SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Can social networking be a money-maker for companies?

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NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Nomadix, which develops Internet gateway products, is now owned by DOCOMO interTouch. Nomadix had filed its original patent suit against HP in 2009, and had also named Wayport, Inc., On Command Corporation, Aruba Networks, Inc., and Superclick Networks, Inc. On Command Corporation, Aruba Networks, Inc.,

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FEBRUARY 23, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, February 23, 2007 Events and Networking in Los Angeles One of the issues I discussed in Innovation and Geography was that the geography and traffic in Los Angeles generally makes it more difficult for networking. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

Adconion Media Group , the Internet advertising firm which has been ramping up its operations in Santa Monica, said today that it is spinning out its video product, Joost Video Network , into a new, standalone business, also based in Santa Monica. Adconion acquired the assets of Joost from the founders of Skype in November of 2009.

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AUGUST 25, 2010

Costa Mesa-based Emulex said Wednesday afternoon that it has completed its acquisition of ServerEngines , a developer of 10Gb/s Ethernet products. Tags: emulex serverengines merger acquisition ethernet asic semiconductor storage networking hardware. based on the closing price of Emulex on Wednesday. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Calabasas-based Ixia , a developer of network testing tools, reported its fourth quarter and 2009 year end results Thursday, saying that it lost $31.3M in Q4 of 2009, on record revenues of $56.1M Ixia is a developer of hardware and software used for testing high speed networks. The loss came due to a $27.6M READ MORE>>.

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MAY 22, 2012

Van Nuys-based Audiolife , the startup which provided product fulfillment for the music industry and artists, has been acquired by Florida firm Alliance Entertainment. Audiolife was founded in 2009. Audiolife was backed by angels, including members of the Tech Coast Angels and CVAN, the Coachella Valley Angel Network.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

Adconian Media Group , the Internet advertising firm which has been ramping up its operations in Santa Monica, said today that it is spinning out its video product, Joost Video Network , into a new, standalone business, also based in Santa Monica. Adconian acquired the assets of Joost for the founders of Skype in November of 2009.

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JULY 28, 2010

San Diego-based Entropic Communications , a publicly held developer of semiconductors used in home entertainment and consumer electronics products, reported today that it had an increase of 56 percent in its second quarter net revenues, compared with last year. it had in Q2 of 2009, when it lost $4.3M. The firm said it earned $3.1M

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 11, 2009

Tuesday, June 16, 2009 -- AccessEN Annual Dinner Event. Featuring Doug Antone, President and CEO, Networks in Motion and Debra Fine, CEO/CMO Consumer Products, Media and On Line Entertainment. See [link] (more).

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JULY 24, 2009

Thursday, July 30, 2009 -- Growth Capital Conference. Network with capital sources, advisors, deal makers and 50 entrepreneurs seeking capital and counsel. View products, videos, on-line demos. DEAL DISPLAY tm showcases attractive firms needing growth capital. See [link] (more).

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APRIL 24, 2009

Thursday, April 30, 2009 -- Growth Capital Conference. Network with capital sources, advisors, deal makers, and 50 entrepreneurs seeking capital and counsel. View products, videos, on-line demos. DEAL DISPLAY showcases attractive firms needing growth capital. See [link] (more).

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OCTOBER 16, 2009

Thursday, October 22, 2009 -- Messaging. On October 22nd, the CTC will examine Twitter, a pop culture phenomenon with significant business potential, and Everbridge's Emergency Notification Product, an enterprise scale structured messaging system. from the Ridiculous to the Sublime! Messaging now comes in many forms. Twitter Teaser.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 -- Connect with CleanTECH San Diego. Expand your network and develop lasting partnerships. Whether you're greening your workplace, supply chain, product, or service offering; or seeking investment, this is the place to be. See [link] (more).

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FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Thursday, February 12, 2009 -- Twiistup 5. Our events feature several startups chosen to 'showoff' their products and services to influential bloggers, fellow tech-heads, investors, the media and those interested in learning about what?s s hot in tech.

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JANUARY 4, 2013

We connect consumers to great content from around the Internet, from social networks, from thousands of branded video channels, and around any particular topic they're interested in. We have a browser-based product, and an iPad app that's gotten an enormous amount of critical acclaim and user adoption. Finally, what's next for you?

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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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NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 -- Women's Technology Leadership Forum. So, along came "cloud computing" where processing, storage, networking and applications are accessed as services over networks, public and private. Cloud Computing  What Can Cloud Do for You? will serve as moderator.

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JUNE 18, 2010

An investment doesn’t guarantee your product will suddenly be on the investor’s price sheet. I made the point (not widely publicized) that OS4 is currently “breaking&# many applications that use ad networks that are not Apples (most notably AdMob, owned by Google). Competitors: Playdom , Social Gaming Network.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

The 7th International System-on-Chip (SoC) Conference, Exhibit & Workshops (www.SoCconference.com) - November 4 & 5, 2009 - Radisson Hotel Newport Beach. VentureNet 2009 (www.venturenet.org) - October 7, Costa Mesa. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network. The right people.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. They have developed a cloud-based platform for merchants to publish to multiple distribution networks, including social, mobile and email.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

PT as they kick off the new weekly tech law show "TechZulu Law" with a discussion with IP attorney Denise Grayson, who portrays the attorney of Eduardo Saverin in the film about the early days of Facebook, "The Social Network.". In "The Social Network" Denise portrays Gretchen, the attorney of Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2011

Every startup needs to understand that the customer paradigm has dramatically shifted over the past two years with pervasive social networks and smartphones. According to the 2009 Tribalization of Business Study by Deloitte Development, one third of all online communities now launched by businesses fail to engage even a hundred participants.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

There’s a line of thinking in Silicon Valley that you should build product businesses rather than services businesses. They have created two internal technology “products&# and wanted to figure out how they could turn their services business into a product business that could be financed. This team is talented.

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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. Unemployment continues to rise – Unemployment as of September 2009 is 9.7% It is also a result of pent-up demand. In the following post I argue that this increased pace may be temporary.

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OCTOBER 17, 2017

They're really looking for enterprise-ready companies, who are innovative, and ready to scale, and who are really aligned with what Microsoft is trying to achieve with their customers and products. There were barely network applications at the time. How did you get involved with Microsoft? They did that with NT Server. Explain that?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

However, Elgg could power 100,000 networks and it would make no difference - there is no revenue stream as we give everything away under a GPL license. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

CEA represents more than 2,000 corporate members involved in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and integration of consumer electronics products. Discover stuff (maps, deals, videos, etc) that help make your days more productive. BIL is an un-conference for people changing the world in big ways.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Internally, we look very similar to a tech company, in that we have a development team, go-to-market team, and product people, and the ultimate goal of what we want to accomplish is to create companies that can run independently, with their own management teams. We created a product that would allow you to print barcodes.

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JULY 6, 2015

Almost any name of a product or service, and many generic domain names are available in.LA. Page Howe: I've been a fan of the domain since 2008 and 2009, having grown up in LA, lived here, and seen the story here through the good and the bad. Between 2004 and 2009, things were driven by Google's search engine algorithms.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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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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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. As of near the end of September 2009, we’re up 46% since the March 9th nadir (yes, I need to find a way to use one of my SAT words ; – ).

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

(www.SoCconference.com ) - November 4 & 5, 2009 - Radisson Hotel Newport Beach. companies, universities, and organizations will be sharing their latest technologies, products, and services in this unique Southern California event. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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