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MARCH 16, 2021

Squarespace founder & CEO Anthony Casalena said the fresh capital will advance the company’s growth initiatives and help it scale its product suite. Squarespace, which has helped millions create their own websites, was founded in 2003 and bootstrapped until a $38.5

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JANUARY 31, 2020

Adam Bierman will step down in February from the cannabis company he helped establish in 2010.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Irvine-based Kajabi , which develops a platform that helps both individuals, as well as small- and mid-sized businesses monetize online courses, training materials, and other content, has receive an investment from private equity investor Spectrum Equity. Kajabi said the funding is its first institutional funding since it launched in 2010.

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OCTOBER 10, 2012

One way is developing testing tools and infrastructure around that market, to help those manufacturers in their research and development, which is just what Calabasas-based GridTest Systems (www.gridtest.com) is doing. We're there to help with that. We're essentially helping people at the R&D stages.

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JULY 14, 2020

RLH Equity's founders include former LA Mayor Richard Riordan and Pat Haden, the former athletic director at the University of Southern California, who helped found the firm before leaving for that position at USC in 2010. READ MORE>>.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 13, 2009

I closed my presentation with an announcement about “ Eric Greenspan’s OSN101 Conferences &# (coming soon) and our new focus to help our customers take advantage of the real-time Internet. The team fed me with great ideas. I shared a few.

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APRIL 1, 2020

According to TotSquad founder Jennifer, it will now shift its focus to offering virtual services, including doula coaching, lactation support, sleep consultation and moreespecially helpful for new parents who are confined at home in the midst of shelter-in-place orders and limited in-person provider appointments.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

PlanetArt said the deal will help it add a "new gifts dimension" to its product platform. PlanetArt was founded in 2010, when it acquired Simply to Impress. PlanetArt--which says it now has reached roughly $200M in revenues--said the acquisition came as part of FTD's court-supervised restructuring. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

According to BlackLine, Thompson's experience as a ceo and previously CFO at several technology companies, including Surgient, SAS Institute and Red Hat, will help guide it through its next phase of growth. Thompson has been CEO at SolarWinds since 2010, and he joined the company in 2007. READ MORE>>.

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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. UCB Economics 2010 summa cum laude. The post Dealflicks Help Theaters Fill Their Seats Last Minute appeared first on TechZulu.

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MARCH 24, 2014

In 2010 somebody posed the question on Quora, “Is Mark Suster a Successful Venture Capitalist?” Helping companies get to next financing round successfully: I was just beginning this phase in Sept 2010 and said so. This is what I wrote on that Quora answer from Sept 2010. ” Still. Since then?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Even though it has been a long haul, it’s nice to see some optimism on the horizon for 2010. Small Business Outlook 2010: Lessons Learned – A Case for Greater Optimism ,” was published by CIT Group, Inc., A full 59% of respondents cited a greater focus on operating efficiencies as the number one step to achieving growth in 2010.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Ellie Mae said the buy will help its lenders originate more loans, reduce costs, and complete the entire mortgage process faster. Los Angeles-based Velocify , the developer of sales lead management software, has been acquired by Ellie Mae , in a deal worth $128M in cash, Ellie Mae said last week.

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JUNE 20, 2014

Twitter said Thursday that it has acquired SnappyTV , a San Francisco developer of software which helps people capture live event video, edit that video, and post it directly to Twitter. Bricault has been an advisor to SnappyTV since 2010. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Fan Appz, a Santa Monica headquartered firm founded in 2010, and a Facebook Preferred Marketing Developer (PMD) today Tuesday launched its Personalized Marketing Platform, a next-generation social media marketing solution set to help firms convert fans into customers and increase repeat purchases by turning good customers into great ones.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 18, 2010

Some good ones already from May: "Authentic" is dead - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 3, 2010 Phrases that should be retired include - “Putting customers first” You Actually Did This? Steve Blank , May 6, 2010 Great presentations from Xobni and Dropbox on how they have gone about building their business.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2013

The firm provides edge network services to help deliver content from such customers as Twitter, Pinterest, Sony, and Hulu to end users. The big growth is not the first year of blockbuster growth at the company--the firm said last year that it also doubled its revenues between 2010 and 2011.

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JANUARY 15, 2014

To solve that, a San Diego startup, Zingle says it has been offering up a service to help connect businesses with their customers via texting -- starting with the hotel industry. According to Zingle, its text-messaging "concierge" product, which helps hotels communicate directly with their customers via texting. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2021

Crosscut Ventures, Mubadala Capital, Next Play Capital and Owl Capital also participated in the financing, which brings the Los Angeles-based company’s total raised to $50 million since its 2010 inception. TomoCredit raises $7M to help the cash rich and credit poor.

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APRIL 24, 2012

Los Angeles-based SocialAnnex , a startup helping online retailers to use social media to spur sales, has scored a round of funding from a who's who of Southern California technology angels, the firm said Tuesday. Social Annex was founded in 2010. According to SocialAnnex, Kamran Pourzanjani of PriceGrabber.com, Brian S.

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JUNE 5, 2012

Los Angeles-based FileTrek , the developer of software which helps teams to track changes and updates in their projects, data, and documents, said Tuesday that it has released a new iPad application. FileTrek is headed by Dale Quayle, a serial entrepreneur whose last firm, Integrien, was sold to VMware in 2010. The new app is free.

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MARCH 7, 2012

PHACTS, which is based in Seattle, provides consulting and software to help pharmacies better manage their inventory and streamline their operations. CareFusion said that it has been a exclusive reseller of PHACTS pharmacy inventory management software and automation since November of 2010.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 28, 2018

. “Microsoft is committed to helping content creators achieve more using the cloud with a partner-focused approach to this industries transformation,” said Tad Brockway, General Manager, Azure Storage, Media and Edge at Microsoft, in a statement.

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JANUARY 29, 2015

Tagg was founded in 2010 as a subsidiary of Qualcomm, and offered up a system to help pet owners track a pet''s location using GPS plus monitor your pet''s fitness activities, all through smartphone apps. San Diego-based Tagg , the maker of a GPS-based pet tracker (ala Fitbit for Dogs), has been acquired by San Francisco-based Whistle.

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JULY 16, 2012

Holly had helped to shape the center--funded by Sequoia Capital venture capitalist and USC alum Mark Stevens--helping to strengthen the school's link to the local technology industry, and help spin off technology from the university. USC said so far the center has helped spin off more than 30 companies from USC's research.

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JANUARY 10, 2013

The Buy.com brand name, which had helped to define Southern California's place in the e-commerce world, is officially gone, as Japanese shopping firm Rakuten said that it will be renaming the site to Rakuten.com Shopping. Buy.com was acquired in May of 2010 by Rakuten.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Los Angeles-based Recargo , a startup which is developing mobile apps for helping electric vehicle owners find the nearest electric charging stations, said this week that it has acquired PlugInCars.com , an online news and community site focused on electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Kurion, which saw its first deployment of its technology at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan immediately after the Japanese tsunami, apparently is hoping to seal a deal to help clean up the mess at Hanford. Kurion's technology absorbs radioactive waste and converts it into glass, making it easier to dispose of safely. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

A lot of my time is spent helping early-stage companies get to proof points so that they can raise capital. They might have some seed money and are thinking or raising a Series A based on success of an early release (MVP). Because of this, I've always tried to stay up-to-speed on how early-stage investors look at valuation of companies.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , which helps small and medium sized businesses place online advertising, released its results Tuesday afternoon, reporting a net loss of $4.6M in Q3 of 2010, to $23.56M in Q3 of this year. in Q3 of 2010, to $23.56M in Q3 of this year. on revenues of $98.6M. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 16, 2010

Wednesday, January 20, 2010 -- Work It Forward. Make your 2010 "Wish List" come true: Grow the business; Work with great people that help you meet your goals; Keep risks low and costs down. between engagements professional for a project  at hardly any cost? Does this sound good, but hard to find? Email WorkItForward@gmail.com.

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MAY 5, 2011

in revenues the firm reported in Q1 of 2010. Demand also mentioned strong direct brand advertising sales helped its results. Revenues were up 48 percent compared to the $53.6M Demand Media said the revenues numbers were driven by continued momentum from its owned and operated sites.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Tuesday, November 16, 2010 -- Tools and Tips for Building a Sustainable Business. The panel features six key players in businesses who will help guide the audience through topics especially integral to bolstering and growing sustainable businesses in Los Angeles. Sustainable Business Council of Los Angeles (SBC). See [link] (more).

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JUNE 22, 2010

Los Angeles-based Stroome , which is developing an online community for collaborative video editing, announced today that it has just won $200,000 from the 2010 Knight News Challenge. The Knight News Challenge is a contest which helps to fund digital news experiments and technology.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Thursday, October 14, 2010 -- TechStars/DoMoreFaster Event. Entreprenurial Meetup to help Brad Feld and David Cohen celebrate the LA stop on the TechStars / Do More Faster book tour. See [link] (more).

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AUGUST 29, 2011

Irvine-based Kurion , a startup which has been commercializing nuclear cleanup technology which is venture backed by Lux Capital and Firelake Capital Management, reported today that its technology has helped to drop cesium levels in the contaminated water at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant by more than 40 percent since June.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Tuesday, November 2, 2010 -- Foleys Emerging Technologies Conference: Do You Speak Entrepreneur?, Join us for an immersion course in the language and strategies of successful entrepreneurs as Foley attorneys, tech executives, experienced advisors, and tech company investors help you become fluent in entrepreneur. See [link] (more).

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