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We're looking to identify the individuals here in the technology industry, across all sectors, who are most likely to create the next big thing, produce the next big exit or to influence the industry in a significant way. If you'd like to nominate an individual (not company) for this award, we've just started collecting your nominations online. Nominations will close on Friday, October 10th. Interested in sponsoring the awards? Socaltech is planning to recognize the Socaltech 50 in conjunction with the Digital Family Reunion in December. Contact Rachel Horning for more details on sponsoring the awards and the event. http://www.socaltech.com/socaltech_nominate/s-0056695.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quick Pitch Friday: Mauhan Zonozzy of Bubbl ---- The startup is gambling that studios will be okay with short, nine-second clips of their premium content to drive viral traffic to their properties. We recently spoke with Mauhan about his startup, which is setting up offices in Los Angeles, but is based in New York. What does Bubbl do? Mauhan Zonozzy: We allow audiences to take bite size snips of premium content. For example, if you are watching (More...) http://www.socaltech.com/quick_pitch_friday_mauhan_zonozzy_of_bubbl/s-0056692.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zeel Brings On-Demand Massages To LA ---- In the latest, smartphone-driven, on-demand service to hit the Los Angeles area, Zeel says it has launched into the Los Angeles area, and has begun offering up same day, in-home massages from licensed therapists in the area. The New York City company--which started offering its service in April of last year--said the expansion to the greater Los Angeles area also comes with a similar expansion into Miami and San Francisco. (More...) http://www.socaltech.com/zeel_brings_on_demand_massages_to_la/s-0056666.html Evite Names New CEO ---- Los Angeles-based online event invitation site Evite has named a new CEO, saying yesterday that it has named Victor Cho to the position. Cho was most recently President and CEO of Kodak Gallery, and also had headed up marketing and commerce at Intuit. Evite--which is owned by Liberty Interactive--said that Cho also has served at iVillage and Microsoft. The company says it has over 32 million registered users using it to coordinate parties and gatherings, with around 25,000 invitations sent every hour from the service. Cho is based in San Francisco. IDrive Targets Student With Lifetime Discount Offer ---- Los Angeles-based online backup provider IDrive, in an attempt to sign up students returning to school, said this week that it has launched a 50 percent discount plan, good for students for the lifetime of their account. IDrive said it will use a student's valid, education-based email address for the discount offer, letting students back up their school work and other data to the cloud. IDrive offers up both file storage and synchronization services, starting with a 5GB free account. Rivalry Games Teams With Warren Sapp On Fantasy Football ---- Los Angeles-based fantasy sports game developer Rivalry Games has tied with former NFL player Warren Sapp to create a new, fantasy sports game app called Rivalry Fantasy Sports. According to the company, the app includes all major sports, including both NFL and college fantasy football, and will allow players to earn prizes, including real money. The new app is free, and runs on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Rivalry Sports is led by Justin Bauer. 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ACG 101. Despite Toyota’s decision to move its U.S. headquarters from Southern California to Texas, automobile-related jobs and economic activity in California remains healthy. Tesla employs more than 6,000 in the state, several global car companies maintain design studios here, a network of small and large companies produce everything from high-performance engine parts to customized vehicles, and with 1,300 new-car dealerships we have more than any other state. But given the cost of doing business in California, and its reputation as less-than-business-friendly state, is the future of the auto industry here going the way of Toyota or of Tesla. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24266 September 4, Santa Monica -- Increase Revenue by Building a Championship Sales Culture. Cross Campus. You are smart and have the best technology out there, but how do you match up and surpass your competition? Join the startup and tech community to hear from Jay Tyler, CEO and Founder of Jay Tyler Consulting and Jim Blackie, VP of Sales TriNet for an interactive fireside chat on how to build a visible, predictable and repeatable sales process. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24249 September 9, Santa Monica -- This month's Startups Uncensored will be a fireside chat with TigerText CEO/Whisper Co-Founder, Brad Brooks and Whisper Co-Founder, Michael Heyward hosted by Docstoc Founder, Jason Nazar. Brad Brooks is the Co-Founder and CEO of TigerText. He is also the Co-Founder of the secret-sharing app, Whisper. Serial entrepreneur Michael Heyward co-founded Whisper with Brad Brooks in 2012 with the mission of giving people a place to freely and authentically express themselves. Whisper is one of the fastest growing mobile-social apps, generating over 3.5 billion page views per month. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24265 September 9, Thousand Oaks -- "Water Desalination - Inventing a Low Cost Technology" Clean Technology Conference. Keynote Speaker: Yoram Cohen, Ph.D. and Professor at UCLA’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. Learn how Dr. Cohen delivered a mobile water treatment technology that cut the costs of getting the salt out of brackish groundwater and agricultural runoff. Meet sustainability CEOs, energy experts and entrepreneurs. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24267 September 14, Santa Monica -- An Afternoon with Randall Munroe. Live Talks LA. What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions. From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24235 September 16, San Pedro -- PortTech Pitch. The 5th Annual PortTechEXPO Entrepreneur Pitch Competition will feature leading cleantech start-ups and emerging growth companies from all over North America. We encourage and welcome start-up teams with clean technology based devices, products, services, systems and platforms to participate. Past competitors have brought innovative emission control technology; remediation products; oil/water separators; energy storage solutions; high efficiency engines; zero emission vehicles; wind, solar, wave energy generation; shape change materials; and alternative fuels. #PortTechPitch finalists receive admission to and exhibitor space at the PortTechEXPO (Sept 17, 2014).. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24193 September 18, Los Angeles -- Peter Coffee's Annual Forecast on Technology. AITP. The more we know about how things work, the more we are likely to look for ways to do those things better, faster, and cheaper – rather than doing something fundamentally different. When we look back from the 2020’s at this century’s early years, it is possible that we will pick some year right around…2013…as the turning point when we decided to do a number of things in an essentially different way. In this year’s edition of Peter Coffee’s annual dinner with AITP and ACM, he will be looking at a number of disciplines— computing, communications, data management, and information security among others— and illuminating the massive disruptions already taking shape around us. Please join us for both interactive pre-dinner conversation and after-dinner formal remarks. . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24268 September 24, Santa Monica -- LA Tech Mix & Mingle. Mix and mingle, join us for cocktails and nibbles on Wednesday, September 24th at the WOKCANO in Santa Monica. Eat, drink, and connect with other startups, VCs, entrepreneurs, and technology enthusiasts - check out what they’re doing now, what the future holds and how they’re setting the trends. Whether you are looking for investors, a mentor, advice or just simply connecting for opportunities - this event is for you. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/la-tech-mix-mingle-tickets-124744564. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24238 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: 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). We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Deloitte LLP (http://www.deloitte.com/us/technology). Fetch Recruiting, Inc. 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