Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

Isn’t it frustrating to think you understand something new in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? Jim should know, since he is the president Ignite Social Media , of one of the best known social media marketing agencies. Marty Zwilling.

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MAY 11, 2012

The firm's IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch, Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, RBC Capital Markets, William Blair, and Montgomery & Co. LegalZoom reported net income of $12.1M for its year ended December 31, 2011. The firm is venture backed by Polaris Venture Partners (35.1 on revenues of $156.0M

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socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2011

Los Angeles-based Mogreet , the mobile marketing and video firm headed by James Citron, released mobile video stats gathered by the firm during Q1 today, saying that Verizon leads the market in terms of mobile video messaging views. percent, then Spring at 9.7 percent.

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JUNE 7, 2011

Proving that the market for the right domain name continues to be strong, Moniker and SnapNames , the domain name auction sites owned by Los Angeles-based Oversee.net , reported that they sold the domain Data.com for more than $1.5M The firm said it sold the domain for an amount that "significantly exceeds" the $1.5M

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socalTECH

AUGUST 19, 2013

The move comes on reports that Beats Electronics is looking for another, different investor in the company. 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. READ MORE>>. beats electronics audio speakers headphone mobile phone'

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FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Los Angeles-based OpenX , the developer of online advertising serving software, reported today that it has achieved its first full quarter of profitability, and is has exceeded an annual run rate of $100M. OpenX, which is headed by Tim Cadogan, said it served more than one trillion ad impressions during 2011. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 13, 2011

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , the newly public developer of talent and learning management software, has reported its first quarter 2011 results, saying it saw a 63 percent, year-over-year increase in revenues for the first quarter. The firm said it had a total revenue of $15.7M for the quarter. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 5, 2011

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , the developer of human resources and talent management software headed by Adam Miller, is continuing its growth trend, saying in its Q2 2011 financial results that the firm had a 65 percent, year-over-year increase in its gross revenues. The firm reported revenues of $17.4M

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MAY 17, 2012

Calabasas-based KYTHERA Biopharmaceuticals , a developer of biopharmaceuticals for the aesthetic medicine market, has filed for an IPO. According to the firm's S-1 filing, Kythera is looking to raise up to $86.25M on the NASDAQ Global Market as KYTH. Leerink Swann, and Lazard Capital Markets. Morgan, Goldman, Sachs & Co.,

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AUGUST 29, 2012

A report issued this week by Experian Marketing Services has identified two, San Diego niche social networking sites as being among the fastest growing sites between July of 2011 and July of 2012.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Carlsbad-based KFX Medical , which is developing bone implant products for the orthopedic surgery market, reported today that it has received a third patent. The patent was filed on September 26, 2011, and names Michael L. The patent, U.S. 8,109,969, covers its knotless double row soft tissue bone repair method. Green, Joseph C.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 19, 2011

Tuesday, May 24, 2011 -- Los Angeles CMO CLUB Dinner and Marketing Executives Roundtable. The CMO Club was created for the unique purpose of bringing Chief Marketing Officers together in an environment of openness and contribution that enables them to become better at what they do. See [link] (more)

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JULY 7, 2010

Calabasas-based National Technical Systems , a provider of engineering services, reported today that its Test Systems Engineering Division has been selected by Boeing. NTS said the fixed price contract goes until January of 2011. NTS provides engineering services to the defense, aerospace, telecom, automotive, and high tech markets.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Wednesday, September 14, 2011 -- Build Cross Platform Mobile Apps Rapidly. After the dot com era if there is anything which grew as rapidly in a short span of time, it is the mobile app market. Recent report says that 1 billion people will own smartphones by 2013 and the mobile app market will grow to $30 billion by then.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Los Angeles-based RealD , the provider of 3D movie projection technology, has reported its quarterly results today, saying it had net revenues of $65.3M For the six months ending September 24th, the firm's first half fiscal 2011, the firm had net revenues of $129.8M, more than double the $64.2M for its quarter ended September 24, 2010.

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Technology Council

JANUARY 2, 2013

Dave Key and Technology Council of Southern California Virtually everyone agrees the SaaS market is growing incredibly quickly; Gartner predicted cloud growth would be 21% in 2011. Forester predicts SaaS will account for 26% of the package software market by 2016, while Deloitte forecasts that only [.]. CAGR through 2014.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 19, 2014

Attention Marketers - The Medium Has Changed, So Should The Message. As Facebook''s mobile ad revenue attests, marketers are stepping up their "phone based" spending. In order for them to take full advantage of Facebook the phone company, they will have to abandon traditional online marketing conventions. But Why Now?

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FEBRUARY 2, 2012

The firm reported net income of $1 billion on revenues of $3.7 billion in 2011 in its S-1, which is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, J.P. Facebook filed for its IPO Wednesday afternoon, saying that it is looking to raise up to $5 billion, in what is expected to be the biggest IPO since Google. Morgan, Goldman Sachs & Co.,

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 29, 2020

Kleiner Perkins , one of the most storied franchises in venture capital, has already invested much of the $600 million it raised last year and is now going back out to the market to raise its 19th fund, according to multiple sources. We went out to market to LPs. Kleiner Perkins partner Ilya Fushman. “We We got a lot of interest.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The most recent report to weigh in on the troubles of the industry was produced by the esteemed Kauffman Foundation. Contrary to some press reporting, the boom in startups, the creation of accelerators and seed funds as well as the deserved popularity of AngelList do not signal doom for our industry. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Tuesday, November 15, 2011 -- Is Social Media Killing Email. Presented by the Marketing and Sales Executives Society. With the seemingly endless reports about the death of email, its no wonder that the commonly-held myth of decreased email usage exists. Youve seen the headlines: 9 Reasons Why Email is Dead.

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Technology Council

JANUARY 2, 2013

Dave Key and Technology Council of Southern California Virtually everyone agrees the SaaS market is growing incredibly quickly; Gartner predicted cloud growth would be 21% in 2011. Forester predicts SaaS will account for 26% of the package software market by 2016, while Deloitte forecasts that only […]. CAGR through 2014.

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SaaS Technology Council Southern California Software 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2012

” It’s hard to really find fault with the reporting. According to Forrester Research (2011 report) 77% users who abandoned an online purchase cite the inability to speak to some as their primary reason for leaving. Here are some data provided by a BIA / Kelsey report (2012). We have ridden the mobile wave.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Marketing, recruiting, building data products & tools, event management, analyzing the portfolio, etc. Just as Yves mentored me when I became his co-managing partner in 2011, he didn’t seek to ride off into the sunset either. And all the platform stuff. Wait, What About Yves?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

That deals loooks to be worth around $100M, based on reports from the WSJ. In June of 2011, MySpace was sold for a mere $35M to another, Southern California technology firm-- Specific Media , which has since been looking to remake MySpace with the help of Justin Timberlake. acquired IGN in September of 2005, for $650M. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

He shared tons of information about how how they were using marketing to quantitatively make marketing decisions at HauteLook and acquire customers for prices that were far cheaper than similar companies. The feedback was always universal, “that was the most helpful marketing meeting I’ve every had.”

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Iroko Patners had , a souring relationship with YouTube, Google Ads Words, Amazon Web Services even though the movie streaming firm had about eight million YouTube streams a month, with a $1 million revenue run-rate in 2011. The team in London is around 15 people – mostly tech, design, business development and marketing people there.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2010

VCs traditionally view investment opportunities as a Venn diagram of management team, market, and technology. I had long believed that being in the right market was the most important of those three. I think a few Cleantech leaders are going to emerge in 2011. Great people make all the difference.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2014

The Los Angeles Business Journal recently reported data compiled by SoCalTech.com showing that “L.A. The real estate impact of this activity can probably be traced to the 2011 arrival of Google in the Frank Gehry-designed “binoculars” building on Main Street in Santa Monica. commercial real estate market.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

In April 2011, the Association of Coupon Professionals held an Industry Conference in Atlanta to address the present and future state of couponing. Due to the combination of these factors, marketers began to more heavily fund digital platforms. Paul Breummer, Search Engine Land. Getting Mobile-Ready.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Our list was far from definitive, but some noteworthy outcomes from last year’s selection suggest we’re taking the right approach: — Cypher Genomics , founded in 2011 with software to rapidly identify the genetic variations amid billions of gigabases of genome sequencing data, sold last November to San Diego’s Human Longevity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 159 in 2011. With Sarbanes-Oxley, the CEO, CFO, and the Board of Directors are all assumed to have full knowledge of all government standards of compliance and reporting. Annual reporting and audit requirements continue to increase. After a record low of 39 U.S.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 22, 2013

With just a mobile phone, the app connects volunteers at primary schools even in remote villages and gives them the ability to collect and report data. Another great achievement already is a garbage and pothole reporting application dubbed Spotter.in. It also sends municipality agencies latest reports on what needs to be done, quick.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2013

Evan Britton: I''m an Internet market guru. I love the web and love Internet marketing. We realized afer 2011 that we were spreading ourselves thin by trying to make five to ten websites great. Evan Britton: We had worked our tails off in 2011, but at the end of the year, all of our sites were flat. It was discouraging.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

The company recently reported record. positions on its site, ranging from software, sales, marketing, to finance. HauteLook was acquired for $270M in 2011 by Nordstrom. The now-public. company operates a number of content-focused sites, including LIVESTRONG, eHOW, Cracked, and a domain name registration business, eNOM.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

is already well above the dot.com bubble of 15 years ago, although we have slipped a bit this year from the high point of 320 new entrepreneurs out of 100,000 adults in 2011. According to a report just out, a record 156 operating companies went public in the U.S. The world is a now single market, both homogeneous and heterogeneous.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. Jim Farley is Ford Motor Company’s group vice president, global marketing, sales and service. In this role, he reports directly to Alan Mulally, Ford’s president and chief executive officer.

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