1. From: Bixel Exchange bixelexchange@lachamber.com
Subject: Bixel Exchange Tech Update - May 8: Client Spotlight, New Advisor and Upcoming Events
Date: May 8, 2015 at 12:02 PM
To: Chamber Staff chamberstaff@lachamber.com
WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON
Good afternoon Chamber Staff --
Happy Friday! We’d like to congratulate our client, Ben Sax on receiving $35,000 in funding from Knight
Prototype Fund, for his company, Perceptoscope. The goal of Perceptoscope is to help civic
institutions, like museums and historical sites, present local information through augmented-reality
enabled, coin-operated binoculars that provide immersive experiences in public spaces using interactive
art, historical recreations and real-time data visualizations. Congratulations Ben and advisor, Craig
Wilson, on this huge achievement!
This week, we are honored to welcome Chamber Board Member and Co-Chair for Innovation &
Technology, Eugene Chi, as our newest advisor to the team. Eugene is currently SMB General Manager
- West Region for Microsoft. In his 12 years with Microsoft, Eugene has held a number of diverse, sales
leadership roles as the Sales Excellence Director in SoCal District and Southwest District, a $600 million
a year Enterprise business, focused on sales management, sales operations and licensing. In addition,
he has managed sales teams in numerous markets and held other roles at Microsoft. His specialties
include sales management, sales operations and licensing. To learn more about Eugene and the rest of
our advisors, click here.
Lastly, to gain the opportunity to formally meet with our advisors and learn more about Bixel Exchange's
services, register for our Client Orientation May 22 from 1-2:30 p.m. See you there and have a great
weekend.
Until we sync again,

2. Bixel Exchange
Upcoming Events
Startup Ecosystem Report -
Survey
Deadline May 15
Are you familiar with Compass' (formerly Startup
Genome) 160-page report on the world’s top
startup ecosystems from 2012? This report
included a Startup Ecosystem Index, which
ranks the world’s top 20 startup ecosystems.
Los Angeles was ranked #3 behind San
Francisco and Tel Aviv. Participate in this survey
and learn more about the report from 2012.
Women & Minority Entrepreneur
Statewide Leadership Conference
May 15 | 8 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.
This conference, held at LA Southwest College,
features exceptional keynote speakers, 16
engaging workshops, social networking, an
expert business panel and an exhibitor
showcase. The five conference tracks are:
Capital & Financing, Marketing Trends &
Branding, Student in Training for
Entrepenuership, Social Side of Leading and
Global Business. Register.
Innovation and Technology
Council - Crowdfunding
May 26 | 10 - 11:30 a.m.
The next Innovation & Technology Council is on
Crowdfunding. With recent movement by the
federal government, this panel of industry
TechFire Ignite 2015 - Tech
Summit
May 28 | 8 a.m. - TBD
TechFire is where Silicon Valley comes together
with Los Angeles' thriving tech community. This
event will feature nationally prominent speakers

3. federal government, this panel of industry
leaders navigate opportunities in the field as the
SEC and JOBS Act attempt to regulate it.
Invited panelists include: DeKoven Ashley, Co-
Founder of thrdPlace; Chance Barnett, Founder
of Crowdfunder; Adam Chapnick, Principal at
Indiegogo; and Howard Leonhardt, of Leonhardt
Ventures for an update on government policies
on crowdfunding. RSVP.
event will feature nationally prominent speakers
who are quite often the very same titans of tech
you'll find speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt,
SXSW, Code, Web Summit and Collision. Don't
miss the next big event, TechFire Ignite Summit,
on May 28, 2015 in Santa Monica, as well as a
series of fireside chat events. Register.
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