TZ Tech Crawl is back this month and heading to Downtown Los Angeles as part of Silicon Beach Fest & Los Angeles Innovation Week! Come take a tour of some of the hottest LA Tech companies located in Downtown LA!
Why not stop by for a quick beer, game, snack or just say hi at one of the many Downtown LA tech companies from 6pm to 10:00pm? Have a free beer or beverage, drop off a resume, see the office space or just kick back.

The cloud has proven itself invaluable for businesses to be agile, yet finding a secure way to access applications while protecting the corporate firewall remained a major barrier to entry for many enterprise companies, until now. IBM has announced today a solution to this problem called Bluemix Local.

We did it folks! The 1st annual REACH NeXT event was a great success! Before we get to the winners I wanted to give a big thanks to Christen da Costa of GadgetReview and Co-founder of REACH. Also, another huge thanks to Gray Bright of The Tomorrow Show, Cauri Jaye, Chris Dover, Rebecca McLauchlan of rhubarb studios and Cameron Kashani! All the amazing that went down yesterday could not have happened without you :)

Having a man on the inside and rooting for new initiatives is a win-win for all parties involved. That brings us to Greg Mertz, Lead Advisor for Technology Initiatives at Warner Bros. Records (WBR). In his role at WBR, he helps to steer the leadership into promising technology investments and partnerships.

One question everyone asks is what investors look for when deciding whether or not to fund a startup. Having a high-caliber team with a good track record and a clear value proposition are givens. But the bottom line is that it comes down to the numbers. VCs are looking to make investments that pay off big.

When it comes to story telling there is none other than Brandon Kleinman, Founder and Former CMO of Laurel & Wolf! Brandon loves a good story and knows design dictates how people interact with a given space. His obsession for story-telling and creating better spaces helped power Laurel & Wolf as founder and CMO.

No matter if you have a team of 5 or 500 EAT Club can accommodate the startups and enterprise level companies alike. The company redefining workplace lunch with personalized meals and snacks that are always on time, launches today in L.A. Since its inception in 2010, EAT Club has scaled its service in the Bay Area, delivering more than three million meals to allow thousands of companies like Netflix, Tesla and Cisco to find their workplace zen.

What do Oracle, eHarmony, and Rubicon Project all have in common? Mark Douglas, CEO of SteelHouse! That’s what!

One of the greatest tech minds of our time, Mark Douglas will be speaking at REACH NeXT September 24th.

Are you a fan of Star Wars? Who isn’t?!
Regardless, you won’t want to miss Rob Maigret who will be speaking at REACH NeXT. Rob is part of the team responsible for the newest robot in Star Wars episode 7.

Valuation is one of those ubiquitous words: at least when it comes to discussions around startups — and, of course, stock market multiples. But it can be confusing because there is not just one type.