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Eight Repeat Entrepreneurs To Watch In SoCal

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One complaint we sometimes hear from venture capitalists visiting Southern California for the first time, is the difficulty of finding experienced entrepreneurs and executives. Row 44 / John Guidon / Westlake Village - Guidon sold his last firm--Comcore Semiconductor--back in 1998 to National Semiconductor, for a substantial gain.

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Inphi Files For IPO

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In the latest Southern California firm to target the public markets, Inphi Corp. , Inphi--which lists its headquarters as Sunnyvale, but has most of its operations in Westlake Village and Thousand Oaks--is looking to list on the NYSE and IPHI. In its S-1, the firm said it had net income of $7.3M READ MORE>>.