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Report Tallies $7.7 Billion In SoCal IT Exits In 2011

socalTECH

The report also tallied six companies having IPOs, the most since 2005; those firms included RealD, Cornerstone OnDemand, Demand Media, ReachLocal and Inphi Corp. Among other major 2011 exits listed were Riot Games ($400 million) and HauteLook ($270 million).

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Reflections on 2016: Rob Freelen, Silicon Valley Bank

socalTECH

Other examples include media tech companies ZEFR and GumGum � both having record years and positioned extremely well for continued growth in 2017. Since joining SVB in 2005, Rob has led debt transactions for more than 100 public and private companies. This is a trend from 2016 that should gain momentum in 2017.

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Interview with Brian Garrett, Crosscut Ventures

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The fund--started by Brian Garrett and Rick Smith --has been focused on digital media investments, and so far has made investments in six companies. We're describing ourselves as a micro-cap venture fund, focused on digital media opportunities in the emerging ecosystem of Southern California. What do you mean by infrastructure?

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium.

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Off To SXSW, Our Schedule, And A Special Thanks

Tech Zulu Event

The time has come for us to say goodbye SoCal (temporarily of course) and HELLO Austin! A huge thanks goes out to the Social Media ClubHouse (SMCH3) for helping put this all together. Media Temple hosts websites. Make sure to checkout the updated SMCH3 site as they have tons of great info. Big and Small.

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Interview with Peter Lee, Baroda Ventures

socalTECH

He was basically active investing until 2004 and 2005, and then started getting much more involved in the non-profit space. Peter Lee: Essentially, we are Southern California focused, through we will be looking at out of SoCal investments--we're not closing our doors to those, but our interest is really in focusing down here.

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How brain-amputated developers created the social media plague

SoCal Delicious

Shortcut: sebastian-x.com Blog About Blogroll Links How brain-amputated developers created the social media plague Posted on 12 January, 2010 The bot playground commonly refered to as “social media&# is responsible for shitloads of absurd cretinism.