socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Adomic, which is headed by Gabe Gottlieb, was one of dozens of companies that presented to investors at the private investment pitch event in Santa Monica Wednesday and Thursday.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2018

The company has filed to trade as AXNX. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research, Advent Life Sciences, NeoMed Innovation, among others. The company says SNM therapy is primarily used to treat patients with overactive bladder, fecal incontinence, and urinary retention. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

A big group of local, Silicon Beach startups and established tech companies have signed up to showcase the Los Angeles high technology world, according to a list released today by Silicon Beach Sunday. and Retention Science.

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Cornerstone OnDemand SoCalTech Sample Guide 263

socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2012

The accelerator--which is headed by Erik Rannala--had earlier announced Surf Air , an airline-travel-by-subscription startup, and Lifecrowd , a startup which helps people find local social activities.

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Incubator Social Media Media Software Development 219

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Baroda Ventures has invested in such companies as DogVacay, GradientX, GraphEffect, LifeCrowd, OVGuide, SurfAir, and Retention Science, among others. Bohnett is one of the early pioneers of Southern California's technology industry, having founded GeoCities.com in 1994 and selling it to Yahoo in 1999.

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Technology Southern California Yahoo Los Angeles 164

socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2013

The accelerator said that the demo day is a culmination of its latest three month program, which included ten new companies in mentoring, collaboration, funding, and access to its network of investors and entrepreneurs. MuckerLab's prior class included such hot Los Angeles startups as SurfAir, Retention Science, Wallaby, and InstaCanvas.

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Frank Addante

MAY 18, 2016

At Rubicon Project, I’ve found these tools to be vital in helping me convey the story of our company. When you’re telling your story, include a hero: someone who is a champion of your company’s purpose. When I founded Rubicon Project, I had a clear vision in mind: I wanted to create a company that changed advertising for the better.

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Frank Addante

MAY 18, 2016

At Rubicon Project, I’ve found these tools to be vital in helping me convey the story of our company. When you’re telling your story, include a hero: someone who is a champion of your company’s purpose. When I founded Rubicon Project, I had a clear vision in mind: I wanted to create a company that changed advertising for the better.

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Company Companies Advertising Startup 40

socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2013

There''s been a lot of activity over the past two years in the Southern California accelerator/incubator market, with numerous groups (Amplify, EvoNexus, K5, LaunchpadLA, MediaCamp, Science, StartEngine, and many, many others) looking to help entrepreneurs start and fund their companies. companies in the last year. Science Inc.

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Southern California Incubator Report Startup 222

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2022

Business is not rocket science, and one-on-one guidance face-to-face, with a real project, trumps the classroom and mistakes every time. Real-life projects incent high learning and retention. Smart companies use mentoring to find future talent.

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Mentor Entrepreneur Satisfaction Summary 154

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

However, local startups still tell us that it can be difficult to find an investor for their company, particularly beyond the seed and Series A rounds. Science Inc. Recent investments: YieldMetrics, Lettuce, Retention Science , SteelHouse. In this special report, we've mined our extensive database of venture capital.

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Dollar Shave Club Report Southern California Funding 170

SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

We've identified ten of the more technically interesting companies working on software in Southern California, using our unscientific, unproven, and undoubtedly biased informal polling. The company handles all the infrastructure required for text messaging, voice. The company's software is being included in the Linux.

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Southern California Software Artificial Inteligence Company 66

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Jerry Jao , Retention Science (Los Angeles, analytics/advertising). There are also many movers and shakers here in the industry -- Jason Nazar at. Josef Gorowitz , Swagbucks (Torrance, online marketing/rewards). Aaron Hirschhorn , DogVacay (Santa Monica, marketplace). Ryan Hudson , Honey (Pasadena, apps).

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Southern California SoCalTech Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 279

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 13, 2013

With the E3 Expo wrapping up, SGN announced early this morning the acquisition of Mob Science further expanding its game portfolio and development team. Mob Science will join in the ranks of prior acquisitions including Hallpass Media and Mindjolt all under the strong and successful SGN umbrella.

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Develop Development Technical Review Southern California 76

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

Elizabeth Amini: My background is actually in science. I studied cognitive science, the study of the brain, as an undergraduate. So I actually started a graphic design company out of college, and got lucky with the web taking off at the right time. This is my third company. What's his role with the company?

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Study Startup Design Tips 252

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Luckily, the LA Tech scene is helping to establish a new post-recession era, evidenced by SGN’s (Social Gaming Network) acquisition of San Diego-based developer Mob Science and their current projection of $50 Million for the year of 2013. How many other places do you know have companies with more jobs than the company can immediately staff?

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Platform San Diego Design Product 103

socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2012

For San Diego-based Mob Science (www.mobscience.com), an injection of cash, some key advisors--and a deal with Zynga. Last week, the firm announced a funding round and a couple of key advisors, as the company looks to ramp its social gaming efforts and leverage a deal with Zynga. We spoke with CEO Michael Witz about the company.

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IP PHP Design Startup 217

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 22, 2016

I had the honor of moderating a panel of three SaaS CEOs who have collectively raised nearly $40 million of venture capital and are on their way to breakout success: Reed Shaffner of Workpop , Jerry Jao of Retention Science and Ara Mahdessian from ServiceTitan. The Most Important Metric.

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Customer Custom Cornerstone OnDemand Metrics 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2019

Business is not rocket science, and one-on-one guidance face-to-face, with a real project, trumps the classroom and mistakes every time. Real-life projects incent high learning and retention. Smart companies use mentoring to find future talent.

Mentor 88

Mentor Satisfaction Summary Entrepreneur 88

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

When I publicly Tweeted that all companies should be gross margin positive many people pointed out that Amazon wasn’t profitable for many years. profitable and companies like Amazon who chose to focus on growth > profitability were not losing money on each book sale (ie they were gross margin positive). Gross margin positive !=

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Metrics Startup SaaS Course 150

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

The first check I wrote was just over 10 years ago into a company called Invoca who just announced a new $56 million in funding led by Scott Hilleboe at HIG Growth Partners. Ownership Matters At Upfront we focus our energy on fewer companies where we take meaningful ownership and we continue to invest throughout the lifecycle of the company.

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Venture Capital IP Startup Google 223

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

The presidential election ended with Donald Trump’s stunning victory and Republican retention of the House and Senate. Drug company stocks got a boost with the defeat of Hillary Clinton, a vocal critic of drug prices. Now, the U.S. healthcare sector will try to figure out what it all means. But Trump’s plans are unclear.

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Patents Study Pricing Research 87

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

But the reality is that turning science into big business often requires far more sophisticated infrastructure—and the landlord who provides that infrastructure sometimes has one of the best windows into the process. For the life sciences industry, one of the largest landlords, and closest observers, is Alexandria Real Estate Equities.

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Venture Capital Startup San Diego Class 40

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” in 2014 the data seems pretty conclusive because LA has now become the fastest growing tech startup region by numbers of companies being started and those of us here have noticed this pace accelerating. Both graduates of one of the most premier science institutions in the United States: Caltech. But even this is changing.

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Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

socalTECH

JUNE 14, 2018

Even if you are familiar with price protection, often times you don't want to waste time looking for cheaper prices, and submitting those claims to the credit card companies. Oded Vakrat: Most of the retailers and credit card companies are actually able to measure the positive impact that we drive on their end. How are you funded?

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Pricing Startup Email Incubator 145

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2017

Business is not rocket science, and one-on-one guidance face-to-face, with a real project, trumps the classroom and mistakes every time. Real-life projects incent high learning and retention. Smart companies use mentoring to find future talent.

Mentor 73

Mentor Entrepreneur Satisfaction Summary 73

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

We sat down with Brian McCarthy , SVP of Dentistry.com (www.dentistry.com), a startup within a much larger company Futuredontics, which itself is a part of a big company called Sirona. Brian McCarthy: We're somewhat different than the companies that you usually interview, as we're effectively a startup inside an existing company.

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Startup CitySearch Outsource Development Organization 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

MuckerLab is one of a number of accelerators who have managed to scoop up venture funding for its companies, with such portfolio companies Surf Air, Retention Science, Wallaby, Chromatik, and others. We just had the demo day for our third batch of companies. How are things going over there at MuckerLab?

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Incubator Southern California Startup Ideas 187

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

People are even talking about “decacorns" -- investable companies with net worth now exceeding $10 billion -- like Dropbox and Pinterest. These deals usually come with retention packages -- so be careful. This term is currently applied to recent startups who profess a current valuation which exceeds $1 billion.

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Startup Software Review Equity Invest 57

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Netflix announced the changes to its company via a blog post. That’s not how you handle a major announcement in your company. Because poorly run marketing can negatively affect a company. And it ain’t rocket science. The handling of the announcement to split the businesses : 1 out of 5 stars. A blog post!

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Netflix Customer Custom Pricing 287

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Most are later-stage seed companies, doing anywhere between $10K-$100K per month in revenue. Fun Fact: The company is named after clouds that are light and easy, just like their identity solutions! Then they started a company in the sports industry–each one with different positions in the team. Cirrus Identity. Clicky, Inc. .

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Startup Training SaaS Walnut 40

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

At Revenue Science, we were gathering somewhere like 1 billion pixel hits per day, and that had to be translated into reporting. Then over time you can add reports that will give you the CPA, activation rate, viral rates, retention rates, etc. Get the company names of your website visitors. These "warm" companies you can call.

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Startup IP Email Report 29

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Game mechanics have become a popular way of increasing user engagement and pushing user adoption, referral and retention, and many startups have sought ways to incorporate game mechanics into their sites. Why You Should Write. Status / reputation.

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Startup Product Technology Venture Capital 191