Video Interview: Brainleap's Software To Help Treat ADHD and Autism
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JULY 19, 2019
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JULY 7, 2010
One complaint we sometimes hear from venture capitalists visiting Southern California for the first time, is the difficulty of finding experienced entrepreneurs and executives. Mahalo / Jason Calacanis - Calacanis, often known better in Silicon Valley than Southern California, had his last success in Weblogs, Inc.,
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Reflections on 2018: Rob Freelen, Silicon Valley Bank
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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. Over the last four years, I watched numerous entrepreneurs raise equity. Given SVBs market position, that is great news.
Reflections on 2018: Jim Andelman, Bonfire Ventures
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DECEMBER 26, 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. Were pleased to be a part of one of SoCals greatest VC-backed successes. Here's Jim Andelman of Bonfire Ventures.
How Chinese Startup Tradesparq Is Looking To Grow In SoCal
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OCTOBER 10, 2013
In what is a fairly unusual move, last week, Tradesparq (www.tradesparq.com), a Chinese startup in the area of B2B trade information, said it was planning on setting up its operations here in Southern California, as part of an expansion and scaling of the company. Once you know the space, China really helps entrepreneurs.
Fuel50: Helping Employees Figure Out Their Career Path, With Anne Fulton
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NOVEMBER 2, 2017
com) � backed by local investors Rincon Venture Partners and Bonfire Ventures�is helping to solve that problem, with its career pathing software designed for helping employees at large enterprises figure out what's next. Anne Fulton: I've always been an organizational psychologist crossed with a serial entrepreneur.
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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California
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AUGUST 28, 2012
Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. 5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California. For anyone from California, you know there are vast differences between the northern and southern parts of the state – so vast in fact that, to us, they could just as easily stand alone as two separate states.
Founder of RYSE UP, NearWoo Jason Crilly Passes Away
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MAY 25, 2018
One of Southern California's promising startup entrepreneurs, Jason G. He previously was the co-founder of NearWoo (previously known as PageWoo), a Santa Monica startup developer of mobile advertising software for local businesses. Crilly passed away last weekend. READ MORE>>.
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Southern Californian, US Entrepreneurs Visit 10 Downing Street
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NOVEMBER 18, 2011
Dressed in suits with questions and passports in hand, a delegation of over 15 US entrepreneurs and investors--including a number from Southern California--entered the seat of the British government at 10 Downing Street Thursday. 10 Downing Street is the equivalent of the White House here in the United States.
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Reflections on 2016: Louise Wannier, True Roses
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DECEMBER 30, 2016
All this holiday season, we have been sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. Wannier is a longtime Southern California entrepreneur, having founded MyShape, Enfish, and co-founding Gemstar, the maker of VCR Plus. Here, we have the thoughts of Louise Wannier of True Roses.
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113 How Classy Is Helping Nonprofits To Attract and Retain Supporters
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MARCH 11, 2016
What do you get when you combine a charitable pub crawl, the movie Anchorman, and a software developer randomly hired off Craigslist? In the case of San Diego's Classy (www.classy.org), you get an extremely popular piece of software-as-a-service to help you manage a nonprofit and its fundraising efforts.
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DECEMBER 11, 2009
Thanks to all of our sponsors, who make our coverage of Southern California's technology industry possible: Sponsors. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Helping entrepreneurs succeed. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Your Software Development Partner.
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OCTOBER 30, 2009
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FEBRUARY 9, 2010
Thanks to all of our sponsors, who make our coverage of Southern California's technology industry possible: Sponsors. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Helping entrepreneurs succeed. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com).
Interview with Jo Webber, Pod.io
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NOVEMBER 13, 2020
Today's interview is with Jo Webber , the CEO and founder of Pod.io , a startup which has developed an app to help people connect with others over shared interests. Jo Webber: Why we created Pod, was we've look at sites like Facebook, which has really taken off with friends and family, and helped them communicate online.
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TeleSign Launches New Verification API Product
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2015
Los Angeles-based TeleSign , the provider of two-factor, mobile authentication services and software, said today that it has launched a new product, called TeleSign Smart Verify. The new product provides an API to help with end-user verification and two-factor authentication for both online and mobile apps. READ MORE>>.
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JUNE 19, 2009
Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. They include: Sponsors.
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March Capital Partners' Jim Armstrong On A New, $240M Venture Fund
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MAY 25, 2016
Jim Armstrong: It's broadly technology, from consumer Internet, to marketplaces, from Internet infrastructure to enterprise software. I think there are a lot of opportunities across all of these areas of technology, especially as it relates to Southern California. It's all about the entrepreneur.
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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
Once again, we'd like to thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs.
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JUNE 26, 2009
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100 AppOnboard raises $15 million to let Android users try before they buy apps on Google Play
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DECEMBER 11, 2018
Based in Los Angeles, AppOnboard sees itself as one of a new breed of LA startup that’s steeping itself in the local ecosystem and trying to be one of the cornerstone’s for a new technology hub in the southern California region. Company co-founder Jonathan Zweig has already had one hit as a Los Angeles-based entrepreneur.
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JUNE 5, 2009
Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. They include: Sponsors.
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APRIL 24, 2009
Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. They include: Sponsors.
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Convertro Tracks Users Across Devices, Solves Cross-Device Ad Issues
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FEBRUARY 13, 2013
So, how do marketers figure out if you're the same person to better target their ads? Convertro , the online advertising analytics firm headed by serial entrepreneur Jeff Zwelling, said today that it has launched a new product to help marketers with that problem.
Interview with Amir Banifatemi and Kai Tao, K5Launch
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OCTOBER 27, 2011
Amir Banifatemi: K5Launch supports our larger vision, the K5 initiative, which was promoted last year to provide a more stable and vibrant community of entrepreneurship in Southern California, but mostly Orange County. We are in Orange County, but we're also focused more largely on Southern California.
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Interview with Matt Kozlov, Techstars Space Accelerator
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JULY 22, 2019
Matt Kozlov: We created this program, because there has been lots of recent advances in the growth of the commercial, military, and civil space economy here in our backyard in Southern California. We invest both capital and an enormous amount of time and mentorship to help companies build the best businesses, as rapidly as possible.
How Kaleo Is Tackling Enterprise Knowledge Sharing
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JUNE 30, 2016
Phil Hui-Bon-Hoa , the CEO of El Segundo-based Kaleo (www.kaleo.com), is a serial entrepreneur who has previously built and sold four companies, including one acquired by IFILM, and another by Sun Microsystems. He had 5,000, B-to-B marketers across various divisions of GE, and they really never were able to help each other.
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AUGUST 7, 2009
Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. They include: Sponsors.
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100 Ryan Blair, HashtagOne: From Gang Member, To Entrepreneur, To Anti-VC
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FEBRUARY 17, 2017
We've made some investments here and there, and are now building a team, and making a lot of investments in SoCal tech companies. I want to invest in entrepreneurs that have the capacity to be number one at whatever they are doing, and do it within our skill base, which is direct-to-consumer. I love entrepreneurs.
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MAY 22, 2009
Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. They include: Sponsors.
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Pipeliner CRM's Nikolaus Kimla On Moving to LA, Sales Entrepreneurship
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JULY 24, 2014
Southern California has a growing number of companies in the customer relationship management area, including a fairly new company in the area, Pipeliner CRM (www.pipelinersales.com). We spoke with Nikolaus Kimla , the CEO of Pipeliner CRM, to learn more about the company, its move here, and its software.
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JANUARY 12, 2012
At SoftBank Capital, a venture capital fund, he helped with investments in mobile, digital media and enterprise software startups totaling $50 million; Ash Kumra is a business coach, speaker and entrepreneur. Wednesday, January 18, 2012 -- Building and Growing Great Businesses. See [link] (more)
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Reflections on 2018: Clinton Foy, CrossCut Ventures
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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. Health is the new wealth and you'd be surprised at how supportive your colleagues, friends, and family are in helping you.
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133 Reflections On 2018: Matt Stodder, Startup Boost LA
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JANUARY 7, 2019
During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions for 2019 from Southern California's technology industry. There was no monetary reward for those who participated (and Startup Boost does not take fees or equity from the companies that we help).
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JULY 24, 2009
Southern California's high tech news and companies. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com). Your Software Development Partner. They include: Sponsors.
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Entreprenuer Network
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MARCH 1, 2007
skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.
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SoCal CTO
NOVEMBER 10, 2009
He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. From there, I became the first non-founder employee at an e-commerce startup called BITSource, which was the first electronic software distributor delivering electronic volume software licenses to corporations. How did it help you?
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Thanks to our sponsors!
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NOVEMBER 17, 2009
A quick message on a very busy funding day, to thanks to all of our sponsors, who make our coverage of Southern California's technology industry possible: Sponsors. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs.
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Interview with Jay Ackerman, Reveleer
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FEBRUARY 24, 2020
Glendale-based Reveleer (www.reveleer.com) is a developer of cloud-based software used for managing medical data, and recently announced a Series C funding round from investors Boston Millenia Partners and Upfront Ventures. We're backed by Upfront Ventures, which is a well known venture capital firm here in SoCal. What is Reveleer?
Sky Dayton Backs Diffbot
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MAY 31, 2012
Earthlink founder and Southern California entrepreneur Sky Dayton is leading an angel investment in a new startup out of Stanford, which is developing a service which allows developers to track changes and extract information out of web pages. READ MORE>>.
Interview with Fouad ElNaggar, Redpoint Ventures
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FEBRUARY 22, 2011
Redpoint Ventures is one of the venture capital firms which has straddled both Northern California and Southern California, with offices in both locations. We're able to help throw some gasoline on the fire, plus also help people even at the earliest stages of a business. We really believe in the market.
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JULY 10, 2009
Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. They include: Sponsors.
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Reflections On 2017: John Greathouse, Rincon Venture Partners
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DECEMBER 29, 2017
During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's "movers and shakers" in the technology industry. As such, I'm also looking forward to helping non-SaaS Founders, which has been my primary focus for the past 15-years.
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113 Crosscut Ventures: Tapping Into The Promise of Silicon Beach, with Brian Garrett
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JUNE 25, 2015
Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based CrossCut Ventures (www.crosscutventures.com) announced its third, venture capital fund--a continuation of an investment theme very much centered around the growth of Southern California, and in particular, the Silicon Beach startup ecosystem.
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