socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2017

j2 Global said it acquired Fonebox , Everyday Health , CudaMail , Unified eMail , Abaxio , and GreenFax , all during Q4 of 2016. Fonebox is in the cloud/voice area in Australia, Everyday Health is an online publisher, CudaMail is an online email provider in Canada, Unified eMail is an email marketing company.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2016

It may seem hard to believe, but even in 2016, there remain a number of successful consumer brands that are not sold online. I thought it would be interesting to understand the challenges and concerns of entrepreneurs who began selling online for the first time in 2016, so I sat down with Heidi Muther, COO at Z S upply , LLC.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 12, 2016

Monday, July 18, 2016 -- South Bay Monday Club. Email Fred Haney at fredvmc@earthlink.net. Networking group for investors and entrepreneurs.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 15, 2016

Wednesday, June 15, 2016 -- USC Incubator Reception. Email Heidi Hubbeling at hhubbeling@stubbsalderton.com. Join us for an evening of great food, drinks and networking on our 2nd floor patio as we welcome the newest group of USC Incubator companies, and celebrate the program's past successes.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2016

In 2016 I finally cracked SnapChat with the launch of Discovery. And honestly I love technology products and if you don’t try the newest stuff you’ll wake up an old person emailing from your Hotmail account with links to MapQuest over your dial-up AOL plan. David Tirazona (@TirazonaD) March 7, 2016. Stay young. D7elVkC4XR.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Friday, September 9, 2016 -- LA CTO Forum. Email Tony Karrer (tony.karrer@aggregage.com). The LA CTO Forum has grown over the past 15 years into an amazing, highly-vetted group with more than 350 members. It's the largest such group in the US. It's a pretty amazing group of people.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 13, 2016

Tuesday, July 19, 2016 -- Women in LAVA and Golden Seeds Investor Night. Email Women In LAVA Committee WinLAVA@yahoo.com. Women in LAVA and Golden Seeds are excited to invite female founders (and companies with women in the C-Suite) seeking funding, to apply to an exclusive event with angel investors.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2016

in cash and investments--said it now expects its revenues to be between $830 and $860 million in its fiscal 2016. The company--which says it ended the quarter with $407.2M

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 26, 2016

6 Entrepreneurs share their predictions for this year’s evolution of online industries, which will be key for small businesses across the globe in 2016. In 2016, the price of mobile data will remain relatively stable. Streamlined Online Experiences – Think Slack 2016. Wireless Global Connections.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2020

All of us are struggling to keep up in this age of technological acceleration, where we learn every day that we can’t trust links in our email, marketing guarantees, or phone requests from people we don’t know. I summarize the key elements of the transformation as follows: Customers are seeking control in a run-away world.

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Tech.Co

JULY 21, 2016

The UCLA Conference to Advance Women in Technology will take place on Friday, August 12, 2016 from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm (w/Networking Reception 3:00 – 5:00 pm) at the UCLA Pauley Pavilion Club. Please email womenintech@ucla.edu with any questions or to request an invitation. Registration.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Sign up to Tech.co's weekly newsletter today Please fill in your name Please fill in your email Subscribe By signing up to receive our newsletter, you agree to our Privacy Policy. You may remember it from it’s 2016 appearance on Shark Tank, where it secured $600,000 in funding from Sharks Mark Cuban and Chris Sacca.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

The following year, she stepped down as CEO, and by 2016, her company filed for bankruptcy and was purchased by Boohoo. Nasty Gal CEO Sophia Amoruso is credited with coining the term in the title of her 2014 memoir, “#Girlboss,” which chronicled her rags-to-riches success and was adapted into a Netflix show.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

These are the endless stream of email, phone calls, and daily crises which prevent really important accomplishments, like closing customers. Start each day with the highest priority task you need done that day, and leave the emails and phone calls till the end of the day, if you have time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2016

The concept of talking too much is equally applicable to non-verbal discussions, including texting and email. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 09/27/2016. This will help you get more done in less time. Choose the right environment and mode of communication. Practice the connect, convey, and convince strategy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

If you find yourself with a thousand emails in your inbox, or regularly don’t bother to follow-up or call people back, it’s unlikely that anyone will consider you for a leadership position. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 11/14/2016. Doing things haphazardly and procrastinating is error-prone and not productive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

The follow-up should be simple and to the point, such as a quick email suggesting an opportunity to continue the discussion. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 11/05/2016. Exchange connection info and follow up within two days. If you have interest in a real relationship, don’t let the initial connection fade.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

When we launched in January 2016, it ranked in one of the top 30 social networks and people simply liked the idea of discovering who shared your birthday nearby and the idea of celebrating with others,” said Hagger. We feel like emotion and storytelling has been lost in the transition from physical to digital gifting,” said Hagger.

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socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2017

However, if you think about IT security, all the systems everyone is familiar with, ERP systems, web, and email, and other basic network systems, all those systems that are designed to run companies, my history and background is in securing those platforms. However, industrial security is very different.

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Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 24, 2016

We would relaunch the company in 2016 as the new entity and get all our ducks in a row. Shortly thereafter, he sent me an email stating he wanted to leave the business and hand it all over to me. It was done in a matter of minutes and the new company was finalized and I took full control on January 1, 2016. It never happened.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2016

Waiting for an email response, for a chat session to start, or listening to elevator music on the phone won’t endear you to customers and won’t convince them that their satisfaction is urgent for you. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 06/08/2016. Rewards and bonuses should be based on wins against competitors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2016

I’m not suggesting that formal legal documents are always required, but agreements without some paper or email trail are easily forgotten or misconstrued. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 04/22/2016. Delay incorporating until required by investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2016

Use multiple social-media channels, blogging, email and voicemail to build the same image and responsiveness as larger competitors. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 03/25/2016. Use your networking to get advice, but all jobs can be do-it-yourself. Operate small, but show a big-company image.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2016

For example, use social channels to mine for newsletter content, and connect to your blog account, where you include email sign-up forms. Marty Zwilling First published on Forbes on 06/08/2016. Integrate marketing touchpoints to convey a meaningful message across all channels and platforms. Content that doesn’t connect doesn’t fit.

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StartUp Beat

MARCH 29, 2018

The startup that was founded in late 2016 has changed the game for smaller-sized companies, as it lets them directly access the support channel via the office communication app Slack. The company boasts that it can keep the “email, computers, Wi-Fi and software running smoothly” at any given business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2018

An increasing number of startups are adopting a BYOD policy, realizing that individuals have their own preferences in the way they access data, collect emails or ‘chat’ to colleagues. In the US, 55 million workers identified themselves as freelancers in 2016, up 6% from 2014. Bring your own device to work (BYOD).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2016

Real growth requires new and innovative ways to find customers, as well as old-fashioned advertising and email blasts. Marty Zwilling First published on Forbes on 07/22/2016. Now is the time to formalize lead-generation efforts, and initiate efforts to maximize the conversion rate to sales closure. Don’t give up your dream too early.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2016

Warm introductions from friends and family to existing investors is far more productive in fund-raising than email blasts, social media connections, or cold-calls to famous investors. Marty Zwilling First published on Forbes on 08/22/2016. Use friends and family as advocates to network to professional investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2016

Communicate job opening via your web site, craigslist and personal emails. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 03/11/2016. Here are the key process steps I recommend Create a one-page job description on the position you want to fill. Get it reviewed and approved by peers, including salary and perks.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 23, 2015

Russian hackers have recently been reported as having accessed President Obama’s email address in as military hackers believe that both Hillary Clinton and the President’s emails are still vulnerable to hacking. As a result, software companies are turning to military trained hacking talent to help deal with this threat.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2017

With the Identity Theft Resource Center® reporting a 40 percent increase in data breaches in 2016, there seems to be a growing population out there worried about all the people intent on hurting them. Why is everyone so paranoid these days? Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2016

And the week we finished our 2016 Summit, Stuart had already survey attendees for feedback, completed an analysis of what worked and what didn’t and identified the dates for our 2017 Summit. It’s honestly liberating to know that I CAN’T check my email, Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, NYTimes, etc. Medication.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 19, 2016

Lin made his claims in an email to University of California, Berkeley professor Jennifer Doudna, Zhang’s rival in the dispute over who invented key aspects of CRISPR-Cas9. The email has surfaced in Berkeley’s filings as part of its patent fight with the Broad.

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Southern California Edison Blog

JUNE 26, 2019

Online parent portals can display school announcements, emails from teachers, or updates on assignments that allow parents to be more involved in their child’s classes and workload. In 2016, the State Education Directors Association (SETDA) set school network standards at 10Gbps per 1000 users for internal WAN connections.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 26, 2016

Nick Denton (@nicknotned) March 1, 2016. After they logged in with dial-up, not only did they have email and instant messaging, but they were also on a page that provided them with (slightly curated) news, weather, videos, images, games, and articles. pic.twitter.com/TB1GTGt9ss.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2016

However, this year many brands still won’t deliver a full mobile experience, which is to say that, in 2016, many retailers still won’t have apps. Apps are also able to send advertisements through push notifications, which a customer is 50 percent more likely to open a than a promotional email, according to this study by Responsys.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 9, 2017

For 2016 alone, there are two reliable sources of recent data for us to examine. Tech Coast Angels, one of the largest angel groups in the United States, published its data in 2016, showing sixty-eight percent plunging to less than the amount invested. Restaurant startups would not top my list. And, the U.S.

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