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Snags Netflix Co-Founder As CEO --RFaxis Debuts WLAN Power Amplifier --Emulex Certifies With Infortrend --OpenAirplane Targets Los Angeles With Airplane Rental Service --Oculus VR Gets $16M For Virtual Reality Gaming Headset --Esri Powers uKnow.com's Family Locator Service --Fisker Automotive Burnt Through $1.4 Billion --Demand Media's Designs.com Debuts To Power New gTLDs --Fullscreen Gets Funding For YouTube Network MARKETPLACE --SBIR Phase II Workshop - Los Angeles, June 20th, 2013 --CLEARSTONE VENTURES: Venture Capital for Technology Innovators --Binary Pulse Technology Marketing. We Create Demand. --SoCal IP Law Group LLP --Fetch Recruiting, Inc. RECENT JOB POSTINGS RECENT FUNDING EVENTS ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- Don't Miss Silicon Beach Fest - June 19-22 Welcome to Silicon Beach Fest, June 2013! Silicon Beach Fest is LA’s first festival celebrating LA tech, entertainment & startups with panels, keynotes, workshops, mixers, and more in Santa Monica on June 19-22, 2013. Head to the beach on the first weekend of summer to celebrate LA's digital innovators in tech, entertainment and startups! Attendees and speakers include: Accelerator heads, start-ups, VCs, movie and music studio execs, agencies, fashion, content creators, artists, social media gurus, developers, designers, etc. from LA, Silicon Valley, OC, San Diego, New York, and international. Silicon Beach Fest is created by Digital LA with 15 tracks organized by tech community leaders. Silicon Beach Fest panels take place primarily in Santa Monica at Cross Campus, ROC Santa Monica, and Santa Monica Place. Network at night parties on Wed, Thur, Fri and Sat night. Register today! http://siliconbeachfest.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CrowdStrike, Headed By George Kurtz, Debuts Security Software ---- Irvine-based CrowdStrike, the developer of security software which was founded by former McAfee CTO George Kurtz, has debuted its technology, saying that it has created a platform which is aimed at stopping security attacks and protecting users' intellectual property. (More...) http://bit.ly/1aoHuXg Quarterly Co. Snags Netflix Co-Founder As CEO ---- Hollywood-based Quarterly Co., the subscription gifts-by-mail startup which delivers a box of curated gifts from a long list of influencers to subscribers every three months, has a new CEO. The company said today that Netflix co-founder Mitch Lowe has been appointed CEO of the company, to help grow and expand the company's offerings. Lowe helped co-found Netflix, and also was Chief Operating Officer and President of Redbox Automated Retail; according to the company, Lowe has more than 25 years in the video and rental industry. Quarterly's is backed by True Ventures, Collaborative Fund, SV Angel, and others. RFaxis Debuts WLAN Power Amplifier ---- Irvine-based semiconductor developer RFaxis said today that it has begun mass production on a new, power amplifier (PA) aimed at the wireless local area network market. RFAxis said its RX240 high power 2.4GHz PA is aimed at use in wireless access point, routers, set-top boxes, home gateways, wireless hot spots, and other applications. RFaxis develops CMOS-based semiconductors, which have a price advantage over existing power amplifiers using more exotic semiconductor technology such as Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) and Silicon Germanium (SiGe). RFaxis is headed by Mike Neshat, and is one of the few, semiconductor startups to successfully emerge out of the region in recent years. Emulex Certifies With Infortrend ---- Costa Mesa-based networking hardware provider Emulex has certified its latest set of Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters with storage equipment from Infortrend, the companies announced today. The two said that the Emulex LightPulse 16G Fibre Channel HBAs were certified with Infortrend's 16GFC EonStor DS G7i RAID storage systems. Both products are used in data center storage area networks (SANs). 16G Fibre Channel is the latest standard for speed in Fibre Channel networks, which are used heavily in the data center market for back-end storage connections. OpenAirplane Targets Los Angeles With Airplane Rental Service ---- ech-savvy users who like services like Zipcar, Uber, RelayRides, and Car2Go are used to being able to now rent and find cars by the hour or day in areas like Los Angeles. So it's no surprise that airplane pilots are getting their own version of those services, targeted at letting pilots rent airplanes by smartphone, tablet, or computer. OpenAirplane said (More...) http://bit.ly/15dQwkh Oculus VR Gets $16M For Virtual Reality Gaming Headset ---- Irvine-based Oculus VR, a developer of a virtual reality headset for gaming enthusiasts, said Monday that it has raised $16M in an investment round. (More...) http://bit.ly/15dNwV5 Esri Powers uKnow.com's Family Locator Service ---- Redlands-based Esri is continuing to make inroads into the Internet startup market, and has been tapped to power the family location services of uKnow.com. uKnow said today that it is partnering with Esri to use that company's geographical information systems technology in a new, family locator service called uKnowLocate. Esri has been working to supply its mapping technology to a wide range of startups, expanding its market beyond its core business in the government and large business market. Esri has been a longtime developer of sophisticated mapping systems, but until recently has mostly been used in enterprise applications. Details on the licensing deal with uKnow.com was not announced by the company. Fisker Automotive Burnt Through $1.4 Billion ---- Anaheim-based Fisker Automotive, the troubled electric car maker, has now burnt through $1.4 billion dollars in private and public funds, according to Reuters. The amount of capital invested in Fisker makes the company the highest profile flameout ever in Southern California's startup history, far surpassing the mere $375M in venture capital raised of of prior record holder Amp'd Mobile from back in 2007. Fisker Automotive is apparently taking bids from investors to acquire the firm, with at least one offer of a mere $20M for the company. Demand Media's Designs.com Debuts To Power New gTLDs ---- Santa Monica-based Demand Media announced the launch of a new service, Designs.com, which it says wil lhelp generic Top Level Domain registrants create new websites. Demand Media explained athat Designs.com will help users create their own websites on the new gTLDs, offering up professional templates and online sites tied with the new gTLDs, such as .ARCHITECT, .DENTIST, .SOCIAL, and .FAN. The different templates will be tied to those different gTLDs. Demand Media said the new site will be working with different partners who are running those gTLDs to let users pick their new domains, choose a template, and to host those sites. Fullscreen Gets Funding For YouTube Network ---- Fullscreen, the online entertainment video site headed by George Strompolos, announced this morning that it has raised a round of Series A funding. Size of the funding was not announced. The round came from The Chernin Group along with Comcast Ventures and WPP. According to FullScreen, the new funding will go towards domestic and intentional expansion, in the areas of technology, audience development and sales. Strompolos helped co-create the YouTube Partner Program. Fullscreen said its clients include NBCUniversal and Ryan Seacrest Productions, and that it now has a network of over 10,000 channels, 150 million subscribers, and 2.5 billion monthly views. Fullscreen also said it now has over 150 employees. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=51168 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARKETPLACE Reach 10000+ readers for 5 days for $250 Post your marketplace ad at: http://www.socaltech.com/postad.html ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- SBIR Phase II Workshop - Los Angeles, June 20th, 2013 Every year the Federal Government invests over $2B in Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer projects through 11 Federal agencies. PortTech Los Angeles is offering a workshop to assist applicants with the preparation of effective Phase II proposals. This workshop will provide applicants with the tools, techniques, plans and deliverables to meet the proposal requirements, create the Commercialization Plan and the best practices to maximize the chance of winning an award. 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(http://www.fetchrecruiting.com) Technical Recruiting for LA based Startups and High-Growth Companies ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT JOB POSTINGS More jobs at http://www.socaltech.com/Jobs Members post jobs for free Senior Software Engineer, Burbank, Condusiv Technologies http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5469 Senior Test/Development Engineer, Burbank, Condusiv Technologies http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5471 Junior Software Developer, Burbank, Condusiv Technologies http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5484 Architect Software Engineer - Network Optimization, Burbank, Condusiv Technologies http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5487 Software Architect (VMware), REMOTE from anywhere in USA, Condusiv Technologies http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5474 Principal Software Engineer (Windows Drivers), REMOTE from anywhere in USA, Condusiv Technologies http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5470 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT FUNDING SUMMARY 06/17/13 Oculus VR $16.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=51268 06/17/13 Nimia $0.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=51170 06/17/13 Fullscreen, Inc. $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=51168 06/17/13 Salka $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=51167 06/07/13 Cool Planet Energy $29.9M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=51072 06/07/13 weMonitor $5.3M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=51029 06/06/13 NationBuilder $8.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=51026 06/05/13 Colorescience $10.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=50989 06/04/13 daqri $15.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=50896 06/04/13 Surf Air $7.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=50895 05/31/13 RadPad $0.2M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=50877 05/29/13 Numecent $13.6M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=50760 05/24/13 Ad.ly $2.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=50715 05/21/13 Uncovet $1.3M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=50679 05/20/13 Prevoty $0.7M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=50602 05/20/13 Alteryx $12.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=50600 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 June 18, Los Angeles -- Economy of WordPress. SoCal WordPress Users' Group. Sure, anybody can use WordPress for free, and there are even piles of free plugins and themes to use alongside WordPress to make it look and work pretty much any way you want. With so much being given away for free, is there an opportunity to make money in the WordPress community? You bet there is! And we're going to take a look at all the different opportunities you've got for earning some cash with WordPressNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23540 June 18, Hollywood -- Hollywood Economic Development Summit 2013. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Committee presents the Annual Hollywood Economic Development Summit at the Motion Picture Academy’s Mary Pickford Center, 1313 N. Vine St., in Hollywood. The Chamber’s Summit is your best place to get the latest information about what is happening in Hollywood. This year’s annual event will focus on Hollywood’s future as a tech community. Keynote speaker is Kevin Winston, Founder/CEO of Digital L.A. Other presentations include a panel “Life on the Silicon Strip” with representatives of Hollywood technology firms, a briefing on Kilroy Realty’s Columbia Square Project, a report on Hollywood’s changing demographics and how it is attracting new retail, and remarks from public officials. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23485 June 18, Santa Monica -- BUSINESS ROCKSTARS ACADEMY is hosting a 6 week BUSINESS BOOT CAMP June 18 - July 30th at ROC in Santa Monica. This class is for: 1. People who've started a business and need help COMMUNICATING THEIR STORY. and 2. Entrepreneurs who have an IDEA FOR A BUSINESS, but just don't know what to do next. The course will focus on helping Entrepreneurs build a pitch deck. There are amazing ROCKSTAR speakers, mentors, and business experts like Paula Abdul (Celebrity Entrepreneur), Brian Lee (Founder of Shoe-dazzle, Legal-zoom, Honest Company), Nolan Bushnell (Founder- Chuck E. Cheese, Atari) & Mark Victor Hansen (Creator of Chicken Soup For The Soup) participating in the event. Additionally, you will meet Angels, VC's, Private Equity, Accelerators, and funding sources for your idea or Company. $100 discount for SOCALTECH readers. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23538 June 18, Newport Beach -- Orange County Ophthalmology Technology Summit. OCTANe. Orange County is the single most technology rich epicenter for ophthalmology technology. The purpose of the Orange County Ophthalmology Technology Summit (OCOTS) meeting is to create a local forum where leading ophthalmology technologists, researchers, clinicians, and entrepreneurs can come together to discuss current industry trends, unmet clinical needs, and new business opportunities all to fuel the ophthalmology ecosystem in Orange County, California. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23535 June 19, Santa Monica -- Digital Women Luncheon. We’ll meet for lunch at the Sonoma Wine Garden on the third floor of Santa Monica Place for our Digital Women networking lunch. This lunch features digital women leaders and professionalsNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23545 June 19, Santa Monica -- Crowdstorming - Tapping into huge groups for huge innovation. Find Big Ideas with Huge Online Groups. Why brainstorm with ten people when you can crowdstorm with ten thousand? Established players and startups alike are tapping into crowdstorming - companies like GE (Ecomagination Challenge), Amazon (Amazon Studios) and Google (#ifIhadglass) as well as startups like Quirky, Giffgaff and others are tapping huge online communities to drive new products, ideas, and brands. In this hands on workshop, we'll work through your specific challenge to help you implement a crowdstorming campaign of your ownNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23546 June 19, Santa Monica -- SBF Demo Day. Cross Campus & Digital LA are organizing an SBF Demo Day on Wednesday June 19th to showcase some of our best and brightest startups in the SoCal startup community. You’ll hear from a range of startups – some who are just launching, some that recently came out of our local accelerators, and we’ll check in with a few companies that have been around the block a bitNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23547 June 19, San Diego -- Making an Intelligent Deal With In-Q-Tel. CommNexus. Risks and Rewards of Taking CIA-Backed Investment. CommNexus hosted a very well-attended event on May 15 that brought the attention of the San Diego tech community to opportunities for investment by In-Q-Tel, the private technology acquisition company that serves the U.S. intelligence community. In this follow-up session, we will explore how such investments are structured, the risks and potential rewards of entering into such transactions and how to get the most out of the In-Q-Tel investment while protecting the value of the company’s technology. Over two-thirds of the company entering into an In-Q-Tel investment have never sold or licensed technology to the federal government, and for many it is the most significant sale they will make before being acquired. It is essential that it be done correctly. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23534 June 19, Santa Monica -- Fireside Chat w/ Gary Swart, CEO of oDesk - Startups Uncensored #38. his month's Startups Uncensored will be a fireside chat with oDesk CEO, Gary Swart hosted by Docstoc CEO, Jason Nazar. Gary Swart is the CEO of oDesk, the world’s largest online workplace—which has more than 2.5 million registered contractors, and on which 9 million hours were worked in Q3 2012 alone. Gary is a thought leader in entrepreneurship; how best to hire and manage teams; and the future of work, including online workNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23543 June 19, Santa Monica -- Silicon Beach Fest. Silicon Beach Fest celebrates LA’s unique startup entertainment tech community with panels, pitches, and parties. Silicon Beach Fest is LA’s first festival celebrating LA tech, entertainment & startups with panels, keynotes, workshops, mixers, and more in Santa Monica on June 19-22, 2013. Head to the beach on the first weekend of summer to celebrate LA's digital innovators in tech, entertainment and startups! Attendees and speakers include: Accelerator heads, start-ups, VCs, movie and music studio execs, agencies, fashion, content creators, artists, social media gurus, developers, designers, etc. from LA, Silicon Valley, OC, San Diego, New York, and international.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23521 June 19, Irvine -- Opportunities in BigData. TechBizConnection. What is Big Data? Is it real? Can it actually help me? How can you use it? Can Big Data really be monetized? We’ve all heard the stats, according to IBM, companies have captured more data in the last two years than in the previous 2000 years. Every day, we create 2.5 quintillion bytes of data — much of it unstructured and far beyond the capability of conventional databases. Does this create opportunity? Join us to hear from a diverse panel of experts who will answer these questions and more. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23532 June 20, Los Angeles -- SBIR Phase II Workshop. Researchers, entrepreneurs and small business teams can improve their chances of creating a successful proposal for Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grants. Prepare a winning proposal for the $1M Phase II grant to complete research and development. PortTech Los Angeles will host a SBIR Phase II Workshop focused on proper proposal preparation and development of the commercialization plan. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23506 June 20, Santa Monica -- SAM Preccelerator Presents: Brands don't 'happen'. Brands are created. Every day your company's brand your personal brand are being developed whether you like it or not. The time to 'figure out brand' isn't tomorrow, it isn't today. It was yesterday. We'll cover the basics of "Brand 101" and how to build, manage, and grow a brand effectively. John Tabis is Founder & CEO of The Bouqs Company. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23515 June 20, Santa Monica -- Silicon Beach Fest. Silicon Beach Fest celebrates LA’s unique startup entertainment tech community with panels, pitches, and parties. Silicon Beach Fest is LA’s first festival celebrating LA tech, entertainment & startups with panels, keynotes, workshops, mixers, and more in Santa Monica on June 19-22, 2013. Head to the beach on the first weekend of summer to celebrate LA's digital innovators in tech, entertainment and startups! Attendees and speakers include: Accelerator heads, start-ups, VCs, movie and music studio execs, agencies, fashion, content creators, artists, social media gurus, developers, designers, etc. from LA, Silicon Valley, OC, San Diego, New York, and international.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23522 June 21, Santa Monica -- Silicon Beach Fest. Silicon Beach Fest celebrates LA’s unique startup entertainment tech community with panels, pitches, and parties. Silicon Beach Fest is LA’s first festival celebrating LA tech, entertainment & startups with panels, keynotes, workshops, mixers, and more in Santa Monica on June 19-22, 2013. Head to the beach on the first weekend of summer to celebrate LA's digital innovators in tech, entertainment and startups! Attendees and speakers include: Accelerator heads, start-ups, VCs, movie and music studio execs, agencies, fashion, content creators, artists, social media gurus, developers, designers, etc. from LA, Silicon Valley, OC, San Diego, New York, and international.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23523 June 21, Santa Monica -- Tech Coast Angels Deal Screening Meeting @ ROC. Invite only. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23371 June 22, Santa Monica -- Silicon Beach Fest. Silicon Beach Fest celebrates LA’s unique startup entertainment tech community with panels, pitches, and parties. Silicon Beach Fest is LA’s first festival celebrating LA tech, entertainment & startups with panels, keynotes, workshops, mixers, and more in Santa Monica on June 19-22, 2013. Head to the beach on the first weekend of summer to celebrate LA's digital innovators in tech, entertainment and startups! Attendees and speakers include: Accelerator heads, start-ups, VCs, movie and music studio execs, agencies, fashion, content creators, artists, social media gurus, developers, designers, etc. from LA, Silicon Valley, OC, San Diego, New York, and international.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23524 June 23, Santa Monica -- SMALL BUSINESS BREAKFAST SERIES: HOW TO LEVERAGE SOCIAL MEDIA & COMPETITOR VS. COMPETITIVE MARKET. We return to a “Two Timely Topics”for this Event: How to leverage Social Media for your small business: Media in today’s marketplace; Competitor vs Competitive Market Intelligence Speakers: Jennifer Beever, Founder of New Incite and Seena Sharp, Founder of Sharp Market Intelligence. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23509 June 24, Santa Monica -- Ideas2Apps. Do you have an app idea? If you have been thinking about building an app for sale on iTunes or Google Play Market, this is the event for you. If you have an business and think you need an app (you do- maybe a few) this is also the place to be. How do you protect your app idea? How do you take an idea and build an app? How do you design an app people want to use? How is an app developed? How do you market your app & gain new users? How do you monetize your app? What business functions can you automate with an app? These and more questions are answered June 24, 2013 @ 6:30PM - 9:30 PM. Come learn about the App Development process for you, your venture or your existiing business @ Cross Campus. Michael Devellano is a principal of iworkdigital.com a boutique mobile app development and design shop. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23514 June 25, Santa Monica -- Want to get your Intellectual Property in shape? LAVA. Want to get your Intellectual Property in shape? Weintraub Tobin, Women In LAVA and LAVA Digital Media Group will host "IP Boot Camp” on Tuesday, June 25 where you will learn the nuts and bolts of intellectual property law. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23526 June 25, Los Angeles -- Rapid Growth in LA Tech: What's Next? LA’s tech industry is changing, fast. Even faster than you most likely realize. 2012 was a record-setting year for tech in LA. What does this rapidly evolving environment mean for the future of technology entrepreneurs, engineers, and everybody involved in the industry. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23492 June 26, Santa Monica -- Rapid Learning: Intro to Ruby on Rails Workshop. Coloft Academy. Ruby on Rails is one of the most popular frameworks for developing web applications. It is used by Hulu, Groupon, LivingSocial, YellowPages.com, Square, Visa, and many others. In this class you will learn: How to make a simple dynamic web app using Ruby on Rails What Ruby is, what Rails is, and why use them instead of PHP, Node.JS, Python, or .NET. How to learn to code – there are hacks. Where to go from here to continue learningNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23541 June 27, Culver City -- How to Speak Business: a Translator for IT Professionals. AITP. CIO Malorie Lanthier on How to Speak Business: a Translator for IT Professionals. IT folks, project managers through CIO level complain they can’t get the business to listen to them. The problem is not what we are saying, but how we are saying it. This presentation will give you some practical tips on how to figure out who you are talking to, and how to present your information in a way that will give you the results you are looking for. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23504 June 27, Irvine -- SBIR/STTR Grant Development Series. OCTANe. Please join OCTANe and the Henry Samueli School of Engineering on June 27th for the second session of SBIR/STTR Grant Development Series. The topics that will be adressed at this program include:Building the right team; Selecting the right granting agency; Developing a grant writing strategy. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23537 June 28, Santa Monica -- TechZulu Final Fridays (#TZFF) June 2013. Held the last Friday of every month, TechZulu Final Fridays (#TZFF) are a creative blend between mentorship, networking event, startup showcase, and community celebrationNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23544 June 29, Irvine -- Emerging Trends in Sports Technology. EON Reality is hosting the first “Emerging Trends in Sports Technology” Seminar. We will have world leading experts presenting about innovations in sports technology, training, marketing, rehabilitation, sponsorship, social media and advertising. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23517 July 10, Woodland Hills -- How To Find The Capital Your Company Needs At Every Stage of Its Growth. ACG 101. With the economy showing encouraging signs of growth, business owners and managers are thinking about expansion. Where can they find the capital they need to make that happen? Come find out at the July 10th meeting of ACG 101 at the Warner Center Marriott, where we will explore the various types of growth capital a company can access at different stages of its life cycle. Our panel of experts will explain the criteria that financing sources apply for senior and mezzanine debt, asset-based lending, private equity and venture capital. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23518 July 11, Rancho Santa Margarita -- 3rd Annual OCTANe Golf Tournament. You’re invited to OCTANe’s 3rd Annual Golf Tournament! Team up with your colleagues or come solo, either way you are sure to meet many new business contacts and friends. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23314 July 12, Los Angeles -- LA CTO Forum. LA CTO Forum is a vibrant, private, invite-only network of software CTOs who exchange ideas, share experiences, and help each other when needed. We conduct monthly meetings, quarterly roundtables, and discuss different business and technology topics. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23472 July 16, Los Angeles -- Supporting the Female Ecosystem. Broads Circle. Getting to the ‘hockey stick’ ramp-up in revenue: What does it take to turn the flat line into a growth phenomenon? The Los Angeles Female Business and Capital Ecosystem: Can we get to a shared vision, and find mutually supportive roles in LA business, to build and grow the female business and capital ecosystem. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23520 July 17, Irvine -- PMI-OC July 2013 New Member Orientation. The Orange County Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI-OC) will hold a new member orientation Wednesday, July 17. The orientation will provide new members with information about PMI-OC’s professional development opportunities, programs, and networking events, as well as an opportunity to meet chapter ambassadors. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23511 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: Clearstone Ventures (www.clearstone.com). Venture capital for innovators. TVC Capital LLC (www.tvccapital.com) Investments in and Acquisitions of Growing Software Companies Silicon Valley Bank (http://www.svb.com). Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Stubbs Alderton Markiles, LLP (http://www.stubbsalderton.com). Business. Technology. Law. Vision. Safire Partners (http://www.safirepartners.com). Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (http://www.binarypulse.com). 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