socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2013

Browse our job postings , and navigate our (new) extensive map of Southern California high tech companies in your neighborhood. Or, sign up for our database of high tech companies ($24.95 Expand your network. What are your high tech, business related New Year's resolutions? Get new customers.

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SoCalTech Help Southern California High Tech 124

socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. This year ushered in the successful launch our second fund at Moonshots Capital, further validating our thesis that investing in extraordinary leadership produces exceptional companies.

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Capital Technical Review Truecar Southern California 124

socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. We made 7 investments in SoCal founders in our first year (out of 8 total), and even the 1 exception has deep SoCal ties and we hope to relocate her here in 2021. Contact our editors for details.

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socalTECH

APRIL 23, 2013

Because of that, the local high tech industry here has welcomed any and all new capital. TenOneOne co-founder David Waxman said that SRCH2 is among the first investments for the new fund. Waxman was co-founder of Firefly Networks, PeoplePC and SpotRunner, a trio of firms which also saw very good exits. READ MORE>>.

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Venture Capital Southern California Capital SoCal 145

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2013

One of the hottest sectors in Southern California's high tech world in the last couple of years has been video--namely, Internet video and content creation. Other investors in the funding include Greycroft Partners , Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments , Advancit Capital, Allen DeBevoise, Ynon Kreiz , among others.

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Bertelsmann Downey GRP Partners Southern California 191

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

All schmoozing and networking aside, what are investors, entrepreneurs, and others in the industry thinking about? For some, it seemed like they--like the investing public--are burnt out on too many bubbles over the past decade, and are determined not to create or participate in another one.

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Ventura Santa Monica Idealab High Tech 182

socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2021

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, sposors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. Fortunately KPMG had made investments in technology to make the transition to remote work as successful as possible. We'll be posting these throughout the next two weeks.

Southern California 113

Southern California Technical Review Paramount News 113

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

In my years of advising startups and occasional investing, I’ve seen many great ideas start and fail, but the right team always seems to make good things happen, even without the ultimate idea. That’s why investors say they invest in people (bet on the jockey, not the horse), rather than the idea. The sales professional.

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Technical Advisors Outsource Development Startup High Tech 123

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2011

Rose, who has been described as "the Father of Angel Investing in New York" by Crain's New York Business, and a "world conquering entrepreneur" by BusinessWeek. He chairs New York Angels, one of the most active angel investment groups in the country, which has invested over $60 million into nearly 70 companies.

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Invest Angel Venture Capital Entrepreneur 88

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Middle Market Investment Banking. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. www.socalip.com) Focused on high tech's unique need - Pragmatic cost-effective IP portfolio management - U.S. Costello and Sons Insurance Brokers (www.costelloandsons.com).

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Southern California IP Orange County Glendale 133

socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2015

Over the last couple of weeks, we''ve featured a number of reflections on the year from movers and shakers in the local high tech community. Our last (belated) one is from Kevin Winston , the founder of Digital LA , the big networking group which helps to connect Silicon Beach through an extensive lineup of events.

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Cornerstone OnDemand Belkin Entertainment Newsletter 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. As the founder of an accelerator, I'm constantly being approached by ambitious people with big ideas, and generally we invest in 1/100th of what comes to us. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California High Tech SaaS Social Media 168

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Middle Market Investment Banking. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. Yarnell Design (www.masonyarnell.com/tech). www.pitchtheangels.com) Join Tech Coast Angels members and other start up investors at the 5th Annual Los Angeles Fast Pitch Competition.

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Southern California Tech Coast Angels IP Orange County 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2010

On Thursday, the City of Ventura is formally launching a new incubator, the Ventura Ventures Technology Center (www.v2tc.com), targeted at high tech businesses. It's a place where companies can network with each other, collaborate the business, in a brainstorming atmosphere. We recently matched a $180K investment in Lottay.

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Ventura Incubator Technology Startup 200

socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

socalTECH.com has mined its proprietary database of high tech companies and entrepreneurs and identified just a few of the repeat entrepreneurs to watch in the region. Elbaz sold Applied Semantics to Google in 2003, for pre-IPO stock, reaping first round investors more than a 100x return on their investment.

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Southern California Entrepreneur SoCal Mahalo 228

socalTECH

JULY 27, 2020

We caught up with Nick--who is a veteran of the area's high tech industry, most recently serving as CEO of Velocify--to get the latest on MomentFeed, which provides services to multi-brand, location businesses. Oftentimes that will be Google, sometimes that will be Apple, sometimes it will be another network.

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Google Santa Monica Networking Software 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2014

A grant is not an equity investment, so the entrepreneur doesn’t have to give up a stake in the company either. A good place to start looking is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups. Extend your networking. Stringent spending controls. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup High Tech Research Funding 97

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Home Field - The most obvious benefit is the ability to leverage your professional network of potential employees, investors and partners. When you relocate to a new area, tremendous energy must be invested in establishing a new network. This time and effort is better spent building your business. Life Ain''t Your Hobby.

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Santa Barbara Company Companies Startup 268

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” I hear it when I visit LPs (the people who invest in VCs) all across the country, “Yeah, I haven’t been out there for a few years but I keep hearing that something is going on there.” They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3 They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3

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Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

In my years of advising startups and occasional investing, I’ve seen many great ideas start and fail, but the right team always seems to make good things happen, even without the ultimate idea. That’s why investors say they invest in people (bet on the jockey, not the horse), rather than the idea. The sales professional.

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Technical Advisors Outsource Development Startup High Tech 105

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Middle Market Investment Banking. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. www.socalip.com) Focused on high tech's unique need - Pragmatic cost-effective IP portfolio management - U.S. Costello and Sons Insurance Brokers (www.costelloandsons.com).

Orange County 113

Orange County Southern California IP Glendale 113

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

A grant is not an equity investment, so the entrepreneur doesn’t have to give up a stake in the company either. A good place to start looking is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups. Extend your networking. Stringent spending controls.

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Equity Startup High Tech Research 92

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

In my years of advising startups and occasional investing, I’ve seen many great ideas start and fail, but the right team always seems to make good things happen, even without the ultimate idea. That’s why investors say they invest in people (bet on the jockey, not the horse), rather than the idea. The sales professional.

Technical Advisors 57

Technical Advisors Startup Outsource Development High Tech 57

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2011

Now that President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus package has been out for a while, including $50 billion aimed at alternative-energy initiatives, applying for grants has become the rage for high-tech startups. A grant is not an equity investment, so the entrepreneur doesn’t have to give up a stake in the company either.

High Tech 88

High Tech Startup Research Entrepreneur 88

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2014

In my years of advising startups and occasional investing, I’ve seen many great ideas start and fail, but the right team always seems to make good things happen, even without the ultimate idea. That’s why investors say they invest in people (bet on the jockey, not the horse), rather than the idea. The sales professional.

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Technical Advisors Startup Outsource Development High Tech 98

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

To that end, last week, Los Angeles-based MuckerLab (www.muckerlab.com) announced its plans--and a big lineup of local CEO mentors--to start up a new, YCombinator- and TechStars-type program in Los Angeles, headed by former Silicon Valley venture capitalist Erik Rannala , and affiliated with the TechStars Network. Erik, thanks for the time.

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Technical Advisors Startup Southern California Los Angeles 176

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

All this week, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. Coming off a very successful exit with Networks in Motion at the end of 2009, 2010 has been a very exciting year for several of my companies, Socialvibe, 2tor, Leadpoint, Webvisible and Impact Radius.

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Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Southern California 234

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

It seems to me that there is abundant proof in the marketplace of the financial returns to both large and small businesses, the low cost of entry, and the ubiquity of social networks. They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce.

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Social Media Media Startup Social Network 106

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

Our basic value proposition to the mobile networks or content aggregators who pay for our solution, is we increase content flow through and revenue, by more effectively merchandising that content. Mobile Media Ventures is part of a larger investment company, which has the core of their investing in the energy market.

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Content Screening Mobile Custom 189

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

It seems to me that there is abundant proof in the marketplace of the financial returns to both large and small businesses, the low cost of entry, and the ubiquity of social networks. They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce.

Social Media 115

Social Media Media Startup Social Network 115

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2010

That was primarily driven by the economy; when the economy is down, investments are down, and it is increasingly difficult to d a startup. Matthew Jenusaitis: In the year going forward, clearly the biggest issues is investment dollars. Thanks for the time this morning. How has your first year been? It's been kind of lean.

OCTANE 174

OCTANE Orange County Technical Review Southern California 174

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2011

I suggested that he add some social network marketing initiatives, and his answer was he is “too busy.” It seems to me that there is abundant proof in the marketplace of the financial returns to both large and small businesses, the low cost of entry, and the ubiquity of social networks. Start social networking with peers.

Social Media 104

Social Media Media Marketing Social Network 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

I come from a high-tech software background, and only a few years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars ($1M) for a team of professionals to produce any commercial software product. Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. Sales and marketing costs.

Startup 102

Startup Search Engine Optimization SEM Social Network 102

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

I come from a high-tech software background, and only a few years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars ($1M) for a team of professionals to produce any commercial software product. Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. Sales and marketing costs.

Startup 50

Startup High Tech Search Engine Optimization SEM 50

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I come from a high-tech software background, and only a few years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars ($1M) for a team of professionals to produce any commercial software product. Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. Sales and marketing costs.

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Startup Search Engine Optimization SEM 94

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2010

I suggested that he add some social network marketing initiatives, and his answer was he is “too busy.” It seems to me that there is abundant proof in the marketplace of the financial returns to both large and small businesses, the low cost of entry, and the ubiquity of social networks. Start social networking with peers.

Social Media 88

Social Media Media Marketing Startup 88

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2010

They come to me wanting to know first, will I invest myself? Okay, then will I connect them to someone who will invest? Once you take investment, you will also have a fiduciary board, with the responsibility of making the company successful. Remember “ The Social Network ” movie about Facebook?

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Outsource Development High Tech Outsource Startup 93