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APRIL 8, 2010

Camarillo-based Surfware , a privately held developer of computer aided manufacturing (CAM) software, reported this week that it had a big boost in its March sales, versus last year. The firm said it saw a jump of 22 percent in March of 2010, versus March of 2009, and also has seen sales growth in the first quarter by 9.7

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Guardian News & Media , the firm behind web publisher ContentNext , is in discussions with potential buyers about a possible sale, according to a report from the firm's own site, paidContent. paidContent said that Guardian is working with Coady Diemar Partners on a possible sale. Names of potential buyers were not discussed.

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JUNE 14, 2010

Agoura Hills-based videogame maker THQ has drastically lowered its sales guidance, saying early this morning that it has updated fiscal guidance for its fiscal first quarter ending June 30th and fiscal year ending March 31, 2011, due to "lower than anticipated sales" of its title UFC Undisputed 2010, plus a strengthening US dollar.

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Eric Greenspan

JULY 29, 2010

I say, go for it, use em all…but here’s a few of my ideas on each: Email for conversations where tracking, history and detail is important and if you wish to forward to another and the best sales tool of them all. Text for lighter convos, i.e. directions, shout outs, etc.,

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 5, 2010

Tuesday, May 11, 2010 -- TechAmerica South Bay HR Executive Strategy Roundtable Breakfast Series. SALES COMPENSATION: ENGINEERED TO DRIVE REVENUE GROWTH  David Cichelli, SVP of The Alexander Group discusses how high growth companies compensate their sales force. See [link] (more).

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 7, 2010

Thursday, May 13, 2010 -- Traction in Sales. Traction in Sales is the Game Today! And you wont be until you generate a sales and marketing machine to demonstrate real traction and the ability to sell your products and services. Funded yet?

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OCTOBER 12, 2010

Basically, a company sale instead of an IPO. Read more of Megan's article on changing Exit Strategies for 2010. But I've been surprised recently by the number of VCs saying  publicly and on panels  that any company looking for funding needs to have an exit strategy based around likely corporate buyers. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 20, 2010

Jackson, as its Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Distribution. He was previously VP of Marketing and Advertising at GM North America, in addition to serving in a number of other sales and marketing positions throughout GM. According to CODA, Jackson was most recently at Sarkissian Mason, and also served as CEO of SPEEDSHAPE.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 14, 2010

Wednesday, January 20, 2010 -- 21st Century Sales Strategies. TechBiz Connection ([link] will present a panel of Orange County-based seasoned sales professionals who will discuss how companies can prepare for the new sales challenges now confronting them. See [link] (more).

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 11, 2010

Tuesday, June 15, 2010 -- Lessons Learned, Working with Distressed Company Sales What to Look for, What to Stay Away From. Rockey Steve Rockey. What are the signs of a distressed company? What actions can a company in trouble take early on to maximize their chances of success?

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DECEMBER 27, 2010

In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world in 2010? Examples: After successful sales of their prior companies to Google, Ryan and Chad Steelberg are back with BAT, while Gil Elbaz is making big news with Factual.

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Miramar Southern California High Tech Clearstone 140

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

The latest numbers from Internet measurement firm comScore find that e-commerce sales this year are surging, totaling $648M in online sales on November 26th. so far the heaviest online spending day to date in 2010. For the holiday season so far--defined as November 1st through the 26th--total e-commerce sales hit $11.6

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Sales Commerce Report Study 133

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AUGUST 3, 2010

The firm said those number would make it the best-selling PC game of 2010 based on the first 24 hours of availability. The title first went on sale at midnight on July 27th, in a global launch which included versions in 11 different languages. Blizzard said it sold more than 1.5

Sales 145

Sales Entertainment Content 145

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

San Diego-based Seismic , which develops sales enablement and marketing software, has joined the unicorn club, saying this morning that it has raised $92M in a Series F funding, which values the company at approximately $1.6 The company says that it now has over 900 employees spread across 14 offices; the company was founded in 2010.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Los Angeles-based Velocify , the developer of sales lead management software, has been acquired by Ellie Mae , in a deal worth $128M in cash, Ellie Mae said last week. Velocity's software is used for sales lead management. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Coast Angels Sales Competition Los Angeles 124

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

The firm--which the Tech Coast Angels revealed last week that it had funded in 2010--also has the backing of well known angel investor Paige Craig, who also sits on the firms advisory board.

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West Hollywood Tech Coast Angels Angel Ticketmaster 199

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JULY 28, 2009

Locke as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and appointed Didier Guibal as its Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales. The firm said that Wride will be handing off the rest of his operational responsibilities sometime in the first half of 2010.

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Sales San Diego Email Web 100

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JANUARY 3, 2017

Financial details of the sale were not annouced. OpenGate Capital had acquired Getronics LATAM in 2010. The company claimed the exit provides 11 times invested capital for the firm. READ MORE>>.

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Capital Equity Los Angeles Sales 113

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

However, around December of 2010 the firm began a series of acquisitions -- of a number of data backup provider, other EFAX providers, email marketing firms, unified communications, and more, culminating with the buy of Ziff Davis in November of 2012.

News 159

News Southern California Sales Los Angeles 159

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

He concluded that the sweet spot for valuation was in the $20–30 million sales price range, and that many, many times more deals were completed in that range than above $100 million in valuation at exit. Not so long ago, Basil Peters wrote his book, “Early Exits,” after analyzing 150 young companies and their exits.

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Pricing Invest Equity Entrepreneur 156

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FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Financial details of the sale were not announced. Vision Solutions had acquired Double-Take in 2010, only a few short months before it was acquried by Clearlake Capital. Vision Solutions is owned by Santa Monica's Clearlake Capital. READ MORE>>.

Software 100

Software Santa Monica Sales Capital 100

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

According to SDGE, those vehicles were all sold or leased in its territory--covering San Diego and southern Orange County--since December of 2010. The numbers come from the California Plug-In Electric Vehicle Collaborative, which also said that there were more than 100,000 plug-in car sales statewide.

San Diego 180

San Diego Orange County Sales 180

Xconomy

JULY 7, 2016

Morristown, NJ-based Pernix (NASDAQ: PTX ) will cut 60 workers , mostly from its neurology sales staff, the company said today. million in net revenue last year, its highest sales mark since becoming a public company in 2010, according to its annual report. As of the end of 2015, Pernix reported a headcount of 274.

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Sales San Diego .Net Report 40

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

LumaTax develops software which can be used by small businesses to automate the paperwork required for paying sales taxes. 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.

Software 100

Software San Diego Report Sales 100

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FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Los Angeles-based HauteLook , the flash sales site run by Adam Bernhard, has been acquired by Nordstrom for up to $270M. Nordstrom said the buy will enable it to participate in the fast-growing private sale marketplace. HauteLook was venture backed by Insight Venture Partners, which just invested $31M in the company in June of 2010.

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Sales Los Angeles Sites Invest 187

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Amazon--which opened up its Amazon Studios business out of Los Angeles back in 2010 , said today that it would offer up a special sale on Amazon Prime membership on Friday, offering up the service for just $67.00. The awards came during the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday night.

Content 100

Content Los Angeles Sales Invest 100

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

Killian was previously CFO of Cascade Microtech, where he had been CFO since 2010, up until its recent sale this year to FormFactor. According to Resonant, it has hired on Jeff Killian, a longtime veteran of the semiconductor industry, to the CFO position. Killian also previously served at TriQuint Semiconductor and US Bank.

Sales 100

Sales Develop Development 100

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JULY 19, 2012

Baroda has been an investor in Fab since its seed funding back in June of 2010. Fab.com operates an online, flash-sales and e-commerce site that revolves around design; the site originally started as a social network, and is headed by Jason Goldberg.

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Funding Seed Funding Commerce Social Network 178

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APRIL 8, 2014

Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed. Levine Leichtman has owned Luminator Technology Group since 2010. Los Angeles-based private equity investor Levine Leichtman Capital Partners said Monday that it has sold its portfolio company Luminator Technology Group (LTG) to Audax Group. LTG was advised by Robert W.

Technology 138

Technology Equity Acquisition Los Angeles 138

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

There's a lot out there around Customer Development - read Steve Blank : Entrepreneurship as a Science – The Business Model/Customer Development Stack - Steve Blank , October 25, 2010 Checklists for Chaos, The Path to Success - Steve Blank , October 28, 2010 and reading about Lean, MVPs, etc. is a requirement. Not sure why.

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JANUARY 4, 2013

The long, turbulent history of the video-on-demand technology developed by former Marina Del Rey-based CinemaNow continues today, after current owner Rovi Corporation said Thursday afternoon that it plans to pursue a sale of its Rovi Entertainment Stores business--the remains of CinemaNow.

Marina Del Rey 159

Marina Del Rey Hulu Hollywood Entertainment 159

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FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Nimble--which develops web-based, social contact management software--said the Outlook connection comes via Phi-solutions, which connects Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010 contacts into rich social profiles on Nimble. Nimble said it now has integrated with nearly 40 software tools.

Email 153

Email Web Software Los Angeles 153

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The firm had sales of over $2.3 billion in 2010. Newegg said Mills will be repsonsible for all marketing initiatives at the company. Newegg is a major, privately held electronics retailer, which has quietly become one of the largest online retailers on the Internet. READ MORE>>.

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NewEgg Marketing City of Industry City of Industry 170

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MAY 21, 2010

The latest e-commerce report from Internet measurement firm comScore finds that e-commerce sales in Q1 jumped 10 percent versus a year ago, a rapid turnaround for the industry after a year and a half of declining or flat sales. Tags: ecommerce sales retail growth comscore. billion in spending and zero growth.

Commerce 153

Commerce Report Sales 153

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APRIL 24, 2012

Los Angeles-based SocialAnnex , a startup helping online retailers to use social media to spur sales, has scored a round of funding from a who's who of Southern California technology angels, the firm said Tuesday. Social Annex was founded in 2010. According to SocialAnnex, Kamran Pourzanjani of PriceGrabber.com, Brian S.

Southern California 170

Southern California Oversee.net Angel SoCal 170

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JANUARY 31, 2012

Santa Monica-based EdgeCast Networks , the content delivery network (CDN) provider headed by Alex Kazerani, said today that it doubled its annual revenues and headcount in 2011, over its 2010 numbers. EdgeCast said it added more than a thousand customers in 2011, including such sites as DailyMotion, Imgur, and posterous.

Santa Monica 159

Santa Monica Content Networking Sales 159

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MARCH 7, 2011

had sued NBC over a failed domain name sale back in May of 2010, after it said NBC Universal agreed to sell the company Women.com and Women.net in via domain name broker Sedo. NBC apparently agreed to sell the domain, based on emails included in the lawsuit, but then backed out at the last minute on the sale.

Tsavo 203

Tsavo Sales Email Los Angeles 203