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(http://www.fetchrecruiting.com) Technical Recruiting for LA based Startups and High-Growth Companies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --Insights and Opinions: Startup Mentors --SupperKing Launches Support For Charity Dinners --Questcor Pharmaceuticals Buys BioVectra --DTS Connects With Microsoft --Broadcom Leads In Connectivity Chips --TapIt Media Acquired By Phunware For $23M --Ignyta Lands $6M For Personalized Medicine --The Gores Group Completes Therakos Acquisition --Report: Broadcom In Deal To Power 802.11ac For New Macs --Elon Musk Settles In With New, Bel-Air Mansion --Fandango: Best Year Ever --Angel5 Highlights Top Angel Investors --Independa Raises $5M In Series A --Nexsan Acquired By Imation MARKETPLACE --PwC Emerging Company Zone --Ventura Ventures Technology Center (V2TC) - Business Incubator --Safire Partners Executive Search RECENT JOB POSTINGS --Director/Co-Founder of Digital Marketing, Calabasas, AppNRG --Sales Manager-Direct Sales, Santa Barbara, Local Market Launch --Graphic Designer, Santa Barbara, Local Market Launch --UI/UX Developer, Santa Barbara, Local Market Launch --Director of Business Development-Franchise Sales, Santa Barbara, Local Market Launch --Director of Sales, Santa Barbara, Local Market Launch RECENT FUNDING EVENTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Insights and Opinions: Startup Mentors ---- In our Insights and Opinions section, we regularly feature useful advice, opinions, and more from the local community. For this year's first article, we share the advice of Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO of TechEmpower, Founder and CTO of Aggregage and organizer of the LA CTO Forum and Startup Specialist Network, two local groups focused on startups. I've had several startup CTO consulting sessions recently where it became apparent that the Founder needed help with the business and product as much or more than the technology. I suggested that they should look for someone like me, but on the business end. Then we discussed how they could go about finding this startup business advisor. Then I got an email that asked: (More..) http://bit.ly/Xk78bK --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SupperKing Launches Support For Charity Dinners ---- Los Angeles-based SupperKing, the startup which develops a mobile app enabling people to link with their friends and neighbors for a social dining experience, has tied with a group to promote social dining for charities. The startup said it has linked with the Creative Visions Foundation, which will allow organizations to raise money for charity by creating and hosting community dining events. SupperKing's mobile app allows users to offer up home-cooked meals to friends and neighbors, and allows anyone to sign up to participate in those social dining events. Creative Visions said that SUpperKing's concept is "ideal" for organizations who want to crowd-fund charitable causes. Questcor Pharmaceuticals Buys BioVectra ---- QuestCor Pharmaceuticals, the Anaheim-based biopharmaceuticals firm providing treatments for autoimmune and inflammatory disorders, said yetserday that it has acquired BioVectra, a supplier of contract manufacturing services to the pharmaceuticals and biotechnology industry. The deal was worth approximately $50.7M (C$50M). BioVectra has been Questcor's manufacturing partner for nearly a decade, and is based in Prince Edward Island, Canada. DTS Connects With Microsoft ---- Calabasas-based DTS announced this morning that it high definition audio enhancement product, DTS-HD, is now being supported as part of Microsoft's Smooth Streaming platform. Microsoft's Smooth Streaming platform, part of its IIS Media Services, is an adaptive bit rate streaming protocol for sending HD, 1080p media over the Internet. DTS said the new support will allow consumers on PCs, tablets, connected TVs, and set top boxes to experience DTS surround sound. Broadcom Leads In Connectivity Chips ---- That brand new, Wi-fi connected tablet you got for Christmas? The new GPS-enabled smartphone you got in your stocking? All of that is good for Broadcom, the Irvine-based semiconductor maker, according to a report published Wednesday from ABI Research. According to the report, Broadcom is the leading supplier for chips powering Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, satellite positioning, near-field communications and ZigBee communications, and will "continue to dominate" in 2013. TapIt Media Acquired By Phunware For $23M ---- Irvine, California-based TapIt Media Group, the operator of a mobile advertising network, has been acquired by mobile apps infrastructure developer Phunware, the two firms announced Wednesday. Phunware said it paid $23M for TapIt, in a deal which closed on December 28th. Phunware said that all of TapIt's facilities and employees join the company. TapIt Media ran a mobile advertising network, with a reach of over six billion ad impressions per month, across 30,000 active publishers, the firms said. TapIt Media was advised by Siemer & Associates in the deal. Ignyta Lands $6M For Personalized Medicine ---- San Diego-based Ignyta has raised $6M in a Series B funding, the firm said over the holidays. The firm said the funding included $5.5M in a Series B equity funding and $500,000 in a capital term loan from Silicon Valley Bank. The first close of the Series B came in June of 2012, and was worth $2.1M, with the remaining $3.4M from Colt Ventures, City Hill Ventures, and others. Ignyta is working on personalized medicine for treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), lupus and other autoimmune diseases. The company said the funding will go towards advancing its products towards commercialization. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=47556 The Gores Group Completes Therakos Acquisition ---- Los Angeles-based private equity firm The Gores Group said Wednesday that it has completed the acquisition of Therakos, a New Jersey-based firm which provides systems used for immunomodulatory therapy. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. Therakos was part of Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. Gores has named Michael Rechtiene as CEO of Therakos as part of the acquisition. Gores originally announced the acquisition in October. Report: Broadcom In Deal To Power 802.11ac For New Macs ---- A new report published yesterday says that Irvine-based semiconductor maker Broadcom has inked a deal to power super-fast Wi-Fi connectivity on Apple's new 2013 lineup of Macs. The report, from TheNextWeb, said that Broadcom will power the 802.11ac networking features of an updated lineup of Mac machines, a boost from current 802.11n support. 802.11ac supports speeds of up to 1.3Gbps using three antennas. TheNextWeb cited sources "familiar with Apple's plans" for the information. http://www.eetimes.com/design/communications-design/4404017/Broadcom-to-keep-lead-in-connectivity-chips Elon Musk Settles In With New, Bel-Air Mansion ---- It looks like Elon Musk, the tech mogul behind Hawthorne-based SpaceX, is settling further into Los Angeles, and has purchased a $17M mansion in Bel Air. The buy was first report by the LA Times. Musk--who has been splitting his time between Los Angeles and Silicon Valley--is also head of electric car company Tesla Motors, and solar leasing firm SolarCity. Musk is actually among the more unusual tech-executives-with-Southern California mansions, in that he is very active with a Los Angeles company (SpaceX). Other tech moguls with homes here include Larry Ellison (purchased a Malibu estate for $34.9M in September, but has no companies here), and Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss ($18M home bought in August, with plans to invest here). http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/la-fi-hotprop-elon-musk-20121231,0,1269458.story Fandango: Best Year Ever ---- Los Angeles-based Fandango, the online and mobile movie ticketing service which is a unit of NBCUniversal, said yesterday that its 2012 was its "best year in company history". The company said it had a 12-year record high in ticket sales, web and mobile traffic, and app downloads. Fandango said it was seeing around 41 million monthly unique online and mobile visitors in its peak months of 2012. The site did not give any financial details of its year, but did say it saw a 57 percent surge in annual ticket sales. Fandango is run by Paul Yanover. The firm attributed growth to expanded exhibitor deals, partnerships with such sites as Yahoo Movies, AOL Moviefone and MSN Movies, and a growing mobile business. Angel5 Highlights Top Angel Investors ---- If you're a startup, one of the popular ways to reach out to angel investors is through the site AngelList. However, it's often difficult to sort through the many angel investors and others on the site in a useful way. To solve that, Southern California's own Sean Percival (founder and CEO of Wittlebee), has cooked up Angel5. Angel5 helps startups and others sort through who are the top angel investors, filtered by everything from region, to type of companies, to what accelerators those angels might be affiliated with. The new service directly connects users into AngelList. http://angel5.co Independa Raises $5M In Series A ---- San Diego-based Independa, the developer of electronics products and software to help seniors live independently longer, has raised $5M in its Series A funding round, the firm announced Wednesday morning. The firm said the funding came from City Hill Ventures, strategic partner LG Electronics USA, and other investors. Independa is led by Kian Saneii. Independa said the new funds will go to expand its network of distributors and channel partners, and also will go towards R&D, sales, and marketing. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=47552 Nexsan Acquired By Imation ---- Thousand Oaks-based Nexsan, the developer of data storage arrays, has been acquired by Imation, the firms said this morning. According to the two, Imation will pay $120M for Nexsan, comprised of $105M in cash and $15M in stock. Imation said the buy will help provide it with a "proven technology platform" and portfolio of disk and hybrid disk/solid state storage systems. Philip Black, CEO of Nexsan, will join Imation, along with the rest of Nexsan's management team. 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We can also always be a friendly source for investor introductions and general market / compensation intelligence. ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT JOB POSTINGS More jobs at http://www.socaltech.com/Jobs Members post jobs for free Director/Co-Founder of Digital Marketing, Calabasas, AppNRG http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5462 Sales Manager-Direct Sales, Santa Barbara, Local Market Launch http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5459 Graphic Designer, Santa Barbara, Local Market Launch http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5461 UI/UX Developer, Santa Barbara, Local Market Launch http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5460 Director of Business Development-Franchise Sales, Santa Barbara, Local Market Launch http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5458 Director of Sales, Santa Barbara, Local Market Launch http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5457 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT FUNDING SUMMARY 01/02/13 Ignyta $5.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=47556 01/02/13 Independa $5.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=47552 12/21/12 Sightly $5.6M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=47358 12/20/12 Maker Studios, Inc. $36.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=47353 12/20/12 MEI Pharma $27.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=47352 12/14/12 Helinet $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=47218 12/12/12 Koupon Kitty $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=47213 12/12/12 Mitu Network $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=47206 12/12/12 Enevate $24.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=47202 12/06/12 Avelas Biosciences $7.7M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=47060 12/06/12 Biomatrica $5.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=47059 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 January 3, Newport Beach -- OCTANe January Firsty. Join the OCTANe community for our biggest Firsty of year! Bring a coworker or friend and start the new year off right by making new connections at the Island Hotel in Newport Beach. Firsty is an OCTANe Program that focuses on networking and relationship building. It brings together the Orange County technology ecosystem, consisting of executive leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, venture capitalists, academicians, and strategic advisors. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23062 January 5, Studio City -- Tech Startups Helping Each Other Breakfast. A monthly breakfast for founders of tech startups who want to connect and help each other. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23043 January 7, Encino -- Sales/Marketing Study Group. Study group for tech startup founders who want to get better at sales and marketing. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23044 January 8, Los Angeles -- PortTech Forum: Environmental Report Card. In the first PortTech Forum of 2013, representatives from both the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will focus on key environmental issues in the San Pedro Bay area. Invited speakers include Chris Cannon, Director of Environmental Management for the Port of Los Angeles and Richard Cameron, Director of Environmental Planning for the Port of Long Beach.NEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23075 January 8, Costa Mesa -- PMI-OC January 2013 Dinner Meeting . Hank Mondaca, a marketing specialist and vice president, western region at Sonic Mobile USA, will discuss mobile marketing communication tools for today's innovative project managers at the Jan. 8, 2013, meeting of the Project Management Institute’s Orange County Chapter. Mondaca will outline how to grow businesses by implementing proven mobile marketing, advertising, and promotional programs that capture the attention of key stakeholders.NEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23077 January 9, Westlake Vilage -- Being Green Saves You Green: Why Sustainability is a Conservative Fiscal Issue. Panelists: Wally Geer,Founder and President of Greymar Associates, a pioneer in energy efficient housing; Brent Locke, Co-Founder and General Manager of EnerGtech Experts advanced energy management systems; Fernando Tapia, Sr. Finance Analyst at SolarWorld, the largest Solar Panel Manufacturer in the U.S; Neil Popowitz, Partner at Freilich & Popowitz LLP, developing sustainability, growth management and green land development codes. One on one sessions and networking with national experts. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23036 January 9, Santa Monica -- Applying Design Methodologies to Business Problems. General Assembly LA. Design is primarily a problem-solving discipline. Designers are trained to find elegant and efficient solutions that generate desire for their products. This 90-minute class will introduce five proven techniques from the design world that can be directly applied to problems in any field. Students will practice techniques that will result in innovative solutions that will be widely and immediately applicable to business problems. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23063 January 9, Tustin -- Mix@Six. Orange County Marketing Association. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23072 January 9, Irvine -- IEEE & AIAA Dinner Talk. Modern Control Systems Talk at Brandman Univ in Irvine, CA! Start New Year by networking, Dining & Learning with Industry Colleagues! RSVP to Dr kai-Bor Yu via: [email protected] . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23078 January 9, Westlake Village -- Global Economic Outlook for 2013. ACG101. Dr. Sung Won Sohn, of CSU-Channel Islands. The global economy faces serious headwinds, including the lingering effects of the American recession, slowing demand among our European and Asian trading partners, apparent gridlock in Washington over the 'fiscal cliff', and a long list of other issues. How can an economist evaluate the outlook for 2013 and beyond in such an uncertain environment? Come hear the answers at our January 9th meeting from Dr. Sung Won Sohn, who the Wall Street Journal just named one of the three best economic forecasters in the nation. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23068 January 10, Santa Monica -- LA CEOs. LA CEOs, an education and support group for CEOs only, presents: Leading A Growing Company. Ambrose Co-CEO Greg Slamowitz will share techniques for leading a growing company. He speaks about aligning your people, developing a strong culture, embracing change, among other managerial and leadership techniques ideal for startups and small businesses. This event is restricted to CEOs only. No service providers. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23040 January 10, San Diego -- Corporate Valuations. CONNECT. Through a series of real world case studies and interactive group discussion, this workshop will discuss how valuation relates to intellectual property in licensing, manufacturing and M&A transactions. Valuation methodologies can be used to optimize transaction outcomes for both buyers and sellers in M&A and other transactions. This workshop will help you develop a strategy to optimize company growth and liquidity, maximize valuation and capitalize on strategic transactions. Presenters: Joe Davidson, Firm-Wide Chair of the Corporate Practice Group, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP; Clark Libenson, Corporate Partner, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP; Allan Siposs, Managing Director, FMV Capital Markets, LLC. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23045 January 12, Pasadena -- Serious Games for Simulation, Education and the Enterprise. Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. ‘Game,’ the phoneme, has spread its wings far beyond familiar "teenage" video games: it now embraces a variety of new and important applications. Evolving from pre-computer roots (e.g., "war games" for critical military exercises), today key computer simulations and training (variously dubbed "games") increasingly permeate the government world. Likewise, a wide variety of tasks, from corporate training to childhood education, have been variously recast in a "game" context with dimensions and purposes quite beyond simple "fun and entertainment." Today’s program looks at the entrepreneurial / innovation context of the what-why-how of "serious games" in important social and commercial endeavors, exploring various facets such as applications, platforms, areas for growth, investment landscape, and how it all meshes with the undeniable lure of playing gamesNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23074 January 14, Santa Clarita -- Use 90 Sec Videos to Explain Your Product - Create Awesome. Explainer videos (those 60-90 sec videos on home pages around the Internet) are all the rage. It's considered an art. How do you quickly and succinctly explain your product or service to your target customer so that you can engage them right away. A good video will not only engage your target customer but avoid also lots of "how does your site work" emails. This is a hot topic right now in tech. I've asked Nick, an expert in this space, to come in to teach us tips on how to make effective Explainer Videos. Companies like FourSquare have created such effective Explainer Videos resulting in a growth explosion. Can a good Explainer Video help you reach your goal of a $100M valuation? *The presentation will cover How To Create an effective "How To"/Animated Video. The Essential elements of a Video (Script/storyboard, Audio Recording, Animation) and how to do each one effectively. How to use *Video Animation effectively in your Startup. *How to make an effective video *The essential elements of a video (Script, VO, Animation) and how to do each one most effectively *Provide additional tips/stories on funny video ideas I have seen, maybe even a bit of info on viral video. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23039 January 15, Santa Monica -- Intro to Data Science and Analysis. General Assembly LA. Do you want to create a recommendation engine for your customers? Predict which employees at your company will leave or stay? Predict where your future sales will come from or whom to target with your next marketing campaign? In this course, we'll cover the basics of how to answer such questions using data, using examples from Ranker's aggregation and recommendation algorithms, Nate Silver's election predictions, and market research.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23064 January 16, Santa Monica -- Startup PR Bootcamp. Coloft. Learn the basic concepts of PR from the managing partners of one of LA's fastest growing launch-only PR firms. This workshop 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/23067 January 16, Los Angeles -- Startup UCLA Fireside Chat with Mich Mathews, former CMO & SVP of Microsoft. As the former CMO and SVP of Microsoft, Mich Mathews oversaw the company's global marketing function, spanning a diverse set of household brands including Windows, Office, Xbox and Bing. She retired from Microsoft September 1, 2011 after 22 years. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23051 January 16, Cerritos -- How To Live To Be A 100. TiE SoCal. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23061 January 17, Los Angeles -- SBIR/STTR Workshop. Each year the federal government awards technology grants to companies like yours to conduct research and develop innovations for the government. You can then convert the funded research project into commercial business opportunities. Attend this workshop to learn how to write successful proposals to any of the 11 government agencies that run Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programsNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23076 January 18, Santa Monica -- Lean Startup Machine Los Angeles (1/18 - 1/20). Who's this event for? Any startup team that does not have Product/Market Fit, or any aspiring founder, innovator, or early startup employee that wants to learn Lean Startup methodologies from the ground up. Got an idea of your own? Great. You'll have 50 seconds to give your elevator pitch at the kickoff. After voting, if your idea gets selected you will be able to form a team and start working. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23052 January 18, Woodland Hills -- San Fernando Valley Startup Weekend. Startup Weekend is a global network of passionate leaders and entrepreneurs on a mission to inspire, educate, and empower individuals, teams and communities. Share ideas, form teams, and launch startups. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23027 January 19, Los Angeles -- Windows 8 Unleashed brought to you by Microsoft and GITLA. WHAT: Girls in Tech LA partners with Microsoft and Uber Geek Girls Jessica DeVita (Microsoft MVP for LA) to present a class on Windows 8 mobile and desktop apps! At this all-day workshop, Microsoft evangelists will thoroughly train from soup to nuts. By mid-day you’ll be building an app with an all-star team. Cash prizes to be awarded!! WHO: Calling all FEMALE college students and professionals throughout LA - aspiring and experienced female coders, developers and app-builders! Required: Very basic programming experienceNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23073 January 19, Woodland Hills -- San Fernando Valley Startup Weekend. Startup Weekend is a global network of passionate leaders and entrepreneurs on a mission to inspire, educate, and empower individuals, teams and communities. Share ideas, form teams, and launch startups. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23028 January 19, Santa Monica -- Lean Startup Machine Los Angeles (1/18 - 1/20). Who's this event for? Any startup team that does not have Product/Market Fit, or any aspiring founder, innovator, or early startup employee that wants to learn Lean Startup methodologies from the ground up. Got an idea of your own? Great. You'll have 50 seconds to give your elevator pitch at the kickoff. After voting, if your idea gets selected you will be able to form a team and start working. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23053 January 19, Santa Monica -- Music Startup Academy. General Assembly LA. General Assembly is happy to welcome digitalmusic.org's popular Music Startup Academy to Los Angeles for the first time in the Academy's two-year history. As the trade association for the digital music industry, digitalmusic.org has developed this program to specifically help entrepreneurs, app developers, and music startups to break the barriers of entry into the music business. The program aims to teach students how to better understand the interactions between labels and publishers, as well as the basics of product licensing and royalty reporting, content acquisition, business development, and operations. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23055 January 20, Woodland Hills -- San Fernando Valley Startup Weekend. Startup Weekend is a global network of passionate leaders and entrepreneurs on a mission to inspire, educate, and empower individuals, teams and communities. Share ideas, form teams, and launch startups. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23029 January 20, Santa Monica -- Lean Startup Machine Los Angeles (1/18 - 1/20). Who's this event for? Any startup team that does not have Product/Market Fit, or any aspiring founder, innovator, or early startup employee that wants to learn Lean Startup methodologies from the ground up. Got an idea of your own? Great. You'll have 50 seconds to give your elevator pitch at the kickoff. After voting, if your idea gets selected you will be able to form a team and start working. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23054 January 23, Santa Monica -- How to Start Your Own Creative Agency (With Zero Overhead). General Assembly LA. Alan Stuart, Founder and Creative Director, One Long House. The economy is in a slump. It has been for a while. But that can bode well for creatives. Crappy economies are where good ideas float to the top and bad ones crumble and fail. Consider it capitalism's natural selection. Contrary to popular belief, opening a small studio/agency/shop doesn't take a bunch of money. In fact, there are a ton of advantages to starting and scaling your creative team in a super lean fashion. In this class, Alan will share all of the good (and terrible) experiences of opening his creative cooperative, One Long House, in an attempt to encourage creative growth and prevent redundant mistakes. Students will not only learn of the decisions and problems that come with starting a small creative agency, but their potential solutions as well.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23065 January 24, Santa Monica -- LA Uncubed. Ditch your Cube. Work at a startup. Uncubed brings together emerging companies and talented attendees in an exciting and informative environment that showcases startup culture. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22993 January 24, Santa Monica -- 2013 Startup Forecast. TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2013 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Thursday Jan. 24 7pm at The ROC in Santa Monica. We have a line up of amazing speakers who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2013. Topics of discussion will be Saas, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2013, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building sensible businesses. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23056 January 25, San Diego -- SANDcamp 2013. The purpose of the event is to bring the Drupal CMS community together and celebrate the platform, find new ways to improve it, as well collaborate to share best practices with fellow Drupal users. Expect the weekend to be full of professional development with great after hour events, a distro-summit, and half-day training classes and workshops, kicking-off 2013 Drupal camps in style. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23041 January 26, Santa Monica -- Intro to the Los Angeles Startup Community. 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/23066 January 26, Los Angeles -- LA Video Hackathon by YouTube and Google TV. You're invited to join us for the LA Video Hackathon by YouTube and Google TV! Developers, designers and entrepreneurs are welcome. At this event, you will learn about our new APIs, work closely with Google engineers, and have an opportunity to provide feedback on the new APIs. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23022 January 29, San Diego -- Getting Good Results from a Board of Directors and Board of Advisors. CONNECT. To stay competitive in today's marketplace, organizations frequently seek outside expertise to provide credibility, contacts, counseling and cash. Procopio Partner William Eigner will provide targeted advice on what entrepreneurs, directors and advisors need to know about recruiting, managing, incentivizing and showcasing a Board. The workshop will cover governance practices, including key differences between advisors and directors, their duties and obligations and best practices. Presenter: William Eigner, Partner, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23046 January 30, Los Angeles -- StartEngine Demo Day. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23057 January 31, Los Angeles Westside -- Growth Capital Conference. Network with capital sources, advisors, deal makers and 100 entrepreneurs seeking capital & counsel. DEAL DISPLAYtm showcases attractive firms needing growth capital. 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