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RECENT JOB POSTINGS --Director, Web Development, Burbank, M-GO --Lead / Sr. Interaction Designer, Burbank, M-GO --Head of Live Operations, Burbank, M-GO --Media Technician, Burbank, M-GO --Senior Software Engineer, Ruby on Rails + Hadoop + MongDB + Bash, Burbank, M-GO --Senior Software Engineer, Java + Spring + BigData + Web Services, Burbank, M-GO RECENT FUNDING EVENTS ------------------------------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------------------------------- CapLinked Raises New Funding ---- CapLinked, the Los Angeles, cloud-based financial software firm founded by Eric M. Jackson and Christopher Grey, announced this morning that it has scored a new, Series A funding round, worth $1.6M. The firm said the funding brings its total raised to $2.5M. The new funding included FF Angel, Siemer Ventures, 500 Startups, Peter Thiel, Andrej Henkler, and Alexsis de Raadt-St. James. CapLinked operates an online platform which lets users manage capital raises, commercial real estate deals, business development transactions, and more, operating as a "virtual data room". (More...) http://www.socaltech.com/caplinked_raises_new_funding/s-0046459.html http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=46913 Chill Debuts Premium Video Service, Chill Direct ---- Chill, the online video discovery service founded by Brian Norgard and Daniel Gould, has debuted a brand new service today, aimed at helping artists to distribute their premium videos to fans. Chill said its new service, Chill Direct, allows artists to offer up their videos to fans via desktop, mobile and Internet connected televisions. The new service gives artists ability to control their own sales, making their content available for purchase, giving them real time analytics tools, and much more. (More..) http://bit.ly/V4yBsX Oversee.net's ShopWiki Debuts Barcode Scanning App ---- ShopWiki, the online Internet shopping search engine owned by Los Angeles-based Oversee.net, said this morning that it has debuted a new, barcode scanning app for both Apple iOS and Android. The app lets users scan barcodes to kick off a shopping search, letting users comparison shop for items in brick-and-mortar stores. Oversee.net said that Shopwiki currently features 32,000 stores with 42 million listings in the UK market. Oversee.net acquired ShopWiki in 2010. DriveCam Wins Transportation Firm ---- San Diego-based DriveCam, the developer of driver monitoring and risk management systems, reported a win today with an agricultural transportation company. DriveCam said Mountain Milk Hauling is using the firm's systems as part of a program for managing driver safety. Financial impact of the deal was not disclosed. Fourth Wall Studios Whacks Staff, Stops Production ---- Culver City-based Fourth Wall Studios, a developer of interactive content backed by LA billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, has laid off the majority of its staff, and stopped production, according to a report from the LA Times. The time said that the firm is instead re-focusing on technology to allow users to consume content on both television and mobile phones at the same time. The report said between 25 and 30 employees, out of approximately 40, were laid off from the firm on Monday. http://lat.ms/11f6n27 Playsino Hits 1M Installs ---- Santa Monica-based Playsino, which publishes social, free-to-play, casino games, has just passed the one million install mark, the firm announced Wednesday. Playsino develops social, casino games which run on Facebook, and is venture backed by IDM Venture Capital, Eric Schmidt (Google), Michael Robertson (MP3.com), Carlos Bhola (Vonage), Kamran Pouzanjani (PriceGrabber), and William Quigley and Jim Armstrong (Clearstone Venture Partners). The firm's CEO is Brock Pierce, a gaming industry veteran who has also been heavily involved in Southern California investments and companies. Playsino also has extended its operations internationally, with additional operations in Kiev, Ukraine. CYBERsitter's Battle Against Chinese Hackers ---- What happens when you file a lawsuit against a country for copying your software code? In the case of Santa Barbara-based Solid Oak Software--the company behind the CYBERsitter Internet filtering software--apparently, someone from that country mysteriously sends a team of hackers to kneecap your business. In a report published this week, Bloomberg details what it calls a "China Mafia-style Hack Attack" against Solid Oak after the firm sued China over stealing its source code for China's own Internet filtering and firewall efforts. http://buswk.co/UdKHPM Geni Acquisition Opens Up Service For Users ---- The acquisition yesterday of Los Angeles-based family tree and genealogy site Geni has one big benefit: its users now have full access to the service, without having to pay for premium features. As part of the acquisition, Geni.com said that it has removed tree limits, which lets users add unlimited profiles of people to their family tree, something which had disappeared as part of a move towards a premium model last year. Geni.com also said that it will now let users download free family trees to their computer at no charge, and remove ads completely from the site. Geni had made a move towards a premium, subscription service back in August of 2011, as the firm had tried to pull back on the number of free services it offered and to create a subscriber base. On-Ramp Wireless Names Operations VP ---- San Diego-based On Ramp Wireless has named an operations VP, saying Wednesday it has named Brad Wallace to the position. On Ramp Wireless, which provides M2M and other wireless monitoring systems for the smart grid, oil and gas, industrial, and other industries, said Wallace joins the company from MicroPower Technologies, the EvoNexus Incubator firm developing wireless surveillance products. Wallace was co-founder, COO, and CFO at MicroPower. Wallance also has served at Intel, Archos North America, and Sonoma Systems. The naming of Wallace to the company comes only a few weeks after the company hired Kevin Hell--former CEO of DivX, and head of EvoNexus--as its CEO. Geni.com Acquired By MyHeritage ---- Los Angeles-based genealogy site Geni.com has been acquired by MyHeritage, an online genealogy website. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. As part of the acquisition, Geni.com's founder, David Sacks, joins MyHeritage's board of directors. MyHeritage.com said it has raised $25M in a new round of funding at the same time, led by Bessemer Venture Partners, Index Ventures, and Accel Partners. Geni.com offers up an online, family tree site, and was the parent company of Yammer.com, the enterprise micro-messaging startup sold by Sacks for $1.2 billion to Microsoft earlier this year. 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Senior Software Engineer, Ruby on Rails + Hadoop + MongDB + Bash, Burbank, M-GO http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5448 Senior Software Engineer, Java + Spring + BigData + Web Services, Burbank, M-GO http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5447 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT FUNDING SUMMARY 11/29/12 CapLinked, Inc. $1.6M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46913 11/27/12 At The Pool $0.8M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46906 11/27/12 Fresh Dish $0.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46902 11/20/12 Mabvax Therapeutics $5.3M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46811 11/20/12 Cap That $2.3M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46813 11/15/12 Chromatik $1.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46569 11/14/12 HelloInsights.com $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46558 11/13/12 Epic Sciences $13.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46547 11/13/12 DogVacay $6.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46548 11/13/12 Consumer Brands $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46549 11/13/12 Minitime $1.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46554 11/13/12 Biosynthetic Technologies $7.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46557 11/12/12 Evature $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46543 11/09/12 The Chernin Group $100.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46542 11/08/12 Auspex Pharmaceuticals $25.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46533 11/08/12 Fatskunk $0.3M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46534 11/08/12 Arynga, Inc. $0.3M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46535 11/08/12 Breadcrumbs $0.1M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46536 11/08/12 Genoa Pharmaceuticals $1.2M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46537 11/08/12 NuORDER, Inc. $3.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46538 11/08/12 Transonic Combustion $32.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46539 11/07/12 Sole Society $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46531 11/06/12 Ambit Biosciences $25.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46497 11/06/12 3D Robotics $5.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46498 11/06/12 BUMP Network FKA Bump.com $2.3M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46499 11/02/12 Garden Organics Inc. $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46432 11/02/12 SignNow $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46433 11/02/12 AnyMeeting FKA Freebinar $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46434 11/02/12 Nanoogo $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46435 11/02/12 mSIGNIA $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46436 11/01/12 TripleThread $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46420 11/01/12 Dollar Shave Club $9.8M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46421 11/01/12 MindBody Software $35.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46422 11/01/12 Atara Biotherapeutics $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46423 11/01/12 Invested.in $0.8M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46424 11/01/12 Club W $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46428 11/01/12 Chewse $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46426 10/30/12 Reflexion Health $4.3M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46162 10/30/12 Rexter $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46171 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 November 29, Los Angeles -- Amplify Settlers of Catan Tournament. At the Amplify LA accelerator.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22987 November 29, Culver City -- Technology Outlook: A Panel of CIOs Discussing Major Trends, How They're Leveraging New Technologies, & How They're Making their Firms More Competitive Today's IT organizations are experiencing major paradigm shifts. Social and mobile technologies are unleashing unprecedented amounts of opportunity for companies willing to embrace this new era of customer personalization and employee empowerment. For this annual event we’re assembling a distinguished panel of CIOs who will share their visions of the future -- trends they envision in IT, near-term and longer-term, including strategies to reduce costs and increase competitiveness. Cindy McKenzie – Sr VP Technology - Fox Entertainment Group, 20th Century Fox Colin Schiller – VP of IT Strategy and IT Program Mgmt - Activision-Blizzard Tom Schwaninger – Managing Partner – Cornerstone Data Strategies Norbert Kubilus – Moderator and 2012 Association President AITP. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22952 November 29, Santa Monica -- OpenStack LA. Moving along, we have a terrific presenter who is traveling a great distance to chat with us. Rick Ashford, Linux Technical Sales Specialist, is based in Austin, TX and works for SUSE. He has generously donated his time to talk about his company’s OpenStack distro, SUSE Cloud. SUSE Cloud is an enterprise-class platform that is integrated with Crowbar, the open source framework that manages and configures the OpenStack deployment. http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-LA/events/9145242. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22991 November 29, Los Angeles -- Entertainment Apps Conference + Entertainment App Awards. The Entertainment Apps Conference will bring together top digital distribution and marketing execs from the major studios and networks, CE and set-top box makers, technology and platform providers, developer and content creators for a day-long conference on the emerging world of app-based entertainment content and services. >From social viewing and second-screen apps to content discovery to streaming and games, apps are becoming an integral piece of the content monetization puzzle. Variety’s Entertainment Apps Conference will focus on how content creators and distributors are using apps to enhance audience engagement, create new revenue opportunities, extend entertainment franchises and leverage power new social marketing and networking platformsNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22995 November 29, Los Angeles -- Red Herring Global 2012 will gather CEOs of groundbreaking startups from around the world, influential venture capitalists and investors in Los Angeles on November 27- 29. The creme de la creme of the 100 most groundbreaking global startups will be honored at this special event. Through uniting the world’s best high technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers, Red Herring events provide an insider’s access to the global innovation economy, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22972 November 30, Los Angeles -- Deconstruct Your Deck: How to Build an Effective Investor Presentation. This workshop is for committed founders and social entrepreneurs who have prepared an investor presentation, and want to have their pitches and presentation skills candidly evaluated by professional social investors, and venture capitalists prior to engaging in active fund-raising. The evaluation is provided by veteran LA VC Jon Funk of Ocean Road Partners and another invited social angel investorNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22996 November 30, Los Angeles -- Windows 8 Unleashed - Los AngelesNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22997 December 1, Santa Monica -- Intro to the Los Angeles Startup Community. General Assembly. Sam Teller, Managing Director, Launchpad LA. This free class is an orientation to help newcomers to the startup scene get acquainted with the exciting world of tech in Los Angeles. We will canvas key events/meetups to attend, people, companies, VCs, blogs, hot issues, and more. Learn the role of key players such as Los Angeles UX & UI Meetups, Startup Weekend, Creative Mornings, Maker Studios, Machinima, Nation Builder, Factual, Riot Games as well as Launchpad LA and the Accelerator / Incubator ecosystem. After class you are welcome to network with a number of prominent folks in the ecosystem. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22979 December 1, Santa Monica -- AngelHack Fall 2012 LA. Ready to take your big idea to the next level? Then join us for LA's next AngelHack, where winning teams will receive 6-8 weeks of mentorship and be flown into Silicon Valley for a weekend of events including a Global Demo Day to A-list investors and media, Site visits to, Google, Facebook, Google Ventures, VIP dinners, and ragging parties with the Valley startup community. This is not your typical weekend hackathon! This is the big leagues! This is AngelHack and you can't afford to miss it. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22925 December 2, Malibu -- TEDxMalibu. Living out Loud=LOL! Through heartfelt presentations by national figures, TEDxMalibu will provide participants with a multi-dimensional platform for Living Out LoudNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23007 December 4, Newport Beach -- TCVN’s Holiday Event Extravaganza! he TCVN holiday event will host 200+ industry leaders from across Southern California at Muldoon’s Irish Pub in Newport Beach. We will also be honoring charitable partners from our friends at Access EN. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22984 December 4, Los Angeles -- Pay to Play: Will Viewers Pay to Watch Online Video? Tubefilter. The traditional ad-supported revenue model has dominated online video, but new models are emerging—the most promising being the new paid direct-to-consumer model.Comedians such as Louis CK, filmmakers, musicians and creators of all kinds are embracing "pay to play" to make real revenue from their premium programs. We're teaming up with the folks at Chill—who in November 2012 launched Chill Direct, a way for creators to sell premium content directly to their audience—to dig into the details of direct-to-consumer model, how it works, and its potential to create windfalls for online video creatorsNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22999 December 4, Santa Barbara -- WITI Santa Barbara Presents: Women, Power and Money. Join WITI Santa Barbara members and guests for a holiday event and a fun, interactive discussion about Women, Power, and Money. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22968 December 4, Santa Monica -- 10 Critical Financial Issues Every Startup Should Know. Coloft. Keeping careful track of financials can be difficult for any startup, though a misstep can cause major damage in the long run. This Coloft Academy class, "10 Financial Issues Every Startup Should Know" is an overview of various financial and accounting problems/solutions a startup should keep in mind. This is an introductory class for new entrepreneurs and a good refresher for existing entrepreneurs needing a little inspiration to get their finances back on track. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22988 December 5, Los Angeles -- Future of Film Summit. Produced by Digital Media Wire and Variety, this event brings together industry leaders to discuss the current state of the industry, and how film and transmedia deals will be struck in the coming years. This is a unique opportunity for creatives, producers, buyers and film financiers to hear about and discuss current issues relevant to the film industry from top studio executives as well as independents. From changes in production financing to new opportunities offered by digital distribution, this event bring experts from all areas of the entertainment industry together to provide insight in a relaxed, yet exclusive atmosphere. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22943 December 5, San Diego -- Global CONNECT Summit. Struggling with access to capital? Looking for proven tactics to accelerate commercialization of innovation? Working on local strategies to grow globally and compete locally? Join the architects of some of the world's leading innovation ecosystems along with visionaries who are growing clusters in emerging markets for this annual two day international meeting in San Diego, California. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22914 December 6, Santa Monica -- LA CEOs in coordination with the LA CTO Forum presents: CEO Pain Points; Working with the CTO. Please join us in a frank, open, and honest discussion with our panel of some of LA’s top CEOs & CTOs. Discover what keeps each other up at night with worry about their key partner in their technology business. How they address these issues and more, resulting in maximum productivity. Be our guest for this roundtable salon with some of the top players in the industry. This free event is restricted to CEOs only of funded companies. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22957 December 6, Newport Beach -- GCs in OC: Maximizing Profits within Legal Limits. Broads Circle. Panelists: RACHEL SAGAN; LILY YAN HUGHES, Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Ingram Micro Inc.; KATE DUCHENE, Chief Legal Officer/Executive Vice President of Human Resources, Resources Global Professionals; MELODY WILLIAMS DAPP, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Sage Software. Moderator: PAMELA PALMER, Partner, Securities Litigation and Corporate Governance Latham & Watkins, LLP. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22958 December 6, Santa Monica -- Startup Fundraising with Dan Gould. Coloft. One of the most important roles of a startup founder is fundraising. In this 1.5 hour Coloft Academy class, LA’s very own Dan Gould will share his experience with Startup Fundraising. Should you raise financing? Who should you approach and how should you do it? What are common mistakes and how can you avoid them. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22989 December 6, Irvine -- MongoDB aggregation like a champ!! One of the most popular NoSql implementations just got much better! In the past, performing aggregations was a pain. Now with the 2.2 release, much of the map/reduce necessities have been eliminated. We’ll explore and explain the new reporting and transformation capabilities available in the aggregation framework. You will learn how to choose and apply aggregation and transformation pipelines to common data needs. Speaker: Nuri Halperin. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22973 December 6, Santa Monica -- Startup PR Uncovered. General Assembly. Kristen Tischhauser, Co-Founder + Managing Partner, talkTECH Communications; Chathri Ali, Managing Partner, talkTECH Communications; Learn the basics concepts of PR from the managing partners of one of LA's fastest growing launch-only PR firms. This 90 minute class will cover the do's and don't's of startup PR, what to look for when hiring a PR firm, a PR pitch gone wrong, best practices for launch, and what to do when you cannot afford a PR firm. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22980 December 6, Santa Monica -- LAVA Holiday Party. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22986 December 6, Santa Monica -- LAVA Holiday Party. Come celebrate the holiday season with LAVA members and their guests! There will be food, beverages, music, & great people to connect with. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22966 December 6, San Diego -- Global CONNECT Summit. Struggling with access to capital? Looking for proven tactics to accelerate commercialization of innovation? Working on local strategies to grow globally and compete locally? Join the architects of some of the world's leading innovation ecosystems along with visionaries who are growing clusters in emerging markets for this annual two day international meeting in San Diego, California. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22915 December 8, Santa Monica -- Assembled Capital: A Founder's Guide to Fundraising. Join us for a full day of talks, panels, and networking at General Assembly, bringing together founders and investors for an intelligent dialogue about fundraising strategies for early-stage startups, common misconceptions and best practices in fundraising, the future of crowdfunding, honest stories from entrepreneurs on successful (and less than successful) capital raises, negotiating a term sheet, and more. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22981 December 12, Santa Monica -- Digital Family Reunion. For the fifth year running, we'll celebrate the connectedness of our vibrant digital media industry in Southern California at the Digital Family Reunion. Whether you were there at the beginning, lived through the dot-com era, emerged after the crash or started your career in digital yesterday, you are a part of the Digital Family. And you are invited to participate in the industry's holiday event of the season, where the most dynamic and well-connected media, entertainment, technology and finance professionals in Southern California gather each year in celebration of our industry and each other. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22954 December 12, Los Angeles -- Social Curation Summit. Leverage the Effects of Curated Commerce & Consumption Discover how brands and retailers across a wide range of business verticals can use curated stories, pictures, and videos to highlight creativity and innovationNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23000 December 13, Los Angeles -- The Power of Collaborative Philanthropy. Broads Circle. Panelists: JACQUELINE JACOBS CASTER, Founder, Everychild Foundation; JUDY PATRICK, President and CEO, Women's Foundation of California; GAEL SYLVIA PULLEN, CEO, Sylvia Global and Member of Women Moving Millions. Keynote Speaker: JOCELYN TETEL, Vice President of Advancement, Skirball Cultural Center; Moderator: CHERYL CALHOUN, Managing Director, Tax & Business Management, CBIZ MHM, LLC. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22959 December 13, Westlake Village -- ACG 101 Holiday Party. After all the challenges and turmoil of 2012, let’s relax and socialize with friends and colleagues at the ACG 101 Holiday Party the evening of Thursday, December 13, at the Westlake Village Inn. It will be a time for all of us to unwind with great food, drink and conversation, and to network with old friends and meet new ones. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22969 December 13, Santa Monica -- An Evening with Brad Feld. An evening with venture capitalist Brad Feld to discuss his new book Startup Communities. You'd be hard pressed to find an individual who has made as big a contribution to startup culture and thought leadership as Venture Capitalist and blogger, Brad Feld. Join us at Cross Campus for a discussion with Brad as he takes us through his new book, Startup Communities. "Startup communities" are popping up everywhere, from cities like Boulder to Boston and even in countries such as Iceland. These types of entrepreneurial ecosystems are driving innovation and small business energy. Startup Communities documents the buzz, strategy, long-term perspective, and dynamics of building communities of entrepreneurs who can feed off of each other's talent, creativity, and supportNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22998 December 13, Santa Monica -- Startup Holiday Mixer. Hosted by Schmoozd and General Assembly LA. Say Cheese(y)! Join us to celebrate the holiday season and the growth of the LA startup community. Put on your cheesiest holiday outfits and join 30+ LA startups for food, cocktails, music, and mingling. Holiday portraits of teams and groups will be taken, displayed, and voted on by partygoers, with prizes going to the cheesiest portraits. Startups, entrepreneurs, friends, and enthusiasts are all welcome. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22974 December 13, Irvine -- Selling Your Story. A TCVN Workshop. Getting funded sometimes seems like a career itself (and indeed it is a big part of the CEO’s responsibilities). In order to succeed, need to understand both the rules of the game and the equipment – without these you may squander some of your most valuable resources - time and relationships. Two keys communication tools are the Executive Summary and the PowerPoint Presentation (Pitch Deck). This forum will help you understand how these tools are used to generate a face-to-face meeting, make a persuasive and memorable presentation, and then follow through with the details needed for investors to begin their due diligence process. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22983 December 13, Aliso Viejo -- Developing Communications Program for Your Technology Startup: A Workshop. OCTANe. A strong communications program is an essential component for your business plan and is commonly overlooked amid focus on products and financials. A team from Fleishman-Hillard will provide an overview of the components for a proper communications plan and then hold a workshop with one-on-one sessions that will help set the direction for how you can incorporate a solid outreach program into your plan. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22785 December 18, Santa Monica -- Putting the "User" back in User Experience. Coloft. 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