Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 25, 2015
Many people don’t know that I actually became Chairman of my first company and relinquishing the CEO role before the company was sold. It’s a topic I’m well versed in personally and I understand the difficult emotional decision of whether to hand the reigns to someone else of the baby you’ve struggled so hard to launch into the world.
Eric Greenspan
JUNE 25, 2015
Three years ago, I got the news that my investor was unable to fund and my 11 year old company would miss it’s first payroll. It was a Sunday, around noon. When the news arrived, I moved fast and did all I could to start the process of acceptance. What would happen next was I supposed expected, but impossible to really understand. I’m not going into the details of what happened but you can read that story here and it’s called Never Make the Same Mistake Twice.
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socalTECH
JUNE 25, 2015
Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based CrossCut Ventures (www.crosscutventures.com) announced its third, venture capital fund--a continuation of an investment theme very much centered around the growth of Southern California, and in particular, the Silicon Beach startup ecosystem. We spoke with one of the co-founders of CrossCut, Brian Garrett , ahead of the announcement earlier this week.
Berkonomics
JUNE 25, 2015
By David Steakley. This week’s insight comes from David Steakley, who has contributed several great posts to Berkonomics this year. David is an active angel investor in Texas and is a former management consultant, where he obviously plied his trade well. – Dave. Companies can strike it rich by finding an element of business operations which many companies need, but few have the capability or expertise to execute with excellence – and then aim to supply that element.
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Office leases are one of companies’ largest expenses, and if your whole team is working from home with no clear end in sight, you may be wondering what to do about your lease.
socalTECH
JUNE 25, 2015
Venice-based startup CarLove.co has launched a beta of a new, on-demand service for car repair, starting in West Los Angeles, the company said today. The service lets users pick a nearby car mechanic, and actually dispatches a driver to pick up your car and deliver it to the mechanic for you--so you never have to leave the house. CarLove said that its insured drivers are dispatched, take the car to the garage of your choice, where your car is diagnosed and you are given a quote and ability to ap
Tech Zulu Event
JUNE 25, 2015
Advertising technology is hot with the rise of mobile, evidenced in part by Verizon’s merger with AOL valued at $4.4 billion, and on a much smaller scale, Undertone’s recent acquisition of mobile ad provider Sparkflow. Until recently, three legacy providers (Sizmek, PointRoll and Google’s DoubleClick) have dominated the rich media market. But that’s changing with a new crop of rich media platforms disrupting the ecosystem with new mobile and non-standard rich media ad formats, one of which R
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Frank Addante
JUNE 25, 2015
I’ve been reflecting on what it was like each time I started a new venture. We were brimming with excitement, passion and energy. We knew what we were creating was going to disrupt the media industry and make it better, faster, smarter. But maintaining that high has been difficult. Eight years after starting Rubicon Project, I’ve found that our excitement, passion and energy comes in waves.
socalTECH
JUNE 25, 2015
Los Angeles-based mobile dating app developer Tinder , which is currently owned by IAC, is aiming at an IPO, according to IAC Thursday, although the hot dating app developer will be bundled with the rest of Match.com and IAC's other dating properties. According to IAC, its board approved the pursuit of an IPO of The Match Group, which will include Match, Meetic, and OurTime, and OkCupid, in addition to Tinder.
Frank Addante
JUNE 25, 2015
I’ve been reflecting on what it was like each time I started a new venture. We were brimming with excitement, passion and energy. We knew what we were creating was going to disrupt the media industry and make it better, faster, smarter. But maintaining that high has been difficult. Eight years after starting Rubicon Project, I’ve found that our excitement, passion and energy comes in waves.
socalTECH
JUNE 25, 2015
On-demand pickup service Curbside , which develops a mobile, on-demand app and associated service that lets users buy products from retailers such as Target and Best Buy, and pick them up later that day, is planning to expand to Southern California. The company announced the plans in conjunction with a new, $25M Series B funding for the company. That round came from Sutter Hill Ventures, along with Index Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, and others.
socalTECH
JUNE 25, 2015
San Diego-based Memjet , a developer of color inkjet technology, said it has expanded its headquarters in San Diego. The company says it has moved into a 25,000 ssquare foot building which combines Memjet's two previous facilities in San Diego, featuring a demo area for customers, and expanded laboratories and corporate offices. The company says the new headquarters come due to a "tremendous" amount of growth in revenues and OEMs utilizing its technology.
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