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We Create Demand. --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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Score Revolution Launches Marketplace For Film Music ---- Score Revolution, a new, Los Angeles-based startup, has launched an online marketplace for film music, the company said this week. The startup, founded by Ian Hierons, Seth Kaplan and Christine Russell, said it offers up an online platform for licensing film music. The startup is targeting advertisers, brands, filmmakers, film trailer houses, music supervisors and others with the new service. The service revolves around the ability to search for music composed for film scores, and allows users to request quotes and download tracks for use in projects. Paragon Wins Wireless Storage Firm ---- Irvine-based Paragon Software said this week that its software is being use din a new, portable, wireless drive being manufactured by Corsair. According to Paragon, Corsair is using its universal file system driver (UFSD) technology in the new portable drive, which provides network-attached storage over wi-Fi, or directly via a Gigabit connection or USB 3.0. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. Paragon's drivers are being used to enable PCs, Macs, Android, and iOs devices to all store to the same drive. USC's CTM Hires Cisco Vet ---- The USC Marshall Institute for Communication Technology Management--which focuses on research in technology, communications and media--said this week that it has hired on a Cisco veteran to head up its strategy, research, and industry relations. (More...) http://bit.ly/VOs9IN Planana Heads To DreamIt Ventures ---- Los Angeles-based online event promotion service Planana, the startup founded by Anna Sergeeva and Fei Xiao, said Thursday that the company has been accepted to the DreamIt Ventures Winter 2013 class in Austin, Texas. The startup said that it will be demonstrating its products at SXSW at March 8th, at the conclusion of the program. DreamIt Ventures is one of the many accelerator programs around the country focused on getting early stage startups off the group. Planana was formerly known as trueRSVP. The founders first thought up the idea for the Planana's original service, trueRSVP, at a 2011 Los Angeles Startup Weekend event. HID Global Buys Codebench ---- Irvine-based identification technology developer HID Global has acquired CodeBench, a provider of physical security identity management products for the governent sector, the firm said this week. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Codebench is based in Coconut Creek, Florida, where it will remain. HID Global said the buy will help it offer up solutions for its federal agency and contractor customers, plus also help position it to serve emerging government and commercial markets. Competition Gets Fierce For ParkMe, As Streetline Finds Funding ---- It looks like competition is heating up in the smart parking market--and for local parking technology firm Parkme, which is based in Santa Monica--as yet another company announced Thursday more funding for giving consumers real-time information about available parking spaces. (More...) http://bit.ly/URii71 Beats Electronics Steals Topspin's Ian Rogers For New Music Service ---- Santa Monica-based Beats Electronics, the headphone and audio equipment maker co-founded by Dr. Dre and Interscope Geffen's Jimmy Iovine, has snagged high profile CEO Ian Rogers away from Topspin Media. Beats said today that it has named Ian Rogers as CEO of a new music service it calls project "Daisy". Daisy is based on MOG, the streaming music services that Beats acquired last year. Beats said that Rogers will head up Daisy as it sets to launch in late 2013, as a stand alone company. Rogers was also formerly GM of Yahoo! Music. Simultaneous with the hiring of Rogers, Tospin said that it has gained a "substantial" new strategic investment from Beats Electronics. Size of that investment was not announced. Topspin Media said that Beats will integrate its direct-to-fan marketing and retail software in "Daisy". Topspin's COO, Jeremy Bellinghausen, becomes CEO; Bellinghausen was hired at Topspin six months ago from Orbitz Worldwide. Ian Rogers remains on the board of Topspin Media as Exec Chairman. YieldMetrics Harvests $1.7M For Ad Analytics ---- Online advertising firm YieldMetrics said Thursday morning that it has raised $1.7M in funding, which was led by GRP Partners, and also included Baroda Ventures, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, Daher Capital, Double M Capital, Karlin Ventures, Launchpad LA, as well as angels. The firm's founders as Gabe Gottlieb and Tom Lorimor. YieldMetrics tool is aimed at publishers, advertisers, and advertising technology providers, to provide better analytics on advertisers. Goodbye Buy.com, Hello Rakuten.com Shopping ---- It looks like it's goodbye to Aliso Viejo-based Buy.com, and hello to Rakuten.com Shopping. The Buy.com brand name, which had helped to define Southern California's place in the e-commerce world, is officially gone, as Japanese shopping firm Rakuten said that it will be renaming the site to Rakuten.com Shopping. Buy.com was acquired in May of 2010 by Rakuten. According to Rakuten, the new brand and site will launch on January 31st, and comes after a "gradual, successful transition" to becoming part of Rakuten. Buy.com was one of Orange County's emblematic ecommerce brands, having been started in 1997 by Scott Blum; Buy.com went public during the Internet years, in 1999, but then was re-purchased by Blum in 2001 after plunging during the Dot Com crash. Amazon's New AutoRip Converts CDs To MP3, Echoes AnywhereCD ---- Online e-commerce giant Amazon.com just announced a new service Thursday morning, which looks to be one of the biggest moves the company has made in digital music recently: it is now automatically providing MP3 format tracks for CDs sold on its site, including every single CD a user has purchased since 1998. Amazon said its new AutoRip service will automatically load a MP3 version of CDs purchase on the site, for immediate streaming or download by users. Plus, Amazon said it will dig into its archives of CD purchases and provide the same tracks to users automatically based on what they previously purchased from the company. http://bit.ly/UCG5lK Lynda.com Hires New CFO ---- Carpinteria-based Lynda.com, the online video education site, looks to be continuing its growth trajectory, and has hired a new CFO. The company said it has named Elaine Kitagawa as Chief Financial Officer, after recently hiring former PopCap CTO Frits Habermann as its new Chief Technology Officer. Kitagawa was previously CFO at Saba Software, and also served at Gaia Online. 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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 01/10/13 YieldMetrics $1.7M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=47840 01/10/13 SORTEO GAMES, INC. $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=47839 01/07/13 PatientSafe FKA Intellidot $20.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=47715 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 11, Westlake Village -- Maverick Angels Investment Accelerator. Do you have a great business idea? Do you find it difficult to raise capital or communicate your offering in a way that is complete or compelling in the time given for your pitch to investors? Many entrepreneurs have promising businesses but are not skilled in how best to present themselves to investors. At Maverick Angels, we understand our responsibility as angel investors to help entrepreneurs streamline their investment pitch and to better articulate their vision to enroll investors. The Investment Accelerator is a Three-Part Process which teaches the fundamental steps for becoming a successful entrepreneur, including time-tested strategies for raising start-up capital from angel and venture capital investors. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23088 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 games. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23074 January 13, Los Angeles -- Los Angeles Hacker News Meetup - January. Los Angeles Hacker News Meetup is back, with a great line up of speakers and an opportunity to share what you've been hacking onNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23109 January 14, Westlake Village -- One Source Alliance MixerNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23104 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 14, Los Angeles -- ExecTec. Executive Networking & Technology Group. Entertainment. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23098 January 15, Santa Monica -- Green LAVA January 2013 Meeting. Green LAVA is starting off 2013 with a great event that you don't want to miss. Mikael Elley, Director of IT for Fisker Automotive, will be talking about the startup of one of the world's leading electric automotive companies.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23083 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 15, Santa Monica -- LAPHP January Talk: Zend Framework 2.0. For our January LAPHP talk we have pretty exciting guest -- we invited Ralph Schindler from Zend to talk about Zend Framework 2.0 (aka ZF2). Zend Framework 2 achieved its stable release this autumn, ushering in a new era of the framework. During this hands-on talk, we'll look at the pillars of ZF2 application development, including the Event Manager, Service Manager, and Module Manager, and give you a taste of how applications can be built from existing re-usable modules and customized to your needsNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23110 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 16, Westlake Village -- Maverick Angels Deal Line-Up. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23089 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 programs. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23076 January 17, Santa Monica -- Developing a Content Strategy for Social Media. Coloft Academy. Do you find it difficult to come up with topics to post to your social media channels? Are you posting but no one is engaging? Learn the tips that top strategists use to effectively and efficiently track and manage great content that is made to share. Come join us for this 1.5 hr class to learn how to develop a social media content strategy for your companyNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23105 January 17, Santa Monica -- Equity Structure & Valuation: How much equity do I need to need to give to an investor? LAVA. Moderated by Rochelle Nakajima, CPA and senior manager at CohnReznick. Featuring panelists: Jeffrey A. Bobrosky, CPA and partner at CohnReznick and the leader of the Firm's Technology/Life Sciences Industry Practice in Los Angeles, Melisa Silverman, partner and senior appraiser at American ValueMetrics Corp, a national, boutique valuation services firm providing defensible, certified business and business interest valuation reports that meet both industry and regulatory standards and Dat T. Do, Co-Founder & CEO of Derivatas, formerly with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as a valuation specialist and financial engineer in the Transaction Services - Valuation practice. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23086 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, Los Angeles -- LAVA Healthcare January 2013 meeting. About LAVA Healthcare. No one disputes that the U.S. healthcare system is a mess that has been deteriorating for decades. Many argue that increasing legislation and regulation will worsen the problem, others argue its the best solution. LAVA Healthcare is an ongoing conversation about how we might fix the mess applying innovation across a wide range of dimensions including technology, business models, patient involvement, offshore outsourcing, and training programs. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23085 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 experience. 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 19, Santa Monica -- First Time Entrepreneur Workshop. LAVA. LAVA is extremely pleased to announce its next First Time Entrepreneur training program. The program is open to entrepreneurs that are starting companies in areas that are likely to draw venture capital investment. The program is not open to service providers.You are encouraged to apply today for one of the 25 slots open in our workshop. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23087 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 22, Santa Monica -- Turbo-Charging Your CTO. Cross Campus. Are you getting the most from your CTO? How do you know that things are working...or not working? What can you do to feel confidant and make your business more robust? This presentation and conversation will offer CEOs and Board Members a comprehensive overview of strategies and tactics for assessing the performance and the long-term viability of your technology leadership. We will also discuss how to protect your company in the event that this precious resource gets run over by a truck (or worse!). Topics include: What to expect from your CTO; How to support your CTO; How to maximize your CTO’s value; How to handle your CTO’s departure/replacement. http://cto.eventbrite.co. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23103 January 22, Santa Monica -- Los Angeles Lean Startup Circle. How to do Lean Startup in Enterprise and Big Companies. What does Lean Startup look like in BIG organizations? There are all sorts of challenges that intrapreneurs and corporate entrepreneurs face that startup founders simply don't encounter. Challenges around branding, legal, HR and organizational processesNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23111 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 23, Santa Monica -- Presenting & Speaking to Succeed. Coloft Academy. If you've got a passion to share, if you're raising money, if you're in sales, if you communicate at all, you need to raise your game. The popularity of TED talks, the omnipresence of video cameras and the virality of great video content has raised the bar dramatically for any and all presentations. John Bates of ExecutiveSpeakingSuccess.com. John Bates has been working with TEDx organizers all over the world to raise the level of their speakersNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23106 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 24, Santa Monica -- Intro to Facebook Ads. Coloft Academy. Facebook has over 1 Billion users, are you reaching them? Learn to leverage Facebook Marketing and get traffic flowing to your site tomorrow. We will cover how Facebook ads work, how to create and manage a campaign, and how statistics can be used to optimize your results. We will review the history of online advertising and discuss the opportunities this channel presents for turning fans into customers.NEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23107 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 -- Beginner's Social Media Workshop: Setup & Content Strategy. Coloft Academy. It's a new year and you have no more excuses, it's time that you clean up your brand's social profiles and start being active online! In this four hour workshop, you'll first set up your social profile (or optimize an existing one), then develop a content strategy that will make managing social media easier than ever. Don't miss out on your opportunity to make 2013 the most viral year ever for your companyNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23108 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, Santa Monica -- StartEngine is pleased to present our latest class of startups at our Demo Day on Wednesday, January 30th at CrossCampus in Santa Monica. Nine founders with established business models and strong teams will introduce their companies, spanning from a wide range of industries including ad tech, consumer web, e-commerce, consumer tech, web marketplaces, gaming, and more. This is your chance to hear their stories and support a new batch of L.A. tech entrepreneurs. This event is for VCs, early stage funds, angel investors, mentors as well as a number of esteemed guests.NEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23114 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. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22951 January 31, Los Angeles -- 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/23058 January 31, Los Angeles -- PandoMonthly LA: Sophia Amoruso, NastyGal. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23059 January 31, San Diego -- The Healthcare Reform Act. CONNECT. Timely Topics presents: The Healthcare Reform Act …like it or not it is here … and it will have impact on large and small businesses. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23071 February 1, Irvine -- Startup Weekend at UC Irvine is an event which brings together developers, designers, marketers, product managers and startup enthusiasts to share ideas, form teams, build products, and launch startups in a 3 day period! Get your ticket now for the event while tickets are still lasting and spread the word to your colleagues who may be interested. The event will be held at UC Irvine Student Center with the Kick off on Friday February 1st and the event continuing into Saturday & Sunday February 2nd & 3rd. see http://ucistartupweekend.eventbrite.coNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23115 February 1, Westlake Village -- Maverick Angels Investment Accelerator. Do you have a great business idea? Do you find it difficult to raise capital or communicate your offering in a way that is complete or compelling in the time given for your pitch to investors? Many entrepreneurs have promising businesses but are not skilled in how best to present themselves to investors. At Maverick Angels, we understand our responsibility as angel investors to help entrepreneurs streamline their investment pitch and to better articulate their vision to enroll investors. The Investment Accelerator is a Three-Part Process which teaches the fundamental steps for becoming a successful entrepreneur, including time-tested strategies for raising start-up capital from angel and venture capital investors. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23091 February 2, Irvine -- Startup Weekend at UC Irvine is an event which brings together developers, designers, marketers, product managers and startup enthusiasts to share ideas, form teams, build products, and launch startups in a 3 day period! Get your ticket now for the event while tickets are still lasting and spread the word to your colleagues who may be interested. The event will be held at UC Irvine Student Center with the Kick off on Friday February 1st and the event continuing into Saturday & Sunday February 2nd & 3rd. see http://ucistartupweekend.eventbrite.coNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23116 February 3, Irvine -- Startup Weekend at UC Irvine is an event which brings together developers, designers, marketers, product managers and startup enthusiasts to share ideas, form teams, build products, and launch startups in a 3 day period! Get your ticket now for the event while tickets are still lasting and spread the word to your colleagues who may be interested. The event will be held at UC Irvine Student Center with the Kick off on Friday February 1st and the event continuing into Saturday & Sunday February 2nd & 3rd. see http://ucistartupweekend.eventbrite.coNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23117 February 5, Santa Monica -- DomainFest Global. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22810 February 6, San Diego -- IMAX Partner Search! CommNexus MarketLink. IMAX will be in San Diego to meet with selected companies with cutting edge technology including but not limited to: projection, screen, audio, image processing, stereoscopic, image sensor and digital camera technologies, content distribution, anti-piracy technology. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23020 February 6, Santa Monica -- DomainFest Global. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22811 February 7, Santa Monica -- TechZulu • TZ Presents: Nice Guys DO Finish First In Business. Fireside Chat With Clay Collins TechZulu is excited to invite you on February 7, 2013 at 7pm, to a fireside chat with Clay Collins, Co-Founder of LeadBrite. Clay will be interviewed by our very own Espree Devora, known as “the Girl who Gets it Done” and creator of SaveBusinessTime. Clay will share his experience on how to build a profitable and bootstrapped SAAS startup that’s doubled in revenue almost every month since its inception. http://techzulu.com/fireside-chat-with-clay-collinNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23118 February 7, Santa Monica -- DomainFest Global. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22812 February 7, San Diego -- Licensing Fundamentals for the Business Executive. CONNECT. What is a license? What are the most commonly negotiated provisions by the business team? How do you prepare to negotiate a licensing agreement? What are the pitfalls to watch out for? This half-day workshop will present the fundamental concepts of licensing and will explain how these concepts are reflected in a contract, such as provisions regarding IP rights, royalties, exclusivity and technology transfer. Presenter: Tom Briggs, Partner, Jones Day. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23047 February 8, Santa Monica -- Demo Video Lab. 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