InfoChachkie
OCTOBER 5, 2015
A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. As a Professor of Practice in Entrepreneurship at UC Santa Barbara , students ask me dozens of times each quarter, “What do you think of my idea?” My response is typically, “What I think of your idea is irrelevant. Tell me what you think of it.”. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles!
socalTECH
OCTOBER 5, 2015
Venture lending and specialty finance provider Wellington Financial , which has offices in Santa Monica, said late last week that it has closed on a new, $300M fund. The company said its $300M Fund V goes towards providing growth capital to Canadian and U.S. companies. The company says its team is represented by Eric Speer in Santa Monica, in addition to an office in Silicon Valley.
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Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 5, 2015
Even if you work every day in the world of new-venture funding, as I do, the options are confusing, and their meanings seem to change on a regular basis. I challenge any entrepreneur, for example, to define the difference between "seed-stage" and "early-stage" financing. Yet, knowing this distinction is important. Remember, you have only one chance to make a great first impression, so it helps to know the lingo when dealing with investors.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 5, 2015
Los Angeles-based Internet services operator J2 Global has gobbled up nine more companies, the company announced this morning, across five different countries. J2 Global--which has had a ravenous appetite for small Internet-based businesses--said it acquired LiveVault (USA), Axiatel (France), Salesify (USA), VDW (Netherlands), Online Backup Vault (USA), Popfax (France), DSA Technologies (USA), Network Telsys (Canada), and Comtech (Norway).
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Tech Zulu Event
OCTOBER 5, 2015
TZ Tech Crawl is back this month and heading to Downtown Los Angeles as part of Silicon Beach Fest & Los Angeles Innovation Week ! Come take a tour of some of the hottest LA Tech companies located in Downtown LA! So on Friday October 16 why not stop by for a quick beer, game, snack or just say hi at one of the many Downtown LA tech companies from 6pm to 10:00pm?
socalTECH
OCTOBER 5, 2015
Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies said this morning that it is cutting its outlook for the third quarter and full year, due to decline in sales in energy-related products. The company said the decline came in sales of its marine and electronic test and measurement instrumentation, which it blamed on a slowdown in the energy markets. The company also blamed a strong U.S. dollar and "challenging" capital spending environment impacting its results.
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socalTECH
OCTOBER 5, 2015
Obvious Ventures , the venture investment firm co-founded by Twitter founder Ev Williams and James Joaquin of When.com/Ofoto/Xoom, is announcing a $50,000 investment in one of 50 startups being featured at a conference in Hollywood next week. The organizers of the Kairos Global Summit , being held on October 13th, said it will be showing off fifty startups at the invite online event.
Frank Addante
OCTOBER 5, 2015
People often ask me to define my management style. It’s interesting because I would say I wear many hats, but the word that comes to mind is “adaptive.” Whether you are a Founder, CEO, Chairman, or senior executive… you not only have to wear a number of different hats, but you have to become adaptable about constantly changing from one role to the other.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 5, 2015
Calabasas-based IDrive , the provider of online backup storage led by Raghu Kulkarni, has launched a new, $10M startup fund called IDrive Ventures , the company said Friday. The company said it has already investe in four different companies out of the fund. IDrive did not say what the criteria for investment from its new investment fund will be. The company disclosed it has alredy made investments in Cymmetria, Fresco, ScopeAR, and Zenflow.
Frank Addante
OCTOBER 5, 2015
People often ask me to define my management style. It’s interesting because I would say I wear many hats, but the word that comes to mind is “adaptive.” Whether you are a Founder, CEO, Chairman, or senior executive… you not only have to wear a number of different hats, but you have to become adaptable about constantly changing from one role to the other.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 5, 2015
Calabasas-based IDrive , the provider of online backup storage led by Raghu Kulkarni, has launched a new, $10M startup fund called IDrive Ventures , the company said Friday. The company said it has already investe in four different companies out of the fund. IDrive did not say what the criteria for investment from its new investment fund will be. The company disclosed it has alredy made investments in Cymmetria, Fresco, ScopeAR, and Zenflow.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 5, 2015
Los Angeles-based audio advertising exchange operator Triton Digital said today that it is launching a new, programmatic audio advertising exchange in France, after inking a partnership with French company NRJ Global. According to Triton Digital, the deal will enable programmatic purchase of targeted online and mobile audio impressions in France, starting with NRJ Group's web radio stations.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 5, 2015
Los Angeles-based movie information and ticketing provider Fandango has booted up a new, research and development group called FandangoLabs , the company said this morning. Fandango said the new unit will create innovative moviegoing products and services, focused on such areas as location-based services, social commerce, augmented and virtual reality, interactive video, and personalization, among others.
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