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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

The new startup--funded by Bullpen Capital, Baroda Ventures, and Prism VentureWorks, and headed by Bong Koh--is one of the companies debuting today at the DEMO Fall 2011 conference in Silicon Valley.

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APRIL 25, 2011

There’s a line of thinking in Silicon Valley that you should build product businesses rather than services businesses. It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. Why Shouldn’t Most Services Businesses Raise VC? Why Build a Services Business in the First Place?

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Thursday, October 6, 2011 -- Successfully Launching New Products and Services. Hear senior representatives from local companies that have recently developed and brought successfully to market, new products and services. Gold Coast Business Forum. See [link] (more)

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DECEMBER 9, 2010

Santa Monica-based EdgeCast Networks , the content deliver network (CDN) provider, said today that it is targeting the performance of web applications with a new delivery service. The firm claimed its service can help web apps run 200 to 400 percent faster. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Tuesday, February 22, 2011 -- 2011 Entrepreneurship Speaker Series. Speaker: Judy Greenspon, President, NPI Services, Inc. UCI CalIt2. Contact Goran Matijasevic at goran@uci.edu.

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

Santa Monica-based wine subscription service Winc postponed its IPO on Thursday. Winc was founded in 2011. Winc has not announced the reason for the delay. Winc had filed to raised $75M in an IPO, selling 5 million shares at between $14.00 and $16.00 Winc had filed to list on the NYSE as WBEV.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2011

Even though it has been a long haul, it’s nice to see some optimism surfacing in 2011. A majority of small business leaders intend to be more aggressive in 2011 by implementing a range of actions to advance their businesses. Respondents cited a greater focus on operating efficiencies as the number one step to achieving growth in 2011.

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AUGUST 25, 2020

The acquisition of the brand is not the first for Napster, which was acquired by RealNetworks/Rhapsody Networks in 2011; Rhapsody Networks renamed itself to Napster in 2016. The original Napster service--famous for being a peer-to-peer, illegal MP3 swapping service--was bankrupted by a lawsuit with the RIAA in 2002.

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JANUARY 9, 2018

According to j2, it has named Harmeet Singh as President of Cloud Services; Steve Horowitz as President of Ziff Davis; and Joey Fortuna as Chief Technology Officer. Fortuna has been at Ziff Davis since 2011, and also served at Vindico, Quigo, and Pseudo. Singh has been at j2 since 2013, and prior to that was at SingerLewak LLP.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 7, 2011

Wednesday, July 13, 2011 -- Privacy and Security Regulation: Threat to the Growth and Adoption of Location-Based Services? There has been much talk on internet privacy, collection and sale of user data, etc. But what about the collection, use and sale of a users location.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2013

The privately held firm did not disclose its revenues, however, the firm has previously been reported to have had revenues of between $50-100M in revenues in 2011, and $15-20M in revenues in 2009. The firm provides edge network services to help deliver content from such customers as Twitter, Pinterest, Sony, and Hulu to end users.

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OCTOBER 10, 2016

She is also on the board of United Parcel Services (UPS) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), in addition to serving on the board of HP from June 2011 to November of 2015. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 17, 2018

Vereco, which was foudned in 2011, provided on-site personnel for hospitals and healthcare systems, offering up managed document services. The acquisition was financed by a senior credit facility from Monroe Capital LLC. Financial details of the deal were not annoucned. Vereco was advised by B. Riley FBR in the deal. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2016

IronKey, which develops encrypted USB flash drives, has been part of Imation since 2011. Kingston Digital, the flash memory arm of Kingston Technology, said the acquisition will help it provide a more comprehensive portfolio of products and services to its customers. Imation acquired IronKey in an asset deal in September of 2011.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 13, 2010

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 -- Cloud Computing and Software as a Service (SaaS) $160 Billion Market Opportunity. Cloud computing is estimated to be a $160 billion market opportunity by 2011 (Merrill Lynch). MIT Enterprise Forum of the Central Coast. The applications segment (a.k.a.

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JUNE 15, 2016

In another chapter in the brand-that-wouldn't-disappear, Napster , the music streaming service brand which, for awhile, was based in Los Angeles, is coming back -- this time, as a rebrand of Seattle-based streaming music service Rhapsody. Rhapsody said on Tuesday that. it will rebrand as Napster sometime this Summer. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Competitors, seeing a successful development of a niche, flock into the competitive void with products or services built with a fresh view of the current environment. LivingSocial took in $583 million in capital in 2010 and 2011 with little left in time to show for the investment and tremendous dilution to the founders.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Irvine-based Zadara Storage , which develops technology for cloud-based storage services, reported that it has scored a U.S. The company said that it received US Patent 8,819,230 for a Virtual Private Storage Array service for cloud servers. Patent for its technology.

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JULY 6, 2016

Netflix , the television and movie-streaming service which has significant operations in Los Angeles, and The CW Network said last night that they are in a new, multi-year content licensing relationship. subscription television service for previously seasons of scripted series broadcast on the network. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 30, 2018

Classy was launched in 2011, and is led by CEO and co-foudner Scot Chisolm. Classy develops software-as-a-service products aimed at helping nonprofits manage their online fundraising, with a focus on social causes like environmental issues, child trafficking, human rights, and animal rights.

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MAY 21, 2013

It''s always a challenge with freemium services--how much do you give away, and how much do you charge for? AnyMeeting told its free users today that, starting June 1st, the recording feature of its service will only be available to its "Pro" plan users. anymeeting free conference call meeting service premium plan freemium'

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JANUARY 31, 2012

Santa Monica-based EdgeCast Networks , the content delivery network (CDN) provider headed by Alex Kazerani, said today that it doubled its annual revenues and headcount in 2011, over its 2010 numbers. EdgeCast said it added more than a thousand customers in 2011, including such sites as DailyMotion, Imgur, and posterous.

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MARCH 6, 2017

Martell has been COO of the company since 2014, and joined the company in 2011 as CFO. He previously also had served at Western Institutional Review Board, Advantage Sales and Marketing and Information Services Group, Inc, along with ACNielsen Corporation. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2014

San Diego-based Slacker Radio , which operates a streaming radio service, has scored a big win with Toyota and Lexus. Slacker said Thursday that it will offer up a new Slacker Radio app on select Lexus models, and soon on select Toyota model years from 2011 to 2015.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

Through two strategic acquisitions, one made in late 2011, and one made in early March of 2012. Green Dot--which launched its mobile banking app and service, GoBank , this week--apparently was positioning itself for the move in 2011, when it acquired a small community bank in Utah, with a mere $35.7M READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 10, 2013

Los Angeles-based online event promotion service Planana , the startup founded by Anna Sergeeva and Fei Xiao, said Thursday that the company has been accepted to the DreamIt Ventures Winter 2013 class in Austin, Texas. The startup said that it will be demonstrating its products at SXSW at March 8th, at the conclusion of the program.

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JULY 16, 2014

The new fund is larger than the company''s second fund, which was raised in 2011 and was worth $28M. According to Wavemaker Partners, the new fund will be focused on mobile services, Internet, and software. Siemer said it will make around 25-30 new investments globally per year across its focus areas.

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JUNE 8, 2017

Los Angeles-based StartEngine , the equity crowdfunding service run by serial entrepeneur Howard Marks, has chalked up 25 companies raising money on its platform since the start of 2017, according to the company. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

A report today says that airline JetBlue is expected to announce the details of its new, in-flight wireless service which taps the service of Carlsbad-based satellite communications provider Viasat. The wireless service is expected to debut in the first quarter of 2013. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Los Angeles-based streaming television service Hulu announced late Thursday that it is selling its Japanese business to Nippon Television Network Corporation (Nippon TV). Hulu had only launched services in Japan three years ago, in September of 2011. Hulu had only launched services in Japan three years ago, in September of 2011.

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JANUARY 21, 2014

Santa Barbara-based wireless sound system manufacturer Sonos said today that it has tied its products into the new Beats Music streaming music service, which was launched today. Sonos has been connected to MOG since 2011. READ MORE>>. system electronics wireless streaming music beats sonos'

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JANUARY 22, 2016

The move is part of a rush to offer restaurant delivery services nationwide by on-demand companies. Amazon launched its own restaurant delivery via Prime Now in November in LA, and Schlep & Fetch backed by local angels--has been offering up its restaurant delivery services in the area since 2011.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said this morning that it has come up with a name for its domain name services group, which it is in the midst of spinning off into an independent company. and will be headed by Taryn Naidu, who is current Demand Media''s Executive Vice President of Domain Services. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 16, 2012

Santa Monica-based content delivery network (CDN) operator EdgeCast Networks said this week that it has been powering the big growth behind Imgur , the online image hosting and discovery service. Imgur just reported it is now getting over one billion page views a day, a portion of which is served through EdgeCast's CDN service.

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JANUARY 12, 2012

Los Angeles-based Hulu CEO Jason Kilar said Thursday afternoon that the company brought in approximately $420M in revenues in 2011, up 60 percent from 2010, and now has more than 1.5 Kilar disclosed the numbers in a blog post summarizing the firm's 2011. million paying subscribers to Hulu Plus. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 18, 2014

According to Sonos, the new app includes a new design and simplified interface, as well as a new, universal search feature to help users look up music not only on their own devices, but on Pandora, Spotify, and other services. Sonos first released an Android app back in 2011. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 15, 2013

According to Green Dot, it plans to launch its service, GoBank, on Independence Day on iPhone, Android, and online--and also will be making a big, national push to market the service. Green Dot''s banking services came via the acquisition of both an FDIC approved community bank back in 2011, and mobile software developer Loopt.

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