Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

We operate at scale and speed unprecedented in human history.” * I first wrote about the changes to the Venture Capital ecosystem 10 years ago and this still serves as a good primer of how we arrived at 2011, a decade on from the Web 1.0 The market today would barely be recognizable by a time traveler from 2011. dot-com bonanza.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

NastyGal -- which was just about unheard of a year ago -- has rocketed to a over $100M business, driven by women's clothing, shoes, and other products. HauteLook was acquired for $270M in 2011 by Nordstrom. range of software products, and which has offices in Calabasas and Santa Barbara. LiveNation.

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Technical Review Company Companies Southern California 279

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Guy’s latest book, Enchantment , was released in March of 2011, to overwhelmingly upbeat reviews. I even plan to use it in my upcoming UC Santa Barbara Entrepreneurial Selling class. An entrepreneur, in particular, has to be likeable and trustworthy AND have a great product. That doesn’t work.”.

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Santa Barbara Technical Review Social Media Startup 262

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 29, 2011

I recently spoke with an unhappy early-stage investor who described the demise of a life sciences startup which was moved from Santa Barbara to San Diego at the behest of a large venture firm. I guess no one told him about the medical startups that were purchased by Medtronic, Linvatec, Storz, Mentor, etc.,

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Venture Capital Capital Funding Technical Review 233

socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2014

Jeff Overall: It all started back in 2011, when I was going to the University of Santa Barbara. I saw that there were a few solutions out there people were blogging about out there, mostly about taping polarized filters on the cameras. How did you go from those prototypes to a real product and manufacturing?

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Startup Van Nuys Patents Santa Barbara 196

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2016

Founded in 2011, Z Supply, LLC has created five women’s fashion brands with a sixth brand and extension into Men’s, launching Spring 2017. I ended up really relating to the nuance and intricacies of product supply and customer demand. That being said, we were getting inundated with inquiries regarding where to find our product.

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