socalTECH
JUNE 27, 2013
Despite the increase in startup activity in Southern California, local venture capital funds are still few and far between, and a large chunk of the funding here is still from Sand Hill Road. Outdoor, we have 4,000 square feet, where we''ll have canopies, umbrellas, heating lamps, so people can just come out and hang out at our offices.
SoCal CTO
OCTOBER 7, 2009
In a recent conversation with a fellow CTO, we lamented about the fact that while there's very active software development and web development going on in Southern California and West Los Angeles, yet there didn't seem to be as much of a community around it. Yes, there are some events around particular technologies.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 17, 2009
With open source software (LAMP stack) and cloud computing infrastructure it just wasn’t that expensive to get your company going and founders just wanted to raise less money. But I’m no longer an entrepreneur – I’m a VC at a $200 million fund called GRP Ventures , the largest active fund in Southern California.
InfoChachkie
JUNE 9, 2015
In addition, something interesting in happening in Tennessee, with the advent of hands-on venture firms like the Lamp Post Group and innovative ventures, such as PriceWaiter. Savvy entrepreneurs - seek out programs which incorporate these post-graduation activities. Convert Graduate-Founders Into Mentors.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 28, 2011
It was driven by the introduction of open-source software, most notably what was called the LAMP stack. These funds were active back in 2006 when I was raising money for my second company. Open-Source Software & Horizontal Computing. The first major change in our industry was imperceptible to us as an industry.
socalTECH
JUNE 25, 2012
How do you sort through all that social media activity you are driving, and figure out who really cares about what you're posting? But, they were an HTML app on a LAMP stack. Socialtech is an enterprise wiki, social business platform in Palo Alto. I thought, what are we going to do?
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 10, 2011
Thomas and his partner lived off of credit cards, and used crappy data centers and open source software (LAMP). There are personal factors that come into play like real estate value, stock market activity, etc. Looking back, what did you learn and what would you have done differently? (0:14:15).
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
196 
Let's personalize your content