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(http://www.fetchrecruiting.com) Technical Recruiting for LA based Startups and High-Growth Companies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --Interview with Alec Meikle, MYMUSAIC --TVC Capital Closes $75M Fund --SpaceX Wins Satellite Launch Contract --Vitesse Expands In India --Ostendo Technologies Wins $58.3M Contract --FixUp Launches To Help Users Consult Experts Via iPhone --MOGL Hits $1M In Cash Back To Users --Exagen Diagnostics Finds $5.3M --Boingo Offers Free, Nationwide Wi-Fi With Google Play --Inktank Gets $1M For Storage Software --Hulu Upgrades Plus On PlayStation 3 MARKETPLACE --Silicon Beach @ USC - September 13th --Ventura Ventures Technology Center (V2TC) - Business Incubator --Binary Pulse Technology Marketing. We Create Demand. --Fetch Recruiting, Inc. RECENT JOB POSTINGS --Marketing Production Coordinator, Chatsworth, DataDirect Networks --Lead UX Designer, Pasadena, Wallaby Financial Inc --Lead Mobile Engineer, Pasadena, Wallaby Financial, Inc. --Director, Engineering for funded startup - great ground floor opp, El Segundo, Fetch Recruiting, Inc. RECENT FUNDING EVENTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** I'll be moderating a panel at Silicon Beach @ USC on Thursday, with Paul Bricault, founder, Amplify.LA, Diego Berdakin, President, BeachMint, Zach James, co-founder, ZEFR, Scott Lenet, Partner, DFJ Frontier. If you have questions you think I ought to ask them, email me. - The Editor http://siliconbeachusc.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interview with Alec Meikle, MYMUSAIC ---- ired of that same-old, boring photo slideshow? How do you create a better, more exciting presentation of your photos? MYMUSAIC (www.mymusaic.com), a Los Angeles startup, thinks it has figured that out, and recently launched a service which automatically matches photos to the beat of music, creating an online video of your photos and music. We spoke with founder Alec Meikle to learn about what the service offers and how it's different than what's available from other software. How did the idea for the service come about? Alec Meikle: I was in the early stage of building a social network for travel, and thought it would be a great idea to (More...) http://www.socaltech.com/interview_with_alec_meikle_mymusaic/s-0044955.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TVC Capital Closes $75M Fund ---- San Diego-based private equity firm TVC Capital, which is led by Jeb Spencer and Steven Hamerslag, has closed on a new, $75M growth equity and buyout fund, the firms said today. The new fund, TVC Capital II came from private equity fund of funds, institutional asset managers and family offices. TVC said the new fund will focus on investments and acquisitions of software companies and software-enabled service firms. TVC's prior investment include Accordent Technologies (Acquired by Polycom) and Del Mar Datatrac (sold to Ellie Mae). In the Accordent deal, TVC invested a mere $4M in the firm, which was sold for $50M, a move which resulted in the firm getting the "Most Efficient Capital Exit of the Year" award from the Los Angeles Venture Association last year. SpaceX Wins Satellite Launch Contract ---- Hawthorne-based SpaceX, the commercial rocket and spaceflight firm headed by Elon Musk, has signed a new satellite launch deal this morning. SpaceX and European firm SES said they are in an agreement to launch three, additional SES satellites on the SpaceX Falcon 9 or Falcon Heavy. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. The two said the first mission under contract is for 2015. SES is a commercial satellite operator, and already has a contract to launch a satellite with SpaceX in 2013. SES operates a network of 51, geostationary satellites. Vitesse Expands In India ---- Camarillo-based Vitesse Semiconductor, which develops chips for the high performance networking market, said today that it has expanded its sales presence in India. The firm said it has linked with WPI Group, a subsidiary of semiconductor distributor WPG Holdings, to handle distribution of its complete product line in India. Vitesse said the move comes as the country of India has been projected to become the second largest mobile broadband market in the next four years. Vitesse said its chips are being used in 4G/LTE and cloud computing. Ostendo Technologies Wins $58.3M Contract ---- Carlsbad-based Ostendo Technologies, a developer of solid state lighting and display technology, reported this morning that it has scored a $58.3M contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory. The firm said the 4-year contract was funded by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), and will focus on developing holographic, 3D displays. Ostendo says it is working on a project to create high performance, holographic 3D workstation display systems, viewable by multiple people. FixUp Launches To Help Users Consult Experts Via iPhone ---- How do you get help with that plumbing project you're working, or some minor assistance with that auto repair? A new, iPhone app--FixUp--debuted today to try to help users with those kinds of questions, saying it will connect users to a network of skilled, service professionals via iPhone video. The app--the brainchild of Los Angeles-based StartupMinds--lets users connect with local professionals, such as plumbers, electricians, and others--to get expert answers to simple issues for a negotiated per-minute rate. FixUp said that if users aren't able to solve their problems, users can then schedule an in-person visit from those experts. StartupMinds said it has previously helped accelerate such firms as Telesign and Ringadoc. MOGL Hits $1M In Cash Back To Users ---- San Diego-based MOGL said yesterday that its members have now earned more than $1M in cash back for using the firm's loyalty program. MOGL offers up cash back payments for users who register their credit cards and visit participating restaurants. The startup, headed by Jon Carder, provides a 10% cash back to members who register their credit or debit cards with the company, and visit participating restaurants. The startup has a significant number of participating restaurants in Southern California, with at least 500 restaurants in its hometown of San Diego, and many more nationwide. MOGL is venture backed by Sigma Partners, Austin Ventures, and Avalon Ventures. Exagen Diagnostics Finds $5.3M ---- Exagen Diagnostics, a venture-backed developer of molecular diagnostics testing which operates its main laboratory in Vista, California, said it has raised $5.3M. The funding was led by Tullis Health Invesotrs, and also included Sun Mountain Capital, Cottonwood Technology Fund, Mesa Verde Venture Partners and Epic Ventures. Exagen develops diagnostic testing services for rheumatoid arthritis and other conditions; the firm's CLIA-certified and CAP-accredited lab is located in Vista, with its headquarters in Albuquerque, N.M. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=45262 Boingo Offers Free, Nationwide Wi-Fi With Google Play ---- In what looks to be one of the biggest free Wi-Fi deals so far from Boingo Wireless, the operator of a network of Wi-Fi hotspots said Tuesday morning that it will be offering up free, Wi-Fi at more than 4,000 of its hotspots thanks to a deal with Google Play. Boingo Wireless said that the sponsored Wi-Fi location will include 15 airports, and thousands of hotels, shopping malls, cafes, and recreational areas. Google Play is the online store for Android applications and content run by Google. Financial dteails of the deal were not disclosed. Boingo said the free access will last through the end of September, and comes due to the firm's recent acquisition of Cloud Nine Media. The free Wi-Fi will be avialable for Android phones, tablet, and Macintosh and Windows laptops--but not iOS devices. Inktank Gets $1M For Storage Software ---- Los Angeles-based Inktank, the open source software firm developing the distributed storage system Ceph, said yesterday that it has raised $1M in a convertible note financing. The financing came from Mark Shuttleworth, who founded Canonical, the open source services firm which supports Ubuntu. Inktank is a spinout of hosting provider Dreamhost, which is also based in Los Angeles, and develops distributed storage system software which it tied into the Linux kernel. The firm said the funding will go to grow the firm and to support the Ceph community. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=45261 Hulu Upgrades Plus On PlayStation 3 ---- Los Angeles-based Hulu upgraded the firm's Hulu plus app on the PlayStation 3 Monday, adding new features such as highlighting shows that users watch; larger and more vivid artwork; better ways to find content; and more. Hulu, which offers streaming of television shows and movies, has been offering up Hulu Plus on the PlayStation 3 for the last two years; the service costs $7.99 a month. Hulu said that the PlayStation 3 is the first living room platform it will be rolling out the new Hulu Plus experience on. 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(http://www.fetchrecruiting.com) Technical Recruiting for LA based Startups and High-Growth Companies ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT JOB POSTINGS More jobs at http://www.socaltech.com/Jobs Members post jobs for free Marketing Production Coordinator, Chatsworth, DataDirect Networks http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5420 Lead UX Designer, Pasadena, Wallaby Financial Inc http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5419 Lead Mobile Engineer, Pasadena, Wallaby Financial, Inc. http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5418 Director, Engineering for funded startup - great ground floor opp, El Segundo, Fetch Recruiting, Inc. http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5417 Senior Director - Cloud, Content & Media - Americas, Los Angeles, DataDirect Networks http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5416 Solution Architect, Los Angeles, DataDirect Networks http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5415 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT FUNDING SUMMARY 09/11/12 Inktank $1.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=45261 09/07/12 Used Cardboard Boxes $0.3M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=45174 09/04/12 Facecake Marketing $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44983 08/30/12 NuvoTV $40.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44978 08/30/12 Wallaby $1.1M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44977 08/27/12 NastyGal.com $40.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44916 08/23/12 MYMUSAIC $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44907 08/21/12 Bioniz $0.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44866 08/21/12 MelRok $2.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44864 08/21/12 BioPhotas $0.7M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44863 08/21/12 Stroma Medical Corp. $0.8M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44862 08/21/12 Swagsy $0.1M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44869 08/21/12 Ultrawave Labs, Inc. $0.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44871 08/17/12 Modern Meadow $0.4M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44741 08/16/12 Little Black Bag $8.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44739 08/15/12 PageWoo $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44732 08/15/12 EcoMom $4.7M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44736 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 September 12, Los Angeles -- Launch U: Unleashing Your Inner Entrepreneur. Learn about the skills and processes needed to generate an innovative business idea. Dr. Larry Cox, associate professor of entrepreneurship and award-winning educator and entrepreneur, will introduce a unique approach to the creative problem-solving process to help current business owners and those interested in owning their own business succeed even in turbulent times. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22758 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 communities. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22716 September 13, Santa Monica -- Lessons on Crisis Management from the C-Suite. Broads Circle. Leading women reveal their stories on successfully weathering attacks on their company’s brands and reputations. From negative press and SEC or criminal allegations to consumer complaints and bad social media, the C-Suite must block and tackle and lead the organization through the fire and to a safe harbor and return to normal, or the new normal. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22774 September 13, Los Angeles -- Innovation & Design for Social Change. Bill Gross, CEO & Founder, Idealab. In conversation with Lorne Buchman, President, Art Center College of Design. We're excited to announce our new partner for our morning business series: the Gensler architectural firm in downtown Los Angeles. Join us in their stunning new street-level office for compelling conversation, community, coffee, light breakfast. Our first offering this fall couldn't be more fitting for this backdrop: serial entrepreneur Bill Gross of the Pasadena-based Idealab in conversation with Art Center president Dr. Lorne Buchman on social innovation--and the critical issues of housing. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22791 September 13, 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 communities. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22717 September 13, Irvine -- From Product Inception to Commercialization: How to Effectively Bring Your Product to Market. OCTANe. Please join K&L Gates and OCTANe for this program that will address topics including global product liability implications and regulations, off label promotion pitfalls, preventive maintenance on your marketing program and overall strategies to reduce your product liability's risk when going to market.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22776 September 13, Santa Monica -- Women in LAVA Group - SALES: What every entrepreneur needs to know. How Do I Increase Revenues For My Start Up? How Do I Sell Sponsors Or Create Channel Partners To Help Multiply My Revenues And Reach? What Role Can Sales Play In Creating A Steady Stream Of Revenue. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22760 September 14, Los Angeles -- Startup UCLA! Startup UCLA seeks to develop a culture of startup thinking on campus; to connect students with alumni who are successful in the startup world and with the rapidly growing Southern California startup community; to give students opportunities to learn the basics of startup thinking; and to provide a community in which students can develop and launch their early-stage ideas. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22761 September 15, Santa Monica -- User Experience (UX) for Lean Startups. LuxR and Cross Campus. Please join LUXr and Cross Campus for a 1-day workshop on User Experience for Lean Startups. User Experience is one of the most challenging and least understood aspects of creating a product...and yet it will make or break your product. Join Lane Halley to learn Lean Startup methods that help you make the right product, and make your product right. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22725 September 18, Los Angeles -- AMA Los Angeles: Learn the Marketing Secrets You Don't Know. Wanna know a juicy secret? Or several? Then come join us for our September event ‘Market Like a Pro: The Secrets You Don't Know’ focused on helping you learn approaches that give you big advantages over those who aren't ‘in the know’. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22746 September 18, Irvine -- CleanTech OC 2012 Conference & Expo. CleanTech OC 2012 is the third annual conference and expo promoting economic growth in the Orange County clean technology industry, likely to be one of the most significant engines for job growth over the next decade. Attended by cleantech entrepreneurs & industry leaders, investors, policy makers, and many others, this is the only annual conference in Orange County dedicated to covering the clean technology space and connecting industry stakeholders from throughout the region & state. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22732 September 18, Irvine -- Look Before You Leap: Avoiding Intellectual Property Problems When Starting a New IT Business. In businesses driven by information technology, your patents, trademarks and other intellectual properties are essential to your value. A well-executed intellectual property strategy can help you avoid common errors, take command of new territory, defend your existing turf, and increase a company's valuation. Thus, the presentation will discuss how to use intellectual property assets to attract capital, increase the success of a new product launch, maximize a company's valuation, and protect your market niche.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22777 September 19, Santa Monica -- StartEngine - Summer 2012 Demo Day. StartEngine Summer 2012 Demo Day event on Wednesday, September 19 at CrossCampus in Santa Monica. This latest batch is comprised of 14 startups who have been immersed in the StartEngine program since the session began on July 2nd. This innovative group includes an interactive health and fitness assessment app, a task oriented email secretary, a cross-platform multiplayer games, and an enterprise dashboard made social.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22722 September 19, Pasadena -- Innovation Soiree: Caltech MIT Enterprise Forum’s 2012 Fall Social. September at Caltech, signals innovation in high gear as summer blends into a new academic year: creative minds abuzz, innovating and discovering throughout a strikingly beautiful campus. To celebrate entrepreneurship across all of Southern California, the Executive Committee of the Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum invites you to an evening networking reception. The focus is exclusively networking and making connections (yes, no program!). Bring your business cards and your entrepreneurial spirit. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22730 September 19, Santa Monica -- Search Engine Land Editor-in-Chief Danny Sullivan - Startups Uncensored #30. Professional search engine marketers rely on the editors of searchengineland.com to keep them up to speed. Widely considered a leading "search engine guru," Danny Sullivan has been helping webmasters, marketers and everyday web users understand how search engines work for over a decade. Danny’s expertise about search engines is often sought by the media, and he has been quoted in places like The Wall St. Journal, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, Forbes, The New Yorker and Newsweek and ABC’s Nightline. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22727 September 19, Santa Monica -- Digital LA - We Got Funded! panel. Join us for our fourth Digital LA - RealTech Startup Showcase: We Got Funded! panel with LA startup founders who'll share how they recently got funded - and give 5-minute pitches of their winning fund-raising presentations they pitched to investors. Founders will describe their road to funding, including meeting with the right investors, angels, VCs, negotiating deal terms, determining rounds and series levels, and more. http://digitallafunded.eventbrite.co. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22757 September 20, Los Angeles -- Green LAVA. Green LAVA is the Strategic Interest Group of the Los Angeles Venture Association focused on opportunities and challenges coincident with the design, development and deployment of sustainable products, services and businesses.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22762 September 20, Santa Monica -- Co-Founders Wanted of Santa Monica - presented by CoFoundersLab. Looking for a co-founder? CoFoundersLab focuses on more effectively facilitating co-founder matchmaking and they're coming to Santa Monica! The CoFoundersLab matchmaking process works by combining two services: a free, online matching platform at CoFoundersLab.com and in-person Meetups.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22726 September 20, Santa Monica -- Co-Founders Wanted of Santa Monica. The purpose of this in-person Meetup is to help you find a co-founder for your business or help you find a business to join as a co-founder. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22741 September 20, Costa Mesa -- 12 Ideas for Stronger Website Engagement. TCOSC Marketing & Sales Executives Society. Karen Marchetti from Response FX will take you through the 12 hottest ideas to drive stronger prospect and customer engagement across your web "Content Hubs". From Offers to Content to Visuals, Gamification, Design Tools, and more, you'll come away with at least a dozen ideas for dazzling your visitors, creating a memorable brand experience - and getting a response. . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22751 September 21, Los Angeles -- Lean Startup Machine. Lean Startup Machine is a three-day workshop where attendees use Customer Development and Lean Startup principles to validate an idea for a new product or service. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22679 September 22, Santa Monica -- Bootcamp for Aspiring TEDx Speakers (& others) in SoCal. The popularity and virality of TED Talks has raised the bar dramatically for any and all presentations. Whether you're preparing to speak at TED, MindShare, TEDx, or another industry event, you need to up your game. Your competition certainly has! If your goal is only to improve the way you present at group meetings or on sales calls, learning the TEDx format is going to put you in a different league. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22787 September 24, Santa Monica -- Turbo-Charging Social Media Engagement for Retail in Time for the Holidays. Social Media Club. How does social media drive engagement for retail marketers? Our panelists will explore current practices and emerging trends for delivering social media engagement that gets results. Speakers will share tools, techniques and tips for using social media to build retail brands, manage customer relations and generate sales. The audience will be invited to ask questions. Expect to leave the session with a game-plan to turbo-charge your social media engagement for this holiday season. Moderator: Serena Ehrlich, Director of Marketing, Mogreet. Confirmed Speakers: Laura Knapp, Founder, Social Spotlight Media; John Tabis, VP of Strategy, ShoeDazzle; Nicole DeRuiter, Social Media & PR Manager, Fresh & Easy; Yuna Park, Associate Director of Innovation, Attention. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22788 September 27, Newport Beach -- Mergers & Acquisitions: A CEO Perspective. OCTANe. According to the Global CEO Business Outlook Survey 2011-2012 by ICD Research executives from all industries expect to see increased levels of M&A activity citing attempts to reduce operational costs and increase organizational efficiencies as major factor examples. Please join us to hear firsthand from Mr. Goldfield as he shares his insight and personal reflection on TriNet's successful acquisitions. Speakers: Burton Goldfield - CEO, TriNet; Geoff Mordock - Vice President, Fleishman-Hillard; Eric Sikola - Co-founder, ExpenseCloud. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22778 September 27, Santa Monica -- Game Changing Entrepreneurs - A Panel Discussion. Moderated by Josh Ochs from Media Leaders with Speakers Costas Roussos of .music and Scott Ferreira of MySocialCloud. How do you differentiate yourself in a world full of great ideas and causes? How do you turn your passion and mission into a groundswell of energy that can touch millions of lives? Join us for an interactive discussion with three outstanding entrepreneurs and luminaries as they discuss their passion and how they were able to light people up with it. Whether it's Costa's campaign to bring to life the .MUSIC domain name or Scott getting Sir Richard Branson to invest in his startup MySocialCloud, what these entrepreneurs have in common is an understanding of the power of social media and an ability to charge people up with their mission.http://ccsocialmediaweek.eventbrite.c. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22789 September 27, Santa Monica -- Mobile LAVA to explore the world of mobile health. LAVA Healthcare joins forces this month with our sister interest group Mobile LAVA to explore the world of mobile health, aka mhealth. The panel will dig into how mobile technologies are expected to change fundamentally the business of healthcare. Mobile solutions ranging from simple smartphone apps to comprehensive clinical management systems are increasingly used to provide medical care in hospitals, clinics and doctors' offices. But perhaps the largest game-changing frontier is how mobile technologies will help consumers -- patients and their caregivers -- become intimately involved with the active management of their health and wellness. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22763 September 27, Santa Monica -- PR Strategies for Startups. Coloft Academy. Are you a startup that understands the power of PR, but isn’t sure how toharness it to work for your company? Or maybe you’re planning a launchbut aren’t sure if or when you should engage a PR firm for help? PR industry veteran, Emily Scherberth, will answer these questions and explain how startups can form meaningful connections with their target audiences that build awareness, drive revenues and ensure sustained growth. She will also cover the art of crafting compelling messages, strategic media relations campaigns and PR staffing. http://www.eventbrite.com/event/42496468. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22745 September 27, Beverly Hills -- OnHollywood 2012: Where Innovation Meets Entertainment, is a two day executive event featuring high-level debates on which forces are disrupting user behavior and creating new opportunities, content strategies and monetization schemes in the video, music, gaming, search, and mobile industries. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22593 September 27, Irvine -- National Network for Manufacturing Innovation event. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22775 September 28, Beverly Hills -- OnHollywood 2012: Where Innovation Meets Entertainment, is a two day executive event featuring high-level debates on which forces are disrupting user behavior and creating new opportunities, content strategies and monetization schemes in the video, music, gaming, search, and mobile industries. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22594 October 2, Santa Monica -- Insider's Guide: How to Raise Capital for Your Startup. Jon Funk – Ocean Road Partners. One of the biggest hurdles for a startup is raising capital. Learn from a veteran LA venture capitalist in this updated version of Jon's successful 3-hour intensive course where he covers how to plan for, find and raise capital for your startup. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22790 October 3, Los Angeles -- USC CTM Fall 2012 Executive Roundtable. Disruptive technologies, new consumer habits, and emerging business models have transformed the communications value chain from network service providers to content creators and beyond. The industry leaders who will shape the next wave of change must meet the challenges of increasing network demand, new modes of content distribution, and innovation. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22749 October 3, Hollywood -- Digital Music Forum West. On October 3 and 4, DMW hosts the 8th Annual Digital Music Forum West, where 300+ of the most influential music and digital media leaders gather in the heart of Hollywood to socialize, share ideas, do deals and learn about new technologies and services. This year's event is packed with great content, stellar people and a lot of companies that are new on the music-tech scene so come on out and join us. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22664 October 4, Costa Mesa -- October Firsty Join the OCTANe community at Scott's Seafood in Costa Mesa for Firsty in October! Network with Keck Graduate Institute, the future leaders of the bioscience industry. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22779 October 4, Santa Monica -- Predictable Revenue: Getting To Your First Million In Sales. It's not a startup until you've built something and it's not a business until you’ve sold something. In this class, Aaron Ross the creator of Salesforce.com's $100M outbound sales team will talk about how to create predictable revenues for your company and hit your first million in sales. The class is designed for CEOs, Co-Founders and Heads of Sales working on products that are either ready to market or already being sold. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22744 October 4, Hollywood -- Digital Music Forum West. On October 3 and 4, DMW hosts the 8th Annual Digital Music Forum West, where 300+ of the most influential music and digital media leaders gather in the heart of Hollywood to socialize, share ideas, do deals and learn about new technologies and services. This year's event is packed with great content, stellar people and a lot of companies that are new on the music-tech scene so come on out and join us. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22665 October 7, Los Angeles -- Growth Capital Conference. Network with capital sources, advisors, deal makers and 100 entrepreneurs seeking capital & counsel. DEAL DISPLAYtm showcases attractive firms needing growth capital. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22690 October 7, La Jolla -- On October 7-9, 2012, The Atlantic magazine and the University of California, San Diego, will host the second edition of its joint event, The Atlantic Meets the Pacific. Building on its successful debut last fall, this year’s forum will delve deeply into the topic of disruptive technologies in media, energy, and health. Use code FRIENDEARLY for $300 discount on tickets. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22714 October 9, Los Angeles -- Launch U: Unleashing Your Inner Entrepreneur. Learn about the skills and processes needed to generate an innovative business idea. Dr. Larry Cox, associate professor of entrepreneurship and award-winning educator and entrepreneur, will introduce a unique approach to the creative problem-solving process to help current business owners and those interested in owning their own business succeed even in turbulent times. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22759 October 10, Irvine -- OCTANe Medical Device & Investor Forum. The OCTANe Medical Device & Investor Forum brings together the diverse: billion-dollar corporations and companies on the cusp, with the innovators: industry titans and research pioneers - all determined to fuel industry growth. This 7th annual Forum promises to be the best yet. We're bringing together an all-star line-up of speakers, companies, and topics that will get to the heart of what's driving change - good and bad - in the global medical device industry. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22780 October 10, Costa Mesa -- TEDx OrangeCoast. The theme for this year’s event is “Redefining Relevance.” To help lead us through the evolving definition of relevance, we have assembled a live cast of over 20 visionaries, scientific pioneers, storytellers, and provocateurs to share their vision and experience. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22765 October 11, Irvine -- OCTANe Medical Device & Investor Forum. The OCTANe Medical Device & Investor Forum brings together the diverse: billion-dollar corporations and companies on the cusp, with the innovators: industry titans and research pioneers - all determined to fuel industry growth. This 7th annual Forum promises to be the best yet. We're bringing together an all-star line-up of speakers, companies, and topics that will get to the heart of what's driving change - good and bad - in the global medical device industry. 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