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Equal access to internet broadband must be addressed: LAEDC supports Broadband Infrastructure and Distance Learning Bond Act of 2020
Homeschooling and work-from-home mandates have laid bare the cruel condition that too many California households and students have neither reliable internet service nor the hardware to participate and advance. ____________________ … Continued
LinkedIn touts LA’s attractiveness to startups
LinkedIn has published an article, How Startups Learned to Love LA. LAEDC worked behind the scenes to assist the editorial staff. It’s an interesting read! Take a look HERE.
Scaling up: LA’s community colleges continue rollout of Cloud Computing certificate
Executives from Amazon Web Services, the 19 participating community colleges in LA, many businesses and other workforce development partners gathered in Downtown Los Angeles for the official rollout of the … Continued
Recap: Future Forum, the Future of FinTech
New platforms are deeply affecting planning of banks, financial institutions, and the VC community, as smaller and nimble early stage fintech companies utilize technological expertise, mobile phone interfaces and sophisticated analytics … Continued
Amazon Web Services, 19 Los Angeles Community Colleges Collaborate to Launch a Regionally-Recognized Cloud Computing Certificate
Amazon Web Services, 19 Los Angeles Community Colleges, and Local High Schools Collaborate to Launch a Regionally-Recognized Cloud Computing Certificate Regional Industry-Education Partnership Reinforces Aim of LA Center for Competitive … Continued
Los Angeles ranked #1 in the U.S. on CBRE’s list of tech talent momentum markets
CBRE’s “Scoring Tech Talent” Report also ranks Los Angeles #3 for tech degree completions, ahead of Boston and the San Francisco Bay Area. Los Angeles ranked #1 in the U.S. … Continued
Graphic on High Tech Startups in LA – Reveals Investment Activity
This graphic shows just a few of the Los Angeles based high tech startups that have received funding through venture capital, IPO or other successful capitalization or exits. The increasing … Continued
WIRED Magazine Envisions the Future of Driverless Cars
WIRED has published a special series of articles and videos on autonomous vehicles and other types of automation that are changing the future of work, with dramatic implications for workforce … Continued
L.A. High Tech Sector Profiled in LA Magazine
Ask investors, company heads, and other influentials what makes our tech sector special and they’ll sum it up this way: Creativity. So begins a profile of the Los Angeles high … Continued