socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

billion in Q3 of 2011. E-commerce spending has been rising since Q4 of 2009, after stalling out over issues with the economy in 2008 and early 2009. The latest numbers out of comScore , which measures e-commerce spending and Internet traffic, find that U.S. retail e-commerce spending rose 13 percent, year-over-year, to $36.3

Commerce 182

Commerce Software Review Report Content 182

Eric Greenspan

JULY 3, 2012

We failed because the economy has drastically fallen since 2008, particularly in the consumer sector. Since 2008, the company has been forced to lower it’s prices, from $120/hour to $80/hour. From 2008 to 2011, the company paid its own bills, we were cash flow positive and we believed we could maintain this trend indefinitely.

Capital 234

Capital Pricing Press Customer 234

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

PlugInCars.com was launched in 2010 by Brad Berman, and according to Recargo had an average of 70,000 unique monthly visitors in 2011. Recargo is headed by Brian Kariger, who previously headed up Lexico Publishing Group, the company ran Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com and Reference.com until its acquisition by IAC/Ask.com in 2008.

Acquisition 154

Acquisition News Los Angeles Mobile 154

socalTECH

MARCH 7, 2011

James Otero has set a trial date of December 13, 2011. Padnos sold BetterPPC in September of 2008 to Tsavo Media, the startup which was started by current MySpace president Michael Jones. sued NBC Universal after it agreed to buy the domains for $1M via Sedo, but NBC pulled out of the deal.

Tsavo 203

Tsavo Sales Email Los Angeles 203

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

ContentNext--which had been founded by Rafat Ali in Santa Monica, and eventually sold in July of 2008 to Guardian News and Media--publishes paidContent, mocoNews.net, paidContent:UK, and contentSutra.com. paidContent said ContentNext employes 16, with paidContent now bringing in 639,000 uniques as of October 2011, with more than 1.3

Sales 133

Sales Santa Monica News Blogging 133

InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2012

We failed because the economy has drastically fallen since 2008, particularly in the consumer sector. Since 2008, the company has been forced to lower it’s prices, from $120/hour to $80/hour. From 2008 to 2011, the company paid its own bills, we were cash flow positive and we believed we could maintain this trend indefinitely.

RSS 170

RSS Technical Review Capital Email 170

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2016

In 2008 I started VC blogging. In 2011 I started using Instagram. In 2007 I started using Twitter and most of my friends & colleagues wondered why people would care what I ate for lunch. I had blogged when I was an entrepreneur. I went to an industry event where people actually called me self-centered for writing publicly.

Snapchat 150

Snapchat Product Startup AMA 150

Jason Nazar

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Michael is an incredible serial entrepreneur who, in 2008, was listed as one of Time Magazine ‘s most influential people. The event will be happening on December 1, 2011 at The Milken Institute in Santa Monica.

Startup 99

Startup Santa Monica Entrepreneur Company 99

socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2010

Hydra--which according to Cooperman had 2008 revenues of over $100M--saw a retrenchment in revenues in 2009 as it shifted its customer base--but Cooperman says it hopes the firm will be in the same revenue ballpark as it was in 2008 and 2009, and up from there in 2011.

Beverly Hills 165

Beverly Hills Funding Advertising SoCalTech 165

socalTECH

JULY 19, 2011

Southern California companies raised $739M in venture capital in Q2 of 2011, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) based on data from Thomson Reuters. The report said that the investment level was the highest total in a single quarter since Q2 of 2008.

Southern California 167

Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Rustic Canyon 167

socalTECH

JUNE 10, 2013

We came out in 2008, and raised a convertible round from Slater, and did a Series A round from Javelin Ventures at the end of 2011. Back in 2008, not everyone had broadband, the offices didn''t always have always-on Internet. The company was born out of the inefficiency in the system. That was back in 2007, when we started.

Marketing 231

Marketing Software Education Startup 231

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 1, 2011

That’s how it felt then and a bit how it feels in May 2011. years ago you’d remember RIP Good Times from Sequoia, which still strikes me as having been prudent advice in late 2008. And 18 months later, in May 2011, I have crossed 422,000 views. If you were reading the headlines from only 2.5 So which is it?

Startup 391

Startup Blogging Venture Capital Writing 391

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

If 2011 & 2012 look like 2010 then the current crop of angel investments will look great. My thesis on why this is happening is that large tech companies didn’t invest enough in R&D between 2008-2010 (Google even went through layoffs!!!) So where are we now? It’s hard to say.

Invest 284

Invest Angel Venture Capital Startup 284

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

That work laid the foundation for Greg’s contribution in founding bigMETHOD in 2008, a social media agency that joined BLITZ in 2011. His time in the industry served as a living education in the world of online consumer engagement.

Social Media 111

Social Media Santa Monica Media Southern California 111

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Recently the firms two founding partners (and also Managing Partners) —  Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham  — decided to transition management of the firm to Andy Weissman (who joined in 2012) and Albert Wenger (joined in 2008 and writes one of the most thoughtful blogs in our industry ).

Venture Capital 161

Venture Capital Funding Capital Startup 161

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

If 2011 & 2012 look like 2010 then the current crop of angel investors will look great. My thesis on why this is happening is that large tech companies didn’t invest enough in R&D between 2008-2010 (Google even went through layoffs!!!) So where are we now? It’s hard to say.

Invest 152

Invest Angel Venture Capital Startup 152

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Projected IPOs for 2009 are an embarrassing 10 total deals, down from 86 just 2 years ago (it was 265 in the go-go years of 99-00) but at least up from 6 in 2008. More interestingly Montgomery expect the M&A market to grow to 600 in 2011 and 750 in 2012. They have data from surveys they did with corporate development officers (e.g.

Venture Capital 241

Venture Capital Technical Review Southern California Company 241

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

In April 2011, the Association of Coupon Professionals held an Industry Conference in Atlanta to address the present and future state of couponing. Statistics from 2008 show that digital couponing has rapidly grown but has yet to outpace paper coupons. . – Paul Breummer, Search Engine Land. Getting Mobile-Ready.

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. Prices have definitely gone up in 2011 as depicted in the anecdotal chart below. There is no such thing as a uniform price. And of course there are always outliers.

Startup 336

Startup Pricing Technical Review Marketing 336

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2010

Like 2009 (and 2008), Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft are pushing their motion-controlled products on an all-too-eager public. You’re in for a fantastic 2010-2011 gaming year. PAC-Man grew to become a cultural icon, a game that would change the face of gaming, spawning new versions for nearly every platform released during last 30 years.

Screening 58

Screening Platform Product Technology 58

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Although they'd been around for three years and run out of money, we noticed in 2008 that mobile donations reached a record in the U.S. Email is becoming ineffective, and by 2011 there will be three times more smart phones than computers. It was the first year that mobile donations outpaced online giving, with over 500,000 donations.

Mobile 162

Mobile Web Startup Customer 162

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 22, 2012

WePay was founded in 2008 by Bill Clerico and Rich Aberman and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. The company was founded in 2008 but launched publicly in March 2010. BusinessWeek named Bill and Rich two of the Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs of 2011. When was it launched? Key features and how does it work?

Startup 71

Startup Tool Capital Customer 71

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 159 in 2011. Even though the Initial Public Offering (IPO) alternative for a successful startup seems to be coming back into vogue, it is relatively rare. After a record low of 39 U.S.

Entrepreneur 95

Entrepreneur Startup Report Summary 95

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I said, “It’s much easier now than it was in 2008/09.&# And time is the enemy of all deals so start sooner rather than later, as anybody who was planning to raise in October 2008 will tell you. That happened a lot in 2002 and again in 2008. Vultures will start circling looking for deals. That’s a fact.

Pricing 309

Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

Daradiction

JULY 22, 2013

In 2008 I met Kris Krug. We share several auspiciously random overlapping networks, and since 2008 our friendship has blossomed into a deep personal friendship and working collaboration. The first we did in 2011 is what got me to start up jazz guitar lessons, and the posse noted my progress.

San Diego 76

San Diego Conference Startup Class 76

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. CEO hinted to WSJ that it may go public in early 2011.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

The market is over-valued in 2011 relative to norms. As anyone raising money in April 2000, September 2001 or September 2008 can tell you that. It doesn’t feel like that in February 2011. Today’s $15 million pre-money valuation might be tomorrow’s $20 million. But more likely it will be $10 million.

Help 303

Help Startup Competition Framework 303

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

is already well above the dot.com bubble of 15 years ago, although we have slipped a bit this year from the high point of 320 new entrepreneurs out of 100,000 adults in 2011. Almost 20% of young women now aspire to run their own business today as entrepreneurs (15% in 2008), according to a recent poll by The Telegraph.

Startup 109

Startup Entrepreneur Social Media Satisfaction 109

socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2016

That worked well enough, we did another class in 2008 with another 10 companies, and in 2009 we expanded to Boston. One could argue that in 2010, 2011, and 2012, that growth was in the video and entertainment area. We started in Boulder, Colorado, all the way back in 2007, with just ten companies.

Startup 100

Startup Los Angeles Mentor Class 100

Xconomy

JULY 10, 2016

When Xconomy came to San Diego in 2008, he also readily volunteered to help our editorial mission as an Xconomist. ). PerkinElmer acquired Caliper in 2011 in a deal valued at $600 million.). “I After completing his MBA in 1985, Bock joined a now-defunct venture firm in Costa Mesa, CA.

San Diego 40

San Diego Startup Avalon Venture Capital 40

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

I myself coined the term ENIFA (everyone now is a f **g angel) in 2011 but it didn’t stick as well as the term Unicorn did. ” I found myself nodding through all of it with quotes like, “Seed investing is the status symbol of Silicon Valley,” said Sam Altman. I was trying to cheekily suggest that it was the new status symbol.

Angel 150

Angel Startup Seed Funding Invest 150

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. In 2008, Mitch was named Canada’s Most Influential Male in Social Media, one of the top 100 online marketers in the world, and was awarded the highly prestigious Canada’s Top 40 Under 40.

Los Angeles 75

Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 75

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 2009. I obviously don’t have a crystal ball so the economy could fare better than my gut, but here’s why I’m cautious for some time in 2010 or early 2011: Why is the future still so unpredictable?

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Startup Funding Technical Review 269

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2011

In addition, due to Sarbanes-Oxley and other regulations, accounting costs have gone up an estimated four times for all businesses, and 2008-2009 represented the worst IPO market in forty years. As of January 2011, there are a staggering 1.2 Rates around the world are still going down, while U.S.

Help 92

Help Technical Review Patents Startup 92

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 7, 2013

So they skipped over those steps of the value chain, and purchased Android in 2005 (launched in 2008) to backwards integrate to the OS layer. It’s not publicly known exactly when Google began developing Chrome and Chromium, but it must have been late 2006 or early 2007 since Chrome launched in September 2008.

Google 92

Google Web .Net Yahoo 92

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2011

Clark Benson: I founded the company in 2008, and we took a little over a year to launch. Our growth has been steady from month-to-month, and has just started to ramp up heavily in 2011. We were in closed beta for a while, and launched in August of 2009. What have you learned so far in getting the site up and running?

Startup 195

Startup Platform Sites Java 195

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. In 2008, Mitch was named Canada’s Most Influential Male in Social Media, one of the top 100 online marketers in the world, and was awarded the highly prestigious Canada’s Top 40 Under 40.

Los Angeles 49

Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 49