Sat.Dec 14, 2013 - Fri.Dec 20, 2013

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Framework Benchmarks Round 8

TechEmpower

'Merry Christmas web framework performance aficionados! What better way to celebrate the holidays than by cheering on your favorites as they race through a variety of application fundamentals in the biggest web platform grudge match of the season? We certainly can''t think of anything more festive. Now at 90 frameworks and 230 permutations (variations on configuration), Round 8 has something for everyone.

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How to Shorten Your Sales Cycle and Avoid Wasting Time

Both Sides of the Table

'One of the questions I’m most often asked by CEOs is how to hire sales people. I’ve written a lot about recruiting and hiring at startups including my controversial post on whom not to hire and my rapid response to the flame war. I’ve also written extensively on sales and on which sales execs to hire and how to think about the different kinds of sales leaders.

Sales 375
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How Card.com Is Helping To Power The Branchless Banking Revolution

socalTECH

'Is the age of the brick-and-mortar bank branch over? With the advent of the smart phone, it looks like it might just be. One of the startups looking to help power the "branchless banking revolution" is Los Angeles-based Card.com. The startup--which offers up a wide range of branded, Visa cards--is one of a growing number of finance related technology startups in Southern California.

Help 262
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Competition Is A Lie – Tracy DiNunzio Explains Why

InfoChachkie

'A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. Tracy DiNunzio, Founder and CEO of Tradesy , recently shared her insights regarding the best approach for entrepreneurs to address competition. Tracy''s frank, pragmatic and somewhat controversial comments were presented as part of UC Santa Barbara''s Distinguished Lecture Series. (Note: I am an investor in Tradesy via Rincon Venture Partners.).

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Can You Ask for Office Rent Relief? How to Manage Your Lease During COVID-19

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.

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Motivation Babble 12-20-13

Eric Greenspan

'I am a machine filled with passion and gratitude. I will exceed my goals and achieve greatness. I will earn great respect from others. I will finish what I start. I will make many friends along the way. I will do, create and make many things out of nothing. I am unstoppable. I believe. I am full of desire, strong will and love. I cannot be stopped.

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TechZulu Presents: The Annual Startup Forecast

Tech Zulu Event

'TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2014 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Tuesday Jan. 28 from 7pm-10pm in Santa Monica. We will have a line up of amazing panelist who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2014. Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses.

Startup 111

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5 Keys Steps For Every Startup Roadmap To Revenue

Startup Professionals Musings

'Entrepreneurs always work hard to create an innovative product or service, but often count on standard seller marketing for sales. But the reality is that sellers are no longer in charge of the customer buying process. Reports suggest that 90% of today’s shoppers skip marketing pitches, to research online before they buy, and over 50% check user reviews before making a decision.

Startup 105
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Could you answer these tough investor questions?

Berkonomics

' By: Arthur Lipper. In the process of raising funds to create and develop a business, entrepreneurs make many statements to those they seek to attract as investors. In my years of investing, I’ve developed a set of tough questions that are sure to elicit both information and a vibrant dialog – questions not on the usual checklists of angel groups or investors.

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Innovation Crush | Lessons Learned from AT&T Consumer Innovations

Tech Zulu Event

'“Innovation to me is a paradigm shift for providing people technology to help them live, work and play“ – Urvi Bhandari. When most of us think of AT&T (or most telecommunications companies), we immediately go into tirades about things like how our phone calls always drop at that one spot on the freeway, or how our cable went out a few times last month, or how much we’ll be rebelling against the price of roaming charges for using our tablet in another country.

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BlackLine Systems: Revenues Up 50 Percent This Year

socalTECH

'Los Angeles-based accounting software developer BlackLine Systems reported this morning that its revenues are up more than 50 percent again this year, which it says is the seventh year in a row for the company. Actual revenues were not announced by the company, however, Blackline had said earlier this year that it was on track to over $40M in revenues this year.

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10 Skills An Entrepreneur Needs To Get Things Done

Startup Professionals Musings

'Getting things done effectively in a startup requires total individual and team accountability. You can’t afford excuses and multiple people doing the same job. In my view, “taking responsibility” is the core element behind accountability. Many people hear responsibility as an obligation, but I hear it as “the ability to respond.” Unfortunately many people don’t have the ability to respond, because they lack confidence in themselves, or simply don’t have the skills required.

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Laudville Bolsters Advisory Board With Oversee.net's Chuang

socalTECH

'Los Angeles-based Laudville , a startup developing an online platform to help users share entertainment like movies, books, TV, and music with friends, has added Gene Chuang to its board of advisors, according to the firm. Chuang is currently Chief Technology Officer at Oversee.net,and also has served at such companies as Yahoo! Search Marketing, YP.com/AT&T Interactive and Chegg.

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Holiday Shopping Plans, Factual Style

socalTECH

'For most of us, our holiday shopping plans are mostly governed by the malls and stores we normally visit, or by the recommendations of friends and family. However, if you''re a Data Scientist working over a Los Angeles-based Factual , you might approach your holiday shopping plans slightly different. The data startup--which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Founder Collective, Index Ventures, Miramar Venture Partners, and others-- just posted a data scientists''s view of holiday shopping, using

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ViaSat Expands Satellite Internet Plan

socalTECH

'Carlsbad-based satellite Internet operator and equipment developer ViaSat is expandings its new Exede Evolution satellite Internet plan, saying it has expanded the service into 30 states. The company had been in limited launch in a few select markets since earlier this year. ViaSat''s satellite internet provides unlimited, unmetered access to email and web pages, but bandwidth limits music, streaming media, and chat, starting at $64.99 a month.

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DTS Wins Indian Mobile Phone Brand

socalTECH

'Calabasas-based audio processing technology provider DTS announced today that it has scored a design win with Indian mobile phone brand Karbonn Mobiles. DTS said that Karbonn will be integrating its DTS Sound technology into its multimedia phone, the Karbonn A15+. Financial impact of the win was not announced. DTS provides surround sound and audio processing technology.

Mobile 182
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Atara Biotherapeutics Gets $38.5M

socalTECH

'Thousand Oaks-based biopharmaceuticals startup Atara Biotherapeutics announced this morning that it has raised $38.5M in a Series B funding round, for its efforts to develop treatments for patients with end-stage renal disease. The funding came from Amgen Ventures, Celgene Corporation, EcoR1 Capital, plus Alexandria Venture Investments, DAG Ventures, Domain Associates, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

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SpaceX Negotiating Lease For Space Shuttle Launchpad

socalTECH

'Hawthorne-based SpaceX is in negotiations with NASA to lease a launch pad at Kennedy Space Center, NASA said Friday, in a move which--symbolically, at least--would give SpaceX a premiere location to launch its rocket missions into space. NASA said that it is working with SpaceX to lease historic Launch Complex (LC) 39A, which has been used to launch the United States into space.

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Hulu Hits $1 Billion In Revenues

socalTECH

'Los Angeles-based streaming television site Hulu said Wednesday that it will reach $1 billion in revenue this year, up from the $695M in revenues it had in 2012, and also now has 5 million subscribers on its Hulu Plus premium service, six years after the company''s launch in 2008. Hulu disclosed the new numbers in a blog post discussing the company''s 2013 results.

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D-Link Sets Sales VP

socalTECH

'Fountain Valley-based D-Link , the manufacturer of network switches, wireless access points, and other networking products, said today that it has named Michael Hardy as its Vice President of Channel and Enterprise Sales. Hardy was most recently VP of Sales and Business Development at Waterford Technology. Hardy has also served at Technology Integration Group, Quantum Corporation, and Chaparral Network Storage, among other companies.

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Glip Targets Salesforce.com's Do.com Users

socalTECH

'Los Angeles-based Glip , a startup developing work collaboration and sharing software, is targeting users of Salesforce.com''s Do.com service, with an offer to import information from Do.com. Glip said it is offering up data import and other assistance to help move users from Do.com, which Salesforce.com is apparently in the process of shutting down.

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DoubleBeam Buys GoPago

socalTECH

'Pasadena-based payment services provider DoubleBeam said Friday that it has acquired GoPago , a provider of e-commerce solutions for merchants and mobile payment products. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. DoubleBeam said that the deal will help it deliver a turnkey mobile commerce platform that includes an integrated POS system. The deal comes after incorrect rumors that GoPago was being acquired by Amazon.

SoCalTech 159
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Transphorm Raises $18M More

socalTECH

'Goleta-based Transphorm , which is developing Gallium Nitride (GaN) power conversion technology which is far more efficient than existing power transformer technology, has raised another $18M in funding, part of an ongoing $20M funding round for the company. The funding was disclosed in a regulatory filing earlier this week. Details on the funding, which came from four investors, have not yet been announced by the company.

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EDF Renewable Energy Buys Another Texas Wind Project

socalTECH

'San Diego-based renewable energy developer EDF Renewable Energy is buying yet another, Texas wind project, the company said Wednesday. EDF Renewable Energy said it acquired the Longhorn North Wind Project from Renewable Energy Systems Americas, the 18th renewable energy project is has in the state. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. The wind project has a capacity of 200MW, and is located near Lubbock, Texas.

San Diego 159
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Central Desktop Launches Major Update

socalTECH

'Los Angeles-based cloud-based collaboration software provider Central Desktop has released a major update to the company''s cloud collaboration platform for marketers and agencies. According to the company, its latest SocialBridge collaboration software includes a simplified user experience, new tools to streamline client and campaign management, file upload ability, and more.

Tool 159
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NetDNA Becomes MaxCDN Enterprise

socalTECH

'Los Angeles-based content delivery network provider MaxCDN said today that it has launched a new, enterprise CDN brand called MaxCDN Enterprise , to replace the company''s former corporate name of NetDNA,/b>. The company said it is ending its NetDNA brand, tareting high volume CDN customers with its new MaxCDN Enterprise brand. MaxCDN also said it will continue to offer up its smaller CDN packags to startups and others without minimum usage commitments.

Content 159
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textPlus Offers Up Free Holiday Calling

socalTECH

'Marina Del Rey-based text messaging and calling app provider textPlus announced Thursday that it will offer up free, holiday calling to users through December 26th, as part of a big promotion. According to textPlus, it will offer up free calling to its iOS and Android users, to the contiguous United States, until it has given away 60 million free minutes.

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National Technical Systems To Run iControl Testing Program

socalTECH

'Calabasas-based testing and engineering services provider National Technical Systems will operate the testing lab for certification testing for iControl Networks , according to NTS. NTS said that iControl Networks has selected the company to operate its iControl OpenHome Partner Program Test Facility, which will be based at the NTS Advanced Technology lab in Culver City.

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Sorrento Therapeutics Completes Concortis Biosystems Buy

socalTECH

'San Diego-based Sorrento Therapeutics has completed its acquisition of Concortis Biosystems , the company announced late Thursday. The deal was worth $11.3M. Sorrento said that the buy provides it with comprehensive antibody drug conjugate technology. Sorrento said the move will help complement its existing development programs. The acquisition had originally been announced in November.

San Diego 138
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DTS To Power New Sharp Phone

socalTECH

'Calabasas-based audio processing technology provider DTS said late Thursday that its technology will be incorporated into the newest Aquos Phone product line from Sharp. Financial details of the design win were not announced. DTS provides its surround sound technology to smartphone and other consumer electronics manufacturers. READ MORE>>.

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EdgeCast Wins Marketron

socalTECH

'Santa Monica-based content delivery network provider EdgeCast Networks has scored a win with Marketron , a provider of website and other services to hundreds of radio stations. Financial impact of the deal was not disclosed. According to EdgeCast, Marketron has been using Edgecast to accelerate the delivery of dynamic content on over 500 radio customer websites, handling everything from videos, podcasts, to live streams.

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Nordson Expands In Taiwan

socalTECH

'Carlsbad-based Nordson Corporation , the developer of equipment for the semiconductor, electronics, medical, and other related high-tech industries, said it is expanding in Taiwan, and has doubled its footprint at its facilities in that country. According to Nordson, it has moved to a new facility that doubles its footprint for its operations in Taiwan.

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TowerJazz Gets $70M Credit Line

socalTECH

'Newport Beach-based semiconductor foundry TowerJazz said early this morning that it has received a $70M, credit line from Wells Fargo Capital Finance, as part of an extention of an existing agreement wih Wells Fargo. According to TowerJazz, the new credit line extends an existing line of credit from $45M to $70M, and will help the company "achieve its strategic goals".

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Canvas Aims At Social Networks

socalTECH

'Los Angeles-based Canvas , a stealth mode social networking startup, said this week that it is aiming at Facebook with a new service to let users share content, including audio, video, private messages, and more. The company--which has been mum about its founders--says it is looking for people who are "sick and tired of Facebook", and is looking to raise $500,000 on IndieGogo to fund the company--of which it has raised about $3,000.

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Shop-Hers Snags Funding From Elevation

socalTECH

'Los Angeles-based online luxury resale site Shop-Hers said Tuesday that it has raised a Series A funding round, which came from Elevation Partners, as well as others. Size of the funding round was not announced. The funding also included Floodgate, Ann Miura-Ko, David Tisch of the BOx Group, Aldo Manzini, Shana Fisher (High Line Venture Partners), and Mike Hirschland (Resolute.VC).

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AGGIOS Gets Energy Commission Funding

socalTECH

'Irvine-based AGGIOS , a developer of software for the energy management and design market, reported this morning that it has received funding from the California Energy Commission (CEC) for its research. Amount of the funding was not announced. AGGIOS is developing software that uses the power profiles of hardware and software, combined with application and user collection, to generate optimized energy management software.

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8 Key Questions To Expect In Investor Due Diligence

Startup Professionals Musings

'If you really want to impress a startup founder as a potential employee, or you want to be a smart investor, you need to know the right questions to ask. These are the questions that get past the hype of a founder “vision to change the world,” and into the realm of real business strengths, weaknesses, and current health. Some founders try to deflect these questions by talking incessantly, so you often need to be calm, patient, and persistent to get the answers.

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