Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.

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Santa Monica Funding Startup Course 256

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Santa Monica-based Edgecast , the content delivery network (CDN) operator, said today along with partner PeerApp that they have linked on a new content caching solution for network operators. Pricing and other details of the combined offering were not detailed by the two companies. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Monica Software Review Content Networking 145

socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2009

Santa Monica-based Zag.com , the online car buying software firm headed by Scott Painter, announced this morning that it has inked a deal with the AAA, to power a new service called AAA Automaker. Financial details of the win was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Zag Services Arcturus GRP Partners 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Founded in 2006, Demand Media is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA with offices in Bellevue, WA, Austin, TX, New York, NY and London, UK. The nearly 300 members of TCA collaborate with each other on due diligence and then make individual decisions regarding potential investments. Price: FREE. to 11:00 p.m.

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Technical Review Software Review Santa Monica Tech Coast Angels 58

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Last week, Santa Monica-based Revolution Prep announced its first, institutional round of funding, worth $15M, from Kennet Partners. The company provides SAT, ACT, and other similar test preparation courses and related software. I had worked as a tutor for Princeton Review, and Jake for Kaplan. We started in 2000.

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Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? Software-as-a-service companies write good software, and network companies build good networks, but rarely do you find both that do that well as the same time.

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CTO Hire Content Networking Web 248

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Founded in 2006, Demand Media is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA with offices in Bellevue, WA, Austin, TX, New York, NY and London, UK. The nearly 300 members of TCA collaborate with each other on due diligence and then make individual decisions regarding potential investments. Price: FREE. to 11:00 p.m.

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Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 26, 2013

You simply can’t miss Lyft’s cars driving around the city due to its clever marketing ploy of placing big, pink “ carstaches ” on the grill of each car in their fleet. I used SideCar last week to get a ride from Santa Monica to Westwood. In essence, ride-sharing is carpooling with a technological twist. .

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Google Technical Review Santa Monica Framework 92

Frank Addante

JUNE 10, 2007

StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. For us, being near Santa Monica was key. Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0:

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