socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Irvine-based VIZIO , the manufacturer of HDTVs, is taking the presenting sponsor for Rose Bowl Game through 2014, according to the Tournament of Roses , ESPN , and VIZIO today. According to the three, VIZIO will be the presenting sponsor of the game through 2014, and will be the title sponsor of the 2014 BCS National Championship Game.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2014

Los Angeles-based streaming television site Hulu has a full slate of new original series planned for this year, saying today it has plans to launch a number of new series and has renewed a number of series to bolster its original content.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Online real estate site Zillow said it has paid $6M, to settle a suit over claims that the company did not follow wage and hour laws with the inside sales consultants it employed in Irvine and elsewhere. Zillow said it has not admitted liability with either a class action lawsuit (Ian Freeman vs. Zillow, Inc.) Zillow, Inc.) READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 21, 2013

Los Angeles-based fashion sites JustFab and ShoeDazzle said Wednesday that the two are in a definitive agreement to merger bringing together two of LA''s most watched fashion and subscription e-commerce sites. According to the companies, the combined company expects to have over $400M in total sales in 2014.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2014

The site--which is led by Harrison Tang--said the growth compaes as it saw 159 percent revenue growth between 2012 and 2014. Pasadena-based people search engine provider Spokeo is up to 150 employees in its Pasadena headquarters, almost double the number of employees it had in 2012, the company said today.

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socalTECH

JUNE 3, 2014

The company said it has expanded into a new, 90,000 square foot building, as part of plans to grow its headcount by more than 20 percent in 2014. The company did not say how many people it hopes to hire at the new location. TouchCommerce says it is among the top five employers now in Agoura Hills. TouchCommerce is led by Bernard Louvat.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Los Angeles-based Represent , a social commerce startup which helps influencers and celebrities sell T-shirts and merchandise to their fans, has been acquired by custom T-shirt site CustomInk. The startup was lauched in May of 2014, and was founded by Bryan Baum, Leo Seigal and Andrej Pancik, who had met as students at Oxford University.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2014

in revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2014, down from the $101.1M Demand Media operates such sites as eHow, Livestrong, and CollegeHumor. Santa Monica-based Demand Media reported a steep drop in revenues for the last quarter, saying that it had $89.8M in revenues for the similar quarter in 2013. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Santa Monica-based online matchmaking site eHarmony is continuing its big marketing push, saying this morning that it will be featuring a float for the 2014 Rose Parade. eHarmony--which is in the midst of a big marketing and advertising push--said that its float will feature musician Natalie Cole.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2015

According to the company, the name change is aimed at communicating the change to the company's ownership, its new management team, and its new production site in California. Karma Automotive is now owned by Chinese automotive firm Wanxiang Group, which acquired Fisker out of bankruptcy in 2014.

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socalTECH

JULY 2, 2015

Los Angeles-based streaming media site Pluto TV has inked a deal to stream free content from Hulu, Jukin Media, and a number of others , to bolster the content lineup for the service. The company raised a $13M funding round back in November of 2014. Financial details of the various deals were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2015

Santa Monica-based eHarmony the online matchmaking site, said Tuesday that it has completed the second phase of a major, IT refresh at the company. eHarmony ha completed the first stage of the big refresh in Q4 of 2014. eHarmony said that its service is now built on top of Hadoop 2.0, READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Santa Monica-based online auto pricing and sales site TrueCar said it is l‌ooking to improve services to dealers and strengthen relationships with its dealers, through the appointment of a new executive. TrueCar said it has named Brian Skutta as its new Executive Vice President of Dealer Sales and Service.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased about 10 percent, from 280 out of 100,000 adults in the 2014 Startup Activity Index, to 310 out of 100,000 adults in the 2015 Index. 275 IPOs were completed in 2014, topping the 2013 total of 222 by more than 23%. million businesses in 2014. Women are a growing force as entrepreneurs.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

The company said it expects the project to create more than 900 construction and permanent operations jobs; the firm said it already has 81 workers on-site as part of the project. Abengoa said it expects its project to come online in 2014, with enough capacity to power around 54,000 homes.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2014

The flash ­sales site is known for selling personal goods such as clothing, accessories, electronics, and home furnishings to over 550,000 users, and is currently on target to reach $10 million in revenue for 2014. From it’s inception in April 2013 until December 2013, the company generated $2.1

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites, for example, cost a million dollars to set up. 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. Personalize a simple web site. Publish the site and now you are in business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2015

For example, mobile now has become the formidable new communication channel, posting a year-over-year growth rate of 47 percent in 2014, according to WBR Digital Research. Today’s customers ignore these sites in favor of ones with dynamic daily specials, promotions and positive reviews easily accessible on their mobile devices.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 19, 2014

Unfortunately, many of these professionals are doing so with a desktop mindset more akin to 2004 than 2014. For instance, consumers can effortlessly click on a desktop Facebook ad, surf a site to learn more and then execute a purchase or fill out a lead form, via their large screen, mouse and full-sized keyboard.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

The challenge a lot of those businesses have, is likely have built their sites and are using a lot of different software-as-a-service platforms. The company got acquired by FD in 2014, and over the next two or three years, a lot of people just left the business. At the same time, our first platform, Shopify, completely exploded.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2014

Pew Internet Project’s research on Social Networking reports that as of January 2014, 74% of online adults use social networking sites. Digital Insights reports in their 2014 Social Media statistics that Facebook has 1.01 billion active mobile users monthly as of March 31, 2014, while Twitter has 255 million active users.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2014

On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. Don’t expect investors to line up for your new online gaming site, adult entertainment or quick sources of cash. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 10/31/2014.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 25, 2014

2014 marked the 20th anniversary of Amazon''s founding. If Jeff and his team had launched a more prudent, scaled-back site, it is arguable they would have never achieved the critical mass that eventually led to the company’s widespread market acceptance.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Right now there are limits when it comes to this method of distribution that makes same day delivery seem less feasible, unless you live close to a distribution site. Even with carrying limited weight, Amazon CEO has stated that the octocopters will have a ten mile radius from the distribution sites.

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Xconomy

JULY 27, 2016

The company said the North Carolina site would expand its reach in genetic testing. In 2014, Sequenom sold a genetic analysis tool and a bioscience facility to San Diego-based Agena Bioscience for $31.8 Earlier this year, Sequenom announced plans to sell its RTP site , and bring some employees back to San Diego.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2014

In the world of many online television, movie, and video sites, scores of music streaming services, and other entertainment content, it''s often a difficult task to find what you really want to watch, listen to, or read. But, by the time you go to all of those sites, you have dozens of tabs open. It''s a very fractured process.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

This year’s TZ #startupforecast (Jan 28, 2014) was no exception. For a full breakdown of each of our speakers’ backgrounds, visit our event info site ! 2014 looks to be the year of emerging technologies (wearables, bitcoin, etc.) Projection for 2014? Get yourself up to speed by reading through JATI, Inc.’s

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Xconomy

JULY 18, 2016

Evoke’s late-stage study failed to show a significant benefit to the drug, EVK-001, versus placebo at all 41 of the sites that tested it nationally. In about one-third of the sites (13 out of 41), patients in the trial who took placebo reported an improvement in symptomatic diabetic gastroparesis.

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Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 24, 2016

” So we launched schoolofbookkeeping.com in 2014 and it grew and achieved and became a brand name in the industry. Over the next few months, Seth focused almost entirely on creating content for the site. After renewing my deal for a few months, he asked me to become a 50/50 partner. I did the rest.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

As part of Project VIP, AT&T plans to increase the density of its wireless network by deploying more than 10,000 macro sites, more than 1,000 distributed antenna systems, and more than 40,000 small cells. 4G LTE With Greater Speeds & Wider Coverage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2014

Social-media advertising relies on popular social media sites (such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter) to generate leads through pay-per-click ads and tweets on sites that target customers in specific demographics. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 4/1/2014. Social-media advertising. business David T.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

In light of a less than savory PR landscape, I saw this event to be an important call to attention to the developements towards the Bitcoin industry for 2014, as well as geographically important gathering of minds and enthusiasts in the space. Setting Up 2014. Some rapid fire discussion points. Bitcoin specific job boards.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 15, 2015

The curated design and photography-driven entertainment site is where GIFs and memes intermingle with stunning photography, video and the ability to purchase in app. With the mobile app launched in 2014, Tapiture continues to refine its technology to reach its users. We use machine learning to analyze the behavior. I am drawn to it.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 8, 2015

In 2014, the budget grew to $4.7 The Sony hack of 2014 shows that even a typically impotent state like North Korea can inflict real damage if motivated to wage an attack. Hacking is big business , and cyber attackers can take down the websites of large companies and extort them for money to get the sites back online.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The startup moved off-campus in 2014, with $11 million in funding from Qualcomm Ventures. The process does not require the installation of separate mapping or navigation software, or the on-site assistance of Brain Corp. emerged in the collective glow of the Obama Administration’s brain initiative. Like many startups, Brain Corp.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

These days, you can find existing patents and trademarks through Google and the US Patent Office online site without spending thousands of dollars with your favorite patent attorney. Martin Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 9/19/2014. Don’t forget to consider customer alternatives, like trains versus airplanes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2014

Makerspaces , sometimes called hackerspaces , have sites and events, including tutorials, where people with common interests can meet, socialize and collaborate. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 6/13/2014. Low-cost design and fabrication tools are extremely valuable. Have you tried it yet?

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