socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2016

San Diego-based MindTouch , a developer of software-as-a-service tools to help companies create self-service, customer support sites, has raised $12M in a Series A funding. The funding came from PeakSpan Capital, along with SK Ventures and SAP SE.

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JULY 26, 2016

Wpromote says it has hired on senior management and more than 70 employees from Standing Dog, which will help boost the company's annual run rate to $35M this year. Standing Dog was founded in 2005, and was based in Texas. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2011

In fact, between 1995 and 2005, these same immigrants founded over 50 percent of the venture-backed technology companies in Silicon Valley, and are some of the key venture capitalists there as well. Startups can be our silver bullet to kick-start our economy and innovation, so let’s give them some help, and be great again.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Mohit has launched Cheers , an iPhone and iPad app which the firm says helps "people express love and appreciation" for anything. Mohit sold Shopzilla in 2005 for $569M. According to Cheers, the service allows anyone to snap a picture, add some workd, and share appreciation for anything to anyone.

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JUNE 17, 2016

Sapho develops software which helps pull together information across hundreds of enterprise apps, and presents them to employees as "micro apps". ElNaggar was in Redpoint's LA offices from 2005 until 2011, and had stints on the boards of Machinima and Hark, among other companies. According to Sapho, it has raised $9.5M READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Miner helped shape the smartphone era with Android, a mobile operating system startup that Google acquired in 2005. Within 20 years, computer keyboards will be relegated to the technology dustbin, says Android co-founder Rich Miner. Android software now powers over 2 billion devices.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

acquired IGN in September of 2005, for $650M. Those numbers--and the story--seems to be almost an exact repeat of the story behind MySpace , which--also in 2005, in July--was acquired by News Corp. That deals loooks to be worth around $100M, based on reports from the WSJ. in a $580M deal.

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MARCH 5, 2013

in a Series A from investors to help build out its mobile apps, which let users show their appreciation for people, things, and places they love. Scripps for $525M in 2005. p>Is the world short in happiness and joy--and how can a mobile app change that? Bizrate eventually became Shopzilla, and was acquired by E.W. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 30, 2012

As part of those moves, Yahoo is also reportedly looking to start back into the acquisitions game, which once upon a time helped power the rise and success of Southern California's startup scene. In the article, AllThingsD said that Ross Levinsohn, who had been serving as interim CEO at Yahoo, is apparently planning to leave the company.

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socalTECH

JUNE 22, 2011

The patent was originally filed in October of 2005. TeleSign provides two-factor authentication to web services and applications, to help prevent fraudulent logins and registrations. Inventors on TeleSign's patent were Schlomo Gonen, Jonathan Gonen, Alon Gonen, and Danny Rosen. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 5, 2015

After acquiring the company with Bain Capital from the Walt Disney Company in 2000, he helped grow the company from less than $10mm of revenues to over $80mm in 2005 when he took the company public on the London Stock Exchange at a $200mm valuation. Brad received his BA from UC Berkeley and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Steve Jobs summarized his intrinsic motivation way back in 2005 at Stanford in a talk titled “ How to Live Before You Die.” They have a thirst for knowledge that helps them in their business, as well in their own personal growth. Helping others achieve their goals. If you want to achieve your goals, help others achieve theirs.

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socalTECH

MARCH 25, 2010

Beverly Hills-based CPA advertising network operator Hydra announced today that it has signed an exclusive deal with Hollywood-based Meteor Games , to help the social gaming firm sign up new players, and to also extend out its ad inventory. Glendale-based Neopets was sold to MTV in 2005 for $160M. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Split Rock, which is based in Minneapolis, said that Coffin will work with the firm to identify promising investment opportunities, as well as to help advise its existing portfolio companies. Split Rock was an investor in LowerMyBills, which Coffin sold to Experian in 2005 for $380M.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

Google did not say how it expects to apply the technology, but did say it hired at least two of the engineers from winning teams of DARPA's Grand Challenge, including the technical team leader from Carnegie Mellon University on the 2007 Urban Challenge winning team, and the software lead for Stanford's team in the 2005 Grand Challenge.

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socalTECH

JULY 30, 2012

The move might actually be a positive one for Southern California, given that Levinsohn had been pulled away from investing and helping Southern California startups in 2010, when he was tapped by then Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz to aid Yahoo. Levinsohn has not said what he'll do next after his stint as Yahoo CEO. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Revolution, the parent company of Revolution Ventures , the Rise of the Rest Seed Fund and Revolution Growth , has evangelized its approach to backing companies in emerging markets, helping promote entrepreneurialism in geographies often overlooked by Silicon Valley’s Patagonia vest-wearing venture capitalists.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2008

WebVisible is a provider of local online advertising services, which helps small and midsize businesses place search engine marketing. Adapt Technologies was venture backed by Concept2company, Emergence Capital Partners, and Mohr, Davidow Ventures; the firm had raised $9.8M

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

Let me take you back just 10 years ago to 2005 in Silicon Valley where I returned after 11 years of living in Europe. But back in 2005 there were a few people who spotted the trend before others and one of the true pioneers was (and continues to be) Jeff Clavier who founded SoftTech VC. It is, of course, a very recent phenomenon.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2022

million, born 2005-2024, yet to be defined Generation X (Generation Me) – 64.9 As Boomers migrate to the Sunbelt, and everyone orders more online, I can hardly wait for drones to use the sky to help out. First, a quick summary of the major U.S. million, born 1985-2004, biggest business opportunity Baby Boomers (no other name) – 70.7

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OCTOBER 30, 2008

The firm said the new site is aimed at helping consumers find additional ways to save money, particularly in a challenging economic climate. Experian bought PriceGrabber.com in 2005. According to PriceGrabbber, the new site allows shoppers to evaluate free shipping offers from more than 1,000 retailers. READ MORE>>

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

Cramster.com operates an online community where students can share notes, practice exams, and help others through difficult homework problems; the site targets both college and high school students. Reshef is the owner and chairman of Israeli education firm the Kidum Group, which he sold in 2005 to learning firm Kaplan. READ MORE>>

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I first met Ethan in 2005. He had an idea for a startup that would help consumers better book service jobs and would take on Service Magic, which he believed had a business model that could be disrupted. MyTime aims to be the first industry-wide platform to help create consistency across the SKUs in services businesses.

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DECEMBER 31, 2018

My partner, Craig Cummings, and I were fortunate to close our $20M fund in October and couldnt be more excited about identifying new portfolio companies and helping those entrepreneurs build their businesses. What was the biggest news for your firm in 2018? He later earned his JD/MBA degrees from UCLA.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

So before those pinche cabrones try to deport 800,000 productive Dreamers in our country they should think about who will make up the tax bases to help their parents retire. 30% of all real income growth in 2005–2015 was from Latinos (U.S. If you removed Latinos that would leave just 2.1 Latino purchasing power will reach $1.7

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Tech Coast Venture Network

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

TCVN, a nonprofit technology group, was founded in 1984 to educate and assist entrepreneurs and emerging growth companies in Orange County and to connect them with money, advice and other resources to help their businesses grow. Kevin McDonald is the new TCVN President, a position Foley held for the past year and Greenberg held before that.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Smith Micro said the technology covered by the patent -- titled "Detection and recompression of embedded compressed data inside existing data streams " -- helps detect and compress previously compressed data embedded in files. According to the USPTO, Smith Micro filed for the patent in February of 2007, using Craig M. READ MORE>>

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 16, 2012

He is credited with pioneering the Lean Startup Movement in 2005 via the publication of his bestselling, Four Steps To The Epiphany. Steve notes that in 2005, when Four Steps was published, conventional wisdom at business schools was that, “Startups are nothing more than a smaller version of a large company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2018

Steve Jobs summarized his intrinsic motivation in 2005 at Stanford in a talk titled “ How to Live Before You Die.” They have a thirst for knowledge that helps them in their business, as well in their own personal growth. " Helping others achieve their goals. If you want to achieve your goals, help others achieve theirs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2011

They are helpful, certainly, but often if you don’t know the right questions to ask you’ll be left unawares. I was significantly wiser by 2005 when I started my second company. You need to understand them. 3) VCs are anal about things like voting thresholds, seniority of their stock, protective provisions, etc.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 7, 2017

In a 2005 study , researchers examined the effects of things like flexible use of workspace on job productivity and team cohesion. Offering a flexible schedule and mobility could help employees stay motivated and working at optimal levels. Further, nobody automatically pitches an idea out in the open. Lack of Privacy and Control.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

Through his research he helped bring ARPANET to Philadelphia in 1973. Josh and Howard began co-investing as angels and in 2005 they started a $10 million fund. First Round Capital invests heavily in its own infrastructure to help add value to the portfolio companies. and Half.com. They have sixteen people on staff.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

Our goal is to build a platform that helps our companies achieve best practices as quickly as possible on their way to becoming world-class companies. in 2005 for $680M. What new technology area, startup, service, or app did you find most interesting or useful this year, and why? After leaving News Corp.,

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FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Steve Jillings has a long track record of running successful startups in Southern California, ranging from such companies as FrontBridge Technologies (sold to Microsoft in 2005 for over $200M) and Vantage Media (acquired in 2007). What we do, is we help companies identify who is accessing their sites, and registering for their services.

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APRIL 23, 2013

One of the folks in media who has been helping to define that shift is Cenk Uygur , the head of Culver City-based The Young Turks (www.tytnetwork.com), and online news and politics show. I started Young Turks back in 2002, and then, in 2006 and really towards the end of 2005, started daily web streaming for the show. Just do it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Steve Jobs summarized his intrinsic motivation in 2005 at Stanford in a talk titled “ How to Live Before You Die.” They have a thirst for knowledge that helps them in their business, as well in their own personal growth. " Helping others achieve their goals. If you want to achieve your goals, help others achieve theirs.

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socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2017

Technology is transforming every aspect of business, and our technology is one piece of the puzzle that helps them get there. I think if you look at most big problems today, they are not solved by money, although money helps. A vendor has to respects what's best for the customers, and help those customers.

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