socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2011

The report, based on data from January 2008 to 2009, found the Los Angeles Area had 23 percent of green employment in the state, and 22 percent of green businesses. According to data released by the group, job employment in the green sector grew three times faster than total employment in California, accounting for 174,000 jobs.

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Report San Diego Study Research 212

socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2011

A new study released last night finds that Silicon Valley venture capitalists have gained significant confidence from last quarter. The index has been rising more or less steadily since a low in Q4 of 2008.

Southern California 160

Southern California Study Mobile Report 160

socalTECH

DECEMBER 2, 2010

billion from 2008 to 2009, according to a report released this week. The study said California's largest export areas were in semiconductors ($10.4 California's technology exports fell in 2009, dropping by $8.0 billion) and computers and peripherals ($9.7 billion).

High Tech 150

High Tech Study Report Technology 150

socalTECH

MAY 4, 2011

NeuroVigil's technology is based on research from the Salk Instutute for Biological Studies. NeuroVigil has previously raised seed funding from DFJ Frontier, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and Zone Ventures, which invested $250K in the firm when it won the 2008 DFJ Venture Challenge. The firm was founded by Dr. Philip Low.

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Funding Zone Ventures Draper Seed Funding 133

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 26, 2008

Tuesday, December 2, 2008 -- LAVA Holiday Party and PwC "Shaking the MoneyTree". Please join LAVA, PricewaterhouseCoopers and a distinguished panel of industry experts and local VCs for their insights on the results of the Q3 2008. The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States.

LAVA 100

LAVA Study Venture Capital Press 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 -- Shaking the MoneyTree. Please join LAVA, PricewaterhouseCoopers and a distinguished panel of industry experts and local VCs for their insights on the results of the Q2 2008 PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree Report based on data from Thomson Reuters.

LAVA 100

LAVA Study Venture Capital Press 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 4, 2009

Please join LAVA, PricewaterhouseCoopers and a distinguished panel of industry experts and local VCs for their insights on the results of the Q4 2008 PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree Report based on data from Thomson Reuters. See [link] (more).

LAVA 100

LAVA Study Venture Capital Press 100

Xconomy

AUGUST 31, 2016

Roger Tsien, a UC San Diego scientist who shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry for research that led to the development of fluorescent proteins used to illuminate tissue and track biological processes, has died, according to a statement from the university. Various Fluorescing Proteins.

San Diego 72

San Diego UCSD Avalon Study 72

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

A study of online search terms, released this week by comScore, is finding that the turmoil in the financial market is not only taking its toll on consumer's pocketbooks, but also their online search behavior. comScore is a firm that tracks online web traffic and ecommerce.

Report 100

Report Study Web Marketing 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 -- Going "Green": Why should you care? James will be giving on overview of "Green" Perspectives, touching on Key External Drivers, how Going "Green" will enhance stakeholder value, discuss potential pitfalls and share with us a Case Study in Going "Green". Presented by James C. See [link] (more).

Case Study 100

Case Study Study 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Friday, November 7, 2008 -- 3rd Annual Stem Cell Meeting on the Mesa. This one-day event will include sessions among top researchers from the consortium (UCSD, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Burnham Institute for Medical Research and the Scripps Research Insitute) along with several biotechnology companies from the region.

UCSD 100

UCSD Research Study Company 100

InfoChachkie

MAY 12, 2014

Benedikt Scholz is an exceptional student whom I had the pleasure of instructing when he recently studied at UC Santa Barbara. Before arriving in Santa Barbara, he had already launched his first startup, Rooming , which helps college students manage their living accommodations while studying abroad or interning. Meeting Adam Cheyer.

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Entrepreneur Santa Barbara Email Startup 211

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 31, 2008

Thursday, November 6, 2008 -- So you want to start a company. Favorito will present a business case study on QuantumSphere, and you'll get to hear first-hand from Maloney about starting and growing a company. Essentials of Company Formation. If you've ever thought about becoming an entrepreneur, this program is for you.

Company 100

Company Companies Case Study UCI 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 -- Transitioning to Lean-Agile: Changing the Organization. Join us for a panel presentation and discussion of real-world case studies about the organizational change in roles and responsibilities that occurred at two of San Diego’s premier companies on the way to becoming more lean and agile.

Organization 100

Organization Case Study Study Software 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 -- RFID Hands on Workshop. Industrially relevant RFID case studies and their results will also be presented. Faculty and researchers from UCLA-WINMEC RFID Lab who have been working on RFID for several years, will address these and other issues that arise in the process of using RFID for the enterprise.

UCLA 100

UCLA Case Study Knowledge Base Study 100

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

I studied cognitive science, the study of the brain, as an undergraduate. An example of that is we have built in daily tips, which we have put together after going through 17,000 medical studies on what to do to reduce early memory loss. How did you end up starting the site? Was it diffcult to translate the science into games?

Study 252

Study Startup Design Tips 252

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

There were no unicorns in sight on April 14th, 2008 when Kevin O'Connor, my Partner Jim Andelman and I met Twilio's Founder and CEO, Jeff Lawson. A true Internet Pioneer, by 2008, Kevin had already founded or co-founded two Unicorns in his own right, DoubleClick (sold to Google $3.1 billion) and ISS (sold to IBM $1.3 billion).

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

Xconomy

AUGUST 17, 2016

Avelas licensed its core technology from the UC San Diego lab of Roger Tsien, who shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein. The Phase 1b study also determined a preferred dose for the next stage in the study. Carmine Stengone.

Avalon 40

Avalon San Diego Study Invest 40

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

And so it happened that between 2000-2008 I was the biggest buzz kill at dinner parties. Remember it was only 2008 where Microsoft and even Google were laying off employees. Most of my MBA classes were a waste (since I had studied economics as an undergrad) but one totally changed my thinking. Many may simply hit the wall.

Invest 299

Invest Angel Technical Review Venture Capital 299

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2013

Earlier this year, a new study “ 2013 Business Outlook Survey: A New Reality Of Cautious Optimism ” was published by EKS&H. Here are some financial planning areas of emphasis derived from multiple studies: Better cash flow controls. Even though it has been a long haul, it’s nice to see some optimism surfacing in 2013.

Study 78

Study Tips Entrepreneur Guide 78

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

The rise of couponing in late 2008 coincided with the recession of the late 2000s;” this factor combined with an increased consumer interest in mobile technology and devices led to an unprecedented decline in print media. Statistics from 2008 show that digital couponing has rapidly grown but has yet to outpace paper coupons.

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2012

Michael Witz: We've been building smaller, lightweight games on the Facebook platform since early 2008. We're studying how Zynga has been successful, and I think a large part of that success has been their ability to take and analyze the structure and data that flows through their games. That's a really critical piece.

IP 217

IP PHP Design Startup 217

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2016

We came together in 2008, to focus on digital content. There are lots of studies that show that friends who show each other content, are five times more likely to engage with the brand they have been introduced to, compared with a brand that was not recommended by friends. We look at it as having two parts.

Media 100

Media Content News SEO 100

socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2019

We got a relatively large client in 2008, after three years of chugging along, and that's when we knew that was the business we should be focusing on. Ryan Disraeli: I was studying business with an emphasis on entrepreneurship. Telesign, slowly over the years, became the one that really took off. What were you majoring in?

Marina Del Rey 113

Marina Del Rey Software Review Startup Incubator 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2016

His latest study breaks the online consumer audience into the following four categories, based on their level of comfort with sharing personal information, likes, and needs online: High-comfort consumers – 12 percent. Norton, Ph.D.,

Social Media 53

Social Media Tool Anthem Google 53

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

As of today, I will have published an article here for entrepreneurs and startups every day for the last 1001 days, since I started Startup Professionals Musings near the close of 2008. Studies show that anyone can be an entrepreneur, but many won’t be happy as entrepreneurs. I’m sure you know what I mean.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur Startup Blogging Social Media 96

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

It was the fall of 2008, when Lehman Bros. I studied it, and very much enjoyed it, but by the time I got to my fourth year of school, I figured out I really didn't want to be that engineer in the lab, designing microprocessors. Jennifer Sargent: We did our initial fundraising in the fall of 2008, and launched in January of 2009.

News 173

News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

DB: My service was up in August of 2008, and I moved back to the U.S. Not to mention this was August of 2008, about a month before the economic collapse. MM: What did you study? And I realized that technology was bringing us closer. MM: What happened next? I was the definition of a non-traditional student.

Training 98

Training UCLA Technology IP 98

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

First off the two prezis and then the case study material (i used ERPLY as inspiration). While Google fights on the edges, Amazon is attacking their core - Chris Dixon , May 22, 2010 Google is fighting battles on almost every front: social networking, mobile operating systems, web browsers, office apps, and so on.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

Post 2008, LPs abhor illiquidity. Especially, since we are in SoCal and not in San Francisco, where although we've had some great companies lately, there are not as many case studies of what a company could be. When I talk to LPs, that's always the one or two major pain points of the asset class they talk about.

Southern California 113

Southern California Capital Funding Invest 113

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

After studying journalism at Northwestern University, she was as an interactive producer for the advertising agency Venables Bell & Partners and worked as a digital strategist for Ogilvy PR. . Emily Goligoski Federatedmedia.net. . . Greg Cargill bigMETHOD.com. .

Social Media 75

Social Media Social Network Media Writing 75

socalTECH

JULY 23, 2009

Another thing is the ROI studies we've had done outside our firm by Nucleus Research. Those independent ROI studies show a very, immediate payback on getting this kind of software. We just hired our 40th employee--at the beginning of 2008, we had thirteen, so in a year and a half, we've tripled our employees.

Startup 124

Startup Software Review CTO Hire Oracle 124

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Co-founded DigiSynd, which was acquired by Disney in 2008. Early 20s: Studied EE and went to business school at age 23. Prior to Sphero, Rob was SVP of Global Creative at Disney Interactive, the digital entertainment and games segment of The Walt Disney Company. Started Disney Interactive Labs. Millions of followers on Twitter.

Fractional VPE 40

Fractional VPE Entertainment SaaS Social Media 40

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

It’s true this was much bigger in the dot com era but I’ve studied the data and know that over the past decade these numbers are right. 2008 App ecosystem on iOS = $0. Most top tier VCs return about 3x invested capital and outlier funds (the best of a vintage) might return 6-8x. billion each, $7.5 hours / day.

Venture Capital 374

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Invest Funding 374

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. So I was intrigued when I read Thomas Friedmans’s Op Ed in December 2008 about the need to Reboot America. At the time he granted me permission to write about his story. I hope that didn’t have a stature of limitation!

Technical Review 282

Technical Review Startup High Tech Software Review 282

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

That said, the founders only committed to the project fulltime in 2008, when traffic hit over 1 million visit a month. While studying at university, one of the founders had a girlfriend who lived in another city. When was it launched? Our original German site, mitfahrgelegenheit.de , was founded as a student project in 2001.

Training 82

Training Marketing Competition Platform 82

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2008

We did market studies, talked to customers, and launched a prototype in 2006, launching the company in 2008. One of those opportunities, from a business perspective, was that taking goods to a reader, or bringing readers to goods, is a flawed operational paradigm.

Technical Review 113

Technical Review Innocal Technology Software Review 113