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Vision. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --How Frequency Wants To Bring You Internet Video, with Blair Harrison --Rovi Plans To Sell CinemaNow --Baboo Sets Sights On Digital Marketing --ADVENTRX Sets New CFO --Anametrix Names New CEO --Xirrus Ties With Sales Software Provider --SolarFlare Raises $22M More --YouMail Teams With Contract-Free Wireless Provider --Cooley Attorneys Setting Up Venture Fund --BioSurplus Gets $1.75M In Debt Financing MARKETPLACE --Ventura Ventures Technology Center (V2TC) - Business Incubator --Fetch Recruiting, Inc. --PwC Emerging Company Zone RECENT JOB POSTINGS --Director/Co-Founder of Digital Marketing, Calabasas, AppNRG --Sales Manager-Direct Sales, Santa Barbara, Local Market Launch --Graphic Designer, Santa Barbara, Local Market Launch --UI/UX Developer, Santa Barbara, Local Market Launch --Director of Business Development-Franchise Sales, Santa Barbara, Local Market Launch --Director of Sales, Santa Barbara, Local Market Launch RECENT FUNDING EVENTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- How Frequency Wants To Bring You Internet Video, with Blair Harrison ---- Just before the holidays, we caught up with Blair Harrison, founder of Frequency (www.frequency.com), a personal video service which lets consumers watch video from the Internet on any of their devices. Harrison created one of the Internet's first video search sites, FastTV, and also ran IFILM, which he sold to Viacom in 2006. We caught up with Blair to learn more about his new startup, and why he thinks we need Frequency. What is Frequency? Blair Harrison: Frequency is an Internet video service. We connect consumers to great content from around the Internet, from social networks, from thousands of branded video channels, and around any particular topic (More...) http://bit.ly/Un5n7f --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rovi Plans To Sell CinemaNow ---- The long, turbulent history of the video-on-demand technology developed by former Marina Del Rey-based CinemaNow continues today, after current owner Rovi Corporation said Thursday afternoon that it plans to pursue a sale of its Rovi Entertainment Stores business--the remains of CinemaNow. (More...) http://www.socaltech.com/rovi_plans_to_sell_cinemanow/s-0047026.html Baboo Sets Sights On Digital Marketing ---- A new, Los Angeles-based startup, Baboo is looking to help brands and marketers in the entertainment space reach consumers, and recently launched an alpha of its services. The startup, headed by Drake Sutton-Shearer, is offering up media content in exchange for micro-survey answers, to help bolster music, film, TV, sports, and gaming brands. Co-founder Sutton-Shearer previously co-founded Movie Song Vault and The Gift App, and is a former entertainment industry executive. ADVENTRX Sets New CFO ---- San Diego-based ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals announced this morning that it has named Brandi L. Roberts as its Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President. Roberts has been VP, Finance at the company since March of 2011, and also has served at such firms as Alphatec Spine, Pfizer/Agouron, and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. ADVENTRX's lead compound is aimed at treating complications arising from sickle cell disease. Anametrix Names New CEO ---- San Diego-based Anametrix, the venture-backed developer of marketing analytics software, said today that it has named Pelin Thorogood as its new CEO. Thorogood was previously CMO at the company. Thorogood also joins the company's board. She succeeds co-founder and Chairman Blaise Barrelet, who the company said will remain as Chairman. Barrelet also has started a new, investment firm called Analytics Ventures, which the company said will help extend the Anametrix analytics platform to new markets. Anametrix is backed by TVC Capital, which made an investment in the company in October. Xirrus Ties With Sales Software Provider ---- Thousand Oaks-based Xirrus, the developer of high performance wireless networking equipment, is tapping into Relayware, a provider of collaboration and communicaitons software as part of its sales efforts, the firms said Thursday. According to the two, Xirrus has deployed Relayware to manage and optimize its global indirect sales channels. The companies said Xirrus is using Relayware to send emails, operate portals, communicate across social media, and more. Financial details of the link were not announced by the companies. SolarFlare Raises $22M More ---- SolarFlare, the developer of high speed networking devices, has raised a new, big $22.0M funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm. According to the filing, the firm has raised $22.0M out of an ongoing $23.8M funding round, which opened December 21st. SolarFlare develops low latency, high bandwidth 10GbE adapters and related products. No details have been announced by the company yet on the new funding. SolarFlare's current investors include Oak Investment Partners, Anthem Venture Partners, Acacia Capital Partners, and Miramar Venture Partners. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=47624 YouMail Teams With Contract-Free Wireless Provider ---- YouMail, the provider of the personalized, advanced voicemail service, has inked a deal to bring its cloud-based visual voicemail service to contract-free wireless service provider Red Pocket Mobile, the firms announced Thursday. Financial details of the link were not announced. Irvine-based YouMail operates a popular, advanced voicemail service which includes such features as personalized voicemails, access to your voicemail on your smartphone or tablet, caller ID, and many other features. The two said that Red Pocket Mobile's customers can now access YouMail from any compatible GSM phone. YouMail is led by Alex Quilici, and backed by VantagePoint Capital Partners, the Tech Coast Angels, the Tech Coast Angels ACE Fund, Siemer Ventures, and the CrunchFund. Red Pocket Mobile is based in Thousand Oaks. Cooley Attorneys Setting Up Venture Fund ---- Silicon Valley law firm Cooley LLP made some big waves in July with an expansion into "Silicon Beach" and a new office in Santa Monica. Today, a report says that a number of the firm's attorneys have created a new startup investment fund, to specifically invest in interesting startups, to allow the firm's attorneys to invest in companies. It's not uncommon for law firms serving the startup community to hold investments in companies, and those law firms occasionally take equity in exchange for discounted or waived fees in startups they serve. It's unclear how and if the new venture fund will invest in any of the firm's new Silicon Beach clients. http://www.pehub.com/179355/to-recruit-retain-cooley-forms-new-fund-invest-startups/ BioSurplus Gets $1.75M In Debt Financing ---- San Diego-based BioSurplus, a supplier of pre-owned scientific instruments and equipment, has raised $1.75M in a debt financing. The debt financing was announced over the holidays, and came from Square 1 Bank. Terms of the debt were not announced. According to the firms, the loan proceeds go towards expansion for BioSurplus, and to replay existing indebtedness. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARKETPLACE Reach 10000+ readers for 5 days for $250 Post your marketplace ad at: http://www.socaltech.com/postad.html ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- Ventura Ventures Technology Center (V2TC) - Business Incubator The Ventura Ventures Technology Center (V2TC) is a high-tech business incubator located in downtown Ventura, CA. V2TC offers a creative environment where high-tech start-ups and entrepreneurs can network, brainstorm, and grow their business. Work-spaces are affordable, flexible and scalable in order to allow companies the ability to manage their growth effectively and efficiently. Learn more at http://www.v2tc.com ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- Fetch Recruiting, Inc. Fetch Recruiting, Inc. (http://www.fetchrecruiting.com) Technical Recruiting for LA based Startups and High-Growth Companies ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- PwC Emerging Company Zone Visit the Emerging Company Zone, sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers, for access to the latest MoneyTree venture capital report; thought leadership articles, information on IPOs and more. http://www.socaltech.com/pwc ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT JOB POSTINGS More jobs at http://www.socaltech.com/Jobs Members post jobs for free Director/Co-Founder of Digital Marketing, Calabasas, AppNRG http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5462 Sales Manager-Direct Sales, Santa Barbara, Local Market Launch http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5459 Graphic Designer, Santa Barbara, Local Market Launch http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5461 UI/UX Developer, Santa Barbara, Local Market Launch http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5460 Director of Business Development-Franchise Sales, Santa Barbara, Local Market Launch http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5458 Director of Sales, Santa Barbara, Local Market Launch http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5457 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT FUNDING SUMMARY 01/02/13 Ignyta $5.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=47556 01/02/13 Independa $5.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=47552 12/21/12 Sightly $5.6M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=47358 12/20/12 Maker Studios, Inc. $36.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=47353 12/20/12 MEI Pharma $27.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=47352 12/14/12 Helinet $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=47218 12/12/12 Koupon Kitty $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=47213 12/12/12 Mitu Network $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=47206 12/12/12 Enevate $24.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=47202 12/06/12 Avelas Biosciences $7.7M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=47060 12/06/12 Biomatrica $5.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=47059 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events This Month http://www.socaltech.com/Calendar socaltech.com Calendar of Southern California High Tech Events Submit your events at least two weeks in advance to: http://www.socaltech.com/submitevent.html January 5, Studio City -- Tech Startups Helping Each Other Breakfast. A monthly breakfast for founders of tech startups who want to connect and help each other. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23043 January 7, Encino -- Sales/Marketing Study Group. Study group for tech startup founders who want to get better at sales and marketing. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23044 January 8, Los Angeles -- PortTech Forum: Environmental Report Card. In the first PortTech Forum of 2013, representatives from both the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will focus on key environmental issues in the San Pedro Bay area. Invited speakers include Chris Cannon, Director of Environmental Management for the Port of Los Angeles and Richard Cameron, Director of Environmental Planning for the Port of Long Beach.NEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23075 January 8, Costa Mesa -- PMI-OC January 2013 Dinner Meeting . Hank Mondaca, a marketing specialist and vice president, western region at Sonic Mobile USA, will discuss mobile marketing communication tools for today's innovative project managers at the Jan. 8, 2013, meeting of the Project Management Institute’s Orange County Chapter. Mondaca will outline how to grow businesses by implementing proven mobile marketing, advertising, and promotional programs that capture the attention of key stakeholders.NEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23077 January 9, Westlake Vilage -- Being Green Saves You Green: Why Sustainability is a Conservative Fiscal Issue. Panelists: Wally Geer,Founder and President of Greymar Associates, a pioneer in energy efficient housing; Brent Locke, Co-Founder and General Manager of EnerGtech Experts advanced energy management systems; Fernando Tapia, Sr. Finance Analyst at SolarWorld, the largest Solar Panel Manufacturer in the U.S; Neil Popowitz, Partner at Freilich & Popowitz LLP, developing sustainability, growth management and green land development codes. One on one sessions and networking with national experts. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23036 January 9, Santa Monica -- Applying Design Methodologies to Business Problems. General Assembly LA. Design is primarily a problem-solving discipline. Designers are trained to find elegant and efficient solutions that generate desire for their products. This 90-minute class will introduce five proven techniques from the design world that can be directly applied to problems in any field. Students will practice techniques that will result in innovative solutions that will be widely and immediately applicable to business problems. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23063 January 9, Tustin -- Mix@Six. Orange County Marketing Association. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23072 January 9, Irvine -- IEEE & AIAA Dinner Talk. Modern Control Systems Talk at Brandman Univ in Irvine, CA! Start New Year by networking, Dining & Learning with Industry Colleagues! RSVP to Dr kai-Bor Yu via: k...@ieee.onew . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23078 January 9, Westlake Village -- Global Economic Outlook for 2013. ACG101. Dr. Sung Won Sohn, of CSU-Channel Islands. The global economy faces serious headwinds, including the lingering effects of the American recession, slowing demand among our European and Asian trading partners, apparent gridlock in Washington over the 'fiscal cliff', and a long list of other issues. How can an economist evaluate the outlook for 2013 and beyond in such an uncertain environment? Come hear the answers at our January 9th meeting from Dr. Sung Won Sohn, who the Wall Street Journal just named one of the three best economic forecasters in the nation. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23068 January 10, Santa Monica -- LA CEOs. LA CEOs, an education and support group for CEOs only, presents: Leading A Growing Company. Ambrose Co-CEO Greg Slamowitz will share techniques for leading a growing company. He speaks about aligning your people, developing a strong culture, embracing change, among other managerial and leadership techniques ideal for startups and small businesses. This event is restricted to CEOs only. No service providers. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23040 January 10, San Diego -- Corporate Valuations. CONNECT. Through a series of real world case studies and interactive group discussion, this workshop will discuss how valuation relates to intellectual property in licensing, manufacturing and M&A transactions. Valuation methodologies can be used to optimize transaction outcomes for both buyers and sellers in M&A and other transactions. This workshop will help you develop a strategy to optimize company growth and liquidity, maximize valuation and capitalize on strategic transactions. Presenters: Joe Davidson, Firm-Wide Chair of the Corporate Practice Group, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP; Clark Libenson, Corporate Partner, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP; Allan Siposs, Managing Director, FMV Capital Markets, LLC. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23045 January 12, Pasadena -- Serious Games for Simulation, Education and the Enterprise. Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. ‘Game,’ the phoneme, has spread its wings far beyond familiar "teenage" video games: it now embraces a variety of new and important applications. Evolving from pre-computer roots (e.g., "war games" for critical military exercises), today key computer simulations and training (variously dubbed "games") increasingly permeate the government world. Likewise, a wide variety of tasks, from corporate training to childhood education, have been variously recast in a "game" context with dimensions and purposes quite beyond simple "fun and entertainment." Today’s program looks at the entrepreneurial / innovation context of the what-why-how of "serious games" in important social and commercial endeavors, exploring various facets such as applications, platforms, areas for growth, investment landscape, and how it all meshes with the undeniable lure of playing gamesNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23074 January 14, Santa Clarita -- Use 90 Sec Videos to Explain Your Product - Create Awesome. Explainer videos (those 60-90 sec videos on home pages around the Internet) are all the rage. It's considered an art. How do you quickly and succinctly explain your product or service to your target customer so that you can engage them right away. A good video will not only engage your target customer but avoid also lots of "how does your site work" emails. This is a hot topic right now in tech. I've asked Nick, an expert in this space, to come in to teach us tips on how to make effective Explainer Videos. Companies like FourSquare have created such effective Explainer Videos resulting in a growth explosion. Can a good Explainer Video help you reach your goal of a $100M valuation? *The presentation will cover How To Create an effective "How To"/Animated Video. The Essential elements of a Video (Script/storyboard, Audio Recording, Animation) and how to do each one effectively. How to use *Video Animation effectively in your Startup. *How to make an effective video *The essential elements of a video (Script, VO, Animation) and how to do each one most effectively *Provide additional tips/stories on funny video ideas I have seen, maybe even a bit of info on viral video. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23039 January 15, Santa Monica -- Intro to Data Science and Analysis. General Assembly LA. Do you want to create a recommendation engine for your customers? Predict which employees at your company will leave or stay? Predict where your future sales will come from or whom to target with your next marketing campaign? In this course, we'll cover the basics of how to answer such questions using data, using examples from Ranker's aggregation and recommendation algorithms, Nate Silver's election predictions, and market research.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23064 January 16, Santa Monica -- Startup PR Bootcamp. Coloft. Learn the basic concepts of PR from the managing partners of one of LA's fastest growing launch-only PR firms. This workshop will cover the do's and don't's of startup PR, what to look for when hiring a PR firm, a PR pitch gone wrong, best practices for launch, and what to do when you cannot afford a PR firm. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23067 January 16, Los Angeles -- Startup UCLA Fireside Chat with Mich Mathews, former CMO & SVP of Microsoft. As the former CMO and SVP of Microsoft, Mich Mathews oversaw the company's global marketing function, spanning a diverse set of household brands including Windows, Office, Xbox and Bing. She retired from Microsoft September 1, 2011 after 22 years. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23051 January 16, Cerritos -- How To Live To Be A 100. TiE SoCal. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23061 January 17, Los Angeles -- SBIR/STTR Workshop. Each year the federal government awards technology grants to companies like yours to conduct research and develop innovations for the government. You can then convert the funded research project into commercial business opportunities. Attend this workshop to learn how to write successful proposals to any of the 11 government agencies that run Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programsNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23076 January 18, Santa Monica -- Lean Startup Machine Los Angeles (1/18 - 1/20). Who's this event for? Any startup team that does not have Product/Market Fit, or any aspiring founder, innovator, or early startup employee that wants to learn Lean Startup methodologies from the ground up. Got an idea of your own? Great. You'll have 50 seconds to give your elevator pitch at the kickoff. After voting, if your idea gets selected you will be able to form a team and start working. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23052 January 18, Woodland Hills -- San Fernando Valley Startup Weekend. Startup Weekend is a global network of passionate leaders and entrepreneurs on a mission to inspire, educate, and empower individuals, teams and communities. Share ideas, form teams, and launch startups. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23027 January 19, Los Angeles -- Windows 8 Unleashed brought to you by Microsoft and GITLA. WHAT: Girls in Tech LA partners with Microsoft and Uber Geek Girls Jessica DeVita (Microsoft MVP for LA) to present a class on Windows 8 mobile and desktop apps! At this all-day workshop, Microsoft evangelists will thoroughly train from soup to nuts. By mid-day you’ll be building an app with an all-star team. Cash prizes to be awarded!! WHO: Calling all FEMALE college students and professionals throughout LA - aspiring and experienced female coders, developers and app-builders! Required: Very basic programming experienceNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23073 January 19, Woodland Hills -- San Fernando Valley Startup Weekend. Startup Weekend is a global network of passionate leaders and entrepreneurs on a mission to inspire, educate, and empower individuals, teams and communities. Share ideas, form teams, and launch startups. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23028 January 19, Santa Monica -- Lean Startup Machine Los Angeles (1/18 - 1/20). Who's this event for? Any startup team that does not have Product/Market Fit, or any aspiring founder, innovator, or early startup employee that wants to learn Lean Startup methodologies from the ground up. Got an idea of your own? Great. You'll have 50 seconds to give your elevator pitch at the kickoff. After voting, if your idea gets selected you will be able to form a team and start working. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23053 January 19, Santa Monica -- Music Startup Academy. General Assembly LA. General Assembly is happy to welcome digitalmusic.org's popular Music Startup Academy to Los Angeles for the first time in the Academy's two-year history. As the trade association for the digital music industry, digitalmusic.org has developed this program to specifically help entrepreneurs, app developers, and music startups to break the barriers of entry into the music business. The program aims to teach students how to better understand the interactions between labels and publishers, as well as the basics of product licensing and royalty reporting, content acquisition, business development, and operations. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23055 January 20, Woodland Hills -- San Fernando Valley Startup Weekend. Startup Weekend is a global network of passionate leaders and entrepreneurs on a mission to inspire, educate, and empower individuals, teams and communities. Share ideas, form teams, and launch startups. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23029 January 20, Santa Monica -- Lean Startup Machine Los Angeles (1/18 - 1/20). Who's this event for? Any startup team that does not have Product/Market Fit, or any aspiring founder, innovator, or early startup employee that wants to learn Lean Startup methodologies from the ground up. Got an idea of your own? Great. You'll have 50 seconds to give your elevator pitch at the kickoff. After voting, if your idea gets selected you will be able to form a team and start working. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23054 January 23, Santa Monica -- How to Start Your Own Creative Agency (With Zero Overhead). General Assembly LA. Alan Stuart, Founder and Creative Director, One Long House. The economy is in a slump. It has been for a while. But that can bode well for creatives. Crappy economies are where good ideas float to the top and bad ones crumble and fail. Consider it capitalism's natural selection. Contrary to popular belief, opening a small studio/agency/shop doesn't take a bunch of money. In fact, there are a ton of advantages to starting and scaling your creative team in a super lean fashion. In this class, Alan will share all of the good (and terrible) experiences of opening his creative cooperative, One Long House, in an attempt to encourage creative growth and prevent redundant mistakes. Students will not only learn of the decisions and problems that come with starting a small creative agency, but their potential solutions as well.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23065 January 24, Santa Monica -- LA Uncubed. Ditch your Cube. Work at a startup. Uncubed brings together emerging companies and talented attendees in an exciting and informative environment that showcases startup culture. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22993 January 24, Santa Monica -- 2013 Startup Forecast. TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2013 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Thursday Jan. 24 7pm at The ROC in Santa Monica. We have a line up of amazing speakers who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2013. Topics of discussion will be Saas, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2013, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building sensible businesses. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23056 January 25, San Diego -- SANDcamp 2013. The purpose of the event is to bring the Drupal CMS community together and celebrate the platform, find new ways to improve it, as well collaborate to share best practices with fellow Drupal users. Expect the weekend to be full of professional development with great after hour events, a distro-summit, and half-day training classes and workshops, kicking-off 2013 Drupal camps in style. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23041 January 26, Santa Monica -- Intro to the Los Angeles Startup Community. Sam Teller, Managing Director, Launchpad LA. This free class is an orientation to help newcomers to the startup scene get acquainted with the exciting world of tech in Los Angeles. We will canvas key events/meetups to attend, people, companies, VCs, blogs, hot issues, and more. Learn the role of key players such as Los Angeles UX & UI Meetups, Startup Weekend, Creative Mornings, Maker Studios, Machinima, Nation Builder, Factual, Riot Games as well as Launchpad LA and the Accelerator / Incubator ecosystem. After class you are welcome to network with a number of prominent folks in the ecosystem. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23066 January 26, Los Angeles -- LA Video Hackathon by YouTube and Google TV. You're invited to join us for the LA Video Hackathon by YouTube and Google TV! Developers, designers and entrepreneurs are welcome. At this event, you will learn about our new APIs, work closely with Google engineers, and have an opportunity to provide feedback on the new APIs. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23022 January 29, San Diego -- Getting Good Results from a Board of Directors and Board of Advisors. CONNECT. To stay competitive in today's marketplace, organizations frequently seek outside expertise to provide credibility, contacts, counseling and cash. Procopio Partner William Eigner will provide targeted advice on what entrepreneurs, directors and advisors need to know about recruiting, managing, incentivizing and showcasing a Board. The workshop will cover governance practices, including key differences between advisors and directors, their duties and obligations and best practices. Presenter: William Eigner, Partner, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23046 January 30, Los Angeles -- StartEngine Demo Day. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23057 January 31, Los Angeles Westside -- Growth Capital Conference. Network with capital sources, advisors, deal makers and 100 entrepreneurs seeking capital & counsel. DEAL DISPLAYtm showcases attractive firms needing growth capital. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22951 January 31, Los Angeles -- LA Uncubed. Ditch your cube. Work at a startup. Uncubed brings together emerging companies and talented attendees in an exciting and informative environment that showcases startup culture. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23058 January 31, Los Angeles -- PandoMonthly LA: Sophia Amoruso, NastyGal. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23059 January 31, San Diego -- The Healthcare Reform Act. CONNECT. Timely Topics presents: The Healthcare Reform Act …like it or not it is here … and it will have impact on large and small businesses. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23071 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: Clearstone Ventures (www.clearstone.com). Venture capital for innovators. TVC Capital LLC (www.tvccapital.com) Investments in and Acquisitions of Growing Software Companies Silicon Valley Bank (http://www.svb.com). Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Stubbs Alderton Markiles, LLP (http://www.stubbsalderton.com). Business. Technology. Law. Vision. Safire Partners (http://www.safirepartners.com). 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