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JANUARY 31, 2017

Irvine-based cloud storage service provider Zadara Storage said Tuesday that it has seen record results in its fiscal 2016. The privately held firm did not disclose any financial figures, but said it saw 2.5X sales growth, 4X international sales, with about 40% of its revenue due to its "On Premise as a Service" service.

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. Today's contribution is from Stephen Stokols , founder and CEO of FreedomPop (www.freedompop.com), which offers up free, mobile Internet service. You can see all of our holiday reflections here.

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DECEMBER 23, 2016

This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. You'll be able to see all the many 2016 reflections here as they are posted. You'll be able to see all the many 2016 reflections here as they are posted. It will be fun to see what's next over the next few years.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. Today's contribution is from Michael Root , the new CTO of DogVacay (www.dogvacay.com)--but longtime Los Angeles tech vet, having most recently been at Riot Games. You can see all of our holiday reflections here.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

All this holiday season, we have been sharing the reflections on 2016 from the Southern California's technology ecosystem. Here, we have the thoughts of Michael Terpin of Transform Group. He's also a very active angel investor. Michael Terpin: What's your favorite technology gadget, device, or innovation you ran across this year?

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DECEMBER 27, 2016

This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. Today's contribution is from Brad Brooks , the co-founder and CEO of TigerText , which provides clinical communication solutions for the healthcare industry, and also co-founder of anonymous social media app Whisper.

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DECEMBER 28, 2016

This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. Today's contribution is from Richard Wolpert , the co-founder of HelloTech (www.hellotech.com), an in-home, technology and IT support service.

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DECEMBER 22, 2016

You'll be able to see all the many 2016 reflections here as they are posted. Cody Simms: Techstars tripled down on Los Angeles in 2016 with the launch of three investment and mentorship programs for startups through which we will be investing in more than 30 startups per year in LA.

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DECEMBER 23, 2016

This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. This reflection comes from Michael Jones of Science, Inc. www.science-inc.com), the startup studio which has been behind such companies as Dollar Shave Club, Famebit, HelloSociety, and many others.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

All this holiday season, we have been sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. Here, we have the thoughts of Louise Wannier of True Roses. Wannier is a longtime Southern California entrepreneur, having founded MyShape, Enfish, and co-founding Gemstar, the maker of VCR Plus.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2016

In fact, eighty-nine percent of companies expect customer experience to be the most important factor as they compete for business in 2016, according to research firm Gartner. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 6, 2015

Irvine-based Oculus VR said this morning that it has set the shipping date for the Oculus Rift virtual reality systems, in Q1 of 2016. According to Oculus, it will begin taking pre-orders later this year.

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DECEMBER 17, 2014

Los Angeles-based XPRIZE , which runs a series of multi-million dollar challenges aimed at helping to advance technology innovation, said yesterday that it has extended the deadline for the Google Lunar XPRIZE to the end of 2016.

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DECEMBER 21, 2016

Santa Monica-baseed digital outsourcing provider TaskUs , led by Bryce Maddock and Jaspar Weir, said Tuesday evening that it hired over 5,300 employees in 2016, and now has more than 7,000 total employees spread across eleven different offices.

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DECEMBER 28, 2016

This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. Today's contribution is from Lawrence Ng , serial entrepreneur who, last year, founded OnRamp Fund , a $10 million incubator that invests in early stage startups. You can see all of our holiday reflections here.

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DECEMBER 26, 2016

You'll be able to see all the many 2016 reflections here as they are posted. This contribution is from John Greathouse , a longtime venture capitalist and also a professor at UC Santa Barbara, who was instrumental in Computer Motion's initial public offering and the sale of GoToMeeting to Citrix.

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. Today's contribution is from Alon Goren , the co-founder of Crowd Invest Summit and 805 Startups. You can see all of our holiday reflections here. What's was biggest news from you or your‏ firm this year?

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

All this holiday season, we have been sharing the reflections on 2016 from the Southern California's technology ecosystem. Here, we have the thoughts of Scott Alderton of Stubbs, Alderton, and Markiles LLP (stubbsalderton.com).

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JANUARY 22, 2020

Conroy was on the board of Sotheby's from 2016 to 2019, and also had served as MGM's President of Digital from 2016-2018, Univision's Chief Strategy and Data Officer from 2009-2016, and AOLs EVP for Product and Marketing from 2001-2008.

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JANUARY 8, 2016

Read the rest of Five Things Startups Must Do to Rev Up Business in 2016. The following are another five pillars to establish credibility in the market and build a successful, cost-effective campaign to make you a stand out to investors, prospects, your people and industry customers, all to rev up your revenue. Continued.). READ MORE>>.

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JULY 11, 2016

The Walt Disney Company has named its next class of startup participating in the Disney Accelerator , the startup accelerator and mentoring company held on the company's Burbank campus.

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APRIL 5, 2016

The Techstars Healthcare Accelerator at Cedars-Sinai announced its first class on Monday, saying that it has selected 11 companies to participate in the first accelerator to be held at the Cedars-Sinai campus for the next three months. Demo Day for the accelerator class is June 23rd.

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

Gresham has been involved with Green Dot since 2016, having been on the Boards of Directors of both Green Dot Corp. and Green Dot Bank from 2016 to 2019. Pasadena-based digital banking provider Green Dot says it has named George Gresham as the company's new Chief Finance and Operating Officer, the company said on Tuesday.

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MAY 1, 2017

A new report, released by the Angel Resource Institute in the last week, has spotlighted the Tech Coast Angels and the Pasadena Angels as among the top four angel groups in California, and the Tech Coast Angeles as number two in the nation in terms of the number of deals in 2016. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Presented by Clear Capital Advisors. Join local entrepreneurs, SaaS innovators, leading VCs, private equity/angel investors February 23 at the Recurring Revenue Conference, 8-5pm with cocktail reception after.

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

Ridesharing service Lyft said this morning that it has calculated that it has created $130M to the Los Angeles economy, as a result of its ride service. According to Lyft, a study conducted by the company by Land Econ Group finds that there was an increase in economic activity in Los Angeles due to its service, as a result of its rides.

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DECEMBER 22, 2015

As is the tradition at socaltech, over the holidays we publish contributions from some of the movers and shakers in the community, with their reflections on the past year and their thoughts on the upcoming year. What are the technologies or things you think people ought to watch in 2016? READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 22, 2015

As is the tradition at socaltech, over the holidays we publish contributions from some of the movers and shakers in the community, with their reflections on the past year and their thoughts on the upcoming year. What are the technologies or things you think people ought to watch in 2016? READ MORE>>.

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MAY 22, 2019

Los Angeles-based venture investor Upfront Ventures unveiled one of its new startups on Wednesday, a company which has been in stealth mode since 2016.

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JUNE 24, 2021

According to the organization, the prize--first launched in 2016--goes to Zzapp Malaria, with second place going to Aifred Health, and a runner up prize to Marinus Analytics. Zzapp gets $3M, Aifred gets $1M, and $500k goes to Marinus.

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JANUARY 10, 2022

The entire issue apparently stemmed from information provided by Sonos to Google back in 2013, when it was pitching Google for support of Google Play Music--which Sonos said that Google incorporated into its Google Home Speaker in 2016.

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JULY 19, 2021

Valkyrae apparently has been full time streamer since 2016, and is on Twitch and YouTube. Rachell "Valkyrae" Hofstetter will serve as a brand ambassador and HyperX Hero. Financial details of the sponsorship renewal were not announced. HyperX has a number of sponsorships with athletes, e-sports celebrities, gaming streamers, and others.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Crowdstrike--which has a offices in Irvine--had its IPO in June, and had been hired by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to investigate hacking into the party's servers back in 2016. Crowdstrike was at the center of an investigation into Russia hacking of the DNC servers during the 2016 elections.

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MARCH 8, 2016

Venice, California-based Snapchat reportedly is hoping to generate between $300M and $350M in revenue this year, according to a report published Tuesday. The report, from Recode, cited "multiple sources" in the sales target.

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JULY 31, 2019

Irvine-based smart television maker VIZIO says it is rolling out support for Apple AirPlay 2 and HomeKit, including for smart TVs it built as far back as 2016. According to VIZIO, its VIZIO SmartCast 3.0 VIZIO said the upgrade will also allow its users to control its TVs using Apple's Home app or by asking Siri.

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DECEMBER 29, 2015

As is the tradition at socaltech, over the holidays we publish contributions from some of the movers and shakers in the community, with their reflections on the past year and their thoughts on the upcoming year. What are the technologies or things you think people ought to watch in 2016?

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