SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Thursday, October 27, 2011 -- IEEE 2011 Energy Efficiency Symposium. Keynote speaker Dr. David Auston, Exec.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Thursday, February 24, 2011 -- Tech Coast Angels LA Fast Pitch 2011. The program will also include presentations by successful CEOs and investors about what it takes to get funded and operate a successful company. Don't miss TCA LA Fast Pitch 2011!! CEOs will have 90 seconds to pitch their companies on stage.

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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. About TCVN.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 1, 2018

Peter Thiel’s vague idea to do something about Gawker, the site that had outed him as gay in 2007, was concretized into conspiracy on April 6, 2011. This is an excerpt from Ryan Holiday’s new book Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue, available now.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Many readers know that at Upfront Ventures that’s precisely what happened at our own firm in 2011 when our founding partner and my co-Managing Partner, Yves Sisteron, asked me to lead the daily management of our firm. The great firms transition day-to-day leadership and often those who don’t fail to protect their “franchise value.”

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 5, 2011

Wednesday, May 11, 2011 -- The Truth about Flash and Mobile Devices. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 16, 2011

Tuesday, March 22, 2011 -- What You Need to Know About Getting Acquired. DealmakerLA. Building great companies is more than just knowing when to hold 'em, and when to fold 'em. The truth is, if you focus on your entrance more than your exit, you won't have to find an "out".it it will find you.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 26, 2017

After joining the ET3 Consortium in 2011, Garzilli announced plans to build an entertainment version of the ride using funds from an Indiegogo campaign. Read more about emerging transportation technology at TechCo.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 18, 2013

SeatMe was founded in San Fransisco in 2011 and makes managing reservations easy and affordable to restaurants and nightlife establishments through technology solutions that are consumer-centric with features such as texting guests when their table is ready. ” Yelp has has about one million U.S. Yelp will pay approximately $2.2

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2011

Even though it has been a long haul, it’s nice to see some optimism surfacing in 2011. A majority of small business leaders intend to be more aggressive in 2011 by implementing a range of actions to advance their businesses. Respondents cited a greater focus on operating efficiencies as the number one step to achieving growth in 2011.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

I was just asked about a particular startup situation (seed stage, CMO hire, non-founder) and particularly what compensation and equity is appropriate.

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socalTECH

APRIL 7, 2017

have dropped to the lowest rate of activity since Q4 of 2011, as venture capital investors continue to be shy about investing in startups, according to the latest PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor report. The NVCA said that is the fewest companies to receive investment since Q4 of 2011. Venture capital investments in the U.S.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 2, 2011

The 2011 ARE is bound to go above and beyond last year’s event. If you are an AR Enthusiast – you will feel like a kid in a candy store at ARE 2011. Dates: May 17-18, 2011. ARE 2011 Sponsors: Qualcomm , Occipital , and Ogmento. For a complete list of confirmed business talk speakers visit the website at: [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 1, 2011

Welcome to the New Year 2011! So if reality matches expectations you will feel neutral about it. Make your resolution today to keep the long road ahead in 2011 a satisfying one. You’ve probably already made your resolutions, but if not, I suggest a renewed commitment to finding happiness and satisfaction in your work.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

I called an (ex) LP to tell him about her and my goals for her. Leadership is about recognizing your next generation of talent and helping lift them up. Or, maybe it’s just about getting out of the way and watching what they can achieve. Wait, What About Yves? She’s empathetic and brings great humor to her work as well.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

What about those unicorns? 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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socalTECH

APRIL 22, 2011

SVB said its Startup Outlook 2011 survey came from the responses of 375 U.S-based The study was conducted by independent market research firm Koski Research during February 2011. SVB said it found that startups are optimistic about current business opportunities.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 26, 2011

2011 and Wherecamp 2011 just happened this past week. The conference coincided with the news that three-year-old start-up is looking to raise funds at a price that valuates Foursquare at about $500 million. She gave us a great presentation about context. Conference. Enter the Where 2.0 Both Where 2.0 The Where 2.0

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 4, 2020

But perhaps most audaciously, the CEO launched the Downtown Project in downtown Las Vegas, which has been written about and discussed thousands of times over the years, and in our view, is still an ever unfolding story. These videos may offer a glimpse into who Tony was and what he was all about.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

One of the most interesting things about the Wall Street Journal's list of top startups in the U.S.? The number of IPOs of companies on the Journal's list from 2011 from Southern California matched the number of IPOs of Silicon Valley companies.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2011

It's been just about 2 years since we first came across Powermat at CES and they have come a long way from only providing wireless charging mats. This year Powermat made announcements of a deal with General Motors to wirelessly enable vehicles, to airports, offices, and more of today’s most popular smartphones.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2011

From attending the 2nd official Augmented Reality Event (2011) , the AR industry really seems to be getting some traction and moving itself beyond the buzz realm; into something a bit more substantial, seeing an ever-more increasing presence into consumer, commercial, and artistic realms.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 26, 2011

2011 and Wherecamp 2011 just happened this past week. The conference coincided with the news that three-year-old start-up is looking to raise funds at a price that valuates Foursquare at about $500 million. She gave us a great presentation about context. Conference. Enter the Where 2.0 Both Where 2.0 The Where 2.0

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Hulu , the online video streaming site headed by Jason Kilar, detailed its 2012 numbers today, saying that it will close the year with approximately $695M in revenues, a growth of over 65% since 2011. Hulu said its subscriber count more than doubled during the year.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 13, 2011

t prompted a good discussion around how CTOs go about choosing the programming language and framework for their startup. " From Groovy/Grails :: Ruby/Rails :: 2011 State of the framework : Rails and Grails are both excellent frameworks with their current releases. Misconception #2 - "Ruby is the obvious choice."

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2012

The reason that I'm most exited about this is that I partly use StartupRoar to make sure I don't miss things that is good content that is relevant to me. It always has great, fresh content from a wide variety of industry professionals. Now with personalization, it is even less likely that something will sneak by.

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Xconomy

JUNE 25, 2019

Acutus Medical, based in the northern San Diego community of Carlsbad, was founded in 2011. The company’s flagship product, dubbed AcQMap, uses ultrasound to allow physicians to see what is causing a patient’s irregular heartbeat, also known as an arrhythmia.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Well, visitors to Hollywood's Sunset and Vine are about to see just that, with the expansion of The Melt , a Silicon Valley, venture-backed grilled cheese shop founded by Flip video CEO Jonathan Kaplan. How often do you run into a top tier, Silicon Valley-backed grilled cheese sandwich shop in LA? READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

pointed at all of the companies in Los Angeles that came out of the demise of MySpace, and argues that the growth of Snap is about to trigger another wave of startups in the market. In the report, Amplify.LA For its own part, Amplify.LA says it now has 75 companies in its portfolio with a combined enterprise value of $1.3

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Wednesday, March 2, 2011 -- Special Briefing on Government Reform. As part of our effort in 2011 "Turning Red Tape Into Red Carpet," OCBC invites you to an important and timely briefing about state and regional government reform issues. See [link] (more)

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Hulu also said it will offer up new talks from the 2011 TED conference in the partnership, and that content will be available to both Hulu.com and Hulu Plus users. TED features notable speakers talking about interesting ideas and topics in short talks, designed to stimulate thinking by attendees.

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socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2013

No details of the funding have yet been announced by the company; the firm last announced a funding round in 2011. eSolar--like many other, American companies in the beleaguered solar power industry here--has been fairly mum about its activities over the last year.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Thursday, March 3, 2011 -- Drupal in a Day Training. Do you have an active interest in learning about Drupal? register/2011/march/drupal-in-a-day-7. All you need is a basic understanding of the Internet and familiarity with how websites function, a conceptual understanding of Content Management Systems (CMS).

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2016

The German company started shipping its sonnenBatterie products in 2011. The comapny says that so far, it has installed about 10,000 of its storage solutions throughout Europe.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2012

The company's app, which is free, runs on the iPhone and allows users to post information about their travels, document their movements, share photos, and more. HipGeo debuted its app in September of 2011; the firm is backed by Morado Venture Partners, a seed-stage fund run by former Yahoo!

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Friday, December 16, 2011 -- LA Startup Nights. It's about time for another session of late night startup awesomeness. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 31, 2011

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

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