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SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Looking to join some of the most promising high tech companies in Southern California? The Financial Analysts primary functions include data base query, financial planning, data analysis, and reporting of DreamHosts financial activities. startup beach silicon angeles employment jobs tech high socaltech'

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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 READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. Weve started with dark web monitoring, and we are adding credit monitoring to help our users better control their digital identity. We'll be posting these throughout the next two weeks.

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Technical Review Startup CIO Southern California 113

Tech.Co

JANUARY 4, 2018

It doesn’t matter if you start a company in a coworking space, a dorm room or on your couch, the struggle to build a tech business in this day and age is real. This year at CES 2018 at Eureka Park over 800 startups from around the world will descend on Las Vegas and meet individuals to help boost their business.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 30, 2012

I generally encourage my UC Santa Barbara students to complete their formal education before joining or creating a startup. In Michael's case, he promised his parents that he would return to school if the sales at his startup did not meet his expectations. "I Innovations Are More Than Technological Features. "Our

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Tips Startup Entrepreneur Santa Barbara 247

socalTECH

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. Paul Bricault is Managing Partner at Amplify LA (Www.amplify.la), a hands-on startup accelerator and co-working and community space in Venice. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Technical Review High Tech Venice 215

socalTECH

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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Orange County OCTANE High Tech Venture Capital 196

socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2011

Watertower has been involved in a number of high visibility exits and fundings in recent months, including Riot Games (rumored to be $400M+), Machinima, and ExtendMedia. Norton spent some time talking about his vision of where LA's future in high tech lies. Derek Norton: Technology is a commodity.

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Riot Games Technology Los Angeles Entrepreneur 199

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2013

As much as the idea of "Silicon Beach" wants to represent the whole of the local technology industry in Los Angeles, there are -- as one would expect in such a large metropolitan area -- many different neighborhoods and communities spread across the region, all with their own individual identities, companies, and technology focuses.

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Pasadena Santa Monica CalTech Technical Review 242

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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

socalTECH

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. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. 2020 was a crash course in leadership and we saw many great entrepreneurs step up and rise to the challenge. What are you most looking forward to in the technology/startup world in 2021?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2013

There is so much written these days about how to attract investors that most entrepreneurs “assume” they need funding, and don’t even consider a plan for “bootstrapping,” or self-financing their startup. In fact, most of the rich entrepreneurs you know actively turned away early equity proposals. Need expensive resources up front.

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socalTECH

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. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world this year? At the closing party, attendees kept saying "This is great!

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Dollar Shave Club Technical Review Santa Monica Southern California 272

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3 billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure.

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Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Xconomy

MAY 30, 2016

Lita Nelsen has seen it up close—and played a part in its evolution—from her studies there in the 1960s, to her business-school fellowship in the late 1970s, to her 30 years working in MIT’s Technology Licensing Office. And so that’s what Stanford did, so it was set up in that model. That meant we were licensing.

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socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2015

Gregg also spoke to us about how the move of Active Network out of San Diego-a huge dislocation for the local high tech communityactually benefited Events.com, by allowed it to quickly ramp up its employee base and offerings, particularly since one Event.com''s Chairman was a co-founder of Active.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. Despite the challenges that COVID has presented to the broader economy and startup ecosystem, we remain optimistic about (and in awe of) the resilience of our portfolio companies and their Founders.

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Capital Technical Review Truecar Southern California 124

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

They don’t realize that these are still rare, require a large risk, and may not be the best way to keep up with change in the market. As markets continue to change ever more rapidly through new technology and innovation, the global social, economic, and business environment will quickly evolve as well.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The magazine turned its attention this month towards the Los Angeles innovation and technology economy in a section guest edited by StartEngine co-founder Howard Marks , including a reception held Wednesday evening at the Viceroy in Santa Monica. Big disclaimer: the author and editor was one of the honorees at the event).

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Ventura Santa Monica Idealab High Tech 182

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Coordinated by the efforts of local artist group FLOOD, the 8th annual Soundwalk saw a mix of local and international artists working with a multitude of art mediums, seemingly random materials, and technology (we ARE TechZulu after all) to create a highly interactive multi-playered experience in a new and (somewhat) abstract space.

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Long Beach High Tech Startup Organization 95

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

As you all know TechZulu is a huge supporter of Startup Weekend, and when we had the chance to be part of the very first Orange County (my home town) Startup Weekend we jumped on board. Tonights Startup Weekend presentations are being judged by the following: Maneesh Goyal. He blogs at startup-marketing.com.

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Orange County Miramar Startup Tech Coast Angels 106

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

One of the biggest complaints you hear from both entrepreneurs and investors in Los Angeles, is the lack of a credible, visible startup accelerator in the Los Angeles area. We caught up with Erik to hear more about MuckerLab, and its efforts to grow the Los Angeles technology ecosystem. Erik, thanks for the time.

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Technical Advisors Startup Southern California Los Angeles 176

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2013

A wondrous place designed for kids to learn that Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math are not only interconnected, but fun to boot. Starting today , Two Bit Circus’ Kickstarter Campaign goes live and gladly invites you to help make this truly amazing concept become a reality. starting in Spring of 2014.

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High Tech Entertainment Education Startup 108

socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2021

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, sposors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. Fortunately KPMG had made investments in technology to make the transition to remote work as successful as possible. We'll be posting these throughout the next two weeks.

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Southern California Technical Review Paramount News 113

socalTECH

MAY 24, 2011

Southern California--and particularly, Los Angeles--has always been a center of the music business, which makes it unsurprising that there are many, music-focused startups which end up starting here. I then was recruited into a Silicon Valley startup, backed by Kleiner Perkins. Where is the site now, in terms of launch?

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Social Media Startup Sites Advertising 241

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 14, 2014

He will highlight the benefits an ordinary person will get if he or she invests in startups with research and development ( R&D), as well as the enterprise itself. For instance, investors in SEIS receive an income tax relief of 50 percent on investments up to £ 100,000 per tax year in qualifying shares.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2010

Clearly, 2009 was not a good year, from the perspective of the technology innovation ecosystem. That was primarily driven by the economy; when the economy is down, investments are down, and it is increasingly difficult to d a startup. For OCTANe to be successful, we want to see our technology ecosystem grow.

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OCTANE Orange County Technical Review Southern California 174

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 10, 2010

Intellectual Property (IP) is an ugly thing at a startup. However, to a Big Dumb Company (BDC), a startup’s IP is a thing of beauty. How can IP be worthless to a startup yet very worthwhile to a BDC? Patents held by startups generally have a limited ability to reduce competition. Three years is a lifetime at a startup.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

San Diego’s innovation clusters continued to grow in 2015, as local startups, funding deals, and job growth extended an economic growth spurt that began in 2013. That’s according to a report being released today by Connect, the local nonprofit group focused on technology and entrepreneurship.

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San Diego Report High Tech Study 40

socalTECH

MAY 5, 2010

It's our pleasure today to feature an interview with Yossi Vardi , one of Israel's best known high tech entrepreneurs. What is it about Israel that has made it such a center of high tech and startups? etc--which are all necessary, but is insufficient for creating a high tech industry.

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High Tech Southern California Writing Conference 150

socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. The ADAPT program was intentionally designed for new graduates or unemployed individuals who want to skill up in this data economy. We'll be posting these throughout the next two weeks.

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Southern California Technical Review Platform Organization 140

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

There is so much written these days about how to attract investors that most entrepreneurs “assume” they need funding, and don’t even consider a plan for “bootstrapping,” or self-financing their startup. In fact, most of the rich entrepreneurs you know actively turned away early equity proposals. Need expensive resources up front.

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Technical Review Startup Equity Entrepreneur 95

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

One of the most frequent questions from high tech startups is: where''s my exit? We caught up with David Siemer , both an investment banker who runs Siemer & Associates (www.siemer.com) and an early stage investor here with Siemer Ventures (www.siemervc.com), to get his thoughts on the subject.

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Southern California SoCal Commerce Invest 124

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

There is so much written these days about how to attract investors that most entrepreneurs “assume” they need funding, and don’t even consider a plan for “bootstrapping,” or self-financing their startup. In fact, most of the rich entrepreneurs you know actively turned away early equity proposals. Need expensive resources up front.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Startup Equity 102

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

All this week, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. We asked the same five questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next two weeks. 1) Mobile web.

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Technical Review Southern California Cloud Computing Venture Capital 160

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2011

One trend in the Southern California high tech startup market has been an increasing number of startups--and executives--who have been looking to combine their interests in business with their enthusiasm for giving back through nonprofits and causes. Ryan Scott: Originally, we started with consumer facing content.

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Causecast Startup Content Education 222