As we turn our ideas for the future into the latest startups and companies of today, there’s always a need for resources to help guide one through the process of it all. As that idea grows into a business there may come a time where the need for outside funding in necessary to further grow and scale. pitch deck startup resources MORE >>

Southern California has had its share of new startup accelerators launch in the last few months, however, few people here have actually experienced an accelerator firsthand. One of the few who has is Alex Benzer ,the co-founder of Silverlake-based SocialEngine (www.socialengine.net) and Fanmix (www.fanmix.com). We scaled that to almost $1.4 MORE >>

Saturday, February 11, 2012 -- Incubators. Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. See [link] (more MORE >>

This week on The Valley Girl Show , host Jesse Draper interviews Jimmy Wales, co-founder of the non-profit encyclopedia Wikipedia.  Wales shares how Wikipedia developed from a failed company to become the fifth most popular website online.  Currently, more than 421 million people visit every month, and the site is now in over 200 languages.  link]. MORE >>

To begin our recap of last week’s winter TZ Spotlight , we’d like to say our list of thank yous. Building a strong tech industry to rival that of Silicon Valley is definitely no easy feat, but the overall feeling within Cal Tech’s Baxter Hall at last week’s event certainly bodes well for the year. Bill received his B.S. MORE >>