Author Archive: Efren Toscano

TechZulu is proud to team up with Digital LA and accelerators Amplify, StartEngine, Launchpad, local companies BetterWorks, PromoJam, start-ups and co-working spaces, all working together to create the first-ever Silicon Beach Fest to celebrate startups, tech, and entertainment! This fest will include panels, workshops, cocktails and keynotes for startups, content creators, developers, social media marketers, designers, entrepreneurs, and more.

For most the dreams of becoming a guitar shredding god are lost if not playing since your youth. Although you may not be able to become that mega star on stage playing the Hollywood Bowl, you can still become the guitar shredding god of your household. Music Prodigy is changing Music Education through its patent-pending technology and proprietary teaching method that enables any aspiring musician to learn any instrument

I’d like to start out with a HUGE virtual hug to our awesome community. It’s been 4 amazing years and TechZulu is still going strong because of you. The new TechZulu has also been inspired by community feedback, like always let us know what you think and we can keep improving TZ.

You all remember that one summit, you know the one where Kate Middleton and Prince William attended. Yup That’s the one! TechZulu is proud to announce that we are a sponsor of the Variety 2012 Venture Capital & New Media Summit and will be there in full force bringing you all the action.

This weekend UCLA has put together 48hr Startup and TechZulu will be there to bring you all the final startup presentations live. UCLA 48hr Startup brings together people with technical, design or business background to share ideas, form teams, build products and launch startups. Although put together by UCLA its not just a UCLA Student event.

For those who may think Las Vegas is just the home of Zappos, Conferences, and day/night entertainment, well you are right.  However, there is a whole new breed of entrepreneurs and startups starting to emerge from the #VegasTech scene.   TechZulu had the honor of being invited out to the Tracky Launch event last week.  Tracky is an all new startup based out of Las Vegas focusing on social collaboration.

The time has finally arrived! Months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges, the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. It’s a gallery of great entrepreneurship. It’s a toast to those who build and innovate. It’s a gathering of friends and tech enthusiasts of all stripes.

I know you all have been dying to know who the Spotlight: LA Tech Winter SuperDemo is going to be. We have been holding off on this announcement for quite a bit and now we can officially announce Bill Gross of Idealab as our SuperDemo presenter. Always looking to provide the very best for our community so that you may learn and grow as a startup or entrepreneur, Bill Gross is one of the best experts we could provide.

Co-working with your Co-Founders at a coffee shop or co-working space and you want to get everyone in the pumped startup producing mood, however you don’t want to disturb those around. Skunk Juice has the perfect solution for you. Unlike regular earbuds, you can connect with your friends via a Magnetic functionality.

One of the worst things for an entrepreneur to have happen to them is to lose communication due to battery life. There are countless times when I myself have been on the great power outlet hunt at an networking event, conference, you name it and can either not be found or already swooped up by someone else.