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SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Thursday, September 18, 2008 -- ITEXPO West 2008. and the Communications Developer Conference, is an event for communications technology professionals. Collocated with Call Center 2.0 See [link] (more).

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Wednesday, September 17, 2008 -- ITEXPO West 2008. and the Communications Developer Conference, is an event for communications technology professionals. Collocated with Call Center 2.0 See [link] (more).

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 -- ITEXPO West 2008. and the Communications Developer Conference, is an event for communications technology professionals. Collocated with Call Center 2.0 See [link] (more).

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OCTOBER 20, 2008

Thursday, October 23, 2008 -- Growth Capital Conference. Network with: Capital Sources, Advisors, Deal Makers, Firms Seeking Capital. See [link] (more).

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OCTOBER 16, 2008

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 -- Commercial Finance Conference. Trade group for commercial finance companies, factors, banks and other financing agencies engaged in the asset-based financial services industry. Email info@com-fin.com.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Friday, September 19, 2008 -- 10th SoCalBio Investor Conference. Organized once a year by the Southern California Biomedical Council, the SoCalBio Investor Conference showcases emerging life-science companies and technologies.

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OCTOBER 24, 2008

Thursday, October 30, 2008 -- Microsoft Professional Developers Conference. PDC is the definitive Microsoft event for software developers and architects focused on the future of the Microsoft platform. See [link].

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OCTOBER 23, 2008

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 -- Microsoft Professional Developers Conference. PDC is the definitive Microsoft event for software developers and architects focused on the future of the Microsoft platform. See [link].

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OCTOBER 22, 2008

Tuesday, October 28, 2008 -- Microsoft Professional Developers Conference. PDC is the definitive Microsoft event for software developers and architects focused on the future of the Microsoft platform. See [link].

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OCTOBER 21, 2008

Monday, October 27, 2008 -- Microsoft Professional Developers Conference. PDC is the definitive Microsoft event for software developers and architects focused on the future of the Microsoft platform. See [link].

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OCTOBER 31, 2008

Thursday, November 6, 2008 -- The 6th International System-on-System (SoC) Conference, Exhibit and Workshops, November 5 and 6, 2008. The Most Informative, Targeted, Conveniently Located, and Affordably Priced SoC, ASIC, FPGA, and Foundry Technology Conference of the Year! Radisson Hotel Newport Beach.

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OCTOBER 30, 2008

Wednesday, November 5, 2008 -- The 6th International System-on-System (SoC) Conference, Exhibit and Workshops, November 5 and 6, 2008. The Most Informative, Targeted, Conveniently Located, and Affordably Priced SoC, ASIC, FPGA, and Foundry Technology Conference of the Year! Radisson Hotel Newport Beach.

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OCTOBER 22, 2008

Tuesday, October 28, 2008 -- Foley Emerging Technology Conference. See [link].

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NOVEMBER 10, 2008

Saturday, November 15, 2008 -- Design Innovation and Research Conference. See [link] (more).

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OCTOBER 1, 2008

Sunday, October 5, 2008 -- 5D: The Future of Immersive Design Conference. Produced by the Art Directors Guild (ADG) and the University Art Museum of California State University at Long Beach (CSULB), this first-ever conference takes place on the CSULB campus.

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OCTOBER 1, 2008

Saturday, October 4, 2008 -- 5D: The Future of Immersive Design Conference. Produced by the Art Directors Guild (ADG) and the University Art Museum of California State University at Long Beach (CSULB), this first-ever conference takes place on the CSULB campus.

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OCTOBER 1, 2008

Tuesday, October 7, 2008 -- Dream and Discover Entrepreneur's Conference. Gain insight from a panel of local entrepreneurs and their successes in launching and growing new businesses.

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DECEMBER 11, 2022

I started my first company in 1999 and was admittedly swept up in all of this: Magazine covers, fancy conferences, artificial valuations and easy money. I learned to avoid unnecessary conferences, avoid non-essential costs and strive for at least a neutral EBITDA if for no other reason than nobody was interested in giving us any more money.

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

The move comes a month after Calacanis said he was launching his own competitor to Michael Arrington's TechCrunch Disrupt conference, called the LAUNCH Conference. Calacanis said in November that his LAUNCH conference will afford startup with the ability to reach investors and launch products to the world.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Irvine-based startup CloudBasic is one of the startups which launched a product this week at the DEMO conference in Silicon Valley, saying that it has released the CloudBasic Application Platform, a cloud application environment targeted at Microsoft.NET developers and business users. The firm said it was founded in 2008. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Mota launched a new site at the conference Monday. in funding back in April of 2008. Los Angeles-based Mota Motors , which provides services to help consumers buy and sell used automobiles, is one of the Southern California startups which is making a push at TechCrunch50 this week. The company is headed by Reza Bundy. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 12, 2008

Friday, October 17, 2008 -- "Green is Gold: The New California Gold Rush" Ventura County Economic Development Association's 38th Annual Business Outlook Conference. Call (805) 388-3457 for more information.

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JULY 25, 2008

The VentureNet 2008 Selection/Screening Committee has been announced. Wow, what a prestigous list of Southern California venture capitalists, angel investors, and conference sponsors! We’re fortunate to have such a talented group that will ensure a very exciting software and IT capital conference this year.

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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).

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OCTOBER 12, 2008

Thursday, October 16, 2008 -- Looking for Money? TriTech Funding Conference '08. SThe program will cover all forms of raising debt financing and equity capital. Several angel investors and lenders will be available to answers questions on how to get the start-up funds needed to launch or move a business forward. See [link] (more).

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socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2009

The firm said its new product, ActiveEvents OnDemand, provide tools to event planners for managing conferences, meetings, tradeshows, seminars, and other events. Active Network entered the events management business in January 2008, with the acquisition of event management software firms RegOnline and WingateWeb. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 16, 2010

The meeting was set for Wednesday, May 8th 2008 at 11am. As the day approached I noticed that there was a conference in LA that I wanted to attend. As the day approached I noticed that there was a conference in LA that I wanted to attend. I’ll honor the commitment I made.&# So I didn’t go to the conference.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Friday, November 7, 2008 -- AFI Digifest. An atypical conference, the event emphasizes the showing of actual work -- from new media producers, filmmakers, musicians, game developers, and other creatives. AFI DigiFest is a yearly innovation showcase that highlights great experimental, commercial and independent new media projects.

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OCTOBER 31, 2008

Thursday, November 6, 2008 -- AFI Digifest. An atypical conference, the event emphasizes the showing of actual work -- from new media producers, filmmakers, musicians, game developers, and other creatives. AFI DigiFest is a yearly innovation showcase that highlights great experimental, commercial and independent new media projects.

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socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2016

Perry Wallack, the CFO of Cornerstone OnDemand, recently talked at the Recurring Revenue Conference, describing how the company was looking for funding in the worst possible market--after the downturn in 2008--and struggled trying to find an investor, finally raising a round in March of 2009.

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JULY 31, 2009

Sacks revealed the move at the Twiistup conference Friday, explained the move by saying that "what I miss are all the technology companies are out of there, and I miss tapping the brain trust up there." The firm was spun out in September 2008 from Geni, and is backed by Charles River Ventures and the Founders Fund.

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JANUARY 23, 2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) released their 2008 Q4 MoneyTree Report this evening, reporting that $28.3 billion was invested in 3,808 deals in the fourth quarter of 2008. billion and 407 deals in 2008. billion in 818 deals, down from $7.3 billion in the third quarter.

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JUNE 9, 2010

Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. Of the ones I have been to recently, the Nantucket Conference has been my favorite. It's a great talk. It's a great talk.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2013

Over 30,000 people registered for the conference this year, and that’s not counting those who descend on the city without a badge. Needless to say, your chances of bumping into Robert Scoble on 6th Street to show him your beta are much slimmer than in 2008 when there were only 9,000 registered attendees.

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JULY 13, 2012

” Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said at the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona this February that the PPI screens could connect to PCs and looked similar to the Windows 8 tablet varying only in size and price. Windows 8 also works well with the PPI screens.

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JULY 24, 2012

When I couldn’t talk David into doing early-stage deals back in 2008/09, I hooked up with the guy who seemed to be working with the largest number of high-quality LA startups I had encountered – Dave Young – and started working with him and Nicholas Hobbs of DLA Piper. There’s more!

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OCTOBER 14, 2015

I spoke at Michael Kim’s excellent annual Cendana VC/LP conference today. We have an entire generation of startup founders who don’t have muscle memory from getting their burn rates back into shape from 2008/09 or 2001-2005. Here’s my take away. Some companies have to go first. Others will follow. It’s not fun.

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