Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2013

01% that means before even mid week arrives this startup company will have at least 18,511 people who will not only know this founders brand, but will have clicked over to the website. YouTube was not a hobby; it meant sales, it meant building customer relationships, it meant managing product inquires. If we apply that.01%

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Dollar Shave Club Custom Customer Marketing 101

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

I started my first company in 1999 and was admittedly swept up in all of this: Magazine covers, fancy conferences, artificial valuations and easy money. In those years I learned to properly build product, price products, sell products and serve customers. Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC.

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Venture Capital Startup LAMP Marketing 466

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Tealium, a San-Diego startup that provides online advertising tag management and marketing services for enterprise customers, has raised $35 million in a growth financing deal intended to expand its technology and market reach. The company’s workforce has grown to about 270, including 80 in San Diego.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2010

Pasadena-based software-as-a-service developer Central Desktop reported today that the firm had 44 percent, year-over-year growth, and boosted its staff by 50 percent in 2009, as a result of demand for the firm's online project collaboration tools. The firm said its customers now include such companies as Netflix, U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

But what IS the right amount of burn for a company? Burn rate in case you don’t know is the amount of money a company is either spending (gross) or losing (net) per month. (it Conversely if you’re burning $600,000 per month (yes, some companies do) then you only have 5 months of cash left. Gross Burn vs. Net Burn.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Thursday, February 26, 2009 -- Video Games Industry 2009. The question is not whether there is an opportunity in the video game space; rather, the issue is which one to choose. This Panel of gaming media, operational and development experts will share their views on the industry's evolution.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 9, 2009

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 -- The MIT Enterprise Forum of the Central Coast Presents: Last Customer Standing - How to Market to the Federal Government. In times of economic trouble, when private companies are cutting spending and state governments cannot pay their vendors, the U.S.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Zingle, a startup whose software is used by hospitality, travel, and retail industries to more easily and quickly connect with their customers via messaging, has been acquired for about $42 million in cash by Medallia, a publicly traded software company in San Francisco. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Software Startup Satisfaction Customer 95

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

According to YAPI, it will use the new funding to build out its account management, customer success, and R&D teams, plus bolster existing sales and marketing. The company said it has been adding more dental offices to its platform than any other period in its nine-year history, despite the pandemic, with its strongest quarter in Q2.

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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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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Thursday, February 26, 2009 -- "Video Games Industry 2009: New Opportunities" TCOSC. The question is not whether there is an opportunity in the video game space; rather, the issue is which one to choose. This Panel of gaming media, operational and development experts will share their views on the industry's evolution.

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Technology Council TCOSC Southern California Media 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

Thursday night was the unveiling of the newest batch of Launchpad LA companies. The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to. Have a look at the companies below. Watch this space.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Shoes Of Prey , a fashion startup which allows women to custom order shoes to their specifications, has raised $15M in a Series B funding, and set up shop in Santa Monica, according to the company. The company was founded by Michael Fox, Mike Knapp and Jodie Fox in Sydney in 2009. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

<== Our conclusion was that this isn’t a temporary blip that will swiftly trend-back up in a V-shaped recovery of valuations but rather represented a new normal on how the market will price these companies somewhat permanently. First in late-stage tech companies and then it will filter back to Growth and then A and ultimately Seed Rounds.

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Venture Capital Marketing Technical Review Seed Funding 416

socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Thin Line--formed in partnership with LA's Wavemaker Partners--is hoping to take advantage of the growth in the clean technology market to find startups able to tapping into those now established markets, without the huge investment requirements of those first wave of clean technology companies. Lots has changed since 2009.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

It’s a special mix of entrepreneur and company, regular in every respect except for having the courage and foresight to make an idea happen that was supposed to be impossible. There are many others, like the classic book about Ratan Tata bringing out the Nano car way back in 2009 in India for less than $2,500.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

One of the companies recognized in Qualcomm's QPrize annual business plan competition has scored a series A funding, four years after being named a finalist in the Qualcomm effort. Singapore-based Capillary Technologies , a developer of mobile customer relationship management (CRM) tools, said it has raised $15.5M

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

The privately held firm did not disclose its revenues, however, the firm has previously been reported to have had revenues of between $50-100M in revenues in 2011, and $15-20M in revenues in 2009. The firm provides edge network services to help deliver content from such customers as Twitter, Pinterest, Sony, and Hulu to end users.

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Steamboat Ventures Santa Monica Hulu Content 240

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2020

For example, you may think that disruptive smartphones were an overnight sensation, but in reality, it took huge investments by several different companies starting in 1992, including IBM, Apple, and Google, before the market really took off in 2007. Target viable customer segments overlooked by competitors.

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Startup Artificial Inteligence Examples Google 129

socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2019

Disraeli also recently was appointed as CEO of the company. How did the company start? We started focusing on that, and at the time we were doing only phone verification, but then we started adding in data analytics because of customer demand, we added in some other things like straight messaging rather than pin codes.

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Marina Del Rey Software Review Startup Incubator 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , the provider of cloud-based talent management software for the enterprise, and human resources management outsourcer ADP , said today that they have expanded an existing strategic alliance between the companies to target small businesses. Financial details of the strategic alliance were not announced.

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Cornerstone OnDemand Santa Monica Outsource Resource 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

Since 2009 we’ve been in an unequivocal bull market. And as I always assert, “Great companies are built in downturns. It’s when the noise stops and you can actually get customer attention, press articles and VC meetings. And it’s when mediocre companies get pulverized.”

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Marketing Case Study Metrics Sales 354

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2013

Convetro , the online advertising targeting and optimization technology developer headed by serial entrepreneur Jeff Zwelling, has raised $5M in a Series B funding round, the company said this morning. Convertro raised $5M in a Series A in 2009. The firm is based in Santa Monica. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Monica Advertising Equity Entrepreneur 147

socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2013

GameFly had filed suit in 2009 saying that the preferential treatment by the USPS to Netflix and Blockbuster was unfair to the company, resulting in high breakage rates and other issues. Postal Service, after a U.S. appeals court ruled that the the Post Office unfairly gave Netflix and Blockbuster special services in sorting DVDs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2020

It’s important to note slippage indicators, including less internal feedback on requirements to fight competitors, and more focus inward than outward on customers needs and trends. Assess many change initiatives have come to fruition from your team, visit a couple of key customers and listen for future needs, and study your newest competitor.

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Metrics Training Satisfaction IBM 122

socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2011

The firm said the amount is the highest ever in company history, and was a $2.4 billion increase in its sales over 2009. The company is privately held, and was founded by John Tu and David Sun. Kingston said demand from both corporate customers and consumers was strong.

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Technology Demand Pricing Sales 140

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

Last week, Pasadena-based Punchcard (www.punchcard.com) launched its mobile apps, which help local retailers provide rewards to loyal customers. It provides consumer rewards, and on the merchant side, it allows them to identify local customers and reacquire them by pushing them offers and incentives to come back. What is Punchcard?

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Southern California Idealab Startup Customer 245

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? READ MORE>>.

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Beverly Hills Funding Advertising SoCalTech 165

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. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2016

There has been a lot of worry recently in the high tech industry and from venture investors about "headwinds" in the technology market, particularly with valuations of "unicorn" companies dropping, investors shying away from investing in rounds, and even employees looking for safer jobs. The company was eventually acquired by LinkedIn for $1.5

Southern California 100

Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Technical Review SoCal 100

socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2019

One Los Angeles company, ZestFinance (www.zestfinance.com), has been working in this area for a few years. We caught up with Jay Budzik , the CTO of ZestFinance, to better understand how the company is applying machine learning techniques to the world of lending, and what the advantage of machine learning is to that industry.

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Artificial Inteligence Tool CIO Custom 113

socalTECH

MAY 19, 2011

The new service puts Google into the same space as such local companies as LeadPoint , LowerMyBills , Oversee's Low.com , and others. According to Google's FAQ for Google Advisor, it is not yet collecting referral fees for its listings for all categories; however, it did say it is getting paid by mortgage lenders for referrals from customers.

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Google Product FAQ Marketing 180

socalTECH

MAY 22, 2012

According to Alliance Entertainment, Audiolife's founders will remain in Los Angeles, but the company will be moving its fulfillment operations to Shepherdsville, Kentucky. Audiolife was founded in 2009. Alliance provides fulfillment of CDs, DVDs, video games, and other merchandise to music retailers.

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Entertainment Van Nuys Tech Coast Angels Acquisition 138

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). It’s why the first company I ever invested in as a VC – Invoca – just announced a $20 million funding by Accel Partners. People don’t want to speak to customer service reps. Not so fast.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

San Diego-based Verve Wireless is reporting tonight that the firm served up 100 million mobile news pages per month in 2009, up 160% year over year. The firm attributed the growth in news page views to local media partners, who have recently been signing up to the company's white label mobile application product. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 8, 2009

This is a great presentation and one that I'm going to point out to startup / early stage company CEOs. This kind of a simple model also helps: Define the early proof points for the company. Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp, Sept 2009) View more documents from Dave McClure. We need to make sure we have these numbers.

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Metrics Startup Web 2.0 Slides 225

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 15, 2009

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 -- Expanding Business with Social Media. Social media is rapidly changing the way companies do business. See [link] (more).

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