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(http://www.fetchrecruiting.com) Technical Recruiting for LA based Startups and High-Growth Companies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --How Kidworth Is Spurring Kids To Become Entrepeneurs, with Rudy DeFelice --Insights and Opinions: The Odd Couple: Angels and Accelerators --Elcelyx Therapeutics Adds $4M --Quest Debuts Windows Azure Monitoring Software --Kurion Names Chairman --Rubicon Project Beats Google In Advertising Reach Report --Burner's App Ditches Unwanted Callers --How Broadcom Taps Israel For Technology Growth, Innovation --Zillow Planning To Hire 100 In Irvine --Blizzard Entertainment's Battle.net Hacked MARKETPLACE --Entrepreneurship Is Risky Business – How to Avoid 10 Pitfalls --LAVA's Annual Venture Capital Panel - August 14th, Santa Monica --PwC Emerging Company Zone --Ventura Ventures Technology Center (V2TC) - Business Incubator --Safire Partners Executive Search RECENT JOB POSTINGS --Senior Data Warehouse Engineer, Santa Monica, BeachMint --Senior IT Operations Architect/Analyst, La Jolla, Fortis Advisors --Product Manager, West Los Angeles, Fetch Recruiting --Sales Account Manager, Irvine, Tektronix --Marketing Production Coordinator, Chatsworth, DataDirect Networks 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/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- How Kidworth Is Spurring Kids To Become Entrepeneurs, with Rudy DeFelice ---- How do you make it easy for kids to learn how to be entrepreneurs--and not only learn about it, but actually go out and create a business? Los Angeles-based Kidworth (www.kidworth.com) is looking to both help kids learn about entrepreneurship, and more importantly, make it easy for them to set up an online store, sell their services or products, and even handle things like collecting payments via credit card. We spoke with Rudy DeFelice, founder of the site and a local serial entrepreneur, to hear about the vision for Kidworth and it's mission of creating millions of young entrepeneurs. What exactly is Kidworth? Rudy DeFelice: Kidworth is the easiest place to launch a busines son the Internet. We're focused on the youth market, teens primarily. We're trying to give them (More...) http://bit.ly/NxMT0B --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Insights and Opinions: The Odd Couple: Angels and Accelerators ---- Southern California has the one of the largest gathering of organized angel investment groups, and a huge crop of startup accelerators: there's only one problem, which is they don't naturally work together. For our Insights and Opinions section today, Steve Reich, an angel investor and advisor, gives his take on the subject in his editorial, The Odd Couple: Angels and Accelerators. At a recent accelerator event on the West Side, a friendly young founder told me that he had been coached by his mentor not to talk to Angel groups. As a Pasadena Angel, I wanted to be shocked, but I wasn’t. The Angel funding process can be arduous. But as a community, we have to figure out how Angels can effectively participate in the development of accelerator-based companies. With the VC ranks shrinking, founders need to tap every source of capital out there. Building ties between accelerators and Angels is a key part of the solution. The conflict is built in. The entrepreneurs in startups are trained to go fast and run lean. Angels tend to evaluate companies at a leisurely pace, and ask many questions. It’s no wonder Oscar and Felix don’t get along. (Continued...) http://bit.ly/MSV0tV --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elcelyx Therapeutics Adds $4M ---- San Diego-based Elcelyx Therapeutics, a developer of biopharmaceuticals aimed at both the weight loss and diabetes area, said this morning that it has raised $4M of a $7M extension of its Series B equity funding round. The new funding came from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Technology Partners. The company said that it has now raised a total of $20M in funding. The new funds will go towards clinical trials for its two product candidates. Elcelyx is working on compounds which address the sense of fullness that patients feel in their gut. The company is aiming at both developing a nutritional supplement as well as a product specifically for patients with Type 2 diabetes. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44691 Quest Debuts Windows Azure Monitoring Software ---- Aliso Viejo-based Quest Software announced this morning that it has rolled out a new software package for monitoring Windows Azure applications. The firm said its new package, Foglight for Windows Azure Applications, is a software-as-a-service product for performance monitoring of applications running in the Azure cloud, Microsoft's cloud computing service. Pricing on the new software was not disclosed. The new app provides both current and historical availability information, a browser-by-browser view of performance issues, and other information. Kurion Names Chairman ---- Irvine-based Kurion, the venture-backed developer of nuclear and hazardous waste disposal technology, said this morning that it has named Ralph DiSibio as its Chairman of the board. DiSibio was most recently at Washington Energy & Environment, a firm involved in nuclear waste treatment and isolation. He has also served at Parsons Power and Westinghouse Electric Company, among other companies. DiSibio replaces Josh Wolfe of Lux Capital, who remains a director. Kurion's water purification and nuclear waste removal technology is being used at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan. Rubicon Project Beats Google In Advertising Reach Report ---- Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project said Friday that it has passed Google in the latest, comScore Media Metrix monthly ranking of Ad Focus properties. Rubicon reports that the the July 2012 comScore ranking found that Rubicon Project now reaches 96.2% of the U.S. Internet audience, or more than 212 million visitors, which surpasses Google's Ad Network reach by more than 6 million visitors. Rubicon's advertising network and tools are used by web publishers to optimize the return on their online advertising, by automatically steering ad space to the best ad network for their site. Burner's App Ditches Unwanted Callers ---- Have you ever wish you could hand someone your phone number, but just let them use it once or twice before it disappeared? You can do just that with a brand new app for the iPhone, Burner, released by a Los Angeles company last week. The app--which costs $1.99 in the App Store--allows iPhone users to create disposable phone number on demand, something which could be useful handing your phone number to the guy you just met at a bar, the person on Craigslist you want to sell your couch to, or having a phone number available on your eBay listing. The app--created by Ad Hoc Labs--lets users create as many, disposable phone number as you want, and allows users to destroy those numbers at any time. Ad Hoc Labs was founded by Greg Cohn and Will Carter; Cohn was previously at Yahoo, and Cohn at Nokia. How Broadcom Taps Israel For Technology Growth, Innovation ---- How is Irvine-based Broadcom continuing to grow its business? By acquisitions, it seems. Broadcom has acquired at least 48 companies since 1999. As an unintended side effect, those acquisitions have made Broadcom a major player in Israel's high tech industry, according to the article from ZDNet, where the firm has acquired 11 companies in the last four years. The article says that Broadcom has about 800 employees in Israel. http://www.zdnet.com/why-israels-tech-dna-is-an-ideal-match-for-serial-acquirer-broadcom-7000002409/ Zillow Planning To Hire 100 In Irvine ---- Orange County's latest, high tech employer, Zillow, launched a grand opening of its new offices on Michelson Drive last week, saying that it plans to hire up to 100 people in its new office in the location. Zillow, which operates the online real estate site known for its "Zillow Zestimates", had said in April that it would be opening up a new location in the OC, looking to tap into what it says is a "highly talented local job market." The firm is taking advantage of both Orange County's strength in the high tech industry, as well as deep roots in real estate and consumer data. Zillow's initial job forays in the area look to be focused on customer support, human resources and recruiting, inside sales, and program management. Blizzard Entertainment's Battle.net Hacked ---- Irvine-based Blizzard Entertainment said late Thursday that there was "unauthorized access" of the firm's Battle.net service. Blizzard said the unauthorized access exposed email addresses associated with Battle.net accounts in all regions outside of China, including scrambled passwords, answers to personal security questions, and other information related to mobile and dial-in authentication. Blizzard said it did not believe those hackers gained access to credit card and other payment data. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARKETPLACE Reach 10000+ readers for 5 days for $250 Post your marketplace ad at: http://www.socaltech.com/postad.html ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- Entrepreneurship Is Risky Business – How to Avoid 10 Pitfalls When it comes to operating at peak performance, today’s small and growing companies face a variety of obstacles that can prevent them from meeting their business goals. In addition to federal and state employment-law compliance, there are other systemic pitfalls than can expose a company to risk. Download this eGuide, which identifies the foundational risks that can distract executives from focusing on and achieving their business’ goals; along with recommendations for minimizing or eliminating those risks altogether. http://www.socaltech.com/trinet/wp.php?id=11 ------------------------------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------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------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------------------------------- 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------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 08/13/12 Elcelyx Therapeutics, Inc. $4.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44691 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 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 07/26/12 Apptopia.com $1.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44305 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 13, Murietta -- Tech Coast Angels (TCA) - Southern California Tech Company Screening. Tech Coast Angels is the largest angel investor network in the United States and one of the leading sources of funding to early-stage companies in Southern California. TCA will be holding a screening for start-up and early stage technology companies in Murrieta at the Murrieta City Hall. Email [email protected]. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22698 August 13, Irvine -- Tech Coast Angels Open Forum. Listen to Angels, Investors, Venture Capitalists and Catalysts and what they have to say about investing and being investor ready. Pitch your business, idea or concept through live video feed and hear feedback from industry veterans. Ask questions and learn. Special Guests, Ron DiNocoo. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22697 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 sales. 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, Santa Monica -- LA Mobile Arts Festival. The LA Mobile Arts Festival is a week long display of art originated through the lens of an iPhone and celebrating what become known as iPhoneography. Much more than citizen photography, iPhoneography is true and real art. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22699 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 18, Anaheim -- Videogame Pitch Event. Fourth Annual 4th Annual Video Game Pitch Competition. Every year Westwood College brings together some of the interactive entertainment industry's most accomplished professionals to share their experience on getting started in gaming, what they've learned along the way and to discuss the future of the gaming profession. The event is being held to allow videogame developers to pitch their game ideas and to help promote University of California Irvine's Second Annual Intercollegiate Computer Game Showcase. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22707 August 19, Santa Monica -- LA Mobile Arts Festival. The LA Mobile Arts Festival is a week long display of art originated through the lens of an iPhone and celebrating what become known as iPhoneography. Much more than citizen photography, iPhoneography is true and real art. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22700 August 20, Santa Monica -- LA Mobile Arts Festival. The LA Mobile Arts Festival is a week long display of art originated through the lens of an iPhone and celebrating what become known as iPhoneography. Much more than citizen photography, iPhoneography is true and real art. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22701 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 startups. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22695 August 21, Santa Monica -- LA Mobile Arts Festival. The LA Mobile Arts Festival is a week long display of art originated through the lens of an iPhone and celebrating what become known as iPhoneography. Much more than citizen photography, iPhoneography is true and real art. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22702 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 product. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22691 August 22, Santa Monica -- LA Mobile Arts Festival. The LA Mobile Arts Festival is a week long display of art originated through the lens of an iPhone and celebrating what become known as iPhoneography. Much more than citizen photography, iPhoneography is true and real art. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22703 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 Technology. 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 -- LA Mobile Arts Festival. The LA Mobile Arts Festival is a week long display of art originated through the lens of an iPhone and celebrating what become known as iPhoneography. Much more than citizen photography, iPhoneography is true and real art. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22704 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 24, Santa Monica -- LA Mobile Arts Festival. The LA Mobile Arts Festival is a week long display of art originated through the lens of an iPhone and celebrating what become known as iPhoneography. Much more than citizen photography, iPhoneography is true and real art. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22705 August 25, Santa Monica -- LA Mobile Arts Festival. The LA Mobile Arts Festival is a week long display of art originated through the lens of an iPhone and celebrating what become known as iPhoneography. Much more than citizen photography, iPhoneography is true and real art. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22706 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 evaluation. 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 stop. 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. 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.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22673 September 12, Santa Monica -- Startup Accounting - Essentials every founder should know. Coloft Academy. In this class we will cover the necessary tools and measures startups must take to manage their finances. Taught by startup finance veteran David Ehrenberg, we will be covering the following: Accounting prior and post funding; Taxes; Accounting systems and software; and more. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22674 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: Clearstone Ventures (www.clearstone.com). Venture capital for innovators. Silicon Valley Bank (http://www.svb.com). Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Stubbs Alderton Markiles, LLP (http://www.stubbsalderton.com). 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