TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2019

For co-founder and chief product officer Dan Turchin, the company is the culmination of decades of work spent developing tools for human resources and employee services. Most recently, Turchin worked at ServiceNow, which he left in 2014 to launch Astound.

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JANUARY 7, 2015

Pasadena-based enterprise search software developer X1 --one of the longest running offshoots of Idealab--reported today that it had a "record" sales year for the company in 2014. The company said it saw a sales increase of nearly 70 percent over 2013. Actual company financials were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 19, 2016

San Diego-based residential solar power installer OneRoof Energy said late Friday that it has "significantlyr educed" its work force, and has begun winding down its operations, after it said it was unable to secure financing necessary to continue sales, marketing, and development. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 20, 2014

DataDirect Networks , the data storage systems developer which has significant operations in Chatsworth, reports that it is opening up a new technology center in Paris. The company said that, due to the sales growth, it has expanded its overall headcount by 20 percent since Q1. Financial details of that performance were not released.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

I spent my first year developing proprietary deal flow and learning the business and then the Sept 2008 / Lehman Bros collapse / financial meltdown happened. ” So it’s now March 2014 – 5 years since I started investing. At a minimum, I’m glad to have the “exit question” off my back in 2014.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Los Angeles-based Chrome River , a developer of expense management and invoice management software, reported what it said were record revenues in 2016, and its highest ever sales quarter in the final quarter of the year. The company did not disclose any numbers behind its announcement, however, to back that claim.

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Xconomy

JULY 7, 2016

Morristown, NJ-based Pernix (NASDAQ: PTX ) will cut 60 workers , mostly from its neurology sales staff, the company said today. In 2014, Pernix, then based in The Woodlands, TX, acquired San Diego-based Somaxon Pharmaceuticals. As of the end of 2015, Pernix reported a headcount of 274. Those acquisitions helped Pernix reach $175.8

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JANUARY 5, 2015

Ticketmanager is venture backed by Point Judith Capital and Coyote Ridge Ventures, and raised a $6M funding round earlier in 2014. TicketManager is led by Tony Knopp. Ticketmanager helps companies manage, track, distribute, buy, and sell tickets.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

Located at the southeastern tip of the San Fernando Valley, the Los Angeles suburb counts its biggest employers as the adhesive manufacturer Avery Dennison; the Los Angeles industrial team for the real estate developer CBRE; the International House of Pancakes; Disney Consumer Products; DreamWorks Studios; Walt Disney Animation and Univision.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Oculus has pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into funding VR content, and while the headset market is still small, developers have built plenty of games and experiences. If anything, the OculusVR acquisition in 2014 signaled that Facebook saw VR as a social final frontier. Early Bird tickets are still on sale for one more week.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 22, 2016

The developer also provides rent-free space for a second EvoNexus incubator in University City (about a mile or so from UC San Diego) and a third EvoNexus incubator near UC Irvine that opened at the end of 2014. In April, a study released by the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp. We have an endless time horizon.

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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. The company, which started in 2014, now has over 40 employees. What are you working on?

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 12, 2013

This allows for a timely, spontaneous and authentic connection to develop between the YouTube personalities and their fans. Keep your eye out for 2014 tickets, which will go on sale next spring. In contrast, YouTubers such as GloZell post their videos hours, if not minutes, after creating them. See you there.

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MARCH 16, 2015

Dreamforce is the conference for sales and marketing professionals. The 2014 show hosted 135,000 attendees and boasted A-list guest speakers and performers like Hillary Rodham Clinton, Neil Young, Anthony Robbins, and Bruno Mars. ( Note: I’m an investor in Invoca via Rincon Venture Partners.). Here’s how they did it.

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JUNE 23, 2016

Fenero is a provider of cloud-based contact center solutions for sales and customer service operations worldwide. The company processes more than one million calls a day, delivers 99.999% uptime to its clients and, since 2014, has experienced experienced year-on-year growth of 300% since 2014.

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DECEMBER 7, 2016

Barry Lieberman: My backgruond is about 35 years in technology, business development, and sales and marketing. I built my own company around marketing services, and have been around business development, marketing, custom service, and sales, and also on the consumer side of technology, a little bit a mix of the two.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2015

There is no black magic involved in predicting the future, if you use these four simple steps, with my basic rules of thumb to keep you on the right track: Determine your margin on sales. Forecast sales-volume expectations. This should always be a “bottoms-up” commitment from your sales team, not your own optimistic guess.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Created in 2014 and acquired by Dentsu in 2019, MuteSix was recommended to TechCrunch by Rhoda Ullmann, VP Consumer at Sense, a Boston-based startup building a home energy monitor. They also have a very smart and efficient approach to creative development that was critical to helping us scale,” she wrote.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Waiting until you have something to sell before bringing on a sales and operations staff. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. Social media is not rocket science.

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APRIL 18, 2014

It gives you full trust and transparency on what is happening, and not only applies to construction, but to regulators, to developers, and owners. Matt Brinker, our VP of products, comes from the construction industry, as does Rich Haus, our VP of Sales and Service. Todd Davis: The reason this is news in 2014, is exactly as you state.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

This year’s TZ #startupforecast (Jan 28, 2014) was no exception. Heather Wilburn – Founding Member of AdWords Program & Biz Dev Manager for Channel Sales team at Google. 2014 looks to be the year of emerging technologies (wearables, bitcoin, etc.) Projection for 2014? Summary of Topics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

On the other hand, there are some roles in a startup where Boomers are probably not the best candidates: Constantly-on-the-road sales territory management roles. Software and hardware development architects and designers. Marketing and sales to Gen-Y customers. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 10/24/2014.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 12, 2013

This allows for a timely, spontaneous and authentic connection to develop between the YouTube personalities and their fans. Keep your eye out for 2014 tickets, which will go on sale next spring. In contrast, YouTubers such as GloZell post their videos hours, if not minutes, after creating them. See you there.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

The program has been so successful that the startups have leveraged $48M in private capital to further their development. She’s also an advisor and connector to portfolio companies, and consults other angel groups to develop business plans. Prior to NextGen, she worked at Morgan Stanley, MetLife, SunTrust, and Ernst & Young.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Sales of both drugs, ivacaftor (Kalydeco) and the combo pill ivacaftor-lumacaftor (Orkambi), reached almost $1 billion in 2015 and are growing. Telaprevir sales rocketed to nearly $1 billion in the first six months, at the time the fastest drug launch ever. But the drugs aren’t cures, and competition looms.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

RCAP had purportedly valued Docupace at over $75 million when they acquired a majority interest in the company in September 2014. Another achievement in 2016 was the sale of our Irvine based portfolio company, Digital Map Solutions.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2014 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Tuesday Jan. We will have a line up of amazing panelist who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2014. 28 from 7pm-10pm in Santa Monica. There will be plenty of FREE food and drinks!

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socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2017

They had earlier on, developed a version of this as a medical product to use for law enforcement, but it was not the right time and place, the technology was not quite there, and the drug recognition program wasn't yet accepted at a national basis. However, in 2014, it was time to restart that effort.

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JUNE 13, 2019

Ilya also founded Coplex, a startup development studio. When we first launched in 2014, we found the average person might watch 1.2 Ilya Pozin: We launched in April of 2014, and sold in March of 2019, so just five years. I think that it's pretty uncommon to go through a sale process, unless it's out of desperation.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Investing early in the lifecycle of a startups history where we can have the biggest impact on strategy & team development and deliver the highest returns if we are successful. Expand our partnership, bringing in and nurturing next-generation talent who bring operational experience and different points-of-view.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2015

This new customer paradigm is no longer a homogeneous group driven by traditional media, but a network of unique individuals who interact with each other to develop buying criteria and expect businesses to interact with them in a visible way. That means your marketing must now include shopping apps, location-based services and mobile wallets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2014

Use your favorite search engine and keywords describing your solution to find online sales reports, trade association statistics and online newsletters with the latest statistics. Explore municipal-development resources. Martin Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 8/15/2014.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Other popular tools are available at low cost, with built-in e-commerce capabilities (pay via credit card), including this Top Ten list for 2014. A simple example might be a mortgage calculator to add to your real estate sales site. Many hosting services offer free tools, or will build a default website for you.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

What I love about my job is getting to see teams of super-early-stage companies develop ideas that while raw have potential to make an impact on the market. It freed up Ophir to grow out our sales organization, to work more closely with agencies, to innovate on product and to raise capital. Here’s the dilemma.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Cho, a former sales manager for Nikon Instruments and Vala Sciences, founded Echo Labs in 2014. He told the audience Revolve sales had generated $1.8 The San Diego angels group also awarded a $10,000 cash prize for second place to Braykion , which has developed a wearable device for hospital caregivers. Echo Labs image).

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2016

Despite the benefits of developing an app, there are valid reasons why retailers choose not to invest in one. Developing a mobile app can be extremely expensive and some retailers believe it is futile to spend that money if a mobile-optimized site is already in place. MYTH: Development costs are too high.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

The CEO of Patreon , one of the first businesses to develop a tech solution for artists and creators seeking consistent income, recently announced Super Patron, a $50,000-per-year grant for creators, according to The Verge. We had to explain that there was a very different way to create value in the marketing economy,” Robertson said.

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