socalTECH

MAY 13, 2010

Storage hardware developer Adaptec is shutting down its Lake Forest, Orange County site, according to sources close to the company. Adaptec moved into Lake Forest in August of 2008, when it acquired Aristos Logic , a developer of RAID chips and technology. Tags: adaptec jobs layoff employment orange county lake forest.

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Orange County Sites Layoffs Patents 154

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Machinima first started developing its gaming-related content back around 2008, and helped usher in a healthy investment market for multi-channel-networks, companies which aggregated multiple YouTube creators and channels into a single media company. Machinima had been acquired by Warner Bros.

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Report Southern California Media Content 127

socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2009

San Diego-based Cymer, a developer of light sources used for semiconductor manufacturing, said late Thursday that the firm has laid off 100 people, or 10 percent of its personnel. Cymer announced the move in conjunction with reduced earnings estimates for Q4 2008. Tags: cymer jobs employment economy layoff semiconductor.

Layoffs 100

Layoffs San Diego Demand Capital 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

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. My thesis on why this is happening is that large tech companies didn’t invest enough in R&D between 2008-2010 (Google even went through layoffs!!!)

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Invest Angel Venture Capital Startup 284