StartUp Beat

APRIL 27, 2021

Pacific Time. Founded in 2008, the virtual event features hundreds of […]. Founder Showcase, organized by the world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator Founder Institute, takes place tomorrow, April 28, from 10am to 1pm U.S. Those interested can register at no cost here.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Projected IPOs for 2009 are an embarrassing 10 total deals, down from 86 just 2 years ago (it was 265 in the go-go years of 99-00) but at least up from 6 in 2008. This time period is usually 10 years (although small extensions are common). Montgomery expects M&A to rebound to the normal recent levels at 450 deals by 2010.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

Shots on Goal Being great as a startup technology investor of course requires a lot of things to come together: You need to have strong insights into where technology markets are heading and where value in the future will be created and sustained You need be perfect with your market timing. You’re thinking about one bullet at a time.

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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. Some experts have long felt it is easier to make something 10 times better than it is to make it 10 percent better. No technical analysis has the power of real-time user and market feedback.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 8, 2017

A pioneer of the sharing economy, Leah launched TaskRabbit in 2008 as a way to help people connect and get more done, every day. Since that time, she has been named one of Fast Company’s “100 Most Creative People in Business,” raised $50 million in venture funding, and expanded the company internationally.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 1, 2023

It is not hard to find strands of gold in the carnage left by failed businesses lost when a bubble bursts, such as in 1857, 1902, 1929, 2001 and 2008. We can look back to Ford and other visionaries who were not inventors as well as Edison, Bell and Tesla who were inventors – as great innovators of their time.

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socalTECH

JULY 15, 2016

The company said Harrison is retiring to dedicate more time to family and personal interests. Harrison has been the CFO of Glaukos since 2008, starting from when it was still a small startup. The company said it has initiated a search to replace Mr. Harrison, who will depart the company sometime in 2017. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

The move comes two years after GigaOm acquired paidContent from former owner Guardian Media, which had purchased paidContent from Ali in 2008. Rafat Ali--who is now running a New York travel news startup, Skift --had built an empire of news sites on the brand new concept--at the time--of blogging articles and news digitally.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

He first came to see me in 2008 when we was raising money for his 1st startup – NextMedium. That feeling happens 2-3 times per year maximum. At every entrepreneur event I through between 2008-2012 I invite Hamet because he was a great mentor for entrepreneurs. How can he be effective working half time at Upfront?

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Berkonomics

JULY 8, 2021

My motivation to spend time with this smart cohort. Why would I spend so much time networking with other CEOs, discussing mutual problems and solutions? And it happened again in early 2008, as CEOs reported the first evidence of order slowdowns and issues with customer payments – right before the ‘great recession.’.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

There is still time to register so you if you are on the edge and wanted to nab a ticket last minute just use our promo code TZULU20 during checkout. We will we be giving you a chance for some one on one time with our guest at our booth during BlogWorld. BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here.

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socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2011

Yovanna had previously been at ValueClick, having served at the company from 2000 to October 2008, prior to his time as CEO of Gigya. Yovanno as its new General Manager for its Mediaplex division. Yovanno was most recently CEO of Gigya. Yovanno will report to CEO Jim Zarley. Mediaplex is ValueClick's technology division.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2020

If you look back at our history, our first fund was in 2008, and we did nine ad-tech deals and nine e-commerce deals. It's developed quite a bit from when we first conceptualized the firm in 2008. Brian Garrett: My advice right now, is we're heading into some uncertain times. From my point of view, I have two pieces of advice.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 20, 2017

It is not hard to find strands of gold in the carnage left by failed businesses lost when a bubble bursts, such as in 1857, 1902, 1929, 2001 and 2008. We can look back to Ford and other visionaries who were not inventors as well as Edison, Bell and Tesla who were inventors – as great innovators of their time.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2011

According to data released by the group, job employment in the green sector grew three times faster than total employment in California, accounting for 174,000 jobs. The report, based on data from January 2008 to 2009, found the Los Angeles Area had 23 percent of green employment in the state, and 22 percent of green businesses.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2010

The firm said the sales record makes it the fastest-selling PC game of all time, beating its prior record of 2.8 million copies of its November 2008 release of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. million copies through its first 24 hours of release. Blizzard released the new, MMORPG game on December 7th.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

How many times do we have to say this? The days of being able to trust that there will be an investor or lender on the other end of a call or email whenever needed ended with the 2000 and 2008 bursts of those respective bubbles. Cash is everything to a new business.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

I spent my first year developing proprietary deal flow and learning the business and then the Sept 2008 / Lehman Bros collapse / financial meltdown happened. It turns out it actually takes time to build a high-growth business with differentiated intellectual property and roll out large, enterprise-class marketing solutions. years ago.

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Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 10, 2014

It was 2008. My income was decent, but I had little cash at the time and never believed I could get a super jumbo loan. I paid my mortgage until that day in 2008 when I started getting nervous about my business, my property value and the economy in general. My home had peaked at value and my business was slowing. So I waited.

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socalTECH

MAY 3, 2011

Hedges has been at Leads360 since 2008. According to the firm, Hedges replaces Dan Morefield, who has stepped down in order to spend more time supporting a family member's health issues. Morefield will remain an advisor to the firm.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 22, 2011

I began publishing my blog in 2008. In addition, my role as Partner at Rincon Venture Partners provided me with a business reason to invest additional time and effort into my humble blog. Correspondingly, my traffic increased nearly 3 times over the prior year, page views increased approximately 2.5 All Time Rank.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 26, 2021

You are cordially invited to join New York Times bestselling and award-winning authors Marie Lu, Tahereh Mafi, Ransom Riggs, Adam Silvera, David Yoon, and Nicola Yoon in Realms of Ruin, a collaborative fantasy epic filled with dark magic, intrigue, and unique characters — launched online in a thrilling new way.”.

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socalTECH

JULY 30, 2012

Ali founded ContentNext, the parent firm of paidContent, mocoNews, and contentSutra, selling it for what was at the time worth $30M back in 2008; ContentNext was recently sold, again, to GigaOM. Ali had departed ContentNext and Los Angeles, back in 2010, to embark on what he called a "head-clearing trip of a lifetime."

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

There were no unicorns in sight on April 14th, 2008 when Kevin O'Connor, my Partner Jim Andelman and I met Twilio's Founder and CEO, Jeff Lawson. A true Internet Pioneer, by 2008, Kevin had already founded or co-founded two Unicorns in his own right, DoubleClick (sold to Google $3.1 billion) and ISS (sold to IBM $1.3 billion).

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

There is still time to register so you if you are on the edge and wanted to nab a ticket last minute just use our promo code TZULU20 during checkout. We will we be giving you a chance for some one on one time with our guest at our booth during BlogWorld. BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2010

Gevo moved to Colorado in 2008, due to what CEO Pat Gruber attributed to issues with local permitting and regulations, in an interview with socalTECH at that time. Gevo is venture backed backed by Khosla Ventures, Virgin Green Fund, Total Energy Ventures, Burrill Life Sciences Capital Fund, and the Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2009

Metagenics told Michigan's Grand Rapid Press at the time of the investment by Alticor that it had more than $200M in sales in 2008. Source of the funding was not revealed, however, Amway announced in August that it would take a majority stake in Metagenics, via its Alticor Corporate Enterprises arm.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2015

Brian Garrett: The fund is really continuing what we started back in 2008. We'll do about eight to ten deals a year, which will enable our four full time managing directors to have the time to work with our entrepreneurs, and help them hit milestones and attract follow-on funding.

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socalTECH

JUNE 10, 2013

One of the challenges with current industry practice, is even though those visits provide lots of value, the offices are always squeezed for time. What happens, is they end out cutting out the time with those representatives. But, there are time when I wouldn''t be able to get an appointment unless it was twelve months out.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 8, 2021

By 2008, the first construction began on integrated experiments to make a plasma core and infuse it with some energetic particles. “By the time Norman became an operating machine we had four generations of devices preceding it. Over time, TAE hopes to license the D-T technology while building up to its ultimate goal.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 28, 2021

Facebook, for example, decided in 2008 that its mission was to “help you connect and share with the people in your life.” Property rights and insurance prevented everyone from running part-time hotels in their garden sheds. Following the 2008 financial crisis, SMEs created 73% of new private-sector jobs.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 9, 2020

At a time when her country has been hit particular hard by the coronavirus, she offered some upbeat thinking. When it comes to core e-motorcycle specs — such as performance, charge-times and range — Energica has held advantages with its 145 horsepower machines that can charge in 20 minutes for max ranges of 140 to 250 miles.

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Eric Greenspan

JULY 3, 2012

We failed because the economy has drastically fallen since 2008, particularly in the consumer sector. Since 2008, the company has been forced to lower it’s prices, from $120/hour to $80/hour. From 2008 to 2011, the company paid its own bills, we were cash flow positive and we believed we could maintain this trend indefinitely.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

And so it happened that between 2000-2008 I was the biggest buzz kill at dinner parties. The best angels will do very well just at the best real estate investors did well in good times and bad. Remember it was only 2008 where Microsoft and even Google were laying off employees. And so Buzzkill Suster continues. Or a quick flip.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Aliso Viejo-based QLogic , the manufacturer of storage area networking equipment, said Thursday afternoon that long time CEO HK Desai is shifting to Executive Chairman, as part of a planned transition. Biddiscombe is currently Qlogic's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since April of 2008.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

And if I were an entrepreneur I’d rather find investors who understood “my space&# so that in tough times they felt comfortable about “doubling down&# rather than following the masses toward the exit door. But really we’re all dealt some good cards from time-to-time. So where are we now? It’s hard to say.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 31, 2016

Roger Tsien, a UC San Diego scientist who shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry for research that led to the development of fluorescent proteins used to illuminate tissue and track biological processes, has died, according to a statement from the university. Various Fluorescing Proteins.

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