SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Wednesday, November 9, 2016 -- Disrupt Your Market to Grow Big and Grow Fast. join us at our November Entrepreneur Speaker Series event where Tom White, Director of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator at CSUN, will reveal the secrets to “Disrupt Your Market to Grow Big and Grow Fast.” Cal Lutheran Center for Enterpreneurship.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

It’s a new year – 2016. But putting no time into anchoring your beliefs because you’re too busy executing sales, marketing, support, product & engineering is an easy recipe for leadership drift. There are always flavors-of-the-month strategies or markets that are in favor in the tech startup world.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2016

It may seem hard to believe, but even in 2016, there remain a number of successful consumer brands that are not sold online. I thought it would be interesting to understand the challenges and concerns of entrepreneurs who began selling online for the first time in 2016, so I sat down with Heidi Muther, COO at Z S upply , LLC.

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socalTECH

JULY 29, 2020

Santa Barbara-based Anchore , a provider of security and compliance tools for the "container" market, said it is expanding its footprint internationally, with an office in the United Kingdom. According to Anchore, the new office in the UK will be for its sales and customer support teams, and it also plans additional hires.

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2020

FMG Suite is a developer of cloud-based marketing automation software specifically for financial services professionals and advisors. K1 Investment Management said the sale is its second in the last few months; the company sold Checkmarkx LLC to Hellman & Friedman LLC back in April, in a deal that valued Checkmarkx at $1.15

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Irvine-based Future Media , a digital marketing company, announced late Thursday that it has acquired Oak & Jackal , a direct-to-consumer maker of watches. Future Media said the acquisition is its first foray into consumer sales. Oak & Jackal was originally launched and funded through an effort on Kickstarter , in June of 2016.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 22, 2019

The company is looking to raise roughly $200 million in the stock sale for its portfolio of burger, chicken and sausage replacements, selling 8.75 The meat processor and marketer invested in Beyond Meat back in 2016. million when it began selling its wares in 2016 to $87.9 million in 2018, down from $30.4

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Pricing Los Angeles Venture Capital Study 236

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Playa Vista-based Appetize , which develops tablet-based, modern point-of-sale (POS) technology for the food service and retail markets, says it has doubled its employee count in the last year to 200, as it sees what it calls "exponential" growth in its business. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 14, 2017

Episona has been offering up its test since October of 2016. The company said the new funds go towards commercial expansion of its product, increase sales and marketing, and for further technology development. The company is led by Dr. Alan Horsager.

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socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2018

ShippingEasy , the developer of cloud-based shipping, inventory management, and customer marketing software arm of El Segundo-based Stamps.com is targeting third party Amazon sellers today, with a new product release. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Jennifer Schwab, the founder and CEO of Entity, has built the business since 2016 on virtually no outside funding, but said that this latest financing is a precursor to the company working on its first, more traditional VC-led equity round. Since 2016, some 400 students, almost all women, have completed the course.

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Mentor Training Startup Course 297

socalTECH

DECEMBER 19, 2016

San Diego-based residential solar power installer OneRoof Energy said late Friday that it has "significantlyr educed" its work force, and has begun winding down its operations, after it said it was unable to secure financing necessary to continue sales, marketing, and development. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 3, 2016

In addition to the CEO news, Spireon said it saw "record breaking" sales in the first quarter of 2016. The company did not provide any financial details on those sales, only saying it had double digit growth in revenues and units compared with Q1 of last year.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 9, 2017

For 2016 alone, there are two reliable sources of recent data for us to examine. Tech Coast Angels, one of the largest angel groups in the United States, published its data in 2016, showing sixty-eight percent plunging to less than the amount invested. Way above market investment returns.

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Startup Statistics Tech Coast Angels Study 266

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

By now you have many smart people around your board but probably people who don’t totally understand the nuances of your employees, customers, sales reps, marketing messages, technology challenges, competitors and strategic choices. how much energy to put into channel partners vs. direct sales. And here’s the thing.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 9, 2022

It’s also a massive market — and by Danna’s estimates, still with a lot of untapped business — with Boulevard quoting figures that forecast personal care and beauty sales passing $1.4 But for now, it’s a startup its investors believe is on solid footing in its home market. “As Focusing on the U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2016

Many entrepreneurs assume that everyone will love their solution as much as they do, so they tune their marketing focus based on their own needs and wants. Expanding your market into these areas requires thinking outside your personal box. Identify your built-in biases and define compensating development and marketing strategies.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

said this morning that it has create a new, Chinese joint venture, to market and sell its data center storage systems in China. The two said the JV will become operational in the second quarter of 2016. Irvine-based disk drive and storage maker Western Digital Corp. Ltd, and 49% by Western Digital. Ltd, and 49% by Western Digital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2016

There are a few entrepreneurs who seem to always be ahead of the rest, and are able to sense where the market is going tomorrow. Lone scientists may uncover some great technology, but a team is required to build a solution and a market. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 05/11/2016.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Oculus has pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into funding VR content, and while the headset market is still small, developers have built plenty of games and experiences. Early Bird tickets are still on sale for one more week. See full agenda here. Kickstarting an Industry. Yelena Rachitsky [ Oculus ] . Book your tickets here.

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UCLA Startup Snapchat Los Angeles 185

socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Our interview this morning is with Vahid Manian , the Chief Operating Officer of Morse Micro (www.morsemicro.com), a semiconductor startup which is developing chips for the Wi-Fi HaLow market. We are focused on developing Wi-Fi HaLow 802.11ah, which was solidified back in 2016. It's a new Wi-Fi starndard.

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Startup Resource Southern California Marketing 113

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). It’s why opt-in marketing databases can be so incredibly valuable for companies like Gilt Groupe, One King’s Lane and AdoreMe. Calls are changing but not dying.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

Investors are looking for a concise description of your product or service without technical jargon or fuzzy marketing terms with value quantified in customer terms. How big and growing is the total market and your target segment? They like billion-dollar markets with double-digit growth rates.

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Invest Startup Slides Equity 108

Inverted Software

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

So which companies are ones seeing the most change in their sales as a result of Millennials making more educated choices? The iconic brand has been in business since 1903 and while other motorcycle companies such as BMW, Ducati and KTM have been seeing an increase in sales, Harley have seen U.S. sales falling 3.9 Applebee’s.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

When entrepreneurs introduce new products to the market, their passion and conviction often leads them to assume that every potential customer will see the immediate need and value, and will quickly adopt the solution. In today’s information overload, marketing is everything. Use every marketing channel available.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 25, 2015

I asked him about his thought process because Jason has already built a very successful business that has become the clear market leader in Marketing Automation for Phone Calls. To continue hitting and exceeding our aggressive growth targets and see 2016 also be 100% year-over-year we will need to be bold and highly effective.

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socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2017

Robert Blatt: The first stage, in 2013, was really nailing product-market-fit. What we did in 2014-2015 and most of 2016, was to really, really refine the business model, so that we could be a successful company, and not just have a successful product. What's the biggest thing that the company has done since you came on?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2016

The right channel for marketing and distribution is one of the basic “four Ps” of business (product, promotion, price and placement). For growing revenue and market share, it’s a key element of your overall strategy, and one that can make or break you. In many product areas, especially retail, the channel is the market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2016

Others do far too little, assuming the viral effect and word-of-mouth will soon kick in, and sales will suddenly grow exponentially. Continually add new marketing and distribution partners. Real growth always requires real marketing. Ask every employee to focus on sales. Aggressively enter new markets and sales channels.

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Search Engine Optimization Startup Social Media Metrics 57

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

Examples of VC platform services include: recruiting, marketing, design support, inside sales reps, consulting, accounting services and so forth. Side Note : Upfront has hired Kerry Bennett as a member of our executive management team to run marketing – please follow her on Twitter here ].

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socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2017

Marcus Filipovich: I joined as Chief Executive Officer in January of 2016, however, our founders are really the pioneers in the area of using eye signs for drug enforcement. That's a bridge to our Series A, which we'll be using for scaling up sales and marketing. How big of a market is there for all of this?

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Pasadena Angels Pasadena Technical Review Southern California 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

million in funding on TechCrunch led by Harmony Partners and Upfront Ventures to double its footprint of 3 cities (New York, Chicago & Washington DC) to 6 in 2016. We raised this capital in what has increasingly become a difficult market for fund raising so I’d like to share with you some details on how we get it done.

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Startup Pricing Marketing Product 150

Xconomy

DECEMBER 27, 2017

elections, democracy, free speech, fairness in hiring, sexual harassment, privacy, data security, and the future job market for humans in the age of robots and artificial intelligence. We’ve just passed a year full of news about the role of technology companies in U.S.

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Artificial Inteligence News Sales Marketing 58

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

In 2016, that represented a couple of unique concepts. As time has gone on, the company then shifted into the ridesharing market, essentially operating as a car availability platform for Uber and Lyft drivers. One, was it allowed you to get a used car subscription with your phone.

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Startup Pricing Platform Study 124

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2016

Some business successes can be attributed to luck, timing, or available funding, but in this case most agree that Gary was simply a marketing genius and he created his own market through creative advertising, emotional appeal and exclusivity. Similarly, mentioning viral marketing without specifics won’t assure fundability.

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Ideas Technical Review Entrepreneur Advertising 53

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Does your business have a visible positive strategy, or do your customers and employees still see your primary focus as closing more sales and killing competitors? Market and customer positioning. Clearly focusing on the right market and customer profile sets your competitor differentiation.

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socalTECH

JULY 15, 2015

A few weeks ago, Los Angeles-based enterprise expense reporting software maker Chrome River (www.chromeriver.com) took a significant venture funding round--worth $100M--to help expand the company's growth in the enterprise software market. What that's done, is it's create a large hit in this space, at the top right end of the market.

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Software Report Startup IBM 100