socalTECH

JULY 24, 2019

the parent company of Snapchat , says its daily active users (DAU) increased by 8 percent year-over-year, to 203 million users. Snap's revenues grew to $388M in Q2 of 2019, with a net loss of $255M for the quarter. Santa Monica-based Snap Inc. , READ MORE>>.

Activity

socalTECH

APRIL 22, 2020

Santa Monica-based Snap , the parent company of Snapchat , reported its first quarter 2020 financials on Tuesday afternoon, saying that it has seen an increase in both its daily active users and revenues. Despite the increase in usage and revenues, Snap still reported a net loss of $306M in Q1 2020. READ MORE>>.

Activity

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2019

the parent firm of Snapchat , reported its quarterly results on Tuesday afternoon, saying that its daily active users (DAU) increased by 2 percent quarter-to-quarter, to 190 million. However, Snap continues to post steep losses, saying it had a net loss of $310M in Q1 of 2019, on revenues of $320M. Santa Monica-based Snap Inc. ,

Activity

Berkonomics

JULY 30, 2015

You can’t stop an entrepreneur from starting a new business or activity that is viewed as hopelessly stupid by detractors – and merely insane by close relatives. Or as one of the richest guys in the world is quoted as saying, “A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath him.”.

.Net

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2012

Join and actively participate in local business organizations. Volunteer to help out with entrepreneur activities at your local university. All universities love and need to get help from people in the “real world” for coaching and judging activities in their Entrepreneurship and MBA programs. Join a local investment group.

Activity

socalTECH

JULY 27, 2012

A new, Los Angeles startup, AtomicMe , said this week that it is looking to tie together social networking activity with the interests users are passionate about--by sharing advertising revenues with those users.

Social Network

socalTECH

AUGUST 13, 2010

On a earnings call discussing its second quarter results, CEO Steve Streit said that it is seeing "significant" new card activations at both Walmart and other retailers, attributing the rise to both a tight credit card environment and increasingly expensive bank pricing models. The firm said it had net income of $4.6M Friday morning.

Customer

socalTECH

JUNE 26, 2015

The startup said the new plug-ins can be added to Java and.NET applications without coding changes, and provide instrumentation for application activity at runtime, to help identify attaks on those applications. The startup is led by Julien Bellanger. READ MORE>>.

Java

socalTECH

MAY 8, 2019

The company said net cash provided by its operating activities increased to $116.9M Those quarterly results were up from Q1 of 2018, when the company had revenues of $280.6M. for Q1, and the company now has approximately $320M in cash on hand.

Southern California

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2021

It said it will net approximately $46.6M The company said the funding goes towards its commercialization activities, advertising, clinical trials, development activities, plus general corporate purposes. after underwriting discounts, commissions, and expenses.

San Diego

socalTECH

MAY 18, 2021

The publicly held company, which trades on the NASDAQ as EVFM, says it intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for the continuation of full commercialization activities related to its lead produt, Phexxi, including continued direct-to-consumer advertising activities across television, streaming and digital channels; the continuation of its (..)

Pricing

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

However, the company is still posting big losses, saying it had a net loss of $191.7M billion for the year, and a net loss of $1.25 Snap says it now has around 186 million daily active users, which were flat from quarter-to-quarter. on its quarter, which ended December 31, 2018. Snap reported revenues of $1.18

Company

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2017

announced its quarterly results for its second quarter, saying that it had a net loss of $443.0M According to Snap, it now had daily active users (DAUs) of 173 million in Q2. Venice-based Snap Inc. on revenues of $181.67M for the quarter ended June 30th, 2017. READ MORE>>.

Venice

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Sales of WholesaleWare, as the platform is called, Xu said, have seen more than 800% growth over the last year, now managing “several hundreds of millions of dollars of food wholesale activities” annually. Underpinning its tech is the sheer size of the operation: economies of scale in action.

Technical Review

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Honey now has approximately 17 million monthly active users. PayPal said that Honey was profitable on a net income basis in 2018, and that it expects the acquisition to be acrretive to its non-GAAP earnings per share in 2021.

Southern California

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Typically, vesting in startups occurs monthly over four years, starting with the first 25 percent of shares vesting only after an owner has remained active for at least 12 months (one year cliff ). This is the purpose of a vesting schedule, which issues allocated stock over time. Key founder vesting should have no cliff.

.Net

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

If this figure is accurate – it’s certainly a very large business even when you look at net revenues. I wish the team well and I’ll certainly be watching actively on the sidelines. Its net income for the 2009 period is $11.66 Net income was around $1.4 million, compared to a $7 million net loss in 2008.

Clearstone

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

I like to boil down the overwhelming majority of what we do on the web to just three primary activities, which I call the three C’s: Content, Commerce & Communications. While the costs of starting a tech company have plummeted it still does take money to hire a team, launch products and market oneself.

Startup

socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2021

PharmaCyte said it will use net proceeds of the offering to complete activities requested by the U.S. The company, which currently trades OTCQB, is focused on developing cellular therapies for cancer and diabetes. Wainwright.

.Net

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Join and actively participate in local business organizations. Volunteer to help out with entrepreneur activities at your local university. All universities love and need to get help from people in the “real world” for coaching and judging activities in their Entrepreneurship and MBA programs. Join a local investment group.

Entrepreneur

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2018

The company reported a net loss of $385.8M The company said its daily active users (DAU) grew from 166 million in Q1 of 2017 to 191M in Q1 of 2018, which was up 15 percent year-over year. Venice-based Snap , the parent company of Snapchat, missed its estimated revenue targets in Q1, reporting revenues of $230.7M READ MORE>>.

Snapchat

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

The firm reported net income of $1 billion on revenues of $3.7 billion in 2011 in its S-1, which is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs & Co., BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital, and Allen & Company.

Southern California

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Shap continues to lose money, hand over first, reporting it had a net loss of $443.1M Snap said its daily active users (DAUs) grew to 178 million in Q3 of 2017, a 3 percent increase quarter-over-quarter. in the three months ended September 30th, on revenues of $207.9M. billion in stock-based compensation expenses.

Snapchat

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 21, 2010

These national and local groups are comprised of high net worth individuals who meet -- formally or informally -- to vet and discuss deals and learn about the best new business opportunities. Angel networks such are the source of the majority of this funding.

Capital

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Angel networks, where high-net-worth individuals come together to screen and vet deals, are the source of much of this funding. In this session, active TCA investors will not only demystify angel investing, but will also provide a solid understanding of the funding process.

Invest

socalTECH

MARCH 18, 2009

According to MySpace, the upgrade includes new access to the activity stream of MySpace users, integration of OAuth and OpenID for authentication of users, and new developer resources to help developers create and manage applications. The firm also said that it will be adding Google Android support soon.

PHP

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2010

If all of my classes had been like that and if I didn’t grow up with active parents, I can’t imagine where I’d be today. My parents … well, my mom in particular, encouraged me to get involved with extra-curricular activities. I believe in capitalism but I also believe in a safety net.

Class

TechCrunch LA

JULY 22, 2020

It’s a strategy that has now netted the company $33 million in financing led by the Silicon Valley-based investment firm Altos Ventures and New York’s Left Lane Capital. Hyde Park Angels, Fika Ventures, FJ Labs and Silicon Valley Bank also participated in the round.

Services

socalTECH

JULY 5, 2011

For today's interview, we spoke with Los Angeles-based Swagbucks (www.swagbucks.com), an online site which allows users to earn virtual currency in exchange for searching the Internet, as well as other activities. Swagbucks in on its way to hitting $20M in annual revenues, and has bootstrapped since its founding.

Startup

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 7, 2009

In a recent conversation with a fellow CTO, we lamented about the fact that while there's very active software development and web development going on in Southern California and West Los Angeles, yet there didn't seem to be as much of a community around it. Yes, there are some events around particular technologies.

Southern California

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

We looked around the country at other co-working spaces, and see how it's been the hub for lots of growth and activity. I think it's healthy to have companies moving in and out of the area, as long as we have net ins into the ecosystem. We've had substantial net growth over the last several years.

Pasadena

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2009

The firm, which operates a series of automobile related sites, said it had a net loss of $15M on revenues of $14.2M Autobytel blamed the steep drop in ad revenues of lower traffic to the company's websites, partially due to reduced search engine marketing activities. For the year, the firm said it lost $79.9M on revenues of $71.1M.

Advertising

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 11, 2011

You can cast a much wider net, the nature of the pitch can be a lot simpler, you can get funded with just an executive summary and a good conversation…without having to put together a business plan or even a deck. 3) If you were writing your book Pitching Hacks today, how would your advice differ ? The whole environment has changed.

Startup

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

We were in the center of the activity and thus would soon race against everyone else, many with much deeper pockets. But throughout the transition I had my safety net. doing sports, and many other activities. One key decision early on was that RightScale needed to become big fast. We always focused on making the story bigger.”.

Cloud Computing

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2021

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). I still don’t see it happening any time soon. Neither does David S.

Funding

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

The company’s stock tanked by more than 26 percent, representing a $230 billion reduction in market cap and a $31 billion drop in Zuckerberg’s personal net worth. Plenty of analysts shared that this was the biggest dollar amount single-day drop for a company’s market cap ever.

Marketing

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

In a collaborative effort, Ria Consulting, LLC and Los Angeles Net Developers Group are hosting this event on November 10th, 2012 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California. Aaron Heckman , maintainer of Mongoose, the MongoDB object document modeler and an active member of the nodes community.

JavaScript