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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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unbucket: Planning Your Life With Friends, with Elliot Darvik ---- What's the best way to plan and coordinate things to do with your friends, especially long term lists of what you'd like to do to together? Unbucket (unbucket.com) thinks it has one way, which is to create online, collaborative lists for planning out events with friends. We spoke with Elliot Darvik, one of the firm's co-founders, on what the Los Angeles startup is all about. What is Unbucket? Elliot Darvik: Unbucket is a platform that enables people to enable planning of their future experiences through collaborative lists. For example, one of my favorite lists is (More...) http://bit.ly/OvmGox --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LA Technology Scene: StartEngine Entrepreneurs Mix It Up With Mentors ---- It's a warm summer night in Westwood and 35 entrepreneurs are mingling with a collection of the new SoCal silicon-set. StartEngine, the startup accelerator, which launched earlier this year with ten hopeful businesses, is now in the middle of its third and largest class to date. At a recent Mentor Mixer for the accelerator, held last Thursday, the group ran through pitches and mixed and mingled with mentors. (More...) http://bit.ly/OgPs9p --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Instaprints.com Expands Into Metal Prints ---- Instaprints.com, the online service which allows Instagram users to buy and sell their photos, has expanded its service to metal prints, the company said this morning. The company, which is headed by Sean Broihier, said the new feature allows users to get their photos printed directly onto a thin sheet of aluminum. Metal prints are a popular photo printing method, where photos are printed onto metal sheets and can be directly hung on a wall, without need for any framing or matting. Instaprints.com, which is based in Los Angeles, operates a site where fans of the popular Instagram photo sharing app and community can print out their photos both in the new metal print format as well as more traditional, canvas prints, and also allows those same Instagram users to sell their prints to others. Broihier is a serial entrepreneur, who also founded Fine Art America, a site which allows artists to buy and sell artwork. FitKit Launches Personalized Nutrition Service ---- A new, Los Angeles startup, FitKit--started by a team of doctors and computer science students at UCLA--is launching today, looking to help make nutrition advice personal for online users. The company, which was incubated in the StartEngine accelerator, said it is offering up an interactive, lifestyle assessment which will help users identify nutrial deficiencies, gain the advice of two nutritionists, and provide personalized, nutritoin product recommendations based on users' lifestyles. The startup was founded by Dr. Robin Bernhoft, Josh Haynam, Matthew Clark, Rohit Seth, along with Dr. Nicholas Bitz and Ethan Paulson. uSamp Names VP ---- Encino-based uSamp, the provider of survey and sampling technology and services, said Tuesday that it has named Leslie Warshaw as Vice President of Research Solutions. Warshaw joins the firm from Lightspeed Research and TNS, and also worked at Nielsen Company. uSamp provides a platform and network of survey respondants used by companies to gain insights into consumers and businesses. The firm is led by serial entrepreneurs Matt Dusig and Gregg Lavin. The company says it now has more than 185 employees. Fisker Sets New CEO, Seeking Investment ---- Anaheim-based electric automotive car maker Fisker Automotive has set a new CEO, saying that it has named Tony Posawatz as its new Chief Executive Officer. Posawatz comes to the electric vehicle maker via General Motors, where he was head of that company's Volt program. Fisker said Posawatz was GM;s Vehicle Line Director and key leader of Global Electric Vehicle development, head of the company's Chevrolet Volt efforts. Posawatz is the third CEO of Fisker Automotive so far this year, and replaces Tom Lasorda, who replaced founder Henrik Fisker in February. Fisker board member and venture capitalist Ray Lane toldthe San Jose Mercury news that the company is "actively raising money" for the company. Planetary Resources Taps NASA JPL Talent ---- Planetary Resources, the space asteroid mining venture co-founded by Peter Diamandis, has quietly been tapping talent from Pasadena's NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, according to an email from Diamandis sent to backers of the company. Planetary Resources--which has the backing of such folks as space traveler Charles Simonyi (Microsoft), Larry Page (Google), director James Cameron, and others--said that it several of its staff were the lead engineers for designing, building and testing Curiosity at JPL. Planetary Resources (More...) http://bit.ly/PaUhmu RealtyTrac Names Moyle As CEO ---- Irvine-based RealtyTrac said late Tuesday that it had named Jamie Moyle as CEO of the company. Moyle was most recently President and COO of the firm, and had previously served at Homefacts.com (acquired by RealtyTrac in April) and SkiWest (sold to Overstock.com in 2005). The firm said that former CEO Brandon Moore will serve as a consultant to the company's board. RealtyTrac is a provider of online listings of real estate in the foreclosure process. Poptent In Deal With Edelman ---- Los Angeles-based Poptent, the startup which is using crowdsourcing to help companies create advertising for their brands, has inked a deal with public relations company Edelman, the two said yesterday. The companies said that Edelman will use Poptent's network of videographers to create video content for Edelman's clients worldwide. Financial details of the deal were not announced by the company. Poptent, headed by Andy Jedynak, employs a network of professional and semi-professional videographers, which help produce commercials and video for brands and agencies, at what it says is a fraction of the cost of traditional methods. Edelman and Poptent said the move comes aftaer a successful pilot with client Girls Scouts of the USA, where they produced two PSAs for the Girl Scouts. Poptent is venture backed by MK Capital, and recently inked a $5.5M round in July. PromoJam Tapped For Virgin America, Rock The Vote Promotion ---- A new, voter registration promotion from airline Virgin America and Rock The Vote is tapping Los Angeles-baesd PromoJam for its in-flight, mobile page, PromoJam said Tuesday. Virgin America launhced its voter registration effort with Rock The Vote, saying that guests on a new, Reagan National Airpot (DCA) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) flights will allow those guests to register to vote, using its in-flight entertainment system. The QR-code driven campaign is powered by PromoJam Social Marketing Platform and Rock the Vote. Financial details of the win were not announced. PromoJam, which is headed by Amanda and Matt MacNaughton, develops social marketing software used to get the word out about brands on social sites. EdgeCast Powers Fruit Ninja Frenzy ---- Players of the mobile game "Fruit Ninja Frenzy"--the latest title from game developer Halfbrick--should be seeing faster load times with the game, thanks to a deal with Los Angeles-based content delivery network provider EdgeCast. EdgeCast said Tuesday that it is accelerating delivery of content for the game developer's latest title, in addition to other titles from the company like the popular Jetpack Joyride. Financial details of the CDN deal were not announced. EdgeCast is a provider of content delivery network (CDN) services, which accelerates the delivery of content, graphics, and other data for websites, mobile, social, and other applications across the Internet. Sorenson Media In Chip Licensing Deal ---- San Diego-based Sorenson Media, which develops video encoding and decoding software, said yesterday that it has licensed its technology to chip provider Sharp Corporation. Sorenson, which is led by Peter Csathy, said it has licensed its technology for use in a system-on-a-chip that will be used for mobile devices. Financial details of the licensing deal were not announced by the company. Sorenson said it provides a software developers kit (SDK) which helps developers to integrate its decoder into a wide array of programmable chipsets and semiconductors. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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Learn more at http://www.v2tc.com ------------------------------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------------------------------- 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------------------------------- Pixelgate.net - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services We put the "Service" back into Internet Service Provider. http://www.pixelgate.net ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT JOB POSTINGS More jobs at http://www.socaltech.com/Jobs Members post jobs for free Oracle OBIEE Administrator, Chatsworth, DataDirect Networks http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5405 Senior Director - Cloud, Content & Media - Americas, Los Angeles, DataDirect Networks http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5404 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT FUNDING SUMMARY 08/14/12 Educreations $2.2M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44730 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 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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, Aliso Viejo -- TCA Entrepreneur Mixer. If you are an entrepreneur and want to meet angel investors and fellow entrepreneurs, don't miss the Tech Coast Angels OC Entrepreneur Mixer. Join us in a relaxed, informal environment to mix, mingle and discuss new business ideas and how to get funded. If you are an entrepreneur with a business that requires immediate funding, or a concept or idea that needs input from others, you will benefit from this opportunity to meet active angel investors in this open forum. We look forward to seeing you thereNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22718 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 20, Torrance -- South Bay Monday Club. There will be two presenting companies at the Monday, August 20, meeting. ClearWidth Networks is the first to provide Network-Optimization-as-a-Service allowing enterprises to optimize and manage wide area network (WAN) traffic for cloud computing, multimedia communications, remote data centers and other off-premise applications; Dr. Ravi Tripuraneni, CEO of Aviation Technologies International, will describe his company’s advanced clean technology projectNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22719 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 21, Westwood -- IP Law: Protect Your Killer Idea, or Get Killed. Protecting IP is crucial to the success of your business. But, how do you do it? And what happens if you’re careless? This workshop is designed to teach entrepreneurs the practical implications of protecting intellectual property. Jim Kidston, Partner at Parsus LLP, will talk about securing IP, licensing IP, common pitfalls, and how and why to protect your IP (both by law and by contract)NEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22710 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, El Segundo -- Social Media 101. It's time to learn how social media can help you get to the next level personally and professionally. Learn about the basic apps such as Twitter, Facebook, and Linkedin while also learning how Google Reader, Quora, and IFTTT can help you be more productive and find more clients! Experience a new co-working space in El Segundo as we will be hosted by the Action Factory. Email [email protected] . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22711 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, Los Angeles -- Social Media 201. Join us for an immersive journey into advanced social media and how it can help you personally and professionally. We teach you how to use advanced platforms such as IFTTT, Quora, Paper.li and others to thrive personally and professionally. Email [email protected] . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22712 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 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 30, Newport Beach -- 17th Annual Southern California Investor Conference. Merriman Capital. 40 of Southern California's leading companies will present an update on their respective company and provide business insights to the investment communityNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22709 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 -- LA CEOs, an education and support group for CEOs presents: Monica Dodi, Managing Director of The Women’s Venture Capital Fund with Perspectives of a Venture Capitalist and How They Evaluate Potential Investments and The Benefits of Gender Diversity. This free event is for CEOs only, with at least a million dollars in sales or funding. Service providers will be asked to leaveNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22713 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 11, Costa Mesa -- 2012 PMI-OC Project Management Conference. The Orange County Chapter of the Project Management Institute will hold a Project Management Conference Sept. 11, 2012. The event will feature education and leadership sessions, as well as speaker Troy Hazard, recent global president, Entrepreneurs’ Organization. Also included will be the proclamation of Project Management Day by Orange County mayors, state assemblymen, and other dignitaries, and a 9/11 remembrance ceremony.NEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22715 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 September 12, Los Angeles -- Silicon Beach @ USC. SoCal has had a long history of tech innovation and Los Angeles is undeniably the creative capital. USC, with a strong entrepreneurial tradition and home to the leading school for cinematic arts, is pushing the Silicon Beach movement forward with an upcoming forum . At Silicon Beach @ USC, the Marshall School of Business Institute for Communication Technology Management, the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and the USC School of Cinematic Arts' Entertainment Technology Center will host a series of panels to educate startups on trends in entertainment distribution, discuss the convergence of entertainment and technology and will seek to advance technology startups, as well as foster connections with venture capital and angel investment communitiesNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22716 September 13, Los Angeles -- Silicon Beach @ USC. SoCal has had a long history of tech innovation and Los Angeles is undeniably the creative capital. 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