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NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Santa Monica-based Unsubscribe.com , the startup headed by James Siminoff, which helped consumers unsubscribe from unwanted email, has been acquired by TrustedID. Unsubscribe.com was venture backed by Charles River Ventures, First Round Capital, DFJ Frontier, and angel investors.

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OCTOBER 11, 2017

Santa Monica-based CRM software developer Nimble has been selected to join Microsoft's startup accelerator in Seattle, the company said today, in a major move which will help tie Nimble into Microsoft's ecosystem. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 6, 2020

I have started to publish a version of the newsletter on TechCrunch. I will repeat my appeal from last week: Maybe you’re a startup founder, a safety driver at an autonomous vehicle developer, a venture capitalist, engineer or gig economy worker. metro area, San Diego and Santa Monica. A novel rewards program.

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Eric Greenspan

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Back in 2001, I started my 3rd company out of my 3rd bedroom in my newly rented townhome on the beach after separating from my oldest son’s mother. Not even a call or an email. After passing the initial review, I was signed up for my first pitch. I arrived at a big building on Wilshire or maybe Santa Monica Blvd.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

The last few years in Los Angeles has been a heady one for the technology startup community, with hundreds of new startups, and a tangible enthusiasm in the air along Silicon Beach. They've also become a de-facto gathering place for the local community, hosting events, meetings, and more.

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OCTOBER 8, 2013

Santa Monica-based Nimble is claiming it has seen record growth this quarter, for the company''s customer relationship management tools. Actual financials were not released by the startup. Actual financials were not released by the startup. According to Nimble, it saw a 2.5-times,

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 16, 2013

Article after article points out that Los Angeles is on its way to becoming one of the most robust startup communities in the United States. It is meant to bring everyone together so that they can learn, network and leave with the sense that they now belong to a family of entrepreneurs, all trying to make LA a startup hub.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Launchpad LA today announces it will accept applications for its third class of Los Angeles-based tech startups. But the most important metric has been the deep and lasting relationships that have been built with startups and also between senior executives. There are at least 6 incubators now being set up in LA.

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APRIL 3, 2012

Santa Monica-based Nimble , the developer of cloud-based, contact management software which is headed by Goldmine founder Jon Ferrara, has extended the distribution of it service this morning with a new Google Chrome web application. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. We moved from our loft in Venice to a new tech campus in Santa Monica. You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here.

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OCTOBER 1, 2012

Is Santa Monica-based Mahalo , the startup headed by Jason Calacanis, just about to reveal a new pivot and new corporate name? Inside.com currently only includes a simple web signup form which adds you to an email list from Calacnisd. According to a story from TechCrunch this morning, yes. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

StartEngine Summer 2012 Demo Day event on Wednesday, September 19 at CrossCampus in Santa Monica. This latest batch is comprised of 14 startups who have been immersed in the StartEngine program since the session began on July 2nd.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 16, 2012

We're teaming up with west side studios, venues, incubators, and startups to plan the first ever Silicon Beach Fest! We've never had a home-grown startup-entertainment tech fest in LA, so let's make it happen! Email info@digitalla.net.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

We spoke with Neal about the startup. Neal Pecchenino: I starte seeing a lot of them, as I became aware of the spaces and things around me while I was running a prior company of mine, in consumer electroincs. So, we started looking at advertising campaigns and billboards, but we never could really bite the bullet on something that big.

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JULY 8, 2010

Here are three, Southern California startup firms--and their competitors--who are engaged in head to head battles to dominate their industry. DocStoc, based in Santa Monica, is headed by Jason Nazar , and offers a way for people to share and purchase professional documents. Let us know in comments or email!).

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MAY 11, 2010

Jason Calacanis , CEO of Santa Monica-based search site Mahalo , said Tuesday afternoon that he and TechCrunch's Michael Arrington have parted ways, and will no longer be running the TechCrunch50 conference. Tags: jason calacanis michael arrington techcrunch launch technology startups entrepreneur.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 17, 2012

We're teaming up with west side studios, venues, incubators, and startups to plan the first ever Silicon Beach Fest! We've never had a home-grown startup-entertainment tech fest in LA, so let's make it happen! Email info@digitalla.net.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 15, 2012

We're teaming up with west side studios, venues, incubators, and startups to plan the first ever Silicon Beach Fest! We've never had a home-grown startup-entertainment tech fest in LA, so let's make it happen! Email info@digitalla.net.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 14, 2016

We spoke with co-founder Ryan Costello about Santa Monica-based Event Farm (www.eventfarm.com), on how its software technology is being used to power high end, VIP events for large companies. We're in Santa Monica, and sometime people think we're a venue or rental space for events, but what we are, is a 100 percent software company.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

If you follow the tech media you would be subject to a lot of narrative biases that are completely off base – and this includes the value of email and phone calls. I’m sure you’ve heard the meme that “email is dead” – if fact if you Google it you’ll find a long list of articles that will mislead you.

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

Jason Calacanis , the CEO of Santa Monica-based Mahalo.com, told his personal email newsletter readers Friday that he has renamed the newsletter from JasonNation, to the LAUNCH Newsletter. As part of that effort, Calacanis has begun profiling startups in his newsletter, in a combined effort with a number of writers and editors.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Lime told TechCrunch that 90% of its fleet in Paris is used everyday, and a scooter trip starts every four seconds in the city. They muck up the air , driving climate change and health issues alike. Santa Monica, a coastal city in LA county, already seems to be on board with this approach. In 2021, over 1.2

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Jason Nazar

JUNE 22, 2010

This month’s Startups Uncensored will be on “How to Become an Entrepreneur Superhero”. We are also going to be offering 2 companies the opportunity to give a 5 min pitch on their business to the investors and startups uncensored crowd. TO SIGN UP FOR THIS EVENT, CLICK HERE. Santa Monica, CA 90401-1418.

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Jason Nazar

MAY 4, 2010

This month’s Startups Uncensored will be on “How to Raise Venture Capital”. We are also going to be offering 3 companies the opportunity to give a 5 min pitch on their business to the investors and startups uncensored crowd. TO SIGN UP FOR THIS EVENT, CLICK HERE. Santa Monica, CA 90401-1418. 8:00pm on, Reception.

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DECEMBER 28, 2017

I'm looking forward to opening up new markets, including the expansion of family offices and other traditional investors to the amazing asset class that cryptocurrency has become. And you can now buy them with WAX tokens, where I'm an advisor and they raised $80 million (also based in Santa Monica). Aside from $50,000 bitcoin?

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

eduFire , an startup which offers online video classes, apparently has relocated to Menlo Park from Santa Monica, after raising $1.3M The firm's CEO, Jon Bischke, did not respond to emails for comment. The firm's CEO, Jon Bischke, did not respond to emails for comment. in a Series A funding.

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JUNE 11, 2012

That's what Santa Monica-based EventUp (www.eventup.com), one of the first companies to emerge out of Santa Monica-based Science Inc. , We're starting to do smaller cities like Scottsdale and Austin, as well, to help us understand those kinds of locations and how it might apply to our business.

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APRIL 18, 2011

The firm's CEO, David Weir, said in an email to users that the article--which investigated the firm's accreditation process--"badly misrepresented" the company's policies and procedures. SharesPost allows users to trade shares in privately owned companies, mostly venture backed startups like Twitter and Facebook. READ MORE>>

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NOVEMBER 10, 2015

TZ #TechCrawl is back this month and heading to Santa Monica as part of LA Startup Week ! Come take a tour of some of the hottest LA Tech companies located in Santa Monica! Starting Point. The post TechZulu Tech Crawl | LA Startup Week Edition! Swing by Expert Dojo to pickup your name tags.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Jason Calacanis, the CEO of Santa Monica-based Mahalo , is continuing his crusade against angel groups and others who charge startups to pitch their groups, saying that he's now calling on groups to stop charging fees, and post what fees they were charging to entrepreneurs on their web sites.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2011

For this morning's company profile, we thought we'd connect with ShareSquare (www.getsharesquare.com), a newly funded Los Angeles startup focused on QR barcodes -- 3D barcodes -- focused on musicians and entertainers. We caught up with Matthias Galica , the firm's founder, to hear more about the company.

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JUNE 19, 2013

Burstly is located in Santa Monica. You get an email, tap on a link, a notification pops up, and the app installs on your phone. In that example, we can let you know you''re seeing iPad mini crashes in Japan, and start tracking those. How did you guys end up combining forces? What is Burstly?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We want to give our brightest new startups the connections and interactions they need to help streamline success. He teamed up with Jordanna Joaquina, a genetic counselor, to create an online version of what she was already doing in the physical world. They’ve already signed up headliners like The Improv.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

Startup Weekend LA has grown to become a very special event here in Los Angeles. This past SWLA (February 24-26) was like non other and the 5th event to take place at Coloft here in Santa Monica. It’s also a very exciting time here in LA Tech with over 6 accelerators and incubators springing up over the past year.

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socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2012

Actually, no thanks to Santa Monica-based Mobile Roadie. Michael Schneider: I was running a design agency, Fluid Design, in Santa Monica, which I started in high school. You've got lots of high profile brands using your apps, how did you manage to sign up so many high profile clients?

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2012

The Los Angeles startup is looking to help connect travelers with local guides and hosts. However, we felt the pain that everywhere you go, particularly on tours, you end up ushered around places by people who are always trying to sell you things. Instead, we ended up at the usual floating markets, the white elephant.

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