socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Santa Monica-based LIVESTRONG.COM , the fitness and healthy living site run by Demand Media , said this morning that it has seen a "momentous activity spike" in usage of the site. Livestrong.com is a joint venture of Demand Media and Lance Armstrong. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2022

Many entrepreneurs, especially women, gravitate to entrepreneurship because they see it as the way to balance work and family demands. These don’t have to be expensive or hard-driving activities like sports competition. That could mean they are forgoing happiness on the business side.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2012

USA Today cited the activity of such companies as Demand Media, Break.com, Buzzmedia, Citysearch, Google, JibJab, ShoeDazzle, and Viddy in Los Angeles, and Qualcomm, Slacker, Sorenson Media, and MOGL in San Diego as examples of those cities' active startup base. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

REGEN, which develops wireless demand management and demand response products for the utility industry, said the funding came from NGEN Partners and BDC Venture Capital, and will go towards rapidly expanding its marketing activities across North America. in a funding round, and set up a U.S. office in San Diego.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2016

The author outlines eight necessary steps for every business and entrepreneur to capitalize on this movement to on-demand project teams, versus permanent hires. Build an on-demand team of strategic do-ers. The on-demand specialized talent pool already includes 65 million people not interest in being full-time employees.

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Demand Training Outsource Development Entrepreneur 99

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

Its primary goal is to focus on identifying what is truly driving demand, analytically, so that our customers can optimize their activities. We have a very sophisticated, analytics and software platform that over half the Fortune 50 are now using, to help guide how they invest in marketing and sales activities and investments.

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socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2011

Those firms include Boingo Wireless , Active Network , NewEgg , GameFly and Peregrine Semiconductor. Southern California has been very active in the IPO arena, with successful IPOs recently of Cornerstone OnDemand , Demand Media , and Inphi Corp. According to the report, there are 44 U.S.,

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Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand NewEgg SoCal 167

Berkonomics

MAY 18, 2017

Penetrate the Fortune 500 with at least five active accounts within two years. Create a hosted “software as a service” or “on demand” addition to our product line by end of (next) year. Here are some example strategies from some of my companies over the recent years.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

"We just doubled our space and we're still can't keep up with the demand for office-space to work in." Travis Oberlander has beene chronicling the local technology scene for socalTECH, with a particular focus on the startup accelerators and activity in Silicon Beach. Photos courtesy Amplify.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2011

Santa Monica-based Anthem Venture Partners has scored two exits in the last week, as Los Angeles-based Demand Media hit a homerun with its IPO Wednesday, and San Diego-based Plixi was acquired by Lockerz Thursday. Anthem is one of the more active local investors, and has recently backed BeachMint, CocoDot, and TrueCar, among other firms.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2013

Will all that activity help create the next big technology, advertising, gaming, or e-commerce startup? Much of the focus is on absorbing that energy, the enthusiasm of the startup community here has created over the last few years. It's unclear.

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Startup Commerce Santa Monica Mentor 256

socalTECH

MAY 1, 2014

On-demand grocery delivery service Instacart has expanded in Los Angeles, saying recently that it is now covering downtown Los Angeles and Culver City, and will deliver groceries from Ralphs and Costco. The company has been active in Los Angeles since April 3rd.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 2, 2020

How do you think COVID-19 will change entrepreneurial activity in Los Angeles? The need to reduce people in warehouses has propelled demand for robotics/automation for companies like inVia Robotics and the need for remote monitoring has helped LA-based DroneBase.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2010

In particular, PwC said there was a surge in fourth quarter activity, with 55 IPOs completed in the quarter, worth $23.5 A number of other companies have filed but have yet to reach the markets, including Peregrine Semiconductor, Demand Media, and Cornerstone OnDemand. PwC tallied up 154 IPOs completed this year so far, raising $37.5

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Cornerstone OnDemand Marketing Report Southern California 190

socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2012

Cracked.com , the online humor site which is owned by Santa Monica-based Demand Media , said this morning that it has launched a new advertising product which it says connects advertisers with content "the moment it goes viral."

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Advertising Santa Monica Demand Content 150

socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2010

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publishing firm of Richard Rosenblatt, has long been rumored to be in the process of filing for an IPO, but has not done so yet, and service providers in the community suggest there may be a few more in the works.

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Southern California Woodland Hills Thousand Oaks Marketing 178

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2014

To get some insight into how those names are changing--we caught up with Steve Banfield , SVP and GM of Registrar Services over at Rightside (www.rightside.co) -- which is in the midst of spinning out from Santa Monica-based Demand Media. Steve Banfield: What will become Rightside has been part of Demand Media. READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

As shown below, it was recently ranked as the fifth most active metropolitan area in the US, in terms of venture deals and dollars, on a per capita basis. Unlike most university programs that are over architected and underfunded, the TMP evolved organically, based on the demands of its students and input from the local community.

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Santa Barbara Technical Review Startup Venture Capital 258

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Los Angeles-based HopSkipDrive , the ridesharing service which helps deliver kids to and from school, after-school activities, and home, said this morning that it has raised $7.4M in a new funding round. The funding came from Student Transportation Inc. STI), a company in the school transportation, safety, and fleet services market.

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Orange County Services Education Los Angeles 189

socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2016

In the world of on-demand driving�such as driving for Uber and Lyft--one of the biggest costs for drivers it the cost of owning, maintaning, fueling, and cleaning their vehicles. Why target the on-demand economy? When we first started, the largest demand was from government, particularly Mayor Greg Ballard in Indianapolis.

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Demand Los Angeles Inglewood Pricing 100

socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

It's been tough to shake people loose from companies," Stuart Macfarlane , CEO of El Segundo-based iChange , explains, saying that the firm is actively looking to hire two to three web developers. Mangers said Webvisible today has slightly under 300 employees, and hopes to have slightly under 500 employees by the end of the year.

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Southern California Technical Review Playa Del Rey Technology 246

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2011

There is no real room for negotiation, or to let demand drive the pricing on the buyer side. If you imagine, a promoter might manage Britney Spears in 50 cities, and all those cities have different demand and price points. But, what we've noticed, from activity on our site and sales--is it is getting very hot again.

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Ticketmaster Pricing Sales Activity 253

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Without active management on the part of the protégé, the meetings with their mentor will become less frequent and less impactful, ultimately accelerating the end of the relationship. In my exchanges with my friend and mentor, Bob Wood, we engage in a number of activities which keep our time together both fun and productive.

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CTO Coach Mentor Activity Satisfaction 241

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Currently, Los Angeles-based Demand Media , San Diego's Zogenix , City of Industry-based NewEgg , Los Angeles-based GameFly , San Diego-based Reva Medical , Westlake Village-based Inphi Corp , and Thousand Oaks-based Nexsan are among the local technology firms waiting to reach the public markets. READ MORE>>.

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Internet Brands Westlake Village Woodland Hills Beverly Hills 190

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2011

We actually built that about a year and a half ago, and are bringing that back due to overwhelming demand. It looks like a lot of your execs have background at Active Network? As part of that, I built a ton of relationships at Active. That's what Active did for marathons, tennis tournaments, and Little Leagues.

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Platform Training Software Review Advertising 263

Berkonomics

MAY 15, 2014

After being an active angel investor for about fifteen years, I realized that many of the discussions I was involved in were virtually identical to ones I’d had many times before. His Strategic Exits Corporation provides M&A advisory services, and he is much in demand as a speaker at angel and entrepreneur events worldwide. .

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Venture Capital Examples Invest Conference 228

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 26, 2020

In Canada, INKSmith , a startup that was making design and tech tools accessible for kids, has now moved to making face shields and is hiring up to 100 new employees to meet demand. “I After that, we’re going to meet the demands of Canada,” INKSmith CEO Jeremy Hedges told the Canadian news outlet Global News.

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Company Companies Mobile Organization 281

TechCrunch LA

JULY 3, 2018

Postie uses a combination of online data collection and an on-demand print and mail technology to give its customers turnaround times on print orders in as little as 24 hours and what the company boasts is the equivalent of online ad-targeting. Unilever buys Dollar Shave Club for reported $1B value.

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Dollar Shave Club Chief Technology Officer Advertising Los Angeles 232

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 18, 2010

As a startup entrepreneur you’ll have many demands for your time. Schedule sometime right behind the meeting - the easiest way to make sure that your meeting doesn’t over run is to simply schedule a meeting or other activity behind it. Especially if you start to have a degree of success or build a high public profile.

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Startup Venture Capital Writing Conference 305

socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2018

The new service also will let anyone with an existing CDMA phone activate the service. Sprint launched its $15 per month unlimited mobile phone service last week, but cancelled the program on Friday citing the huge demand for its low cost service. UNREAL says it already has over 50,000 users who have signed up for its beta program.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Lots of firms are now talking about this pretty actively.”. Since Revolution launched in 2005, venture capital activity in underrepresented markets has grown significantly. We see more activity there from the traditional East Coast and West Coast firms.”. “People who were investors thought, ‘Why would you do this?

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Venture Capital Funding Seed Funding Activity 211

socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2011

Southern California has had its own share of IPOs over the last year, including Demand Media, Active Network, and Boingo Wireless. The firm's filing had been anticipated, and follows a huge runup in the recent IPO of LinkedIn , and widespread speculation on what firms might be next to file. Those firms are: 1. eHarmony [ profile ].

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Southern California Legalzoom eHarmony SoCal 171

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Demand Media. Demand Media consistently popped up near number one in the list of "companies to work for" from our readers. (Readers in San Diego, Orange County, Ventura County, and elsewhere, please comment or send us your comments!). The now-public. He explains "Candidates place a very high value on flexibility.".

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Technical Review Company Companies Southern California 279

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2020

Able to balance right-brain and left-brain activities. Great entrepreneurs seek out critical customers and industry experts, and actively listen, but are not afraid to trust their own judgment as well. Don’t demand or expect immediate gratification. Investors and strategic partners look for entrepreneurs who can execute.

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Startup Entrepreneur Activity Ideas 171

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The author outlines eight necessary steps for every business and entrepreneur to capitalize on this movement to on-demand project teams, versus permanent hires. Build an on-demand team of strategic do-ers. The on-demand specialized talent pool already includes nearly 100 million people not interested in being full-time employees.

Demand 143

Demand Training Outsource Development Organization 143

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Sales of WholesaleWare, as the platform is called, Xu said, have seen more than 800% growth over the last year, now managing “several hundreds of millions of dollars of food wholesale activities” annually. Underpinning its tech is the sheer size of the operation: economies of scale in action.

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Technical Review Startup Marketing San Diego 343

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Ashour 328 ACTIVE Network 231% San Diego Matt Landa 330 (mt) Media Temple 230% Culver City Demian Sellfors 346 MyLife.com 219% Los Angeles Jeffrey Tinsley 369 Endologix, Inc. Brown 438 Volcano Corporation 163% San Diego Scott Huennekens 445 Demand Media, Inc. Lukianov 308 XIFIN, Inc. Computers/peripherals 237% Santa Ana Ayman S.

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