SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

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. Editor’s picks. Featured stories.

Southern California 57

Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

socalTECH

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. And, many of the presenting companies received sizable funding commitments and offers of ongoing help.

Technical Review 157

Technical Review Software Review Startup Coach 157

socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2013

According to Eric Robison, the firm's CEO, the funding round will go towards increasing the firm's global reach and expanding content. Meritech Capital also participated in the funding. The business saw a dramatic growth when--due to the downturn of the dot com crash--the company started to post its video online. READ MORE>>.

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Funding Santa Barbara ReachLocal Southern California 178

SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 30, 2018

Rob Vickery, Co-Founder of Stage Venture Partners, which is one of LA's leading enterprise software venture capital fund, will be exploring the core principles of venture capital and core due-diligence techniques that are adopted in this area of finance.

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Venture Capital Software Review Capital Software 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2019

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 technology industry. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2018? We expect some big things in 2019.

Capital 113

Capital Southern California Technical Review SaaS 113

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

Mahdessian and Kuzoyan met on a ski trip organized by the Armenian student associations at Stanford and the University of Southern California back when both men were in college. Battery isn’t the only marquee investor to find value in ServiceTitan’s business developing software managing day labor.

Glendale 271

Glendale Los Angeles Startup Technical Review 271

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Jackson added, “FinTech has traditionally lagged behind the innovation that’s happening in other areas of enterprise software. 25 Years of Writing Code. He helped develop an airline tracking system for Homeland Security and is an organizer of the Agile Open SoCal conference. and Schlumberger. Founded in 2010 by Eric M.

Technical Review 88

Technical Review Software Review Bertelsmann Technology 88

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 29, 2020

Kleiner Perkins , one of the most storied franchises in venture capital, has already invested much of the $600 million it raised last year and is now going back out to the market to raise its 19th fund, according to multiple sources. Kleiner Perkins gets back to early-stage with its $600M 18th fund. We went out to market to LPs.

IBM 164

IBM IBM Venture Capital Invest 164

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Los Angeles-based Signal Sciences (www.signalsciences.com), which develops web application firewall software, just inked a big, $35M series C funding round a few weeks ago, and now has plans to dramatically expand its hiring in Los Angeles. We also included existing investors we have locally in Southern California.

Startup 113

Startup Funding Technical Review Software Review 113

socalTECH

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. I also find that Southern California is an amazing place for talent. Los Angeles-based Fuel50 (www.fuel50.com)

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Help Southern California Startup Technical Review 100

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

Very few people fund individuals. I’m a software guy so I’m sure there are cases where building isn’t feasible. Professional angels / former entrepreneurs / seed funds – In Silicon Valley there are people like Ron Conway, Jeff Clavier, Mike Maples and many more. Team: You need a team.

Angel 291

Angel Funding Venture Capital Startup 291

socalTECH

JULY 12, 2013

Many companies would love to be able to get the benefits of cloud--easy configurability, low cost, scaling, and more--but, due to various reasons, can''t take advantage of public cloud services like Amazon. The company announced a funding round from Canaan Partners, Storm Ventures, and AME Cloud a couple of weeks ago.

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CIO Southern California Technical Review Software Review 207

socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Southern California's technology community--despite all of the recent excitement around Silicon Beach--continues to be underserved in terms of capital, with a lack of venture capital funds (with money), and other private technology investors. The second reason is that we are a hybrid fund with a unique strategy.

Acquisition 168

Acquisition Software Review Technical Review Equity 168

socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2015

in a funding round. We sat down with Brett Crosby (who founded Urchin Software, the company which became Google Analytics) and Brew Johnson , the co-founders of the company, to learn more about the company and what it's working on. Brett and I both grew up in Southern California. So, what is PeerStreet?

Southern California 100

Southern California Google Technical Review Manhattan Beach 100

socalTECH

MAY 27, 2009

A few months ago, Peter Lee --a venture local capitalist who has served at firms such as Prism Ventures and Clearstone Ventures Partners--joined a relatively unknown venture firm here in Southern California, Baroda Ventures (www.barodaventures.com). He made a lot of money from those deals, so in 1999 he set up Baroda Ventures.

Southern California 113

Southern California Venture Capital Startup SoCal 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

My cofounder and I know how hard it is to get a company up and running, and funded, to keep your investors in the loop. It allows you to share private and confidential information about your company, and have a dialog with your investors, within a walled garden where you can put the documents you need for diligence. READ MORE>>.

Southern California 243

Southern California Entrepreneur Software Review Yammer 243

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

For a high-volume seed fund that adds many portfolio companies every year (such as our friends at 500 Startups who invest in over 100 distinct companies annually), the cost of a bad affirmative decision (a false positive) is quite low, since it accounts for a relatively small portion of their total fund. Unicornless.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

socalTECH

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. Ryan Blair: The theme around the fund is pretty simple. My CIO had been ex-CIO at Herbalife, and was an EVP of Software for Disney. So where is the fund now?

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

It's a tough problem to solve, that experience of trying to find and discover new activities, especially in a market like Los Angeles and Southern California where there is so much to do outdoors, and there are so many types of facilities. It gives you lots of insight into the dynamics of how venture funds work.

Startup 271

Startup CTO Coach Activity Software Review 271

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Our interview today is with Andrew Schydlowsky , the CEO and founder of Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet (www.trackstreet.com), a startup which is backed by Okapi Capital, The Cove Fund, Early Light Ventures, SaaS Venture Capital, and Stage Venture Partners. What is TrackStreet? How did you start the business?

Artificial Inteligence 140

Artificial Inteligence Startup Commerce Sales 140

socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2008

In what looks to be a challenging funding climate for entrepreneurs, we thought it would be interesting to talk to one fund which is still making investments--Saban Ventures (www.saban.com)--a new, digital media focused venture capital fund located in Los Angeles. How big of a fund is this?

Southern California 100

Southern California Media Venture Capital Invest 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2008

In what looks to be a challenging funding climate for entrepreneurs, we thought it would be interesting to talk to one fund which is still making investments--Saban Ventures (www.saban.com)--a new, digital media focused venture capital fund located in Los Angeles. How big of a fund is this?

Capital 100

Capital Southern California Media Venture Capital 100

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2017

Our interview this morning is with Jonathan Zweig , the CEO of Los Angeles-based AppOnboard (www.apponboard.com), which has created software which allows mobile app developers--and in particular, mobile game developers--to create demos of those games which can be played without having to download and install those apps.

Startup 113

Startup Southern California UCLA Technical Review 113

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

My favorite new software tool is DailyBurn. So as I contemplated the kick off to 2010 I thought again about Weight Watchers. Problem is – Weight Watchers software TOTALLY SUCKS. So I sent out a Tweet to ask what people in the Twittersphere used. Their first batch of shipping is due out in the next few weeks.

Technical Review 278

Technical Review Software Review Startup SoCal 278

Steve Reich

JUNE 11, 2012

The good news is you can do it, too, and there are great examples in Socal. MindBodyOnline is a terrifically succesful SaaS company, based in San Luis Obispo, that provides scheduling and transactional software for Yoga studios, hair salons, and spas. They read product reviews obsessively. Reviews are again routinely glowing.

Customer 97

Customer Custom Software Review SaaS 97

SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

Many of the founders of these companies are surprised to learn that I'm willing to review what they are doing (maybe an hour) and get on the phone for an hour with them and provide free advice. So, I wanted to use this post to make it official - we are offering free startup CTO consulting sessions. Can you help me get funding?

CTO Hire 264

CTO Hire Startup Technical Review Development Team Review 264

SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

Many of the founders of these companies are surprised to learn that I'm willing to review what they are doing (maybe an hour) and get on the phone for an hour with them and provide free advice. So, I wanted to use this post to make it official - we are offering free startup CTO consulting sessions. Can you help me get funding?

CTO Hire 259

CTO Hire Startup Technical Review Development Team Review 259

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

Most often at the earliest point in the life of a startup, the dominant need is certainly to produce product to get something in the market, get funding, etc. I provided a whole set of questions that I go through with founders before Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything. Accounting?

Fractional CTO 225

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire CTO Coach 225

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Thirteen percent of water in homes are lost due to leaks, which equals trillion gallons of water. We're helping to prevent huge problems with our hardware and software solution. So, I quite my job and started three and a half years ago on this journey, and we're now well on our way. How are you funding the startup?

Technical Review 113

Technical Review Technology Startup Artificial Inteligence 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

We've created bi-directional, and real-time links between a web site and translation software. NativeTung is a cloud-based platform, which includes some software which runs on the web site, which ensures synchronization of the translation at all times. When you look at the industry as a whole, there are couple of well-funded players.

Startup 133

Startup Technical Review Social Network Content 133

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

A few years ago it became fashionable for large VC’s to do seed funding. With open source software (LAMP stack) and cloud computing infrastructure it just wasn’t that expensive to get your company going and founders just wanted to raise less money. If a VC term sheet comes in they begin their due diligence process.

Seed Funding 283

Seed Funding Venture Capital Funding Software Review 283

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

Its mission is to encourage the growth and success of technology-based entrepreneurial ventures in Southern California. Critique^It is peer-review without barriers—feedback without managing emails, commentary and document versions. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund. Silver Sponsors.

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Baghdasarian was co-founder of Monterey Networks, which was sold to Cisco Systems back in 1999, has been an active angel investor in Southern California. I worked as a software and hardware engineer, and did lots of software development for networking and telecom firms, mainly networking. How is the company funded?

Education 124

Education Startup Course Tool 124

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

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Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Most of the great software startups that I’ve been involved in have at least one technical co-founder (and many have more than one.) So before you ask someone to even spend an hour of their time writing code or reviewing specs make sure you can pay them in some form (coffee, dinner, laptop, etc.),

CTO Hire 241

CTO Hire CTO Coach Equity Develop 241

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2009

That's what the Cogi service offering is all about--giving you the ability to capture, review, and share the content of your important conversations. I can review it myself, both in audio form, or text form, and share it with others. How's the company funded and backed? You've got to have Cogi in the middle of your call.

Santa Barbara 100

Santa Barbara Startup Software Review Technical Review 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. They make it easy to collect investment funds, track ownership, and provide targeted updates to investors. Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media. How startup can leverage social media to get investors attention.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60