socalTECH
JULY 24, 2009
Cox Communications - Orange County was recently ranked 2nd amongst Employers Group's, "California's Best Places to Work - 2008" in the Large Companies category. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. www.socalip.com) Focused on high tech's unique need - Pragmatic cost-effective IP.
socalTECH
JULY 16, 2010
Quinn Curtis: We were not for sale, although to be fair, we had gotten more than a couple of offers to buy the firm. We're also very much marching down the path of IP reputation as well. How much thought went into exit strategy and setting up the firm for a sale? Did you plan to be acquired, or how did that happen?
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SoCal CTO
MAY 15, 2009
Paul Ollinger, West Coast Vice President of Sales of Facebook Paul Ollinger is the West Coast Vice President of Sales for Facebook. He has also been a Regional Sales Director and National Account Director for Facebook. Yammer was launched on stage at TechCrunch 50 on September 8, 2008 and won Best in Show.
Tech Zulu Event
DECEMBER 18, 2013
He began his career as a media, entertainment and IP attorney. As an investor, managed personal investment fund, Chance Technologies (1995 to Present), served as an advisor to Accel Partners (2006 to Present), served as a partner at the Yucaipa Companies (1998 to 2000), and served as the Managing Director or the Mail Room Fund (2008 to 2010).
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 10, 2010
He said that there remains a very healthy market for “data oriented&# software companies because the world is moving more toward measurability and software companies with differentiated IP often get a premium in the market. Woot was one of the first one-per-day item sales site with a humorous and not always PC content.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 9, 2009
In any sale--and raising money is a sale--establishing credibility early on is important. Between 2005 and 2008, there were lots of companies raising half a million, and selling for 15 million. Defensibility is also big--we're not interested in the me-too's without some unique IP. It's in the DNA of entrepreneurs.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 5, 2010
They often make great team members such as head of products, CTO, head of sales, CFO, etc. If this idea was so big then why would they risk not being first to market, not building defensible IP for the sake of a few hundred thousand dollars extra in lock-up money at a big company? I finally called bullshit. It was May.
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