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GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY<br />
1<br />
INTRODUCTION TO<br />
THE LOS ANGELES<br />
STARTUP<br />
COMMUNITY<br />
Kyle Taylor<br />
Platform<br />
Upfront Ventures<br />
July 19, 2014
GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I THANKS<br />
2<br />
THANK YOU FOR<br />
CONTRIBUTIONS TO<br />
THIS GUIDE<br />
• General Assembly<br />
• Matt Brimer<br />
• Sam Teller<br />
• Steve Schlafman
GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I CONTENT<br />
3<br />
CONTENT<br />
4 – About Me<br />
5 – Upfront Ventures<br />
7 – Disclaimer<br />
13 – Startup Communities<br />
20 – What Defines an<br />
Ecosystem?<br />
21 – Startups<br />
22 – Founders<br />
23 – Talent<br />
25 – Venture Capital<br />
29 – Angels<br />
31 – Accelerators<br />
32 – Incubators<br />
33 – Coworking Spaces<br />
34 – Partners<br />
36 – Service Providers<br />
37 – Press<br />
38 – Misconceptions<br />
39 – Do / Don’t<br />
41 – How to Get Involved<br />
43 – Education<br />
44 – Startup Jobs<br />
46 – Go
GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I KYLE TAYLOR<br />
4<br />
ABOUT ME<br />
Platform at Upfront Ventures<br />
Ventura County // OC // LA<br />
kyletaylor.la<br />
@kftaylor<br />
linkedin.com/in/kftaylor
GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I UPFRONT VENTURES<br />
5<br />
UPFRONT VENTURES<br />
• @UpfrontVC<br />
• upfront.com<br />
• Venture Capital Fund (Est. 1996)<br />
• Formerly GRP Partners<br />
Steven<br />
Mark<br />
Brian<br />
• Upfront I - $200m (1996)<br />
• Upfront II - $400m (2000)<br />
• Upfront III - $200m (2008)<br />
• Upfront IV - $200m (2013)<br />
Hamet Yves Greg
GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I UPFRONT VENTURES<br />
6<br />
UPFRONT VENTURES<br />
FUND III / IV
GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I DISCLAIMER<br />
7<br />
DISCLAIMER<br />
• I do not know everything about LA tech<br />
• I did not purposefully make omissions<br />
• I could not include every person and business<br />
(Let me know what I missed)
GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I HOW IT IS DEFINED<br />
8<br />
LOS ANGELES STARTUPS<br />
Tech + [ ]<br />
…media<br />
…commerce<br />
…fashion<br />
…anything!<br />
(experience in ____ + technology)
GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY<br />
9<br />
HOT SECTORS IN LA<br />
Mobile / Social<br />
Snapchat<br />
Tinder<br />
Whisper<br />
Video<br />
Maker Studios<br />
Machinima<br />
Fullscreen<br />
Ecommerce<br />
Nasty Gal<br />
Just Fab<br />
The Honest Co.<br />
But also . . .
GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY<br />
10<br />
SECTORS IN LA<br />
Advertising Technology<br />
Enterprise and<br />
SMB SaaS<br />
Gaming<br />
Shared<br />
Marketplaces<br />
Economy<br />
Education<br />
Data<br />
Hardware<br />
Financial<br />
Technology<br />
Developer<br />
Tools
GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I REPRESENT.LA<br />
11<br />
REPRESENT.LA<br />
Created by Tara Tiger Brown, Alex Benzer, Sean Bonner
GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I MAP<br />
12<br />
STARTUP COMMUNITIES<br />
PASADENA<br />
HOLLYWOOD<br />
SANTA MONICA<br />
DOWNTOWN<br />
CULVER CITY<br />
VENICE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I SANTA MONICA<br />
13<br />
SANTA MONICA<br />
• Center of tech community and<br />
“Silicon Beach”<br />
• 3 rd Street Promenade, Main St.,<br />
Montana, Yahoo Center<br />
• Co-working spaces
GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I VENICE<br />
14<br />
VENICE<br />
• Venice Boardwalk, Abbot Kinney,<br />
Main St., Muscle Beach<br />
• Google Campus<br />
• Co-working spaces
GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I CULVER CITY<br />
15<br />
CULVER CITY<br />
• Downtown Culver City, Hayden Tract,<br />
Sony Pictures lot<br />
• Large spaces for production<br />
• Affordable rent<br />
• Co-working space
GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I HOLLYWOOD/WEHO/BH<br />
16<br />
HOLLYWOOD/WEST HOLLYWOOD/<br />
BEVERLY HILLS<br />
• Digital media companies, agencies,<br />
management companies, etc<br />
• Co-working spaces
GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I DOWNTOWN<br />
17<br />
DOWNTOWN<br />
• Arts district, fashion district, financial<br />
services<br />
• Large spaces for manufacturing<br />
• Co-working space
GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I PASADENA<br />
18<br />
PASADENA<br />
• Community around Cal Tech, Idealab<br />
and Art Center<br />
• Incubator<br />
• Co-working space
GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I HOW IT IS DEFINED<br />
19<br />
WHAT DEFINES A STARTUP<br />
ECOSYSTEM?<br />
• Startups<br />
• Talent<br />
• Investors<br />
• Mentors<br />
• Partners<br />
• Service Providers
GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I WHO THEY ARE<br />
20<br />
STARTUPS<br />
12Twenty <br />
2 Billion Monkeys <br />
20JEANS <br />
61 Holdings <br />
Access 360 Media <br />
Accordent Technologies <br />
Accruent <br />
AccuScore <br />
Ace Metrix <br />
Active Storage, Inc.<br />
Activison Blizzard <br />
Ad Hoc Labs <br />
ADAM Inc <br />
AdColony <br />
Adconion Media Group <br />
AdEngage <br />
ADG Eco Lighting <br />
Adler Integrated <br />
Adly <br />
AdMedia (Ad.com) <br />
AdStar <br />
AdTouch <br />
AdventureLink <br />
Affordit <br />
Afterschool.me <br />
AgentPair <br />
Aggregage <br />
AHT <br />
AirportChatter <br />
AKMG <br />
alphaboost <br />
AlumniFunder, Inc. <br />
American Golf Corporation <br />
American Standard Television <br />
Analog Creative Inc <br />
aNewPet, LLC <br />
Appetize <br />
Applico <br />
ApplyIQ <br />
Approom <br />
Artisan Park <br />
Ascent Media Corporation <br />
Asset Smart <br />
Assignmint <br />
At The Pool <br />
AudioMicro, Inc. <br />
Aura Systems <br />
Avanoo <br />
Ayax Systems <br />
Baboo <br />
Badongo.com <br />
BakeSpace.com <br />
Beachmint, Inc <br />
Bead Relief <br />
BEASTMODE.FM <br />
bebo.com <br />
Bellinity.com <br />
Best of Media <br />
bestcovery.com <br />
Betterworks <br />
BetterYou <br />
BeyondCurious <br />
Bia <br />
Big Frame <br />
Big Live <br />
BiggerBoat <br />
Bigwords <br />
bitium <br />
BlackLine Systems <br />
bLife Inc <br />
Blinds of Beauty<br />
Blip <br />
BlockBeacon <br />
BloomNation <br />
Blue Lava Group <br />
BOOST <br />
BountyBuy <br />
BQE Software <br />
Breaking Bread <br />
Brevity Ventures Inc. <br />
Briabe Media <br />
Brighter.com <br />
Britespaces <br />
Broadata Communications <br />
Broke Girl's Guide <br />
Bros4Bros LLC <br />
BTS411 <br />
Buffalo Studios <br />
Built by Kids <br />
Burstly / TestFlight <br />
Business.com <br />
BuzzDash <br />
BUZZMEDIA <br />
CADFORCE <br />
Caffeine-Free <br />
Campus Explorer <br />
CapLinked <br />
CARD.com <br />
Cardify <br />
CarHound <br />
CarsDirect.com <br />
Case Stack <br />
CathÃÂd.tv <br />
Causecast <br />
Causora <br />
Central Desktop <br />
Champion Media & Entertainment <br />
ChazBo Music <br />
Cheerful, inc. (Cheers) <br />
Chill <br />
Chirpify <br />
ChoicePunch <br />
ChowNow <br />
Chromatik <br />
Cinema Now <br />
CitizenNet <br />
CityGrid Media <br />
CitySourced <br />
CKMG <br />
ClearWater Holdings <br />
ClickGenie Media <br />
Clorder inc <br />
Closet Couture <br />
Club W <br />
Cognition <br />
Cojoin Inc. <br />
Com2uS Corp <br />
Combatant Gentlemen<br />
Computing Net <br />
Connexus <br />
Connu Publishing <br />
Content Blvd <br />
ContentGuard <br />
Contur <br />
Convertro <br />
Cooking.com <br />
Core Performance<br />
Cornerstone on Demand <br />
Cosmi <br />
Cost Cooperative <br />
Counterpoint Systems <br />
Coverage Sherpa <br />
Coveralls.io <br />
CPO Commerce <br />
Cramster Inc.<br />
Crashworks, Inc. <br />
Creative Citizen <br />
Criteria Corp <br />
crowdfunder <br />
Crowds on Demand <br />
Ctrl Me Robotics <br />
Culture Jam <br />
CurbStreet <br />
Cuttle <br />
Cuturia <br />
Cyber City3D <br />
CyberU <br />
Cyloop <br />
DailyISO <br />
Dakim <br />
Dances Made <br />
daqri <br />
dareme.to <br />
Dash Go <br />
DataPop <br />
Dather <br />
DAVE Networks <br />
DB New Energy <br />
DDD <br />
Deal Bird <br />
DECA <br />
Degree3 <br />
Demand Media <br />
Derivatas <br />
deviantART <br />
DevZuz <br />
Digital Containers <br />
Digital Domain <br />
Digital Ordnance <br />
digitalbucket.net <br />
Digitsy, Inc <br />
Discovix <br />
DocRun <br />
DocStoc <br />
DogVacay.com <br />
Dollar Shave Club <br />
Don't Blink Design <br />
Donat Wald & Haque <br />
DormInk <br />
Double Fusion <br />
Dreamly <br />
Dryad Communications <br />
DYL <br />
Earbits, Inc <br />
EarPeace <br />
Ebyline, Inc. <br />
EDDEFY <br />
Edge Cast <br />
Edo Foundation <br />
eFans <br />
eForce Media <br />
eHarmony.com <br />
Eliosolar <br />
Ember <br />
Enervee <br />
Engrade.com <br />
eNotes.com Inc. <br />
Enovative <br />
Enplug, Inc. <br />
Enthusify <br />
EPage, Inc. <br />
Equipois Inc. <br />
Escape Apps <br />
EventSorbet <br />
Eventup <br />
Evox Images <br />
Excelsix <br />
ExoWaste <br />
Expense Bay <br />
Extra Lunch Money <br />
Ezvid Inc. <br />
F.8 Interactive <br />
Faburent Inc <br />
Factual <br />
FAD.IO <br />
Family Finds <br />
Famundo <br />
Fan Appz <br />
fans.lu <br />
FanWire <br />
FastCall <br />
FatalCut Entertainment <br />
Favortree <br />
Federated Media <br />
Fetch Technologies <br />
Film This <br />
FilmBreak <br />
filmquotra <br />
FilmScreenr <br />
filmSPARK, promoSPARK <br />
Filmzu <br />
FinditParts <br />
First Freight CRM <br />
FirstString <br />
FitKit <br />
FitOrbit <br />
Fitosis.com <br />
Flektor <br />
Flinja <br />
FlipSwap <br />
Fliptu <br />
Flower Muse <br />
FreedomPop <br />
Fresh Interactive, Inc. <br />
FreshRankings<br />
FrothyGoodness <br />
FUHU <br />
Fullscreen <br />
Fundable <br />
FWD:labs <br />
Game Evolution, LLC <br />
Game Factory <br />
Game Night Media <br />
Game Trailers <br />
GameFly <br />
gamepression <br />
Gamzee <br />
General Assembly <br />
Generate<br />
Geni <br />
Geodelic Systems <br />
GeoGraffiti <br />
Geosemble Technologies Inc. <br />
Gether <br />
Ghost Post <br />
Giant Media <br />
Giftioni <br />
Gig.LA <br />
GigaMoves <br />
Gigmor <br />
Give To Get Jobs <br />
GIVIGIV celebrates your people <br />
GIViNGtrax <br />
Global Wine Alliance <br />
Go Moment <br />
Gobbler <br />
Gogii <br />
Goldstar Events <br />
GonnaBe <br />
GoodReads <br />
GoodRx <br />
Gorilla Nation Media <br />
GoSave <br />
Gotokki, Inc. <br />
Gradient X <br />
Graff-It! <br />
GRAVIDI, Inc. <br />
Gravity <br />
Green Dot Corporation <br />
Green Geeks <br />
Green Street/GeoBrand <br />
Green Wavelength <br />
GreenDeals.org <br />
Greneker<br />
Gridtest Systems <br />
Grindr <br />
Gripe <br />
Gross Domestic Product <br />
Grubwithus <br />
Guidance Solutions <br />
GumGum <br />
hck.io <br />
HealthCounts <br />
HeatSync <br />
HelloSociety <br />
Highly Relevant <br />
HighSchoolClothing.com <br />
HitFix <br />
Hive Lighting <br />
HKcorp <br />
Hollywood Vine Group <br />
Honey <br />
Hoonto <br />
HPRLCL <br />
Hulu LLC <br />
HYFN8 <br />
Hypemarks <br />
iChange <br />
ICON Aircraft <br />
Image Metrics <br />
Imager Searcher Inc. <br />
imFORZA <br />
Industrial Energy Alliance <br />
InfoSearchMedia <br />
Inherited Health <br />
Inktank <br />
Instacanvas <br />
Installation Magazine <br />
Instastock Images <br />
Intake.Me <br />
Intent <br />
Internet Brands <br />
Internships.com <br />
Interpersonal Intelligence, LLC <br />
Interpret <br />
InVenture <br />
Invested.in <br />
IRIS.TV<br />
iRise <br />
IROCKE <br />
ISBX Corp <br />
Island Cart <br />
iStreem Media <br />
iSuppli <br />
IT Support Guys <br />
iVisit <br />
iVolunteer.org <br />
J. Hilburn <br />
Jaanuu <br />
Jabid Inc <br />
Jam Studios <br />
JazzPlanet <br />
Jellibug <br />
Jetpack <br />
JibJab Media Inc <br />
JobSync <br />
Juicykits.com <br />
July Systems <br />
JumpTime <br />
JuntoBox Films <br />
Just Fabulous <br />
Kandoobi LLC <br />
KarmaGoat <br />
Keepdom Inc. <br />
Kick Punch Labs <br />
Kids Camps <br />
KILLDISCO Design <br />
kindsstoff <br />
KitApps <br />
Kite <br />
Klicksports <br />
Knowledge Holdings <br />
Koders <br />
KooDooz <br />
Kotura <br />
Kuapay <br />
Lantern <br />
LAScenester.com <br />
Latina Lifestyle Bloggers Collective <br />
LeadFerret <br />
Leftronic <br />
LegalCrunch <br />
LegalZoom <br />
LeisureLink Inc. <br />
Lensley <br />
Less Neglect <br />
LetMeHearYa <br />
Lettuce <br />
Lifecrowd <br />
Lifeyo <br />
Light Prescriptions Innovators, LLC <br />
Lightcraft Technology <br />
Lightcrest <br />
Little Black Bag <br />
Littleye <br />
Live Office <br />
Live Strong <br />
Livestream <br />
LivnGiv, Inc. <br />
Love It, LLC <br />
Lumi <br />
M-GO <br />
Mahalo <br />
MailPix.com <br />
make.tv <br />
Maker Studios <br />
MarketPsy Capital <br />
MarketShare <br />
Marvel Studios, LLC <br />
MasonCloud, LLC <br />
Massive Joe Studios <br />
MasterImage 3D <br />
MatchCraft <br />
Mayhemic Media LLC <br />
Measured Search <br />
Med Athletics, LLC <br />
Media Temple <br />
Media Trust <br />
MediaMine <br />
MediaPlatform <br />
mediastudio <br />
mediastudio <br />
Meet, Mingle, Move. <br />
Meetrix <br />
Mention Mobile LLC <br />
Mergelocal Inc. <br />
Metacloud <br />
Metacritic <br />
Milk & honey <br />
Milken Institute <br />
MiniTime <br />
Miso Media <br />
Mixed Signals <br />
Mixtaping.fm <br />
Mobile Deluxe <br />
Mobile Roadie <br />
MobileCause <br />
MobileCause, Inc <br />
Mobovivo <br />
Modern Intrigues <br />
Mogreet <br />
Mojiva <br />
Moment Feed <br />
Moofaces <br />
Moonshark <br />
moShare <br />
Moshpic <br />
MOTION DISPATCH <br />
Motorator, Inc <br />
Movement Park <br />
Movieclips,Inc <br />
MoVoxx <br />
Muir Data Systems <br />
Musicane Corp <br />
MusicHype <br />
My Damn Channel <br />
My Fruity Faces <br />
My Life <br />
MyLife.com <br />
Mylikes <br />
myRight <br />
MySocialCloud.com <br />
myTreat <br />
Nasty Gal <br />
National Banana <br />
National Payment Network <br />
NationBuilder <br />
Needly <br />
NeighborGoods <br />
Neodata Intelligence <br />
NeoHire <br />
Neomed Software <br />
Nesting <br />
Network Automation <br />
Nevolution <br />
Next Impulse Media LLC <br />
Nimble CRM <br />
No Mimes Media <br />
Noise Los Angeles <br />
Nubook <br />
Oblong Industries <br />
OkCupid Labs (LA) <br />
Omaze <br />
Omnia Media <br />
OneCubicle <br />
Onestop Internet <br />
Online Land Planning <br />
OpenX <br />
Osurv <br />
Outcast <br />
Outlisten <br />
Overhead.fm <br />
Oversee <br />
PageWoo <br />
Park Me <br />
Particle 5 <br />
PartnersHub <br />
Party Earth <br />
Pastelink<br />
Payoff.com <br />
Paystik <br />
payvia <br />
Peerless <br />
Perfect Business <br />
Perfect Market <br />
Periodical <br />
Persway.me <br />
Photography BlogSites <br />
PictureHealing <br />
PIDSO Inc. <br />
Piglt <br />
Pink Cloud 9 <br />
Pixel Fish <br />
Plan A Drink <br />
Planana <br />
Playsino <br />
PlayWerks, Inc <br />
Plug.dj <br />
Pogoseat <br />
Pop-Up Pantry <br />
Porter <br />
Pose <br />
Postcard on the Run <br />
Praedicat, Inc. <br />
Primoca <br />
Privy.net <br />
Prodege / Swagbucks.com <br />
ProductionBeast <br />
Productsy <br />
ProgrammerMeetDesigner.com <br />
Prolebrities <br />
PromoJam <br />
PublishThis <br />
Pure Video <br />
PurePhoto <br />
Q1Media <br />
Quarterly Co. <br />
Qubeey, Inc <br />
Radical Studios <br />
Rails Girls LA <br />
Ramprate <br />
Ranker <br />
Readz <br />
RealDealDocs <br />
Reality Wanted <br />
Recargo, Inc. <br />
Regard Venture Solutions <br />
Rent.com <br />
RentalCompare <br />
Renter's Friend <br />
Republic Project <br />
Retention Science <br />
Revongo <br />
RewardTag <br />
Rexter <br />
Rhovit <br />
RideApart <br />
Rideshare, Inc. <br />
Rightsline <br />
Riot Games <br />
Rivalry Games <br />
Rivvid Video Trivia Games <br />
Roaming Hunger <br />
RoboDynamics <br />
RobotDough <br />
Rocket Online Media <br />
RocketFrog<br />
Roozt <br />
RTime.com <br />
Rubicon Project <br />
rundavoo <br />
Rush49 <br />
Sale Zap, Inc <br />
samesurf <br />
Sandwich Video <br />
Sanebox <br />
Savings.com <br />
ScaleHouse <br />
ScanDigital <br />
SceneShot <br />
Scoop <br />
Scopely <br />
ScoreBig.com <br />
Scratch <br />
Seed Theory Advertising & Design <br />
Segment Interactive <br />
Seismic Games <br />
Sellbrite <br />
SEOintelligence <br />
Serious Business <br />
ServiceMesh, Inc. <br />
SFW <br />
SGN <br />
ShareSquare <br />
Shift <br />
Ship Mate <br />
Shoe Dazzle, Inc, <br />
ShoppingCart.NET <br />
Shoptalk.la <br />
Showcase Technology <br />
ShowKit <br />
Sidebar, Inc <br />
Siderean Software <br />
Sierra Monolithics <br />
Sightcine, Inc. <br />
Silicon Beach Fun <br />
Silicon Beach LA <br />
SimplePractice <br />
SimplyFinance <br />
Six Degrees Games <br />
Skild <br />
Skilloop <br />
Sky Bird Travel Tours <br />
Smart Jog <br />
SmartAction <br />
SmartRules <br />
Smilu, Inc. <br />
Snapchat <br />
SOA Software <br />
Social Approve <br />
Social Project <br />
Social Rewards <br />
SocialEngine <br />
SocialTagg <br />
Socialtyze <br />
SocialVibe <br />
SodaHead.com <br />
SoftEgg <br />
Sometrics <br />
Sparktooth <br />
Sparqlight <br />
Spindi Music <br />
Spire.io <br />
Splash <br />
Splooth <br />
Spoiler Shield <br />
Spokeo <br />
Sports Buy <br />
stacksocial <br />
StackSocial <br />
Stan Winston School of Character<br />
Arts <br />
Star Labs / Readz <br />
Star Taggers <br />
Stardoll Media <br />
Startup Payments by NDMS <br />
Startup Vitamins <br />
STATE <br />
steelhouse <br />
Stickam <br />
Storiad <br />
Stratalux, Inc. <br />
Streamin' Garage <br />
Streamup <br />
Streetfire.net <br />
studintstay <br />
StyleSaint <br />
Supermassve <br />
SuperTuner <br />
Surf Air <br />
Swagsy <br />
Sweety High <br />
TabletKiosk <br />
Taggle <br />
Tailored Republic <br />
Tandem Stills + Motion, Inc. <br />
Tapshare <br />
Target Close <br />
Task Us <br />
Tasqe <br />
Tauris.io <br />
Team Amougou Publishing <br />
Tecca <br />
Tele Flip <br />
TeleSign <br />
Tennis Channel <br />
Terra Matrix Media <br />
TestMax Inc. <br />
Textags, Inc. <br />
textPlus <br />
The ACME Network <br />
The Auto Moto <br />
The Brain Technologies <br />
The California Stock Exchange <br />
The Green Spot <br />
The Honest Co. <br />
The Posterity <br />
The Price Pros <br />
The Search Agency <br />
The Startup Car Inc. <br />
The Wrap <br />
TheLEK.com <br />
TheStyleClub <br />
This Next <br />
ThrdPlace <br />
Ticketmob <br />
TigerText, Inc <br />
Tire Tab <br />
Titan Gaming <br />
Tongal, Inc <br />
Topanga Technologies <br />
Topspin Media <br />
Total Beauty Media <br />
Totally.Me <br />
Touchsemantics, LLC. <br />
Townhang.com <br />
Tradesy <br />
Trail Box <br />
Travelstrings <br />
Trexa <br />
Triptrotting <br />
Trivial Software <br />
TrueCar <br />
TrueVillages <br />
tryCapsule <br />
Tuition.io <br />
TuneWiki <br />
TweetMyJobs <br />
TwitterTopper <br />
UberMedia <br />
Uncouth Media, LLC <br />
Unfold Inc. <br />
unITy PSA <br />
Untappd <br />
uSamp <br />
USBX <br />
Userplane <br />
Ustream <br />
Valarm <br />
Vantage Media <br />
Vantage Surgical Systems <br />
Varoj <br />
Vault Street <br />
VAULT29 <br />
Veebox <br />
Velocify Inc <br />
VendorPriceBook.com <br />
Venyooz <br />
verago.com <br />
Veric Software <br />
Viddy <br />
Vidilife <br />
Virtual Greats <br />
Virtual Piggy <br />
Visual Potluck <br />
Viva Vision <br />
VoAudio <br />
Vokely <br />
Vokle <br />
Vortx Immersion Media, Inc. <br />
VX4G Wireless <br />
Vyclone <br />
W4, LLC <br />
Wallaby Financial <br />
Warner Energy <br />
WebGem Network <br />
Webgiftr <br />
WelcomeFaith.com <br />
Wemo Media <br />
WeSawIt Inc. <br />
Whalebone IR and Software <br />
What's Trending <br />
WhatsGood <br />
Where My Dogs At <br />
WireJack <br />
Wishiverse <br />
Wittlebee <br />
WonderHowTo <br />
www.onlybusiness.com <br />
Xact Check <br />
XrackPro <br />
Xwerx <br />
YBUY, INC. <br />
YellowBot <br />
YesPix <br />
younity (Entangled Media) <br />
Yowza!! <br />
YS Interactive <br />
YummyYummyTummy <br />
ZADSPACE <br />
Zag <br />
ZEFR <br />
zest cash <br />
ZexSports <br />
Zillion TV <br />
ZipfWorks <br />
ZipRecruiter <br />
ZOWOWS <br />
Zugara
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FOUNDERS
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UNIVERSITIES
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DESIGN TALENT
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VC FIRMS<br />
Double M Capital<br />
(see gregbettinelli.com/la for more)
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VC PARTNERS<br />
Anthem Venture<br />
Partners<br />
Bill Woodward<br />
Brian Mesic<br />
Mike Murphy<br />
Baroda Ventures<br />
David Bohnet<br />
Peter Lee<br />
Crosscut Ventures<br />
Rick Smith<br />
Brian Garrett<br />
Brett Brewer<br />
DFJ Frontier<br />
David Cremin<br />
Scott Lenet<br />
Double M Capital<br />
Mark Mullen<br />
Greycroft Partners<br />
Dana Settle<br />
Mark Terbeek<br />
Karlin Ventures<br />
TX Zhuo<br />
Lowercase Capital<br />
Matt Mazzeo<br />
Chris Sacca<br />
MK Capital<br />
Yair Landau<br />
NALA Investments<br />
Tom McInerney<br />
Emilio Diez Barroso<br />
Pritzker Group<br />
Matt McCall<br />
Plus Capital<br />
Adam Lilling<br />
Rincon Venture Partners<br />
Jim Andelman<br />
John Greathouse<br />
Rustic Canyon<br />
Nate Redmond<br />
David Travers<br />
Neal Hansch<br />
John Babcock<br />
Wavemaker Partners<br />
David Siemer<br />
Eric Manlunas<br />
Upfront Ventures<br />
Brian McLoughlin<br />
Steven Dietz<br />
Mark Suster<br />
Yves Sisteron<br />
Greg Bettinelli<br />
Hamet Watt
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VENTURE CAPITAL TRENDS<br />
$ Funding (M) <br />
LA VC investment: $1.5B invested in SoCal in 2013<br />
$ Funding (M)<br />
$790<br />
$863<br />
$1,155<br />
$1,498<br />
$1,865<br />
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014e<br />
Source: CBInsights
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SUCCESSFUL EXITS<br />
ACQUIRED BY<br />
APPLE<br />
ACQUIRED BY<br />
FACEBOOK<br />
IPO<br />
ACQUIRED BY<br />
DISNEY<br />
ACQUIRED BY<br />
AOL<br />
ACQUIRED BY<br />
APPLE<br />
IPO<br />
$7.5B+ in 2014 so far with more to come<br />
Source: CBInsights
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ANGELS<br />
Jarl Mohn<br />
Tom<br />
McInerney<br />
Paige Craig<br />
Kamran<br />
Pourzanjani<br />
Ashton<br />
Kutcher<br />
Paul<br />
Bricault<br />
Clark<br />
Landry<br />
Troy<br />
Carter<br />
Jason<br />
Calacanis<br />
Adam<br />
Lilling<br />
Gil Elbaz<br />
Brian<br />
Lee<br />
and more on
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ANGEL GROUPS
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ACCELERATORS<br />
amplify.la | Venice<br />
Partners: Paul Bricault, Richard Wolpert, Jeff Solomon,<br />
David Carter, Oded Noy<br />
disneyaccelerator.com | Glendale<br />
Partners: Cody Simms<br />
launchpad.la | Santa Monica<br />
Partners: Sam Teller<br />
muckerlab.com | Santa Monica<br />
Partners: Erik Rannala, Will Hsu<br />
startengine.com | Westwood<br />
Partners: Howard Marks, Paul Kessler
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INCUBATORS<br />
AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIOS<br />
idealab.com | Pasadena<br />
science-inc.com | Santa Monica<br />
laincubator.org | Downtown
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COWORKING<br />
SPACES<br />
BlankSpaces – blankspaces.com<br />
Coloft – coloft.com<br />
CoWorks – coworks.com<br />
CrossCampus – crosscamp.us<br />
Kleverdog – kleverdog.com<br />
The Roc– realofficecenters.com<br />
NextSpace (@ Amplify LA)– nextspace.us<br />
Working Village – workingvillage.com
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BIG COMPANIES<br />
Can<br />
support,<br />
sponsor,<br />
partner,<br />
invest…
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HOLLYWOOD<br />
Studios<br />
Warner Brothers<br />
Disney<br />
Sony Pictures<br />
Paramount Pictures<br />
Fox Studios<br />
NBC Universal<br />
Dreamworks<br />
Lionsgate<br />
MGM<br />
Relativity Media<br />
The Weinstein Company<br />
Production Companies<br />
Shine America<br />
One Three Media<br />
Dick Clark Productions<br />
Ryan Seacrest<br />
Productions<br />
Electus<br />
Magical Elves<br />
Bad Robot<br />
Vuguru<br />
BermanBraun<br />
Fremantlemedia<br />
Anonymous Content<br />
5x5 Media<br />
Agencies<br />
CAA<br />
WME<br />
UTA<br />
ICM<br />
Paradigm
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SERVICE<br />
PROVIDERS<br />
Legal Recruiting Real Estate<br />
Hosting Accounting Banking<br />
Insurance CFO HR
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PRESS<br />
Michael Carney<br />
PandoDaily<br />
Benjamin Kuo<br />
SoCal Tech<br />
Ryan Lawler<br />
TechCrunch<br />
Lindsay Blakely<br />
Inc.<br />
Andrea Chang<br />
LA Times<br />
Lori Kozlowski<br />
Forbes.com
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COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS
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DO<br />
• Learn the lexicon and how to best position your<br />
skillset<br />
• Make it easy for people to help you<br />
• Think long and hard about what kinds of<br />
environments best suit you and seek those out<br />
• Roll up your sleeves and learn new skills<br />
• Remain humble and figure out ways to give back to<br />
the community even when you’re a giant success
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DON’T<br />
• Think everyone knows something you don’t<br />
• Be afraid to ask for help, guidance, and introductions<br />
• Hesitate to offer whatever it is that YOU do best<br />
• Get discouraged
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HOW DO I GET STARTED?<br />
ASK YOURSELF (BE HONEST)<br />
• What am I passionate about?<br />
• What types of environments suit me?<br />
• What am I good at?<br />
• What part of the tech community best matches up to<br />
my passions and skills?<br />
• How do I best hone these skills and communicate<br />
them to others?
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READ<br />
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Mark Suster — bothsidesofthetable.com<br />
VentureHacks — venturehacks.com<br />
Greg Bettinelli — gregbettinelli.com<br />
Paul Graham — paulgraham.com<br />
Fred Wilson — avc.com<br />
Chris Dixon — cdixon.org + @pmarca tweets & Benedict Evans<br />
PandoDaily — pandodaily.com<br />
TechCrunch — techcrunch.com<br />
Hacker News — news.ycombinator.com<br />
General Assembly — generalassemb.ly/blog
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EDUCATION<br />
Codecademy – codecademy.com<br />
EdX – edx.org<br />
*General Assembly – generalassemb.ly<br />
Learn Code the Hard Way – learncodethehardway.org<br />
Lynda – lynda,com<br />
One Month Rails – onemonthrails.com<br />
Treehouse – treehouse.com<br />
Udacity – udacity.com<br />
Udemy – www.udemy.com
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STARTUP JOBS<br />
• Front-End Developer<br />
(CSS,HTML)<br />
• Back-End Developer<br />
(Ruby, Python, Java)<br />
• UX/UI Designer<br />
(inDesign, Photoshop)<br />
• Product Manager<br />
(Light Front-End<br />
Developer, Design)<br />
• Business Development<br />
(Sales, Partnerships)<br />
• Marketing/User<br />
Acquisition (Email<br />
Marketing, Social<br />
Media, SEO, Data<br />
Analytics)<br />
• Data Scientist<br />
(Hadoop, Matlab,<br />
SQL)<br />
• Sales (Willingness to<br />
find and follow leads)<br />
• Community<br />
Management (Social<br />
Media)<br />
• Operations (Customer<br />
Services, Office<br />
Management)<br />
• Other roles depending<br />
on vertical
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EMAILING TIPS<br />
• Be concise<br />
• Make your ask clear<br />
• Have a hook<br />
• Do research<br />
• Don’t be afraid to follow up<br />
• Don’t ask for lots of time<br />
• Don’t ask busy people to lunch<br />
• Don’t ask questions that you can<br />
answer by checking a website
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GO<br />
• Sign up for event newsletters<br />
• Attend meet ups, happy hours, panels, and classes<br />
• Learn how to code / design<br />
• Check out hackathons and Startup Weekends<br />
• Take interesting people you meet out for coffee<br />
• Be useful – make introductions, give feedback, help<br />
people you meet, keep an open mind<br />
• Blog about our experiences and adventures<br />
• Engage on Social Media
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EVENT CALENDARS
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STARTUP WEEKEND
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CREATIVE MORNINGS
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built in los angeles
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MEETUPS
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MEETUPS
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MEETUPS
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MEETUPS
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MEETUPS
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MEETUPS
GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I NEWSLETTERS<br />
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NEWSLETTERS<br />
Launch Ticker — launchticker.com<br />
Product Hunt – producthunt.co<br />
Mattermark Daily – mattermark.com<br />
Media Redef— mediaredefined.com<br />
SiteInspire – siteinspire.com<br />
Startup Digest — startupdigest.com<br />
General Assembly — generalassemb.ly/learn<br />
Bothsides TV – youtube.com/BothsidesTV<br />
This Week in Startups<br />
A16Z Podcast
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