socalTECH

AUGUST 5, 2009

The sale ends Google's ill-fated foray into radio ads, which it began in January of 2006 with the acquisition of Newport Beach-based dMarc Broadcasting. The acquisition had bolstered Google's presence in Southern California, and resulted in an office in Irvine, where Google continues to employ engineers today.

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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 10, 2010

A new study of the financial outcomes for Southern California venture-backed companies in the IT sector finds that approximately $48 billion in value has been created by those companies over the period 1995-2009. Tags: results investment exit california southern acquisition merger capital venture. IPO in 1996).

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DECEMBER 18, 2013

He has raised more than $200 million on behalf of his companies and led more than 30 acquisitions. Pierce also led the acquisition of Xfire from Viacom. and negotiated the company’s successful acquisition by Logitech, Inc., Brock Pierce is a 10x entrepreneur best known for pioneering the market for digital currency.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

A SoCal native and graduate of both UCLA and USC, Richard Rosenblatt led the growth of MySpace from an unknown to a household name. Most recently, Rosenblatt cofounded Demand Media, launching in 2006 with $120 million in equity and the acquisition of eHow.com. Iraq a hard place to work, is not SoCal. MarkLanday.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2010

We had our fourth anniversary in May, and we passed out checks from the Helixis acquisition to our LPs, which was a pleasant delight. We actually went and calculated our returns, and lo and behold, according to Cambridge and Associates, we're in the top decile for the 2006 vintage of venture funds.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I then went to Pepperdine University School of Law and graduated in 2006 with a Certificate from the Geoffrey H. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to? I grew up in Los Angeles and went to undergrad at UC Santa Barbara, graduating in 2003 with Honors in Economics.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

User acquisition via each method you use. On top of that, generally the first thing I do from an acquisition standpoint is to set up a landing page system - where you can dynamically create new landing pages that write to a field in the database called acquired_by. December 2006 (17). November 2006 (19). Engagement.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005. After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. Sizhao “Zao” Yang – COO and Co-founder at BetterWorks.

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