I am the Assistant Group Leader and Program Chair of Provisors’ Silicon Beach 2 group. Provisors is a networking organization of trusted advisers that has regional and industry tailored groups across California and elsewhere. The Silicon Beach 2 group is made up of service providers focused on serving technology companies particularly in Silicon Beach. Meetings are…
What is Snapchat? Snapchat History Snapchat begain in 2011 when co-founder Evan Spiegel floated the idea as a final project for a product design class at Stanford University. In its first blog post, Siegel explained Snapchat isn’t about capturing the traditional Kodak moment. It’s about communicating with the full range of human emotion—not just what…
More than 300 Silicon Beach business leaders have signed a letter to President Trump urging him to rescind his controversial executive order temporarily barring entry to travelers from seven predominately Muslim countries. The letter was initiated by a group of female entrepreneurs in Los Angeles including VCs Dana Settle, co-founder and partner at Greycroft Partners,…
As outlined previously, Santa Monica had been a goldmine for Airbnb generating $9.3 million a year in revenue; making it one of the top 10 revenue generators for greater Los Angeles. Short term rentals, however, already were illegal in Santa Monica, but enforcement is rare. Nonetheless, on May 12, 2015 the City of Santa Monica adopted…
April 20, 2015 A Dozen Things in Tech You Need to Know Happy Patriot’s Day! Patriot’s Day commemorates that Battle of Lexington and Concord and the “shot heard ’round the world” that began the American Revolution. It is a holiday in Maine and Massachachusetts and celebrated by, among other things, the running of the Boston…
Highlights from Silicon Beach Congressional Debate May 22, 2014 (Link) Four of the leading candidates to replace the retiring Henry Waxman in California’s 33rd Congressional District discussed their views on tech issues with me on Cyber Law and Business Report: (i) Elan Carr (R) – a gang prosecutor with the LA County District Attorney’s Office; …
Silicon Beach Debate Gaining Traction In Henry Waxman’s first term, Microsoft and Apple were founded and the Internet was just a research project. As the legendary Congressman steps down, his district is now home to the third-largest technological hub in the nation known as Silicon Beach.Historically, the tech community has had little interest in the political…
CROSSING THE HUDSON, RUBICON PROJECT HAS SUCCESSFUL IPO On Tuesday, the Rubicon Project (NYS: RUBI) raised approximately $!00 million with its initial public offering that was seen as not only a validation for the company and its founder Frank Addante, but also for the ad tech industry as a whole. Rubicon’s success begins with its founder, who…
The Latest Buzz on Silicon Beach Silicon Beach continues to get a lot of buzz both locally and across the country. The third Silicon Beach Fest has been set for June 18-21, 2014. Below is the promo for SB2. L.A. Story: Santa Monica Takes the Startup World by Storm According to Built in Los Angeles,…
LA TECH SUMMIT: MAYOR GARCETTI AND STATE OF LA STARTUPS
California’s Silicon Beach Is Growing Hub for Tech Start-Ups July 22, 2012
Silicon Beach Fest, the four-day tech and entertainment festival, promoting the fast-growing entrepreneurial community in the greater Los Angeles area, got into full gear today. One panel of note was the discussion of Start Ups and Celebrities which outlined the number of ways celebrities can boost a startup from credibility, followers and capital. This comes…
Pando Daily’s latest Video Tour of the LA Ecosystem with the CEO’s of DocStoc, Lettuce and DogVacay,
Cyber Report 