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Reflections on 2016: Rob Freelen, Silicon Valley Bank

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In 2016, our Santa Monica office more than doubled market share of early-stage companies. One example is Santa Monica-based hardware company, Ring, who transitioned to a hybrid business model that now includes recurring revenue. In the interest of full disclosure, Headspace is a client of SVB Santa Monica.

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Siemer Summit 2015 Announced, Tim Draper To Keynote

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This time, the event is being held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, rather than Santa Monica, where the event had been held in prior years. Entertainment, Rick Stollmeyer of MINDBODY, Mahi de Silva of Opera Mediaworks, and Andy Cohen of Citrix Systems.

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Los Angeles Hosts the Oscars and the Tech.Co Startup Showcase

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studio and platform for badass female entertainment, its creators and fans. Equity Directory – an invite-only network of entrepreneurs and startup talent exchanging work for equity. Where : Philosophie (1615 16th St, Santa Monica, CA 90404). X Factor Films – a Hollywood 2.0 More startups to come**.

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Neel Grover: How Indi Is Helping People Earn Money For Their Knowledge

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In between that, I was formerly at the private equity firm Clearlake Capital, out of Santa Monica, which manages 8 billion in private equity investments. Indi stands for individual. The big new brand is the individual, which was the genesis of the name.

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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Side note: LA seems to have had some success in mega deals led by private equity firms as evidenced by DemandMedia and Chris DeWolf’s latest company backed by more than $20 million in private equity. DemandMedia has already scaled a tech team to a considerable size in Santa Monica. So it’s always a trade-off.

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Interview with Gregg Champion, OneCubicle

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Our interview today is with Santa Monica-based OneCubicle (www.onecubicle.com), a new startup we ran across recently, which is looking to provide a more professional social networking site for younger people. I'd also been a television producer on many sports and entertainment shows, including NBC and Fox Sports.

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Carving An Internet Niche With FamousBirthdays.com

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We also sold one of our largest sites to a private equity firm in the real estate niche, and narrowed our focus down to FamousBirthdays.com. However, we are here in Santa Monica, and we are a celebrity and entertainment site, and the next step for us in monetization is to get direct partnerships and deals with entertainment advertisers.

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