Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

So the industry formed around a day of the week when all partners could avoid having company board meetings or traveling. Valuations were enormous relative to progress in companies. Companies with less than $2 million in revenue were asking for $50-60 million valuations and getting them. Yesterday was a Monday. Depressing.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 26, 2013

Cameron has consulted to clients such as MTV, Del Taco, Samsung, HP, and many other companies large and small. Clicker was acquired by CBS Interactive in March 2011. He is also a former Founding Partner of Performa Media, a performance-based lead generation company with a successful exit in 2010.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

After months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Companies: Spotlight Companies. When: Thursday, October 27th, 2011 – 7:00 p.m.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. From this we have seen a commensurate boom in the number of startup companies. But on micro level, over-funding also creates performance problems for specific companies. Some will pay off, others will not.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

The Spotlight is shining down these amazing LA companies! And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Winners: Spotlight Companies. It gives music companies a direct pipeline to market their products and services to music fans. Spotlight: LA Tech Summer SuperDemo is all electric car company CODA.

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CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. AOL controlled the services, taxed companies to access users and decided what was good or bad. Social Networking in Web 1.0: cheap accessible digital hardware].

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. But having different funds available for different stages of one’s company is actually a really good thing. DEAL OF THE WEEK: Gilt Groupe – We both admired this company.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Apple, Google, Facebook, and Amazon are striving to be the super-mega technology company that owns every layer of the value chain. To understand that assertion, let’s observe how and when Google encroached on each layer of the technology value chain required to access any web service. Search is just another web application.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 7, 2010

Elluminate and Wimba offer advanced virtual classroom technology that allows education institutions to hold synchronous live courses over the Web, including audio, video, white board and social learning capabilities. It will be a standalone platform in the company's education solutions. Blackboard Inc. and Wimba Inc.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2014

Google has acquired smart home appliance company, Nest Labs for $3.2 Launched in 2011 by Tony Fadell and Matt Rogers, Nest is popular for its Nest Learning Thermostat , one that learns a user’s temperature preferences, which has been also been its top seller. Fadell and Rogers left Apple in 2010 to found Nest.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2012

We had the chance to speak with William Volk , Chief Creative Officer of Playscreen (www.playscreen.com), who talked how his company is looking to crack the code with Crickler 2: Daily Word Puzzle , which is among the most popular puzzle games on iTunes, and recently number one in free educational games. Talk about your other titles?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2009

We're doing our development in El Monte, and we think we'll be operational by the beginning of next year, and full scale by the end of 2010, with product launch in 2011. How did this go from technology in a lab at UCLA, to a company? Our company was privately funded by our partners.

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UCLA Technical Review El Monte Startup 159

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

Excellent companies being submitted and most of which I wish could all be part of this amazing night. So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer 2011 Judges! He is also an active investor with stakes in companies like Hipmunk, GroupMe, Facebook, Zynga (acquisition stock), and SV Angels. He received a B.S.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

In April 2011, the Association of Coupon Professionals held an Industry Conference in Atlanta to address the present and future state of couponing. The coupon industry specifically saw record growth within the digital realm, and by 2010 “49 million people [had] used an online coupon.”. Paul Breummer, Search Engine Land.

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Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

socalTECH

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Most recently, Nimble was accepted into Microsoft's Accelerator, aimed at taking companies and scaling them through Microsoft relationships. We caught up with Jon about the company's entry into Microsoft's Accelerator, and also got his thoughts on how the world is different this time around for his latest CRM startup. Explain that?

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 26, 2011

We’re looking for companies with new technology to demonstrate (or better yet, those with upcoming launches they wish to promote among savvy peers). TechZulu is ramping up to do it all again with an all new group of companies and a SuperDemo. This could be your company’s chance to shine in the Spotlight. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2013

Providers make their pricing model transparent and easily available on the web, so it’s simple to calculate the cost savings of the cloud. In 2010, businesses trimmed management roles, lowering the ratio to the current 11 percent, Longwell said. The job market, too, will feel a significant impact from cloud computing technology.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

The Spotlight: LA Tech Fall is garnering some excellent companies being submitted and most of which I wish could all be part of this amazing night. So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall 2011 Judges! OrangicStartup’s is a company that helps Internet startups start. Still Time to Submit Your Company!

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 8, 2015

Cyber Command was initiated in 2010. Gary Samore, The White House Coordinator for Arms Control, acknowledged the attack in 2011. A single targeted attack could bring down the stock market, upend the banking establishment or render a critical company or agency incapable of functioning in an effective way.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

A long-time entrepreneur, Mike founded his first successful Internet company in college and since then, has founded, built and sold numerous online and mobile businesses. His experience and expertise in both large and small companies focuses on strategy, growth, and operational efficiency resulting in many successful investor outcomes.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Iroko Patners had , a souring relationship with YouTube, Google Ads Words, Amazon Web Services even though the movie streaming firm had about eight million YouTube streams a month, with a $1 million revenue run-rate in 2011. iROKO Partners was launched in December 2010. We can’t disclose revenue as we are a private company.

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Netflix Marketing Technical Review Content 82

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

The firm is announcing a substantial Series D funding round today, so we spoke with the firm's CEO, Jason Howe, to get the details on the company and what it's doing. There were companies at the VC conference starving for money, but I think we could have raised $20M like nothing. Congrats on funding. Explain what your products do?

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies. Cyrus Farudi is an American entrepreneur who co-founded Flipswap, Inc in 2004 and Capsule in 2011.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Orange County alone is home to more than 300 medical device companies with world-renowned leadership in ophthalmic and cardiovascular devices – a far cry from the “silicone” valley that Ms. MYTH 2: Silicon Valley companies will always have the best shot at funding. billion for its endowment in 2011 alone. Web Design Software.

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