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AUGUST 18, 2016

Santa Barbara-based InTouch Health announced this morning that it is expanding into the tele-physician services market, and has acquired AcuteCare Telemedicine. AcuteCare Telemedicine was based in Atlanta, Georgia, and was founded in 2009. InTouch Health said the acquisition will help it extend its offerings. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. There are now signs the VC market has gathered pace meaning it’s a great time to be fund raising.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Launched in beta July last year in Oakland, San Francisco, Dealflicks is a price line for movie tickets and gives movie tickets and concessions for up to 60% off to help theaters get butts in their seats. Zachary Cancio (CTO, co-founder) Duke ECE/CS 2009. Loves to follow financial market, huge Boston celtics fan. 3rd Startup.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

The Medallia (NYSE: MDLA ) IPO earlier this year was one of a number of successful public market debuts by companies offering cloud-based software, often dubbed software-as-a-service. Businesses use the company’s software tools to help monitor customer satisfaction.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2013

The firm said the funding came from Bessemer Venture Partners and DAG Ventures, and will go towards sales and marketing. Convertro develops a non-cookie-based tracking technology that helps marketers better track and analyze their customers, and helps to better target and optimize ad campaigns. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2014

Goldberg was previously Chief Strategy Officer for the company, and has been an advisory board member for the company since it was founded in 2009. The company helps major sporting teams and others fill unsold seats, while providing great deals for consumers. ScoreBig is venture backed by Bain Capital Ventures, U.S. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

. “This acquisition provides Jam City with access to leading creative talent in one of the fastest growing and most exciting tech markets in the world.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

ReachLocal said it would pay approximately $10M for DealOn Media LLC, which offers up local deals businesses in 18 markets across the U.S., DealOn was founded in 2009. ReachLocal said it would use the buy to help it become the premier source of deals from local merchants to publishers.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Calabasas-based network testing equipment developer Ixia said today that it is targeting the LTE testing market, with its Ixia IxLoad product. According to Ixia, it is looking to help mobile carriers maintain and safeguard their network infrastructure, by allowing those providers to prototype those real-world networks in the lab.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

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. can help to get everyone outside the box. Innovators pay close attention to the early warning signs that precede major cultural, societal, and market shifts. or “So what?” Marty Zwilling.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

The company--which develops software-as-a-service which helps local businesses manage scheduling, staff management, point of sale, ecommerce, marketing, and more--said the funding came from Bessemer Venture Partners, Institutional Venture Partners, Catalyst Investors, W Capital Partners and Montreux Equity Partners.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2013

It is YouTube marketing at its best. Years before Hello Flo’s “The Camp Gyno” video existed, in 2009, Orabrush, a tongue cleaner company, was setting the precedent for what would be how to make a million dollars in ecommerce sales utilizing YouTube marketing. Here is a YouTube marketing case study they did.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

The speaks to the continued confidence in the venture capital markets and as I had predicted some time ago the VC markets right now are a great place to invest – especially relative to other places to put one’s money. Many people have helped us along the way with guidance, mentorship, introductions and advice.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Morphlabs said that BroadBand Tower has been using its platform since late 2009. The two companies said the investment and strategic partnership will help them accelerate business expansion into the global market and the enterprise cloud computing market. Morphlabs is headed by serial entrepreneur Winston Damarillo.

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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. You'd be surprised to find out where in Santa Barbara, Goleta, and the surrounding areas your startup's location could help you access government set-aside contracts.

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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!) and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. It turns out it actually takes time to build a high-growth business with differentiated intellectual property and roll out large, enterprise-class marketing solutions. I helps me be even longer in the positions I am still in.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Please help share this widely so that more women become aware of this important resource that is being run nationally. Dan talks about a landmark case in 2009 that involved whether it was legal to strip search a 13-year-old girl. But nothing causes one to stand up and doing something faster than being beaten in the market.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Interested in getting some help in getting your startup off the ground and funded? 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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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 -- Strategy to Execution in These Trying Times Speaker: Barbara Nelson from Pragmatic Marketing Good strategy helps you filter out bad tactics so you can focus on whats most important to your long-term viability in the market. See [link] (more).

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There are too many deals to look at, too many seed funds or angels asking you to look at deals and weekly “demo days” with manicured and monocultural presentations crafted by experienced story tellers to help even the mundane idea sound like it will. One needs to be in during bull markets and bear markets.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2010

The firms said the deal would help Cogent accelerate its growth and reach in the market. The companies said that publicly held Cogent had approximately $130M in revenue in 2009, and employs approximately 500. According to 3M and Cogent, 3M is acquiring Cogent for $10.50 3M was advised by J.P.

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socalTECH

MAY 24, 2010

BakBone did not say how many employees were affected, but said the move would help it focus on its core storage and data protection markets. Bakbone had said in May of 2009 that it would pay $15.9M BakBone said it will be closing its entire division, and record an impairment charge of $12.6M in cash and stock for ColdSpark.

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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

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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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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 18, 2009

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 -- PCNLA Alternative Finance Conference. PCNLA MAIN EVENT - Sources of Capital and Preparation in a Down Market Demystifying the Capital Process to help companies understand where to find and how to acquire funding. See [link] (more).

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socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2010

Irvine-based WebVisible , the provider of local online marketing services to small and mid-sized businesses, said today that it has big hiring plans, and is looking to hire 50 people for sales positions at the firm.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 -- How to prosper when others are failing. Join TechBiz Connection and a panel of business leaders who will discuss the strategies their companies are employing to be successful in today's markets. Sign up today to learn the secrets that will help invigorate your business. Techbizconnection.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Yet if you look at some very successful market changes in the last few years it does point to technical prowess in the number 1 seat. I first met Nick Halstead in 2009 when he was running a company called Tweetmeme (the predecessor to DataSift) who had invented the Retweet button and actually helped Twitter develop its early API.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 9, 2009

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 -- CMO Club. The CMO Club, a national group of Chief Marketing Officers whose mission is to provide a "CMOs only" executive community for networking, sharing ideas, and helping each other be better CMOs, is having a dinner/roundtable discussion event for their LA chapter. See[link] (more).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit. Total raised: $83mm; Series B round (July 2009 for $43mm) valued company at $400mm.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

This was 2009 and his understanding of audience engagement was far beyond anything I was hearing from most people at that time. It always started the same way – a founder would ask for an intro because they figured he could help with promotion. Five-and-a-half years ago I first met Chamillionaire at a tech conference in LA.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 13, 2009

Wednesday, August 19, 2009 -- Search Engine Optimization. This is a must attend event to help business owners, marketers and webmasters increase their websites traffic, ranking and conversions. Techbizconnection. See [link] (more).

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Pablo joins TechZulu and talks about Proven, job markets, and the future of mobile. Pablo Fuentes: It first started in 2009 when I was in business school originally. Reading what people have to say about us like how we changed their lives and helped them find a job is a rewarding experience. What led you to make Proven?

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socalTECH

JULY 10, 2017

There's been a revolution in the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the last few years, by both startups and large companies, to help in a large number of areas. We talked with Tim about how they're now applying this to a new market. With each company that we've started, we've concentrated on a particular market.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 -- People are talking about your products. Innovative companies are using new tools and techniques to capture the voice-of-market to help drive their product roadmaps. Do you know what theyre saying? How can sentiment analysis impact the direction of your product development?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Thursday, November 12, 2009 -- Use the Virtual World to Get Real Customers. Youve lost faith in the traditional marketing channels. Online video and virtual environments can help marketers boost their pipeline and connect with their prospects and customers in a cost-effective way. Your customers arent spending.

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