socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Michael Kleist: We started in 2010. Michael Kleist: My business partner and I were both originally from San Diego. We opened up an office in Shanghai, and we have marketing in Hangzhou. Our CTO is mainland Chinese, but was educated here. Fortunately our CTO doesn''t have that problem.

Southern California 170

Southern California Startup SoCal CTO Hire 170

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Dave’s a great guy with a good sense of humor and a broad knowledge of the market, which is why I was excited that he could be on the show. Investors: Matrix (Dana Stadler, who was the CTO of PayPal). 11.2mm in Series A, rumored pre-money of $35mm; $1.6mm angel raised in Jan 2010. 15mm in Series A. Enter ShoeDazzle.

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

San Diego-based Awarepoint (www.awarepoint.com) is a developer of systems for tracking hospital assets, patients, and doctors, using RFID tags. I think we've got a great team, with the right product, at the right time in the market. Jason Howe: Right now, an IPO is an impossibility at this point in the market.

Startup 113

Startup CTO Hire Resource Venture Capital 113

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Joey Flores is co-founder and CEO of Earbits , an online radio platform that enables bands, labels and concert promoters to acquire fans, market new releases and promote live events. He was Director of Online Marketing for Mota Motors, a BusinessWeek Top 50 Most Promising Startup of 2009 and TechCrunch50 finalist.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78