socalTECH

JUNE 12, 2015

Los Angeles-based membership airline Surf Air says it now has more than 1,600 members, and has flown over 13,000 flights, two years after its debut--according to the company's sales emails. The company's service allow members to skip the long security lines and crowded public terminals, and also mostly uses smaller airport locations.

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Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

I’ve remained a skeptic about the BBB and as a result of an email I received a couple of weeks ago from them, I have raised the skepticism threat level. So here’s the email I received: Eric, My name is Chad Ratliffe emailing from the Better Business Bureau. First Data of Santa Barbara. Shocking, right?

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2014

It was a rather hapless soul who was seeking my help networking within Santa Barbara''s startup community. It started when a well-intentioned colleague introduced me to the caller via email, without first confirming with me that the intro was welcomed. Yes”, I replied, “I was a seed investor and an Advisor to the company.”

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2013

If you''d like to nominate an individual (not company) for this award, we''re collecting your nominations online. It''s a list of individuals--across Southern California, from San Diego to Santa Barbara--who people ought to watch. Nominations will close on Friday, November 1st. The list will be alphabetical, not ranked.

SoCalTech 170

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Eric Greenspan

APRIL 24, 2013

From my experience, the monthly coupon I receive from Rusty’s Pizza (a local Santa Barbara pizza delivery) is slam dunk. They just got into online ordering which means they now have my email address, so maybe it’s in the works. About my company: [link]. Market specials based on previous orders.

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socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Make It Work , the in-home computer and electronics service and help firm headed by Eric David Greenspan, said this week that it has launched a new web and social media services arm. The firm is backed by The Tech Coast Angels, Frontera Capital, Somera Ventures, and others. READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

I even plan to use it in my upcoming UC Santa Barbara Entrepreneurial Selling class. In Art Of The Start , you encourage your readers to be responsive and to strive to return emails within 24-hours. You even include your email address at the back of the book. If there was ever a time to start a company, this is it.”.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

By December, 1969, there were only four nodes – UCLA, Stanford Research Institute, the University of California-Santa Barbara and the University of Utah. Commercial policies gained influence, companies could charge for domain registration, and credit card encryption opened the door for e-commerce.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 5, 2016

Given TimeHop’s failed experiment, I was especially intrigued when I learned that a team of a dozen remote entrepreneurs hack the typical corporate structure and creates a company that generated nearly $100 million in revenue. To gather hands-on remote team building advice, I sought out two companies that have done it: TaxJar and FastSpring.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2012

Seth began his entrepreneurial career when he dropped out of the University of California, Santa Barbara at 19 years old to start a clothing company, which he eventually built into a national line of denim products featured at Nordstrom, Macy’s and Neiman Marcus. Share and Enjoy.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

The following guest post is from some of my former UC Santa Barbara students. These courses all proved to be serious influences on turning the dream of starting their own company into a reality. I thought this post might be of interest to some of my readers, as it offers a glimpse into my approach to teaching entrepreneurship.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Brian Coryat, Founder and CEO of Local Market Launch and former Founder and CEO of ValueClick (NASDAQ: VCLK) recently winged his talk at UC Santa Barbara''s Distinguished Lecture Series. Brian began his interest in the Internet in 1994, as a means of selling his publishing company''s books. So, today I''m gonna wing it.".

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 12, 2015

One of my top former students, Fredi Fernandez , recently sent me a compelling email. After studying at UC Santa Barbara''s entrepreneurial program , he returned to Spain, excited to start a venture and make a positive impact on his homeland. We can understand how disruptive companies affect entire industries.

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Entrepreneur Startup Santa Barbara Venture Capital 100

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Messenger : Thorsten von Eicken , RightScale’s Co-Founder and CTO, Chief Architect at Citrix Online (formerly Expertcity) and Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University and UC Santa Barbara. I always thought it was a great symbol of Big Dumb Company ignorance: carpet bombing the world with unwanted and unneeded disks.

Cloud Computing 188

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

For instance, I might show a logo of Computer Motion, GoToMeeting, Citrix, UC Santa Barbara and Rincon Venture Partners on my first slide as a means of depicting my past and current professional affiliations. If you are a startup seeking funding, convey your company's origins, your current status and your ideal exit.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

John Lusk, along with his Co-Author Kyle Harrison, leveraged their humble company''s newsletter into The MouseDriver Chronicles , a New York Times bestselling book. The company''s newsletter was initially created to share their entrepreneurial journey with their family and friends. an email) to about 35 people.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

San Diego-based Wildfire Systems , led by startup veteran Jordan Glazier , has developed software which product referrals and automatically transform them into trackable links across email, text messaging, chat, and social messaging. Who is providing the funding and backing for the company? The majority of our time is now spent online.

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San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159

InfoChachkie

APRIL 1, 2013

How did a small, open source software company from Finland capture billions in market share from Oracle? You can watch Marten tell his entertaining story in the following 15-minute excerpt from his UC Santa Barbara talk. spread over three different companies (and) we brought it all together. There were twelve people.

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Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 7, 2014

” I replied, “Nope, just the CEO [of a relatively small company].” I look forward to meeting his wife soon and entertaining them on their next trip to Santa Barbara. A couple years ago, I got an email from the Huntley hotel in Santa Monica. .” We were stoked! The attorney?”

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Beverly Hills Santa Barbara Email Networking 100

Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 7, 2014

” I replied, “Nope, just the CEO [of a relatively small company].” I look forward to meeting his wife soon and entertaining them on their next trip to Santa Barbara. A couple years ago, I got an email from the Huntley hotel in Santa Monica. .” We were stoked! The attorney?”

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Beverly Hills Santa Barbara Email Networking 100

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 15, 2011

I just got off the phone with someone who wanted my help getting networked into the Santa Barbara business community. During our email exchange before our call, I had to ask him what he wanted to talk about. It turned out that he was looking for companies he could work with as a consultant. Self-aware? –

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Santa Barbara-based SendMeHome (www.sendmehome.com) is looking to solve that problem, with a free service to print out labels which attach to your item, and where you can register items in case they are lost. All you need is an email address. You give us your email address, and register each of your items.

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Santa Barbara Startup Writing Ideas 100

Steve Reich

MARCH 30, 2012

New companies are being created at stunning speed by today’s founders. As you may have gathered from my blog, I’ve spent the last couple of months visiting with companies and incubators. My key takeaway–companies are being created faster and more cheaply than I would have believed possible. Of course not.

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Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

This is an important piece for Make It Work as it allows us to post all the emails, tweets, and FB posts we share with our followers and customers daily. Here’s a couple of tips for you from the CEO of a tech services company (that’s me): 1. are all soon to be found on our blog in one centralized place.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Santa Barbara Blogging Yammer 100

Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

This is an important piece for Make It Work as it allows us to post all the emails, tweets, and FB posts we share with our followers and customers daily. Here’s a couple of tips for you from the CEO of a tech services company (that’s me): 1. are all soon to be found on our blog in one centralized place.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Santa Barbara Blogging Yammer 100

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

I was on vacation in Santa Barbara two years ago with my wife and I was reflecting on what I had learned in my first year in LA and in VC. Yet in LA we have hugely successful entrepreneurs who have built big companies like Overture, CitySearch, MySpace, TicketMaster.com, LowerMyBills, Commission Junction, eHarmony and on and on.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Whenever I’m trying out new restaurants I always feel compelled to check Zagat & Yelp and then STILL email friends to ask their POV on my top 3-4 choices. A few years ago I planned an outing to Santa Barbara for my Dad’s 70th birthday. Food is no different. She’s the GRP food ninja. And there you have it.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

During Mark's tenure, Citrix has grown from 50 employees and few million dollars of revenue to a company 7,000 employees strong, generating revenue in excess of $2.4 • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Share and Enjoy.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 13, 2013

You can watch John describe his surprising Hollywood journey in the following 20-minute excerpt from his recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. I am now 30 years old and the guy that''s in the opening band, who is about 42 or 43, was the hottest musician in Santa Barbara when I first came up and all I wanted to do was be him.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

John Lusk, along with his Co-Author Kyle Harrison, leveraged their humble company''s newsletter into The MouseDriver Chronicles , a New York Times bestselling book. The company''s newsletter was initially created to share their entrepreneurial journey with their family and friends. an email) to about 35 people.

Newsletter 133

Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 133

Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

One day I get an email from Ms. Of course she asked me, I’m the CEO of a leading computer services company. I then sent an email to my CTO Jeremy Anticouni asking him if www.poogling.com was available. Last year my son Jacob was in sixth grade at Montecito Union Elementary School. He replied laughing, “Not anymore!&#

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Google .Net Santa Barbara Email 115

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 7, 2013

So it was about in the 2004 timeframe that I made my first trip to Santa Barbara. and tell them what he knew and what he thought his place should be in the company. How can we make this a better company, with people who may have different skills than some of us. to visit the Commission Junction offices. Lesson learned.

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Class Santa Barbara Startup RSS 207

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

I think we've done some of the really exciting companies in LA, including most recently Clicker, Machinima, BUZZmedia, and SVnetwork. I'm down here probably three or four days a week on average, and we're trying to be active, and pick off what we think are going to be the best deals here, from Santa Barbara down to San Diego.

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Redpoint Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Invest 154

InfoChachkie

JULY 22, 2013

It is also the advice my wife and I took 20 years ago when we moved to Santa Barbara, despite not knowing anyone in town at that time. the sale of a company or other liquidity event) and spend it on something fun and frivolous. I promise I will never Tweet about religion, politics or that killer burrito I just ate.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The company recently raised a round of funding from Santa Barbara-based ScOps Venture Capital. We were able to boot strap the company on only $800, and scaled it to millions in revenues without investment, because of the efficiency of our marketing. Here's the reason why. The second thing, is tools.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 21, 2013

You can watch Sarah tell her compelling story in the following 15-minute excerpt from her recent UC Santa Barbara talk. It was that love of serving people that led me on my long journey of starting a company.". I took that lesson of integrity and brought it with me when I started my company. Million Dollar Inaugural Year.

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Networking Startup Santa Barbara RSS 214

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

This latest round valued the company in excess of a billion dollars, entering them into the overly-hyped Unicorn Club. In contrast, low-volume, high-conviction investors like Rincon only invests in a handful new companies each year, making it much more costly (in dollars and effort expended) to invest in a loser. billion).

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