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DECEMBER 7, 2011

Tuesday, December 13, 2011 -- Public/Private Partnerships to Help Startups. See [link] (more)

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Help LAVA Startup 100

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Business.com, as well as its companion sites, Business News Daily and BuyerZone help connect professionals with business servies. Donnelly in 2007 for $345M, and the domain eventually went to Dex.com, and was shut down; the business was restarted in 2011 by a purchase by JMI Equity and Resource Nation in 2011.

Santa Monica 113

Santa Monica Equity Incubator Acquisition 113

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2011

Even though it has been a long haul, it’s nice to see some optimism surfacing in 2011. A majority of small business leaders intend to be more aggressive in 2011 by implementing a range of actions to advance their businesses. Respondents cited a greater focus on operating efficiencies as the number one step to achieving growth in 2011.

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Study Pricing Startup Guide 89

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I think many entrepreneurs under-estimate the benefit that capital early helps in being able to produce product and differentiate yourself in a nascent marketplace. The market is over-valued in 2011 relative to norms. It doesn’t feel like that in February 2011. But more likely it will be $10 million.

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Help Startup Competition Framework 303

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 1, 2011

Welcome to the New Year 2011! At work, help someone who is struggling with a new task, and give praise to the people you respect. These will also help you unleash the creative side. Make your resolution today to keep the long road ahead in 2011 a satisfying one. Do something nice for someone. Stay fit and rested.

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Satisfaction Startup Entrepreneur Writing 105

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

and of course a relentless pursuit of helping founders succeed. She took an operating role helping run Citysearch and Urbanspoon. On paper she’s more qualified than Yves or myself so with that out of the way can we now just focus on her skills and how you help me recruit her?” She had all of the skills and traits we sought?—?leadership,

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Venture Capital Startup Invest CitySearch 361

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OCTOBER 30, 2018

Classy was launched in 2011, and is led by CEO and co-foudner Scot Chisolm. Classy develops software-as-a-service products aimed at helping nonprofits manage their online fundraising, with a focus on social causes like environmental issues, child trafficking, human rights, and animal rights.

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San Diego Platform Software Development Software 113

Daradiction

DECEMBER 29, 2011

2011 was a BIG year for me. million series A investment round, which has helped us scale the team to over 15 people, up from just Jason and I when we started. Saving the best for last, 2011 also got me into a very consistent meditation practice that gave me the energy and focus to generate these results. Meditation.

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San Diego Startup Sample IBM 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2011

Nevertheless, if you are looking for a hot sector to help you recover from tough economic times, get you tagged as a world leader, and increase your probabilities for funding support, put some energy into this one in 2011. Marty Zwilling.

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Technology Venture Capital Competition Funding 94

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FEBRUARY 28, 2013

The privately held firm did not disclose its revenues, however, the firm has previously been reported to have had revenues of between $50-100M in revenues in 2011, and $15-20M in revenues in 2009. The firm provides edge network services to help deliver content from such customers as Twitter, Pinterest, Sony, and Hulu to end users.

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Steamboat Ventures Santa Monica Hulu Content 240

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FEBRUARY 8, 2016

IronKey, which develops encrypted USB flash drives, has been part of Imation since 2011. Kingston Digital, the flash memory arm of Kingston Technology, said the acquisition will help it provide a more comprehensive portfolio of products and services to its customers. Imation acquired IronKey in an asset deal in September of 2011.

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MAY 29, 2018

Los Angeles-based Surkus , a developer of a platform to help connect people with local events, has raised $10M in a Series B funding, according to the comapny. Surkus is led by CEO Stephen George, who the company said started his career at Groupon, and headed operations through its IPO in 2011. READ MORE>>.

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Los Angeles Platform Invest Funding 100

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DECEMBER 7, 2012

Lynda.com , the site which helps people learn software and other skills from online videos, has been recognized for its job creation, the firm said Friday, ranking number 1 in job creation in education by Inc. The company said it filled nearly 200 jobs from 2008 to 2011, tops in the Education industry.

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Calabasas Education Sites Course 245

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JANUARY 31, 2013

San Diego-based Take Lessons , an online marketplace which helps people find local teachers for music and singing lessons, disclosed today that it has raised $4M in a Series A follow on funding. TakeLessons raised $6M in a funding round back in August of 2011. READ MORE>>.

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San Diego Venture Capital Funding Capital 214

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MARCH 31, 2014

Davenport is a professor at Babson College, and LaPoint is the former founder and managing partner of MarketingNPV, a company MarketShare acquired in 2011. MarketShare develops software which helps large companies measure the impact and effectiveness of their marketing efforts. READ MORE>>.

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Yahoo Los Angeles Software Marketing 199

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NOVEMBER 4, 2013

The incubator effort looking to make Los Angeles a key part of the clean technology industry, the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) , announced this morning that it has received a $200,000 grant from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, to help advance its program--and may even start its own investment fund.

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Incubator Los Angeles Invest Angel 190

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FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Time said the buy will help it participate in the performance advertising segment. Viant, which is led by Tim Vanderhook, was founded in 1999 as Specific Media, and acquired Myspace back in 2011. Irvine-based Viant , the parent company of Specific Media and Myspace , has been acquired by publisher Time Inc. , READ MORE>>.

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Media Advertising Help Company 100

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MARCH 24, 2014

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , which helps run local, online marketing efforts for small and medium sized businesses, said today that it has acquired a divisio of a New Zealand company, the SME division of SureFire Search Limied. Financial terms of the acquisition deal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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ReachLocal Woodland Hills Company Companies 147

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JANUARY 18, 2017

The new software is epcifically aimed at helping companies manage corporate accounts and buyer-seller relationships, managing price lists and catalogs, automating business workflows, and more, according to the company. OroCommerce also says it integrates with existing ERP, CRM, and product information software and tools. READ MORE>>.

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Platform West Hollywood Commerce Hollywood 100

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AUGUST 26, 2014

Leyden will continue at the company through January to help in the transition. Leonetti had been Vice President, Finance at Amgen since 2011. WD said that Olivier Leonetti, who previously was VP Finance at Amgen, and also spent 14 years in finance positions at Dell, will become CFO of the company. READ MORE>>.

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Help Company Companies 138

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JULY 5, 2012

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio and Irvine-based electric autombile maker Fisker Automotive revealed this week that the actor is an equity investor in the company, and is also linking with the firm to help promote "Global Sustainability." READ MORE>>.

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Equity Help Marketing Company 187

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Local said its Krillion shopping data will help power Bing''s local product search results. Local bought Krillion back in 2011. Financial details of the partnership were not disclosed. READ MORE>>. local krillion product search data bing microsoft msft locm'

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Product Sites Help 153

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MARCH 18, 2014

According to Sonos, the new app includes a new design and simplified interface, as well as a new, universal search feature to help users look up music not only on their own devices, but on Pandora, Spotify, and other services. Sonos first released an Android app back in 2011. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Barbara Mobile Design Help 164

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JANUARY 25, 2017

Los Angeles-based Ring , the developer of connected doorbells, security cameras, and other similar devices, has raised $109M in a big financing round, to help fund global growth. Siminoff's last successful venture was Unsubscribe.com, which he sold to TrustedID in 2011. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 29, 2012

Continuing its international expansion, Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , which helps local businesses market themselves online through paid search marketing and other advertising, said it has opened up new offices in Canada and Germany. ReachLocal has been active in Canada since 2008, and in Germany since 2011. READ MORE>>.

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ReachLocal Woodland Hills Paid Search Advertising 159

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APRIL 25, 2012

Amgen said the acquisition will help to significantly expand its presence in Turkey. Mustafa Nevzat is a major supplier of pharmaceuticals to hospitals in Turkey, with revenues of approximately $200M in 2011. Thousand Oaks-based Amgen said this morning that it has acquired Turkish pharmaceuticals firm Mustafa Nevzat Pharmaceuticals.

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Thousand Oaks Company Companies Acquisition 157

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

NameLayer--which was founded by Julian Shapiro and Edward Zeiden--had develops an algorithm to selectively purchase and commercialize domain names in an automated way, and was founded in 2011. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

Mentor 174

Mentor Acquisition Los Angeles Startup 174

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NOVEMBER 26, 2012

ReachLocal provides help to local and small businesses to advertise their companies online. The firm said it targeted Brazil as its first country in South America, due to the rapid growth rate in that country; the firm said online advertising spend in Brazil was $804M in 2011.

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ReachLocal Woodland Hills Cloud Computing Advertising 183

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JUNE 25, 2019

A company that makes a mapping system to help doctors see high-resolution, 3D images of irregular heart rhythms in real time has raised $100 million in venture investment and a $70 million credit facility to fund its full-scale market launch. Acutus Medical, based in the northern San Diego community of Carlsbad, was founded in 2011.

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San Diego Invest Help Funding 80

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DECEMBER 11, 2014

Kurion has been instrumental in helping to clean up contaminated water at the plant, which was heavily damaged in 2011 due to the devastating Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Size of the contract was not announced. Kurion had delivered another of its mobile processing systems to TEPCO in October. READ MORE>>.

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Outsource Development Technical Review Mobile Sites 138

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MAY 29, 2011

Saturday, June 4, 2011 -- PMI-OC June 2011 Advanced Topics Seminar. will lead a half-day workshop June 4, 2011, on negotiating skills as part of the Project Management Institute Orange County Chapters Advanced Topics Seminars. Keith Montgomery, PMP and vice president of business development at Discovix, Inc.,

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PMI Orange County Help Develop 113

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JANUARY 18, 2013

Perdue apparently helped to broker the acquisition of EyeWonder by MediaMind in 2011. Perdue was most recently COO at EyeWonder, a rich media and video ad serving firm, and also has been an investment banker with Jordan, Edmiston Group. The Trade Desk said Perdue will be based in The Trade Desk's New York offices.

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Ventura Advertising Media Acquisition 185

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MAY 26, 2015

District Court in California, claims breach of contract and theft of intellectual property by Luckey, who Total Recall claims they hired to help them develop immersive, head mounted displays. Total Recall says that it hired Luckey to build the company a head mounted display in 2011--information that he later used to start Oculus VR.

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Company Companies Outsource Development Help 100

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AUGUST 19, 2013

Beats and HTC announced a $300M deal in August of 2011, focused on helping Beats to penetrate the mobile market via the deal with HTC. According to the two, they move is a "realignment" of a business agreement, and that HTC will remain the largest outside shareholder in Beats, with approximately 25% of the company. READ MORE>>.

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Mobile Los Angeles Report Help 164

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JUNE 21, 2013

The firm develops heart risk testing technology, to help prevent cardiovascular disease. The firm had launched its current round of funding in December of 2011. Irvine-based Aviir has raised $10M more as part of a financing round, as part of a third tranche of funding.

Technical Review 157

Technical Review Funding Capital Help 157

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

trueRSVP is launching at the DEMO Fall 2011 conference today. trueRSVP uses priority invites, special algorithms, mobile apps, and other efforts to help sharpen the count of attendees to conferences. trueRSVP's founders are Anna Sergeeva, Fei Xiao, and Grady Laksmono. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Conference Los Angeles Mobile 202

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DECEMBER 11, 2013

Wallack helped found Cornerstone OnDemand, and grew the company from its early days through its IPO in 2011. The company said it has added Perry Wallack, the co-founder and CFO of Cornerstone onDemand, and Dr. Andrew Brooks to its board.

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Cornerstone OnDemand Santa Monica Software Services 153