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We Create Demand. --Help us support Southern California's high tech industry! RECENT JOB POSTINGS --Full-Stack Web Developer ($120K + Equity), Los Angeles, Instameet, Inc. --Director Engineering, hands on seed stage, West Los Angeles, Fetch Recruiting, Inc --Solution Architect, Los Angeles, DataDirect Networks --Senior QA Engineer, Santa Monica, BeachMint --Senior Frontend Developer , Santa Monica , BeachMint --Senior Data Warehouse Engineer, Santa Monica, BeachMint RECENT FUNDING EVENTS ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- The latest trend in tech: Ordering Food Online with Seamless >From individual meals and late-night group orders, to catered meetings and blowout parties, Seamless is the easiest way to feed the office. We link companies and their employees to hundreds of local food options, offer fast and convenient online ordering and provide just one invoice for all food orders. Join us for lunch and learn how we can make your hungry office happy. August 14th @ 12 pm – Lucques August 15th & 12 pm – Wilshire Space is Limited - RSVP today https://seamlessoffice.wufoo.com/forms/los-angeles-lunch-learn/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gene Dolgoff's 3D Vision: Using Crowdfunding To Turn the World 3D ---- Santa Monica-based Fundable (www.fundable.com) is a newly launched, crowdfunding site which is headed by local entrepreneur Wil Shroter. Recently, an interesting project popped up on the site--a a 2D to 3D conversion project, from the inventor of the original, LCD projector, Gene Dolgoff. Dolgoff has a fascinating background--he invented the first LCD projector, he helped inspire Star Trek's Holodeck, and he also is a serial entrepreneur who took his company public on the NASDAQ in the 90's. Since Dolgoff is raising money for his 2D-to-3D startup via Fundable, we thought it would be interesting to hear about the project, and how he ended up turning to Fundable. Tell us about your project? Gene Dolgoff: After years of research and development, we have developed technology which converts two dimensional video to 3D. Not only that, but we're able (More...) http://bit.ly/QKY0dg --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sony Online Entertainment Applies Facial Analysis To Game ---- San Diego-based Sony Online Entertainment has rolled out a new technology for its popular EverQuest II online game, which allows users to control their avatars' faces and change their voices, as part of a deal with Santa Monica-based Image Metrics. Sony said its new SOEmote technology, available to all of its EverQuest II players, uses standard web cameras to analyze expressions on a player and transfer that data to their characters' faces. The two said they are tapping technology developed by Image Metrics for real-time facial analysis, expression tracking, and animation for the feature. The launch is the first time facial analysis has been applied to online games; Image Metrics had previously applied its technology to motion capture in Hollywood. Pivotshare Raises $1M For Content Monetization ---- Irvine-based Pivotshare, a new startup offering up a service to help content creators publish and monetize their video or audio via subscription or pay-per-view, said today that it has raised $1M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Townsgate Media, which the company said is an investment fund focused on early stage technology and media in Orange County and Los Angeles. Pivotshare offers up a turn-key service which allows users to create video and audio, and offer those videos and audio to users via a subscription or one off purchase; the firm said it is looking to help content creators such as life coaches, comedians, filmmakers, performers, business strategists, and others with its platform. The company was founded by Adam Mosam. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=44587 ecoATM Expands Recycling Kiosk Network ---- San Diego-based ecoATM, the startup which develops interactive kiosks which buy back used mobile phones and other electronics, said today that it has expanded its network of kiosks into Texas. EcoATM said it has installed 28 kiosks in malls throughout that state, the first part of an expansion it is planning into the Southeast, East Coast, and Midwest later this year. EcoATM's kiosks allow people to trade in their unwanted electronics for cash or in-store credit. EcoATM is led by Tom Tullie, and venture backed by Coinstar, PI Holdings, Moore Venture Partners, AKS Capital, Koh Boon Hwee, Claremont Creek Ventures and TAO Ventures. Demand Media Names Blend As President, COO ---- Santa Monica-based Demand Media said yesterday that it has promoted Michael Blend to President and COO of the firm. Blend had most recently been leading Demand's content and media services. Demand Media said that Blend will continue to report to Richard Rosenblatt. Blend had previously led Demand Media's eNom domain registration group, and had previously served as founder and CEO of Hotkey, which had been acquired by Demand Media, in addition to serving at WeddingChannel.com and Darwin Keyboards. Peregrine Semiconductor Prices IPO, Starts Trading Today ---- San Diego-based Peregrine Semiconductor priced its IPO last night, saying that it will offer up 5,500,000 shares of its common stock at $14.00 per share. The firm will start trading today on the NASDAQ Global Market as PSMI. Peregrine priced at the low end of its initial estimated pricing range, which was $14.00 to $16.00 per share. Peregrine is venture backed by Morgenthaler Partners, Advanced Equities, Palisades Ventures, and others. The firm's IPO was underwritten by Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, RBC Capital Markets LLC, Needham & Company LLC, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., and Pacific Crest Securities LLC. AwesomenessTV Gets $3.5M For YouTube Content ---- A new, Los Angeles based startup focused on developing original media for YouTube, AwesomenessTV, announced Tuesday afternoon that it has raised $3.5M in a Series A investment round. The round was led by MK Capital, and also included Greycroft Venture Partners and New World Ventures, along with Dean Gilbert, Allen DeBevoise, Matt Coffin, Jeremy Zimmer and Michael Kassan. According to the firm, it is creating and distributing original comedy, fashion, sports, music and reality programming for teens and tweens. The firm has its own YouTube channel, Awesomeness TV, which it says has over 75,000 subscribers and over 10 million video views. The company is headed by producer and director Brian Robbins. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=44506 Demand Media Revenues, Pageviews Grow ---- Santa Monica-based Demand Media, the online content publishing firm run by Richard Rosenblatt, reported its second quarter 2012 financial results on Tuesday afternoon, saying that both its revenues and pageviews grew from year to year. Demand Media said it had total revenues of $93.1M for the three months ended June 30, 2012, up 17 percent from the same quarter last year. The company also reported a healthy rise in pageviews across both its own sites as well as its network, with pageviews hitting 3.3 billion pageviews in Q2, up 30% for its own sites, and 4.77 billion pageviews in Q2 for its customer website network, up 29 percent. Although pageviews were up, the company did report a drop in its RPM to $13.50, an 11 percent decrease from last year's Q2, which the firm attributed to a shift to relatively lower RPM properties during the quarter. MaxLinear Countersues Silicon Laboratories ---- Carlsbad-based MaxLinear said Tuesday morning that it has filed counterclaims against competitor Silicon Laboratories. The filing comes in response to a lawsuit filed a few weeks ago by Silicon Laboratories against the firm. MaxLinear said that it believes that a "wide range" of Silicon Laboratories product infringe on its intellectual property. MaxLinear said Silicon Labs' products are covered by three patents its holds: United States Patent Nos. 7,362,178; 8,198,940; and 7,778,613. MaxLinear is a developer of radio frequency and mixed signal semiconductors. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of California, San Diego Division, the same court Silicon Laboratories' own lawsuit against MaxLinear was filed in July. Viridity Energy Find $15M From Mitsui & Co. ---- Viridity Energy, a developer of demand-side management software for managing the smart grid, has raised $15M in an investment round from Mitsui & Co. The firm--which is based in Philadelphia, but also has a sales office in Newbury Park, California--develops a platform it says helps large energy users to manage their energy spending. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=44498 Sonos Streams Songza ---- Santa Barbara-based music system developer Sonos is continuing to expand out its impressive menu of Internet-linked music services it connects with, saying yesterday it has added Songza as an available service on its multi-room, Internet-connected Sonos music systems. Songza offers up an online, music streaming service that revolves around hand-crafted music playlists. Songza's service has music playlists organized around themes "coffee shop", "waking up", "falling asleep", etc. which can be streamed for free. Sonos said Songza's service is available on the "More Music" section of its controller. Telcentris Names New Business Development Head ---- San Diego-based Telcentris, the developer of cloud-based communications and voice services, said Tuesday morning that it has named Pertti Johansson as its Executive Vice President, overseeing Global Business Development. Johansson was previously at Powerwave Technologies, Monitise Group, and also was President, Europe/MEA at Qualcomm. Johansson also has served at Motorola. According to Telcentris, Johansson has more than 35 years of experience in the telecom and wireless industry. Telcentris operates VoxOx, a consumer focused service providing unified voice, text, chat, fax, and social networking tools, and VoxOx In Business, a VoIP business phone plan. LeisureLink Ties With Groupize.com ---- Pasadena-based LeisureLink, which operates an online system for connecting vacation rental properties with travel agents and web booking, has linked with a new automated group hotel booking engine, Groupize. (More...) http://www.socaltech.com/leisurelink_ties_with_groupize_com/s-0044299.html Inktank Bolsters Exec Team ---- Los Angeles-based Inktank, the developer of the open source, distributed storage software Ceph, is expanding its executive tem today, saying that it has hired James Duncan as its new CTO, Russell Kojima as VP Professional Services, and Debbie Moynihan as VP Marketing. Duncan joins the company from Joyent, where he was recently CTO, Worldwide Sales. Kojima was previously COO at ForceBrain.com, having also served at Kaltura, hiSoft Technology, IBM, and SugarCRM; and Moynihan was previously at FuseSource, having also served at IONA Technologies and IBM. Inktank is developing massively scalable, open source storage software Ceph, which is part of the Linux kernel. Nirvanix, Luminex Tie On Mainframe Cloud Storage ---- San Diego-based cloud storage provider Nirvanix and virtual tape storage products firm Lumnix, which is based in Riverside, said Tuesday that they have teamed to ship a cloud-based, tape storage product aimed at the mainframe environment. According to the two, they have created the first, cloud-based product which allows mainframe customers to store their mainframe tape volumes in the Nirvanix storage cloud. Pricing on the new product was not announced. The two said that LUMNIX CLoudSafe will allow customers to vault their mainframe tape volumes in the cloud, and access them anywhere. The companies said the solution supports z/OS, z/VM, z/VSE, and S/390 operating systems. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARKETPLACE Reach 10000+ readers for 5 days for $250 Post your marketplace ad at: http://www.socaltech.com/postad.html ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- The latest trend in tech: Ordering Food Online with Seamless >From individual meals and late-night group orders, to catered meetings and blowout parties, Seamless is the easiest way to feed the office. We link companies and their employees to hundreds of local food options, offer fast and convenient online ordering and provide just one invoice for all food orders. Join us for lunch and learn how we can make your hungry office happy. August 14th @ 12 pm – Lucques August 15th & 12 pm – Wilshire Space is Limited - RSVP today https://seamlessoffice.wufoo.com/forms/los-angeles-lunch-learn/ ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- LAVA's Annual Venture Capital Panel - August 14th, Santa Monica LAVA Special Event LAVA's Annual Venture Capital Panel Tuesday August 14, 2012 6:00pm - 9:30pm Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows, 101 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90401 Meet the top VCs who are investing in Southern California. Find out what they are looking to invest in. Find out what does it take to secure Venture Capital for your company. Learn about the hottest trends and the mistakes NOT to make. Moderator: Jon Funk, Founder, Ocean Road Partners Confirmed Panelists Jim Andelman, Managing Partner, Rincon Venture Partners David Caseras, Principal, Vicente Capital Partners See http://www.lava.org ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- Trinet White Paper: Options for handling your HR functions HR is a necessity when you have employees. And what could be better than taking a set of duties – which although a necessity, are not a core competence – off your plate? According to a Small Business Association study, the average small business owner spends 25%+ of the time handling employee-related paperwork. This average increases to a staggering 35-45% if the tasks include recruitment, hiring, and training of new employees. After all, you have no interest in processing payroll twice a month, negotiating benefits with insurance carriers, or worrying about how to comply with a litany of government regulations. 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Join today at: http://www.socaltech.com/Membership ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT JOB POSTINGS More jobs at http://www.socaltech.com/Jobs Members post jobs for free Full-Stack Web Developer ($120K + Equity), Los Angeles, Instameet, Inc. http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5399 Director Engineering, hands on seed stage, West Los Angeles, Fetch Recruiting, Inc http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5398 Solution Architect, Los Angeles, DataDirect Networks http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5397 Senior QA Engineer, Santa Monica, BeachMint http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5396 Senior Frontend Developer , Santa Monica , BeachMint http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5395 Senior Data Warehouse Engineer, Santa Monica, BeachMint http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5394 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT FUNDING SUMMARY 08/08/12 Pivotshare $1.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44587 08/07/12 AwesomenessTV $3.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44506 08/02/12 Genomatica $41.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44463 07/31/12 InstaCanvas $1.7M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44391 07/26/12 Apptopia.com $1.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44305 07/26/12 Pop-up Pantry $1.7M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44307 07/26/12 Just Fabulous $76.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44308 07/25/12 NantPharma $125.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44240 07/25/12 CoDa Therapeutics $20.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44241 07/19/12 MOVIECLIPS, INC. $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44139 07/18/12 Retention Science $1.3M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44060 07/16/12 Tealium Inc. $10.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44042 07/12/12 POPTENT INC $5.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=43964 07/11/12 MiCardia $4.4M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=43098 07/11/12 ValCare $8.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=43669 07/11/12 SteelHouse $8.3M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=43670 07/11/12 StackSocial $0.8M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=43674 07/10/12 Zumbox $10.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=43641 07/09/12 BIOSURPLUS, INC. $2.4M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=43614 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 August 8, Los Angeles -- KickstartLA in Hollywood! io/LA Welcomes Function LA & LA Tech Happy Hour to introduce Kickstart LA. We will be gathering at io/LA in Hollywood along with 5 of LA's biggest Kickstarter.com successes ever. The panel will discuss what it takes to not just meet your crowdfunding goals, but to find success on a huge scale without needing banks or investors to get you thereNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22686 August 9, Goleta -- Phosphor converted solid state white lighting: What's that on your ceiling? Science and Engineering Council of Santa Barbara. Phosphor-converted, solid-state white lighting is increasingly becoming the technology of choice for dispelling darkness. Our speaker will explain how this efficient, clean, and long-lived lighting technology works, and how it will change our world. The advent of bright blue solid-state light sources--a technology now closely associated with UC Santa Barbara--permitted the creation of white light through the judicious use of a phosphor material that converts part of the blue light to a longer wavelength (lower energy) light. The mix of blue and the longer wavelength (typically yellow) appear white. The key materials involved in this process will be described, and future directions described. Presenter Dr. Ram Seshadri, Professor, UCSB; Materials and Chemistry & BiochemistryNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22687 August 9, Santa Monica -- Startups Uncensored #29 - Eventbrite Co-Founders Kevin and Julia Hartz. Eventbrite is an online service that people everywhere use to create, share, and join any event imaginable. Eventbrite enable's event creation, promotion and ticket sales. They help people discover events that match their passions. And they let everyone share the events they're creating or joining, bringing more people together around the world. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22639 August 9, Santa Monica -- Selling Through Social Media. Coloft Academy. Everyone knows they need to be on Social Media, most of us even know the basics of running social media for business; but when it comes down to the bottom line how do you leverage the medium into dolla dolla bills? This class will teach you the tips and tricks to make strong social strategy that builds audience, establishes clout, gains traction and produces clicks. You will go home with the basics of maximizing algorithms to get the most eyes possible on your posts as well as some practical ways to produce engaging content without having to buy expensive software. Social is the future, this class is for those of us who are ready to take the net step. Instructor: Shannon Drake. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22668 August 9, Irvine -- August 2012 Workshop: Business Development/Sales. TCVN. In today’s economic environment, growth and self-funding through sales and profits is critical. In our August TCVN Workshop, we will have an in-depth discussion on business development, sales and alliances and how to effectively accelerate the growth of your business.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22662 August 10, San Diego -- Harnessing the Persuasive Power of the Interactive Infographic. SDSIC. Data visualization is not a new practice, but it is a booming one. Designers, developers and marketers alike have taken on the task of wrangling data into consumable - and more importantly action generating - information nuggets and insights. Data visualization expert and founder and president of PINT Inc., Port80 Software and ZingChart Thomas Powell will guide you in the area. http://www.sdsic.org/events.aspx . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22659 August 10, Santa Barbara -- Clean Business Investment Summit. The Clean Business Investment Summit aligns the power of capital to bring together cutting-edge entrepreneurs and investors looking for dynamic opportunities in green, sustainable business with powerful entrepreneur presentations and an outstanding lineup of speakers exploring critical facets in sustainability, business growth strategies, investment opportunities, and more. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22640 August 10, Los Angeles -- Announcing the 2nd Annual Meaningful Use of Complex Medical Data (MUCMD) Symposium and Clinical Data Hack-a-thon. Every day hospitals and clinics around the world collect data from tens of thousands of practical therapeutic "experiments" in electronic health care records (EHRs), and the collective experience recorded in this data has potential to revolutionize the delivery of care, drive new medical discoveries, improve patient outcomes, and optimize practices within large health care organizations. The Meaningful Use of Complex Medical Data (MUCMD) symposium brings together a multidisciplinary community of researchers and innovators who explore the opportunities and challenges involved in applying computational methods to this dataNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22692 August 11, Los Angeles -- Announcing the 2nd Annual Meaningful Use of Complex Medical Data (MUCMD) Symposium and Clinical Data Hack-a-thon. Every day hospitals and clinics around the world collect data from tens of thousands of practical therapeutic "experiments" in electronic health care records (EHRs), and the collective experience recorded in this data has potential to revolutionize the delivery of care, drive new medical discoveries, improve patient outcomes, and optimize practices within large health care organizations. The Meaningful Use of Complex Medical Data (MUCMD) symposium brings together a multidisciplinary community of researchers and innovators who explore the opportunities and challenges involved in applying computational methods to this dataNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22693 August 12, Los Angeles -- Announcing the 2nd Annual Meaningful Use of Complex Medical Data (MUCMD) Symposium and Clinical Data Hack-a-thon. Every day hospitals and clinics around the world collect data from tens of thousands of practical therapeutic "experiments" in electronic health care records (EHRs), and the collective experience recorded in this data has potential to revolutionize the delivery of care, drive new medical discoveries, improve patient outcomes, and optimize practices within large health care organizations. The Meaningful Use of Complex Medical Data (MUCMD) symposium brings together a multidisciplinary community of researchers and innovators who explore the opportunities and challenges involved in applying computational methods to this dataNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22694 August 14, Los Angeles -- Los Angeles Lunch & Learn. Seamless. If you order food into the office, you don’t want to miss this event! Enjoy a delicious lunch and learn why Seamless is the perfect solution for your office's food-ordering needs. From expanded food options, to streamlined ordering to consolidated billing processes, we'll show you how ordering food online will help save your company time and money, while keeping your office happy, fed and productiveNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22677 August 14, Irvine, CA -- PMI-OC August 2012 Networking Event. The Orange County Chapter of the Project Management Institute will host a dinner and miniature golf tournament. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22652 August 14, Santa Monica -- LAVA's Annual Venture Capital Panel. Meet the top VCs who are investing in Southern California. Find out what they are looking to invest in. Find out what does it take to secure Venture Capital for your company. Learn about the hottest trends and the mistakes NOT to make. Moderator: Jon Funk, Founder, Ocean Road Partners. Confirmed Panelists: Jim Andelman, Managing Partner, Rincon Venture Partners; David Casares, Principal, Vicente Capital Partners; Dana Settle, Partner, Greycroft Partners. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22627 August 15, Los Angeles -- Los Angeles Lunch & Learn. Seamless. If you order food into the office, you don’t want to miss this event! Enjoy a delicious lunch and learn why Seamless is the perfect solution for your office's food-ordering needs. From expanded food options, to streamlined ordering to consolidated billing processes, we'll show you how ordering food online will help save your company time and money, while keeping your office happy, fed and productiveNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22678 August 15, Santa Barbara -- "What Every Businessperson Should Know about Trademarks" The MIT Enterprise Forum of the Central Coast and the United States Patent and Trademark Office's Trademark Educational Outreach Program. This basic trademark program is targeted to small business owners and entrepreneurs, and students who hope to be business owners or entrepreneurs. Most attorneys will enjoy the program, too. Our speaker will address: difference between trademarks, copyrights and patents; comparing between trademarks, domain names and business name registrations; and much more. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22663 August 15, Costa Mesa -- OCAMA Signature Speaker Series - Peter Kraus, UCLA Anderson School of Business. Topic: "Word of Mouth in the Modern World - Selling in a Tempest" Times of adversity create the greatest opportunities. If business people know what to do they would judiciously exploit the resources available, but they are not necessarily trained to hear the subtle and complex, but not vague customer message for developing a more effective value proposition. The Great Recession is 'bigger" than The Great Depression, with 40% of collage graduates unable to find a job, with institutions of all kinds failing in every which way, while people and corporations with capital realize greater gains and record profits unheard of in the history of the United States. In these times when nothing is as it was and technology has changed everything we have to use unusual tactics and unconventional and counterintuitive countermeasures to reach our goals and objectives in what seems to be a fire storm. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22666 August 15, Irvine -- TechBiz Connection Presents Profits in Gaming. Do you have the next big idea for a social game? Half of Facebook’s monthly active users play games, but only 5% of the players pay to play. Meanwhile, over $2.3B worth of virtual goods were purchased in 2011. Facebook Credits, launched in mid-2011, has become the new on-line currency. As new channels for monetization open up, the social gaming industry growth will accelerate. Please join our industry experts and learn how to profit from social gaming. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22661 August 16, San Diego -- CommNexus. The Mobile Software Development SIG presents: Making Friends, Making MoneyNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22680 August 16, Santa Monica -- Practical SEO To Get More Traffic and Exposure To Your Business Online. Los Angeles Online Marketing for Entrepreneurs. Hey guys, to kick start our first meetup, we will be hosting a presentation on SEO. We will cover practical SEO tips and strategies for startups and small businesses to getting more exposure online and generating more traffic, leads, and salesNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22688 August 16, Santa Monica -- Intro to Adwords. Coloft Academy. Acquiring new customers remains a significant challenge for any business. Finding what works best for your business can be a difficult task, given the multitude of options both online and offline. The purpose of this course is to improve your understanding of how to run a campaign that is both ROI-positive and cost-effective, and to determine if AdWords is right for your business.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22669 August 16, Santa Monica -- An Evening with LA Mobile Entrepreneurs and a VC. Moderator Lori Kozlowski (Forbes) will be joined by mobile company founders Matthias Galica (ShareSquare), Nick Smoot (Here on Biz), Dave Matthews (NeuAer) and VC David Travers (Rustic Canyon). An evening chat with Los Angeles based mobile startup founders/executives and an experienced VC about what’s hot in the community right now: what is trending, what is challenging and what is going away.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22655 August 18, Los Angeles -- TECHBREW Multi-Dimensional MEGA MIXER. The TECHBREW Multi-Dimensional MEGA MIXER will include a workshop, presentations by international speakers, Lielle Arad and Alan Tratner, and a celebratory and fun mini-concert entertainment by the unique pop innovators, B4Neptune. Alan and Lielle will be speaking about responsibility in a special presentation entitled, ‘The Sustainable Planet & the Total Vantage Point’. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22637 August 21, Glendale -- Public Agencies Can Afford Your Tech Services In Spite of the Economic Downturn! Learn from this workshop how to use grants and other "revenue neutral" funding to assist public agencies in acquiring your service or productNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22691 August 22, Los Angeles -- Los Angeles MongoDB User Group. In honor of the upcoming release of MongoDB 2.2 we'll be hosting a MongoDB Drinkup (Think Meetup at a bar) at the Pink Taco! This is a great chance to meet other mongoDB users and bring along new friends to the user groupNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22684 August 22, Costa Mesa -- AWT Networking Event at Working Wardrobe. Association for Women in TechnologyNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22685 August 22, Santa Monica -- SM New Tech Meetup. 10 min presentation by Winston J. Perez on Concept Modeling for technology entrepreneurs. 5 amazing new tech companies will present. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22648 August 23, Santa Monica -- Startup Business Development. Coloft Academy. Are you a Founder and want to learn more about growing your venture via partnerships and alliances? Or are you interested in a job in Business Development at a Tech or Internet company? We will kick off this session distilling what Business Development actually means at an early stage company, and then we will discuss what it entails as the company grows. We’ll also discuss types of partnerships, as well as provide a framework for evaluating them.Later we’ll outline characteristics of a great Business Developer – who you should hire or the skills you need to get hired. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22667 August 23, Santa Monica -- TEDxSantaMonica Salon Event. Join TEDxSantaMonica for a salon-style event as we explore how local Santa Monica people are transforming the community and inspiring others. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22645 August 23, Santa Monica -- Startup Business Development. Coloft Academy. Are you a Founder and want to learn more about growing your venture via partnerships and alliances? Or are you interested in a job in Business Development at a Tech or Internet company? We will kick off this session distilling what Business Development actually means at an early stage company, and then we will discuss what it entails as the company grows. We’ll also discuss types of partnerships, as well as provide a framework for evaluating them. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22670 August 28, Santa Monica -- Hey Los Angeles, get ready for your upcoming Tech Cocktail Mixer & Startup Showcase. Tech Cocktail Mixer & Startup Showcase Events - they’re our specialty. The premise is simple; we Mix together your region’s hottest tech startups with a couple hundred passionate technophiles- and serve over cocktails. The result is delicious blend of entrepreneurs, investors, employers, job seekers, and those simply looking for a fun environment to mingle with fellow local tech enthusiasts. NEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22683 August 28, Santa Monica -- Nailing The Pitch. Coloft Academy. Creating a solid pitch is one of the most important tasks a new startup must accomplish. Making the most out of each investor meeting is what this class is all about. During the class we’ll take a look at unique techniques, tactics and secrets that will help you construct a powerful pitch. We’ll also look at the most common mistakes entrepreneurs make while pitching investors. Instructor: Tyler Crowley. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22671 August 28, Santa Monica -- Tech Cocktail Mixer & Startup Showcase Events - they’re our specialty. The premise is simple; we Mix together your region’s hottest tech startups with a couple hundred passionate technophiles- and serve over cocktails. The result is delicious blend of entrepreneurs, investors, employers, job seekers, and those simply looking for a fun environment to mingle with fellow local tech enthusiasts. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22653 August 29, San Gabriel -- Lunch & Learn: Venture Capital & Investments. Asian Business Association. When companies want to grow revenue streams with new clients and customers, what are the options? How can businesses secure the funds and how should they spend the money? This program will focus on the various sources of fundings such as venture capital and different types of investments. Preeminent experts will share the dais with an experienced entrepreneur and discuss the do's and don'ts of securing additional capital. 2 lucky companies will be chosen to deliver 2-minute pitchs for critical evaluationNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22689 August 29, Santa Monica -- Crowd Funding Tips & Tricks. Coloft Academy. Learn everything there is to know about crowdfunding for your business, from co-Founder and CEO of crowdfunder Chance Barnett. This class is for any entrepreneur, or future entrepreneur, who is interested in using crowdfunding as a real alternative for early stage funding. In this class you’ll learn: How crowdfunding for businesses makes INVESTMENT via crowdfunding possible; What's required to go live with a crowdfunding investment raise; How to use your personal network and community to complete a successful crowdfunding campaign. Instructor: Chance Barnett. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22672 August 30, San Diego -- The Military SIG Presents: Unmanned Vehicles. CommNexusNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22681 August 31, San Diego -- Bootstrappers Breakfast - San Diego. Join Other Entrepreneurs Who Eat Problems For Breakfast. * Compare Notes * Exchange Ideas * Learn from Others Mistakes * Brainstorm with PeersNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22682 September 5, Los Angeles -- Is Your Pitch in the Strike Zone? Entrepreneurs, does your pitch measure up? New this year, the pitch competition for entrepreneurs with innovative clean tech applications will be held on the evening of September 5th at the 3rd Annual PortTechEXPO. Angel and venture investors, business advisors and coaches, attorneys, accountants, and port representatives will be in attendance. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22649 September 6, Santa Monica -- Intro to Search Engine Optimization. Coloft Academy. What is Search Engine Optimization? This class is designed to teach you how to drive more traffic to your web site and increase sales, by using tools suited for anyone!. We’ll cover getting on the first page of search engines (results not guaranteed), getting more web traffic without spending money on advertising, and strategies for onsite and offsite website optimization techniques.. 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