Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

I know that in late 2010 it’s not as popular to say this because we’re in the era of “super angels&# and feel good startups. Let’s call these cards 1996-99 and 2005-08. If 2011 & 2012 look like 2010 then the current crop of angel investors will look great. got picked up early without raising a lot of VC.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

Let me take you back just 10 years ago to 2005 in Silicon Valley where I returned after 11 years of living in Europe. But back in 2005 there were a few people who spotted the trend before others and one of the true pioneers was (and continues to be) Jeff Clavier who founded SoftTech VC. It is, of course, a very recent phenomenon.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

Unfortunately over the period of 2000-2010 the VC industry hasn’t performed well and therefore the number of funds going forward is likely to reduce greatly. – That’s a tough question that as of 2010 is a hard to know for certain. A lot will depend on how exits go in 2010/2011.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Every second, a copy of MS Office 2010 is sold, and a large number of those go towards corporate use. All we have to do is look at the data, though: Since its launch in 2005, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has sold 66 million copies worldwide. Microsoft donated over $504 million worth of software to 43,650 organizations worldwide in 2010.

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Writing Training Email .Net 88

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

As you might or might not remember, I joined in 2010 with a vision to turn the company into a true technology company, and pivoted the company to ad technology. Starting in 2010, we started focusing on that. However, that''s who we were in 2002, and stopped being in 2010. Who we are today, is an ad technology company.

Media 162

Media Advertising Startup Platform 162

socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2013

Blair Harrison: I sold iFilm to Viacom at the end of 2005, and got out of there at the beginning of 2008. We got the core iFilm engineering team in late 2010, and spent about a year and a half building out our platform, and released our first consumer product at the beginning of 2012. How did you get from iFilm to Frequency?

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 25, 2010

As I prepare for my role as emcee in June for Convergence 2010 , I began to look back at how I got involved in radio. I didn’t know what I was getting into when I started buying live endorsement radio ads back in 2005. On June 3rd, I will emcee Radio Ink’s Convergence 2010 with keynote by Guy Kawasaki. Tell no one!

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Social Media Media Blogging Tips 220

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 24, 2016

I signed up for Facebook before many – in 2005 – when I first moved back to the US. So by the time people started using Facebook for more business purposes or general “social networking” in 2010-2015 I really didn’t have any interest. I was always more the latter.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

In 2005 he was graduated and took a job in South Carolina working for technology company while he started his own web design company on the side. By 2005 I had moved back to the US and we started hiring US employees (The first two employees we hired had both grown up in India! I hope that didn’t have a stature of limitation!

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 24, 2011

In 2003, Vizio launched in Costco and then in Sams Club in 2005. in 2009 and #1 in LED quality in 2010. Later in 2002, Vizio become profitable resulting from a consulting contract with Gateway Computers and the company never looked back. The most important benchmarks Vizio achieved was #1 TV manufacturer in the U.S.

Orange County 104

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

It was acquired by Experian in 2005 for $330M. It also was acquired by Experian in 2005. In July 2005 News Corporation bought MySpace parent company eUniverse for $580 M, of which approximately $327 M was the valuation of MySpace. became a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL in November of 2005. LowerMyBills, Inc.

Guide 42

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Cody Simms: Obviously, I live here in LA, and I have been since 2005. One could argue that in 2010, 2011, and 2012, that growth was in the video and entertainment area. As you mention, this is the third (or fourth, if you could the former Walt Disney Accelerator) Techstars accelerator in LA � why the decision to run another one here?

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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 10, 2010

Among the highest acquisition values were MySpace ($580M in 2005), Shopzilla ($560M in 2005), Rent.com ($430M in 2004), Lowermybills ($330M in 2005) and Sandpiper Networks ($630M in 1999). The region has produced 95 exits over $100 million (13%), 50 over $250 million (7%) and 23 over $500 million (3%) during the period analyzed.

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Southern California Study Venture Capital Redpoint 29

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Cyber Monday was officially termed in 2005 by the National Retail Federation after 77% of online retailers reported a surge in spending on the Monday after Thanksgiving. In 2010, sales surpassed $1 billion for the first time and Cyber Monday total spending continues to rise.

Sales 40

Sales Startup Report Mobile 40

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

Farhad Mohit: As you know, Bizrate spawned Shopzilla, which took us from 2000 to 2005. So, by 2010, we decided that DotSpots was not going to work, so we pivoted, to a new startup called Gripe. That was between 2010 and 2012. Farhad, tell us a bit about the story behind Flipagram -- how did you get from Bizrate to Flipagram?

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

Farhad Mohit: As you know, Bizrate spawned Shopzilla, which took us from 2000 to 2005. So, by 2010, we decided that DotSpots was not going to work, so we pivoted, to a new startup called Gripe. That was between 2010 and 2012. Farhad, tell us a bit about the story behind Flipagram -- how did you get from Bizrate to Flipagram?

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Flipagram Social Network Networking Organization 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2010

It is 2010. Many companies that are raising B or C venture capital rounds right now raised their initial money in 2005-2008. That means that they likely raised money at a particularly high price relative to 2010 prices. If you want to raise venture capital more easily the advice could be quite practical and counter-intuitive.

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Venture Capital Capital Startup Pricing 289

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

Los Angeles By: Laura Rich February 26, 2010 It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. And thats not even counting MySpace, which Rupert Murdoch famously paid $580 million for in 2005. Recent Comments | 3 Total February 26, 2010 at 6:37pm by bill right L.A. All rights reserved.

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Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 14, 2009

A few sponsorship spots still available for early 2010 events: TechZulu still has a few slots open for our early 2010 events for our large diverse audience — social media users, venture capitalist, PR people, developers, bloggers, Hollywood entertainment and many more. Headquartered in San Francisco, Justin.tv

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Stickam Content Draper Web 60

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Shortcut: sebastian-x.com Blog About Blogroll Links How brain-amputated developers created the social media plague Posted on 12 January, 2010 The bot playground commonly refered to as “social media&# is responsible for shitloads of absurd cretinism. I have personally reported ThingFetcher to Rackspace twice, by the way. Sad but true.

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Social Media Develop Development Media 41

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 16, 2013

Charlie eventually sold those shares for $26 million when he left the business in 2005, which meant he earned $4.3 According to a report by Ernst & Young ”Although VC-backed activity increased, (in 2010) the median time from initial VC financing to an IPO exit remains long. million for each year he worked at the start-up.

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Equity Services Startup Google 40

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 16, 2013

Charlie eventually sold those shares for $26 million when he left the business in 2005, which meant he earned $4.3 According to a report by Ernst & Young ”Although VC-backed activity increased, (in 2010) the median time from initial VC financing to an IPO exit remains long. million for each year he worked at the start-up.

Equity 40

Equity Services Startup Google 40

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2015

These positive feelings extended fairly broadly, too; lower-income shoppers were more optimistic than they’d been at any time since 2005-6. The unemployment rate has been consistently decreasing since 2010, which gives people confidence that they’ll be able to find work even if they lose their present positions. in September to 88.0

Commerce 40

Commerce Sales Pricing Study 40

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

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SEO IP Blogging PHP 37

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 7, 2013

So they skipped over those steps of the value chain, and purchased Android in 2005 (launched in 2008) to backwards integrate to the OS layer. Additionally, Google began dabbling in hardware design with the smartphone Nexus line in January 2010, and has since expanded into tablets, laptops, and Glasses.

Google 92

Google Web .Net Yahoo 92

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Spark Capital is relatively new to VC (founded in 2005) yet has become one of the hottest new VCs having invested in Twitter, Tumblr, AdMeld, Boxee, KickApps and many more companies. Recent competitive financings closed by Gilt Groupe ($35mm in 05/2010), OKL (undisclosed value in 12/2009) and Ideeli ($20mm in 12/2009). Other Deals.

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Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Even though their business model was tweaked a little while ago to give customers additional leniency, the business is still expecting to break $100 million in revenue this year, up from $25 million in 2010. Coffin sold LowerMyBills.com in 2005 for 300 million and took that money into the Los Angeles startup sector.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

He’s been at it since 2005. We could do more in 2010 with more VC investment; the doubling assumes only ratable increase in marketing spend to achieve profitability. I founded it in 2005 at the age of 37. I believe this is wrong. Let me start with a couple of stories. >50% of our revenue in now viral.

Venture Capital 329

Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur Technical Review 329

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005. In early 2010 Jameson Morris sought out to share his passion for natural, sustainable living with world and founded Organic Soul , which in less than a years time grew to become one of the largest organic living publications online.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

has demonstrated both high user engagement and better than average conversion rates of 1%-3.5% (versus 0.05% for traditional display advertising) for February 2010. Criteo was founded in 2005 in France; now based in Palo Alto, CA. Doxo (November 2009 financing, just announced in May 2010 as company exited stealth mode).

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Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

So of course returns from 2000-2010 were subpar on average for the industry. LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year. By 2010-2011 this had shrunk by half again, averaging under $15 billion. Today’s Normalization.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2011

Since 1992, Congress has diverted nearly $1 billion in applicant-paid fees already earned by the USPTO to other uses (like the 2010 census), leaving the patent office unable to deal with the threefold increase in patent applications over the last 20 years. Fix the patent office to keep up with the backlog.

Help 92

Help Technical Review Patents Startup 92

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Companies raised too much money in 2005-08 and had high burn rates. In particular part three talked about what happened if we saw a double dip in 2010-11 or a “lost decade.&#. 2010 was the year of the “super angel&# and 2011 has to date been the year of unbelievably highly priced B,C & D rounds of venture capital.

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Marketing Funding Venture Capital Technical Review 305