Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 27, 2013

” If your company was featured there (in the early days of what people called Web 2.0) Trust me, you’ll regret it the next time you’re preparing for a fund raising event and every VC you meet knows your strongest competitor and not you. Frankly, every VC’s, too. Perception = reality. They want validation.

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Blogging Journal Press Startup 309

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 Brad on blogging.

Venture Capital 288

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Statistica reports that almost 20 percent more companies went public in 2018 versus 2017. Crowd funding is setting new records worldwide, with $17 billion from North America alone, and VCs poured another $100 billion more into small growth companies last year. Most now routinely buy startups for new technology and new products.

Startup 128

Startup Social Media Satisfaction Entrepreneur 128

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

According to a well-researched Motly Fool report, the challenge is very real, since around half of all businesses fail in the first five years. The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development.

Startup 136

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 136

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

That’s according to a report being released today by Connect, the local nonprofit group focused on technology and entrepreneurship. The Connect Innovation Report found that 405 software, technology, and life sciences startups were created last year in San Diego County.

San Diego 40

San Diego Report High Tech Study 40

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

Santa Monica-based SharesPost , which has created on online marketplace for sellers and buyers of private company stock, reported to its users late Friday that the firm now has sales of LinkedIn, Linden Lab, Tesla Motors, and SugarCRM going into escrow. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 27, 2012

They were stark in that he had just sold his company to Microsoft for a reported $1.2 We once thought nobody could unseat Google since all inbound traffic to the web came from them. I remember a discussion with an older VC who told me that in the early 90′s they wondered whether the VC industry had a future.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Yammer Google 299

socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2011

San Diego-based Genomatica , a firm developing sustainable chemical products using renewable feedstocks, has raised $21.25M in additional funding, according to numbers released in the recent PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA MoneyTree report. Genomatica develops technology to replace fossil fuel based chemicals with renewable products.

Draper 164

Draper San Diego Web Report 164

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We held a 90-minute demo session where 150 of LA’s VC’s and senior technology executives watched the LPLA V2 group present in small groups of 12-15 each. Lee Essner is formerly a senior exec from WeddingChannel and has much experience in running a successful web property. We’re excited to work with them.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2010

California's technology industry possible. venture funding and business deals, technology develops, and more from Santa Barbara. venture funding and business deals, technology develops, and more from Santa Barbara. Venture Partners , Rustic Canyon Partners , Binary Pulse Technology. Technology.

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SoCalTech Advertising Rustic Canyon Glendale 127

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

In government, there''s often superficial talk about adopting technology and working with industry--most of which is out of sync with the actual technology industry and reality, and is more window dressing than reality. He wanted to looka t how technology could help with the problems that we all face, and help to solve those problems.

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Los Angeles Technology Startup Examples 203

Xconomy

JULY 14, 2016

Showing little concern for stock-market volatility or worries over the Brexit, venture capital firms pumped $15.3 billion into 961 deals across the United States during the three months that ended June 30, according to the MoneyTree Report on venture capital activity. —Venture firms invested $8.5

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Marina Del Rey Invest Venture Capital San Diego 40

socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2013

Lynda.com said today that it has raised a big growth round from Accel Partners and Spectrum Equity, and also reported that the firm exceeded $100M in topline revenues last year. According to Eric Robison, the firm's CEO, the funding round will go towards increasing the firm's global reach and expanding content.

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Funding Santa Barbara ReachLocal Southern California 178

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

According to a well-researched Motly Fool report, the challenge is very real, since around half of all businesses fail in the first five years. The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development.

Startup 128

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 128

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

An innovator in technology, especially monetization. ” To me, LA will always be a creative hub for TV, film, music, video games and now technology. They designed the next gen UI for the film The Minority Report. NYC has gotten a lead on us in the perception of creating a next generation technology hub and with good reason.

Startup 304

Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

The LA-based accelerator is powered by Techstars and is looking for “technology-based companies focused on transformative media and entertainment experiences.” Another interesting tidbit: participants will have access to stories, characters, technology, and other resources from across The Walt Disney Company.

Entertainment 102

Entertainment Santa Monica Ideas Mentor 102

Xconomy

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Educational technology companies are augmenting the traditional educational system with their online coursework offerings, but they’re also creating a competing universe where students can find alternate learning experiences that may qualify them for a job, even if they don’t have an academic degree.

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Education Report Demand Research 45

Frank Addante

AUGUST 29, 2006

► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. ▼ August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Venture Capital - What's the rush? Hire Entrepreneurs!

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Capital Startup Outsource Development 40

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

SVP at Cloud Technology Partners. Linthicum, senior vice president at Cloud Technology Partners, is an internationally recognized industry expert and thought leader. He keynotes leading technology conferences on cloud computing, SOA, enterprise application integration, and enterprise architecture. Dave Linthicum (moderator).

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SaaS Cloud Computing CIO Web 92

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. Elect 1-2 representatives and even invite a local VC to invest personally and sit on the investment committee or be an advisor.

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Press San Diego 378

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2012

The issue with most companies that I saw, is that they are outside of technology, and they just don't have access to the traditional funding sources like angels and venture capitalists. If you start an apparel company, there's no YCombinator, no Sequoia Capital for that. It's just nowhere as efficient as it is in technology.

Startup 223

Startup Equity Venture Capital Ideas 223

socalTECH

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. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com).

Orange County 113

Orange County Southern California IP Glendale 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

Bloomberg reports that forty-nine percent more companies went public in 2017 versus 2016. Crowd funding is setting new records worldwide, with an additional $34 billion in 2017, and VCs poured around $150 billion more into private growth companies last year. Most now routinely buy startups for new technology and new products.

Entrepreneur 66

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Satisfaction 66

Xconomy

AUGUST 10, 2016

Everywhere, technology is starting to percolate into an otherwise prosaic, non-tech industry—apply big data, apply machine learning—and revolutionize it.”. Just over a year later, Jurvetson led the Series A round of venture funding for Nervana Systems.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence San Diego Framework Venture Capital 40

Xconomy

JULY 19, 2019

But when the financial oversight council published its 2018 annual report, it concluded that volatility in the cryptocurrency. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

Pricing 89

Pricing Report Invest Venture Capital 89

socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2017

More importantly, the tools that already exist on the web, just don't exist on mobile. Sometimes, people will jury rig a marketing tool for this Some others might try a logging tool, or build their own crash reporting. My side was really the publishing business, the technology, and monetization, the technology platform itself.

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Mobile Develop Development Tool 178

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

There have been a lot of entrepreneurs here in software and other industries, and interestingly enough there seem to be more self-funded, bootstrapped firms here, rather than those looking for venture capital to get off the group. Gary Bishop: My background, prior to Network Automation, was in the financial technology marketplace.

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Networking IBM IBM Pacific Palisades 214

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

According to a report just out, a record 156 operating companies went public in the U.S. Twitter was one of the most notable, with a market capitalization now up to $38 billion all by itself. I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment.

Startup 109

Startup Entrepreneur Social Media Satisfaction 109

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. billion (Upfront Ventures was an early Overture backer).

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

When I first got into VC I decided I better have some investment themes. So my strategy was to focus on technology heavy companies who could bring measurability and performance to inefficient parts of the digital media landscape. “People still want calls …&#. That strikes me as an attractive market for disruption over time.

Mobile 329

Mobile Advertising Media Marketing 329

Xconomy

JULY 3, 2019

Broadcom is once, twice, three times a multi-billion-dollar dealmaker (well, basically) in the past year if it follows through on its reported talks to acquire Mountain View, CA-based cybersecurity giant Symantec.

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Symantec Report Acquisition Software 48

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

Final le web london (june 2013) from Mark Suster. Venture capital will be easy and then hard. I believe the natural success to that is Twitter more than any other technology of our generation. Prices down. Network Up. But what else? Will this Trend Last? In my mind there is no doubt this a lifetime trend.

Marketing 361

Marketing Course Pricing Networking 361

socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2009

Yesterday, Santa Monica-based SharesPost (www.sharespost.com) launched a new service of particular interest to the venture capital and high tech startup market, a new, online service which facilitates the buying and selling of private company stock. Given the advances in communications technology, and the Web 2.0

Startup 124

Startup Zag Venture Capital Equity 124

Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 9, 2011

Last year, venture capitalists and angels who co-invested with them placed $7 billion into seed and early-stage deals, an 11 percent increase from 2009, according to the most recent PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report. million in angel and venture capital.

Tips 100

Tips Capital Tech Coast Angels Screening 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. Mobile Web America, Inc. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology and of the Art Center College of Design. Bill received his B.S.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

According to a recent Motly Fool report, the challenge is very real, since around half of all businesses fail in the first five years. The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development.

Startup 53

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 53

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2014

Today, the conversation on Cleantech with a panel of entreprenurs, doing work as local VC’s, university, incubators, and startups. Sandra Itkoff – Entrepeneur in Residence, UCLA Institute for Innovation and Technology Transfer. Technology Drives Carbon Reduction. Cleantech, a Misnomer.

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UCLA Technical Review Software Review Incubator 99