socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2014

The company will begin trading on the NASDAQ on March 19th. The company said the moves came from the "significant progress" is has made in the areas of "corporate governance, resolving legacy issues, improving operating efficiencies" at the company. READ MORE>>. communications mrvc nasdaq global upgrade hardware optical'

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socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2011

The firm said the amount is the highest ever in company history, and was a $2.4 billion increase in its sales over 2009. The firm said the boost came from increased shipment volumes and a rise in average selling prices for its memory. The company is privately held, and was founded by John Tu and David Sun.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

I pointed to several Economist articles I had read that mapped historical prices of real estate for 400 years and how on average property values grow at no more 1.5% above inflation yet in many markets in the US & Europe prices were rising at 10-25% per year. And it’s driving up prices beyond their inherent value.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2020

He did note that in the four markets where the company has gone live since launching its business in January 2019 — San Diego, Los Angeles, the Inland Empire , and Sacramento — has yielded an annualized revenue run rate of over $400 million in gross merchandise value (the total value of home sales transacted on its platform).

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2012

But I had just seen the company present at a recent tech event and thought highly of what they were building. I was interested in the company but I wasn’t chasing the deal. The company agreed on a price but felt it was a bit lower than they had hoped for. He also called the company. The CEO called me.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

Current round: $3mm in Series B by betaworks (lead)(largest investor in company), Ron Conway, Danny Rimer, Accelerator Group, Roger Ehrenberg, Howard Lindzon. Discussion: Had a long chat about PicClick , a company founded by Ryan Sit in San Diego. Company still in beta. Founded in 2009 in Los Angeles by Michelle Crames.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 21, 2009

Thursday, August 27, 2009 -- SoCalBio Networking Forum. This forum will focus on: Meeting Reimbursement Challenges for Medical Technology Companies in a Changing Healthcare System. See [link] (more).

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socalTECH

MAY 7, 2012

more--or you can go online and use Fine Art America (www.fineartamerica.com), a Santa Monica company which is doing. The company's founder and CEO is Sean Broihier , who told us all about the site--and also how. he's taken an built a company, literally single handedly, to multiple millions in revenue, by enabling artists and.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 -- Process of an Acquisition: Successfully Navigating from LOI to Closing. Once you've agreed on a price, the work is just beginning. People who are going through or anticipate going through an MandA event. See [link] (more).

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2015

” Today I want to talk about how a VC thinks about equity pricing on your round and particularly if you’re coming off of a convertible note. Pre-money ($8m) + investment ($2m) = Post-money ($10m) and the investors now own 20% of your company $2m / $10m. How much am I willing to invest in your company?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2010

Jon discusses the returns from Southern California IT IPOs between 1995 and 2009. A total of 52 companies, or an average of about 9 per year, were able to complete public offerings and provide an eventual exit vehicle for pre-IPO shareholders. Markets displayed a healthy rationality, pricing these IPO's at an average of $366 million.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

When venture capitalists scale back investing activities it can be very swift and leave many companies that are in the process of fund raising hung out to dry. I would argue that the shut-down of September 2009 was equally severe yet there are signs that this “VC Ice Age” has begun to thaw. Short answer – yes.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 23, 2009

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 -- LA Games Conference. This conference will feature many of today's most successful, multi-platform companies representing the latest emerging business models shaping the gaming industry. Readers of socalTECH get $100 off the lowest available price by using the discount code SCALGAMES.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 22, 2009

Tuesday, April 28, 2009 -- LA Games Conference. This conference will feature many of today's most successful, multi-platform companies representing the latest emerging business models shaping the gaming industry. Readers of socalTECH get $100 off the lowest available price by using the discount code SCALGAMES.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 2009. It affects even B2B companies because ultimately most must sell to companies who sell to consumers and if they suffer they cut back on suppliers. Consumer spending is where I’m dubious.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 17, 2009

Thursday, July 23, 2009 -- Special Joint TCVN and OCTANe Forum - Raising Money: Meet The VC's. Two programs for the price of one! For this special program, TCVN and OCTANe are joining forces to produce a timely, interactive program on venture capital financing in todays difficult times. See [link] (more).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2020

For example, you may think that disruptive smartphones were an overnight sensation, but in reality, it took huge investments by several different companies starting in 1992, including IBM, Apple, and Google, before the market really took off in 2007. Innovation doesn’t even require technology.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Before getting out on the open road, however, the company wants to show its self-driving system can clean up a mess in aisle 3 at Jimbo’s. began life in 2009 with a lofty goal of reverse-engineering the human brain. San Diego’s Brain Corp. emerged in the collective glow of the Obama Administration’s brain initiative. Brain Corp.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

We need venture debt, factoring companies and public markets. So what took me $2 million at my first company now takes $20,000. Some companies should raise less money and consider early exits – We had a discussion about whether companies should raise less money and have smaller goals for an exit. We all know that.

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Venture Capital Training Startup Entrepreneur 308

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2013

There''s been a revolution in the last few years with the dropping price and increasing accessibility of 3D printers--those devices which let you print practically anything using just your own personal computer, 3D software, and a special printer. Where''d the idea for the company come from? Why raise money on Indiegogo?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

There is much discussion online and also in small, private groups, about why the price of technology companies – public and private – are falling. Valuing any company can be difficult because it requires a degree of forecasting future growth & competition and ultimately the profits of the organization.

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socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2011

I was founder and CEO of one of the world's fastest growing software companies, PacketVideo, which created the software which is on billions of cell phones now. We really started operations towards the middle of 2009. Anecdotally, having built one of the fastest growing companies in the world, this is taking off just as fast.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This morning's contribution is from Krisztina 'Z' Holly host of the The Art of Manufacturing podcast and founder of MAKE IT IN LA (www.makeitinla.org), which supports connecting local manufacturers and high tech companies. What was the big news for your company this year? Snap Inc became a hardware companySpecs, drones, merchandise.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

According to the 2017 Kauffman Startup Activity Index , the share of new entrepreneurs who started businesses to pursue opportunity rather than from necessity reached 86 percent, more than 12 percentage points higher than in 2009 at the height of the Great Recession. Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Lower costs to start a business (95% reduction), many more companies created & funded by angels / seed. And as long as private-market capital is available these companies would rather remain private for longer before going public. The “big boom” in startup financing started around March 2009?—?more more than 5 years ago?—?and

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

We spoke with Jim Franklin , the firm's CEO, to hear more about how the company went from an accelerator startup at TechStars just a few years ago, to now more than 100 employees spread across offices in Boulder; Colorado, Anaheim, California; Frankfurt; London, and elsewhere, to tackle the problems of transactional email.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 1, 2011

But they weren’t there in 2009 when you were up late nights shitting yourself whether you really were smart for pursuing this idea. I agreed to finance a company today. There was lots of discussion amongst fellow investors about waiting to see how the company performed in their all-important, upcoming holiday season.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. As of near the end of September 2009, we’re up 46% since the March 9th nadir (yes, I need to find a way to use one of my SAT words ; – ).

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socalTECH

MARCH 15, 2013

Forsblom is now in Los Angeles and San Diego, and reinventing himself with a mobile application company called TenFarms (www.tenfarms.com). I then went back to Europe to create a company called Fruugo, which was a big startup back in the day, in 2006 in Europe. In 2009, I got my green card and decided to move back here.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. Great companies are built by having great products. They are people who built and sold companies and have a bit of money.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

This company was started by Victoria Duff (who many of us know from back in the late 90s), Phillis Lane (who I have known for quite a few years) and Jon Bukosky. They are quite happy with a business that will turn into a profitable $20M company and dont necessarily need an obvious exit strategy.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

It’s why the first company I ever invested in as a VC – Invoca – just announced a $20 million funding by Accel Partners. It’s why opt-in marketing databases can be so incredibly valuable for companies like Gilt Groupe, One King’s Lane and AdoreMe. source: Harris Interactive IM Shopping Poll (August 2009)).

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

When I built my first company starting in 1999 it cost $2.5 That’s awesome for users of Salesforce.com or companies that want to cater to them but less awesome for pure startups that want independence and are really just looking for cloud infrastructure. That makes both of these amazing companies great channels for startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

You invest across many funds just as VCs invest across many companies. By 2009 had reduced to around $15 billion in capital from LPs. Let’s look at some great companies. Is it right that VCs had no involvement in persuading Sheryl Sandberg to join the fledgling company? And reinventing itself. That’s normal.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

However, there are lots of companies that are making money from open source and freemium models. A friend of mine has a company that builds open source applications in spaces that are a bit less innovative than Elgg, but they do very well financially through the packaging and support models.

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Southern California CTO Coach CTO Hire Social Media 150

InfoChachkie

JULY 29, 2011

The company was struggling and it would be a challenge for them to bring in a new developer who could readily build upon his partially completed codebase. In addition, he had taken a pay cut at Startup A in 2009 and was accruing a note payable equal to his back pay. Free Advice Worth Thrice The Price.

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