On Wednesday night, the Digital Family Reunion held their 6th annual holiday party at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, and celebrated the inaugural socalTECH 50, a list of emerging "up-and-comers" in the Southern California tech ecosystem, boasting founders from some of the heaviest-hitting startups our region has to offer.
From Snapchats Evan Spiegel to Jordi Munoz CTO of aerial drone maker 3D Robotics and #girlboss Sophia Amoruso founder and CEO of Nasty Gal, the list celebrates a new generation of leaders, many young entrepreneurs, who are disrupting technology innovation from Santa Barbara to San Diego.
DFR co-founder and host, Brad Nye, founder and CEO of WeVu, a platform that will bring "cinema to the people," took the stage with the other three DFR co-founders, Kurt Daradics, David Leighton, and Tony Winders, along with socalTECH.com founder and editor, Ben Kuo.
Together, they recognized a long-time veteran, host of Business Rockstars on CBS Radio, Ken Rutkowski, who received a 2013 Digital Family Outstanding Achievement Honor.
Heres Alaia Williams founder of One Organized Business and the producer of the At the Helm: Women in Biz and The Entrepreneur Connection community with Stephanie Michele founder of conversation starter and social workflow system, SocialBling above.
Heres Efren Toscano founder of TechZulu, whos behind the tech crawls in Venice, Santa Monica,
and Hollywood, with Robert Lambert founder of Silicon Beach LA behind the Weekly Unwind.
Heres Amanda Coolong founding partner of TechZulu, who was on the selection committee for the socalTECH 50, with Peter Johnson of Context & Narrative above.
Heres Priscilla Vento, founder and CEO of fashion and tech PR agency, 30 Miles North with Aaron Buchanan of Ignition Creative above, and entertainment reporter for EpixHD and GameSpot, Simone Boyce below.
Heres the team at IT infrastructure solutions provider, Internap, above and Heidi the Director of Marketing at business law firm, Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, who represents tech startups, like Skype and Rdio, and also provides programs supporting startups through their Preccelerator Program.
Social media marketing and PR agency, Social Radius, had copies of CSQ, or C-Suite Quarterly, on hand, and CSQ gave away a $200 gift certificate to Vietnamese-Asian fusion restaurant, Crustacean, in Beverly Hills.
Heres another shot of Efren and Rob with Justin Sewell VP Marketing at TechZulu above, and Priscilla with Katelyn OShaughnessy founder of travel app for travel professionals, Tripscope, below.
Heres IP attorney Stephen from Stubbs Alderton & Markiles with the team at Demand Media, thats behind brands like eHow.com and artist e-commerce marketplace, society6.
Heres Catherine Mangan from Dun & Bradstreet, the premier sponsor for the evening, with Robert Lambert.
Check out more photos in the slideshow above. Did you miss the Digital Family Reunion? You can follow more coverage of #DFR13 on Facebook, Twitter, and socalTECH.com. Tag photos on Facebook here.
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