socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

San Diego-based cloud storage firm Nirvanix is shutting down, and has given its customers only two weeks to move their data elsewhere, in a stunning flameout for the venture backed startup. The company seemed to be on the upswing, with a long list of high profile customers; the company had even hired Zynga''s CIO earlier this year.

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Customer Custom Windward S3 147

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Tracy DiNunzio isn’t your typical Silicon Valley startup founder. She did her first tech startup after the age of 30. And she didn’t start her company in Northern California. She leveraged herself and even sold many of her possessions to get started. She started her business from a personal need.

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Startup Entrepreneur SEO Venture Capital 363

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 -- Do or Die: How to acquire and retain customers. Acquiring customers is the biggest challenge facing startups today. SEO used to dominate online customer acquisition but now a mix of owned, earned and paid efforts are proving equally effective. Dealmaker Media.

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Customer Custom SEO Acquisition 124

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 15, 2012

Friday, September 21, 2012 -- Lean Startup Machine. Lean Startup Machine is a three-day workshop where attendees use Customer Development and Lean Startup principles to validate an idea for a new product or service. See [link] (more)

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Startup Custom Development Ideas Customer 124

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

I was reading Danielle Morrill’s blog post today on whether one’s “ Startup Burn Rate is Normal. I love how transparently Danielle lives her startup (& encourages other to join in) because it provides much needed transparency to other startups. Let’s set up a framework. Gross Burn vs. Net Burn.

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Startup Company Companies .Net 383

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Wednesday, November 28, 2012 -- Startup Venture Summit. For High Growth Startups Seeking Funding or Partners. Network with prospective corporate customers and clients in your market niche. All Stages Welcome: PreLaunch, Early and Mid Stage. Pitch to serious multi million dollar investors and angels.

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Startup Networking Entrepreneur Customer 124

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

seems like an unlikely place to grow one of the next billion-dollar startups in the booming Los Angeles tech ecosystem. But it’s here in the (other) Valley’s southernmost edge that investors have found a startup they consider to be the next potential billion-dollar “unicorn” that will come out of Los Angeles.

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Glendale Los Angeles Startup Technical Review 271

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 4, 2012

Sunday, June 10, 2012 -- Lean Startup Machine is a three-day workshop where attendees use Customer Development and Lean Startup principles to validate an idea for a new product or service. See [link] (more)

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Startup Custom Development Ideas Customer 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 3, 2012

Saturday, June 9, 2012 -- Lean Startup Machine is a three-day workshop where attendees use Customer Development and Lean Startup principles to validate an idea for a new product or service. See [link] (more)

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Startup Custom Development Ideas Customer 113

socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2014

If you''re a large, Hollywood studio, how do you tap into the energy and ideas of the startup community? We caught up with Debra Baker , Senior Vice President, Global Business Development at Warner Bros., We caught up with Debra Baker , Senior Vice President, Global Business Development at Warner Bros., Warner Bros. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Technology Hollywood Media 159

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 2, 2012

Friday, June 8, 2012 -- Lean Startup Machine is a three-day workshop where attendees use Customer Development and Lean Startup principles to validate an idea for a new product or service. See [link] (more)

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Startup Custom Development Ideas Customer 113

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2012

We’ve grown accustomed to a professionalism where we know when a work issue comes up we can count on each other for a quick Sunday call between family time. And that person has almost certainly chosen specifically to be a startup lawyer over serving other types of customers because he or she enjoys working with entrepreneurs.

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Startup Venture Capital Coach Press 363

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 30, 2012

According to a January 2012 article in Forbes Magazine , nearly 16% of the 400 most affluent Americans do not have a college degree. I generally encourage my UC Santa Barbara students to complete their formal education before joining or creating a startup. But it's also about operations and customer relationships."

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Tips Startup Entrepreneur Santa Barbara 247

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Despite the fact that JazzHR was a nascent startup in 2012, it boasted an impressive customer […]. The post This Startup Should Have Fired Uber, Tinder, Pinterest, Dropbox, Evernote, Tumblr, HootSuite and Instagram appeared first on John Greathouse. A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes.

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Startup Customer Custom 88

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

Startup Weekend LA has grown to become a very special event here in Los Angeles. It’s also a very exciting time here in LA Tech with over 6 accelerators and incubators springing up over the past year. On Friday evening, the SWLA energy started to brew at the Coloft as participants began showing up around 5:00 PM.

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Startup Mahalo Technical Review Idealab 66

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

According to a recent Forbes article , UC Santa Barbara''s Technology Management Program offers students a superior startup education over the University of Pennsylvania (home of Wharton), as well Harvard, Northwestern and even its acclaimed southern neighbor, the University of Southern California. Techpreneurs.

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Santa Barbara Technical Review Startup Venture Capital 258

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

The race to get your SXSWi panel to as many votes as possible so that you will be selected to present at the coming 2012 SXSW. Power Up Your Life thru Mobile Gamification (Velti). Startups: Demystifying the PR Process for the Lean Startup (Symphony PR). Merge Offline/Online Networks for Startup Success.

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Southern California SoCal Guide Mixergy 89

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

What’s your role in the Coachella Valley area startup ecosystem? Joe: I came to the Coachella Valley in January of 2012 to serve as the Founder and Managing Director of the Palm Springs iHub. What makes the Coachella Valley an ideal place to start a company? Joe Wallace, CEO and Chief Innovation Officer at CVEP.

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Startup Technical Review Patents Services 119

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 28, 2018

Google raised the curtain with a splashy announcement that they’d be setting up their fifth cloud region in the U.S. While leaders like Netflix migrated to cloud services in 2012 and 21st Century Fox worked with HP to get its infrastructure on cloud computing, other companies have lagged. in Los Angeles.

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Hollywood Cloud Computing Netflix Google 254

InfoChachkie

MARCH 4, 2013

By 2012, total sales exceeded 50 million copies and founding band member Roger Waters was cited by Forbes as the second highest paid musician of the year, pulling in $88 million. Instead of refining their material based on customer feedback, they often lock themselves away in a recording studio, isolated from their fans' reactions.

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Startup Cloud Computing RSS Writing 269

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2013

I’ve always wondered who started the urban myth that the best way to start a company is to come up with a great idea, and then find some professional investors to give you a pot of money to build a company. Don’t give up a chunk of your company and control before you start.

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Startup Satisfaction Entrepreneur Legalzoom 105

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 -- Digital LA - Startups Go Social (SMW LA) Join us for our panel with startups which focus on social media - and are savvy about using social media themselves. SMWLAstartups. Moderated by Kevin Winston, Digital LA.

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Social Media Startup Media Acquisition 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2013

Santa Monica-based cloud telephony provider Callfire , which develops cloud-based telephony services used to automate phone calls and voice applications, reported today that it had record growth in 2012. The company said it saw revenue growth of 58 percent for the company. Actual financials were not disclosed by the company. cents per minute.

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Santa Monica Statistics Startup Report 173

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

For today's interview, we sat down to catch up with Jon Waterman, the founder and CEO of Ad.net, to understand what the company's business is nowadays, how the company has evolved over the years, and how the company has adjusted to life during a pandemic. Years later, I bought the company back, and we rebranded in 2012 to Ad.net.

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Advertising Startup Google Commerce 203

socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Santa Monica-based Nimble is claiming it has seen record growth this quarter, for the company''s customer relationship management tools. times, year-over-year growth in revenues between Q3 2012 and Q3 2012, a 5x increase in users, and signups from over 150 countries. Actual financials were not released by the startup.

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Santa Monica SaaS Tool Customer 164

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

What’s your role in the Coachella Valley area startup ecosystem? Joe: I came to the Coachella Valley in January of 2012 to serve as the Founder and Managing Director of the Palm Springs iHub. What makes the Coachella Valley an ideal place to start a company? Joe Wallace, CEO and Chief Innovation Officer at CVEP.

Startup 105

Startup Technical Review Patents Services 105

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2019

In an age of ever increasing marketing spend to attract customers, how do you make sure you aren't spending more acquiring a company than they are worth? Los Angeles-based Retina is using machine learning and artificial intelligence to figure out customer lifetime value (CLV) for such businesses as Dollar Shave Club. What is Retina Go?

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Dollar Shave Club Artificial Inteligence Customer Custom 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 8, 2012

Thursday, July 12, 2012 -- Marketing Your Startup - How to Open Minds and Wallets. The workshop and interactive discussion will share the secrets of the customer decision cycle and why skipping a step can be detrimental to your startup or business.

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TCVN Marketing Startup Customer 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 4, 2012

Thursday, May 10, 2012 -- Accounting and Taxation for Startups. At the inception of a company the entrepreneur typically focuses on product development, RandD, customer relationships and sales and marketing.Often, accounting and taxation are overlooked. See [link] (more)

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OCTANE Startup Equity Sales 100

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2013

The point of PUCCKA was to develop a common methodology to make sure our whole team approaches sales with the same mindset and to give us a language to talk with each other about our prospects, as in, “have you identified your customers pain point yet?”. The goal is to get the customer speaking about their organization.

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Sales Slides Startup Customer 367

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Even though Lyft nor Sidecar presented at TechCrunch Disrupt 2012 they need to be mentioned as they were a huge time saver both getting from after party to after party and also to get to the airport. Much classier than the standard yellow cab to impress that new girl who needs to know you are more than just a Ramen noodles startup founder.

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Startup Conference Google Web 77

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2012

The competition never stands still, and new opportunities are evolving, based on culture changes in your customers, new technologies, and new problems in the world which need to be solved. Look for competitors that have the same capabilities as you in a different market area, or for different customers. Hire people smarter than you.

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Startup Customer Custom Entrepreneur 98

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2013

Based on the final report for 2012 from Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), it may appear that IPOs are back as a viable startup exit strategy. For the full year 2012, venture-backed initial public offerings raised $21.5 Line up a winning team.

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Venture Capital Startup Capital Seed Funding 101

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

In one of the biggest acquisitions out of Southern California's technology startup industry in recent years, Los Angeles-based Honey Science Corporation , which develops a savings discovery and price tracking tool, has been acquired by PayPal , in a deal worth approximately $4 billion. Honey was founded in 2012 by George Ruan and Ryan Hudson.

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Southern California Commerce Acquisition .Net 133

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2017

The top 10 companies only make up 45 percent of the entire space. In the last few years, we've seen a spurt of activity where technology has started to penetrate the industry, and has started to change it. Scott Cannon: We started in 2012, when it was basically a couple of people on a telephone and the yellow pages.

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Startup Metrics Customer Custom 174

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 19, 2011

We will be at CES from start to finish (January 10-13), so make sure to keep up to date by checking back daily. We will select two startups to give a 3 minutes pitch and then hear 3 minutes comments from judges. For triple points signup to our TechZulu Newsletter to keep up with all the awesome that is TechZulu!

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Social Media Newsletter Mobile Startup 84

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

When convertible debt first started being introduced as a “faster, cheaper way to get startups funded” they didn’t have pricing built into them. What the entrepreneurs were really saying is, “I don’t want to take a lower valuation now, while I don’t have customers or a full team.

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Startup Pricing Equity Venture Capital 354