Tech.Co

DECEMBER 4, 2020

has a history with Tony, as he became an investor in the company in 2013, and built a lasting friendship with us as the Tech.co Tony was also our neighbor for 8 years in downtown Las Vegas, where the company grew its homebase and hosted monthly events for locals and visitors from around the world, with Hsieh’s Downtown Project.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Zwelling is a one of Southern California's serial entrepreneurs with a fair number of successes under his belt; his last company, EchoSign, was acquired for a healthy sum by Adobe in 2011; he also was the founder of YLighting, a big success in providing online designer lighting. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Advertising Examples Web 159

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 13, 2011

Thursday, May 19, 2011 -- Using Business Intelligence to Drive Performance. How can this deluge of data be transformed into information for decision making and forecasting, ultimately differentiating your company? Jerry Savin of CTCG will share how to find gems in your data. See [link].

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

Thursday, December 1, 2011 -- Monetizing Innovation. How 'IP Capitalists' are beating Venture Capitalists in Innovative Companies? There are examples the accelerating trend around intellectual property as a key financial asset that can be traded and monetized these days. Nortel sold its 6000 patents for $4.5B

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Technology Council IP TCOSC Patents 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 21, 2011

Thursday, January 27, 2011 -- Raising Money: Critical Issues for Startups. This Forum will make a difference for you in launching your new venture or growing an established company. In January, we will have an interactive exchange of information and real life "Dos" and "Don'ts" for raising money. See [link] (more)

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2011

Are we seeing a time in which pre-revenue companies are more valuable than our offline institutional brands? I don’t believe it’s hyperbole to say that Twitter and Facebook are truly transformative at a societal level, for example. My example du jour is LinkedIn. It seems almost incomprehensible that only 2.5

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2010

In each technology company in which Miramar invests, we are focused on supporting the management teams successful execution of its plan. Every company in our portfolio grew revenues this year, and several crossed into profitability. Instead, they're going serial by returning to the market with revolutionary new companies.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Steve Jillings has a long track record of running successful startups in Southern California, ranging from such companies as FrontBridge Technologies (sold to Microsoft in 2005 for over $200M) and Vantage Media (acquired in 2007). 2011 was an incredibly huge year for us, and 2012 will be the same way.

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socalTECH

JULY 7, 2014

While Internet and startup companies have widely adopted the cloud for both their computing and storage needs, enterprise companies are only now starting to widely adopt cloud services. Many of our customers are software-as-a-service companies, and don''t know upfront how many customers they will have. It''s a huge difference.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Under Nate's leadership, we have redoubled Rustic Canyon's focus on early stage companies working in Internet and Cleantech businesses. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world in 2010? I think a few Cleantech leaders are going to emerge in 2011. It's a revelation.

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Rustic Canyon Southern California High Tech Venture Capital 164

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Exec Summary: Most companies (98+%) in the world (even tech startups) should be very profit focused. While Google and Facebook will buy “acquihires” (at least as of Dec 2011), many acquirers hate the idea of buying companies that aren’t profitable. It allows you many more exit opportunities.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2013

We caught up with founder Evan Britton about how his company has created the top site in the Internet niche of celebrity birthdays, and how that intense focus on a single niche--and user experience- has paid off for the company in terms of user engagement and growth. What''s next for your company? What is FamousBirthdays.com?

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Google Sites Startup Web 236

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2 preamble issues having read the comments on TC today: 1: I know that the prices of startup companies is much great in Silicon Valley than in smaller towns / less tech focused areas in the US and the US prices higher than many foreign markets. There is an inherent value that any company has. I acknowledged this in the article.

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Startup Pricing Technical Review Marketing 336

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

A number of companies in the portfolio delivered very strong operating results in 2010, which is exciting. Campus Explorer, Burstly, RingRevenue, Cocodot, ElephantDrive and DataPop are good examples. Also, we had an investment in a company that went public this year, BroadSoft, which is one of 2010's best-performing IPOs.

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Technical Review Southern California Cloud Computing Venture Capital 160

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Consider the recent example of Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg. IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 159 in 2011. Sure, there are examples of founders who have survived and prospered, such as Bill Gates and Larry Page, but these guys are the exception, not the rule. After a record low of 39 U.S. Loss of control.

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Entrepreneur Startup Report Summary 95

TechEmpower

MARCH 28, 2013

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. We want this test to require repeated requests to an external service (MySQL or MongoDB, for example) so that we exercise the frameworks data mapping code. Code examples. MySQL 5.5.29.

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TechEmpower

APRIL 30, 2013

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. We want this test to require repeated requests to an external service (MySQL or MongoDB, for example) so that we exercise the framework''s data mapping code. Code examples.

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Framework EC2 PHP Java 544

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Reverse merging with a shell company is an alternate path, and that’s how Miragen Therapeutics is headed to the Nasdaq. The combined company will be roughly 96 percent owned by Miragen stockholders, keep the Miragen name, be based in Boulder, and trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “MGEN.”

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 12, 2015

He founded Alpha Origins in 2011. There have been many examples of Spain''s anti-entrepreneurial efforts, including forbidding Airbnb and Uber activities. We can understand how disruptive companies affect entire industries. The Exit Tax will be a huge deterrent to companies that want to expand overseas.

Entrepreneur 100

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

In April 2011, the Association of Coupon Professionals held an Industry Conference in Atlanta to address the present and future state of couponing. The benefits “digital interactions” have and continue to offer coupon companies are vast. Paul Breummer, Search Engine Land. Getting Mobile-Ready.

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

socalTECH

MARCH 25, 2015

crackdown on illegal online gambling and online poker back in 2011. We sat down with David Marshall to learn more about the company and what it''s doing. Tell me a little bit about the company and what you''re doing? We sat down with David Marshall to learn more about the company and what it''s doing. Why a new startup?

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Guy’s latest book, Enchantment , was released in March of 2011, to overwhelmingly upbeat reviews. My recommendation is that it is cheaper than ever to start a company. If there was ever a time to start a company, this is it.”. He is a great example of…building an enchanting company. Basically, everything is free.

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Santa Barbara Technical Review Social Media Startup 262

socalTECH

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Most recently, Nimble was accepted into Microsoft's Accelerator, aimed at taking companies and scaling them through Microsoft relationships. We caught up with Jon about the company's entry into Microsoft's Accelerator, and also got his thoughts on how the world is different this time around for his latest CRM startup. Explain that?

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Startup Canoga Park Email Google 113

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

The company’s co-founders have a background in mobile application development and together built the first mobile app for one of the largest overnight delivery companies in the United States. May 4, 2011 was the official launch date). Examples: lunch, cupcakes, prescription. A few months later, Zipments was born.

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Los Angeles Angel Examples Mobile 79

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.

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Development Team Review Technical Review Startup Resource 374

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

Example: if a VC is on their fourth $200 million fund that they just raised in 2009 then you might hear them talk about $800 million under management. For example, my firm, GRP Partners, has a $200 million fund that was closed in March 2009 and we have 4 investment partners. What is total assets under management? -

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Venture Capital Funding Invest GRP Partners 269

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.

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Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

The example for the New York app, is your face becomes Lady Liberty's face, and you can then post it on Facebook or Tweet it. Where did the idea for the company come from? Samantha Lurey: This is actually my third company. My last company was a consulting firm, which was on the Inc. That's phase one.

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Guide Framework Mobile Startup 232

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

MarketShare recently launched a rebranding effort for the company, and is in the midst of a major hiring and expansion phase. Wes Nichols: MarketShare is an analytics company. You mentioned that you've been growing the company recently, and made a recent acquisition? We've been expanding the company aggressively.

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Social Media Demand Activity Marketing 235

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

This conversation seems to come up very frequently these days both with portfolio companies and with entrepreneurs just looking for mentorship. These are great times for raising money the moods in funding companies is cyclical and if you miss the window it may make the future more difficult. How long is the window open? 25% dilution).

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Help Startup Competition Framework 303

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2013

Example: Fred Wilson writing his end of 2012 post wrote. first world problems and all] But I did feel like 2012 was particularly tough for me having closed out 2011 losing a close family member and dealing with cancer with both family members and close friends. “I’ve wanted to write a year end post for days.

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Writing Venture Capital Blogging Startup 313

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2012

We had the chance to speak with William Volk , Chief Creative Officer of Playscreen (www.playscreen.com), who talked how his company is looking to crack the code with Crickler 2: Daily Word Puzzle , which is among the most popular puzzle games on iTunes, and recently number one in free educational games. Talk about your other titles?

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Mobile Startup Software Review Platform 216

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. Peter Shankman is a spectacular example of what happens when you merge the power of pure creativity with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and a dose of adventure, and make it work to your advantage. Justine Ezarik (a.k.a.

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Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 75

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

For example, goods for sale – people add items that are for sale, their contact details, images of the product. This is merely one example on how to use it. For Media companies – this could be huge. The holding company behind Mimiboard is Umuntu Media. Umuntu received funding in September 2011 – the amount was approx.

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Advertising Media News Content 91

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Tanz has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine “Young Millionaires of 2011 Special Report.” The old media companies were resistant to change. Take the Oscars for example, users will be searching for information on the Oscars before and after the main event. from Carnegie Mellon University.

Advertising 98

Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

The startup--which is part of MuckerLab--landed a seed funding round last week, so we thought we''d catch up with founder and CEO Farbod Shoraka to dig deeper into the company''s goals and service. You mention the big companies, like FTD, 1-800 Flowers, etc. Farbod Shoraka: We started out in the summer of 2011.

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Beverly Hills Technical Review Design Startup 157

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

As any historian of bubbles will tell you – there were periods of bubbles in assets as arcane as tulips , South American trading companies , dot-com bubbles & housing bubbles. The fact that today’s Internet bubble does not represent all companies does not disprove its existence. Many good companies will not get funded.

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Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309