socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2013

Calabasas-based network testing equipment and software developer Ixia announced Tuesday that it is acquiring Net Optics , a developer of network and application analysis products. Ixia said that net Optics had $49M in revenue in 2012, and had revenues of $42M for the first nine months of 2013. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

New and old interactive companies alike have been wrangling their online communities for panelpicker votes since mid-August when voting commenced for a coveted shot to win a chance to present their vision to a guaranteed crowd of A-List digital and tech influencers that will gather together in Austin, TX the week of March 8, 2013.

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socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2014

Calabasas-based Ixia said late Monday that it has completed its investigation into the company''s finances and business, which came out of the October 2013 surprise resignation of the company''s President and CEO. auditing audit xxia reporting revenues resume hardware testing network ixia' READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2013

Based on the final report for 2012 from Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), it may appear that IPOs are back as a viable startup exit strategy. For the full year 2012, venture-backed initial public offerings raised $21.5 Make a personal connection, directly or indirectly.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

2013 has proved to be a wild year. Meanwhile while social networking was white hot 3 years ago it is now persona non grata unless your user numbers are insane. 2013 was the year of wearable devices and physical products. So with the wild ride of 2013 I had thoughts about what made me thankful this year. I appreciate that.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Foursquare wants to know you more in 2013 beginning January 28. The team says it has had a great year this 2012. Apart from the full user names and a simpler Privacy document, on January 28, 2013, Foursquare will also enable businesses see their recent visitors. Over 15,000,000 New Users. Business can sign up on Nearby here.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 24, 2013

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 -- "A Night of Innovators" Hosted by CSQ, StartEngine, and Sky Dayton, founder of EarthLink and Boingo. He has invited his network of venture capitalists, successful entrepreneurs, and C-level executives from the region's most significant tech-based organizations.

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socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2017

By the end of 2012, Rob had done a really great job of identifying the opportunity, and being a visionary on how social, local, and mobile would change how consumers engaged with brands. Robert Blatt: The first stage, in 2013, was really nailing product-market-fit. How did you get involved with MomentFeed?

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2012

ExplorerB2B is a free to join exclusive network of experts who share information that matters to you and make sure you expand your professional network, interact with a relevant audience and present your expertise. The English/International version of the platform was launched in January 2012. When was it launched and where?

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

That was between 2010 and 2012. In 2012, we decided to pivot again, aiming at the same group of consumers, turning into Cheers, a positive social network, kind of the opposite of gripe. So, in the middle of 2013, my wife came to me saying -- Farhad, I want to support you, but what exactly am I supporting? Cheerful Inc.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

That was between 2010 and 2012. In 2012, we decided to pivot again, aiming at the same group of consumers, turning into Cheers, a positive social network, kind of the opposite of gripe. So, in the middle of 2013, my wife came to me saying -- Farhad, I want to support you, but what exactly am I supporting? Cheerful Inc.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 1, 2016

Founded in Del Mar, CA in 2012, PacketSled has developed cloud-based technology that continuously monitors its customers’ computer networks, and provides automated intrusion detection, response, and forensics capabilities. The company raised $3 million in a 2013 seed round. The company also has an office in Seattle.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

The company was acquired by Becton, Dickinson and Company during August of 2012, for approximately $65 million. Apeel Sciences - Founded in 2012, after winning $10,000 at UCSB’s New Venture Competition, the company closed $1.25M in funding during 2013.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

The industry finally has one of their own at the helm of the largest YouTube network. My estimate is that the top 5 YouTube networks will do > $200 million net revenue in 2013 (after Google’s share). Ynon & I first discussed Maker in early 2012. This has been a very welcome addition.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 1, 2013

The platform allows investors to do their due diligence on their own time, network with other investors and execute deals with little overhead.” ” Over 650 accredited investors and over 450 companies.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

A recent MLB Advanced Media chart shows that from the 2011 to 2012 baseball seasons, online viewership on only desktops fell by almost half, and viewership via a combination of desktops, smartphones, Xboxes and other connected devices nearly doubled. Spectrum is projected to be maxed out by 2013. Online video sites such as MLB.TV

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

By some measurements Twitter was the fastest growing social network of 2012. In 2012 that number skyrocketed to 26%. SocialBakers , a site that tracks data, reported in December 2012 that 1.4 They are going to Instagram, Tumblr, Snapchat, Kik, and other applications. You need influencers more than advocates.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

Silicon Beach Fest takes place June 19-22, 2013 in Santa Monica. June 19: TechZulu Penthouse at ROC: TechZulu will livestream interviews and provide a place to network. Digital Women’s Luncheon invites leaders to network at Sonoma Wine Garden. Go HERE for the Silicon Beach Fest 2013 schedule and registration.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

One team, a travel company that has built a discovery and planning tool that will make it easy and fun for travelers to find and book trips, was a winner of not just the New Venture Seed Competition in 2013, but also recently won the first day of the Lavin Lean Model Startup Competition in San Diego State University.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 23, 2014

So step by step, she began the works on what is now Grokker.com , the expert video network, to address this need. That was 2012. The network produces its own videos in-house, featuring a notable network of expert yogis, chefs, trainers and fitness instructors, and also curates a selection of the best videos from around the Web.

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socalTECH

JULY 11, 2014

The company was actually founded in Las Vegas, but did not open a Los Angeles office until the first quarter of 2013. When I got involved with Slickdeals, I decided to tap into the LA market, and tap into my network of talented folks, who could really transform and accelerate the deal business. That''s how we got into LA.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 8, 2015

In 2013, the Pentagon had a budget of $3.9 In 2013, Army General Keith Alexander appeared before Congress to address the growing need for increase vigilance in the realm of advanced threat defense , detection and cyber warfare techniques. In 2013, over 600 data breaches personally affected consumers.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2012

On January 12th, 2013 Hacktoons brings you all the cartoons, cereal, community, and coding you can take. In 2012, he discovered Kickstarter and and direct communication with the fans. Remember how great it was to wake up Saturday and watch the week’s best cartoons? Now hold that memory and think about your passion for coding.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Date : Thursday, October 24, 2013. At G4, Scot served as VP of Program Editorial and Internet, and developed, Produced, and Hosted G4TV.COM, the network’s interactive talk show. Before G4, Scot founded All Games Network (AGN). Robin is a former advisor to Gai Kai (acquired by Sony in 2012), an on-line technology company.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 3, 2012

News Corp has announced it will cease publication of its standalone publication of The Daily iPad app December 15, 2012 and embed its technology and staff into the The Post. Thompson reports January 1 2013. I want to thank all of the journalists, digital and business professionals for the hard work they put into The Daily.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Sam is an uber-networker, savvy, helpful, product-oriented leader who had a great eye for young entrepreneurs and a passion about helping them. Throughout 2012 & 2013 we funded many companies and then pulled together a second fund. When we started talking to Sam Teller we knew we had the perfect person. So we went for it.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2012

The program kicked off on October 4, 2012. Demo Days will take place in February 2013 in Mountain View, San Francisco, and NYC. LA-based company, Chewse has joined 500 Startups in Silicon Valley, making it the first starup from LA to join the prestigious accelerator program and seed fund. 33 companies are in this batch.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2015

Alyse joined the March Capital Partners’ Investment Team as an Associate in 2013, and is focused on early stage opportunities in big data and artificial intelligence, IoT, distributed ledger technologies, p2p networks, marketplace innovation and healthcare IT. Silicon Valley Bank. Want to Sponsor?

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Ria Consulting is hosting its 3rd annual Dallas Day of Dot Net on February 8-9, 2013 at Sheraton Market Center in Dallas, Texas. You’ll learn how to manage multiple environments with Git and Visual Studio 2012 so your small teams aren’t pushing to production and jeopardizing your site’s stability.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

They feel very confident they can hit $18 – 20 million in 2012. So assume that in 2012 the company would do $20 million in sales and $2 million in profits (10%) and 2013 they would do sales of $25 million and $4 million in profit (16% net margin) and then slow growth in 2014 to $30 million and $6 million in profit (20% profit).

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2014

2013 was a huge year for startup investing to say the least, and with how things have been shaping up in Q1 of 2014, things are going to get a whole lot crazier. By 2012, Ryan had a clear idea that these bills would be passed,and founded SeedInvest to leverage the potential growth from these history making laws. Introducing SeedInvest.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Today these are only legal in the USA for non-equity rewards or pre-orders, but the JOBS Act will relax the accredited investor rule by early 2013. Marty Zwilling First published on Forbes on 9/21/2012.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 9, 2013

Mikaila Ulmer is the 8 year old owner of BeeSweet Lemonade and 2012 Teenprenereur of the Year Award Recipient. Walker’s app “ Rode Dog ” enables users within pre-established social networks to send barking sounds to offending pack members to encourage them to stop.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated. With all of those companies gobbled up the market is now focused on the next generation startups like TasteMade, MiTu Network, StyleHaul and so forth.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 9, 2013

Mikaila Ulmer is the 8 year old owner of BeeSweet Lemonade and 2012 Teenprenereur of the Year Award Recipient. Walker’s app “ Rode Dog ” enables users within pre-established social networks to send barking sounds to offending pack members to encourage them to stop.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2013

To ensure that the 2013 event gained more attention, the team, comprised of Calvin Ho, Bryce Luken, Nancy Quan and Michael Machado, took quite a proactive approach in producing the event this year. Last year’s contest had only 20 registered participants, whereas this year, there were closer to 300.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2014

OP: It was 2012 when my brother and I took our cousin who was visiting from Poland to go see the movie Hugo. We did a lot of investigative research — cold calling executives in Hollywood through networks at Harvard and networks through Johns Hopkins, the school where my brother graduated from.

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