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The firm said the grants will go towards optimizing its manufacturing process, working with partner ASM Technology Singapore Pte Ltd. REC--whose global headquarters are in Norway--said the award came from the Singapore Energy Innovation Program Office (EIPO). Amgen Terminates Drug Trial After Failure ---- Thousand Oaks-based Amgen said late Wednesday that it has terminated a Phase 3 study of a drug it is developing to treat metastatic pancreatic cancer, after a recommendation by the independent committee overseeing the trial. The firm said the termination came, after the committee found that the company's ganitumab (AMG 479) compound was "unlikely to demonstrate a statistically significant improvement" in survival for patients. Yahoo Extends Free Food Perk In New York: Whither SoCal? ---- Internet portal Yahoo is continuing its makeover back into a Silicon Valley style workplace, and apparently has extended its free food offer to employees at two of the company's New York locations, according to reports. (More...) http://bit.ly/My9w41 Silicon Beach: The Android App ---- There's been a lot of press about the name "Silicon Beach"--the name the local community has taken up to describe the high tech renaissance happening in Santa Monica and surrounding cities in Los Angeles. However, until now, there hasn't been a mobile app to go with the name. (More...) http://www.socaltech.com/silicon_beach_the_android_app/s-0044348.html DocStoc Launches Expert Video ---- In what it calls a "video MBA", Santa Monica-based DocStoc has launched a major new feature of the site, aimed at helping small businesses and professionals learn about everything from building a brand, pitching their business plan, running an Adwords campaign, and more. The site--headed by CEO Jason Nazar--said today that it has launched a selection of expert, video courses, featuring over 100 hours of video. The company said the launch is a "major move" for the firm into paid-video courses, and is an evolution of the company's focus on small businesses documents. The new video courses include anywhere from 20 to 100 videos, organized by topic, with each video running from two to ten minutes each. Pricing on the new courses was not announced by the company. DecisionPoint Systems Buys Mobile Software Firm ---- Irvine-based DecisionPoint Systems, a provider of mobile workforce automation integration services and products, said this week that it has acquired Ilume Mobile Software, a developer of mobile applications which was a division of MacroSolve. Decisionpoint said it paid $1.0m for Illume, including $250,000 in cash and $750,000 in its common stock. The deal also includes up to $500,000 in earnout. Illume Mobile develops enterprise mobile software for both the iPhone and Android smartphones. Tech Crawl Redux: Silicon Beach Tour Hits Venice ---- What do you get when you combine beer and startups? In more proof that local techies can't get enough of hanging out with the multitude of startups cropping up on "Silicon Beach" -- mostly Santa Monica and the westside of Los Angeles -- local event organizer TechZulu said today that it is launching a second edition of its Tech Crawl event on August 30th. (More...) http://bit.ly/NdP78w Fisker Supplier A123 Systems Gets Chinese Lifeline ---- In what looks like some good news for Irvine-based electric auto firm Fisker Automotive, the supplier for that firm's electric batteries, A123 Systems, said Wednesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a Chinese firm, to inject $450M into A123. (More...) http://bit.ly/NjHawR Platinum Equity Buys Clipper Windpower ---- Los Angeles-based private equity firm Platinum Equity has acquired wind turbine manufacturer Clipper Windpower, according to Clipper parent United Technologies Corp (UTX) Tuesday. Financial details of the deal have not been announced. United Technologies acquired Clipper for $382M in 2010; UTX recently has said that it was looking to sell Clipper due to a stall in the alternative energy business. Platinum Technology is the private equity firm founded by Tom Gores. Clipper is based in Carpinteria. Swagbucks Tops $27M In Rewards ---- Who knew surfing the web could be so rewarding? Los Angeles-based Swagbucks says that so far, it has awarded $27 million worth of gift cards, physical items, and payments via PayPal to its users, just for searching the web, watching videos, doing market research surveys, and other activities. The company--headed by Scott Dudelson--runs an online rewards program, which now has more than 5.9 million registered users, according to the company. Swagbucks says that it now has more than 50 employees at the firm, and is on the cusp of launching a new "Shop & Earn" portal to let customers shop at brand-name e-commerce stores and earn rewards through the process. Swagbucks has been offering up its rewards since February of 2008. Realtime Raises $100M, Opens Office In Santa Monica ---- Realtime, a startup developing technology to help power real-time web applications, said today that it has raised $100M, launched in the U.S., and opened up a new office in Santa Monica. The firm, which was previously known as Internet Business Technologies, said that it has developed a language, xRTML, that helps convert existing, static HTML into real-time, live web applications. The new funding came from BRTech Holding, a Sao Paulo-based technology investment firm. Realtime also opened up a New York office, in addition to existing offices in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, London, Madrid, and Lisbon. The firm said its technology framework works with NODE.JS, Javascript, ASP.net, Java, PHP, iOS, Android, and Windows Phone, and revolves around providing a many-to-many, cloud-hosted messaging system for web applications. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=44590 Boingo Acquires Ad Firm Cloud Nine Media ---- Boingo Wireless, the Wi-Fi access point and network operator, is expanding out its services, saying yesterday it has acquired Cloud Nine Media, a provider of Wi-Fi sponsorship and location-based advertising. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Boingo said that Cloud Nine provides its advertising services at more than 6,000 airports, hotels, bars, restaurants, and recreational areas across the U.S. and Canada. Cloud Nine was based in San Francisco. Boingo said that Cloud Nine's technology can be used across its portfolio of managed Wi-Fi hotspots. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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------------------------------- Safire Partners Executive Search Safire Partners has completed 150+ retained executive searches since 2006 working with emerging businesses in digital media, Internet, eCommerce, software and clean technology across Southern California. Please visit our website to see an updated list of our clients and searches completed at http://www.safirepartners.com/. We are always interested in meeting new candidates and potential clients, so feel free to email our Managing Partner, Todd Gitlin at [email protected]. We can also always be a friendly source for investor introductions and general market / compensation intelligence. ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- TriNet: Principles for Building an Effective Human Capital Plan Almost every business leader will say that people are their most important asset, but few do anything about it. If you are going to take this principle seriously then human capital planning is crucial. The Human Capital Plan is an important tool that organizations use to drive focused actions that can ensure goal achievement and business success. It allows organizations to assess, plan for, and respond proactively to its human capital challenges and needs. It helps shape the organization by building a plan to develop the workforce and practices needed to meet an organization’s vision, mission, and goals. Read on to learn about 10 principles to follow in order to build an effective human capital plan for your organization. Download the white paper at: http://www.socaltech.com/trinet/wp.php?id=6 ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT JOB POSTINGS More jobs at http://www.socaltech.com/Jobs Members post jobs for free Senior Data Warehouse Engineer, Santa Monica, BeachMint http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5394 Senior IT Operations Architect/Analyst, La Jolla, Fortis Advisors http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5391 Product Manager, West Los Angeles, Fetch Recruiting http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5378 Sales Account Manager, Irvine, Tektronix http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5380 Marketing Production Coordinator, Chatsworth, DataDirect Networks http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5403 Senior Oracle Functional Analyst - Services, Sunnyvale, DataDirect Networks http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5402 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Just Fabulous $76.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44308 07/26/12 Pop-up Pantry $1.7M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44307 07/25/12 CoDa Therapeutics $20.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44241 07/25/12 NantPharma $125.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44240 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 SteelHouse $8.3M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=43670 07/11/12 ValCare $8.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=43669 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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 productive. 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 productive. 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 Money. 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 20, Santa Clarita -- Raise $1 Million for your Startup. Adam Draper knows Venture Capital. It's in his blood. His dad, Tim, is a venture capitalist and so is his grandfather, William who is credited for starting the venture capital industry in tech. They've funded some of the biggest names in High Tech over the last 50 years. The Draper Family is a dynasty in the Venture Capital world (see recent Fast Company article) like no other. Adam, 3rd generation, has set his sights on startups. He's focused on helping startups get the capital they need to succeed. And he's coming to SCV Startup! Join us and hear Adam share his experiences and stories being part of the most influential family in the VC world as well as tell us about his new startup. He's got a mission that we can get fired up about...Make sure every great startup gets the money (less than $1 M bucks) they need to win. It'll be an intimate setting with insight and conversation about fundraising, the uber-hot topic of crowdfunding, VCs, and startupsNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22695 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 group. 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. . 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. CommNexus. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22681 August 30, Venice -- TechCrawl. It’s like a bar crawl, but with startup/Accelerator/Incubator offices instead of bars. Each venue will host a group of developers, designers, entrepreneurs and other startups in their office for 45 minutes or so then feel free to move on to the next stopNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22696 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 Peers. 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. 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