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JANUARY 13, 2010

Los Angeles-based CyberDefender , a developer of PC security, antispyware, and antivirus software, reported today that the firm saw a boost in sales in Q4, boosted by its anti-malware products. for the fourth quarter, or 128% over fourth quarter of 2008, when it saw $4.3M The firm said it saw unaudited cash receipts grow to $9.8M

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AUGUST 17, 2020

Santa Barbara-based Sonos announced this morning that it has named a current Microsoft executive-- Panos Panay , the Chief Product Officer at Microsoft--to the company's board of directors. Sonos is a developer of whole home audio systems, which are easy to use and connect into online streaming services. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 -- Partnering With Product Design Firms. A panel of expert practitioners will share their personal experiences using and providing contracted resources and answer your questions on this critical aspect of product development. See [link] (more).

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NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 -- "Partnering With Product Design Firms To Accelerate Your Product Development Cycle" PDMA. A panel of both service providers AND satisfied client companies will share their experiences using and providing contracted resources. See [link] (more).

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 -- "Build Better Products: Play Games" SDSIC. Leading product managers know that a strong relationship with the customer and solid domain expertise are key to create successful products. See [link] (more).

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Berkonomics

APRIL 9, 2020

And these are indeed strange times, especially if you haven’t lived through 2000-2002 and 2007-2008 recessions and difficulty in finding money from banks and investors. With today’s rapid obsolescence, that could be the entire life cycle of the product itself, lost because of being slow to market. The simple economic truth.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 11, 2016

Like a dream, or a nightmare, e-mail—which is still the go-to work productivity app—became 100 percent mobile, available anytime you wanted or needed, day or night. Fast-forward to the iPhone and the smartphone explosion in 2008 with the launch of the App Store. Smartphone Productivity App Insurgence. inch screen.

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JUNE 18, 2009

San Diego-based The Active Network , an operator of a network of services for community, sports, and other organizations, said today that it has released a new product focused on event management.

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JULY 15, 2016

Laguna Hills-based Glaukos , which develops medical products for treating glaucoma, said late Thursday that its CFO, Richard L. Harrison has been the CFO of Glaukos since 2008, starting from when it was still a small startup. Harrison, is planning to retire. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 7, 2009

According to Aptera, it missed its goal to deliver its first production 2e vehicles by the end of 2008, and is moving its volume production launch to October 1 of 2009. The firm said that it plans to build a "much slower rate" starting with a small test fleet.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Toshiba America Business Solutions said the move is part of a return to strategic acquisitions by the company, and is its first acquisition since 2008. Electro Imaging Systems (EIS) was not selling Toshiba products and solutions. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Thursday, September 25, 2008 -- "Trends in Digital Distribution: Production, Distribution and Advertising" CommNexus. This event explores how production, distribution and advertising have evolved from past business models to support digital content distribution on new media platforms.

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JANUARY 25, 2018

According to WndrCo, NewTV is working to "bring the highest quality Hollywood production values and storytelling to mobile, in bite-sized formats of 10 minutes or less." Whitman is a longtime Silicon Valley veteran, having also previously served as President and CEO of eBay from 1998 to 2008.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Middleton, the founder and CEO of Nifty Games, previously served at such companies as Madefire, Pulse Entertainment, Mad Catz Interactive, and others, and was founder and CEO of Boom IN-Gme Music, which was acquired by LiveGamer in 2008. He also was founder of Massive In-Game Advertising (acquired by Microsoft in 2006), among other firms.

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DECEMBER 12, 2014

Tom Hale is the Chief Product Officer of HomeAway.com, and Larry Kutscher is CEO of TravelClick. Carlick had been on ReachLocal''s board since 2004, and according to the company is its longest serving member; Dykes has been on the board since 2008.

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JULY 11, 2016

Resonant said that it has been working with GVR since 2008, collaborating in development of a key components of its products. Plessky joins the company as Director of Engineering, as will GVR Trade SA's other key technical staff. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

Torrance-based Swagbucks.com , an online site which allows users to earn virtual currency or other rewards from taking actions online, has now given away $15M in prizes since its launch in 2008. The site--which is headed by Scott Dudelson--also said it is on track to have $25M in revenues this year. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 9, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has forced Energica to hit the brakes on production of its battery powered machines that can reach top speeds of 168 mph. Technology from the track is transferring to production models, according to Cevolini. MotoE riders use the company’s EGO model as their base bike. In the U.S.,

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MAY 13, 2021

Established in 2008 within Tencent, TiMi is behind popular mobile titles such as Honor of Kings and Call of Duty Mobile. Most recently in March, product listings by multiple top sellers of imported console games vanished from Alibaba’s Taobao marketplace. In 2020, Honor of Kings alone generated close to $2.5

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Berkonomics

JUNE 1, 2023

Leaders and companies that innovate new products, services and methods of delivery are the ones that stand out in a crowded business world, especially when attempting to gain recognition among the throngs of competitors visible on the web. Innovation does not always equal invention. Sometimes, innovators enable unfinished visions of others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2021

In the last few years, perhaps in reaction to the business integrity issues leading to the recession way back in 2008, I am seeing a renewed focus on other less tangible attributes which can set your startup apart. Relevancy for an early-stage company is the discovery and understanding of the real addressable market for a product or service.

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AUGUST 1, 2011

Kammerer had been at Ford for 34 years before retiring in 2008 as Director of Product Development for Jaguar Land Rover. Fallbrook, which makes transmission technology used in electric vehicles, said it ha appointed Al Kammerer as its President. Kammerer has been on Fallbrook's board since February of 2009.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Disney said it has been offering up digital copies of its movies via special codes in its DVD and Blu-ray products since 2008, and that those same codes will be able to be used to download those titles from the new service and in iTunes. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Salesforce.com said that Assistly, which provides an easy to set up customer support system for small and medium sized businesses, would go towards bolstering its product lineup. Assistly is the second successful exit for Bard, who sold his last startup, Goowy, to AOL in 2008. Assistly had announced only around $3.0M

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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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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

The firm, co-founded by Travis Schneider and Luke Kervin, said it aggregates and normalizes product data from fashion retailers, and allows users to find fashion products from their favorite stores. The firm said its team comes from LowerMyBills.com, Mahalo, and HUGE.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2012

The patent was granted February 14th, and had been filed in October of 2008. TeleSign says it will be announcing products based on its TeleBureau data in the second half of the year. Patent and Trademark Office, inventor of the patent was Schlomo Gonen. TeleSign was represented by Kelly & Kelly, LLP in the filing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Brands book is based on the implementation of nine principles of innovation originally developed by Google way back in 2008 by Marissa Mayer. Let new technical insights drive innovative products. His goal is to teach us how to drive a culture of continuous innovation into every work environment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2022

An effective tool I see used more and more, as a prelude to a more detailed business plan, is the Business Model Canvas , first introduced by Alexander Osterwalder back in 2008. Think of value propositions as bundles of services or products that create benefits (value) for customers. Value propositions.

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

Irvine-based HDTV maker VIZIO reported Tuesday that it sold over 280,000 of its HDTVs on Black Friday, or 40 percent more over its sales in 2008. The firm attributed the boost in sales to its wide product range of HDTVs, as well as retail partners such as Costco Wholesale, Sam's Club, Walmart, Target, and others.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

The report , compiled for the NVCA by IHS Global Insight, found that venture backed companies accounted for 11 percent of private company employment in 2008, or 12.1 trillion in revenue in 2008, or roughly one-fifth of the country's gross domestic product. million jobs out of 115 million jobs in the private sector.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 20, 2017

Leaders and companies that innovate new products, services and methods of delivery are the ones that stand out in a crowded business world, especially when attempting to gain recognition among the throngs of competitors visible on the web.

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

Calacanis said in November that his LAUNCH conference will afford startup with the ability to reach investors and launch products to the world. Calacanis launched his JasonNation newsletter back in 2008, when he decided to stop blogging publicly but still wanted to share his thoughts and opinions with his contacts.

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MARCH 3, 2010

Six major Hollywood movie studios, Viacom, and the DVD Copy Control Association had filed suit in September of 2008 over RealDVD, which was launched that same month to help consumers copy DVDs to their hard drive. District Court in Los Angeles, forcing the RealDVD service offline in October of 2008.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Bennett has been at Luxury Link since 2008, serving as Chief Product Officer. Los Angeles-based Luxury Link , an online luxury travel site, said this week that it has promoted Bob Bennett to the role of Chief Operating Officer. Luxury Link operates an online web site focused on hotels, resorts, cruises, tours, and villas.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Los Angeles-based Emotive Communications , a venture backed provider of ringtone and mobile music products, was acquired last week by Zad Mobile. Emotive had raised over $13.95M in funding, and had itself acquired venture-backed Sennari Entertainment, a developer of loyalty programs for the mobile market, in 2008.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Lunch.com allows users to find and share recommendations on products and other topics with other users, and find others who share similar interests. Johnson was the founder of VirtualTourist, which he sold to Expedia in 2008.

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