socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

What is it to start up a company, and run it to the brink of shutdown�only to have it acquired and restarted immediately? We caught up with co-founder Joey Flores on the story behind the company's brush with death, and its recent acquisition by You42, which was announced last week. So, we decided to shut down the company.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

For today's interview, we sat down and talked with Mike Whitmire , the CEO and Co-founder of Los Angeles-based FloQast (www.floqast.com), a developer of financial close management software for enterprise accounting. Mike tells us about the company, who uses its software, as well as how he was initially turned away from the Amplify.LA

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socalTECH

APRIL 17, 2015

More than half of this quarter''s investment due to a single, nearly $1 billion investment in Hawthorne-based SpaceX. billion invested--again thanks to SpaceX--then Software, with $316.95M in deals. Biotechnology companies were the third most popular investment area, with $165.3M invested in SmartDrive Systems. Nationally, $13.42

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

If you're an employee in a big company, sometimes it can feel like you're not sure when your career is going. com) � backed by local investors Rincon Venture Partners and Bonfire Ventures�is helping to solve that problem, with its career pathing software designed for helping employees at large enterprises figure out what's next.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

He eventually founded and sold consumer health firm ViSalus to a public company and is now back making investments, in technology companies, as a venture capitalist here at Los Angeles-based HashtagOne (www.hashtagone.com). After we sold it to that public company, I founded HashtagOne. What's the theme of your investments?

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Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

She’s also an advisor and connector to portfolio companies, and consults other angel groups to develop business plans. Joanne was an angel investor for two years at Hyde Park Angels prior to joining Foundation Capital in 2014. She began her career as an engineer at Cisco Systems and later cofounded a mobile gaming company.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Last week a company we enthusiastically backed, uBeam , led by a very special entrepreneur, 25-year-old Meredith Perry , announced a $10 million round of financing. Working at a big company is honorable and I don’t believe the narrative that all of this tech disruption is to kill off big companies. We checked safety.

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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

The barriers to entry when it comes to launching a company require less tension and a lot less capital. In 2006, a passion to help startups grew into Tech Cocktail , a company whose mission was to showcased burgeoning companies in bars around the country. BlackTech Week (Miami, FL). Pledge 1% (San Francisco, CA).

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. If you raise millions of dollars from professional investors it is no longer “your” company but a shared company that you control. Reviewing financial & operational performance.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2014

On one end, entrepreneurs who have (at minimum) built something customers love and are willing to pay for, and the other hand, investors who are looking for the very companies who fit that profile. What companies like SeedInvest and its peers are doing to help connect investors to startups. Introducing SeedInvest.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

View the Slideshow A little more than a year ago, amid a resurgence in San Diego’s software sector, Xconomy identified a baker’s dozen of local tech companies to watch in 2016. The idea was to feature early stage companies in the region that have not attracted much attention or raised a substantial amount of startup capital.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

The conference will discuss, debate and imagine potential scenarios that could develop due to advances in Aritifical Intelligence. Below are the list of speakers: Peter Voss (Keynote Speaker) is an entrepreneur with a background in electronics, computer systems, business and technical software, as well as management.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Cho, a former sales manager for Nikon Instruments and Vala Sciences, founded Echo Labs in 2014. The San Diego group also hired its first executive director, Ashok Kamal, and has been working to improve its operations by restructuring and streamlining its due diligence process. He told the audience Revolve sales had generated $1.8

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

They include people like Sir Richard Branson , born in 1950, who has founded over 400 companies, and claims to be just getting started. Software and hardware development architects and designers. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 10/24/2014. Personnel Manager. Marketing and sales to Gen-Y customers.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Many people will write the history on why Ring became an enormously successful company and why it became a real-world unicorn in a world when many startups are anointed that merely on paper. It is an LA-based company that was recently acquired by Amazon, which you can read more about in this incredibly well-researched article.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Companies like Amazon and DHL are paving the way for automated, GPS-based shipping that can use a drone to send a package to a consumer’s home in less than an hour. Amazon proposed an idea in October, 2014 called Prime Air that would ship packages from one of their many Gargantuan warehouses directly to consumers in major cities.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

For those just tuning into the events, we’ll provide you the long short of it in play by play fashion: AOL owned company, TechCrunch ( acquired in 2010 ), who operates CrunchBase lists their database as “the free database of technology companies, people, and investors that anyone can edit.”

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socalTECH

MAY 23, 2017

Our interview this morning is with Jonathan Zweig , the CEO of Los Angeles-based AppOnboard (www.apponboard.com), which has created software which allows mobile app developers--and in particular, mobile game developers--to create demos of those games which can be played without having to download and install those apps.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2013

Traditional business intelligence (and data mining) software does a very good job of showing you where you’ve been. Then companies can determine promotional effectiveness by narrowly defined customer segments, by location, or by delivery channel. Companies need the same service on partner and acquisition candidates, even vendors.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 4, 2016

In 2014, 83 percent of healthcare organizations were already using Cloud technology for some of their processes, and that number is expected to continue growing through 2016 to improve patient care. Let us know which healthcare areas are due for technological advancement in the upcoming year.

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Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

With a cloud lingering over the peer-to-peer lending industry, privately held National Funding is disclosing new details today about its operations, in a bid to step into the light and differentiate itself as a fintech company and alternative lender. Alternative lending encompasses a broad range of loan options outside traditional bank loans.

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Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

With a cloud lingering over the peer-to-peer lending industry, privately held National Funding is disclosing new details today about its operations, in a bid to step into the light and differentiate itself as a fintech company and alternative lender. Alternative lending encompasses a broad range of loan options outside traditional bank loans.

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Xconomy

JULY 1, 2016

There was plenty more biomedical news this week, from a downsized IPO to downsizing companies, while ugly sexual harassment details emerged in Seattle. To boost the initiative, which aims to speed the pace of cancer research, FDA said it would consolidate its cancer review divisions under the Oncology Center of Excellence.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 8, 2015

Bitcoin’s booth wasn’t a surprise to see at CES due to the huge noise it made in 2014 only seems fitting we find them here. Bitcoin had a few companies relating to anything Bitcoin, but what was great about the booth was the free swag. Who can say no to a cute little teddy bear? Massage Charis.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 24, 2014

Since we’re so excited about the service provided by Buddytruck and the fact that it is such a terrific solution to an all too common problem, we opted to ask them a few questions about the company and a find out a little more about what they offer. AJ: Buddytruk has been active and accepting pickups in Los Angeles since August 1, 2014.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 26, 2016

The issue of cyber-espionage, targeting companies like Target, Home Depot and Anthem Insurance, continues to be a concern. However, due to the size of apps and digital media, along with the enhanced data speeds that LTE networks provide, 10GB of data will ultimately provide a similar user experience to what 5GB of data did in 2014.

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