socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2016

What types of companies will be part of Techstars LA? The companies really are at the discretion of the managing director and team on the types and focus areas of the companies who will be included. We started in Boulder, Colorado, all the way back in 2007, with just ten companies. billion combined. Startups are hard.

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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

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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Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

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JUNE 1, 2011

I sold that company, eCRUSH, which operated espin.com, to Hearst at the end of 2006. Clark Benson: I founded the company in 2008, and we took a little over a year to launch. Our traffic metrics have been growing, and we're now up to over 2 million monthly uniques, and 7 million monthly page views. What's the story behind Ranker?

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Startup Platform Sites Java 195

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

But it is an important metric for firms in pursuit of explosive growth. Tech companies see engineers move frequently, integrate their products tightly, and often find themselves acquiring or merging with counterparts. Raising capital isn’t the be all and end all of startup success. It decreases your odds of being bought.

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Startup Technical Review Oracle Entrepreneur 102

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

What''s interesting, is that in 2011, there were seven large ad-tech firms which had all planned to go public and hired bankers. Now, a new breed of companies is finally making it out, which has had a huge impact on valuations. There''s a huge backlog of companies trying to make it out. But, most did not file their S-1''s.

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Southern California SoCal Commerce Invest 124

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

He gives up the goods and a few tips on what you could do to help market your company. Above is an interview we did with Patrick at BlogWorld Expo New York 2011. I tried to start my own online t-shirt company not realizing the money and time commitment it would take to be successful. We are growing into a media company.

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Sites Marketing Social Media Social Network 61

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Founded in the summer of 2011 and their first product out a few weeks ago amSTATS wants to help users to follow fitness events and programs near them and find a great fitness trainer to help them stay fit. I am ( Michael Piermont ) co-founder and the Chief Executive Officer amSTATZ.

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Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

The firm is announcing a substantial Series D funding round today, so we spoke with the firm's CEO, Jason Howe, to get the details on the company and what it's doing. There were companies at the VC conference starving for money, but I think we could have raised $20M like nothing. Congrats on funding. Explain what your products do?

Startup 113

Startup CTO Hire Resource Venture Capital 113

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. From this we have seen a commensurate boom in the number of startup companies. But on micro level, over-funding also creates performance problems for specific companies. Some will pay off, others will not.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

In a world where it’s easier to judge the immediate value of a business, I know that metrics like “time on site&# matter. As companies like Google grow over time the pendulum swings and even the great link generator Google starts to think maybe it would be good to drive traffic to Google monetized properties.

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Social Media Google Media Startup 274