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 Everyone looked great dressed in red at our Red Party at the Redbury last week. Check the fun pics. - Digital LA - Apps and Apps. Mon 6/10. Sign up to show off your apps for 2-3 minutes, then we'll go eat some apps at the Curious Palate at Santa Monica Place. The winning app presenter will receive a complimentary Silicon Beach Fest pass. Register.
- Digital LA - E3 Digital Drinks. Thur, 6/13. We're rallying game peeps and friends for our annual E3 Digital Drinks downtown at the Conga Room. Free for E3 badge holders, or register $10. RSVP Silicon Beach Fest is June 19-22!
 Media Partners: We're excited that the LA Times, PandoDaily, SoCalTech.com, and VentureBeat have all been confirmed as media partners for Silicon Beach Fest!
Sponsors: We also added several new sponsors this week. Thanks to our sponsors including: Demand Media, Media Temple, MyLife, ROC, Cross Campus, Santa Monica Place, Kluge, PromoJam, Esri, BusinessWire, Yahoo!, Cooley, AdColony, Stubbs Alderton, Orange, TriNet and more. Thanks to supporting sponsors Modern Nerd, Pretzel Crisps, PopChips, Kind snacks, Santa Monica Tourist and Conventions Bureau, and more, listed at http://siliconbeachfest.com/sponsors.
Hackathon  The Silicon Beach Fest Hackathon, presented by AT&T is next weekend June 14-16. It's FREE for developers, biz types, anyone with ideas to sign up. Sponsors include Esri, Scopely, and dozens more. We are looking for sensai (tech mentors) and sponsors to support. Our SBF Hackathon last year attracted 120 developers and biz types in a dozen teams. To sign up for this year's Hackathon, register here: http://beachfesthack.com If you're interested in sponsorship or being a team mentor, email [email protected]
Keynote Speakers:
 - Mark Suster of GRP Partners, will be our Silicon Beach Fest - Friday morning keynote on June 21. Mark is the founder of Launchpad LA accelerators. Thanks to Dynamic Synergy for confirming Mark! - Sean Rad, CEO of Tinder, a fast-growing LA startup
- Nely Galan - Former President of Telemundo, one of the most prominent figures in the LA / Latin entertainment industry, Founder of Adelante Movement, real estate mogul, philanthropist
Speakers: Our lineup of recently added speakers includes: Maker Studios, CAA, Universal Music, Demand Media, MyLife, Moonshark Mobile, and more to the Silicon Beach Fest lineup. See our full list of speakers
Register: Enter code DLA15 for 15% off when u register here:
Volunteers: We just launched day-of volunteer registration! If you volunteer for 2 shifts (6-8 hours) on any day of Silicon Beach Fest, you can attend other events, panels and general parties that day for free. Plus volunteers get a free Silicon Beach Fest volunteer T-shirt. We are looking for friendly, upbeat, smiling, non-flaky volunteers only: sign up!
 Panels. Dozens of awesome panels across 15 tracks! Here are some peeks at some panels:
- Meet the VCs, Thur Jun 20 @ ROC
- Steve Dietz, GRP Partners
- David Travers, Rustic Canyon
- David Cremin, DFJ Frontier
- Brian Garrett, Crosscut Ventures - Moderator: Mark Landay, Dynamic Synergy
- The Multichannel Networks, Fri Jun 21 @ ROC - Drew Baldwin, Tubefilter (Moderator) - Ryan Musselman, Machinima, Head of Affiliate Network
- Dan Weinstein, The Collective, Chief Content Officer
- Amy Finnerty, Maker Studios, SVP Talent
- Business of Gaming, Thur Jun 20 @ CC
- Rob Schonfeld, Activision Blizzard, Corporate VP
- Walter Driver, Scopely, CEO and Co-Founder
- Andrew Stalbow, Rovio Entertainment, EVP
- Sunni Pavlovic, thatgamecompany (Journey)
 SBF Hotel and Food Discounts. Traveling from outta town? Or tell a friend so they don't hafta crash on your couch. Hotel discounts are available when u mention Silicon Beach Fest at participating hotels including the Viceroy, Shore, Loews, Shutters and several more. Details on our SBF hotel page designed by Kluge Interactive. Also, more than a dozen restaurants will offer SBF discounts when u flash your SBF badge in June thanks to our friend at the Santa Monica trade and tourist board; check the SantaMonica.com list
 We are also looking for in-kind sponsors of food, snacks, restaurants and alcohol. Email [email protected] with SPONSOR as subject Preliminary Startups Selected: We are excited to announce startups that will be pitching during SBF. - Startups: WeCarpool, VuePlus,GonnaBe
- Amplify: Bitium, Artkive, Hello Pay,The Bouqs.
- Start Engine: Enplug, OSurv, Carbon 38, Ember, DreamSha.re - Schools: UCLA's Neural Analytics and Vow to be Chic won the fast pitch during the EA Conference. Pepperdine: Vookr and PETXOOM. ________________
Hollywood: Building a New Media Community is an official SBF pre-event. Join the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce's annual Economic Development Summit with a focus on Hollywood's tech community. Digital LA's very own Kevin Winston will deliver the keynote address and the panel discussion will include Hollywood heavyweights Trailer Park, j2Global and Cheri Media. Also, get a sneak peak of upcoming real estate development that is of interest to the tech & start-up communities. Tuesday, June 18th 8-11am. 25% discount code for Digital LA peeps: hwdchamber13 Register.
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Promote your company, product via a 590 x 90 banner ad here, or sponsor one of our upcoming events or create a custom one to reach more than 30,000 digital professionals based in LA. email [email protected] with SPONSOR as the subject.
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| Digital LA - Silicon Beach @ Cannes Beach panel |
 CANNES - Our Silicon Beach at Cannes Beach panel featured LA startup FilmBreak and a filmmaker making a documentary about LA startup Enplug, at Nikki Beach on Cannes Beach during the Cannes Film Fest. Check the PICs.
Speakers included:Darren Marble, CEO of FilmBreak, and Vladislav Pasternak, producer of Sex and Breakfast, one of this year's short films in the Cannes Film Festival. The film was written and directed by Victoria Kashtan, who was a photographer for our Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood. Victoria and Vlad also created the documentary film Notes of a Freshman, featuring the story of LA-based startup Enplug (StartEngine accelerator alum).
We also traded notes on best films, yacht parties, beach parties, and chateau parties with LA peeps and attendees from New York, London, Russia and Singapore.
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| Digital LA - Digital Moms panel
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SANTA MONICA - Moms are using digital to become "mompreneurs," going beyond blogging and consuming online content, to creating startups and apps, said panelists at our Digital LA - Digital Moms panel. Many moms, realizing gaps in products and services for moms, are becoming mom entrepreneurs by creating sites apps, entertainment content, and online products, panelists said at our pre-Mother's Day panel at ROC Santa Monica. PICS.
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| Digital LA - British Boris Breakfast: Google Hangout
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  SANTA MONICA - We hosted LA's first-ever three-way Google hangout with the Mayor of London Boris Johnson and LA and Silicon Valley VCs during BritWeek in LA. LA VCs Mark Terbeek of Greycroft Partners,and Ivan Nikkhoo and Jennifer Andreson of Siemer & Associates described Silicon Beach at the livechat with Boris Johnson live from the InnoTech Summit in London, and VCs in Silicon Valley. Thanks to BritWeek, UKTI LA, and Production Beast, as well as InnoTech Summit.
Watch the recast.
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| Digital LA - Green Gets Digital @ smart lounge
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Speakers discussed how content, startups, and cars go green at our Digital LA - Green Goes Digital coffee and cocktails at the smart lounge at Santa Monica Place during Earth Week. Kiana Patterson, smart product specialist, described how the electric smart car reduces reliance on gas. Attendees also enjoyed complimentary smart car test drives around Santa Monica. PICS.
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| Digital LA - Games Marketing Panel (San Francisco)
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  SAN FRANCISCO - Game industry experts from Square Enix, agencies, and mobile app companies share tips on console and mobile app game marketing at our Digital LA - Game Marketing panel at Orange Silicon Valley in downtown San Francisco during GDC. Both console games and mobile apps use different strategies, and sometimes can learn from each other. PICS.
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| Digital LA - Social Gov: Tweetbank for Eric Garcetti |
  HOLLYWOOD - Digital LA spearheaded LA's first ever Tweetbank to rally support for LA mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti at WeWork Labs in Hollywood. Attendees used social media - Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Vine, LinkedIn, G+ and more to persuade frien ds and followers to pledge their vote of support for Eric Garcetti in the mayoral race May 21. See PICS.
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| Digital LA - You're More Than A Paper Resume w UCLA EDGE
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Google yourself, get a good profile pic, know your brand, make connections, and do your research were key tips from speakers from Fox, Yahoo!, PlayStation, Intern Sushi, and Content Engine at our Digital LA - UCLA Anderson EGDE panel at UCLA Anderson Korn Hall. Speakers gave a range of great tips on how to use digital and social media tools to find and get a job or internship, or to get your next job to move ahead in your career. See PICS
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| Digital LA - Beauty Goes Social
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 SANTA MONICA - Our Digital LA - Beauty Goes Social panelists described how cosmetic companies, startups, publishers, bloggers, and vloggers use Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest and more to engage fans and consumers, reach out to influencers, do customer service, and increase sales. See our Article and PICS.
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| Digital LA - Music for Games
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 CENTURY CITY - No matter how big or small your project you're working on, make it your best work because it's a reflection of you, said panelists at our Music for Games panel at the Microsoft Store at Westfield Century Mall. See our Article and PICS. It's been a landmark year for music for games, with composer Austin Wintory's soundtrack Journey being the first-ever game soundtrack nominated for a Soundtrack GRAMMY.
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| Digital LA - Meet the Streamy Awards Nominees
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Streamy Award nominees who create top digital shows including Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, H+, the Lizzie Bennet Diaries and Epic Meal Time, shared success stories about creating digital content and engaging fans at our inaugural Digital LA- Meet the Streamys Nominees panel at ROC Santa Monica. See Article. PICS.
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| Digital LA - Silicon Beach Best of 2012
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S  ANTA MONICA - Our all-star startup founder panelists said LA the startup scene is very community oriented, where everyone wants to help everyone else succeed, at our Digital LA - Silicon Beach Best of 2012 panel at ROC Santa Monica. The panel featured startup founders whose companies have had a strong launch over the past year raising funding, developing key partnerships and deals, and press buzz. Article. Thanks to photog Laurie Towers [email protected] for taking many of the PICS.
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| Digital LA - Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood
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HOLLYWOOD - Silicon Beach accelerators, VCs, startup CEOS, entrepreneurs, filmmakers, writers, developers, designers and mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti, gathered for 17 info-packed sessions and 6 fun parties at Silicon Beach Fest - Hollywood at io/LA and WeWork on November 9, 2012 in Los Angeles. Eric Garcetti, LA mayoral candidate, opened the day with a forum "What LA City Can Do For LA Tech." This was the first time a mayoral candidate has asked LA's tech community what the City of Los Angeles can do to help support entrepreneurs. Article.
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| Digital LA - TV Goes Social
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H  OLLYWOOD - Speakers who worked on digital campaigns for X Factor, The Voice, Mad Men, Walking Dead, X Factor, Emmy-winning Dirty Work and more shared best practices on using social media. Panelists from NBC Digital, Fourth Wall Studios, Fremantle, GetGlue, Shazam, Trailer Park, PromoJam, ConnecTV and Comcast discussed how social media can drive live tune-in, engage fans, and extend the show via cross-platform and transmedia, at our Digital LA - TV Goes Social panel at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, part of Social Media Week LA. Article.
Watch the recorded livestream free here:http://new.livestream.com/SMWMEDIA/events/1568312
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| Digital LA - Startups Go Social
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H OLLYWOOD - Startu p CEOs, Co-Founders and marketing pros from PromoJam, TicketMob, BuzzMob, Planana and Vyclone gave tips on how startups can both build their businesses on social media, and use social media to reach customers, and decrease customer acquisition costs at our Digital LA - Startups Go Social panel, part of SMW LA, at WeWork in Hollywood. Article. PICS.
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| Digital LA - Hollywood Hills Mansion Summer Party
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  HOLLYWOOD HILLS - We enjoyed panoramic views, good company and live bands at our first Digital LA - Summer Pool Party at a Hollywood Hills mansion. Attendees from Warner Bros., Universal Music, Live Nation, Maker Studios, Amazon Studios, startup CEOs, digital ad agencies, web content creators, developers, marketing pros, social media gurus, friends from IVY Entertainment, and more enjoyed Sunday Funday. Check the PICS.
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| Digital LA - Job Board
| Welcome to the Digital LA Job Board! We launched with 10 jobs from leading companies. Post a job for $100 flat fee until the job is filled.
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Digital LA organizes events for professionals in online
entertainment, marketing, and advertising. Stop on by for
informal casual networking. Join the Digital
LA group at http://www.digitalla.net Attendees work at Sony Pictures, FOX
Interactive, MySpace, Google, Yahoo!, Disney, WB, NBC, EA,
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SANTA MONICA - Some Hollywood studios are interested in startups, said speakers from Disney and Warner Bros new Media Camp accelerator at our Digital LA - Entertainment Startup Showcase at ROC Santa Monica.
