Southern California Edison Blog

JANUARY 2, 2019

To keep pace, carriers are making strategic infrastructure investments to expand and improve coverage. T-Mobile and Sprint, for example, invested billions of dollars in 2017 to bring 5G service to customers in the US by 2019.¹. Assess On-Net Fiber Optic Maps. They aren’t the only ones.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 27, 2014

Entrepreneurs typically embrace celebrity investments, while most sophisticated investors prefer to avoid famous entertainment or sports personalities on the cap table. Celebrity investors aside, I am a fan of high net worth individuals who are willing to allocate some of their risk capital to foster a startup''s success.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Then the dotcom bubble burst, and he wound up with a net worth of negative $10,000. But most of Jason's money has been made by angel investing. Calacanis' new book is called, "Angel: How to invest in technology startups —Timeless advice from an Angel Investor who turned $100,000 into $100,000,000." See [link].

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 2, 2016

Newport Beach- and San Francisco-based investment firm Carrick Capital Partners has named Mike Salvino as Operating Partner at the company, according to the company. Salvino spent 22 years at Accenture.

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs, We caught up with Mark to hear about what kinds of investments GRP is looking at nowadays, his view on the software-as-a-service market, and how best to approach him with a pitch. We invested in Overture, which was sold for $1.2

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

some fun, big tech issues like privacy, net neutrality, location-based services and real-time data. The best proof of a soft circle is whether an angel will email someone else (refer another investor) and start off that email with “I’m investing in…”. As an angel, do you reserve money for follow-on investments?

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

In the startup world, the former happens when a VC makes a bad investment, and the latter occurs when they miss a great opportunity. In contrast, low-volume, high-conviction investors like Rincon only invests in a handful new companies each year, making it much more costly (in dollars and effort expended) to invest in a loser.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. in Computer Science.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Now, well go beyond the notion that businesses should use social media to explore which platforms net the highest return on investment, what works and what doesnt and if social media is indeed all its proponents advocate. Its been a year since our panelists discussed best practices for growing business using social media.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

In the current economic and venture capital climate, angel investment is one of the most critical sources of start-up capital. These 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.

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socalTECH

MAY 27, 2014

Southern California in recent years has become a hotbed of financial startups, and for years has been a destination for companies looking also to address companies across the border in Mexico and Latin America. We also have several, high net work Mexican individuals invested in our company.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Now, well go beyond the notion that businesses should use social media to explore which platforms net the highest return on investment, what works and what doesnt and if social media is indeed all its proponents advocate. Join us for a lively discussion!

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 21, 2010

In the current economic and venture capital climate, angel investment is one of the most critical sources of start-up capital. 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.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Not an investment philosophy “ I understand the sentiment of this post and it’s how I view AngelList (like email), but I feel like it loses a nuance about AngelList. Since I invest in lines, not dots , I worry about the rushed decision-making and over-hyping of deals. It’s a communication tool. I worry about that.&#.

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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

Last week, we talked with Fouad ElNaggar of Redpoint Ventures about some of the interesting companies in Southern California. So we bootstrapped, and once we started and got our pilot out and got some momentum, Redpoint was generous enough to invest with great terms, splitting between their Silicon Valley and LA offices.

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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. . The group invested $8.7 Target investors that have invested in your field.

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socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2010

One of the more successful serial entrepreneurs here in Southern California has been Robin D. Richards , who most recently sold The NTI Group to Blackboard, and previously also was CEO of Vivendi Universal Net USA, the founding president and COO of MP3.com, Are there specific kinds of companies you've been investing in?

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Kevin Miller, president of Westside Rentals, which bills itself as Southern Californias largest home-finding service, says he has seen rents in Santa Monica and Venice increase by about 10% over the last 18 months—compared with other desirable areas such as Beverly Hills and Culver City, where he says rents increased by about 4% to 5%.

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