SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 27, 2011

Tuesday, May 3, 2011 -- Clean Technology Leaders Conference and Business Mixer. It will discuss the planning process, funding options, the importance of the "team" and market information as well as tools that can be used to drive and monitor the business. SPEAKER: John Ricardi, President and CEO, HiTech Initiatives.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Conference Technology Tool 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2011

But the word is out on Reuters that LinkedIn, Twitter, and maybe even Facebook are looking hard at going public this year, so all of a sudden the IPO option is back in business plans again as an exit strategy for startups. Of course, you’re going to have to perform well to make that stock useful in the acquisitions process.

Social Media 89

Social Media Media Draper Startup 89

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 24, 2011

Tuesday, January 25, 2011 -- SoCal Lean/Kanban Meetup. One option - surprisingly rarely chosen - is to concentrate on operational excellence and effectiveness of execution. Our presenter is Bob Marshall a London(U.K.)-based based coach and consultant to technology businesses.

SoCal 100

SoCal Southern California Coach Technology 100

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 27, 2011

stock option plans. When: Thursday, May 12th, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. TechZulu and Walker Corporate Law Group have come together to bring you the must know legal mistakes you could be making when building your startup. Topics of Discussion: 83(b) elections. employment issues. protecting your IP. diligencing your investors. Event Details.

Beverly Hills 93

Beverly Hills Santa Monica Startup IP 93

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 18, 2011

Company Name BrightSource Energy Information Release Date 3/18/2011 Transaction Type Venture Equity Amount $122,468,202 Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purpose Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. Amount includes options, warrants or other rights to acquire other securities. SEC regulatory filing. VentureDeal.com.

Equity 40

Equity Company Companies 40

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 24, 2011

Company Name Zoove Information Release Date 3/24/2011 Transaction Type Venture Equity Amount $3,000,000 Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purpose Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. Amount includes securities to be acquired upon exercise of options, warrants or other rights to acquire securities. SEC regulatory filing. VentureDeal.com.

Funding 40

Funding Equity Company Companies 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2015

Their reward is more free time for leisure, or more time for bonus objectives and stock options. Virtually every collaboration platform and mainline business process today has a cloud-based deployment option. In the US, nearly 18 million workers identified themselves as independent in 2013, up 10% from 2011.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Yammer Case Study Study 102

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2014

Their reward is more free time for leisure, or more time for bonus objectives and stock options. Virtually every collaboration platform and mainline business process today has a cloud-based deployment option. In the US, nearly 18 million workers identified themselves as independent in 2013, up 10% from 2011.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Yammer 104

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Biotech CEO Jonathan Lim co-founded Ignyta in 2011 to commercialize a new approach to diagnosing and treating rheumatoid arthritis, based on discoveries that showed how changes in methyl group molecules associated with the human genome could change the way genes function. Lim (pictured above) was lucky in some respects, though.

Study 40

Study Tool Technology Capital 40

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

eBay has introduced a new and efficient optional way to manage returns to replace the old system after clients requests. eBay inc was founded by Pierre Omidyar and by 2011 had more than 100 million active users globally and as world’s largest online marketplace connecting buyers and sellers for practically anything.

Blogging 63

Blogging Tool Activity Services 63

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

The firm was one of the recent startups to launch at the DEMO Fall 2011 conference last week, and has the backing of OrganicStartup, the startup acceleration effort of local angel investor Scott Sangster. With trueRSVP, we give you several check-in options and an algorithm to predict attendance. How did you connect with OrganicStartup?

Startup 147

Startup Organization Sites Conference 147

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. No VC is interested in dividends – they want growth.

Services 332

Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2012

In his 2010 offer letter and 2011 Levinsohn will receive severance payments, plus an equity award of 67,000 restricted stock units with stock options of 250,000 which at an exercise price of $15.80 His compensation. According to the Reuters report , Levinsohn has not left the company empty handed. “In

Yahoo 74

Yahoo Pricing Writing Entertainment 74

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically. We announced Fund I in 2011. Occasionally you get really wealthy people running accelerators who view it either as a fun use of time or more often as “an option” to find interesting personal investment opportunities. You may enjoy looking at that last link.

Venture Capital 290

Venture Capital Startup Idealab Funding 290

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. Prices have definitely gone up in 2011 as depicted in the anecdotal chart below. They get a cheaper price, they wipe out much founder stock value and they reissue you new options.

Startup 336

Startup Pricing Technical Review Marketing 336

Tech Coast Venture Network

OCTOBER 25, 2010

But over the next several years, states will be setting up Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) exchanges, offering qualified health insurance options for companies with as many as 100 employees, even more in later years. As a consequence, small businesses should be able to get competitive insurance plans and better pricing.

Slides 100

Slides Startup Study Resource 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

They don’t realize that this option would likely be their worst nightmare, since it costs millions for the road show, usually dilutes your equity to a tiny fraction, and takes away all your entrepreneurial control. IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 159 in 2011. After a record low of 39 U.S.

Entrepreneur 95

Entrepreneur Startup Report Summary 95

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2011

For the latest info, Gartner recently released their Hype Cycle Special Report for 2011 , detailing some of the biggest trends in technology this year. So, of course you have the option of ignoring hype cycle predictions, and pushing forward with your latest technology startup. Investors love this stage.

Entrepreneur 93

Entrepreneur Press Cloud Computing Technology 93

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 17, 2011

billion simply by offering alternative payment options that don’t require credit cards. Conducted this fall, the 2011 Consumer Payment Poll revealed that consumers have dramatic and growing concerns about the safety and privacy of using credit or debit cards for online transactions.

Mobile 68

Mobile Study Software Review Research 68

SoCal CTO

JUNE 15, 2011

And it certainly seems to have worked with reports of: Branchout has seen explosive growth in January 2011, growing from 10K to 250K monthly users, with a total usership now in the hundreds of thousands. And the word "ignorant" is used to dissuade you from choosing that option. That's impressive growth! How did they do it?

Examples 331

Examples Startup Course Networking 331

SoCal CTO

JUNE 15, 2011

And it certainly seems to have worked with reports of: Branchout has seen explosive growth in January 2011, growing from 10K to 250K monthly users, with a total usership now in the hundreds of thousands. And the word "ignorant" is used to dissuade you from choosing that option. That's impressive growth! How did they do it?

Examples 323

Examples Startup Course Networking 323

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 27, 2013

What IndieGoGo allowed us to do was start a campaign on October 2011 and we had a goal set at $10,000. First option we provide is the fixed funding option. The other option is the flexible funding option. The flexible funding option is great for those who are just finding some capital to fund their small business.

Startup 74

Startup Funding Capital Help 74

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Tanz has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine “Young Millionaires of 2011 Special Report.” Once the ad is clicked, there are options for the advertiser, including a pop-out video lightbox that can play video, as well as link to social media profiles, websites and other content. from Carnegie Mellon University.

Advertising 98

Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

To update Marc Andreessen’s widely publicized quote from 2011, “OpenStack Software Defined Networks (SDNs) are eating the world.” In 2012 the company rolled out Inktank, an innovative open source storage solution based on Ceph’s distributed file system, which was subsequently sold to Red Hat for $175 million.

IBM 100

IBM IBM Networking Software 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

It takes options off of the table. Those of us that are willing to admit that we fawked things up in the first dot-com explosion and learned from our mistakes have the battle wounds to make more pragmatic decisions in 2011. It’s the whole basis of my investment philosophy, which I call “ The Entrepreneur Thesis.&#.

Development Team Review 374

Development Team Review Technical Review Startup Resource 374

socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2012

It all came together in the fall of last year, and we technically started the company in October of 2011. At first, it was--hey, this is fantastic, they have no retail and real estate issues, and this lets them sell much better options to consumers. We hit it off, and had a shared vision for the company we wanted to build.

Startup 182

Startup Commerce Design Media 182

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). Mark: 10% warrant coverage is like stock options. Don’t and you might make one catastrophic mistake that leaves you in the annals of Effed Companies. And he said ok got it.

Acquisition 304

Acquisition Startup Customer Custom 304

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 12, 2012

After studying the social gaming market, Mike decided to pivot to the social gaming model, and in 2011 PopRox Entertainment was born. Being the smart and determined businessman that he is, Mike regrouped and really began to study the “Social Gaming” market that had been gaining significant traffic since 2007.

Study 71

Study Entertainment Press Marketing 71

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 20, 2012

Microsoft in December 2011 it released SkyDrive apps for Windows and iPhone. It therefore provided new sorting options. The two mobile apps have been used by almost 4 million people according to Microsoft. SkyDrive on Android. Sort by Newest to Oldest. SkyDrive sorting was also updated.

Web 53

Web Doc JavaScript Mobile 53

socalTECH

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. Their only option is an IPO. We don''t spend a lot of time there, except that we''re active investors and bankers who are affected by what''s happening in the IPO market. But, most did not file their S-1''s.

Southern California 124

Southern California SoCal Commerce Invest 124

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

30 seconds this time, no option to skip. But instead of hitting pause, opening a new tab, and searching Google, or waiting to be served random ads for things you might be interested in, you’re presented with the option to open a catalog and use a directed link to buy immediately. It was 2011, so these were valid questions.

Entertainment 98

Entertainment Advertising Startup Media 98

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 6, 2014

What You May Not Know: They were considered one of the fastest growing companies in their Y-Combinator batch (same as Reddit, Summer 2011) and successfully raised a total of $16.8 The video feature came in a week after the verified artist option was launched. million after a $15 million series A round by Andreessen Horowitz.

Startup 93

Startup Mobile Entertainment Sites 93

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 2, 2013

In a 2011 CDC report , nearly 67% of U.S Compound that by the exponential growth of smart devices from 2011-2013 , we’re looking at a need for rapid development in the next few years. We use our phones to navigate, communicate, shop (yes, sometimes), all while on the go. That much is obvious.

Mobile 94

Mobile Google Startup Technology 94

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Above is an interview we did with Patrick at BlogWorld Expo New York 2011. Right now they have no choice but at some point there will be a comparable if not better option. Patrick is the man behind all the marketing aspects of what could be called one of the funniest sites on the web.

Sites 61

Sites Marketing Social Media Tips 61

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 18, 2011

Andrea: I wanted to get back into e-commerce and wasn’t thrilled with the existing options. Nude shoes to be even more specific for the Summer 2011 season. Kyle: Is this your first company? Andrea: It is, yes. Kyle: What made you want to start ShopperSeeks? Kyle: What’s been the most after sought category of items?

Startup 99

Startup Social Media Media Sites 99

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

But when it’s all over and they define the era of this mini run up in stock prices I suspect they’ll include 2011 in the “over valued&# category. Still, market amnesia by ordinarily rational actors always surprises me. I spoke about a lot of things during the keynote. If you are interested the Vimeo is here. That may be.

Pricing 309

Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2012

In mid-August of 2011, they created JibJab Jr. Their business model is to give families great products for free, with the option to buy something even better. The website says, “StoryBots are brightly colored, infinitely curious little creatures who live in the world beneath our screens.

Screening 88

Screening eBook Content Ideas 88