SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 -- Stretching Your RandD Budget Through Partnerships and Alliances. In todays economic climate, RandD expenditures are under considerable scrutiny, pressuring small companies to demonstrate considerable ROI to their investors.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2010

The firm later launched Compatible Partners , a same-sex matching service, in March of 2009, on pressure from the State of New Jersey.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 5, 2009

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 -- Start-up Accounting and Taxes. Start-ups and early stage companies face intense competition as well as strong pressure to demonstrate a real return on investment.

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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% You have less wage pressure and less staff turnover. but the truer number of underemployed is a whopping 16.8%!

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Venture Capital Startup Funding Technical Review 269

socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2017

I tragically lost my mom to cancer, my girlfriend (who I was living with at the time) and I broke up, and then my team and I were laid-off when the market crashed in 2009. Until I was fortunate enough to secure a job with Ron Burkle at the end of 2009. The first three years were fantastic, but my fourth year was very tough.

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JUNE 18, 2015

In some ways having seen these trends before and being a bit more mature (code for I’m 47) I think I feel just a little bit less pressure than I did when I was younger. One needs to be in during bull markets and bear markets.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2017

They have really turned the screws on other retailers, which in turn impact brands and manufacturers through price pressure and convenience. As a leader in logistics and automation, Amazon is putting pressure on other companies to innovate quickly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2011

companies made the IPO transition in 2009, out of thousands of startups. Pressures to maintain growth pattern. The pressures to maintain growth patterns and meet the expectations of the investment community are typically real and intense. Only about a dozen U.S.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

That was probably around 2008 and 2009, and Intuit had lots of data centers. On the flip side, organizations are looking for any kind of reduction of costs and ways to reduce cost pressures. I've worked for both large and small companies. They had probably 20 or 30. The engineering community is fascinated by the horesepower we can use.

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Cloud Computing Resource Startup Software 133

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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. Most funds get annual extensions.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

I would argue that the shut-down of September 2009 was equally severe yet there are signs that this “VC Ice Age” has begun to thaw. Huge downturns have a real impact on the revenue line of start-ups and therefore the pressure on valuations. They also make M&A activity more difficult and with lower outcomes.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 13, 2012

Kian Saneii: We formally launched in 2009, but I started looking at the market in 2008, to see what applications were out there. Now, wireless sensors are available at very low costs, you've got motion sensors, open/shut sensors, pressure pads. What's the story behind the company? The cellular technology was not even 2G, let alone 3G.

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Software Review Cloud Computing Startup Technical Review 140

socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2017

Bryan Cheung: In 2009, we switch to a subscription model. We learned how to grow organically, be a purpose-led company, and drown out the noise of �everyone else is doing this�, pressure from investors, and all of that. How did the shift come from consulting services to a product?

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Given that a number of respected firms have low ratings on The Funded, I asked Adeo if he ever experienced subtle or overt pressure from venture capitalists wishing to modify their ratings and/or negative comments. "I To this end, he created The Founder Institute (TFI) in order to, "globalize Silicon Valley." In Adeo''s words, ".

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Entrepreneur Startup Equity Technical Review 232

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JUNE 28, 2011

It sure would put pressure on Google if they had Facebook competing on one side of them for share of users’ time and Amazon flanking them on the other side by providing search to every website out there that might threaten AdSense and even Google’s core search business. Amazon will surely keep moving up the stack.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Jeff Kupietzky: I think, like other folks, we had challenges at the end of 2008, and through 2009. Those actions are putting pressure on the bulk of the players in our industry, and I believe those that will emerge will have a strong operating portfolio. You were seeing great growth in last few years, how has economy affected you?

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Oversee.net Yahoo Startup Google 207

socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2011

We really started operations towards the middle of 2009. It's no pressure, and I can handle both. How long has the organization been around? Jim Carol: I first started working on the concept in 2007, and we filed for our IRS determination letter in 2008. it's just going crazy.

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Pricing Help Startup Sites 183

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MAY 24, 2021

Imagine if, say, Autodesk had purchased it in 2009 for $100 million? Of the first four investments I made as a VC in 2009, two have exited and two (Invoca & GumGum) still are independent and likely to produce $billion++ outcomes . Case in point, Procore just went public and is trading at an $11 billion valuation. Maker Studios?—?sold

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Venture Capital Capital Funding Startup 363

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

I recall being impressed with Jeff, but I was concerned that he was creating a platform, which often requires a significant amount of capital, takes an extended amount of time to establish and can be subject to margin pressure as the enabling technologies become commoditized. Also in 2008, SMS was not pervasively used by businesses.

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JULY 16, 2017

I was reading the saddest story this morning about a Silicon Valley lawyer who struggled with work/life balance and stress and the pressures of modern life of keeping up with the Jones’s and competing at the top levels in tech startup life. (I vacationed with my parents, too, until I got engaged at 33). I love my wife and I love my children.

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Carson Email Writing Startup 286

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JULY 13, 2013

So it’s a lot of pressure. [00:22:30] Be an intern” And by the way, this is 2009. You remember what 2009 was like, right? Because everyone who said, “I’m going to use Mark’s software…” They made that decision. If I go under, they’re the putz who… You know? Maybe you misheard me.

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Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Venture Capital 337

Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. Either the pressurization in the plane was off or my gut was trumping logic. ► October (1) New Video! I said “we’ll beat them.&#

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