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NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Patrick Quigley: People often have the wrong perception of Vantage Media. As you might or might not remember, I joined in 2010 with a vision to turn the company into a true technology company, and pivoted the company to ad technology. Starting in 2010, we started focusing on that. Tell us about what your business is nowadays?

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MARCH 24, 2010

Tuesday, March 30, 2010 -- CommNexus Presents: Getting Smart About Social Media Learn How to utilize Social Media for Talent Acquisition. Make 2010 THE year to get to know and effectively utilize social media marketing to attract, recruit, and hire employees. See [link] (more).

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AUGUST 31, 2010

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 -- Social Media Marketing. The German American Business Association (GABA) and Epic States, invite you to an exciting workshop and panel discussion focusing on the social media industry followed by a reception at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. German American Business Association.

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APRIL 15, 2010

Southern California venture capital investments totaled $686.5M According to the report, released today, Southern California investments totaled $686.5M Southern California's investment totals bucked the national trend, which found that there was a 9 percent drop in dollars to $4.7 of the total invested in Q1.

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JUNE 10, 2010

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 -- Is Social Media Marketing Worth It? This event will take experts from social media analytics, new media thought leaders and practical marketing masters to help you make up your mind if social media is even worth it and if it can be applied to your business. See [link] (more).

Social Media 100

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

They have marked-up paper gains propped up by an over excited venture capital market that has validated their investments. Logic tells me the following: It is hard to make money angel investing. Too many angel deals just means more to watch and invest in for the ones that do succeed (if the VCs can get in at reasonable prices).

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MARCH 9, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S.

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MARCH 24, 2014

At the time I pointed out: “If I had realized exits almost certainly it would be because I invested in a company that failed. In 2010 somebody posed the question on Quora, “Is Mark Suster a Successful Venture Capitalist? This is what I wrote on that Quora answer from Sept 2010. ” Still. Since then?

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socalTECH

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. Lee of Legalzoom.com and ShoeDazzle, Jody Mulkey of Shopzilla, and Lawrence Ng of Oversee.net have all invested in the site.

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MARCH 3, 2016

The funding was led by Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI), and also included Upfront Ventures, Karlin Ventures, Baroda Ventures, Double M Partners, Daher Capital, plus Wavemaker Partners and Manatt Venture Fund. Pathmatics is led by Gabe Gottlieb, and was founded in 2010.

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MAY 7, 2013

Our industry just took one big step towards legitimacy with the hiring of renowned media exec Ynon Kreiz to run Maker Studios. This followed an investment late last year by Time Warner in the company in a round totaling $36 million , led by Rachel Lam , head of their investment group. This has been a very welcome addition. .”

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Compared with 2010, the report found an increase of 296 percent over exits in 2010, when $2.6 The report also tallied six companies having IPOs, the most since 2005; those firms included RealD, Cornerstone OnDemand, Demand Media, ReachLocal and Inphi Corp. billion in liquidity was generated in the sector.

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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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AUGUST 12, 2010

According to the Fenwick & West LLP Second Quarter 2010 Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey, up rounds exceeded down rounds by 55 percent to 27 percent over the 126 technology and life science companies in Silicon Valley analyzed by the firm in Q2. Tags: venture capital valuation pricing finance investment.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

The round was led by Miramar Venture Partners, and also included prior investors Newport Coast Investments, RimLight Capital, Fulcrum Venture Capital, and ad pepper media International. Other investors also include the CGI Opportunity Fund II, the investment vehicle of the Ueberroth Family.

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JULY 30, 2012

The move might actually be a positive one for Southern California, given that Levinsohn had been pulled away from investing and helping Southern California startups in 2010, when he was tapped by then Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz to aid Yahoo. Levinsohn has not said what he'll do next after his stint as Yahoo CEO. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 8, 2010

If I Launched a Startup - The Startup Lawyer , March 17, 2010 Great advice on initial steps of setting up a Startup. 9 Reasons Why Many Smart People Go Nowhere - Life Beyond Code , March 29, 2010 You would have met many smart people who live a mediocre life. There are MANY of them. You might be surprised why this is the case.

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MAY 28, 2010

Thursday, June 3, 2010 -- The Israel Conference is an interactive forum to bring Israel-facing companies together to increase business and investment opportunities between Israel and California in High Tech / Clean Tech / Medical Tech / Media / Consumer Products.

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DECEMBER 3, 2010

Thursday, December 9, 2010 -- If the Venture Model is Broken, Whos Funding All These Startups? Dealmaker Media LA. Early stage investing is booming and we are finally seeing the kind of exits that show signs of a potential IPO market in our future.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 7, 2012

A little bit about the author Chris Camillo…When the stock market was at it’s worst and our economy was failing us from 2007-2010 his private self-managed portfolio outperformed the big fancy dogs of Wall Street. Cheers to discovering a real return on using social media. Where was he when I was 18 and just starting out!?

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JUNE 18, 2010

Venture Capital funds: the different between “closed funds&# (which typically have a 10-year time horizon) and “evergreen funds&# which re-invest profits back into the fund. An investment doesn’t guarantee your product will suddenly be on the investor’s price sheet. DST invested $180mm last fall.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

We will also have some of the top companies present that each of the panelist has invested in. Our Panelist Include: Brock Pierce - Starting & Investing in Bitcoin, Games, and Gambling Businesses. Peter Csathy - CEO Manatt Digital Media Ventures. He continues to sit on the board of Sorenson Media.

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JULY 5, 2011

Just as we launched a 2010 site they go all 2011 on us! We wanted to emphasize the number of truly big wins that have been created by the partners at GRP in their 20+ years of investing. Yet we wanted to be clear that we invest heavily in digital media, mobile & software companies. I still loved it. Thanks, guys.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Too bad, as the initial funding round has increased over 4,000 times in value, making a $250,000 investment worth more than $1,100,000,000. However, passing on a killer investment is not the worst error an investor can make. However, passing on a killer investment is not the worst error an investor can make.

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MARCH 20, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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DECEMBER 31, 2018

Invested in more than 30 companies, a large percentage of which have had successful exits or continue on as successful companies, including: AdECN, AMG, AndroMedia, AudioMill, Data Sage, GameFly, GameSpy, Kongregate, Mob.ly, People Support, Smilebox, Sometrics, Three Rings, Scopely, PlayDek, and Universal Audio. On Demand).

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MAY 4, 2010

Clearstone currently invests out of a $200 million fund based in LA with offices in Menlo Park and in India. Segment One: Jim’s background and Clearstone’s investment strategy. We also talked about Elevation Partners who invested in Palm and how this deal really salvaged their investment, which was a VERY big bet on Palm.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March Here they are: How to Minimize Politics in Your Company - Ben's Blog , August 24, 2010 “Who the f@#k you think you f$&kin’ with.

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MARCH 20, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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MARCH 13, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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SoCal CTO

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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MARCH 1, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

This morning we heard from Jamie Montgomery, CEO of the venerable Montgomery & Co investment bank who is at the heart of what is going on in M&A for venture backed companies. Montgomery expects M&A to rebound to the normal recent levels at 450 deals by 2010. We feature a prominent speaker at every event.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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MARCH 12, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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