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Eight Repeat Entrepreneurs To Watch In SoCal

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One complaint we sometimes hear from venture capitalists visiting Southern California for the first time, is the difficulty of finding experienced entrepreneurs and executives. Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp.

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Reflections on 2018: Rob Freelen, Silicon Valley Bank

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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 SVBs market position, that is great news.

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How Chinese Startup Tradesparq Is Looking To Grow In SoCal

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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.

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Reflections On 2016: John Greathouse, Investor, Professor at UC Santa Barbara

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This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on the year from Southern California's technology community. John is also very involved in providing advice to young startups and entrepreneurs. John is also very involved in providing advice to young startups and entrepreneurs. READ MORE>>.

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Business.com Acquired By Resource Nation, With JMI Backing

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San Diego-based Resource Nation , an online business-to-business marketing provider, has acquired the brand name, domain, and assets of Business.com , the firm announced today. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed, however, the firm said that private equity firm JMI Equity has provided it funding in support of the transaction.

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Ten Of The Top Tech Companies For Employees In LA

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Readers in San Diego, Orange County, Ventura County, and elsewhere, please comment or send us your comments!). positions on its site, ranging from software, sales, marketing, to finance. Frank Addante, who founded Rubicon, is a serial entrepreneur who co-founded L90, which was acquired. is a good place for employees.

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Interview with Marcus Filipovich, Ocular Data Systems

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That way, when they get to court, that can be provided to the experts and the prosecutor, so it's not just what was described by the officer, they can see what was captured to the judge and jury. Marcus Filipovich: Our other founder, Ron Waldorf, is a serial entrepreneur, primarily in the medical business.