Delacruz and his startup Foodme.com presented a Twiistup 8 and was almost as impressive as the mini cupcakes at their booth. The startup fills a need in the market by connecting restaurants to patrons in real time. Visit TechZulu for full story.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

Twiistup is just 2 weeks away and there have been a whole slew of announcements within these past few days. And now what you have all been waiting for.the TechZulu Twiistup discount. You folks are just that awesome that we try and hook our readers up whenever we can so you are Welcome! Twiistup 007 Speaker List: Peter Guber.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

I was recently interviewed for an article that appeared in Fast Company titled, “ Why you should start a business in LA.&# If you’re interested in the topic it’s worth a read, but I thought I’d elaborate on the topic since it comes up all the time. Zorik Gordon is tearing it up at ReachLocal.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

I started out as screenwriter, went into local television, ran ad sales in the west for AOL and joined Facebook in the companies very early days. With that as a start it rarely feels burdensome. What keeps you up at night? Vince: Always On Paid Content TwiistUp DealMaker Events Digiday Events And many private events.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Matt Cooper (CEO of Neoganda) took the stage at Twiistup 8 in the most unforgettable presentation of the day. The presentation brought down the house and ended in a standing ovation because of Coop’s hilarity and entertaining way of presenting Addroid his new startup. Visit TechZulu for full story.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

ExpenseBay was the winner of last month's Twiistup startup event, and is headed by Eric Sikola. The free application allows customers to enter digital receipts and other expense information into the ExpenseBay service, which automatically categorizes and fills out expense reports for business travelers. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Coming hot off the coat tail of earlier this year’s Startup Weekend LA where Zaarly launched, this LASW was nothing less than amazing and as someone put, one of the best tech events in LA they had ever been to. With the pitching energy escalating in the room, regular pitches began short after.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 1, 2013

It’s not often that one gets to see a community emerge from the ground up, but it’s happening more and more in smaller cities across the U.S. Others still focus on the right balance of angel and venture investment paired with accelerators to nurture the startups. and around the world. Why, you ask? So who’s on board?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 29, 2010

I started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute of an entrepreneur : Tenacity. Think Yelp doesn’t wake up daily thinking about how to crush FourSquare? She couldn’t stand the thought of her main competitor locking us (or anybody else) up as an investor.

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Competition Entrepreneur Startup GRP Partners 296

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

At Twiistup 8 Matthew Smith (CEO) and the Nevolution team debuted what they dubbed the “future of software distribution”. Visit TechZulu for full story.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2010

photo from left to right: me, QD3, Brian Solis, Chamillionaire, Ian Rogers and Brian Zisk – most of whom I got to know through Twiistup panels). You can’t show up with your monotone voice and have a deeply intellectual discussion like you might over brandy and cigars. It spices things up and makes for great entertainment.

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Startup Conference Venture Capital Tips 284

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 30, 2010

Born out of a Los Angeles Startup weekend then going on to be a Twiistup presenter Ming.ly and signing up. and how it all started out. and how it all started out. Tyler also goes into a few startup tips, tricks, and events entrepreneurs should really pay attention to. is a Social CRM.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Suneel had a fantastic talk on focusing on your business and really digging into your company/product so that what you end up with is amazing. Visit TechZulu for full story.

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socalTECH

JULY 31, 2009

According to Sacks, the entire firm--including its engineering team and executive staff--is moving to the Bay Area, to be closer to the startup scene in Silicon Valley. Sacks said that Geni, which spun out Yammer, remains in West Hollywood.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

During Twiistup 8 a panel moderated by Jason Nazar (DocStoc) and joined by panelist David Travers (Rustic Canyon), Brian Norgard (Namesake), Fouad ElNaggar (Redpoint) and Demian Sellfors (Media Temple), spoke about if the next big tech company could be built in Los Angeles? Visit TechZulu for full story.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2011

One of Urbandig's co-founders, Mike Macadaan -- the former VP of User Experience at MySpace, and creator of the technology conference Twiistup--sat down to talk to us about the company. There are lots of knowledgeable people that we find to write these guides--people who grew up there, and who are experts in the area. READ MORE>>.

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

I recently hosted a panel at the Twiistup Conference about LA tech companies. But I thought I’d take some more time here to expand on what I think are the challenges, and opportunities, of starting a tech company in LA. Challenge #1 – Tech Companies are Not Typically Started by Technologists.

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Company Companies Rustic Canyon Startup 111

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 20, 2011

This weeks TZ Startup Hot Seat features the team at Daqri. Brian Mullins and team agreed to answer our questions and tell us why Daqri will change the Augmented Reality space. Visit TechZulu for full story.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 12, 2009

This past week has had an interesting confluence of events that's led me to conclude that I want to start doing a lot of visible networking among the tech / web crowd here in Los Angeles. I really enjoy his blog and I can't wait to mix it up with him some more on the value of Hollywood money / connections. Especially with traffic.

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