TechCrunch LA

MARCH 24, 2020

Polestar has started production of its all-electric Polestar 2 vehicle at a plant in China amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has upended the automotive industry and triggered a wave of factory closures throughout the world. Volvo was acquired by Geely in 2010. Most automakers have suspended production in Europe and North America.

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DECEMBER 22, 2010

In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world in 2010? I am looking at low cost video production and distribution, and I'm looking at new models of consumer consumption of video. The obvious one is the iPad. Number one is the disruption of digital television and film industry.

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DECEMBER 10, 2009

Orange-based M86 Security , a developer of web security products, said Thursday that it has relaunched its products from its acquisition of Finjan, under the new M86 Security Secure Web Gateway brand. The firm said the new products will be available in the first quarter of 2010. M86 acquired Finjan in November.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 16, 2021

Squarespace founder & CEO Anthony Casalena said the fresh capital will advance the company’s growth initiatives and help it scale its product suite. million Series A in 2010 that was co-led by Accel and Index Ventures.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 27, 2010

Wednesday, June 2, 2010 -- Best Practices in Sustainable Product Development. Are you: Developing new products? Wondering how to make your products more sustainable and profitable? Concerned about negative market perceptions your product may have? PDMA Los Angeles Chapter. An inventor or entrepreneur?

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JULY 14, 2020

Fountain Valley-based memory products giant Kingston Technology said that its partner in a joint venture, Phison , will sell the shares it owns in Kingston Solutions, Inc. which develops eMMC (Embedded Multi-Media Card) products. Phison and Kingstom formed KSI as a joint venture in 2010.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

Calabasas-based PlanetArt , a provider of print-on-demand and personalized products, says it has acquired personalized gift company Personal Creations , from FTD Companies , in a deal worth $18.1M PlanetArt said the deal will help it add a "new gifts dimension" to its product platform. PlanetArt's CEO and co-founder is Roger Bloxberg.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 11, 2010

Tuesday, August 17, 2010 -- Advanced Product Portfolio Management Training - Orange County. See [link] (more).

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JANUARY 20, 2010

Tuesday, January 26, 2010 -- Sustainable Product and Smart Grid System Design Program. The first part of the program will present Sustainable Product Design and the second part of the program will present Sustainable Smart Grid System Design. See [link] (more).

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

I obviously don’t have a crystal ball so the economy could fare better than my gut, but here’s why I’m cautious for some time in 2010 or early 2011: Why is the future still so unpredictable? In the following post I argue that this increased pace may be temporary. My advice in my post Should You Even Raise VC still holds.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Kajabi said the funding is its first institutional funding since it launched in 2010. Kajabi, which is led by co-foudner and CEO Kenny Rueter, said the funding will go towards providing its products to users worldwide. Financial details of the minority growth investment were not announced.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 3, 2010

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 -- Sustainable Product Design and Smart Grid System Architecture Program. The first part of the program will present Sustainable Product Design and the second part of the program will present Sustainable Smart Grid System Architecture.

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MAY 7, 2010

Thursday, May 13, 2010 -- roduct Life Cycle Management for Wireless Health Pioneers. The wireless health sector is emerging from a long period of incubation to become a market force that fundamentally changes how the market accesses healthcare services and products. Wireless Life Sciences Alliance. Challenges certainly remain.

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JULY 31, 2020

Buy.com was founded in Aliso Viejo, and acquired by Buy.com in 2010 for $250M. Buy.com offered up a variety of online goods through its marketplace, mostly offering as an aggregator for third party products. Rakuten is planning to shut its U.S. According to the report, Rakuten will lay off 87 people at its U.S. headquarters.

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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. The screens were still pretty small in those early years, the iPad arrived in 2010, and with it a bigger touch canvas to do real work. But First iPad.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 -- Five Ways Product Managers Can Increase Influence While Growing Their Careers. Many product managers do everything right yet still lack influence. Processes and deliverables that drive the product lifecycle are only part of the equation. PDMA SoCal.

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AUGUST 1, 2017

BCBSNE has been a client of NantHealth since 2010, and is using its NaviNet Open Document Exchange product. Patrick Soon-Shiong, said today that it has received a three-year contract extension with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska (BCBSNE). Financial details of the contract extension were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Grovo was founded in 2010, and has offices in New York City and San Francisco. Cornerstone OnDemand said that, as part of the acquisition, it is expanding its "Content Anytime" subscription offerings, a product which allows organizations to provide fresh content around career development to their employees.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Even though it has been a long haul, it’s nice to see some optimism on the horizon for 2010. Small Business Outlook 2010: Lessons Learned – A Case for Greater Optimism ,” was published by CIT Group, Inc., A full 59% of respondents cited a greater focus on operating efficiencies as the number one step to achieving growth in 2010.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. but: Something is Still Missing.

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JUNE 19, 2019

The company--which is based in Kansas--says it manually verifies devices and listings on its marketplace, to ensure products are not lost, stolen, broken or financed. The company says it has been running its marketplaces since 2010. phones which have been reported stolen. phones which have been reported stolen. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Competitors, seeing a successful development of a niche, flock into the competitive void with products or services built with a fresh view of the current environment. LivingSocial took in $583 million in capital in 2010 and 2011 with little left in time to show for the investment and tremendous dilution to the founders.

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JANUARY 30, 2019

FabFitFun was founded in 2010. The company focuses on women, offering up a subscription box to its members, with beauty, fashion, wellness, fitness, and other products centered around its brand. Rowghani will serve as a board member, and Meeker serves as board observer. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 24, 2020

After resigning as CEO of the now-defunct EV startup Coda Automotive in 2010, Czinger began to focus on how the vehicle manufacturing process could become more efficient and less wasteful. The platform is an end-to-end digital production system that uses high-speed 3D printers to make complex parts out of metal alloys.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Huntington Beach-based AnyMeeting , the provider of free web conferencing and online meeting software, said this week that it has integrated its products with VMware's Zimbra Collaboration Software. Zimbra is an email and collaboration software product which acquired by VMware in 2010.

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APRIL 16, 2014

According to the company, Pilgrim will head up product marketing and marketing communication initiatives for the company. Peregrine has been at the company since 2010, and previously served at Sequoia Communications, RFMD, GEC Plessey Semiconductor, and Marconi. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

In 2010 somebody posed the question on Quora, “Is Mark Suster a Successful Venture Capitalist?” Helping companies get to next financing round successfully: I was just beginning this phase in Sept 2010 and said so. This is what I wrote on that Quora answer from Sept 2010. Lemons ripen early, great companies take time.”

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FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Orreco said the funding will go towards expansion in the United State and Europe, and to further develop its product for sports science and data, and specifically to open that new office here. Orreco was founded in 2010 in Ireland. The Series A funding came from True Ventures.

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APRIL 28, 2015

As part of the deal, Stibel will also run D&B's Hoover's products and heading up the a new division at D&B, Dun & Bradstreet Emerging Businesses. Dun & Bradstreet Credibility was backed by Great Hill Partners, and had originally purchased the business from D&B back in 2010. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

He had a partially built product. In my experience, it’s naive to think you can just “get developers to build the product” although it does sometimes work. Understand where they were in terms of being able to pay or was this equity-only (sweat equity only). He needed some kind of CTO and as well Developers.

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APRIL 8, 2010

If I Launched a Startup - The Startup Lawyer , March 17, 2010 Great advice on initial steps of setting up a Startup. 9 Reasons Why Many Smart People Go Nowhere - Life Beyond Code , March 29, 2010 You would have met many smart people who live a mediocre life. There are MANY of them. You might be surprised why this is the case.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Los Angeles-based Nimble announced a new link into Microsoft Outlook, as well as a number of other products, via new additions to the firm's App Marketplace. Nimble also said it has connected its software into ActiveCampaign, an email marketing platform, and QuoteRoller, software which streamlines and automates sales processes.

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OCTOBER 2, 2012

TCVN has been running its Survivor events for a number of years, with the last event being held in 2010. The prior events had awarded products and services to the winners--this looks to be the first year that the group is offering up an actual, cash investment to the winner.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Evolution Robotics said the purchase will be in cash, and will provide it with intellectual property, engineering talent and new products. Evolution Robotics was backed by Idealab, and also had raised funding from CMEA Ventures, The Quercus Trust of California, and Vodafone. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Los Angeles-based Belkin International , the computer accessories and products developer led by Chet Pipkin, said this morning that it has expanded its offices in Seattle, and created a new R&D lab called WeMo Labs.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2021

Crosscut Ventures, Mubadala Capital, Next Play Capital and Owl Capital also participated in the financing, which brings the Los Angeles-based company’s total raised to $50 million since its 2010 inception. Welcome Tech, which has an office in San Antonio, Texas, raised an $8 million Series A in March of 2020. with a population of 62.8

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The company is initially launching its product in California. The startup is led by Robert Shulte, who was founder of sales tax software provider Taxient, which was based in San Diego, and who he sold to tax software developer Avalara in 2010.

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