LA Economic Development Council (LAEDC) just published a report on the area’s Aerospace Industry, a massive bright spot on top of an already-bustling tech community. You can find the report here. Among the findings: So Cal’s Advantages include a deep ecosystem of aerospace talent, suppliers, specialized service providers; an active defense sectorengineering prowess; a culture of embracing technological innovation, risk taking, and…
We’ve been fans of FEM Inc’s socially-conscious programming and next-level analytics tools for some time, so it’s great when you’re able to help tell the story of good people doing awesome things: Los Angeles-based media technology firm FEM Inc announced the launch of PRIZMA, a video engagement platform that powers smart syndication, video discovery and sustainable monetization. The company, founded by former…
CAMERON KASHANI is the Godmother of Silicon Beach, having cofounded LA’s first coworking space, Coloft, in 2010. Coloft has been home to over 1400 alumni, including Uber LA, Instacart, and Fullscreen. After a prolonged divorce from her husband and business partner, Kashani has since gone on to work with 4000+ Entrepreneurs and 650+ startups, and is an advisor to Bixel Exchange, as…
WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!! Huge congrats for Nanxi Liu and the entire Enplug team for winning the Showstopper Startup Competition in Vegas. Culver City-based Enplug’s software enables clients to seamlessly engage with audiences via interactive social feeds, live news, and more. Enplug works with every single large social app to create more engagement, awareness, and sales. Existing customers include Radisson, Toyota, Marriott,…
“If you want to fly to Mars, fly to where Mars will be a year from now, or you will miss it.” Wise words from former Sony President of Marketing Dwight Caines, who was honored at the 2nd annual Hollywood in Pixels event, founded by former 20th Century Fox International executive Bettina Sherick. Caines spent nearly two decades at Sony, pushing the…
If there were ever a moment to define generational breakdowns, this would be it. Whereas in years previous old folks & youngsters (mostly) moved in lockstep with technology trends, this video clearly shows the divergence in consumption patterns between adults and kids. In other words, if you are over 30 and do not have a direct business relationship with / yet recognize…
The past few months have been very good to BUDDYTRUK (link), the Santa Monica-based “Uber of bulky item moving and delivery” which recently completed its second seed round (raising $570K), and recently won the Startup of the Year Award from the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce. BuddyTruk’s goals have been twofold — to be the friendly neighbor with a truck, and to…
The numbers are in, and they are HUGE. Built In LA put together a comprehensive report on that state of LA Tech 2014 , and the numbers tell a story of massive growth to the area. Among the findings: LA tech companies had nearly $6 BILLION in exits, up 430% from the year previous. Of the 82 exits, 2 were IPOs (TrueCar…
