socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud computing provider DreamHost (www.dreamhost.com) raised a big, $30M funding round for the company--the first in the company''s long history. Simon Anderson: DreamHost offers a web hosting, and now, cloud computing platform and storage. We''ve also managed to grow quite nicely.

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Software Review Cloud Computing Technical Review Platform 238

Xconomy

MAY 2, 2017

This is the direction we’re headed, according to Larry Smarr, founding director of the California Institute of Telecommunications & Information Technology at UC San Diego. In 2011, Smarr diagnosed his own Crohn’s disease long before. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Let’s review all of our existing investments. 2010 was the year of the “super angel&# and 2011 has to date been the year of unbelievably highly priced B,C & D rounds of venture capital. August 2011. Not just tech companies but industrials, too. Yesterday was a Monday. And not a pleasant one. We did not.

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Marketing Venture Capital Funding Technical Review 305

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

PT as they kick off the new weekly tech law show "TechZulu Law" with a discussion with IP attorney Denise Grayson, who portrays the attorney of Eduardo Saverin in the film about the early days of Facebook, "The Social Network.". The show focuses on legal issues surrounding startups, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and emerging technology.

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IP Social Network Technical Review Networking 81

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Lunch.com announced that they will be honoring some of the best contributors on the web with the first annual Lunch Awards. Lunch is searching for the best reviewers on the Web in an effort to recognize excellence in consumer-created online reviews. Good luck to all the reviewers out there!

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Web Social Media Blogging Course 64

socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2009

In the recent surge in interest in the clean technology and energy investment area, we're constantly surprised by the number of startups in the area focused on some aspect of the industry. Let's start on the technology side--can you tell us about the technology, and its origins? It's very simple, from the technical perspective.

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UCLA Technical Review El Monte Startup 159

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# You couldn’t pick up a magazine in the 96-99 timeframe without seeing AOL Keywords advertised everywhere. Social Networking in Web 1.0: The Present Era.

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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

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. The industry had seen unprecedented growth in the past decade due to a combination of factors, one of which was the United States’ economic recession. “The Getting Mobile-Ready.

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Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

A number of web services has popped up in recent years that has helped cater to people with busy lives. Zipments is a web service that connects your delivery needs with couriers in your area. May 4, 2011 was the official launch date). I recently spoke with Laura Pecherski and asked her a few questions about Zipments.

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Los Angeles Angel Examples Mobile 79

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. I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment. No wonder 90% of the successful startups still bootstrap.

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Startup Entrepreneur Social Media Satisfaction 109

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. Naturally, there was a stringent due diligence process, and this took a couple of months.

Netflix 82

Netflix Marketing Technical Review Content 82

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

VentureBeat | News About Tech, Money and Innovation. In a recent Forbes.com article , contributor Tara Brown wrote of her own misapprehension moving from San Francisco to Southern California, saying, “I’m a technologist and moving away from the tech hub of the world to the land of Botox seemed like a really bad career move.

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Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. CEO hinted to WSJ that it may go public in early 2011. Configurable from desktop-based web-based UI.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Loading… Tech. SIGNIFICANCE PASSING-MENTION. --> Tech Titans Hit the Beach As Silicon Valley moguls go on a home-buying spree in Los Angeles, theyre reshaping the real-estate landscape. The tech industry is going south. Prices are soaring in the beachfront communities tech types favor, and rents in these.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I spoke about how Amazon Web Services deserves far more credit for the last 5 years of innovation than it gets credit for and how I believe they spawned the micro-VC category. Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# That may be.

Pricing 309

Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2012

In 2010, we sold the game assets and name PlayScreen, which we had acquired, and formed a new company with some solid financial and technology guys. William Volk: One of our other real big hits is Bocce Ball, which was our first Playscreen title in January of 2011. stars, mostly five star reviews. Talk about your other titles?

Mobile 216

Mobile Startup Software Review Platform 216

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

NOT just because they have the best deals on web based business tools. To prove that point, tonight I had the privilege of hearing him speak at Lean LA , a Los Angeles group that helps high tech start-ups build great companies on a budget. Chatting with someone live doesn’t need to be tech support.

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Metrics Email Startup Technical Review 87

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Just as we are summed up by the advertising methodologies of the 1950’s as unpredictable and irrational (The Economist, Sex and Advertising, 2011), not only are we both these traits, but also with the power of click-a-mouse comparison shopping we are perhaps pickier, more demanding and less ‘experience’ oriented over product features.

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Customer Custom Advertising Demand 74

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Just as we are summed up by the advertising methodologies of the 1950’s as unpredictable and irrational (The Economist, Sex and Advertising, 2011), not only are we both these traits, but also with the power of click-a-mouse comparison shopping we are perhaps pickier, more demanding and less ‘experience’ oriented over product features.

Customer 72

Customer Custom Demand Advertising 72

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. These are probably the two sites where I've posted the most reviews. Clearly it'd be more accurate to say "sometime in Q1 2011."

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