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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The Tech Coast Angels , the largest organized angel investment group in Southern California--and the nation--said Wednesday that it was part of $45M in funding in companies during last year, with $11M directly invested across 37 companies during 2011. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world in 2010? But, I also think there will be some exciting companies we hear about in 2011 that aren't just getting started, but are starting to thrive, who have really fundamentally solid businesses. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

2010 was very good to us. 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? 1) Mobile web.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

One year ago I predicted that in 2010/11 the economy, far from being on the path of permanent recovery was on a temporary resurgence and there was a strong possibility of a “double dip” recession. between June and July 2010 (and 25% from a year ago). raise money now to weather any storms).

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DECEMBER 20, 2010

In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world in 2010? What are the technologies, companies, or things you think the community ought to pay the most attention to in 2011? Jamie Siminoff - anybody who can help me manage my email inbox is a hero!!!

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JANUARY 19, 2012

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture capital Association MoneyTree survey, which is based on data from Thomson Reuters, tallies $738.34M invested in Southern California in Q4 of 2011. raised in Q4 of 2010, and up from the $652M invested in the region last quarter. The amount is up from $528.0M

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DECEMBER 27, 2010

In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world in 2010? What are the technologies, companies, or things you think the community ought to pay the most attention to in 2011? A good exit environment will mean a great 2011 for entrepreneurs and VCs.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

MAY 15, 2011

April 25, 2011, Irvine, Calif — Tech Coast Venture Network (www.tcvn.org) is hosting the OC Technology Influencer Mixer & Summit 2011, an historic two-day event with partners CompTIA, the world’s largest technology association, the Technology Leadership Political Action Committee and Ingram Micro.

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DECEMBER 29, 2010

In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world in 2010? I think a few Cleantech leaders are going to emerge in 2011. What are the technologies, companies, or things you think the community ought to pay the most attention to in 2011? It's a revelation.

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DECEMBER 22, 2010

In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world in 2010? What are the technologies, companies, or things you think the community ought to pay the most attention to in 2011? The obvious one is the iPad. The introduction of the iPad has completely revolutionized our mobile experience.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars - Steve Blank , November 24, 2010 When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars. but: Something is Still Missing.

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APRIL 5, 2011

According to Kilar, it did $263M in revenues for all of 2010, with a growth in revenues of approximately 90 percent in Q1 of this year.Among other updates, Kilar said that the firm is on track to have over 1 million Hulu Plus subscribers by the end of the year. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 23, 2010

In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world in 2010? What are the technologies, companies, or things you think the community ought to pay the most attention to in 2011? What was the biggest lesson you learned over the past year (good or bad)? I think we are there.

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JANUARY 9, 2018

Horowitz has been at Ziff Davis since 2010, and previously served at Bankrate, AOL, and Yahoo. Fortuna has been at Ziff Davis since 2011, and also served at Vindico, Quigo, and Pseudo. Singh has been at j2 since 2013, and prior to that was at SingerLewak LLP.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2023

LivingSocial took in $583 million in capital in 2010 and 2011 with little left in time to show for the investment and tremendous dilution to the founders. There are only a few Uber or AirBnB investments to point to – where the street value of the company may ultimately validate that amount of investment.

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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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JULY 15, 2014

Apple''s iOS 4 was introduced in 2010; iOS 5 was launched in 2011. According to Sonos, the move comes as it looks to "balance our need to innovate with our desire to maintain support for older devices". Sonos said it now will only support iOS devices running iOS6 or higher. Sonos is based in Santa Barbara. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Poizner previously had run as a Republican, serving in the role from 2007 to 2011; he also had thrown his hat into the California Governor's race in 2010. If successful, Poizner would be the first independent declaring "no party preference" to win a statewide office. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 1, 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? In the following post I argue that this increased pace may be temporary.

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MAY 3, 2016

Paige Craig--as well as a number of other angels--originally seeded LiveFyre back in 2010. Greycroft, which is very active in Los Angeles, took the lead on LiveFyre's Series B funding in 2011. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 31, 2012

Santa Monica-based EdgeCast Networks , the content delivery network (CDN) provider headed by Alex Kazerani, said today that it doubled its annual revenues and headcount in 2011, over its 2010 numbers. EdgeCast said it added more than a thousand customers in 2011, including such sites as DailyMotion, Imgur, and posterous.

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JANUARY 24, 2013

Webfest (formerly known as DomainFest) has managed some fairly high level speakers at its events over the years, including Tony Hsieh of Zappos in 2010; Apple Founder Steve Wozniak in 2009; Bob Parsons of GoDaddy in 2011; and Biz Stone of Twitter in 2012.

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JANUARY 12, 2012

Los Angeles-based Hulu CEO Jason Kilar said Thursday afternoon that the company brought in approximately $420M in revenues in 2011, up 60 percent from 2010, and now has more than 1.5 Kilar disclosed the numbers in a blog post summarizing the firm's 2011. million paying subscribers to Hulu Plus.

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

The group--which last ran a program in early 2010--has recently opened up an application page for its 2011 Winter Term, and has been sending out invites for a launch event in early November. According to the group's web site, it will kick off the next class in November 2011, and continue until early spring 2012.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2011

The Clean Technology venture capital sector, which includes alternative energy, soared 68 per cent year-on-year during the first quarter of 2010. Renewable energy is any source that can be produced cleanly, will not disappear like fossil fuels, and is less polluting. I expect another increase this year. Marty Zwilling.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2011

clean technology deals were up in Q3 of 2011, according to a new analysis published by Ernst & Young this week. billion nationally, compared to 2010. California led the nation in cleantech investment in 2011 with $1,738.2 Investments in U.S., venture capital investment in cleantech companies increased by 73%, to $1.1

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APRIL 29, 2015

The company and site was acquired by San Diego-based Resource Nation / JMI Equity back in 2011, after prior owner Dex One said in 2010 that it would be shutting down the site. Szatkowski had previously served at such companies as Autobytel, Local.com, Miva, and AdKnowledge. Business.com is led by Tony Uphoff. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Kim had been at AeroVironment since 2010. Covington has been at AeroVironment since 2011, and previously was SVP and CFO of Line 6. AeroVironment said Kim left the company to "pursue other opportunities." The company said Kim''s departure is unrelated to any issues regarding financial disclosures, accounting or legal matters.

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OCTOBER 29, 2011

Friday, November 4, 2011 -- IEEE International Games Innovation Conference. The 2011 International Games Innovation Conference continues the tradition of focusing on the latest developments in game technology and developments that began in London in 2009 and continued in Hong Kong in 2010.

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OCTOBER 28, 2011

Thursday, November 3, 2011 -- IEEE International Games Innovation Conference. The 2011 International Games Innovation Conference continues the tradition of focusing on the latest developments in game technology and developments that began in London in 2009 and continued in Hong Kong in 2010.

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

Wednesday, November 2, 2011 -- IEEE International Games Innovation Conference. The 2011 International Games Innovation Conference continues the tradition of focusing on the latest developments in game technology and developments that began in London in 2009 and continued in Hong Kong in 2010.

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MARCH 12, 2015

It''s unclear how many of those cuts were in its Santa Barbara location, where the company had been headquartered until 2011, when it moved its headquarters to Texas. The company is down significantly from the 79 employees in had in 2010, just before its departure to Texas. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 6, 2011

The firm reported 875,000 paid Hulu Plus subscribers as of June 2011, up from less than 250,000 six months ago, in December of 2010. Kilar said Hulu is "on pace to approach" half a billion in revenues in 2011. per month, with the remainder of the payout to content providers coming from advertising revenue. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 13, 2011

" From Groovy/Grails :: Ruby/Rails :: 2011 State of the framework : Rails and Grails are both excellent frameworks with their current releases. If you don't believe me, take a look at some interesting data on what programming languages TIOBE Programming Community Index for June 2011 are in use and the current trends.

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JUNE 7, 2011

The firm said it grew the Irvine locations by more than 20 percent in 2010, and that this will be the firm's hiring year ever including its Southern California locations. Google said in January that it was expecting 2011 to be its biggest hiring year ever.

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MARCH 31, 2011

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 -- An Update On The State of the Deal Market. In 2010, there were 16,000 MandA transactions consummated, aggregating to nearly $1 billion in transaction value. As the 1st quarter comes to an end, what can we expect for the remainder of 2011? See [link] (more)

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ACG Marketing Activity Company 100

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

PlugInCars.com was launched in 2010 by Brad Berman, and according to Recargo had an average of 70,000 unique monthly visitors in 2011. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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