SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 25, 2011

Thursday, March 31, 2011 -- startupSD: Mark Suster from Both Sides of the Table. He joined GRP Partners in 2007 as a General Partner after selling his company to Salesforce.com. He focuses on early-stage technology companies. Mark is a UCSD graduate and writes one of the best startup blogs on the Internet.

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GRP Partners UCSD SoCal Southern California 100

Xconomy

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Pfizer (NYSE: PFE ) is walking away from a partnership with GlycoMimetics (NASDAQ: GLYC ) a Rockville, MD-based company developing drugs for diseases where carbohydrates play a role. In 2011, Pfizer paid $22.5

Develop 109

Develop Development Product San Diego 109

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud computing provider DreamHost (www.dreamhost.com) raised a big, $30M funding round for the company--the first in the company''s long history. The company- now has around $50M in recurring annual revenues. Our target market is entrepreneurs, creatives, and developers.

Software Review 238

Software Review Cloud Computing Technical Review Platform 238

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Wednesday, February 16, 2011 -- TechAmerica HR Executive Strategy Monthly. ARE YOUR EMPLOYEES BLOGGING YOU INTO BANKRUPTCY?

High Tech 100

High Tech Social Media Social Network Blogging 100

InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2012

However, Eric recently posted the following insights on his blog. Make It Work was an amazing company. With over 38,000 cult-like testimonials, one cannot dispute the company delivered a valuable service in a way like no other company has come close. The company achieved many milestones along the way. I was wrong.

RSS 170

RSS Technical Review Capital Email 170

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2013

I miss blogging because it serves as a great repository for me of my current thinking, as a way of organizing my thoughts and clarifying what I think and as a conversation started with so many of you (as Hunter Walk elegantly said, “Blog not to show how smart you are, but in the hope of soliciting feedback from smart people.

Writing 313

Writing Venture Capital Blogging Startup 313

InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

companies should… focus on building amazing products. I recently spoke with Brad about his approach to guerilla marketing and how he instills eclectic marketing tactics in Foundry Group’s portfolio companies. Chris is the CEO of Gnip , a Foundry Group portfolio company. If you have $hitty products, the marketing is impossible.

Marketing 233

Marketing Blogging Startup Venture Capital 233

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

It’s why the first company I ever invested in as a VC – Invoca – just announced a $20 million funding by Accel Partners. The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. I suppose I could have skipped the whole rest of the blog post and just posted that. There are 2.9

Email 339

Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

Xconomy

MAY 20, 2019

Yet another new biotech company has been founded in San Diego by serial entrepreneur Mike Grey and other alumni of rare disease startup Lumena Pharmaceuticals. Grey, who was president and CEO of Lumuna from 2011 through its 2014 acquisition by Irish drugmaker Shire (now part of Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical.

San Diego 88

San Diego Acquisition Entrepreneur Startup 88

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 31, 2014

After you claim your identity with placeholder domain names, accounts in social networks, and common blogging platforms, your next challenge is to create enough positive content as a “Google wall” to keep negative info out of the top Google search results. Twittering. Profile sites.

Blogging 99

Blogging Content Google Sites 99

Xconomy

JUNE 25, 2019

A company that makes a mapping system to help doctors see high-resolution, 3D images of irregular heart rhythms in real time has raised $100 million in venture investment and a $70 million credit facility to fund its full-scale market launch. Acutus Medical, based in the northern San Diego community of Carlsbad, was founded in 2011.

San Diego 80

San Diego Invest Help Funding 80

Xconomy

JANUARY 7, 2020

When a group of scientists from Amira Pharmaceuticals wanted to start a new biotech after the company’s 2011 acquisition by Bristol-Myers Squibb , Celgene provided seed funding. Rob Williamson, a longtime biotech entrepreneur, joined PharmAkea as CEO in 2013 after the company formed its “build-to-buy”-style.

Seed Funding 63

Seed Funding Equity Research Acquisition 63

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2013

Scott shared a few secrets that any companies can adopt for their own purposes. Stan Slap is credited with revolutionizing performance for some of the world’s biggest, smartest and fastest companies — developing explosive growth strategies and the cultural willingness to implement them.

Social Media 72

Social Media Media Blogging Platform 72

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!

eHarmony 174

eHarmony Yahoo San Diego Mobile 174

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2013

After you claim your identity with placeholder domain names, accounts in social networks, and common blogging platforms, your next challenge is to create enough positive content as a “Google wall” to keep negative info out of the top Google search results. This intangible asset can represent more than 60% of a company's market value.

Custom 89

Custom Customer Blogging Content 89

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

In 2011, Techstars began launching accelerators that focused on startups innovating in a specific sector in partnership with big companies. After Techstars opened its first program in Boulder, CO, in 2007, the startup accelerator program expanded into three cities over the next four years. But then the real growth started happening.

Startup 77

Startup Technology San Diego Company 77

Xconomy

AUGUST 14, 2019

Wireless giant Qualcomm has appointed Mark McLaughlin , the former CEO of network security company Palo Alto Networks, as chairman of its board of directors. McLaughlin joined Silicon Valley-based Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW ) as president and CEO in 2011, ahead of its 2012 IPO.

Networking 46

Networking San Diego Company Companies 46

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Last year, the FDA says, 23 drug shortages were reported , down from 26 the previous year (and 251 in 2011). Companies have avoided sounding alarms; Amgen, for one, Read more » Reprints | Share: But Hurricane Maria’s direct strike on Puerto Rico might put the progress made on reducing shortages to the test.

Pricing 59

Pricing Report Sites San Diego 59

Xconomy

APRIL 16, 2018

million agreement to acquire General Assembly, a tech training and career development company that offers courses online and at 20 campuses worldwide. General Assembly (GA) launched in early 2011 with an incubator in New York City that was a cross between a co-working space and a startup university.

Training 59

Training Incubator Demand Course 59

socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2012

We thought we'd get the pitch from Tim Sae Koo , the founder of the company, on how he took the idea from his business class at USC and turned it into a company, which is now part of one of the local startup accelerators in town, StartEngine. What is HypeMarks all about? What's your background?

USC 252

USC Startup Web Ideas 252

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

In case you missed all the kerfuffle this weekend, I posted this blog post originally on TechCrunch. This is a blog post I really didn’t want to write. Still, as I’ve written in the past, what I love about blogging is the ability to have a public debate where we can all learn. The post is balanced and worth reading.

Venture Capital 267

Venture Capital Writing Blogging Startup 267

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2011

Just as we launched a 2010 site they go all 2011 on us! I wanted to be whimsical and have a blog as cool as Spark Capital. In the past 15 years our partners have backed nearly one company every year that was early stage and eventually exited for North of a billion dollars. Next I might steal this. Thanks, guys.

UCSD 260

UCSD Invest Startup Design 260

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Recently the firms two founding partners (and also Managing Partners) —  Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham  — decided to transition management of the firm to Andy Weissman (who joined in 2012) and Albert Wenger (joined in 2008 and writes one of the most thoughtful blogs in our industry ).

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Venture Capital Funding Capital Startup 161

socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2014

We caught up with Jeff Overall , the founder of PolarPro, to better understand the company--plus the popularity of accessories specifically for GoPro cameras. What''s the story behind the company? Jeff Overall: It all started back in 2011, when I was going to the University of Santa Barbara.

Startup 196

Startup Van Nuys Patents Santa Barbara 196

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. Shani Higgins joined Technorati in 2007 to lead strategy and day to day operations for the company¹s advertising sales, business development and the Technorati Media advertising network. Jace Hall is the President and founder of HDFILMS INC.

Los Angeles 75

Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 75

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The company, based in downtown San Diego, is headed by CEO Scot Chisholm. Chisholm, who with the company’s co-founders initially built the platform to facilitate their own fundraising events, launched an improved version for broader use in 2011. Adam Aarons, the new chief revenue officer, was also named Classy’s president.

Software 40

Software San Diego Startup Platform 40

TechEmpower

MARCH 28, 2013

About What we do Portfolio People Blog Contact. Application performance can be directly mapped to hosting dollars, and for a start-up company in its infancy, hosting costs can be a pain point. Two Intel Sandy Bridge Core i7-2600K workstations with 8 GB memory each (early 2011 vintage) for the i7 tests. About this blog.

Framework 560

Framework EC2 PHP Java 560

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. And stop effing around trying to create a product company.&#. If you really want to do a product business then hire a professional manager for your services company, quit that job and focus 100% on your product company. You’re a small fish.

Services 332

Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

Both Sides of the Table

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? So I believe that now is the perfect time to build a company and the perfect time for early-stage investors to bet on innovation.

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Startup Funding Technical Review 269

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 10, 2013

This traveling player can allow direct digital rentals from any blog, Facebook page, Twitter profile or other online site. Yekra was established in 2011 by Lee Waterworth, Sonya Waterworth, Miles Romney and Chris Larson built around the launch of documentary film “Thrive” reaching more than 12 million viewers at $5 each for digital rental.

Platform 69

Platform Netflix Hulu Content 69

Xconomy

AUGUST 16, 2016

The authors made the point that, given the size of companies today, a single garden-variety blockbuster hardly moves the needle. An obvious place to look for help is the venture community—Bruce Booth of Atlas Ventures pointed out in a recent blog that venture capital is doing well, and is positioned to do even better in the future.

Product 40

Product Journal Venture Capital Demand 40

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2013

Hulme, blogging at Cloud Commons , believes that the cloud will spur a jobs explosion, though the jobs descriptions will differ. An IDC study commissioned on behalf of Microsoft has shown that cloud computing will be responsible for creating nearly 14 million new jobs between 2011 and 2015.

Cloud Computing 85

Cloud Computing Marketing CIO Organization 85

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

I believe that over capitalizing companies too early often favors the VC. In the late 90′s I saw a dangerous trend creeping into the startup world, which was that companies were suddenly raising huge amounts of money too early in their existence. Over funding often produces bad behavior in early-stage companies.

Development Team Review 374

Development Team Review Technical Review Startup Resource 374

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. Shani Higgins joined Technorati in 2007 to lead strategy and day to day operations for the company¹s advertising sales, business development and the Technorati Media advertising network. Jace Hall is the President and founder of HDFILMS INC.

Los Angeles 49

Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 49

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Amplify’s portfolio companies are schooled on every challenge they need to master in order to achieve success. All the companies that graduate from the accelerator’s program work from the same office and can literally reach out and touch their investors at any time. Jeff looks for these same qualities in the companies he backs.

Web Design 103

Web Design Social Media Design Seed Funding 103

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

The reality, however, of the coexistence between immigrants and their American peers is proving to be a one-sided pursuit, with qualified immigrants struggling to stay in the country to join the companies that they have co-founded. According to the official press release on Senator Moran’s blog. Take the U.S. and Mark Warner (D-Va.)

Technical Review 77

Technical Review Startup Offshore Entrepreneur 77

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Maneesh works with Miramar portfolio companies to identify growth drivers, potential business partners and evaluate prospective investment opportunities. Currently, Maneesh serves on the board of the following Miramar portfolio companies: Genomera(observer), RealPractice, Welltok(observer). He blogs at startup-marketing.com.

Orange County 106

Orange County Miramar Startup Tech Coast Angels 106