SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 18, 2017

Beth Seidenberg focuses on life science investing in digital health and biotech and works with entrepreneurs to develop companies with breakthrough technology for treating patients and improving the delivery of healthcare. See https://form.jotform.com/cluce/hub101-talks-beth-seidenberg.

Incubator 100

Incubator Entrepreneur Invest Technology 100

InfoChachkie

MAY 30, 2011

billion caused me to recall an awkward meeting I had in 2005 with a particularly clueless group of cellular executives. Cool stuff for circa 2005, unless you were an idiot working for a cellular carrier. The recent purchase of Skype by Microsoft for $8.5 Their utter stupidity is a bit disheartening, but highly instructional.

Company 193

Company Companies Course IP 193

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2011

The offer puts together two of Southern California's most watched entrepreneurs--FamilyFinds.com is. Coffin sold his last company, LowerMyBills, in 2005 for $330M; Winebaum sold Business.com for $345M in 2007. headed by LowerMyBills.com founder Matt Coffin, and Brighter is headed by Jake Winebaum, of Business.com.

Southern California 145

Southern California Santa Monica Sites Los Angeles 145

socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Editor's note: As we head into the new year, we've been featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. What was the biggest news for your company in 2018? It is truly an amazing company with HUGE potential.

Venture Capital 113

Venture Capital Capital Southern California News 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2012

This company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994. In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63 Amazon's initial business plan was unusual: the company did not expect a profit for four to five years; the strategy was actually more effective than his business plan predicted. In April, 1996, Yahoo!

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Yahoo IBM IBM 105

socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2012

The company uses advertising to recommend products and services to users, based on individual interests and what it is calling "audience graph analysis." As part of the funding, John Greathouse of Rincon Venture Partners has joined the company's board. Gross said the funding will go towards sales and technology. READ MORE>>.

Netflix 124

Netflix Seed Funding Advertising Sales 124

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 24, 2011

Thursday, January 27, 2011 -- OCTANe Capital Connections - Inside Fjord Ventures.Get an inside look at Fjord Ventures, meet the team, and hear from the portfolio companies at this unique Orange County firm. The focus of the Firm is to partner with entrepreneurs to maximize value creation. See [link] (more)

Orange County 100

Orange County OCTANE Entrepreneur Capital 100

InfoChachkie

APRIL 16, 2012

Steve is also a Stanford Professor and noted marketing entrepreneur. He is credited with pioneering the Lean Startup Movement in 2005 via the publication of his bestselling, Four Steps To The Epiphany. Large companies write business plans, why of course, that’s the organizing document for a startup. Enter Eric Ries .

Startup 229

Startup Class Press Custom Development 229

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2021

This company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994. In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63 Amazon's initial business plan was unusual: the company did not expect a profit for four to five years; the strategy was actually more effective than his business plan predicted. In April, 1996, Yahoo!

Yahoo 127

Yahoo IBM IBM Startup 127

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. What was the biggest news for you/your company this year? We'll be featuring contributions all through the holiday season.

Southern California 100

Southern California News Platform Class 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

In 2016, our Santa Monica office more than doubled market share of early-stage companies. Though we bank companies large and small around the globe, here in L.A. we're proud to be part of one of the world's most vibrant innovation ecosystems with some of the fastest growing companies and most creative entrepreneurs.

Santa Monica 124

Santa Monica Southern California Venture Capital SoCalTech 124

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2013

I still drive the same car I bought for cash in 2005. It’s taking company resources – usually funded by angels or VCs – for personal gain. I never lived beyond my means and it’s always a warning sign for me when evaluating companies and entrepreneurs. Why so many on leases? Sell stuff.

Conference 398

Conference Technical Review Truecar Software Review 398

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

In my experience mentoring new entrepreneurs and aspiring business leaders, I see far too many who seem to be driven by all the wrong reasons. He makes a convincing argument that the best leaders and entrepreneurs follow their intrinsic rather than extrinsic motivations. To be a successful entrepreneur, one can never stand still.

Satisfaction 108

Satisfaction Entrepreneur Patents Ideas 108

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

*. If you are a 20-something tech entrepreneur you could be forgiven for thinking that seed-stage investors, Angellist Syndicates and widely available angel money always existed. Let me take you back just 10 years ago to 2005 in Silicon Valley where I returned after 11 years of living in Europe.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Startup Invest Cloud Computing 150

Tech Coast Venture Network

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

TCVN, a nonprofit technology group, was founded in 1984 to educate and assist entrepreneurs and emerging growth companies in Orange County and to connect them with money, advice and other resources to help their businesses grow. Foley has founded or been an equity partner in several companies. He is currently CEO of PitchMeTV.

TCVN 113

TCVN Orange County Southern California Equity 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 21, 2017

The fund has been about two years of development with Peter Warnoe, who is a serial entrepreneur who is very famous in the Nordics. Lars Tvede has written fifteen books on entrepreneurship, is a serial entrepreneur himself, and has been uber-succcessful. What's wonderful about this new fund, is we literally started in April of 2017.

Southern California 133

Southern California Startup Venture Capital Invest 133

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

Two weeks after Brad’s post I was at the 140 Conference in LA and I held open office hours for any entrepreneur who wanted to spend 15 minutes talking with a VC about their business. But it turns out I met a bunch of really interesting entrepreneurs. But TWTFelipe is an entrepreneur. Felipe grew up in Brazil.

Technical Review 282

Technical Review Startup High Tech Software Review 282

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

One example is that they introduced a program where their founders can pool together shares from their company and exchange them for a small portfolio of other First Round Capital companies. As a courtesy if you enjoyed his write-up please check out his startup company, ChannelStack. I'm a huge fan of this innovation.

Capital 284

Capital Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 284

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Originally created in the mid 1990’s to help with the imprecise problem of how to value early stage companies, especially those in technology, I developed what soon became known as “The Berkus Method” when published in the popular book, “Winning Angels” by Harvard’s Amis and Stevenson with my permission in 2001. Well, it had to happen.

Startup 120

Startup Examples Metrics Marketing 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2019

This company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994. In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63 Amazon's initial business plan was unusual: the company did not expect a profit for four to five years; the strategy was actually more effective than his business plan predicted. In April, 1996, Yahoo!

Startup 111

Startup Yahoo IBM IBM 111

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 A deep dive into the Foundry Group investment philosophy including an interesting discussion of their investing Themes. “… our lens is: Internet Software Companies anywhere in the U.S. was starting.

Venture Capital 288

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 10, 2014

When I bought house, this was a non-issue as the value had increased a tremendous percentage from when I bought back it in 2005. To handle this process, I found a hokey company in Westlake Village, home to Countrywide’s HQ and a plethora of mortgage “professionals.” Ferocious entrepreneur. So I waited.

Westlake Village 188

Westlake Village Report Course Entrepreneur 188

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map. Tech startup accelerators dot the landscape, feeding investments into the waiting arms of the nation’s most intelligent and driven entrepreneurs. Founder and CEO since starting the company back in 1999, Miller has led Cornerstone through 11 years of consecutive growth.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I’m super excited to announce that GRP Partners led the investment in Ethan Anderson’s new company MyTime (link has LA-based merchants but will give you a good feel for the product). I first met Ethan in 2005. BuildOnline (the company I founded) has just announcement plans to be more aggressive in growing in the US.

CTO Coach 359

CTO Coach Google CTO Hire Yammer 359

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

This is the third article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). I’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on my background. Let’s call these cards 1996-99 and 2005-08. Not everybody agreed.

Invest 152

Invest Angel Venture Capital Startup 152

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This is the third article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). I’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on the skills I’ve developed in my career. Always have been.

Invest 284

Invest Angel Venture Capital Startup 284

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2013

This company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994. In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63 Amazon''s initial business plan was unusual: the company did not expect a profit for four to five years; the strategy was actually more effective than his business plan predicted. Very rare case.

Startup 118

Startup Yahoo IBM IBM 118

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

I lived in London from 1997-2005 and for 6 of those years ran my startup based out of London. Which is why I often tell people to start being entrepreneurs when one is young. 23:45 In your online course, you talk about what makes startup companies fundamentally different. I remember this lesson well. So what is that?

Startup 350

Startup Ideas Education Class 350

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2012

This was 2005 when I had no exits under my belt, no blogs … nobody was looking. For starters, David had once been an entrepreneur himself so it seemed like such a natural fit. And over the past 5 years I have done more deals with and worked with more companies counseled by Dave than any other firm. He was a mensch.

Venture Capital 299

Venture Capital Startup Los Angeles GRP Partners 299

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

RSS ); Why You Should Start a Company in. 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. company called Applied Semantics.

Los Angeles 50

Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2010

It’s meant to be a bit provocative but the reality is that I give this advice to entrepreneurs all the the time and I usually leave the “e&# off of the end. I learned all of this myself on your side of the table raising money at my first company. Let’s say the company had raised $15 million. It is 2010.

Venture Capital 289

Venture Capital Capital Startup Pricing 289

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers. Bending over: How to sell to large companies - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 24, 2010 This is a guest post by Steve Hanov , who blogs about programming and startups. In many of them I get asked similar questions, including the inevitable “what makes a great entrepreneur?”

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2010

One of Southern California's successful, serial entrepreneurs is Winston Damarillo , who founded Gluecode, which he sold to IBM in 2005. Morphlabs is a cloud computing company, part of a good cluster of firms that we now have in Southern California, including 3Tera in Orange County, and Eucalyptus in Santa Barbara.

Southern California 242

Southern California Startup Cloud Computing El Segundo 242

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

This was an audience of mostly first-time entrepreneurs. It is great for entrepreneurs and great for VCs. So here is what I have been telling entrepreneurs privately for the past 6 months. The fact that today’s Internet bubble does not represent all companies does not disprove its existence. I believe that.

Pricing 309

Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

This is the fourth article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). But consider periods of time where the average time a company exists before acquisition or IPO is 7-10 years. Easier to start companies, yes. Companies ultimately go through multiple rounds.

Invest 283

Invest Angel Startup Marketing 283

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

So I ask you – if you’re being reactive to somebody else’s emails are you really being as productive in your company as you could be? I do what I wish all entrepreneurs would do. I spend tons of time each day on portfolio company issues. I submitted a term sheet to a company yesterday. Fund raising.

Email 314

Email Product Startup Writing 314

socalTECH

AUGUST 22, 2018

For this morning's interview, we have an interview with two of Southern California's most successful serial entrepreneurs, Alex Kazerani and James Segil , now of Los Angeles-based OpenPath. Alex is CEO and Segil is President of the new company, which is focused on access control and management. What is OpenPath?

Startup 100

Startup Customer Custom Mobile 100