Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 7, 2014
'I spend a lot of time with startups and thus hear many companies talk about their approach to sales and their interactions with customers. From these meetings you can really tell the leaders that care deeply about their customers and those the look down on them. Given customers & sales are the lifeblood of any organization you’d imagine everybody would respect their customers.
Berkonomics
DECEMBER 11, 2014
'While we are on the subject of great leadership, let’s list the five principal tactical skills of a great leader. These are not the strategic visionary skills, like leading companies through risky product launches, or steering the course through economic storms where leaders become oversized personalities for their superhuman efforts. These are the skills of daily operation, the ones that make or break a company – from the top.
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InfoChachkie
DECEMBER 8, 2014
'A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. It is common sense that entrepreneurs should cultivate friends outside of work. However, too often, entrepreneurs allow their non-work friendships to wither, as they struggle to maintain a healthy relationship with their family while nurturing their startups. Although difficult, cultivating friendships beyond your office can actually make it easier to deal with the stress of your startup because such friends offer a degree of objectivity
socalTECH
DECEMBER 12, 2014
'If you''re a brand or retailer, needing to get online, there are a lot of things to deal with to run your e-commerce business smoothly--everything from your e-commerce site itself, to taking photos of your products, packing and shipping, to digital marketing. If e-commerce isn''t your main line of business, how do you get a handle on all of that? One Los Angeles company-- OneStop Internet (www.onestop.com) has created a growing business handling exactly that.
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Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 6, 2014
'As a startup mentor, I’m always amazed that some entrepreneurs seem to be an immediate hit with investors, while others struggle to get any attention at all. Finally I realized that Venture Capital and Angel investors are actually humans, despite some views to the contrary. As with most business and personal interactions, first impressions tend to become lasting ones.
Tech Zulu Event
DECEMBER 9, 2014
'Chet Pipkin is very much the guy-next-door. He’s polite and approachable; a family man with home-grown values and a strong work ethic. A humble and unassuming character, it’s almost hard to imagine he’s also responsible for arguably one of the most successful technology companies of our time. The Founder and CEO of Belkin International , Chet has achieved what to most entrepreneurs remains an elusive buzzword: ubiquity.
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socalTECH
DECEMBER 8, 2014
'Culver City-based NantHealth , the health information technology venture founded by billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, has tied with BlackBerry Limited to provide smartphone access to NantHealth''s resources According to the two, they have created a secure, clinical genome browser which gives doctors access to patients genetic data on BlackBerry''s PassPort smartphone.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 10, 2014
'Santa Monica-based Ring , the smart doorbell startup led by Jamie Siminoff, has raised $4.5M in equity and another $2.5M in debt financing, the company disclosed Wednesday. The company--formerly known as Doorbot--said the Series A financing comes from True Ventures, and also included First Round Cpaital, Queensbridge Venture Partners, Upfront Ventures, and angels.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 9, 2014
'Santa Barbara-based Impact Radius , which develops marketing analytics software aimed at optimizing ad spend across digital, mobile, and offline channels, said Tuesday that it has expanded in New York City, opening up a new office on Madison Avenue. The company said the move will help it better serve its long standing customers on the East Coast. Impact Radius is led by startup veteran Per Pettersen, and also recently opened up an office in London.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 12, 2014
'Irvine-based virtual reality technology developer Oculus VR has made two computer vision acquisitions, saying Thursday that it is acquiring Nimble VR , a developer of hand tracking technology; 13th Lab , a developer of technology to acquire 3D models of the real world; and also hired computer vision expert Chris Bregler , an expert in the motion capture space.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 11, 2014
'Do you wish you could see what that artwork you want to buy might look like on your wall at home? Santa Monica-baesd online art site Saatchi Art 0--part of Demand Media--said Thursdya that it has launched a new, mobile app that lets users use virtual reality to see how a piece of art might look like on their wall. The company said the new mobile app works on iOS , and lets users view what a piece of art might look like by looking at your smartphone screen.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 11, 2014
'Thanks to everyone who joined us last night for the Digital Family Reunion , where we celebrated this year''s socalTECH 50 , and awarded Belkin founder Chet Pipkin with DFR''s Outstanding Achievement Award. We had over 800 people join us at the Skirball Cultural Center until late until the evening, in what was the largest Digital Family Reunion yet.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 8, 2014
'San Diego-based Qualcomm said this morning that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Life , is in a collaboration effort with vitaphone e-health solutions , a provider of health care management, telemonitoring, telemedicine devices and patient coaching. The two said the will integrate vitaphone''s product with the Qualcomm Life HealthyCircles Care Coordination and 2net Device Connectivity platform.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 12, 2014
'Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal is shuffling the makeup of its board of directors, saying late Thursday that it has added two new board members--Tom Hale and Larry Kutscher--to the body, replacing existing board members David Carlick and Robert Dykes. Tom Hale is the Chief Product Officer of HomeAway.com, and Larry Kutscher is CEO of TravelClick. Carlick had been on ReachLocal''s board since 2004, and according to the company is its longest serving member; Dykes has been on the board since 2008
socalTECH
DECEMBER 10, 2014
'Laguna Beach-based NextVR , which is developing virtual reality capture technology aimed at bringing rock concerts, sporting events, fashion shows, and other events to users via immersive, virtual reality, said it has released its first, content release. NextVR said it has released a virtual reality title with the band Coldplay , entitled Coldplay''s Ghost Stories Virtual Reality Concert Experience.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 12, 2014
'The $471M acquisition of San Diego-based Peregrine Semiconductor is now complete, with Peregrine now officially owned by Japanese company Murata , Murata said Friday. The deal was worth $12.50 per share in cash. Murata had announced the acquisition of Peregrine in August. Peregrine is a developer of radio frequency (RF) semiconductors. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 10, 2014
'Santa Monica-based venture capital investor March Capital Partners --the new investment firm led by longtime Southern California venture capital veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken, and Jamie Montgomery--has made an investment in cloud application infrastructure developer Appcito. Appcito said this week that it has raised $7.5M in a Series A funding round, which also include Atlas Venture and The Fabric.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 9, 2014
'If you''re heading to our big shindig tomorrow with the Digital Family Reunion , you''ll want to be sure to rub elbows with this year''s socalTECH 50 , our list of the 50 people in the technology industry we think you ought to know--because we believe they''ll be behind some of the biggest things to come in the industry over the next few years. To that end, another, local high tech startup-- Slipp --created a mobile slideshow which shows a photo and some information on our socalTECH 50--so you
socalTECH
DECEMBER 10, 2014
'Irvine-based security and threat intelligence software developer CrowdStrike has named Amol Kulkarni as the company''s new Vice President of Engineering, the company said Tuesday. Kulkarni was most recently at Microsoft, and had been responsible for the knowledge platform at Bing, and also had worked on Windows Azure and BizTalk Server. CrowdStrike said Kulkarni will oversee the company''s engineering organization and customer-facing technology infrastructure.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 10, 2014
'Los Angeles has joined with San Francisco to sue on-demand ride service Uber , alleging that the company''s background checks are "completely worthless", because the company--although it conducts background checks--does not fingerprint its drivers. According to the Los Angeles County District Attorney''s office, they have filed a lawsuit against Uber for making false and misleading statements to consumers.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 9, 2014
'Santa Monica-based TigerText , the enterprise, real-time messaging app developer led by Brad Brooks, has rolled out an update to its mobile messaging apps, which it says are specifically designed for the broader, enterprise market. The company said it completely redesigned its user interface, added advanced reporting, and other features which help improve usability of the product.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 9, 2014
'Irvine-based Western Digital reported this morning that it has paid $100,000 and restructured a department, in order to put to rest two, non-compliance matters raised by China''s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), related to WD''s acquisition of HGST back in 2012. Western Digital currently had been ordered by MOFCOM to keep its HGST operations as a separate, independent competitor as part of MOFCOM''s approval of the company''s acquisition of HGST, for at least two years.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 8, 2014
'Van Nuys-based Electro Rent , a provider of electronic test equipment rental, leasing, and sales, said today that it has opened up a new, regional service center in Houston, Texas. The company said the new location will service local demand in that area for test and measurement equipment. The company says it has a large number of oil, gas, and energy customers in Texas.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 7, 2014
'Los Angeles-based The Mobile Majority , which develops a mobile ad platform that helps companies create, serve, track, analyze, target and analyze advertising, says it has just hit a $50M run rate, as of November 2014. The company said it projects a total growth rate of over 25,000% over three years, as a result of growth in its business. The startup--led by Rob Emrich--focuses on helping brands with their mobile marketing, and counts such clients as Hershey''s, P&G, Amazon, Chili''s, Dunki
socalTECH
DECEMBER 12, 2014
'Epicor , the enterprise software developer which has major operations in Orange County, said this week that it has acquired a cloud-based developer of management and e-commerce software called ShopVisible. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. ShopVisible is the second, retail e-commerce software company Epicor has acquired in the last two month.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 12, 2014
'Los Angeles-based 3D theater projection technology developer RealD reported another win in China Thursday, saying that it has signed a deal with Hong Kong and Chinesee theater exhibitor Broadway Circuit. RealD said it will be installing 3 "LUXE: A RealD Experience" auditoriums in mainland China. Financial details of the win were not disclosed. The LUXE format is a large format screen directly aimed at competing against IMAX.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 12, 2014
'San Diego-based Qualcomm said Thursday that it has committed to investing $40M in China, investing in four different Chinese companies and one venture capital fund. Qualcomm said it invested in 7Invensun , which is developing eye-tracking products; Chukong Technologies , in the mobile entertainment area; inPlug , smart home devices; Unisound , voice recognition and processing technology; as well as investing in China Walden Venture Investments, L.P.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 11, 2014
'Los Angeles-based Woven Digital has raised $18M in a Series A funding, the company said this morning, led by Institutional Venture Partners. Advancit Capital, The San Francisco 49ers, United Talent Agency, Advancit Capital, The San Francisco 49ers, United Talent Agency, partners at Ziffren Brittenhanm LLP, Chris DeWolfe of MySpace, Mike Lazerow of Buddy Media, and former NBA players Baron Davis and Jermaine O''Neal also participated.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 11, 2014
'Santa Monica-based VideoAmp , which operates a programmatic video advertising platform, said this morning that it has raised $2.2M in a funding round, from Anthem Venture Partners, Simon Equity Partners, Third Wave Capital, Wavemaker Partners and ZenShin Capital. The startup--founded by 23-year-old Ross McCray--says it offers up inventory across desktop, mobile, tablet and television and real time reporting, which it says lets brands and advertisers buy, optimize, and measure video ads in a mor
socalTECH
DECEMBER 11, 2014
'Culver City-based Fullscreen is making a foray into the country of India, the company said this week, in a deal with Indian MCN Qyuki , the two said this week. According to the two companies, the deal will give Qyuki''s creators access to Fullscreen''s technology, partnerships, and brand services. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Fullscreen is owned by At&T and the Chernin Group.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 11, 2014
'Santa Barbara-based Resonant , which develops radio frequency (RF) filters for the mobile device industry, said Wednesday that it has named Neal Fenzi as its Chief Operating Officer. Fenzi is one of the company''s co-founders, and has served as Vice President of Engineering since June of 2013. Fenzi previously also served at Superconductor Technologies.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 11, 2014
'Irvine-based clear and hazardous waste management technology developer Kurion said late last night that it has scored another contract at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, for a second, mobile processing unit to clean up nuclear tainted water at the disaster site. Kurion said the contract, from Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), arrived in Japan last week.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 10, 2014
'Westlake Village-based online advertising company Conversant --which until recently was known as ValueClick--is now officially part of Alliance Data , after the completion of Alliance Data''s acquisition deal with the company. The deal was worth $2.3 Billion, and had been announced initially in September. Conversant will become part of Alliance Data''s Epsilon unit, helping Alliance to scale its existing business line, and help it scale in the areas of display, mobile, video and social digital
socalTECH
DECEMBER 10, 2014
'San Diego-based Slacker said today that it has launched a complete redesign of the site and service, adding a number of online personalities to the service and focusing in on artists, personalities and musicians. Slacker--which has been occupying a niche in the online radio streaming area--said it is adding personalities and programs such as Tyler Oakley, Rooster Teeth, Comic Book Girl 19, and Nerdist to its list of dedicated online radio stations, tied to a redesign which it says provides a "m
socalTECH
DECEMBER 10, 2014
'Los Angeles-based streaming television site Hulu is continuing to extend out its catalog off titles, saying this week that it has inked a deal with Discovery , to feature subscription, video-on-demand access to such titles as Deadliest Catch , MythBusters , Say Yes to the Dress , Treehouse Masters , and more. Hulu said those titles will be available for streaming beginning January 1st.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 10, 2014
'Solana Beach-based PTI Marketing Technologies , a developer of a software-as-a-service, marketing and collateral management tool, has been acquired by office equipment and technology company Ricoh Company, Ltd. Exact financial terms of what Ricoh described as a "multi-million" dollar acquisition were not announced. Ricoh was already an investor in PTI, having made an investment in the company in August of 2012.
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