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SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Based on a trio of recent, cloud technology acquisitions by major, Silicon Valley technology powerhouses, that would be Southern California. Three companies--all started in Southern California--have been picked up for their cloud technology over the last few months, including today''s acquisition of Pasadena-based Metacloud by Cisco Corp.;

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Is another, Los Angeles consumer startup-- The Honest Company --about to be acquired by Unilever ? An unconfirmed report Thursday afternoon, from TechCrunch, says that Unilever is in early talks to acquire the company, founded by Jessica Alba and SoCal serial entrepreneur Brian Lee. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Here, we have the thoughts of Rob Freelen , Los Angeles Market Manager for Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). SoCal tech and life science companies are scaling faster than at any point in history. But its even better news for the regional SoCal innovation ecosystem. You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here.

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JUNE 1, 2016

Moorpark, California-based ERP Power , which develops LED lighting power supplies and drivers, has been acquired by private equity firm Angeles Equity Partners , Angeles said Wednesday afternoon. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Angeles Equity is based in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 16, 2017

Amazon.com did not say how the acquisition will affect its e-commerce operations, however, Amazon had already been dabbling in the grocery store business with its AmazonFresh delivery service. Photo: Whole Foods' West Los Angeles location. Whole Foods Market will continue to be led by CEO John Mackey. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 10, 2014

The greater Los Angeles area is on a phenomenal roll in terms of movement in the tech space. For our Insights and Opinions section, executive recruiter Eric Larsen gives some hints on tips on how he attracts candidates to relocate here to Southern California.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

How about mergers and acquisitions? It continues to be somewhat surprising to me to see the number of angels who have been entering this space. There have been a lot of new angel investors coming out of the woodwork, and lots of companies getting pretty good funding and valuation. I think the incubators have a lot to do with it.

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APRIL 3, 2017

The SoCal Startup Outlook compared the responses of entrepeneurs from San Luis Obispo to San Diego, versus the views of a total of nearly 950 entrepreneurs across the U.S.,

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AUGUST 10, 2016

The exit activity has been far and wide across the region, ranging from Santa Barbara to San Diego, and providing stunning returns for a large list of venture and angel investors in those companies. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 22, 2010

Those firms include Pasadena-based Genmark Diagnostics , Westlake Village-based Inphi , San Diego-based Fallbrook Technologies , Los Angeles-based GameFly , San Diego-based Trius Therapeutics , City of Industry-based NewEgg , and Thousand Oaks-based Nexsan. Tags: southern california merger acquisition gdot reald.

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JUNE 15, 2011

The Southern California linked-investors with connection to Pandora include Peter Gotcher , founder of Los Angeles-based Topspin Media , who had around 1.6M Pandora was trading as high as $26.00 Wednesday during morning trading, after pricing at $16.00 per share last night, well above the $10.00 estimated pricing range from last week.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Pandora has some Southern California connections--beyond its relationships with music studios here--including Jon Kraft , who co-founded Pandora, and Peter Gotcher , the co-founder and Chairman of Los Angeles-based TopSpin.

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MARCH 1, 2010

Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs , February 2, 2010 Looks at the critical equation around customer acquisition cost vs. customer lifetime value similar to what I discussed in Startup Metrics but in more depth. They now have a cool new way to get intros to these angels: StartupList.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Green Dot's backers included Sequoia Capital, Total Technology Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels. The exit was the eighth highest in the database, according to Ocean Road Partners. Compared with 2010, the report found an increase of 296 percent over exits in 2010, when $2.6 billion in liquidity was generated in the sector.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles? Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, February 23, 2007 Events and Networking in Los Angeles One of the issues I discussed in Innovation and Geography was that the geography and traffic in Los Angeles generally makes it more difficult for networking. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Our new customer acquisition has grown and our costs have plummeted. We are actually getting paid now to obtain customers, so our customer acquisition costs are now negative. A negative customer acquisition cost! What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to? I consider it INVALUABLE!

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OCTOBER 1, 2010

Gevo , the Caltech spinoff developing biofuels processing technology, said last week that it has completed its acquisition of a biofuels plant in Luverne, Minnesota. Gevo is one of the SoCal-linked firms currently in IPO registration. Gevo filed for an IPO in August. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 17, 2010

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 -- Greater Los Angeles Finance Network Group. Companies are receiving debt financing and the funds are being used for growth and acquisition. TechAmerica. Come join us in a compelling discussion about the state of the current debt markets. The debt markets have contracted and may be warming up again.

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JUNE 10, 2011

The bump in the IPO estimates, and if the IPO is successful, will result in a windfall for at least three, Southern California-linked investors and high tech executives.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. Tech Coast Angels Fast Pitch - February 24th - UCLA. www.pitchtheangels.com) Join Tech Coast Angels members and other start up investors at the 5th Annual Los Angeles Fast Pitch Competition. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies.

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JANUARY 5, 2011

November 23, 2010 Entrepreneurs, Using Outsourcing to Obtain Capital Efficiency Needs to be Thought Through to be Effective - Robert Ochtel , June 7, 2010 Teen Entrepreneur, Brian Wong, Youngest Founder to Receive Angel Funding - teenentrepreneurblog.com , October 28, 2010 Build Your Own Silicon Valley? First Principles.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). What have been your experiences in the past 6 months?

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DECEMBER 11, 2009

Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions.

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JUNE 19, 2009

Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com).

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MAY 31, 2016

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Levine Leichtman Capital Partners said this morning that it has acquired London-based GL Education , a provider of educational assessments in the United Kingdom and Europe. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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JUNE 26, 2009

Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Technology.

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JUNE 5, 2009

Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Technology.

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MAY 4, 2010

Redeye VC , April 13, 2010 Startup Development - SoCal CTO , April 23, 2010 Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering? Ben Casnocha: The Blog , April 15, 2010 Everyone I spoke with loved the idea.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Sponsoring socalTECH's Executive Moves section.

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JULY 24, 2009

Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Startups Made Simple. Your Software Development Partner.

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AUGUST 7, 2009

Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions.

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SoCalTech Orange County Southern California IP 100

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Startups Made Simple. Your Software Development Partner.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2012

million in a new round of financing from Peter Thiel, FF Angel , Siemer Ventures , 500 Startups , Andrej Henkler (former Bertelsmann executive), and Alexsis de Raadt-St. He helped develop an airline tracking system for Homeland Security and is an organizer of the Agile Open SoCal conference. 25 Years of Writing Code.

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MAY 22, 2009

Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 About this Blog Ive been thinking about doing a blog with my thoughts on technology and whats happening in the Los Angeles area technology scene for a while, but it was Ben Kuos recent start of a blog that inspired me to actually go ahead and do it. Thanks Ben.

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MARCH 20, 2007

Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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