socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

in its fiscal year ended May 31, 2011. Teledyne said the acquired company becomes Teledyne VariSystems. VariSystem's interconnects and cable assemblies are used in the energy, mining, and other natural resources industries. VariSystems is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, and had sales of CAD $27.5M READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2012

The HALO Report, released today by Silicon Valley Bank, the Angel Resource Institute, from data by CBInsights, said that California led the nation in angel investment activity, with 29.8 percent of angel investments in the state. The report did not break down investment totals between Southern California and Northern California.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 26, 2011

Thursday, September 1, 2011 -- LA CEOs. LA CEOs, an education and support group for CEOs presents: How to work with Nerds - Building innovative products using technical resources you may not really understand. This event is limited to CEOs ONLY. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 10, 2011

Monday, May 16, 2011 -- The Monday Club - South Bay Chapter Entrepreneurial Growth Program. The goal for the entrepreneurs is to receive coaching, mentoring and resources for their companies. The goal for the entrepreneurs is to receive coaching, mentoring and resources for their companies. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 10, 2011

Wednesday, March 16, 2011 -- HR Executive Strategy Series. Personnel Adjustments and Changing Compliance Impact Workers Compensation AND Your Resources: Learn what every company should know to keep control! Is your company truly current with legislation? TechAmerica.

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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. The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. And while this data is from mid-2011 I can assure you that data is not going down. There are 2.9

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 11, 2011

Thursday, March 17, 2011 -- Is Your Head in the Clouds? Don't build your infrastructure one server at a time.use the Cloud to leverage pooled resources, maximize efficiency and lower overall operating costs. Your Infrastructure's Future Is! TechAmerica.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 14, 2011

Wednesday, April 20, 2011 -- EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FOR THE WORKPLACE · What are the best practices of what companies should be doing to prepare themselves for a variety of disasters? What can a small or medium-sized company that does not have the resources or expertise of larger companies do to prepare themselves?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 28, 2011

Tuesday, May 3, 2011 -- Bio Science Alliance Event. Effective resource support and collaboration is necessary for the the growth and progress of the bio/life/science industry. Dr. Fang will discuss ways in which life science companies can effectively navigate their overseas realtionships. DR. CHUNCHANG FANG (formerly with FDA).

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

I believe that over capitalizing companies too early often favors the VC. In the late 90′s I saw a dangerous trend creeping into the startup world, which was that companies were suddenly raising huge amounts of money too early in their existence. Over funding often produces bad behavior in early-stage companies.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 4, 2011

Thursday, March 10, 2011 -- OCTANe Capital Connections - Strategic Investments in the Life Sciences Industry. OCTANe connects people and ideas with capital and resources to fuel technology industry growth in Orange County.

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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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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2013

That one thing, in the case of Los Angeles-based FamousBirthdays.com , is creating an online resource all about--you guessed it--famous birthdays. Our company had actually acquired a few different websites about two and a half years back. If you look at Google Panda, they want you to be the best possible resource for a specific thing.

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Tech.Co

JULY 6, 2015

The big companies in the industry (think FTD, Teleflora, 1800Flowers) that dole out work to local florists are not only stifling their creativity, but killing their businesses. Shoraka started the company with two friends back in 2011. Entrepreneurship is more enticing than ever as more tools and resources become available.

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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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socalTECH

JULY 7, 2014

While Internet and startup companies have widely adopted the cloud for both their computing and storage needs, enterprise companies are only now starting to widely adopt cloud services. Many of our customers are software-as-a-service companies, and don''t know upfront how many customers they will have. It''s a huge difference.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 11, 2011

Company Name RadiumOne Information Release Date 3/10/2011 Transaction Type Venture Equity Amount $21,000,000 Round Series B Proceeds Purpose The Company, which reached profitability in Q4, will use its existing and new capital for potential acquisitions designed to give the company additional resources and tools to effectively scale.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2014

Google has acquired smart home appliance company, Nest Labs for $3.2 Google’s acquisition of Nest gives the the co-founders an early exit and resources to up their hardware game. The engineering skills the Nest team had would revolutionize any company, and now they are in Google’s hands. billion in cash.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 5, 2012

By mid-2011 he noted, “As seed accelerators have exploded in number world-wide, it’s become nearly impossible to keep this (Google Doc) working.” We are actually giving the companies money, rather than taking money from them. “The goal of an accelerator is to get companies funded with seed financing.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2011

Become a resource for entrepreneurs to have access to the lawyers, accountants, real-estate professionals and other people with whom our entrepreneurs work. Just as we launched a 2010 site they go all 2011 on us! Yet we wanted to be clear that we invest heavily in digital media, mobile & software companies. I still loved it.

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socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2014

We caught up with Jeff Overall , the founder of PolarPro, to better understand the company--plus the popularity of accessories specifically for GoPro cameras. What''s the story behind the company? Jeff Overall: It all started back in 2011, when I was going to the University of Santa Barbara. Why do you think that''s the case?

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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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Xconomy

AUGUST 16, 2016

The authors made the point that, given the size of companies today, a single garden-variety blockbuster hardly moves the needle. Early acquisitions force pharma to take more risk and spend more of their operating budgets on development over a longer time than buying post-phase II, where they can more efficiently deploy large-scale resources.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2016

What types of companies will be part of Techstars LA? The companies really are at the discretion of the managing director and team on the types and focus areas of the companies who will be included. We started in Boulder, Colorado, all the way back in 2007, with just ten companies. billion combined.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

To grow faster businesses need resources in today’s financial period to fund growth that may not come for 6 months to a year. Exec Summary: Most companies (98+%) in the world (even tech startups) should be very profit focused. Being profitable certainly makes your company more sustainable in difficult times.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Their roster of success includes numerous pioneering tech companies, many of which continue to be industry leaders today — Overture, BillMeLater, CitySearch, and more. Fun Fact: A team from OKCupid works out of the space, as well as a few of the best civic-focused tech companies in LA. Venture Capital: Upfront Ventures.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

This conversation seems to come up very frequently these days both with portfolio companies and with entrepreneurs just looking for mentorship. These are great times for raising money the moods in funding companies is cyclical and if you miss the window it may make the future more difficult. How long is the window open?

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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 Venture Network

OCTOBER 25, 2010

It depends on the size of the company. A recent study by the RAND Corporation found that about 60% of employees who work at companies with 50 or fewer workers currently have an offer of health benefits from their employers. Companies can claim the credit for 2010 through 2013 and for any two years after that.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Gone are the days when companies could put up a website that sat on the screen like an electronic business card. Just ten percent say they will not use social media in 2012, down from 24 percent for 2011 and 39 percent for 2010. Many companies believe that getting involved in social media is easy. small businesses.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

The startup--which is part of MuckerLab--landed a seed funding round last week, so we thought we''d catch up with founder and CEO Farbod Shoraka to dig deeper into the company''s goals and service. You mention the big companies, like FTD, 1-800 Flowers, etc. Farbod Shoraka: We started out in the summer of 2011.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 9, 2012

The giant search engine is set to end less used products or combining a number of them into more resourceful ones. In November 2011, Google’s spring clean saw a number of services shut down like Knol, Friend Connect and Google Wave. Google has from late last year embarked on an in-house cleaning project.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Departing from Edwards AFB, we flew over the Mojave Air and Spaceport, home of the world’s largest private manufacturer of spacecraft, The Spaceship Company (TSC). In October of 2011, the company announced a $4.5 We are a company that likes to take on the giants. Tweet this quote].

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Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

She’s also an advisor and connector to portfolio companies, and consults other angel groups to develop business plans. She began her career as an engineer at Cisco Systems and later cofounded a mobile gaming company. Ashley Bowling, Founding Member of NextGen Venture Partners. Joanne Chen, Partner at Foundation Capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

Also, investors from the super-hubs (Silicon Valley, New York, or Boston), won’t assume anyone outside their domain has the savvy and resources to make it happen. Tech companies see engineers move frequently, integrate their products tightly, and often find themselves acquiring or merging with counterparts.

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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. We give visibility to the location, status, and history of resources in healthcare. Our only job at the company, is to make sure we're driving toward profitability.

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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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