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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Los Angeles-based SVnetwork , which operates SocialVibe and other pay-for-performance advertising sites, said Monday that it has named Anna Seibert as its SVP of Sales Development. Seibert was most recently at AOL, where she was VP of Agency Development for AOL Advertising. Seibert is in SVnetwork's New York office.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Los Angeles-based Oversee.net , which operates a network of businesses focused on domain name monetization and advertising, said today that it has linked with NameMedia , a developer and marketer of premium domain names. AfternicDLS runs a domain name resale business, through Afternic.com, BuyDomains.com, and a number of other sites.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Los Angeles-based Hello Music , which operates an online marketplace for musicians, said Wednesday morning that it has launched a new site focused on vintage and used music gear. Hello Music is headed by Rick Camino, and was founded in 2010; the firm is a portfolio firm of Elevator Labs, which develops, funds, and launched businessses.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 10, 2012

The lessons learned by Divshot confirm that obtaining, and more importantly maintaining, visibility on the front page of a major social news site results from the congruence of three factors: audience, timing and engagement. No matter how you end up on the front page of a major news site, getting there is just the first step.

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MARCH 10, 2011

the parent firm of Gorilla Nation and AtomicOnline, said today that it has launched sales efforts for its new video advertising division, SpringBoard Video. The online advertising firm said it has developed its own, proprietary ad-supported video player technology, which it is delivering to over 160 mid-tail web publishers.

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JANUARY 31, 2022

Santa Monica-based Arrive, a developer of a technology and reverse logistics services, says it has added resales to its enterprise rental platform. Arrive says it refurbishes, cleans, and grades those returns to be re-sold directly on branded, re-sale e-commerce sites. Arrive is led by CEO and Co-Founder Rachelle Snyder.

Commerce 113

Commerce Platform Santa Monica Pricing 113

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JANUARY 4, 2011

San Diego-based ShowUhow , which develops video-based sales and product information for online retailers and manufacturers, said today that it has added a suite of social media integration features for the firm's offering. ShowUhow is venture backed by Syncom Ventures, and raised a round of capital back in August. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 13, 2010

Storage hardware developer Adaptec is shutting down its Lake Forest, Orange County site, according to sources close to the company. Adaptec moved into Lake Forest in August of 2008, when it acquired Aristos Logic , a developer of RAID chips and technology. At that time, Aristos had approximately 75 employees.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2023

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( 200 on Wikipedia ), or another dating site/app ( over 1500 in the USA ). Business risks are not just development risks. From time to time, include customers and sales members in ideation sessions. Value creation. Idea management.

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socalTECH

JUNE 24, 2010

For our Insights and Opinions section today, we have a contribution from Jason Nazar, co-founder and CEO of Santa Monica-based Docstoc , an online site for sharing and finding professional documents. I often get asked for advice on Business Development. Read the rest of Jason's 10 Tips for Better Business Development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capitalists) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. Exchanging your services for services is possible with legal counsel, accountants, engineers, and even sales people. Use crowd funding.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2021

Two, Los Angeles area companies--Ecwid and NuORDER--are in a deal to be acquired by Canadian point-of-sale software developer Lightspeed, Lightspeed announced on Monday. According to Lightspeed, it will pay approximately $500M for Ecwid, split between $175M in cash and $325M in shares of the company.

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socalTECH

JULY 17, 2019

For today's interview, we talked with Gina Callari , the COO of RelayCars (www.relaycars.com), a unit of a larger company called EVOX Images, which has developed virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) software which lets consumers view and experience automobiles using things like Magic Leap and even just smartphone.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Los Angeles-based accounting software developer BlackLine said on Thursday that it has named Marc Huffman as its new Chief Operating Officer. Huffman had previously served as President of Worldwide Sales and Distribution at NetSuite, and also had served at Oracle. Huffman also sites on the board of ChannelAdvisor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2020

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( 200 on Wikipedia ), or another dating site/app ( over 1500 in the USA ). Business risks are not just development risks. From time to time, include customers and sales members in ideation sessions. Value creation. Idea management.

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APRIL 24, 2019

However, in the technical arena--as a programmer, developer, or software engineer--it's hard to tell from a resume how good you really are. The startup has developed a system which uses information from online forums, source code sharing, technical communities, and the like to help find and rank technical talent.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Los Angeles-based real estate crowdfunding site RealtyMogul says it has sold some technology it has developed at its research and development lab, to another company. According to RealtyMogul, it has sold the proprietary loan underwriting software it developed in its labs to Hunt Real Estate Capital , in an all-cash transaction.

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MARCH 25, 2019

Irvine-based Zadara Storage , which develops managed, enterprise storage services, has named Roland Serna as its new Vice President of Channel Sales and Alliances, the company said Monday morning. According to Zadara, Serna was most recently at VMware, and also has served at such companies as CNET, PCM, Buy.com, and NETGEAR.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2009

For children with a proclivity toward business, a newspaper route provided an invaluable opportunity to develop the following entrepreneurial skills: Punctuality – Newspapers had to be delivered on time, irrespective of the weather, the fact that Sunday papers can weigh several pounds each or the requirement to wake up at the crack of dawn.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Some potential buyers or strategic partners might want your intellectual property, or revenues, or profitability, geographic advantage, or sale force, or your employee base. A wise board and management would take their own hint and strengthen that core, whether it is your development team, your geographic dominance or other trait.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Shopify , which develops software for merchants to set up e-commerce, mobile, social media sites, online marketplaces, bricks-and-mortar stores, and more, is setting up a space for entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, the company said this morning. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. The hottest new way of funding startups is to use online sites, like Kickstarter , to request donations, pre-order, get a reward, or even give equity.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Much effort and study has been expended to determine how a web site can better convert its visitors to paying customers. Sites like ww1.novarad.net This is a great way to engage customers on a first visit and start working towards a sales follow-up. . Site Speed . Authoritative Testimonials . Value Proposition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2023

People tell me there may be over 8,000 dating sites with scientific matchmaking algorithms worldwide, but I couldn’t find one that focused on scientifically matching companies and people for business-to-business (B2B) relationships.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

At Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood 2012 Kevin Winston organized a panel called “How to Find and Hire a Developer”. Always have a developer do a test project before hiring them to make sure they deliver quality work. This will prove your product is worth building to you and to the developer. Ask for is code samples.

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DECEMBER 3, 2015

including David Yeom (CEO, formerly in Business Development at Honest Co.) The funding came from Index Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and others. Hollar's executives were previously at Honest Co., and tech veteran Brian Lee (LegalZoom, Honest Co., ShoeDazzle), who serves as Executive Chairman of the company.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Selz currently offers three monthly pricing plans which allow you to create your own store using its platform, or attach Selz' smarts to an existing site. It also offers a $599 per month “Do It For Me” option which will see Selz' own team of developers build a bespoke site to your specifications. Service Sales.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Santa Monica-based customer relationship management (CRM) software developer Nimble is looking to bolster its customer base in the nonprofit sector, saying that it has started to offer a 30 percent discount on its service to nonprofits, for life. contact track sales management relationship customer nonprofit pricing nimble'

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MAY 14, 2014

The startup says it has created an online marketplace which lets ticket buyers and sellers negotiate ticket sales in a "free, fair and flexible" P2P market. The company says it leverages PayPal to make sure that deals will be done in a secure way.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Newly formed The HomeFinder Group (THG) says it will focus on lead quality and conversion for brokers, agents and mortgage lenders through its own consumer facing web sites. HomeFinder was previously owned by real estate technology developer Placester.

Technical Review 100

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet , a developer of software to help manufacturers monitor their channel and e-commerce sites--and in particular, minimum-advertising-price (MAP) policies--has raised $2M in seed funding, the company said Wednesday. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 16, 2013

750,000 for Scaling & Product development. Where other deal and coupon sites have run their course by confusing consumers with tricks, Chippmunk boasts of a clean, consumer friendly experience to help people quickly and easily compare deals. Doubling user base & top-tier clients.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

People tell me there are over 5,000 dating sites with scientific matchmaking algorithms, but I couldn’t find one that focused on scientifically matching companies or people for business-to-business (B2B) relationships.

Sites 83

Sites Writing Summary Entrepreneur 83

socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2012

Pasadena-based LeisureLink , the developer of a vacation rental marketplace and software, said that its relationship with travel site Travelocity is paying off for its clients. LeisureLink's platform allows hotel clients to send their room rates and information to Travelocity, as well as other online travel sites.

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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

San Diego-based ShowUhow , the developer of video product guides for e-commerce sites, said today that it has named Anthony 'Tony' Wyatt as its EVP Sales and Marketing. Wyatt joins the firm from Indyme Solutions.

Marketing 165

Marketing Commerce San Diego Guide 165

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MARCH 8, 2018

ShippingEasy , the developer of cloud-based shipping, inventory management, and customer marketing software arm of El Segundo-based Stamps.com is targeting third party Amazon sellers today, with a new product release.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2018

San Diego-based EDF Renewables North America has inked a new 332 megawatt (MW) wind and solar development deal, covering a wind farm in Iowa and a solar farm in Kern County. According to EDF Renewables North America, the PGGM Infrastructure Fund will acquire a 50 percent ownership in two projects, through two purchase and sale agreements.

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