Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

'Last week Fred Wilson and I sat down in Santa Monica for an hour+ discussion with the video cameras rolling. One of the questions we discussed is, “How much capital should a startup raise?” Fred & I are both in agreement that there is a tension between capital constraints and creativity. In his words, [in some instances] “because lots of capital is available, the company takes on the capital and that ends up resulting in no constraints on decision making and so the company

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 23, 2015

'A version of this article previously appeared in the Wall Street Journal. “You miss 100% of the shots you never take.” Wayne Gretzky. Imagine how difficult it would be to score in hockey if you were required to rely on someone who is not your teammate to convince another third-party, whom you have not met, to take a shot on your behalf. As crazy as this scenario sounds, it is very similar to the “scoring process” companies engage in when they track Net Promoter Scores.

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socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2015

'Is the world ready for everyone to be their own, radio DJ--and are there enough people out there who want to broadcast themselves to the world, live, with a music stream? Los Angeles-based startup urRadio (www.urradio.com) thinks so. We spoke with founder and CEO Tyler Francois to hear about his vision for making anyone an Internet radio DJ, and how the team--made up of former Yahoo!

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Berkonomics

MARCH 26, 2015

'This is the tale of two CEOs, one of them unfortunately….me. It’s a story of how people handle unusual situations when selling to the top – an executive of a prospective customer. And the stories couldn’t be more different. Recently a CEO friend told me her story of a dinner with her director of business development and an executive of a major company, a candidate for a large sale.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 21, 2015

Eight weeks is what the port of Oakland estimated it would take to recover from the paralyzing effects of the west coast port labor disputes. That’s right, as much as eight weeks of delays for domestic car manufacturers to receive parts, grocery stores to receive food and retailers to get their hands on the new Apple Watches. And eight weeks for the U.S. exporters to get their goods… Read More.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2015

'We are now solidly in the era of big data , where computers are capturing and processing the details of everything we do with all our interconnected devices in real time. Businesses see this as the Holy Grail for finally being able to predict who, where, and when customers will buy their existing solutions, and what their future solutions must look like to be attractive.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2015

'Long before Nest, smart home technology has been available. It was only recently that the stars have aligned between development, technology and bandwidth to make the Internet of Things (IoT) affordable and accessible. But to the early adopters still on the fence about converting to a smart home the question remains — is it reliable? Europe’s leading manufacturer of wireless and smart home automations systems, Fibaro believes it is.

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The Huffington Post

MARCH 23, 2015

Tech has many facets that could infuse the entertainment industry taking interestings ideas from Seed to rapid growth stage. Read more: Thunderstruck Competition , Los Angeles , Los-Angeles-Tech , Los Angeles News.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2015

'Every startup needs a couple of advisors with deep experience and connections in your business domain or financial skills to complement your technical focus. Advisors need to be mentors, looking ahead and directing you on key actions to take or avoid. Unfortunately, many prefer the role of critic, looking backward to highlight your mistakes. These people don’t help you or your startup.

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2015

'Santa Monica-based HONK , the on-demand, roadside assistance app startup led by Corey Brundage, said this morning that it has raised $12M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Altpoint Ventures, and also included Structure Capital, Karlin Ventures, Expansion VC, and Venture51. Honk said the new funding brings its total raised to $13.8M.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 22, 2015

'Based in Calabasas, CA and fresh from its SXSW debut and launch party, the new open messaging app onLoop hopes to reshape how we use social media to communicate. There are many social networks out there to share pics or circles of friends, but onLoop’s mission is to engage users and conversations through shared interests within a rich multidimensional messaging app.

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The Huffington Post

MARCH 24, 2015

Tech has many facets that could infuse the entertainment industry taking interestings ideas from Seed to rapid growth stage.

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Los Angeles Angel Entertainment Ideas 40

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2015

'Isn’t it frustrating to think you finally understand something in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? For example, it used to be that marketing via social media meant banner ads on Facebook, buying search engine results, and sponsoring blog entries, but these don’t suffice anymore.

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socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2015

'Los Angeles-based EV Connect , the electric vehicle charging station operator founded by Jordan Ramer and led by Scott Jarus, said Tuesday that it has entered into a joint marketing and product agreement with the GE Industrial Solutions business. The deal calls for GE to be the preferred, charging station supplier for EV Connect, with EV Connect being the preferred management provider for GE charging stations worldwide.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 27, 2015

'Following up on our first week impressions of Meerkat , we jumped in the water with Periscope (the official Twitter app) to see what the secret hype was all about. With competition innovating fast, is Periscope the Meerkat killer at launch? Periscope offers nearly identical functionality to Meerkat at launch: download the app, login with your iPhone twitter account no password required, and start streaming!

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The Huffington Post

MARCH 24, 2015

Tech has many facets that could infuse the entertainment industry taking interestings ideas from Seed to rapid growth stage.

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Los Angeles Angel Entertainment Ideas 40

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2015

'Every startup fears that one angry and unfair customer who can jeopardize the business by a negative post on Ripoff Report , Yelp , or one of the hundreds of other consumer complaint and review sites on the Internet. Most entrepreneurs don’t even know how to keep track of what people are saying about them on the web, much less how to respond or remove it.

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socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2015

'Pasadena-based forensics and electronic discovery software developer Guidance Software reported a win this morning with a large life insurance company. According to Guidance Software, the un-named insurer is using its EnCase Cybersecurity and EnCase Analytics, as part of a Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) effort. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2015

'We’ve always been huge advocates of startups. So it brings not only TechZulu, but also Gadget Review great pleasure to announce a partnership with Microsoft. In the coming weeks we will begin to search out qualified startups who can take advantage of what Microsoft has to offer. Is that you? If so, we want to hear from you. Feel free to reach out directly to us info@techzulu.com or Christen da Costa info@gadgetreview.com.

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socalTECH

MARCH 23, 2015

'Los Angeles-based AllSay , a new startup which is developing personalized news and opinion sharing apps, said today that it has launched a beta of its new app and service, which both helps provided personalized news items to users--as well as let them vote and express their opinions on local issues. The startup said it has opened up in a select number of U.S. cities, including Los Angeles, San Diego, and Orange County.

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socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2015

'In a strange intersection of corporate advertising and filmmaking, Dell and Intel said they have released a new film on Los Angeles-based streaming television site Hulu , produced by an Oscar winner and including a number of well known actors. Dell and Intel said the new film, "What Lives Inside" was directed by Oscar-winner Robert Stromberg ("Maleficent") and stars Colin Hanks ("Fargo"), J.K.

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socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2015

'Orange County-based water disinfection equipment and services company Superior Water Technologies has received a funding round from venture capital investor METRIX Capital Group , the two said Thursday. Size of the equity funding was not disclosed. Superior Water services the municipal water disinfection and treatment industry, including pipeline chemical injection and mixing systems.

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2015

'Ever wish you could be the DJ of your own radio station? A new, Los Angeles startup, urRadio --created by former Yahoo! Music veterans--launched today, creating a new music streaming service which combines live broadcasting with that music. urRadio, led by Tyler Francios, lets users program their own live, Internet radio stations, where they can talk live with listeners, send instant messages, and much more.

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socalTECH

MARCH 25, 2015

'Los Angeles-based marketing analytics software provider MarketShare , and marketing information and survey company J.D. Power said they are in a new, strategic alliance. According to the companies, the new alliance will provide auto manufacturers with better analytics, by tying automotive retail sales, pricing and incentive reports from J.D. Power with MarketShare''s digital marketing analytics tools.

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socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2015

'Redlands-based EnerPath , a developer of software and provider of program administration for utility, energy efficiency programs, has been acquired by Lime Energy. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Lime Energy, which provides energy services to utilities, and is headquartered in North Carolina, said it will use the buy to help address the commercial and residential markets.

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socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2015

'Glendale-based online legal documents and help site LegalZoom has racked up 200,000 legal consultations, as part of its expansion into connecting consumers with attorneys, the company announced this morning. LegalZoom offers up referrals to attorneys through its LegalZoom Business and Personal Legal Plans product. The company says its service helps attorneys reduce the marketing, administration, and other tasks of finding clients.

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socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2015

'It looks like all the grand plans by the Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss to set up an investment outpost in Los Angeles have faded away, on news that the twins are now leasing out their Hollywood mansion, asking for $150,000 a month for the 8,000 square foot mansion in the Hollywood hills. The two--who made their fortune via a highly publicized lawsuit against former Harvard classmate and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg--had said two years ago that they were acquiring the mansion to set up a West

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socalTECH

MARCH 23, 2015

'Aliso Viejo-based semiconductor developer Microsemi , and electronic design automation developer OneSpin Solutions said today that OneSpin''s FPGA checking products now support Microsemi''s Libery, System-on-a-Chip design flow. Microsemi''s systems-on-a-chips (SoC) include FPGA blocks, which help hardware designers accelerate the implementation of their designs.

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socalTECH

MARCH 23, 2015

'Los Angeles-based online advertising technology developer OpenX said today that it has launched a "next generation" traffic quality monitoring platform, which it is using to help eliminate fraud in programmatic advertising. OpenX said its new platform detects and blocks suspicious activity in its network using big--data analysis, and also ties into human review.

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socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2015

'Marina Del Rey-based text messaging app develo textPlus , which is led by Scott Lahman, is going global, saying Thursday that it has launched a new free test messaging and calling app called Nextplus globally. According to textPlus, the new app allows users to send and receive low- to no-cost calls, texts and multimedia messages from any Wi-Fi-connected device.

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2015

'Are you looking to easily create app-like software to control your quadcopter? 3D Robotics , the robotic drone developer which has major operations in San Diego, just rolled out a new product called DroneKit , which it says offers up an SDK and web API, which makes it easy to develop apps for your drones. The software--which runs on Android, laptops, embedded computers, and the web--lets develops easily connect their software to various services on all kinds of drones, without having to reinven

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2015

'Agoura Hills-based TouchCommerce , the developer of online live chat products aimed at helping e-commerce and other brands, said it has expanded an effort in the EMEA with Equinix. TouchCommerce said that Equinix, which offers up colocation and data center efforts, has rolled out TouchCommerce''s chat tools on its Germany, France, Switzerland, and United Arab Emirates sites.

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2015

'San Diego-based MicroPower Technologies , which develops wireless video surveillance hardware, has rolled out a new product. The startup--which came out of the EvoNexus incubator and also is backed by Karmel Capital, Motorola, and the Tech Coast Angels--said its new SOLVEIL Surveillance System is a wireless, solar-powered system for high resolution video monitoring in outdoor environments.

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2015

'San Diego-based Qualcomm has made an investment in August , a startup developing Bluetooth-powered, "smart" locks for the home, as part of a $38M funding round. August said yesterday that it has raised $38M in a Series B funding, for its home locks, which connect with your smartphone so that you do not need a physical key to open your door. San Francisco-base August said that Qualcomm''s involvement came via Qualcomm Ventures.

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2015

'Santa Monica-based WhipClip , the content discovery startup which was co-founded by former Demand Media founder Richard Rosenblatt, debuted its mobile app today , looking to help users create, share, and find music and television video clips. The startup--which raised a funding round back in December--said it has partnered with television networks ABC, CBS, FOX, Comedy Central, VH1, A&E and Lifetime, Bloomberg, truTV and OWN, along with Universal Music Group and Sony Music for its service.

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2015

'Los Angeles-based ChowNow , the developer of online ordering and marketing systems for the restaurant market, has raised $10M in a funding round, the company said this morning. ChowNow said the new funding round was led by Upfront Ventures, and also included Steadfast Venture Capital, Daher Capital, and Karlin Ventures. ChowNow was founded by Chris Webb.

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