Friday, December 20, 2019

Dane Rudy, Leo Aerospace

Friday, December 20, 2019


Our video interview today is with Dane Rudy, the CEO and founder of Leo Aerospace (www.leoaerospace.com), a startup in the space industry, which is developing delivery systems for CubeSat satellites.



 

Karen Caswelch, SciArt Software

Friday, December 20, 2019


Our interview today is with Karen Caswelch, the CEO of SciArt Software (www.sciartsoftcom), a startup developing design software for the aerospace industry. We spoke with Karen at the recent Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator in Los Angeles.



 

Dr. Paul Witman, California Luthern University

Friday, December 20, 2019


Our video interview today is with Dr. Paul Witman, Director of the MS-Information Technology Program at California Lutheran University (www.clu.edu), which recently added a new cybersecurity certificate to its program.



 
Thursday, December 5, 2019

Noramay Cadena, MiLA Capital

Thursday, December 5, 2019


Our video interview today is with Noramay Cadena, a venture capitalist and partner at MiLA Capital, a seed and incubation stage investor based in Los Angeles.



 
Monday, December 2, 2019

Jenny Collins, Novo Space

Monday, December 2, 2019


Our video interview today is with Jenny Collins, the CEO and Co-founder of Novo Space, a company making it easier to launch electronics into space. Novo Space was part of the Techstars Starbust Space Accelerator in Los Angeles in 2019.




 
Sunday, December 1, 2019

Jakob vanZyl, Hydrosat

Sunday, December 1, 2019


Our video interview today is with Jakob vanZyl, the co-founder and CEO of Hydrosat (www.hydrosat.com), a startup developing satellites to monitor the moisture of every spot on earth, at high resolution, every four days.



 
Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Calvin Selth, PledgeLA

Tuesday, November 5, 2019


Our video interview today is with Calvin Selth, Program Lead for AnnenbergTech at the Annenberg Foundation, part of PledgeLA, an effort to make change in the tech industry and a commitment to better reflect, support, and leverage the creativity and diversity that is Los Angeles.




 
Monday, November 4, 2019

Daniel Faber, Orbit Fab

Monday, November 4, 2019


Daniel Faber is the CEO and founder of Orbit Fab (www.orbitfab.com), a startup developing technology to refuel spacecraft in space. Orbit Fab was part of the 2019 Techstars Space Los Angeles accelerator program.





 
Friday, November 1, 2019

Pam Isom, ICE Safety Solutions

Friday, November 1, 2019


Today's video interview is with Pam Isom, the foudner and CEO of ICE Safety Solutions (www.getice.com), who was at the TuesdayNights Impact conference a few months ago, telling us about how she founded and started her business.




 
Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Ana Pompa Alarcon Rawls, findSisterhood

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

For our video interview today, we talked with Ana Pompa Alarcon Rawls, founder and CEO of findSisterhood (www.findsisterhood.com) one of the companies out of the Techstars Los Angeles 2019 class, which is creating a new social network for women.




 

Nancy Soni, PathMatch

Tuesday, October 22, 2019


Our video interview today is with Nancy Soni, the founder and CEO of PathMatch (www.pathmatch.com), a Los Angeles startup that helps high school and college students connect to career paths that fit their personality, strengths, interests, goals, values, and location preferences. We talked with Nancy about the startup, as well as how she founded the company.



 
Thursday, October 17, 2019

Federico Pomi and Andreas Ballarini, Fabrica

Thursday, October 17, 2019


Our video interview today is with Federico Pomi and Andreas Ballarini, Fabrica, a startup in the Techstars LA 2019 Class focused on real estate transactions. Fabrica was one of the companies that pitched at Techstars LA Demo Day on Tuesday at the El Rey.




 

Matt Kozlov, Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator

Thursday, October 17, 2019

For our video interview today, we talked with Matt Kozlov, the Managing Director of the Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator in Los Angeles, to hear about the program and its future plans. Interview at the 2019 Demo Day on Wednesday.




 

Crystal Brown, Healthiest.io

Thursday, October 17, 2019

Our video interview today is with Crystal Brown, the founder and CEO of Healthiest, a browser extension that helps you find a healthier version of whatever you are shopping for. Interview at the TuesdayNights Impact conference in Santa Monica.




 
Monday, October 7, 2019

Cynthia Vincent, Founder, BAACAL

Monday, October 7, 2019


Video interview with Cynthia Vincent, serial entrepreneur, fashion designer, and founder of fashion company BAACAL (www.baacal.com), who was at the TuesdayNights IMPACT Conference last week.



 

Michael McCrary, Founder and CEO, PureSpectrum

Monday, October 7, 2019


Our video interview today is with Michael McCrary, CEO and founder of PureSpectrum, a Westlake Village-based startup in the survey and sampling industry. Michael tells us about how he founded the company, and gives some hints and tips on entrepreneurship.


 

Morgan Sacco, Athena LA

Monday, October 7, 2019

Our interview with Morgan Sacco, the founder of Athena.LA (www.athena.la), a networking group aimed at women in Los Angeles.


 

Advice For First Time Entrepreneurs, Matt Crowley

Monday, October 7, 2019

What are some of the biggest issues that brand new, first time entrepreneurs run into in starting their companies? Matt Crowley an attorney who runs the LAVA First Time Entrepreneurs Workshops and also has his own practice in Los Angeles, Crowley Corporate Legal Strategy, gives first time entrepreneurs some advice.


 
Friday, September 27, 2019

Ronalee Zarate-Bayani, CMO, Los Angeles Rams

Friday, September 27, 2019


What are the lessons that Ronalee Zarate-Bayani, Chief Marketing Officer of the Los Angeles Rams (www.therams.com), has learned as being a female in the executive ranks? We spoke with Ronalee about the LA Rams, the importance of community to the Rams organization, and how she ended up at the Rams. socaltech interviews talks with Southern California's startup entrepreneurs, investors, and others in the local communiy.

 
Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Video Interview: Chris Straka, Radcare Health

Tuesday, September 10, 2019


Our video interview today is with Dr. Chris Straka, of Radcare Health, a startup developing information resources for cancer patients.


 
Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Richard Wolpert, Venture Capital and Angel Investor

Wednesday, September 4, 2019


Today's video interview is with Richard Wolpert, a well known Southern California venture capital and angel investor. Richard previously was the CSO Real Networks & former President, Disney Online, and is also Venture Partner at Amplify.LA. Richard is also author of The Soul of A Deal: Making Deals in the Digital Age, where he talks about deal negotations, and where he shares lessons from J.J.Abrams, Deepak Chopra, Peter Guber, Reid Hoffman, and Penn Jillette.


 
Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Interview with Courtney Farr, House Calls Mobile

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Our interview today is with Courtney Farr, the founder and CEO of House Calls Mobile (www.housecallsmobile.com), a startup in the health services area.

 
Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Video Interview: Tony Winders, The Winders Group

Tuesday, August 20, 2019


Our video interview today is with Tony Winders, the CEO of The Winders Group, a marketing agency in Los Angeles. Tony is a longtime veteran of the digital marketing world, co-founded the InterActive Agency, was a VP at companies like ValueClick, GumGum, Search123, and others, and also has been very involved in bringing together the local technology community through such efforts as the Digital Family Reunion and during the Internet 1.0 era with the Venice Interactive Community (VIC). We've been doing interviews with entrepreneurs, investors, and others in the Southern California technology community, so people can better get to know others in the local tech ecosystem.


 
Monday, August 19, 2019

Interview with Alice Cheng, Upfront Ventures

Monday, August 19, 2019

Our video interview today--where we interview the startup entrepreneurs, investors, and others in the technology industry across Southern California--is with Alice Cheng, an Associate at Upfront Ventures (www.upfront.com), a Los Angeles-based venture capital investment firm. Alice tells us about going from scientific research into venture capital, and how she broke into the venture capital industry.


 
Monday, August 12, 2019

Video Interview: Brand Caso, Meshcandy

Monday, August 12, 2019

Our interview today is with Brand Caso, the Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder of Meshcandy (meshcandy.com) developing mesh devices specifically for the health care industry, used for automate the measuring information at health care sites.

 
Friday, August 2, 2019

Interview with Jeff Cohn, Syndicated Maps

Friday, August 2, 2019

Jeff Cohn, the founder and CEO of Syndicated Maps (www.syndicatedmaps.com) previously helped start up the Tech Coast Angels' efforts and company screenings in Los Angeles. He gives other entrepreneurs advice about making a startup successful, and what he's learned over the years of bootstrapping his own startup. Syndicated Maps runs such sites as Dead Cell Zones, a crowdsourced map of dead cell zones; PhotoEnforced.com, a map and database of traffic camera locations, and DrillingMaps.com, a directory of oil drilling locations.


 
Thursday, July 18, 2019

Dr. Masaru Rao and Brynley Lee, Basilard Biotech

Thursday, July 18, 2019


Dr. Masaru Rao and Brynley Lee are in the midst of forming Basilard Biotech, a spinout of UC Riverside. Dr. Rao is an Associate Professor at the UC Riverside Bourns College of Engineering, and Brynley Lee is CEO-in-Residence at UC Riverside's Office of Technology Partnerships.



 
Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Interview with Andy Wilson, Alliance for SoCal Innovation

Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Andy Wilson is Executive Director of the Alliance for SoCal Innovation (www.alliancesocal.org), a new nonprofit which is trying to bring together Southern California's technology industry, universities, and others in the local ecosystem.

 

Using Fleets Of Robots To Clean The Seas: FreeGen Technologies

Tuesday, July 9, 2019

There's a problem with too much plastic ending up in the ocean. Are fleets of trash collecting drones the answer? San Diego-based Freegen Technology (freegen.technologies) thinks so, and is working on taking its plastic-and-trash collecting, ocean-going, autonomous robot fleets to market. We spoke with CEO Saakib Akbar and CTO Casey Fitzpatrick about the startup.


 
Thursday, June 27, 2019

Interview with Evan Brandt, VideOMS

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Evan Brandt is CEO of VideOMS (www.videoms.com), an early, seed stage startup offering videos, drone shots, photography, and more of real estate property listings. VideOMS is based in Westlake Village, California.


 
Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Fireside Chat with Jamie Siminoff, Founder of Ring

Wednesday, June 26, 2019


Jamie Siminoff, the founder of Ring (now part of Amazon), talks about how he came up Ring working on projects for another startup in his backyard, the ups-and-downs of startup life, and more. (This has been removed at request of Mr. Siminoff).

 

Nasam Chokr, NOWA Innovations, On Improving Asthma Inhalers

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

NOWA Innovations (www.nowainnovations.com), a University of California, Irvine spinout, is designing a medical device aimed at improving asthma inhalers. For our video interview today, we spoke with Nasam Chokr, the founder and CEO of NOWA Innovations, about the startup and its technology. NOWA Innovations was one of the startups at the First Look 2019 Startup Showcase last week in Pasadena.

 
Monday, June 24, 2019

Interview with Minnie Ingersoll, Venture Capitalist with TenOneTen Ventures, Los

Monday, June 24, 2019

Our interview today is with Minnie Ingersoll, a venture capitalist with TenOneTen Ventures, a venture capital investment firm that invests in early stage startups, based in Los Angeles, California. Minnie founded Shift.com, an online marketplace for automobiles.


 
Thursday, June 20, 2019

Avoiding Startup Pitfalls, With Eli Eisenberg, Straight Line Management

Thursday, June 20, 2019

Our video interview today is with a long time advisor to startups in the Los Angeles area, Eli Eisenberg, founder of Straight Line Management. Eli sat down with us to share some of the knowledge he's gained over many years in the industry helping and mentoring startups.


 
Monday, June 3, 2019

Making Every Business A Social Enterprise: James Citron, Pledgeling

Monday, June 3, 2019


How can you make every business out there a social enterprise, one where both social benefit and profit are part of the business? James Citron, the CEO of Pledgeling, tells us why he thinks every business should try to help improve the world, starting with their local community, and how the company wants to help make that easy.


 

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