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. The firm reported revenues of $57.0M 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.,

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Clearstone Advertising News Los Angeles 198

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. The market and venture capitalists are looking for business, but with a continuing focus on proven business models.

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Venture Capital Startup Capital Seed Funding 101

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2022

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 of Ignite Social Media , one of the best known social media marketing agencies.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Los Angeles-based Fuhu , the maker of the popular nabi children''s tablets , is planning a big launch into the streaming movie, music, and media market this week, according to reports. million of its tablets in 2013 and leads the children''s tablet market. According to Time, Nabi is planning to launch a $4.99 READ MORE>>.

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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. TrueCar reported a loss of $22.6M on revenues of $133.958M for the year ended December 13, 2013. TrueCar reported a loss of $22.6M READ MORE>>.

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Truecar Anthem Santa Monica Pricing 159

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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Marketing Conference Startup Oracle 133

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.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Marketing Platform 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2015

Los Angeles-based SOA Software , which develops software used by enterprises to manage internal APIs and interfaces between software, said today that it saw 90 percent growth in 2014 over 2013. Last year, the company reported 52% growth, again without specific financials. Actual financials were not announced by the company.

Software 100

Software Los Angeles Report Marketing 100

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.

Social Media 101

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socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2014

In a move that might not surprise many in Southern California''s music and technology world, Santa Monica-based Beats Music said this morning that it has acquired Topspin Music , the music marketing startup which was--until recently--run by Beats Music'' CEO Ian Rogers. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

In my view, starting a new business has never been easier, and according to reports from the Kauffman Foundation , the numbers are here to show it. The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2021, from 280 to 360 out of 100,000 of the adult population. Incorporating a business entity early through online services.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2012

In another military contract win, Monrovia-based AeroVironment , the maker of unmanned aircraft for the military, reported that it has scored an $11.1M The contract runs through February 28, 2013. The Raven is a 4.2 pound, hand-launched UAV used by the military for reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition. The Raven is a 4.2

Monrovia 145

Monrovia Acquisition Report Marketing 145

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

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. See [link] (more)

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InfoChachkie

MAY 5, 2014

Their focus on ease-of-use form over function resulted in a series of products that defeated stalwart incumbents, including marketing-leader Symantec. In fact, we used the concluding sentence of his review in our marketing materials for several years: “ GoToMyPC is revolutionary, and pcAnywhere is evolutionary. ”

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Symantec Technical Review Software Review Design 227

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

TrueCar's website allows consumers to get pricing on specific configuration options for new cars, using real market data to provide accurate information on what vehicles have been selling for.

Truecar 174

Truecar Sales Software Review Pricing 174

StartUp Beat

JUNE 6, 2018

Since 2013, teams at Facebook, Lyft, Airbnb, Vice Media, Stanford University and elsewhere have relied on Telzio’s hosted VoIP service to power their desk phones and softphones. The post The WebRTC and Business VoIP Market Heats up as Telzio Launches Browser-Based Softphone appeared first on StartUp Beat.

Marketing 40

Marketing Startup IP Web 40

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

In my view, starting a new business has never been easier, and according to reports from the Kauffman Foundation , the numbers are here to show it. The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2019, from 280 out of 100,000 to 310 out of 100,000 of the adult population.

Tips 161

Tips Startup Social Media News 161

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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Company Companies Mobile Advertising 200

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

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 of Ignite Social Media , one of the best known social media marketing agencies.

Social Media 95

Social Media Media Snapchat Platform 95

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>>.

Pricing 140

Pricing Marketing Product Develop 140

socalTECH

APRIL 19, 2013

Venture capital investments saw a sharp drop in Q1 in Southern California, according to the latest venture numbers from the MoneyTree report. The report, released by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association over the weekend, tallied up $534.3M

Southern California 140

Southern California Invest Orange County Venture Capital 140

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Because you get to work on your 2013 annual budget. Does your company need to create a financial plan and build your 2013 budget right now. So this will only be the first of your forecasts for 2013. Now that you have your bottom-up forecast, you’re ready to build your 2013 budget. Absolutely. Programmatic cost analysis.

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Startup Report Resource Capital 82

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

According to the IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report released last month by the Interactive Advertising Bureau ( IAB ) and prepared by PwC US. The second quarter 2013 internet ad revenues also saw an 18 percent year-over-year increase, reaching $10.3 The Internet ad revenues surged to a landmark $20.1 billion, up from $8.7

Advertising 86

Advertising Platform Report Technology 86

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2015

” “But if I don’t I won’t be able to recruit the best people in the market. In November of 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures coined the term “ Unicorn Club ” as it relates to billion-dollar startup companies. Why is your market broken? Why is it a really big market? ” “Ok.

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Startup Venture Capital Course Marketing 150

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

The problem is that this is publicly available information that can and will be scanned by journalists and reported. I’m only reporting to you that many people do in fact delay their filing and I’ve spoken with lawyers about how to do this in a way that they feel is kosher. When you file, you must be prepared. ” Why?

Startup 355

Startup Funding News Press 355

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 16, 2013

The firm also reports that partnerships span 25 categories with more than 600 leading brands including Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdales, Sephora, Nordstrom, Pier 1 Imports, Red Envelope, Harry and David, Wayfair and the GAP and its user base has doubled every 2 months since launch. Doubling user base & top-tier clients. It’s a win-win.”.

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Seed Funding Product Draper Develop 79

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2013

The stock market reached a new all-time high in 2013, and is finally providing some liquidity relief to concerned investors and startups alike. Home prices are slowly coming back, and consumer spending reached a new high of almost $11 billion in May 2013. Otherwise, sales, marketing, and operational costs will kill you.

Startup 86

Startup Tips Venture Capital Demand 86

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2017

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.

Social Media 64

Social Media Media Snapchat Platform 64

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.

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

—Colorado-based Webroot said in September it had acquired CyberFlow Analytics , the 2013 startup developing analytic software and machine learning technology to monitor the data flowing in and out of networks for anything that looks out of the ordinary. Webroot withheld terms of the deal.).

San Diego 40

San Diego Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Startup 40

socalTECH

MAY 17, 2019

Coming out of ServiceNow around 2013, I realized that a lot of problems that we had been discussing and dealing with with customers adopting applications like ServiceNow into the enterprise, was establishing connections of that data and processes with systems in the enterprise. So, it's quite new.

SaaS 113

SaaS Startup Customer Custom 113

Xconomy

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Venture capital firms have increased their agtech investments by 80 percent since 2012, bringing total VC investment in the sector to a total of $3 billion in 2015, according to a new report from Boston Consulting Group and AgFunder, an online investment marketplace for agriculture technology. They also queried 15 VC firms.

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Pricing Invest Report 40

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

This is classic “Innovator’s Dilemma” market conditions. My estimate is that the top 5 YouTube networks will do > $200 million net revenue in 2013 (after Google’s share). Los Angeles Tech Market Analysis' Production costs have fallen more than 90%. Distribution costs have, too.

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Media CTO Coach CTO Hire Los Angeles 320

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2013

He told TechZulu,”I figured the market could do with some alternatives.” I studied a Business Science with Honours in Marketing at University of Cape Town. We are based in South Africa, but have plans to launch globally in 2013. What are your 2013 plans? ” Here is the interview in full. How does it work?

Startup 71

Startup Incubator Marketing Seed Funding 71

Xconomy

AUGUST 8, 2016

After reporting encouraging news last week from a mid-stage trial of its lead anti-cancer drug, San Diego’s MEI Pharma (NASDAQ: MEIP ) said it has signed a drug development deal with the Swiss pharmaceutical group Helsinn that could eventually be worth over $464 million.

Study 40

Study San Diego News Design 40

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Traction is evidence that your product or service has started that “hockey- stick” adoption rate which implies a large market, a valid business model, and sustainable growth. Market penetration. In the consumer world, groups like Consumer Reports , will give you similar credibility, if positive. First of all, a definition.

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