Startups LA
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Los Angeles.
Stephen Stokols
Investor
Founder @freedompop, @woome-com • Investor @freedompop, @sharesquare-beastmode-fm • Studied at @london-business-school, @university-of-california-berkeley
Ryan Stoner
Seasoned marketing, operations and strategy-focused biz dev exec @publicis-groupe, Previously @switchcam & @mopix - @500-startups-2012
Chris Dover
Founder @justlaunch Founder @geniusly @enfocado-capital @desksite, • Worked at @triple-canopy @founders-institute-mentor #500strong
http://geniusly.co/blog
Rohit Jain
Investor
Senior BD Manager at NantMobile • Studied at @purdue-university
Tim Devine
Investor
Former top music exec (signed Katy Perry, B. Raitt, Train...) @ Sony, Capitol & Warners. Now in tech/media. Founder Webcastr, Inc. Board/SVP @ Scayl. Investor.
Seth Jacobs
Digital Media Executive.
Melanie Linehan
Director of Growth + Marketing @quarterly Founder @animal-behavior, @hautesketch • Previously @twitter, @topsy • Studied at @academy-of-art-university
http://30secondsketches.tumblr.com
Dean Gebert
Investor
7 startups, with 2 failures. Getting the startup itch again... searching for EIR and Management opportunities. Part time Angel investor and Advisor.
M Asif Rahman
Investor
Founder CEO at A. R. Communications. Web Industry and Optimization Expert. Visionary Entrepreneur and Investor.
http://asif.im
Derrick Oien
Investor
CEO at @scorestream. CEO of @chumby-industries. President, COO & Founder @intercasting (sold to @good-technology). COO of @mp3-com (MPPP) sold to Vivendi.
Larry Haertel Jr.
MBA Intern @orchard-platform Worked @chownow @curbed-network @ubs Studied @brown-university @ucla-anderson-school-of-management-1
Matthew LaCrosse
Founder @the-lacrosse-group, @bizblaster • 18for4.com
Duncan Cork
Co-founder and first CEO at @slated. Founder and Executive Creative Director of @katharsis.
http://slatedblog.posterous.com
Ryan O'Connor
Strategic Partnerships | Business Development | Bow Ties
Jiake Liu
Co-founder & CEO @prospectwise. @launchpadla Alum. LAUNCH Hackathon finalist. Tech gadget inventor. Charity founder. Saxophonist. Worked @riot-games
Ryan Jones
Investor
Ryan Jones is a San Diego based British entrepreneur
Emil Babadjov
Investor
Executive - Business development/Project Management/Sales. Successful Early Stage Investor(avg 3.6x ROI) - Experienced Fund raiser, plugged into SV ecosystem
Evan Strauss
Investor
Active investor -
Experienced troubleshooter.
John Affourtit
Founder @virtual-chapter-1 • Worked at @sparkcentral, @h-bloom • Studied at @miami-university, @ohio-wesleyan-university
Sara Nofeliyan
USC recent grad. Lean and project management experience. Engineering background, business skills.
Steve Schepke
15+ years of successful interactive sales, business development and management experience. Skilled in Sales/BD, strategic partnerships, monetization and more.
Brian Richards
Partner Dev @truecar. BD @pogoseat and @parking-panda. Investment Banker @houlihan-lokey. Studied @university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business (MBA 2011).
Henri Swan
Founder OneTraction • Worked at @google • Studied at @stanford-graduate-school-of-business
Michael Palank
Business Development and Corporate Strategy Executive - Media & Technology
Eric Jones
Investor
Worked at @morgan-stanley, @the-walt-disney-company • Studied at @cornell-university, @ucla-anderson-school-of-management-1
Cory Capoccia
Investor
President @womply | Previously co-founder of @verifi | BA in Economics and Accounting from @university-of-california-los-angeles
Allie Krummel
Versed in social media and e-mail marketing, client relations, and creative writing. @university-of-southern-california alum, music nut.
Simon Gornick
Founder, @moovd. Online Video. @bbc , @mtv-networks alum. @university-of-manchester Online Video Maven. Out of box thinker.
http://getmoovd.com/blog
Katherine Nilan
CMO @whim-1 Strong Public Relations, Marketing and Social Media Background (Trumpette, iSnap, Appency, SendUs @citizenglobal) @ucla 2008
Shawn Gunn
Investor
Global location-based advertising, commerce, mapping, traffic @here, @nokia, @navteq, @traffic.com. Invested & launched several data centric start-ups as well.
Nick Hobbs
Investor
http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=11762783&trk=hb_tab_pro_top
Emerson Taymor
Co-Founder, Director of Sales & Marketing @philosophie. Teach Front-end Web Development @general-assembly
Jacob Gordon
Biz Dev and co-founder at Artiphon, founder of Nemonics Media, multi-media journalist for Discovery and MSN, Enviro Programs Manager at American Apparel.
http://jacobhallgordon.tumblr.com
Jared Robin
Biz Dev at @granify, Ex @fedex • Studied at @pennsylvania-state-university, @university-of-sydney
Henri Duong
Web Intrapreneur @vizio, Lean Entrepreneur @enclavewebgroup, Tech advisor @thewholepurpose, Nerd @projecthopeOC, Servant Leader @usaf
Claire Cannon
founder/hustler/point guard @statistified • co-founder/product @rexter • BS/MEng @cornell-university • MBA @university-of-california-los-angeles.
Michelle Hernandez
Effective Manager & Communicator
Avnish Patel
Eugene Lee
Founder ChannelMeter • Former Dr. TubeMogul at @tubemogul • Studied at @california-polytechnic-state-university-san-luis-obispo
http://insideChannelMeter.wordpress.com
Dakota R. Younger
Investor
Founder Awesome Job
Entrepreneur
http://dakotayounger.tumblr.com/
Arnaud Fischer ★★★
... stealth ... 15 years taking to market Web services platforms. Product Planning, Product Management & Product Marketing with @microsoft, @altavista, @aol.