SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc. Last month we Launched Los Angeles Tech and in the announcement we provide the Hot List for the first half of January 2009. You can go to the Hot List post to see what was hot then. Here's the rest. Here’s how to do it. -The

Layoffs 159

Layoffs Woodland Hills Southern California Orange County 159

CEO Flow

MARCH 2, 2009

Who this is for: This is for CEOs of companies that have either raised $1m+ in capital or have $1m+ in revenues. It will be held at FinaVentures’ office in Santa Monica (3340 Ocean Park , Suite 1050). Just write me). 3340 Ocean Park , Suite 1050 Santa Monica, CA 90405. There’s no cost.

Santa Monica 40

Santa Monica Los Angeles Finaventures Angel 40

CEO Flow

MARCH 2, 2009

Who this is for: This is for CEOs of companies that have either raised $1m+ in capital or have $1m+ in revenues. It will be held at FinaVentures’ office in Santa Monica (3340 Ocean Park , Suite 1050). Just write me). 3340 Ocean Park , Suite 1050 Santa Monica, CA 90405. There’s no cost.

Santa Monica 40

Santa Monica Los Angeles Finaventures Angel 40

CEO Flow

MARCH 2, 2009

Who this is for: This is for CEOs of companies that have either raised $1m+ in capital or have $1m+ in revenues. It will be held at FinaVentures’ office in Santa Monica (3340 Ocean Park , Suite 1050). Just write me). 3340 Ocean Park , Suite 1050 Santa Monica, CA 90405. There’s no cost.

Santa Monica 40

Santa Monica Los Angeles Finaventures Angel 40

CEO Flow

MARCH 2, 2009

Who this is for: This is for CEOs of companies that have either raised $1m+ in capital or have $1m+ in revenues. It will be held at FinaVentures’ office in Santa Monica (3340 Ocean Park , Suite 1050). Just write me). 3340 Ocean Park , Suite 1050 Santa Monica, CA 90405. There’s no cost.

Santa Monica 40

Santa Monica Los Angeles Finaventures Angel 40

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2013

Despite the increase in startup activity in Southern California, local venture capital funds are still few and far between, and a large chunk of the funding here is still from Sand Hill Road. Being so open, when entrepreneurs think about capital, we want to be top of mind. Mark Suster: It''s our best source of deal flow. READ MORE>>.

Funding 196

Funding Venture Capital Los Angeles Social Media 196

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

Last week Fred Wilson and I sat down in Santa Monica for an hour+ discussion with the video cameras rolling. One of the questions we discussed is, “How much capital should a startup raise?” ” Fred & I are both in agreement that there is a tension between capital constraints and creativity.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Startup Writing Blogging 150

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. The firm is headed by Gil Elbaz , who is known for co-founding Applied Semantics, the firm which invented Google's AdSense product.

Artificial Inteligence 203

Artificial Inteligence Century City Web Santa Monica 203

socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2011

We're looking to launch our first class in the fall, with five to ten companies, with the TechStars model of a small capital investment, and a seed investment of $6000 per founder. Bruce Brown: I was working in 1985 writing keyboard and mouse drivers for Windows version 1. We're thinking September or October to launch the program.

Startup 221

Startup Mentor Southern California Incubator 221

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

I recommend that you start by writing down the attributes you would want people to think about when they think about your brand. I guess Santa Monica is officially “Silicon Beach” in the local people’s minds. Still, I kind like the name, well, um, … Santa Monica. Think about venture capital.

Startup 304

Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? Software-as-a-service companies write good software, and network companies build good networks, but rarely do you find both that do that well as the same time.

CTO Hire 248

CTO Hire Content Networking Web 248

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2016

For the first half of our show, we actually set up a store front on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, and put their product in a retail setting, and let consumers and investors run through the gamut, allowing them to interact in real time, and get feedback on their packaging and products, and even recommend it to their friends.

Startup 100

Startup Entrepreneur Invest Competition 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Wildlink is backed by Mucker Capital. If I write back, and tell them to stay at the Marriott in Del Mar, we would detect the Marriott Del Mar in your message, whether that's on Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, in a text message, in an email, or whatever, and convert that into a link to one of our merchants who are part of the Wildfire network.

San Diego 159

San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

She hasn’t raised any venture capital. Tracy is knowledgeable enough to talk tech and swap design & product stories with other founders, but she realized early that networking amongst this group and reading and writing in their journals would not bring her more customers. She did her first tech startup after the age of 30.

Startup 363

Startup Entrepreneur SEO Venture Capital 363

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 16, 2013

He also went over the common misconceptions people have, dispelling the belief that Silicon Valley is the only place where you can get access to capital. Sam taught a second rendition of the class in February and over 700 people signed up. About General Assembly: Back in October 2012, General Assembly arrived in Los Angeles.

Rustic Canyon 74

Rustic Canyon Startup Los Angeles Class 74

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

1 of a product up and running in a few months weeks getting thousands of users for next to no capital, in Los Angeles many folks will take over a year and spend a million dollars just to get a beta product ready. Challenge #3 – There Needs to Be More Institutional Capital in Los Angeles.

Company 111

Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

Only naive people believe that but for inexperienced entrepreneurs you can be fooled into the narrative by the press who sometimes write stories without the actual data. It’s funny but recently I was at the CornerstoneOnDemand conference in Santa Monica. But it still is a major force and it ain’t going away.

Email 339

Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Last week, Santa Monica-based Revolution Prep announced its first, institutional round of funding, worth $15M, from Kennet Partners. We never took a dollar of outside capital, from the founding until this round a couple of months ago. The company provides SAT, ACT, and other similar test preparation courses and related software.

Software Review 178

Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

I spoke a lot about the need for “personal branding” which I plan to write about soon. So then when I wanted to go into venture capital, they said, “You can’t do that, you need to be in EIR.” So when I got into venture capital, I thought, “Well, what can I do that’s different?”

Startup 337

Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Venture Capital 337

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2017

I am so proud and humbled to be able to formally announce that Upfront Ventures has raised its 6th venture capital fund in the past 21 years. A huge thank you to all of the Limited Partners who have entrusted us with your capital, time and reputations. Overall we write about $100 million of investment checks every year.

Funding 287

Funding Venture Capital Santa Monica Invest 287

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

We write and create our own content for the game. Bill founded Idealab to create and build successful businesses that capitalize on innovations in areas with significant growth opportunities, including the Internet. Rapid Fire Trivia is a game owned and operated by Danger Room Gaming. Silver Sponsor.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. I live in the city of Santa Monica. That’s convenience when your VC is hoping to write the next $20 million check. This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. Los Angeles.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313