Just a quick note, we’re partnering with Vator to help promote their upcoming Vator Splash pitch event coming up next month. They’re currently looking for companies who’d like to pitch their companies to their audience. Prior events have been a great way for companies to gain some exposure with local and out-of-town investors, potential partners, [...]
Hi all — just passing on a special discount for my readers from Vator Splash LA, which is happening June 7th at the Fairmont Hotel in Santa Monica (which seems to be the epicenter of technology events nowadays for Los Angeles). More info below: The popular Vator Splash start-up event comes to LA What do [...]
Anyone thinking of going to the UCLA Entrepreneur Association Conference on May 11th? The organizers there have extended a 15 percent discount to readers of socalTECH. Use promo code SOCALTECH. More details on the conference below: Entrepreneur Association Conference – May 11, 2012 The Harold and Pauline Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at UCLA Anderson School [...]
If you’ve been in the local startup community for any time, particularly on the Westside LA or Santa Monica area, you might have run into Startups Uncensored, the series of events organized by Jason Nazar to help out other entrepreneurs figure out how to make their companies successful. However, you might also have found that [...]
The folks over at the Technology Council of Southern California (TCOSC) have passed on a discount to their upcoming, January 31st event for anyone reading this blog. If you use the code BOD12, you’ll gain entry to the event for $35, a $20 discount from the normal registration fee. Info below, and you can register [...]
For any entrepreneurs looking to get some visibility for their company, the folks over at DOMAINfest Global, the domain name conference run by Oversee.net, have extended the deadline for their PitchFest competition. The PitchFest competition will be judged by such folks as John Morris of the Tech Coast Angels, Jeff Cohn (DeadCellZones.com,PhotoEnforced.com) Scott Jarus (j2 [...]
At the risk of offending everyone I know or have ever met at networking events here, here’s a lighthearted pre-holiday blog post to decoding some of the characters you’ll meet networking with people at Los Angeles technology events. (Apologies in advance!) The Producer – The Producer works in Hollywood, know entertainment, and has heard this [...]
For those of you who missed the TEDxUSC event in April, the school is now posting videos of the event online on YouTube. The latest videos are of Michael Yap, who heads up Singapore’s efforts to invest in digital technology, and of Peter Lee Johnson, a student at USC who combined guitar with digital technology [...]
Self plug: Anyone interested in joining me for a discussion on the 101 high tech corridor, I’ll be speaking at TechAmerica’s June 18th morning meeting in Westlake Village, talking about where the industry is nowadays, trends, etc. More information on the program
The Los Angeles Venture Association is heading north to Westlake Village next week to present its quarterly Shaking the MoneyTree Event, which covers venture capital trends and funding based on PricewaterhouseCoopers’ annual VC survey. Anyone interested in hearing how venture funding is going in the region (entrepreneurs, service providers, executives, etc.) ought to attend–it’s always [...]
Thoughts and commentary from Benjamin F. Kuo, publisher of socalTECH.com.
