socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Santa Barbara-based Sonos , the maker of user-friendly, wireless music systems, reports this morning that it has now deployed its systems into more than one million rooms. Sonos started shipping its systems in 2005.

Santa Barbara 140

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2015

According to reports, Matthew Joseph Fischer, 16, was angry over a message sent by Lucas Cavanaugh, 17. Most notably, MySpace faced several high profile cases in 2005 and 2006 where predators had used the service to find underage victims.

Snapchat 100

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

That deals loooks to be worth around $100M, based on reports from the WSJ. acquired IGN in September of 2005, for $650M. Those numbers--and the story--seems to be almost an exact repeat of the story behind MySpace , which--also in 2005, in July--was acquired by News Corp. in a $580M deal.

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socalTECH

JULY 30, 2012

Once powerful Yahoo once was one of the primary acquirers of Southern California startups, having acquired local companies MusicMatch in 2004, Upcoming.org in 2005, Overture.com in 2003, and Geocities, way back in 1999.

Santa Monica 153

Santa Monica Yahoo Southern California Acquisition 153

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2010

According to Amgen, Peacock joins from Novartis Pharmaceuticals AG, where he was CFO and Administrative Officer since 2005, and also has served at McKinsey and COmpany and Price Waterhouse. Peacock reports to CEO and Chairman Kevin W. Kelly, who has been acting CFO since May. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2010

Taking his place as CFO, the company said Nickl has been the firm's VP of Finance since October of 2005. Both report to President and CEO John Coyne. Leyden has been at WD for more than 20 years, and was most recently EVP and CFO of the firm. Reason for the switchup were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 13, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Occam Networks , a developer of broadband equipment for the telecom industry, reported this morning that it has expanded its deployment of equipment with Ohio telecom firm Wabash Mutual Telephone. Wabash has been using Occam since 2005. Financial details of the additional deployment was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

Santa Barbara 133

Santa Barbara Networking Report Develop 133

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2009

Irvine-based Broadcom reported Tuesday that the firm has agreed to settle a class action, securities lawsuit against the firm, in exchange for a $160.5M The class action suit was filed by investors who bought or acquired shares of Broadcom between July 21, 2005 and July 13, 2006. cash payment. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2016

I am very excited with the prospects of the San Diego market, as it reminds me of Santa Barbara circa 2005. John Greathouse: I have nothing earth shattering to report, as I think most folks are plugged into the trends that matter. John Greathouse: We opened up our practice in San Diego by investing in Zingle and Raken.

Santa Barbara 100

Santa Barbara Cloud Computing San Diego Southern California 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

According to SnapNames, it discovered the shill bidding by that employee in October, finding that the bids had gone on since March of 2005--well before Oversee.net bought SnapNames, in June of 2007. Industry publications are reporting that the former employee is now facing criminal charges for the shill bidding scheme. READ MORE>>.

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Oversee.net Report Customer Custom 133

socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2009

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial spaceflight operation run by Elon Musk, reported today that it has named Marv Vander Weg to Vice President of its EELV Customer Office, which appears to be a new office targeted at the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. government's EELV (Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle) program.

SpaceX 100

SpaceX Hawthorne Report Custom 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2008

a publisher of enterprise systems management applications, reported Thursday that its board of directors has promoted Doug Garn to chief executive officer. Garn joined Quest in 1998 and has served as president since February 2005. Quest Software Inc., Garn, the Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based

Software 124

Software Sales Report Company 124

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. I was assured that only once reporting to the credit agencies would ever be issued while I was in loan mod status. As they promised, only one reporting was issued. Now that’s the crazy part.

Westlake Village 188

Westlake Village Report Course Entrepreneur 188

socalTECH

MAY 4, 2010

Oversee said Brady had affected about 5 percent of the auctions on the site since 2005, affecting about 1 percent of SnapNames auction revenue. Oversee also said it had also reported Brady's conduct to the US Attorney's Office and to the Federal Trade Commission in November. READ MORE>>.

Oversee.net 133

Oversee.net Pricing Los Angeles Report 133

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2009

The firm reported this morning that it has more than doubled its revenues this year, despite the economy. Bid4Spots is headed by Dave Newmark, who launched the firm in 2005. Actual financials and revenue were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

Encino 100

Encino Advertising Report Marketing 100

socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2009

Aliso Viejo-based Smith Micro Software , reported Thursday that the firm has gained a new patent covering its compression technology. The patent was granted on March 10th, and was originally filed by the firm in January of 2005. According to Smith Micro, it received U.S. Lovato is the firm's Vice President of Advanced Technology.

Patents 100

Patents Software Report Technology 100

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2009

The firm's chairman, Brett O'Brien, told socalTECH that, contrary to other reports, the firm is not shutting down, but that they are in the process of selling the company. "We O'Brien is one of the co-founders of Xdrive, which was sold to AOL in 2005. READ MORE>>.

Media 100

Media SoCalTech Entertainment Content 100

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2009

The firm's chairman, Brett O'Brien, told socalTECH that, contrary to other reports, the firm is not shutting down, but that they are in the process of selling the company. "We O'Brien is one of the co-founders of Xdrive, which was sold to AOL in 2005. READ MORE>>.

Media 100

Media SoCalTech Entertainment Content 100

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. I was assured that only once reporting to the credit agencies would ever be issued while I was in loan mod status. As they promised, only one reporting was issued. Now that’s the crazy part.

Westlake Village 100

Westlake Village Report Course Product 100

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. I was assured that only once reporting to the credit agencies would ever be issued while I was in loan mod status. As they promised, only one reporting was issued. Now that’s the crazy part.

Westlake Village 100

Westlake Village Report Course Product 100

Xconomy

AUGUST 29, 2016

Privately held Synthetic Genomics was founded in 2005 by the human genome pioneer J. According to the company, the findings reported today set the stage for commercialization of Vmax cells for molecular cloning and protein expression. Scientists have used E. coli , the organism that has been a laboratory staple for decades.”.

Organization 75

Organization San Diego Research Product 75

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

In 2005, Alan McCann created a graphic representation of the Method: Note that Allan changed the title of the risks from technology-execution-market-production to investment-marketing-execution-development. For example, $500,000 maximum value to each element yields either a maximum pre-money enterprise valuation of $$2 million or $2.5

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Startup Examples Metrics Marketing 120

Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

Ostendo Technologies, a Carlsbad, CA-based company founded in 2005 to advance curved screens and other innovative display technologies, has raised $41.8 Adding to the confusion, the most-recent MoneyTree Report on San Diego venture capital activity shows that Ostendo raised almost $10 million in VC funding during the second quarter.

Technology 40

Technology Venture Capital Beverly Hills Funding 40

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 Oblong, Minority Report, and the rise of Spatial Operating Systems. You have a company called Oblong (in your portfolio) which is a Minority Report type company. Is that when it became big?

Venture Capital 288

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2009

According to the report, Southern California's venture capital totals slipped for the first time since 2003, down more than 18 percent annually, to $3.2 According to the report, investments in Southern California total $421.80M across 51 deals, down from $902.16M and 58 deals in Q3. Locally, San Diego led the region with $182.5M

Southern California 100

Southern California SoCal Orange County Venture Capital 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 20, 2009

It seems this is already widely known as reported in this Wikipedia article about the Affinion / Treligient Group, “According to the Better Business Bureau , thousands of issues have been reported by consumers for deceptive selling practices, unauthorized charges to consumers’ credit cards, and failure to respond or resolve issues.

Marketing 263

Marketing Startup Education Class 263

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

They want us to be ready for security, for workload security, reporting and analytics, and all happening in a client controlled environment. I started a company back in 2005, a very traditional kind of startup, where we had found angel money and had gone through traditional funding.

Cloud Computing 133

Cloud Computing Resource Startup Software 133

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 7, 2013

Over the course of 2004 and 2005, we actually merged Be Free and Commission Junction together. . I am so glad I took that approach, because I am now reporting to the President of Dotomi, (who) was recently promoted to the COO of ValueClick. Arrogant Greg's Quick Demise. to visit the Commission Junction offices. Lesson learned.

Class 207

Class Santa Barbara Startup RSS 207

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

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. We know about the great ways in which Microsoft enables businesses to operate more efficiently, but we don’t all associate Microsoft with gaming (and gaming is a huge business).

Writing 88

Writing Training Email .Net 88

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. It has long been held as the ultimate annual shopping holiday, but Cyber Monday has quickly been picking up speed and pulling in equally large amounts of sales.

Sales 40

Sales Startup Report Mobile 40

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. (it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0

Startup 383

Startup Company Companies .Net 383

socalTECH

JULY 6, 2009

in 2004, we purchased Buoyweather.com, moved it into our setup, weather department, and marketing department, and in 2005, we added much more multimedia news and entertainment to Surfline. We also have meteorologists who are constantly takin inthe real time reports and looking at how they stack up to the models.

Web 140

Web Content Mobile Sites 140

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

In this role, he reports directly to Alan Mulally, Ford’s president and chief executive officer. Lisa Stone co-founded BlogHer in 2005 with Elisa Camahort Page and Jory Des Jardins. Jim Farley is Ford Motor Company’s group vice president, global marketing, sales and service.

Los Angeles 75

Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 75

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

The city has, however, quietly been home to some of the most successful online companies to date, including CitySearch (sold to Ticketmaster for $260 million in 1998), Overture (acquired by Yahoo for $2 billion in 2003), eHarmony and LowerMyBills (bought by Experian for $330 million in 2005). is equally convenient as in Silicon Valley.

Los Angeles 50

Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2010

Many companies that are raising B or C venture capital rounds right now raised their initial money in 2005-2008. If you prefer I will gladly help you recruit a new CEO or groom one of my direct reports to take my job. If you want to raise venture capital more easily the advice could be quite practical and counter-intuitive.

Venture Capital 289

Venture Capital Capital Startup Pricing 289

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Lookup their hosting services, find the report-abuse form, and submit your complaints. Most of these apps make use of the Twitter-API, there are many spam report forms you can creatively use to ruin their reputation at Twitter. I have personally reported ThingFetcher to Rackspace twice, by the way. It’s the fucking worst.

Social Media 41

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.

Equity 40

Equity Services Startup Google 40