SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Thursday, September 28, 2023 -- Insider Insights: Ask Me Anything with Jay Goss and Chris Bostick. This event series is for founders looking to level up their fundraising game and gain insights from investors and experts who can help SoCal founders prepare for fundraising. Hosted by The Alliance for SoCal Innovation.

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JANUARY 5, 2023

For our Insights and Opinions section today, we have Three Predictions for 2023: Decentralization Now, Post-Speculation, and Surviving Irrational Markets (from Tony Greenberg) The death of decentralization-washing is key to the great decoupling Net cash inflows into the market shift from speculation to revenue -- and determine winners Markets continue (..)

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MARCH 7, 2019

Santa Barbara-based HG Data , which has been developing software that helps companies understand the technology stack their operations depend on, has rebranded itself as HG Insights , and launched a new platform it calls the HG Insights Platform.

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AUGUST 10, 2021

Los Angeles-based Tetavi, a developer of immersive content and technology, says it has raised a $20M funding round from Insight Partners. The deal also included OurCrowd, Nimble Ventures, and others.

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AUGUST 24, 2021

Gardena-based toy maker Educational Insights said this morning that it has launched a new product, a "coding robot" which is designed to help kids learn how to write their own software. According to the company, its new robot, Artie Max, helps kids learn five coding languages (Blockly, Snap!,

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JANUARY 29, 2021

Santa Barbara-based HG Insights, which offers up information on technology and IT adoption to technology vendors, said this week that it has named Mark Richards as its new Chief Revenue Officer. Richards was most recently CRO at Nintex, a provider of process management and workflow automation tools.

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JANUARY 5, 2021

San Barbara-based HG Insights, which provides information on technology installations, IT spend, and related areas, has received an investment from private equity investment firm Riverwood Capital. HG Insights is led by CEO Elizabeth Cholawsky.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Irvine-based Cirrus Insight , a developer of software used to help sales people with managing their email inbox and calendar, has received what it says is a "significant" growth equity investment. Cirrus Insight's CEO and co-founder is Ryan Huff; the company's COO and co-founder is Brandon Bruce. Size of the funding was not announced.

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APRIL 16, 2019

Santa Barbara-based software developer HG Insights is powering a new market research offering from research and advisory giant Forrester, to power Forrester's new Business Technographics Service. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 24, 2019

El Segundo-based IT products and services provider PCM is being acquired by Tempe, Arizona-based > Insight Enterprises , in a deal worth $581M, the two announced this morning. Insight said that PCM has over 4,000 employees spread across those through countries. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 28, 2019

For our Insights and Opinions section today, where we share contributed articles from the Southern California technology community, we have Eric Eide , of the Alliance for SoCal Innovation , a nonprofit that recently has been working on trying to help support the local entrepreneurial community across the region. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 25, 2019

Santa Barbara-based HG Insights , which provides analytics around technology installs, IT spend, and contracts, says it has tied with LinkedIn with a new product, HG for LinkedIn.

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JUNE 24, 2019

based Insight Enterprises Inc. El Segundo-based information technology services firm PCM Inc. will be acquired by Tempe, Ariz.-based in a deal worth roughly $581 million.

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MARCH 12, 2021

For our Insights and Opinions section today, we have an article from Tony Cristiano of Pivotal Arc, talking about 3 Steps to Software Market Entry Success. Do you have an article that would be useful to the SoCal startup and technology community? Let us know! There is much money to be made in software and tech.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Irvine-based Cirrus Insight , which develops software for helping aid in sales followups, email marketing, and customer relationship management, has acquired Attach.io , a developer of real time document tracking software. Financial terms of the buy were not announced.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

For today's Insights and Opinions section, we have an article from Ivan Nikkhoo, Managing Partner at Navigate Ventures, who tells us Why Raising a Growth Round Is Getting Much Harder. Most companies that raise their seed and Series A rounds fail, primarily due to a few reasons. Lack of product-market fit and team issues are common.

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APRIL 24, 2020

Santa Barbara-based HG Insights , which provides data on IT spending and technology to companies, says it has used its technology to compare the amount of cloud adoption by companies, which it says might help companies better weather the economic storm brought on by COVID-19. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 6, 2016

Today, I was asked to join the insightly Hero™ program. I was proud to be asked, but I’m really more focused on how this can help my business and more importantly, how it can help our customers. As an insightly Hero™, I now have access to more information and resources to help our clients get more from their insightly deployments.

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JUNE 9, 2017

For today's Insights and Opinions section, where we feature advice, editorials, and more from Southern California's high tech leaders, comes from Sid Mohasseb , a serial entrepreneur, venture investor, adviser, teacher, speaker, and author of The Caterpillar's Edge: Don't Leave Change to Chance! Ask yourself: Are you evolving fast enough?

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MARCH 11, 2019

For our Insights and Opinions section this morning--where we feature contributions from our readers we have a contribution from Braven Greenelsh, who talks about improving your team's efficiency. After more than two decades of working with small, agile teams who represent large, multi-billion dollar companies, Ive learned a few things.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

For our Insights and Opinions section today, we have a contribution from entrepreneur Braven Greenelsh , who talks about how--if you're an entrepreneur--you have to realize that sometimes, everything is on fire, every day. If this title scares you, then you shouldn't launch a startup.

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JULY 10, 2018

Christine Willig is the CEO of Illuminate Education, which said the combination of the companies was facilitated by Insight Venture Partners, which already had been the majority owner of Illuminate and Key Data Systems (KDS). Financial details of the five way merger were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2022

Based on the insights I see from Cure’s book and others, I recommend the following strategies for reducing fear in your own mind and in the minds of your constituents: Increase your own self-awareness. Fear fosters suspicion, mistrust, and cynicism of the leader and the startup.

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MARCH 13, 2019

For our contribution to our Insights and Opinions section today, we have a legal update from Kevin DeBr of Stubbs Alderton and Markiles LLP, on a recent change in copyright law. This week, the U.S. Supreme Court made clear what has been a gray area of copyright law  copyright owners must register their work with the U.S.

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AUGUST 13, 2014

Irvine-based Cirrus Insight , which develops apps which connect Salesforce with Gmail and other Google apps, has launched a new app, which it says helps companies monitor adoption of Salesforce, customer engagement, and email effectiveness. cirrus insight salesforce gmail analysis software' READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 16, 2018

In our Insights and Opinions section, we regularly feature contributions from the local community about the local technology ecosystem. Today, we have an opinion piece from Ed Guerrero of Silicon Valley Bank, on the mobile gaming industry.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2022

When you have been on the startup firing line, you quickly learn that any insight from experts and entrepreneurs who have been there before you can make the difference between failure and success. Yet, many new entrepreneurs brazenly assume they are bulletproof, and march blindly into the fray.

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MAY 24, 2017

Irvine-based Resolve Systems , which develops enterprise incident response and automation software for the cybersecurity, IT, and network operations markets, has been acquired by Insight Venture Partners. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. in the deal.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Rob Freelen of Silicon Valley Bank (one of our sponsors) shares his opinions on where things are going in our Insights and Opinions section. What's going on with Southern California's innovation economy, and where is the action? With 2017 now in the rear view mirror, we are looking ahead to 2018.

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DECEMBER 3, 2013

Digital Insight , the developer of online banking software which has major operations in Westlake Village, has just been sold to NCR , in the second sale of the company this year. billion for Digital Insight from Thoma Bravo, which just bought Digital Insight in July from Intuit for $1.025 billion. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 15, 2013

For today''s Insights and Opinions section today, we tap into the wisdom of Ivan Nikkhoo , an experienced entrepreneur, investment banker and VC at Siemer & Associates, and who is an advisor to Siemer Ventures. Nikkhoo gives some insights into the skill of raising growth capital. Continued.). READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 23, 2013

For this afternoon''s Insights and Opinions section, we''re sharing a recent blog post from Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures. insights opinions mark suster startup advice' Mark writes about The Perils of Shiny New Objects. The shiny object. Or as Michael Lewis aptly called in this great book, " The New, New Thing " (continued.).

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MARCH 5, 2019

For today's Insights and Opinions Section , Rob Freelen, Los Angeles Marketing Manager for Silicon Valley Bank, talks about the startup outlook for 2019. Predicting what 2019 will hold for the SoCal innovation economy is risky. Market swings, geopolitical tensions and shifting trends always have the potential to throw us off course.

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OCTOBER 22, 2015

For today's Insights and Opinions section, where we feature contributions from our readers and the community, we have a bit of advice from angel investor Dave Berkus , who says, Raise Money On Good News. Read more advice and insights at our Insights and Opinions section. Or when a major customer signs a significant deal.

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JUNE 24, 2019

Louis; PCM acquired by Insight for $581 million SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy rocket; Virgin Hyperloop works with WashU in St.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

For this morning's Insights and Opinions section, where we feature the contributions of our readers, we have an article from Wiliam Hsu , co-founder and managing partner of Mucker Capital (www.muckercapital.com). You can read the full article at The Cryptic VC's Guide to Saying "No" On Investments in our Insights and Opinions section.

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

In today's Insights and Opinions section, we have a post from Alejandro Guerrero of Silicon Valley Bank. This post aims to bring attention to another community that I call The 1%  the Latinx Venture Capitalist (VCs) who represent only 1% of all the VCs in the U.S. even though the Latinx community represents 18% of the U.S. population.

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