socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

2010 was very good to us. A number of companies in the portfolio delivered very strong operating results in 2010, which is exciting. Also, we had an investment in a company that went public this year, BroadSoft, which is one of 2010's best-performing IPOs. 2) Advertising in the Facebook ecosystem. 1) Mobile web.

Technical Review 160

Technical Review Southern California Cloud Computing Venture Capital 160

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I can’t help feel a bit of rear-view mirror analysis in all of “VC model is broken” bears in our industry. Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. So of course returns from 2000-2010 were subpar on average for the industry. Today’s Normalization.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

As for 2010, it’s shaping up to be a year of general improvement in the business and technology industries hard hit by recession, the impact of which has seemed to hold back new investment and experimentation in social technologies, many of which are funded by staff participation from Internet firms.

Web 29

Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

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. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. As of May 2010, CallFire has over 20,000 customers!

UCLA 102

UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

“As voice API, voice broadcast and text messaging technology advances and cloud computing becomes increasingly sophisticated, more and more business – across all core market sectors — are discovering why cloud telephony is the future,” said Dinesh Ravishanker, CEO and co-founder, CallFire.

Venture Capital 89

Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 31, 2010

A Helpful Login Class Some code examples are provided by JanRain Engage. Posted on 9 September 2010 | 3:27 pm Thanks Andre - Ive updated… Thanks Andre - Ive updated the post. Posted on 9 September 2010 | 3:25 pm Hi Ben. Thank you so much for the help and the tutorial! We can come back and add some more later.

Software Review 40

Software Review PHP Class Startup 40

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

TechZulu is helping the startup community out by listing all the great startup/entrepreneur oriented panels. Publicity and positive word-of-mouth can help grow your start-up into a successful venture. Entrepreneurism / Monetization Advertising, ecommerce, monetization. . How UX and the Cloud are Transforming Software.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69