socalTECH

AUGUST 23, 2012

Department of Energy from May 2009 until November 2011, and prior to that was Chief Scientist at BP focused on renewable energy. The company said that its board now includes 12 members. Koonin was Undersecretary for Science at the U.S. He also served as a professor of theoretical physics at Caltech from 1975 until 2006.

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Thousand Oaks CalTech Marketing Develop 133

Daradiction

DECEMBER 29, 2011

2011 was a BIG year for me. My business partner and I launched CitySourced Sept 2009, so we’ve been at it for just over two years now. Saving the best for last, 2011 also got me into a very consistent meditation practice that gave me the energy and focus to generate these results. Vancouver Left. Meditation.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The group says that so far, from 2009 to 2011, it accepted 23 companies, of which 19 received funding worth a total of $80M; the accelerator said that the nine companies acquired exceeds $60M in proceeds.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 4, 2020

has a history with Tony, as he became an investor in the company in 2013, and built a lasting friendship with us as the Tech.co Tony was also our neighbor for 8 years in downtown Las Vegas, where the company grew its homebase and hosted monthly events for locals and visitors from around the world, with Hsieh’s Downtown Project.

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Commerce Statistics Customer Custom 206

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Coming off a very successful exit with Networks in Motion at the end of 2009, 2010 has been a very exciting year for several of my companies, Socialvibe, 2tor, Leadpoint, Webvisible and Impact Radius. These companies have all experienced growth and we're expecting substantial value creation in 2011. Stay tuned.

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Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Southern California 234

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2011

He says that you should never consider a public offering unless you are confident that the company will deliver increasing profits and revenue after the offering, so that the public buyer can anticipate a gain. If the company is growing like crazy and has only a modest income stream, the answer is probably yes. How’s the timing?

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Social Media Media Draper Startup 89

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Several teams disassembled themselves, joining other teams as well as one new company surfaced off in the corner with no one seeming to notice. I’d personally heard of Startup Weekend back when it got started in 2007 out in Boulder but only attended my first Startup Weekend in late 2009.

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

It was 2009 and it was terribly difficult to get any financing (if you can remember a time like that!) By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically. By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically. Companies were getting funded more easily and many more companies were actually being created.

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Venture Capital Startup Idealab Funding 290

socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2010

In an interview with Mason Wylie , SVP of Marketing, and Gary Cooperman , CFO of the firm, the two executives explained that the restructuring came because the firm decided to set its sight on bigger companies. How does the firm hope to attract more large brand advertisers?

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Beverly Hills Funding Advertising SoCalTech 165

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. DEAL OF THE WEEK: Gilt Groupe – We both admired this company. Greycroft is an early-stage VC.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 1, 2011

That’s how it felt then and a bit how it feels in May 2011. But they weren’t there in 2009 when you were up late nights shitting yourself whether you really were smart for pursuing this idea. And 18 months later, in May 2011, I have crossed 422,000 views. I agreed to finance a company today. I did that?

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Startup Blogging Venture Capital Writing 391

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

It’s why the first company I ever invested in as a VC – Invoca – just announced a $20 million funding by Accel Partners. The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. source: Harris Interactive IM Shopping Poll (August 2009)). Much more data in the full post.

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Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The company’s CEO, Brendon McQueen, graduated from Columbia with 12 loans that totaled over $120,000. Less Neglect helps companies reduce churn, upsell users, and increase customer acquisition rates. The founders previously ran another company together. They have tackled eight unique challenges,” said Teller.

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GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

David Carter and Allen Hurff are two startup veterans, who believe they have a new formula to help create early stage, technology companies, through their new "startup studio", Zuma Ventures (www.zumavc.com). We sat down with David and Allen to learn more about how the company wants to change how startups are created.

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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?

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Venture Capital Startup Funding Technical Review 269

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

I’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on the skills I’ve developed in my career. In the latter cases many companies (Flickr, Delicious, Blogger, Writely in 05-08 and lately Invite Media, Aardvark, Dodgeball, etc.) So where are we now? It’s hard to say.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

A number of companies in the portfolio delivered very strong operating results in 2010, which is exciting. Also, we had an investment in a company that went public this year, BroadSoft, which is one of 2010's best-performing IPOs. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year? 2010 was very good to us. 1) Mobile web.

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Technical Review Southern California Cloud Computing Venture Capital 160

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

I’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on my background. In the latter case many companies (Flickr, Delicious, Blogger, Writely, etc.) If 2011 & 2012 look like 2010 then the current crop of angel investors will look great. So where are we now?

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 5, 2012

In 2009 Jed created a Google doc to track the seed accelerators. By mid-2011 he noted, “As seed accelerators have exploded in number world-wide, it’s become nearly impossible to keep this (Google Doc) working.” We are actually giving the companies money, rather than taking money from them. ”

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Startup Incubator Doc Mentor 270

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. And stop effing around trying to create a product company.&#. If you really want to do a product business then hire a professional manager for your services company, quit that job and focus 100% on your product company. You’re a small fish.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Most recently, Nimble was accepted into Microsoft's Accelerator, aimed at taking companies and scaling them through Microsoft relationships. We caught up with Jon about the company's entry into Microsoft's Accelerator, and also got his thoughts on how the world is different this time around for his latest CRM startup. Explain that?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

Example: if a VC is on their fourth $200 million fund that they just raised in 2009 then you might hear them talk about $800 million under management. For example, my firm, GRP Partners, has a $200 million fund that was closed in March 2009 and we have 4 investment partners. Why does vintage matter to you? Maybe even less.

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Venture Capital Funding Invest GRP Partners 269

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 9, 2012

In November 2011, Google’s spring clean saw a number of services shut down like Knol, Friend Connect and Google Wave. It’s now outdated, so we’re turning off Chatback and encouraging websites to use the Meebo bar , from an instant message company recently acquired by Google.

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Google Technical Support RSS Web 68

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. Shani Higgins joined Technorati in 2007 to lead strategy and day to day operations for the company¹s advertising sales, business development and the Technorati Media advertising network. Jace Hall is the President and founder of HDFILMS INC.

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Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 75

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. Shani Higgins joined Technorati in 2007 to lead strategy and day to day operations for the company¹s advertising sales, business development and the Technorati Media advertising network. Jace Hall is the President and founder of HDFILMS INC.

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Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 49

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Model Home, LLC, a model purchase/lease back company that worked with some of the biggest names in the home building industry, and was riding the high of housing market boom until the 2006 real estate market crash. So in 2009, he created a skill game similar to the board game “Memory” aimed at helping people sell their homes.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 13, 2012

Kian Saneii: What we have is a platform that helps all sorts of channel partners, including family members, assisted living facilities, home care and home health providers, and even insurance companies, help the elderly to stay home longer and more comfortably. What's the story behind the company? What's the story behind the company?

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Software Review Cloud Computing Startup Technical Review 140

Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

She’s also an advisor and connector to portfolio companies, and consults other angel groups to develop business plans. She began her career as an engineer at Cisco Systems and later cofounded a mobile gaming company. Ashley Bowling, Founding Member of NextGen Venture Partners. Joanne Chen, Partner at Foundation Capital.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Entrepreneur 70

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2011

How did your company get its initial funding? We were a TechStars 2009 company, and we have raised 1M since “graduating&# the program. Every company shifts focus. It’s rare that we make drastic “pivots&# because that, to me, is a desperate move of a company in trouble. How big is your team?

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Startup Social Media Entrepreneur Framework 58

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Tech Law Tip of the Week: explanation of a frequently-asked IP law question for tech companies. Her forthcoming publication, On Privacy: Liberty in the Digital Revolution (Spring 2011), grapples with impacts of individual behavior online on our legal rights to privacy. Collins radio show and the award-winning "Lawyer2Lawyer" podcast.

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IP Social Network Technical Review Networking 81

socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2016

What types of companies will be part of Techstars LA? The companies really are at the discretion of the managing director and team on the types and focus areas of the companies who will be included. We started in Boulder, Colorado, all the way back in 2007, with just ten companies. billion combined. Startups are hard.

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Startup Los Angeles Mentor Class 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2012

These indicate that the correct icon for an entrepreneur may now have gray hair, rather than the warm glow of youth: The number of Baby Boomers starting a business from 1996 to 2011 rose nearly 7 percent, while the start-up rate by those aged 20 to 44 fell about 5 percent. These trends seem likely to persist.

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Startup Technical Review Technical Support Study 112

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 6, 2014

To get some up to speed, Rap Genius , as a team and company have upheld a reputation as anomalies in the tech world. Beginning with hip hop in 2009, they’ve since included different genre verticals into their model with rock, poetry, news, even bible. Rap Genius, Black Sheeps of Tech. ” Empowering Artists.

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Startup Mobile Entertainment Sites 93

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2011

I sold that company, eCRUSH, which operated espin.com, to Hearst at the end of 2006. Clark Benson: I founded the company in 2008, and we took a little over a year to launch. We were in closed beta for a while, and launched in August of 2009. What lessons did you learn at your last company which you're applying here?

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Startup Platform Sites Java 195

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Despite the third-quarter funding drop, though, funding for the full year still looks to be higher than it was in 2009. billion invested during the same three-month period in 2009, according to the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). Move your company to China, India, or Israel. Marty Zwilling.

Venture Capital 90

Venture Capital Capital Startup Summary 90

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2012

Youtube.com, 48 hours of uploads every minute and three billion views daily, according to Youtube.com’s official blog in May of 2011. Again in 2009, sales of all pocket camcorders were just over $2 billion world-wide, growing 21% in unit sales to 13.6 Camera companies have figured out how to record your adventures.

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Startup Content Design Organization 65

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.

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