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Reflections on 2018: Andy Wilson, Alliance for SoCal Innovation

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Our first is with Andy Wilson of the Alliance for SoCal Innovation. You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here.

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LAVA: First Time Entrepreneur Training Seminar

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 5, 2021

Saturday, May 8, 2021 -- LAVA: First Time Entrepreneur Training Seminar. His practice revolves around startups, securities and mergers and acquisitions. His practice revolves around startups, securities and mergers and acquisitions. Speaker: Matthew Crowley, Crowley Corporate Legal Strategy. See [link] (more)

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TiE SoCal

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 -- TiE SoCal. Join TiE SoCal for the second monthly event of the year, featuring Harvard Law School Research Scholar Vivek Wadhwa and Managing Director of Revolution Partners, Michael Barker. Mr. Wadhwa is a technology entrepreneur and a columnist for BusinessWeek.com. See [link] (more).

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Reflections on 2018: Rob Freelen, Silicon Valley Bank

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Over the last four years, I watched numerous entrepreneurs raise equity. You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here.

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Southern California needs to find its hub for it to develop its own tech ecosystem

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MARCH 22, 2018

Recognizing the tens of billions of dollars that the Southern Californian region leaves on the table, because it hasn’t taken its rightful place in the American technology industry, a new group called the Alliance for Southern California Innovation has just released a report to analyze how SoCal can work to assume its pole position.

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Report: Unilever Eyes The Honest Company

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

An unconfirmed report Thursday afternoon, from TechCrunch, says that Unilever is in early talks to acquire the company, founded by Jessica Alba and SoCal serial entrepreneur Brian Lee. The Honest Company has been hinting that it has been working on a possible IPO filing over the last year or so.

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Report: Southern California Startups Focus More On M&A, Profit

socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2017

The SoCal Startup Outlook compared the responses of entrepeneurs from San Luis Obispo to San Diego, versus the views of a total of nearly 950 entrepreneurs across the U.S.,

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Science Taps Peter Pham As Partner

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Pham, a SoCal native best known for his roles at Photobucket, Billshrink, and Color, will focus on marketing and business development for Science. Pham was most recently Entrepreneur-in-Residence for Trinity Ventures. Pham was a critical piece of the acquisition of Photobucket for $300M by Fox interactive Media.

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Reflections On 2019: Peter Cowen, Sutton Capital Partners

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JANUARY 2, 2020

Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. With customer acquisition costs (CAC) rising significantly across most products, one company experimented with a few low-cost initiatives.

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Surveying SoCal's M&A Landscape, with David Siemer

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

How about mergers and acquisitions? About two years ago, we spent a lot of time talking about the SoCal community, trying to figure out if it''s vibrant enough, if the ecosystem is strong enough, and if there were enough successful entrepreneurs who had built and exited companies, so we''d have the genetic stock in our ecosystem.

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Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More - Ten Recent Great Startup Posts

SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2010

Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs , February 2, 2010 Looks at the critical equation around customer acquisition cost vs. customer lifetime value similar to what I discussed in Startup Metrics but in more depth. Great stuff. This post looks at the implementation details of HTML 5 video.

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Tech Entrepreneur Happy Hour

SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Wednesday, December 16, 2009 -- Tech Entrepreneur Happy Hour. Tons of great new startups, lots of higher level acquisitions. Let's get together for drinks at Copa d'Oro in Santa Monica to catch up and talk tech before the holidays. There are lots of exciting things happening in LA software right now. See [link] (more).

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. Thanks to all of our sponsors, who make our coverage of Southern California's technology industry possible: Sponsors. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com).

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DECEMBER 11, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. Thanks to all of our sponsors, who make our coverage of Southern California's technology industry possible: Sponsors. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com).

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JUNE 19, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. They include: Sponsors. Technology.

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Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map. Tech startup accelerators dot the landscape, feeding investments into the waiting arms of the nation’s most intelligent and driven entrepreneurs. Miller was even honored as an Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” for 2011. Follow PandoDaily: Search.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California

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JUNE 26, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. They include: Sponsors. Advertisers.

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JUNE 5, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. They include: Sponsors.

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Spooky thought: Where would we be without our supporters?

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Thanks in particular to: Sponsors.

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JULY 24, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. They include: Sponsors. Westlake Village.

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AUGUST 7, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. Dedicated to our Clients. The City of Glendale (www.thinkglendale.com).

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. They include: Sponsors. The right people.

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MAY 22, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. They include: Sponsors. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com).

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. LAVA: Meet the VC's - November 17th - What do you think a technology or life science entrepreneur would give to spend two hours with more than 30 venture capitalists? Technology.

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Should you sell or is that a ??Sell Out???

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Acquisition lessons from both sides of the deal. 75% of acquisitions fail due to timing, out clauses, and cultural fit. 75% of acquisitions fail due to timing, out clauses, and cultural fit. What do entrepreneurs need to weigh before debating an early acquisition, later acquisition vs. IPO? Dealmaker LA.

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APRIL 24, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. They include: Sponsors. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com).

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

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MAY 6, 2012

where entrepreneurs share their stories. 63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Free Corporations For First-Time Entrepreneurs. Right now they’re setting up 500 free corporations for first time entrepreneurs. Here are 62 63 Los Angeles entrepreneurs we can be proud of.

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Why The Haters are Wrong About Growth Hacking

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

” Sean is somebody widely respected in Silicon Valley (although he now lives in SoCal) for having helped many early-stage companies go through major growth periods by quantitatively testing features with audiences to help diagnose what led to growth.

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Entreprenuer Network

SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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OCtane Strategic Growth Conferences

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Specific points to be discussed include: Is this a good time to consider acquisitions? Key factors in positioning to achieve highest value in MandA situations; 5 common pitfalls of bad acquisitions. If you are a CEO, CFO, or entrepreneur, you will not want to miss this chance to hear and network with one of Silicon Valley?s

OCTANE

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Realistic Entrprenuers Guide to Venture Capital

SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0

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Music Startup Academy

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 13, 2013

As the trade association for the digital music industry, digitalmusic.org has developed this program to specifically help entrepreneurs, app developers, and music startups to break the barriers of entry into the music business.

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Map of VC Investments

SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

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Challenge of Predicting Winners

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Challenge of Predicting Winners I just read a bit on the payout to YouTube from the Google Acquisition ( Internet News , CNN ). Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Acquisition. Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. The great NorCal vs. SoCal debate is a longstanding, undeniable rivalry between the stereotypical surfer dudes of the south and environmental geeks to the north. There are a lot of misconceptions about SoCal and it’s time we set them straight. Featured stories. Enterprise.

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Kevin Federline Search Engine

SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Kevin Federline Search Engine Just saw a post - Sleep with a pop star, get your own branded search engine. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. talking about Prodeges Search with Kevin Site - [link].

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How to Build a User Base

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 23, 2011

This week entrepreneur and Farmville Founder, Sizhao "Zao" Yang is going to share his insights on "How to Build a User Base; Reaching the Critical One Million Mark." Monday, May 23, 2011 -- How to Build a User Base; Reaching the Critical One Million Mark. Tech Coast Angels. If you've got questions, Zao's got answers.so See [link] (more)

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8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing

SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing Great post - 8 Ways The Internet Changed Software Marketing - is an interesting take on how different it is these days to market software. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0

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Google Maps Mobile

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Google Maps Mobile I recently downloaded Google Maps Mobile for my Treo. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0

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Interesting Model for University President

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Interesting Model for University President Saw a post by Paul Kedrosky pointing us to Graeme Thickins on How Stanford Does It. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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About this Blog

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 About this Blog Ive been thinking about doing a blog with my thoughts on technology and whats happening in the Los Angeles area technology scene for a while, but it was Ben Kuos recent start of a blog that inspired me to actually go ahead and do it. Thanks Ben.

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Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles?

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles? Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

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MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Monday, March 12, 2007 MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point The NY Times did a piece today on MyShape, a start-up in Pasadena - Log in Your Measurements, and the Clothes May Fit. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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Stanford Podcasts - eHarmony - Greg Waldorf

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 27, 2007 Stanford Podcasts - eHarmony - Greg Waldorf I was just pointed to a set of great podcasts done by Stanford B-School and particularly, I just listed to the podcast by eHarmonys Greg Waldorf. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0

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Reflections on 2018: Andy Wilson, Alliance for SoCal Innovation

LAVA: First Time Entrepreneur Training Seminar

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TiE SoCal

Reflections on 2018: Rob Freelen, Silicon Valley Bank

Southern California needs to find its hub for it to develop its own tech ecosystem

Report: Unilever Eyes The Honest Company

Report: Southern California Startups Focus More On M&A, Profit

Science Taps Peter Pham As Partner

Reflections On 2019: Peter Cowen, Sutton Capital Partners

Surveying SoCal's M&A Landscape, with David Siemer

Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More - Ten Recent Great Startup Posts

Tech Entrepreneur Happy Hour

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Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map

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Spooky thought: Where would we be without our supporters?

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Thank you to our sponsors and advertisers

Thanks to socalTECH's Sponsors!

Thanks to our sponsors!

Should you sell or is that a ??Sell Out???

Thanks to socalTECH's Sponsors!

63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

Why The Haters are Wrong About Growth Hacking

Entreprenuer Network

OCtane Strategic Growth Conferences

Realistic Entrprenuers Guide to Venture Capital

Music Startup Academy

Map of VC Investments

Challenge of Predicting Winners

5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

Kevin Federline Search Engine

How to Build a User Base

8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing

Google Maps Mobile

Interesting Model for University President

About this Blog

Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles?

MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point

Stanford Podcasts - eHarmony - Greg Waldorf

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