By Katie Cameron
On Tuesday, May 4th, the Alliance for SoCal Innovation virtually hosted 18 top corporate leaders from across the SoCal region for a discussion on Corporate Innovation, focusing on disrupting from the inside-out and generously sponsored by Mach49. This event was part of our invitation-only Corporate Innovation Leadership…
By Andy Wilson
As an entrepreneur building something new, we often latch on to sound bites that we think best represent what we are trying to accomplish. Eighteen months ago I published a blog post that attempted to try to explain how a small startup not for profit could truly…
by Eric Eide
Despite 2020 being one of the best funding years for SoCal startups in total dollars raised — we eked by New York to take #2 spot in the US — there is still a serious logjam when it comes to Series A rounds. In fact, this past…
By Andy Wilson
Last week, Verizon Media officially announced their partnership with the Alliance that includes a committed investment in the SoCal ecosystem by generously underwriting our digital platform that we launched earlier this year to connect the region’s compelling and diverse SoCal innovation communities into a powerful network. Verizon…
By Andy Wilson
Many of us know that SoCal has a diversity advantage through its breadth of people, industries, and technologies. I like to say that our diversity is our “regional superpower.” Our population is among the most diverse in the US in terms of breadth of ethnicities and origins…
By Katie Cameron
No one has to be reminded that our country has been deeply affected by the renewed awareness of the mistreatment of our Black citizens. The police violence directed at members of our Black community has given rise to greater awareness, protests, policy debate and some policy changes…
By Andy Wilson
To those of us focused on building startup communities and innovation ecosystems, Brad Feld stands out as our unofficial “spiritual leader.” I vividly recall Brad speaking at the Cahill auditorium at Caltech in 2012 just as he released his seminal book “Startup Communities” where he defined his foundational “Boulder Thesis” and the “#givefirst” mindset. His framework and philosophy provided the blueprint for my efforts to better organize and resurrect Pasadena’s startup community which ultimately led to the creation of Innovate Pasadena, an organization that has had a transformative impact on the vibrancy of the East Los Angeles startup community.
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Andy Wilson is the Executive Director of the Alliance for SoCal Innovation. You can also find him on Linkedin and the Alliance website.
By Andy Wilson
Here at the Alliance for SoCal Innovation, we are fortunate to work closely with a number of leading corporations in the SoCal region who are aligned and committed to elevating the region as a global center for innovation and entrepreneurship. It’s a credit to many of these…
50 milliseconds. That is the communication delay between the surgeon and the surgical robot in telesurgery. 50 milliseconds of error seems imperceptibly small but it can cause a lot of harm during a surgery. …
