Startups

L.A. Cleantech Incubator is getting room to grow

2013-06-19 05:00:00

Inside a cavernous warehouse downtown, crumbling brick walls, exposed wiring and a gaping concrete pit suggest anything but the future of clean technology. A group of Los Angeles nonprofits, utilities and universities aims to change that when work...

San Francisco and New York call truce, will co-host tech summit

2013-06-14 15:36:00

Laying aside years of bad blood that has at times threatened to spill into open warfare, the mayors of San Francisco and New York City agreed Friday afternoon to a digital detente that will include co-hosting a technology summit this year.� Known humbly...

Development center for tech start-ups launches in Los Angeles

2013-06-13 16:56:00

When tech entrepreneurs look back at their bumpy launches, a common lament is, “If only I had known.” To shorten the list of regrets for the next Snapchat or Facebook, the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce and Small Business...

Warby Parker debuts Superman-inspired glasses (minus X-ray vision)

2013-06-13 17:11:00

Stylish glasses company Warby Parker is launching a line of Clark Kent-inspired eyewear, part of a tie-in with the upcoming Superman film "Man of Steel." Called the Man of Steel Collection, the retailer will be offering two styles inspired by the...

Is Snapchat poised to be L.A.'s tech start-up star?

2013-05-31 20:20:00

There's never a shortage of things to gawk at in Venice Beach: oiled-up bodybuilders, a two-headed turtle, over-the-top street performers. Lately, passersby on the main stretch of the boardwalk have also been ogling an eggshell blue house, steps from...

Israeli electric car start-up Better Place files for bankruptcy

2013-05-26 03:39:00

JERUSALEM – Israeli electric car company Better Place, which raised about $800 million on a vision to revolutionize the auto industry, filed for bankruptcy liquidation Sunday, citing disappointing sales and exhausted cash reserves. The spectacular...

Tribune forms Silicon Valley digital venture, hires Shashi Seth

2013-05-22 09:45:00

Underscoring that technology increasingly will drive the success of traditional media outlets, Tribune Co. is planting a flag in Silicon Valley and has hired a former top Yahoo executive to lead the company's digital ventures. Shashi Seth, who has...

Yahoo seeks turnaround with $1.1-billion deal to buy Tumblr

2013-05-20 00:00:00

SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Marissa Mayer is attempting a bold — and risky — strategy to turn around the struggling Internet giant with the $1.1-billion acquisition of Tumblr, a trendy social blogging service popular...

Immigration: A wider better welcome mat

2013-05-21 00:00:00

As an immigrant and an engineer, I know the magnetic pull that the United States exerts on anyone who dreams of a career in science. From the time I watched NASA technicians on television during the first lunar landing in 1969, I resolved to get the...

Where My Dogs At: A social network for man and man's best friend

2013-05-19 10:30:00

Where My Dogs At is a new social networking app angled at dog lovers and their four-legged friends looking for local dog-friendly places to go and people to meet. Think Facebook for Fido, with a "Yelp for dogs" approach, built around a location-based...

Female tech entrepreneurs flourish in L.A.

2013-05-11 19:08:00

It seemed like a typical dinner party for the well-heeled set: eight women, some dressed in stilettos and skinny jeans, gabbing over glasses of wine and endive spears with goat cheese at a lavish Hollywood Hills home. But amid the Kate Middleton...

Israel grimaces at a leading export: Innovation

2013-05-26 22:07:00

HERZLIYA, Israel — High-tech entrepreneur Kobi Stok is chasing the new Israeli dream. The 33-year-old software engineer quit a steady job to launch a Web start-up that teaches guitar playing. In three years, Stok's Jamstar.co signed up 80,000...

The pace of startups, which include companies such as Pinterest, may be on the decline, according to a new report.

2012-05-04 00:00:00

Scott Yoon Suk Whang, left, says his Orange Circle Studio in Irvine was denied a start-up loan because he wouldn't personally guarantee it. With him are Marketing Director Cathy Hull and Daniel Whang, vice president of business development.

2010-01-30 00:00:00

"Brothers & Sisters" Who Got Faced: Sarah Whedon Why She Got Booked: After leaving Ojai Foods, Sarah changed her career path to join a start-up business with young Ethan and Kyle. Their mad (social media) skills intimidate her as she realizes she's not on Facebook or Twitter.

2009-02-19 10:58:41