socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2013

The 17-year old firm, which also said it will open up a brand new home at the center of Silicon Beach, signing a 10-year lease for a space on 7th Street in Santa Monica. GRP has been quite active in the local technology industry, having founded accelerator LaunchpadLA.

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GRP Partners Funding CitySearch Venture Capital 164

socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2012

For today's Insights and Opinions section, where we feature contributions, opinions, and editorials from members of the Southern California technology community, we have an advice piece from venture capital veteran Jon Funk , who gives five things entrepreneurs ought to think about before raising capital. Five by five. Loud and clear.

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socalTECH

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. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2018? Happy Holidays!

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 6, 2009

VentureNet – Great annual event by the Technology Council. Southern California Tech Central – Brings together posts from top bloggers around Southern California including John's blog and this blog. You can use keywords like: Events in Los Angeles or Southern California Events or even Santa Monica Events.

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Southern California Los Angeles Technology Council Stirrers and Shakers 243

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

No blog post about how Tiger is crushing everybody because it’s deploying all its capital in 1-year while “suckers” are investing over 3-years can change this reality. I think most people know we’re HQ’d in LA (Santa Monica to be exact) but we invest nationally and internationally. It’s just math.

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Venture Capital Marketing Technical Review Seed Funding 416

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Santa Monica-based VIRURL , which is headed by Francisco Diaz-Mitoma, said today that it has launched a new widget aimed at web publishers. The firm has funding Tice Capital, the Los Angeles Syndicate of Technology, and angels. Diaz-Mitoma is the former founder of Titan Gaming. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Monica Web Content Advertising 153

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2013

We caught up with Mark Suster , one of Upfront''s General Partners and a well known blogger and technology personality, the new fund, and how his blogging is now driving the firm''s investment activity. It''s good news for us, but it''s also good news for Los Angeles technology. Tell us about the new fund?

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Funding Venture Capital Los Angeles Social Media 196

Technology Council

JULY 24, 2008

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Technology Council Southern California Blogging Technology 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2012

I wrote a blog post on how to work with lawyers at a startup nearly two-and-a-half years ago. This was 2005 when I had no exits under my belt, no blogs … nobody was looking. And he’ll be heading the Business & Technology Group. It was very widely read. It should be: Local; Right-sized; and. Startup-focused.

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Venture Capital Startup Los Angeles GRP Partners 299

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 20, 2009

This is the beginning of a content community that collects and organizes the best content from blogs and web sites. The goal is to create a place where it's relatively easy to find current content and highly relevant content surrounding Los Angeles Technology. This technology allows us to see what is hot.

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Los Angeles Angel Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 150

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

In his blog he says, “I responded that I thought it was stupid. An innovator in technology, especially monetization. ” To me, LA will always be a creative hub for TV, film, music, video games and now technology. I guess Santa Monica is officially “Silicon Beach” in the local people’s minds.

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Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Prior to starting PublishThis, I was the General Manager for Edmunds.com, the automotive site here in Santa Monica. We found that aggregation technology was very keyword driven, and relevancy was not that strong. In the past, companies were just blogging, or just creating content.

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Web Newsletter Content Startup 237

socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Last night, Santa Monica-based Factual (www.factual.com), the data provider and data tools firm, announced a big, $25M funding round from Andreessen Horowitz and Index Ventures. That require lots of cleaning an de-duping technology in order to use those billions of source records, and put them into a nice place database.

Artificial Inteligence 203

Artificial Inteligence Century City Web Santa Monica 203

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 11, 2010

I recently wrote a blog post about why I believe that startup teams in close proximity perform better. Uh, I guess he won’t be co-sponsoring a technology lab in LA with me then? These kinds of office space arrangement are often called “technology incubators&# or “startup labs&# or something similar.

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Startup Venture Capital Incubator Entrepreneur 285

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Silicon Valley may still be the capital of technology with a mix of new (Google, Facebook) and old (Apple, HP) sprinkling the landscape. However, Silicon Valley isn’t the only place to grow technology innovators from the ground up. In other cases, it’s strip malls and shopping to generate foot traffic.

Social Network 111

Social Network Social Media Press Technical Review 111

Jason Nazar

DECEMBER 29, 2008

These are FREE events, and my goal is to help contribute to the Los Angeles Technology Scene by bringing together various entrepreneurs, angel investors, venture capitalists, social media experts, and professionals in the technology field. Santa Monica Public Library (Auditorium) 601 Santa Monica Blvd.

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Los Angeles Santa Monica Startup Angel 46

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

so compelling (other than the fact that the CEO Sean Rad is a great young technology leader and his advisers – Brian Norgard , Dan Gould and Evan Rifkin - are some of the guys I respect most in the LA tech market.). Then came blogs. We have it to filter blog comments. So what do we mean by in-stream advertising?

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Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 16, 2013

The presentation is meant to give an unbiased overview of how to get involved in the tech community; what blogs to read, who to follow on Twitter, who the angel investors are, what areas in LA are home to the most startups and what resources there are to further educate yourself.

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Rustic Canyon Startup Los Angeles Class 74

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

While we often lack the technology and product depth of our counterparts in the Bay, I would argue that entrepreneurs in LA would thrive if you dropped them into any industry. There’s Santa Monica, Westside, Hollywood, Downtown LA, the Valley, and Pasadena. Challenge #4 – We are Divided by Our Geography.

Company 111

Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Inspired by the vast amounts of data from videos, photos, music, websites and blogs shared by the many friends and people they follow online and seeing how much time it takes to check all the content across many platforms, friends set out to come up with a solution and CHNL was born. Silicon Beach (Santa Monica). What is CHNL?

Social Network 104

Social Network Networking Content Web 104

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Val and I started this single’s website/blog just for fun and on the side. We started out with our first event at South Bar (in Santa Monica) with about 30 people in attendance. This month we’re doing a holiday party at the 31Ten Lounge (in Santa Monica). Entertainment. While at E!, We are indeed.

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Santa Monica Startup Beverly Hills Orange County 74

SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

I'm blogging from the CalTech Enterprise Forum. At the CTO Group that I organize in Santa Monica, we've had lots of discussions around this. Whether they originate in IM, message board trheads, mail lists or blog posts - conversations can be brought together, made re-enrant and be enhanced with media.

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Platform EC2 Java S3 150

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Recycled Bride was founded in 2009 in Santa Monica, CA. Tracy DiNunzio is the founder, and was 30 years old with no background in technology when she started the company. And the Recycled Bride Blog provides information and inspiration for brides who want to plan a fairytale wedding without blowing their budget.

Design 84

Design Social Media Sales Sites 84

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

Recently, Santa Monica-based Docstoc (www.docstoc.com) launched a new marketplace on its site, for anyone interested in selling professional documents. We started a year and a half ago by putting out a blog post, because I had people asking me for help on their business. Jason Nazar: The events are going great.

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Technical Review Rustic Canyon Screening Startup 171

socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2009

Rob Farrow: Lots of what goes on in technology happens on the West Coast. in creation and development of new technologies, trends, fashion, style, and communications. So often in technology, companies cater to early adopters that work in the industry, and lose sight of what the average user is looking for online.

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Social Network San Diego Sites Startup 147

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 6, 2011

A little while ago, we and our friends at ImTech were able to sit down with CEO of Robodynamics , a Santa-Monica based telepresence robotics company and get an in-depth look at their new project, LUNA. Since ‘her’ official introduction in early May in blogs like Engadget, Crunchgear, Gizmodo, etc.

Pricing 85

Pricing Platform Santa Monica Software 85

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

TOP STORIES : —Kite Pharma (NASDAQ: KITE ) released data from an ongoing non-hodgkin lymphoma trial that, while early, bolster the view that the Santa Monica, CA, company could be the first to market with a cell-based immunotherapy product known as CAR-T.

Avalon 40

Avalon Thousand Oaks Study Startup 40

Xconomy

AUGUST 12, 2016

. —Kite Pharma (NASDAQ: KITE ), of Santa Monica, CA, said that it could file for FDA approval of an experimental treatment known as KTE-C19 by the end of 2016 —meaning there’s a chance Kite could be the first to market with a “CAR-T” product, a form of cellular immunotherapy for cancer.

Google 40

Google Technical Review News Research 40

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

He blogs here and tweets here. a network of widely read blogs including Engadget – ranked # 1 by Technorati, Joystiq, Autoblog, and Blogging Baby. Named as one of the 20 most innovative startups in the country, based in Santa Monica. Founded in January 2004, Weblogs, Inc. as a senior vice president of AOL.

Guide 42

Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2008

Ian Rogers is the CEO of Topspin Media (www.topspinmedia.com), a venture backed, Santa Monica-based startup developing web applications for the music industry. That's the one you see when you go to Everythingthathappens (www.everythingthathappens.com), the album that David Byrne and Brian Eno just released using our technology.

Media 100

Media Yahoo Startup Tool 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

” We talked about my influences as a younger person and what got me started in technology and entrepreneurship. So my goal was to transfer into the deeply technical part of Andersen Consulting so people would see me as a technologist because I love technology. it would make more sense than “me.” ” Right?

Startup 337

Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Venture Capital 337

Frank Addante

MAY 24, 2007

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Zondigo, Inc.

Advertising 40

Advertising Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development 40

Frank Addante

JUNE 10, 2007

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Zondigo, Inc.

Startup 40

Startup Technical Review Software Review Advertising 40

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Developments Blog. In growing numbers, Silicon Valley executives—long based in tech strongholds like Santa Clara and Palo Alto—are buying homes in Los Angeles, as the lines between the technology and entertainment businesses grow blurrier. Loading… Real Estate. » More. Real Estate. » More.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44