SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Tuesday, November 4, 2008 -- Digital Video Expo. From digital cinematography to color correction, web video production and lighting for film, video and HD: The DV Expo conference program will deliver the strategies, tools, tricks and training you need to succeed in today's highly competitive digital video industry. See [link] (more).

Training 100

Training Conference Competition Web 100

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OCTOBER 31, 2008

Thursday, November 6, 2008 -- "Recession-proof Pricing Strategies for a Multi-platform World" Technology Council. Today's technology companies increasingly must deliver products on multiple platforms to satisfy customer demand and competitive pressures.

Pricing 100

Pricing Technology Council Framework Platform 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 -- Clean and Green: Entrepreneurship and the Environment. New economic prospects are developing at the intersection of business and the environment from both CleanTech companies and more traditional enterprises that have harnessed sustainable concepts in order to gain a competitive advantage.

Enterprise Forum 100

Enterprise Forum Competition Develop Development 100

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OCTOBER 16, 2008

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 -- "Transformation at JPL: Leading and Organization Through Major Change" AeA/LA. The rules of the game are changing. How will your company adapt? Gain inspiration from a technology company that has been there and came out on top. See [link].

Organization 100

Organization AeA Competition Technology 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Founded in August 2008 in Palo Alto, CA, by Sam Christiansen and Keith Lee.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Billy Fried: As an active person, with an active family and active friends, I've gone on vacation and searched around for things to do, or looked for things to do on a weekend here in SoCal. In January of 2008, we launched CalActive , which we thought might be a regional business.

Activity 164

Activity Startup Sites Web 164

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Unexpected Startup Lesson #1: Quitting the day job - Currently Obsessed , May 10, 2010 This post is the first of a series on “unexpected lessons&# learned through my experience as co-founder and CEO of Snapvine , a venture-backed mobile social networking service founded in 2005 and acquired by WhitePages in June of 2008.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2010

It was a local, SoCal company right here in Manhattan Beach. We sold it in July of 2008, to Expedia. There is a lot of competition for reviews/etc. We spoke with Johnson about his new startup, as well as had him fill us in on the story behind VirtualTourist, how he bootstrapped that firm, and his exit.

Content 204

Content Startup Sites Manhattan Beach 204

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

We have thirteen-plus companies which have gone from inception to selling for North of a billion dollars, including the last company we sold, in October of 2008, BillMeLater, which we sold to eBay for a billion dollars. My competition is not Rustic Canyon, it's not Clearstone, or the other venture firms in town.

GRP Partners 157

GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Competing To Win Deals - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , November 7, 2010 The venture capital business is highly competitive. But I don’t think so.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

No, that IS NOT a competitive advantage - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 12, 2010 This is part 1 of the series: 5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches. Listening to first-time entrepreneurs talk about their competitive advantages is as predictably invalid as the local weatherman's 10-day forecast. Make it unique.

Startup 217

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217