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SAM Preccelerator Program Presents: “How to Network for Capital” with Len Lanzi

Join Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP
for this exclusive event!

“How to Network for Capital”

This session will focus on techniques and ways to network in the VC and Angel Community. We will interact and share best practices on business development and promoting your start-up.

Thursday January 26th, 2017

5:30pm-8:00pm

**Networking and Startup Demos!**

SAM Preccelerator Program participants will have demo tables where they will showcase their companies. Check them out!

Featuring

Len Lanzi, Executive Director,
LA Venture Association, (LAVA)

Len Lanzi is Executive Director of LAVA, and has over 20 years of non-profit organization management and fund development experience. In his role, he works with the LAVA board of directors to direct the strategic plan and organize educational and informational programs about the venture business environment in the greater Los Angeles region.

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Napkin Finance Founder Tina Hay Featured on Equities.com®

Congratulations to SAM Preccelerator® Program’s company Napkin Finance and its founder Tina Hay for having an article featured on Equities.com this week. The article written by Tina Hay, entitled “A 7-Point Financial Checklist to Starting Your Own Business” creates a list to help guide those new to entrepreneurship. Napkin Finance is a multimedia company that simplifies financial matters and uses napkins to teach users everything they need to know about money in 30 seconds or less.

To view the full article on Equities.com click here.

For more about the Preccelerator® Program, contact Heidi Hubbeling, Director at
(310) 746-9803 or hhubbeling@100.26.91.60

SAM Client Hyperator VR Launches First Games on Steam

SAM Client Hyperator VR Innovation Labs, a Santa Monica Virtual Reality company, announces the launch of their first VR games on Steam. Hyperator’s first VR game is Star Kingdom: The Elements. Players learn how to control and wield elemental energy and magic based on their astrological alignment the day they were born. Players must keep their planets illuminated and protected from the dark fog.

Their second launch is timely for this holiday season. Holiday Simulator – Wacky Sleigh Ride tests your skills to see if you have what it takes to deliver all the presents before the sun comes up. Choose between tossing presents or lumps of coal in this comedic journey in the north pole. It was launched on the Steam network for the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift. The game will be released on the Oculus store, just in time for the holiday season.

You can find all Hyperator games on Steam here.

Behind every great startup is a great team. SAM Preccelerator graduates, Charlie Trinh and Jude Belanger, the founders of Hyperator VR Innovation Lab, have been recognized by the CA state senator Ben Allen for their contribution to the enhancement of the LA tech community. Every second Saturday of each month, they host a Premium Virtual Reality event at Expert Dojo in Santa Monica where users can test Hyperator’s VR games, and those of other developers. Also, they have a Virtual Reality Apprenticeship Program that lowers the barrier to entry for new virtual reality programmers. The Premium Virtual Reality events and Apprenticeship Program can be found on Eventbrite. For more information about Hyperator VR, visit www.hyperator.com

Preccelerator Program Company StyleMD Launches in iOS App Store!

SAM Preccelerator Program company StyleMD announced that it has launched in the iOS App Store. StyleMD is the smartest way to find a fashion stylist that will help you look and feel more confident on any budget. They curate talented stylists from across the country that help you save time and money to achieve your style goals. Whether you’re looking for a simple consultation, an online shopper, or closet assessment they’ve got you covered.

Sign up for free and they’ll show you stylists that will work with you right from your phone. StyleMD is not affiliated with a specific brand or retailer so there are no sales stylists or subscription models requiring you to buy and return stuff you don’t need – just great fashion stylists that work with you to get amazing results.

Schedule an intro session over FaceTime for just $5 to get started and find your perfect style(ist) today. To download StyleMD, click here.

For more information about the Precclerator Program, contact, contact Heidi Hubbeling at (310) 746-9803 or hhubbeling@100.26.91.60.

Preccelerator Program Company Ballerz World’s Version 2.0 is a Slam Dunk

Stubbs Alderton & Markiles’ Preccelerator Program company Ballerz World announced today that it has launched its version 2.0 in the iOS App Store. Founded by Navy veterans Kyle E. Cox and Nicholas Damuth, Ballerz World is the single largest marketplace that is dedicated to all things basketball. They help their worldwide users find basketball courts, as well as connect and play basketball with one another using their geo-location technology and over 12,000 pre-loaded basketball courts in every country, all while providing their users an opportunity to view and share content, in addition to buying discounted basketball gear via the in-app store portal.

During their beta phase, the Ballerz World basketball app received more than 10 awards, including the People’s Choice Award at the CES Mobile Apps Showdown, and the Best GPS-Enabled App at the Mobile App Awards.

Version 2.0 of Ballerz World includes additional aggregated content from top Basketball creators such as trainers, leagues, highlights, news and lifestyle influencers, as well as the expansion and official debut of their in-app store portal.

“Man, I wish I’d had this type of app when I was playing pickup,” Co-Founder Kyle E. Cox stated. The Ballerz World brainstorm came to him while driving around Los Angeles thinking about basketball. “What if there was an app that tells you where the courts are, all around you? That would be so cool!”

To check out and download the Ballerz World App, click here.

For more information about the Preccelerator Program, contact Heidi Hubbeling at (310) 746-9803 or hhubbeling@100.26.91.60.

Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP Announces New Class of Preccelerator® Program Companies

Los Angeles, CA, November 7, 2016 (Newswire.com) – Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP is pleased to announce the admission of a new group of companies to join the fifth class of its Preccelerator® Program. The Preccelerator® is a novel platform offered to select start-up companies out of the Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP Santa Monica office that provides interim office space, sophisticated legal services, education, networking, mentorship and access to a strategic perks portfolio worth over $200,000 with the objective of helping grow a founder’s idea from business concept to funded startup.

The new participants include:

Ballerz World is the single largest marketplace that is dedicated to all things basketball. Their worldwide market of 500 million ballerz, and 30 million in the US, can connect and play basketball with one another using our geo-location technology, and their 12,000 pre-loaded courts in every country. They have successfully aggregated the top basketball content on the web allowing our users to share and watch content, in addition to buying discounted basketball gear via the in-app store portal. Ballerz World will feature courts, players, leagues, training, multimedia, and e-commerce all through our digital platform. During its beta phase, the Ballerz World app received more than 10 awards, including the People’s Choice Award at the CES Mobile Apps Showdown, and the Best GPS-Enabled App at the Mobile App Awards. Available in the iOS App Store.

StyleMD is the smartest way to find a fashion stylist that will help you look and feel more confident on any budget. They curate talented stylists from across the country that help you save time and money to achieve your style goals. Whether you’re looking for a simple consultation, an online shopper, or closet assessment StyleMD has got you covered. Available in the iOS App Store.

Virtual Reality represents a creative revolution. Humans have always told stories with words and pictures. Now PlayspaceVR is creating the next generation of graphic storytelling by bringing comic books to Virtual Reality. Their team has domain expertise in VR/AR, media/entertainment, intense work ethic, and a true love for what they do. http://playspacevr.com/

“The Stubbs Alderton & Markiles Preccelerator® Program is committed to continuing to support the Los Angeles technology scene and provide a platform for early stage companies to gain momentum and secure a solid foundation to build their businesses,” says Heidi Hubbeling, Co-Director of the Program.

Led by Stubbs Alderton Partner Louis Wharton and Heidi Hubbeling, the Preccelerator® Program has had great success with its classes, which has resulted in a majority of the companies being accepted into larger accelerator programs and incubators or successfully raising their seed funding round.

About Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP

Stubbs Alderton is a business law firm with robust corporate, public securities, mergers and acquisitions, business litigation and intellectual property practice groups focusing on the representation of venture backed emerging growth companies, middle market public companies, large technology companies, entertainment and digital media companies, investors, venture capital funds, investment bankers and underwriters. The firm’s clients represent the full spectrum of Southern California business with a concentration in the technology, entertainment, videogame, apparel and medical device sectors. Their mission is to provide technically excellent legal services in a consistent, highly-responsive and service-oriented manner with an entrepreneurial and practical business perspective. These principles are the hallmarks of their Firm.

For more information about the Preccelerator® Program and to fill out an application, visit www.preccelerator.com or contact Heidi Hubbeling at (310) 746-9803.

StyleMD

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StyleMD is the smartest way to find a fashion stylist that will help you look and feel more confident on any budget. We curate talented stylists from across the country that help you save time and money to achieve your style goals. Whether you’re looking for a simple consultation, an online shopper, or closet assessment we’ve got you covered. To subscribe, visit www.stylemd.co.

NEWS & PRESS

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Online applications for the Preccelerator® Program are now open! To qualify for acceptance, please fill out our online application. Once submitted, someone from our review committee will contact you.

Preccelerator® Program Company Napkin Finance Featured in PopSugar Article

Congratulations to SAM Preccelerator® Program’s company Napkin Finance for being featured in a PopSugar article this week. The article, entitled “American Hustle: How the Next President Will Affect Your Finances” uses Napkin Finance’s easy to understand charts to explain how the upcoming election results will affect your personal finances.

To view the full article click here.
To learn more about Napkin Finance click here.

For more about the Preccelerator Program, contact HeidiHubbeling, Director at (310) 746-9803 or hhubbeling@100.26.91.60

Preccelerator Program Company Voter Featured in New York Times Article

This week Preccelerator Program company Voter was featured in a New York Times article entitled, “Answering the Call of the Election Season.”

To view the full article click here.

To learn more about the Preccelerator Program, contact Heidi Hubbeling, Director at (310) 746-9803 or hhubbeling@100.26.91.60.

Preccelerator® Program Company Napkin Finance Featured in Forbes Article

Congratulations to Preccelerator® Program company Napkin Finance for being featured in Forbes this week, discussing the evolution of the idea for Napkin Finance and what the future holds for the company.

To view the full article, click here.

Credit: Napkin Finance