socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2014

Los Angeles-based online advertising technology developer Rubicon Project set the pricing range for its initial public offering Thursday, saying that it hopes to offer 6,770,995 shares of its common stock at between $15.00 RBC Capital Markets, Needham & Company, Oppenheimer & Co, and Luma Securities. and $17.00 READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 7, 2011

Proving that the market for the right domain name continues to be strong, Moniker and SnapNames , the domain name auction sites owned by Los Angeles-based Oversee.net , reported that they sold the domain Data.com for more than $1.5M The firm said it sold the domain for an amount that "significantly exceeds" the $1.5M

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

The firm priced its IPO on Tuesday evening at $13.00 per share, pricing lower than expected after a delay in its IPO. Thousand Oaks-based Ceres , the biotechnology firm developing specialized seed stocks for the biofuels industry, rose in its IPO on Wednesday, closing at $14.80 Ceres was trading around $14.85 on Thursday morning.

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2016

Santa Monica-based TrueCar has begun ranking vehicles, based on how well their values hold up in the pre-owned vehicle market, through an annual "TrueCare Pre-Owned Value Awards" program, the company said over the weekend. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2017

The new software is epcifically aimed at helping companies manage corporate accounts and buyer-seller relationships, managing price lists and catalogs, automating business workflows, and more, according to the company. OroCommerce also says it integrates with existing ERP, CRM, and product information software and tools. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Los Angeles-based Goldstar , the online marketer of ticket offers and deals, announced today that it is in a major, nationwide expansion. The firm, which is headed by Jim McCarthy, said that it will be in all of the top 25 US markets in 2011, starting with the addition of Atlanta, Sacramento, and Portland Oregon starting in Q4 of this year.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

They have seen one side of a market where many of us have seen the ebb and flow multiple times. Still, market amnesia by ordinarily rational actors always surprises me. I believe a bubble occurs when a market is willing to pay greater than intrinsic value for an asset class. I spoke about a lot of things during the keynote.

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socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

NTS said the fixed price contract goes until January of 2011. NTS provides engineering services to the defense, aerospace, telecom, automotive, and high tech markets. NTS said that the division will provide Automated Test Equipment (ATE) support for Boeing's 777 program. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed.

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Calabasas High Tech Pricing Report 145

Eric Greenspan

JULY 3, 2012

Make It Work sold its services in pre-paid hours, at a discount from our pay-as-you-go pricing. Since 2008, the company has been forced to lower it’s prices, from $120/hour to $80/hour. From 2008 to 2011, the company paid its own bills, we were cash flow positive and we believed we could maintain this trend indefinitely.

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socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2011

Power released the results of its 2011 U.S. powered 4000 consumers who indicated they will be in the market for a new vehicle within the next one to five years. Despite a huge amount of funding given to electric and hybrid vehicle manufacturers by venture capitalists, a new study from Westlake Village-based J.D. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2013

Providers make their pricing model transparent and easily available on the web, so it’s simple to calculate the cost savings of the cloud. The job market, too, will feel a significant impact from cloud computing technology. The post Future of The Cloud is Bright | Just Ask the Market appeared first on TechZulu.

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Cloud Computing Marketing CIO Organization 85

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

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. When they look at buying your company they often think in terms of “how long will it take until I earn back the profits to pay for my acquisition price?”

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

spends hundreds of millions of dollars on a media property, runs it for about seven years, and then decides to unload that same property for a fraction of the price it paid to a Southern California technology--not media--company. Does this sound familiar? Well, could be. How about IGN ? in a $580M deal. READ MORE>>.

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News Southern California Sales Los Angeles 159

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2011

They get marketed as such. Will that be enough or will high churn rates creep in, new toys be introduced into the market, new time sucks pulling user attention away? Why had it endured though market machinations and become this year’s darling IPO? Not improving your life or business. Not solving a real problem.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. It’s why opt-in marketing databases can be so incredibly valuable for companies like Gilt Groupe, One King’s Lane and AdoreMe. And while this data is from mid-2011 I can assure you that data is not going down. There are 2.9

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Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2012

Make It Work sold its services in pre-paid hours, at a discount from our pay-as-you-go pricing. Since 2008, the company has been forced to lower it’s prices, from $120/hour to $80/hour. From 2008 to 2011, the company paid its own bills, we were cash flow positive and we believed we could maintain this trend indefinitely.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 1, 2011

.&# That’s how it felt then and a bit how it feels in May 2011. As a market we seem to be incapable of temperance. And 18 months later, in May 2011, I have crossed 422,000 views. It’s marketing. If I get a holiday bump I’ll raise a round at whatever price I like. So which is it? Feast or famine?

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Startup Blogging Venture Capital Writing 391

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2013

Steven Sesar: FreedomPop is all about bringing the freemium model to the wireless Internet market, and disrupting the telephone companies. Currently, users pay up front for data packages, and there are inefficiencies in that market. That peak of 10-12 down is faster than normal DSL, and will be at a fraction of the price.

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Startup IP Networking Encino 245

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

He shared tons of information about how how they were using marketing to quantitatively make marketing decisions at HauteLook and acquire customers for prices that were far cheaper than similar companies. The feedback was always universal, “that was the most helpful marketing meeting I’ve every had.”

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Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2014

The real estate impact of this activity can probably be traced to the 2011 arrival of Google in the Frank Gehry-designed “binoculars” building on Main Street in Santa Monica. commercial real estate market. Here, prices can climb higher. million, it is the highest sale price of the year. The weather’s not too bad, either!

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Entertainment Santa Monica Journal Belkin 108

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 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?

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Venture Capital Startup Funding Technical Review 269

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

But knowing the right people and knowing a market only works well for angel investors in bullish tech markets in which IPO’s happen quickly (97-99) or where larger companies are actively scooping up little tiny companies at sub $50 million valuations to drive innovation (05-08, 10-?). Obviously I agree. So where are we now?

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 18, 2013

million in cash for SeatMe and up to approximately 263,000 shares of its Class A common stock, for a total purchase price of approximately $12.7 We target a large, underserved market of restaurant and nightlife establishments, and we’re excited about the opportunity to significantly extend our market reach,” Kvamme added.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Montgomery believes there will be 50 IPOs in 2010 as there is pent-up supply and a higher risk tolerance amongst institutional public investors harmonizing at 40 deals / year for the 3 years starting in 2011. Fred Wilson supports Montgomery’s view in this thoughtful post on the return of the tech IPO market.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Southern California Company 241

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. Due to the combination of these factors, marketers began to more heavily fund digital platforms. Paul Breummer, Search Engine Land. Getting Mobile-Ready.

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Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

But knowing the right people and knowing a market only works well for angel investors in bullish tech markets in which IPO’s happen quickly (97-99) or where larger companies are actively scooping up little tiny companies at sub $50 million valuations to drive innovation (05-08, 10-?). Obviously I agree. So where are we now?

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Invest Angel Venture Capital Startup 152

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

DreamHost has a successful track record of incubating technologies in-house and then releasing them to the broader market. To update Marc Andreessen’s widely publicized quote from 2011, “OpenStack Software Defined Networks (SDNs) are eating the world.” Note: I am an investor in Akanda via Rincon Venture Partners.).

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IBM IBM Networking Software 100

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 22, 2011

Dollar Shave Club is a online service that delivers high quality disposable razor blades for a low price. He mentioned that he could get us great blades at an affordable price. Dollar Shave Club launched publicly on July 6th, 2011. Michael Dubin decided to solve this problem. The response has been terrific.

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Dollar Shave Club Startup Pricing Venture Capital 91

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Joey Flores, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder at Earbits (a Y Combinator Winter 2011 company). Earbits is a marketing platform for music related products built around interactive radio experiences. When: Thursday, November 10, 2011 – 7-9pm. What was the biggest value they got from the investment? Tickets: $10.00

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Incubator Santa Monica Idealab Social Media 64

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

CADScan was formed in 2011 by Alastair Buchannan and Tony Rhoades and together they put a team to give people a chance on owning a great piece of technology. The new machine in question, is a 3D scanner that is affordable to any market, which is also very easy to use and produces high quality scans.

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Design Startup Press Pricing 77

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2016

Founded in 2011, Z Supply, LLC has created five women’s fashion brands with a sixth brand and extension into Men’s, launching Spring 2017. After Pacific Sunwear, my career covered two new ends of the retail spectrum; off price at Ross and women’s luxury at St. Secondly, eCommerce is a powerful marketing platform for us.

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Sites Sales Santa Barbara Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Just as we are summed up by the advertising methodologies of the 1950’s as unpredictable and irrational (The Economist, Sex and Advertising, 2011), not only are we both these traits, but also with the power of click-a-mouse comparison shopping we are perhaps pickier, more demanding and less ‘experience’ oriented over product features.

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Customer Custom Advertising Demand 74

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Just as we are summed up by the advertising methodologies of the 1950’s as unpredictable and irrational (The Economist, Sex and Advertising, 2011), not only are we both these traits, but also with the power of click-a-mouse comparison shopping we are perhaps pickier, more demanding and less ‘experience’ oriented over product features.

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Customer Custom Demand Advertising 72

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

Matt was one of my inspirations behind Launchpad LA (yes, we’re going to have a program in 2011 – news very, very soon). People want to invest in people they trust – once you’ve made money for someone you can always go back, and even get better pricing. o Everything is for sale but it’s the price that moves the timing.

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Acquisition Startup Customer Custom 304

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Joey Flores, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder at Earbits (a Y Combinator Winter 2011 company). Earbits is a marketing platform for music related products built around interactive radio experiences. When: Thursday, November 10, 2011 – 7-9pm. What was the biggest value they got from the investment? Tickets: $10.00

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 159 in 2011. On the other hand, if you are looking for major financing to expand manufacturing capacity, or need major marketing efforts to build your brand, an IPO may be the only way to get you there. After a record low of 39 U.S.

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Entrepreneur Startup Report Summary 95

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer 2011 Judges! Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. He sits on several boards and is involved in the virtual worlds, gaming, mobile, media, and healthcare markets. to 9:30 p.m.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100