InfoChachkie

JUNE 24, 2013

One that he particularly struggled with was "word-of-mouth marketing,”which he consistently referred to as "mouth-to-mouth marketing." We adopted his phrasing and made it our mission to devise creative, mouth-to-mouth marketing initiatives. I now realize why guerrilla marketing is not for the timid. we sure do.

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socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2014

Woodland Hills-based online local online marketing provider ReachLocal is bragging today that it has signed up 1,000 clients for its new ReachEdge marketing automation product. The product had been launched in September of 2013. reachlocal marketing automation customers leads software' READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 17, 2012

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2013 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Thursday Jan. We have a line up of amazing speakers who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2013. The post TZ Presents 2013 Startup Forecast appeared first on TechZulu. 24 7pm at The ROC in Santa Monica.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

2013 has proved to be a wild year. In the market we’ve seen the massive uptick of SaaS valuations in the public markets and commensurate attention on private market fundings and valuations. 2013 was the year of wearable devices and physical products. eCommerce was battered this year. I appreciate that.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 1, 2013

Monday, January 7, 2013 -- Sales/Marketing Study Group. Study group for tech startup founders who want to get better at sales and marketing. See [link] (more)

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

I first met Andrew Stalbow , the founder & CEO of Seriously in August of 2013. On August 23rd, 2013 I had an email intro from my good friend and trusted source Jeff Berman who only sends me stuff when it is somebody he respects (ie a strong filter vs. those who send casual intros). Tech Market Analysis Upfront Ventures'

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

All in a room at the University of Southern California Silicon Beach Event on September 18th, 2013. Pelv-Ice is a pelvic support device for post-partum mothers and a recent winner of the Accelerating Innovating Mentoring (AIM) 2013 incubator and pitch competition. Filled with innovation. I got feedback from the pitch I did there.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Vice President, Sales and Marketing , Stanton Chase International. The company and this position is Los Angeles based.The Vice President, Sales and Marketing will have full responsibility for achieving the companys revenue and profit margin targets.

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DECEMBER 27, 2012

Kevin Winston , is the organizer of Digital LA , the popular and widely attended networking organization for the Los Angeles startup, web, movie, music, marketing, and social media community. We'll head back to the beach on the first week of summer for a week-long Silicon Beach Fest in Santa Monica June 2013.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 23, 2013

Tuesday, January 29, 2013 -- Making SEO and Paid Search Marketing Work for Startups. Join Stubbs Alderton and Markiles, LLP for this exclusive event! Speaker: Corey Quinn, VP Business Development, The Search Agency, Inc. See [link] (more)

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socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2014

Auctino.com, which was founded by Jeff Frieden, operates an online real estate marketplace focused on the commercial real estate market. The company says it now has over 900 employees, and had over $7 billion in commercial and residential real estate traded through its marketplace in 2013. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2013

EventUp , the online marketplace which helps people find and book unique venues for their events, has now expanded into eight markets, after recently adding Washington, D.C., to its list of cities.

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socalTECH

JULY 7, 2014

According to Atmel, it will use the buy to strengthen its position in the Internet-of-Things (IoT) market. NMI offers up both 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth products, which it has been selling into the industrial, home and building automation, and consumer products markets. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 19, 2014

Action sports camera maker GoPro , which has a few Southern California connections, has filed for an IPO, saying Monday in a regulatory filing that it is looking to raise $100M on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as GPRO. Morgan, Citigroup, Barclays, Allen & Company LLC, Stifel, Baird, MCS Capital Markets, Piper Jaffray, and Raymond James.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

RBC Capital Markets, Needham & Company, Oppenheimer & Co, and Luma Securities. for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The company''s IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, Goldman, Sachs, & Co., Rubicon is venture backed by Clearstone Ventures, News Corp., Mayfield, as well as others. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2013

Yet 2013 is still projected by The Fiscal Times as a difficult IPO opportunity for startups, due to choppy markets, continuing fiscal uncertainty, and the Facebook fiasco. The market and venture capitalists are looking for business, but with a continuing focus on proven business models.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 24, 2013

One that he particularly struggled with was "word-of-mouth marketing,”which he consistently referred to as "mouth-to-mouth marketing." We adopted his phrasing and made it our mission to devise creative, mouth-to-mouth marketing initiatives. I now realize why guerrilla marketing is not for the timid. we sure do.

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socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2014

Morgan, Citigroup, Barclays, Deutsche Bank Securities, RBC Capital Markets, KKR Capital Markets, and Stifel. The company reported a net loss of $131M for 2013, on revenues of $1.13 GoDaddy said it is looking to raised up $100M in its IPO, which is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, J.P. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Looking back at the most successful entrepreneurs we've met, we see that the single most predictive common denominator is their relentless focus on executing toward product / market fit by specifically de-risking and the riskiest assumption of their product / market fit hypothesis.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 9, 2013

Do you ship your product in what you don’t feel is feature complete so that you can be in market first or should you hold back and deliver a product you believe will get better reaction from the market but is 3 months later? It’s 2013 and I’m supposed to believe in the “wisdom of the crowds.”

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2014

The company also has an expanding base of customers in the enterprise market According to TigerText, the round comes after it more than quadrupled its sales in 2013, and will help to go towards accelerating market penetration. READ MORE>>. tigertext venture capital healthcare text texting communications enterprise software'

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

j2 Global said the buy will contribute approximately $60M to its 2013 revenues. j2Global owns eFax, OneBox, Fusemail, and a number of other unified communications, online backup, email marketing, Internet fax, and other businesses. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2013

On Friday October 25th, this innovative spirit was put on display at the 2013 Student Innovator Showcase. Grief Center Market Traction Award ($2500): BriskRabbit. The post USC Students Show Off Their Innovations at 2013 Innovator Showcase appeared first on TechZulu. Students Choice Award ($600): Trail.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2012

Warner said it will be launching the world in North America in fall of this year, and in select international markets in 2013. The new world is being developed by the firm's WB Games Montreal studio. The game is currently in beta. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Rovio, now says it is planning an IPO on the Hong Kong stock exchange in 2013, according to an interview in a Finland paper. is on the markets. Rovio , the Finnish maker of the popular Angry Birds games, is talking up an initial public offering saying that it is looking to rival Burbank-based Walt Disney Co. as a media company.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 4, 2018

market with the help of several Los Angeles-based investors. Freeletics , headquartered in Munich, Germany, is today announcing its first round of private capital after bootstrapping since 2013. One of Europe’s most popular fitness applications is poised to flourish in the U.S.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2011

Markets will stay irrational longer than companies stay solvent. For example, data center companies will continue to take losses, go out of business, or get acquired on unfavorable terms even as all indications point to extreme shortages in data center space by 2013. Someone will found another content delivery company.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

SolarReserve said it is now working on marketing the project to utilities in Arizona and California, with construction to begin in late 2013 or early 2014, and projected commercial operation in 2016, if it secures a long term power contract. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 3, 2013

On April 7-9, 2013 San Diego welcomes the top influencers of social media in an extensive networking conference, Social Media Marketing World. You’ll also have the opportunity to connect face-to-face with social media marketing experts and build a network of like-minded individuals around the world.

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socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2014

Santa Monica-based TrueCar has filed for an IPO, saying Friday that it is looking to raise up to $125M on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as TRUE. on revenues of $133.958M for the year ended December 13, 2013. The IPO is being underwritten by Goldman, Sachs & Co. TrueCar reported a loss of $22.6M READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

If you want the full SlideShare deck with many slides not in either post it’s in this link –> The LA Tech Market. Has it begun to mature or is it just better marketed than in was say 5 years ago? Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

TrueCar, an LA-based company, sells more cars now than any physical dealer in the country and recently went public and has a $1 billion market cap. While the costs of starting a tech company have plummeted it still does take money to hire a team, launch products and market oneself. Mavens & Marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2015

Isn’t it frustrating to think you finally understand something 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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socalTECH

JULY 15, 2014

Gojkovich was most recently the Chief Marketing Officer for ParkMe, and also has served as VP of marketing for Grindr, and was also involved with the development of social app Blendr. CurbStand says it has been offering up its app since October of 2013. READ MORE>>. parkme gojkovich serge executive curbstand'

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2012

The contract runs through February 28, 2013. military and others, and the firm is also now looking to tackle the domestic market with its Qube small UAS for law enforcement and other public safety uses. The Raven is a 4.2 pound, hand-launched UAV used by the military for reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

SGN said a selection of its games will be powered by Betable in certain overseas markets. SGN said it will begin activating gambling in a selection of its mobile titles in overseas markets, beginning in the first half of 2013. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The Post's article says that Fisker is "two years late" in reaching the market, pointed at the firm's decision this week to delay until 2013 its production of a moderately priced family sedan, and pointed out issues with meeting energy-efficiency standards with its Karma. READ MORE>>.

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