socalTECH

JULY 10, 2015

percent of its total revenues in the first quarter of 2015, and that it estimates that its users supplied 7 percent of AutoNation's Q1 2015 new vehicle sales. TrueCar and AutoNation had been working together since 2006. TrueCar said that AutoNation had represented 3.1 READ MORE>>.

Truecar 100

Truecar Santa Monica Sales Custom 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Financial details of the sale, and the name of the private equity buyer, were not announced. Evolve Media said that it originally acquired SheKnows.com in 2006, when it was a five person company with 600,000 unique visitors per month. Los Angeles-based Evolve Media Corp.

Media 140

Media Equity Sales Los Angeles 140

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2012

Nasty Gal is led by Sophia Amoruso, who started the company selling vintage clothing on eBay in 2006; the company says its now had over $28M in revenues in 2011, with revenues increasing around 500 percent each year. The brand says 35 percent of its sales occur outside of the US, and that it now has over 150,000 customers in 50 countries.

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Sales Los Angeles Design Funding 145

socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2012

According to QLogic, the sale will allow the company to provide a greater focus to growth opportunities in the converged networking, enterprise Ethernet, and storage area networking products. The company also said the sale will provide a "greater investment stream" to its InfiniBand customers and partners.

Product 140

Product Sales Networking Invest 140

socalTECH

JULY 11, 2011

Weddingbee is an online blog focused on the wedding industry, brides, and wedding planning, and was launched in 2006. Internet Brands and eHarmony said that eHarmony had been operating the two sites for "several years" before the sale. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

Internet Brands 157

Internet Brands eHarmony Sites Pasadena 157

socalTECH

MARCH 23, 2011

The sale this morning of El Segundo-based Accordent Technologies was a big win for San Diego investment firm TVC Capital. TVC invested $4M in Accordent in 2006--the only investment round the firm raised over its lifetime. TVC was the sold institutional investor in Accordent, which sold to Polycom for $50M. READ MORE>>.

El Segundo 133

El Segundo San Diego Invest Sales 133

socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2011

Financial details of the sale were not announced. Amgen acquired the facility in 2006 when it acquired Abgenix. According to Amgen, it currently has 360 employees and 100,000 square feet of manufacturing space in the facility. The facility and employees will become part of Boehringer Ingelheim and its contract manufacturing business.

Thousand Oaks 133

Thousand Oaks Outsource Development Sales Develop 133

socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2011

Okapi is an investor in such companies as PathCentral, My Damn Channel, OrthAlign, RF Nano, and others; the firm's first exit was the sale of Carslbad-based Helixis in July of last year for $105M, which the firm previously had disclosed was more than a six times return on invested capital. READ MORE>>.

Venture Capital 124

Venture Capital Capital Sales Funding 124

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 20, 2010

He was appointed to the position in March 2006. Prior to this role he served as president of Sony Electronics Consumer Sales Company where his responsibilities included management of the companys retail and online sales channels, in addition to oversight of the SonyStyle retail store strategy in the United States.

Sales 100

Sales Company Companies 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Sex.com has a long history, having been purchased by Escom in 2006 for a reported $14M. Between 1994 and the sale to Escom, Kremen had to go to the courts to re-gain the domain, after the domain was transfered away from him due to forged domain registrar documents.

Los Angeles 170

Los Angeles Offshore Angel Report 170

socalTECH

JULY 1, 2010

The sale comes after a bankruptcy and court battle between three creditors and lender DOM Partners LLC, who had sought to force an auction of the domain through a different domain broker. Escom had purchased Sex.com in 2006, reportedly paying $14M for the website.

Los Angeles 169

Los Angeles Angel Report Sales 169

socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2010

Ryan and Chad Steelberg are best known for their sale of dMarc to Google in 2006. BAT operates a celebrity endorsement and marketing firm. BAT said the new funding comes as it expects to double its year-over-year revenues to $30M in 2010. The two also founded AdForce (sold to CMGi) and 2CAN Media (sold to CMGi).

Technology 150

Technology Miramar Venture Capital Google 150

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Most public shells ready for sale are not listed on a national securities exchange, but are instead traded in a less glamorous setting, such as the OTC Bulletin Board. These looming constraints can turn your startup dream into a nightmare, all to increase funding. Reverse mergers may not get your startup on the Nasdaq.

Funding 104

Funding Summary Entrepreneur Acquisition 104

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 20, 2016

In 2006, I gave a keynote speech at the Newspaper Association of America’s national conference in Chicago. With a little bit of structure and ingenuity, you can supplement your sales efforts by leveraging channel partnerships. By Kim Shepherd. Compensation doesn’t have to be complicated, either.

Writing 120

Writing Sales Networking Conference 120

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

Comarco said the sale is part of its strategy to focus its business on its mobile power solutions. Ascom and Comarco have been working together on mobile test products since 2006. Lake Forest-based Comarco announced Monday that it has agreed to sell its wireless test solutions business to Ascom Holdings A.G,

Mobile 124

Mobile Sales Networking Customer 124

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2022

billion dollar sale to Oracle from Bozeman, Montana. Since 2006, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York, has grown by more than 65 percent. Entrepreneurs cite family roots, a sense of neighborhood responsibility, existing professional networks, and more.

Technical Review 123

Technical Review Oracle Software Review Ideas 123

socalTECH

AUGUST 5, 2009

No financial details of the asset sale were disclosed. The sale ends Google's ill-fated foray into radio ads, which it began in January of 2006 with the acquisition of Newport Beach-based dMarc Broadcasting. At that time, Google paid $102M in cash--with up to an astounding $1.1

Google 100

Google Southern California Advertising Acquisition 100

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AUGUST 6, 2009

Makisima has been at D2 since 2006, serving as VP of Marketing and Sales, and also has been at Intoto, Hifn, ParkerVision, Nortel Networks, Bay Networks, AMD, Auspex and Adaptec. Wu, who is based in Taiwan, was most recently the firm's senior director of Asia Business Development, and has previously served at Wistron Neweb Corp.

Technology 113

Technology Santa Barbara IP Software 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2022

You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1 million each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. Yet I can’t argue their success in the value proposition, since they turned down a billion dollar offer from Yahoo way back in 2006, and their market cap today is over $900 billion.

Platform 118

Platform Snapchat Startup Course 118

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Most public shells ready for sale are not listed on a national securities exchange, but are instead traded in a less glamorous setting, such as the OTC Bulletin Board. These looming constraints can turn your startup dream into a nightmare, all to increase funding. Reverse mergers may not get your startup on the Nasdaq.

Summary 121

Summary Startup Entrepreneur Funding 121

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2009

The firm has been under scrutiny since May 2006, when the firm was caught up in a wave of stock options back dating investigations across the technology industry.

Sales 100

Sales Technology Product 100

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JULY 16, 2010

Quinn Curtis: We were around since 2005, we were incorporated and funded in 2006. Quinn Curtis: We were not for sale, although to be fair, we had gotten more than a couple of offers to buy the firm. How much thought went into exit strategy and setting up the firm for a sale? Quinn, thanks for the time.

San Diego 145

San Diego IP Acquisition Web 145

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. The “private sale” market phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends. Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Time will tell.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2008

The firm also named Steward Easterby as VP of Sales; Bill Lepter as VP of Business Intelligence; and Star Marcus as VP of Human Resources. Brenner has served at 1-800-CARSEARCH, PromiseMark, and CARFAX; Pributsky joined Zag in 2006 and served at eVox Productions and Malldecker Media; Easterby was most recently at Yahoo!

Zag 100

Zag Arcturus GRP Partners Anthem 100

InfoChachkie

JULY 28, 2015

My House Is Not For Sale. Our response was that there was no “price” as our company was not for sale. Run A Sales Process – Establishing an auction was the least attractive option, even though this approach might have driven up the purchase price. During late 2006 I helped the CEO of RedMojo sell his company to Novell.

Company 100

Company Companies Santa Barbara Pricing 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Due to the language and culture issues in Europe we opted for a country structure with an MD in each country and local sales, marketing & customers support staff. This is akin in the US to having sales staff in NY, SF & LA with your HQ in one of these locations. But it wasn’t just about company structures.

Venture Capital 319

Venture Capital Startup Sales Custom 319

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

billion dollar sale to Oracle from Bozeman, Montana. Since 2006, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York, has grown by more than 65 percent. Entrepreneurs cite family roots, a sense of neighborhood responsibility, existing professional networks, and more.

Startup 97

Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 97

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

acquired by AOL in 2006), a Senior Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs of Universal Studios, and a senior business and legal affairs executive at New Line Cinema and Savoy Pictures Entertainment. Pierce’s entrepreneurial activities are focused in the areas of digital currencies such as Bitcoin, games, gambling, ad tech and payments.

Startup 111

Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property. All of that might be true, but the 2006 price might still be over-valued. That doesn’t mean it’s not a bubble. You know what I’m talking about. You feel it, too.

Pricing 309

Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2018

Most public shells ready for sale are not listed on a national securities exchange, but are instead traded in a less glamorous setting, such as the OTC Bulletin Board. These looming constraints can turn your startup dream into a nightmare, all to increase funding. Reverse mergers may not get your startup on the Nasdaq.

Summary 79

Summary Startup Entrepreneur Funding 79

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2019

You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1 million each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. Yet I can’t argue their success in the value proposition, since they turned down a billion dollar offer from Yahoo way back in 2006, and their market cap today is around $400 billion.

Snapchat 74

Snapchat Startup Course Yahoo 74

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

Founded in 2002 and expanded after founders graduated from CMU in 2006. Woot was one of the first one-per-day item sales site with a humorous and not always PC content. Previously raised $100m Series A from Sequioa, Battery Ventures, and General Catalyst in 2006. Total raised: $1.3mm. TechCrunch. Acquired by Amazon for $110m.

Venture Capital 242

Venture Capital Mission Ventures Capital Help 242

socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2015

I think the youngest is probably Eventbrite, which was created in 2006. We had already begun this process, when that dislocation occurred, which enabled us to assemble a team that not only came from engineering and architecture, but also sales. He''s truly the Derek Jeter of the endurance space.

Software 100

Software Activity Startup San Diego 100

socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2010

One of the types of startups we see most of nowadays, are private sale, limited time bargain, and local group buying startups. Albert Ko: I started at Cornell University in the Class of 2006, with a degree in material science engineering and a masters in management engineering.

Orange County 170

Orange County Startup Sites Southern California 170

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2015

Most public shells ready for sale are not listed on a national securities exchange, but are instead traded in a less glamorous setting, such as the OTC Bulletin Board. These looming constraints can turn your startup dream into a nightmare, all to increase funding. Reverse mergers may not get your startup on the Nasdaq.

Funding 102

Funding Summary Startup Entrepreneur 102

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

This should not be confused with raising too much money as many companies did in 2006-08. Three reasons: There is a relative valuation between the price a VC pays and their expectations of what it will exit for in an IPO or trade sale. But imagine a VC that did 12 deals per year in 2006, 2007 & 2008.

Venture Capital 263

Venture Capital Startup Funding Invest 263

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Company plans to use the capital to build out sales and marketing and r&d. -a Danish VOIP technology company founded in 2006 by entrepreneur Tanveer Sharif. Spread through word-of-mouth as the company has no sales team, all engineers. -Offers virality optimization tools and A/B testing inside Facebook. a fbFund winner.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248