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MAY 7, 2021

Los Angeles-based Phyn, which develops high tech devices to help homeowners monitor water usage in their home, said it launched a brand new product. The company said the devices connect to its existing product, the Phyn Plus, to automatically active its valve shut-off feature.

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JANUARY 14, 2020

The company--which is likely the most active acquirer of companies in Southern California's high tech economy--says it acquired FES IQ , a company in the digital media space, and Buffered VPN , a provider of cloud services based in Gibraltar.

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MARCH 13, 2013

The startup--headed by high tech veterans Tareq Risheq and Mark Thacker--has now racked up 3,087 backers and $363,832 in pledges for its high tech, voice activated device for storing your passwords and personal data.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Attend local university entrepreneur activities. Support local activities and you support yourself. Finding a high-tech co-founder in the middle of Kansas may be a long search. There’s a reason that Silicon Valley and Boston are hubs for high-tech startups. Look for a partner from a different background.

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DECEMBER 7, 2012

A new report issued today, detailing technology jobs employment concentration in the United States, shines some light on where the highest concentrations of tech jobs are in the region. The highest ranked was San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos , with 11.1 percent of jobs in technology, ranked at 20. percent of jobs in technology. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 26, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. As data like the Startup Genome have begun to point out, LA will continue to emerge as one of the most active tech / startup ecosystems in the world. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 24, 2018

The fund said its co-founder and lead investor is Behzad Kianmahd, the CEO of Maxim Commercial Capital, and co-founder of the Cross Campus coworking space, which has been one of the key hubs of startup activity in the Los Angeles area. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2014

In a big loss for the local high tech community, computer security software developer Websense --based in San Diego--is moving its headquarters to Austin, Texas, and is taking 445 jobs with it. payment from the state. The move comes eight months after Websense was acquired by private equity company Vista Equity Partners last June.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

The OC Tech Alliance , one of the groups supporting the technology industry in Orange County, says it will become part of another local industry group, OCTANe , effective December 31st. The two--who had announced their intent to merge in September--will be merging their various events and activities.

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MAY 12, 2015

AOL --which has been one of the most active acquirers of Southern California technology startups in recent years--has been acquired itself, by Verizon , AOL and Verizon announced this morning. According to Verizon, it will pay $50 per share for AOL, in a deal worth approximately $4.4

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AUGUST 8, 2012

There's been a lot of press about the name "Silicon Beach"--the name the local community has taken up to describe the high tech renaissance happening in Santa Monica and surrounding cities in Los Angeles. However, until now, there hasn't been a mobile app to go with the name. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

Kutcher has been a very active investor in high tech companies via his investment company, A-Grade Investments, and has made investments in such companies as Airbnb, Fab, Foursquare, Uber, and others. Financial details of the partnership were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 17, 2012

You may not see it here in Southern California's high tech sector--which has been booming, due to a surge of startup and accelerator activity--but apparently, the technology sector has seen its highest level of layoffs in three years, according to a report today. Image courtesy Bigstock.com READ MORE>>.

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Technical Review Layoffs Southern California Report 133

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AUGUST 10, 2016

In what looks to be an unprecedented surge in high profile, high value exits for high tech companies in Southern California, there have now been six big exits in the region over the last month worth over $100M. Those exits--worth more than a collected $3.8

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JULY 24, 2012

Cooley LLP said Tuesday that it has added four partners to a new, Los Angeles office, and also hired one of the most active and connected insiders in the region to head up business development efforts in Los Angeles.

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MARCH 8, 2011

According to the study of entrepreneurial activity in the United States, LA-Long Beach-Santa Ana had 620 entrepreneurs for every 100,000 people, beating out such areas as New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island (360 per 100,000), San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (550 per 100,000), and Boston-Cambridge-Quincy (330 per 100,000).

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DECEMBER 28, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. He's also a very active angel investor and advisor to local startups. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year? READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2021

Attend local university entrepreneur activities. Support local activities and you support yourself. Finding a high-tech co-founder in the middle of Kansas may be a long search. There’s a reason that Silicon Valley and Boston are hubs for high-tech startups. Look for a partner from a different background.

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Startup High Tech Entrepreneur Writing 126

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

However, its latest products--announced on Wednesday--tackle a far less high tech issue: the lack of pockets in workout gear. Belkin said the new accessories have reflective accents for visibility, and are aimed at being an "essential workout accessory" for hikes, runs, and other fitness activities.

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APRIL 23, 2013

Despite the level of venture capital activity in Southern California, the region--according to informal discussions with venture capitalists over the years--continues to suffer from a dearth of local, indigenous capital--at least, compared with the hundreds of investors along Sand Hill Road.

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MARCH 4, 2013

Technology veterans Tareq Risheq and Mark Thacker are no strangers to the world of high tech startups and angel and venture capital--Risheq was formerly CEO of Celllynx, Thacker was co-founder at Datallegro--but the way they're funding their newest startup is unusual, and a testament to the growing popularity of crowdfunding.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Snapchat reportedly is looking at an IPO towards the end of this year or in early 2017.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Silicon Beach, as the white-hot start up market in Santa Monica is referred to, is exploding with activity. For our Insights and Opinions section this morning, we have a contribution from Ron McElroy , the CEO and founder of Real Office Centers , which has rapidly become of the gathering places for the growing Silicon Beach startup community.

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DECEMBER 31, 2014

We''re continuing to feature reflections on the last year from movers and shakers in the local high tech community, and today have thoughts from Gerhard Apfelthaler , who is Dean of California Lutheran University''s School of Management , which has been very active in Ventura County helping to promote startup and entrepreneurial activity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Technology is great, but high-tech major-step-forward solutions are not the answer to all our change challenges. Does your business have a Chief Innovation Officer or equivalent function to coordinate activities, make sure resources are provided, and ensure execution and achievement of long-term goals?

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. We've expanded our network activity outside of SoCal to potentially invest in and recruit founders and talent to the region. We'll be posting these throughout the next two weeks.

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APRIL 23, 2013

Despite the level of venture capital activity in Southern California, the region--according to informal discussions with venture capitalists over the years--continues to suffer from a dearth of local, indigenous capital--at least, compared with the hundreds of investors along Sand Hill Road.

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JUNE 17, 2010

The long list of Southern California high tech companies lined up for the public markets just got a little longer this morning, with the addition of Inphi Corp. The high level of IPO activity--if those firms manage to make it to market--would make this year one of the most active IPO years here since the dot com bust.

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OCTOBER 6, 2011

The artists provided exhibit participants an iPad with a custom-designed soundboard with a number of pre-loaded sounds with volume and activate capabilities. One of my favorites (couldn’t find the sign for it) took place in a completely blacked out room, where ambient sounds played from the four corners of the room.

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Long Beach High Tech Startup Organization 95

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DECEMBER 9, 2010

Watson was a key member of the San Diego Tech Coast Angels, and was in charge of the San Diego Tech Coast Angels Quick Pitch event. The Tech Coast Angels is one of the largest angel investment groups in the country, and among the most active investors in Southern California high tech startups.

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MARCH 9, 2011

According to the study of entrepreneurial activity in the United States, LA-Long Beach-Santa Ana had 620 entrepreneurs for every 100,000 people, beating out such areas as New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island (360 per 100,000), San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (550 per 100,000), and Boston-Cambridge-Quincy (330 per 100,000).

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Entrepreneur Long Beach Report Statistics 147

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DECEMBER 27, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. See more insights from the Southern California high tech community in our continued series this whole week! READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Steve is helping to spearhead the efforts of TechLA Internships (techla.internships.com), an online site which lists local internships at high tech companies for college students. Students are looking actively for internships now, and to get the best students, you want to post internships now.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

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DECEMBER 22, 2020

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. We'll be posting these throughout the next two weeks. Today, we have Kelly Perdew , Co-founder and General Partner of Moonshots Capital.

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JULY 18, 2013

On the venture capital side, the most active investors from Southern California were Siemer Ventures (10 deals), Tech Coast Angels (9 deals), Correlation Ventures (8 deals) and Avalon Ventures (5 deals). The second largest sector was biotechnology, which had nearly $148.6M Nationally, the MoneyTree survey found that there was $6.7

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

Q3 has traditionally been a slower, venture funding quarter in Southern California, due to summer vacations and a slower work schedule for both high tech companies and venture firms during the summer months. billion invested in Q2. The largest deal in the quarter was for Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp.

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