socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2011

Power and Associates , a market research firm, has snagged a ReachLocal veteran to establish a new, digital research team, the firm said today. Power, it has hired Fabien Reille as its Vice President of Digital Research, to lead efforts into research into digital media, including monitoring online, mobile and social media activity.

ReachLocal 160

ReachLocal Westlake Village Media Social Media 160

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2011

Bizzy , the personalized, local recommendations site owned by Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , said today that it has made some major updates to its iPhone and Android apps. According to the firm, it has added the ability to follow friends from Facebook and Twitter; view streams from friends; check out nearby activity; and more.

Woodland Hills 174

Woodland Hills ReachLocal Sites Activity 174

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Palm (acquired by HP ) – In our interview we talked about how transformational mobile computing is and why it’s different than web computing (e.g. There weren’t enough details to know whether Corduro was trying to build a mobile payments company like Zong or a retail merchant processing solution like Square.

Clearstone 236

Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I meet with Bay Area entrepreneurs all the time and am actively looking to make investments there. In San Diego you have Qualcomm so an entire mobile industry has been spawned. Zorik Gordon built & IPO’s ReachLocal. Each of these companies exited for more than $500 million and several north of $1 billion.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313