socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2020

Santa Barbara-based Impact , which develops partnership management software, said this morning that it has acquired ACTIVATE , an influencer marketing platform which provides influencer discovery, program workflow, measurement, and analytics. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2021

Here are a few: Business networking. For entrepreneurs, effective networking is required to find investors, partners, and customers. It doesn’t work if you don’t follow up on networking opportunities, networking referrals, and ongoing networking relationships. Investor negotiations.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

a new iOS application in November , allowing users to easily see who is nearby, what they''re doing, and helps you explore others who might be interested in similar activities in real life. At The Pool, led by Alex Capecelatro, is geared at moving social networking "offline" with real life activities. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 30, 2014

Brock Pierce , the Southern California angel investor who is one of the most active proponents and investors in Bitcoin and its startups, has made another investment in the space, leading an AngelList syndicate funding of ZipZap.

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socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2019

Los Angeles-based AcceleratXR announced on Monday that it has launched itself into the videogaming software development tools market, with a new, real-time networking engine.b According to AcceleratXR, it has created a new, real-time networking engine for games and extended reality applications. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2017

Only those with maniacal focus on results and a willingness not to engage in every activity achieve extraordinary results. I think of activities as a funnel. Recruiting, business development, shipping product, writing blog posts, networking … it’s all the same. The modern world is filled with constant distractions.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2013

And still able to make it out to LA networking events. Talking about how to inspire moms to get their children engaged with iPads and physical activity sets customized for their kids and based in part on their digital lives. When you think about physical stickers and activity books every parent can understand.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

In my last post I pointed out that many of the media commentators who have criticized the YouTube video network companies as not having strong businesses were mistaken. Much of network television can cost $100,000 / minute to produce. It’s why many talent agencies or ad networks struggle to get scale advantages.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2012

We are actively hunting for startups who are either ambitiously addressing the Achilles heels of these platforms head on, or disrupting traditionally "non-tech" industries with technology solutions where the dominant players lack tech expertise. What are the technologies, companies, or things we ought to watch in 2013?

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socalTECH

JULY 21, 2021

Los Angeles-based venture capital investment fund Bonfire Ventures is looking to extend its network--and make more angel, pre-seed, and seed investments--through a new program is is calling Bonfire Firestarters.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Nimble's web-based software lets users track all of their interaction with a customer or client, including emails, social networking activity, phone calls, and more. Nimble--which is led by CRM software vet Jon Ferrara--said that the new enhancements lets users pull in external data, such as maps, invoices, news, and much more.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

its 12 week program will provide mentorship, insights, and access to executives at Turner Broadcasting brands--including CNN, TNT, HLN, Cartoon Network and TBS--plus financial incentives to startups, with the first Academy happening sometime this spring. Warner said the effort will kick off with a series of networking events this spring.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2014

But you do need to find a way to do activities that are more scalable. These are important leveling-up activities but the CEO is often still up at 10pm f **g around with QuickBooks entries. Which other activities will get less attention than your negotiation over how the year-3 exit clause on your biz dev relationship will work?

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Southern California Edison Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Networks play a vital role in supporting tech startup growth objectives. However, many small businesses may struggle with operational costs and scaling their networks effectively. Below you will learn about how managed solutions address the largest network-related challenges facing tech startups. Managing Network Costs.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Westlake Village-based Independent Technology Group , a provider of information technology services, including networking, storage, and security services, has been acquired by Santa Clara, California-based InterVision Systems. ITG was led by Kevin Barker and Doug Martin, who the companies said will remain active in the business.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Vista Equity Partners also owns two other, San Diego firms--Omnitracs and Active Network--spurring speculation that those firms are also at risk of relocating to Texas. The move comes eight months after Websense was acquired by private equity company Vista Equity Partners last June. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 20, 2013

Plus--with a majority of venture investors being men--it''s often difficult to break through the invisible curtain between that "old boys" network and women founders. There has long been a disparity between the number of startups founded and started by women, and those founded by men. The best idea will be selected by a panel in October.

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TechEmpower

JUNE 6, 2018

26 languages, 431 frameworks, 1774 benchmarks; and the knock on benefits to the the users of any framework that actively participates are enormous - you are truly doing great work! In some cases, the throughput is so high that we have a new challenge from our old friend, “network saturation.”

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 28, 2017

[Email readers, continue here…] The format also calls for the CEO to examine his calendar over time and report classes of activities by percentage of total time spent, so that the group may add comments about use of CEO time to the critique. How much time do you devote to each type of activity?

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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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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

The Nextspace @ Amplify campus is an attractive co-working space designed to foster working, learning and networking. Travis Oberlander has beene chronicling the local technology scene for socalTECH, with a particular focus on the startup accelerators and activity in Silicon Beach. Amplify.LA Memberships start at $99 per month.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Kevin Winston , is the organizer of Digital LA , the popular and widely attended networking organization for the Los Angeles startup, web, movie, music, marketing, and social media community. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year?

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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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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

Network Up. That’s why dA has nearly 70 million monthly actives producing 2.5 But the key drivers: un / under-employment, personal & governmental debt, globalization, resource scarcity, transparency & shifting demographics will mean collaborative networks will form throughout our life. Prices down. But what else?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

I often recommend business networking as the most effective way for a startup founder to find investors, advisors, and even key executive candidates. The answer is still the same, but I have learned over the years that there is an etiquette to this process, just like there is for social networking. Attend an investment conference.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

The full list follows: 13 EdgeCast Networks 21406% Santa Monica Alex Kazerani 15 Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 1193% Santa Monica Scott Painter 116 Network Solutions Provider 1001% Long Beach Phillip Walker 119 BlackLine Systems Software 973% Los Angeles Therese Tucker 131 Kotura, Inc. 6225% San Diego Kevin C. Frost, Ph.D.

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Southern California Edison Blog

JUNE 11, 2021

Enterprises rely heavily on their networks to support day-to-day operations as they continue to innovate and grow their business. As they expand, they require a network with the necessary capacity, speed, security, and scalability to support their short and long-term objectives. Top Enterprise Network Challenges.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Belmonte is a veteran of Southern California's high tech industry, having previously been CEO and COO At Active Network (ACTV). AutoVitals said that Belmonte helped to grow Active Network's revenue to over $400 million and guided the company to its eventual sale for $1 billion.

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socalTECH

MARCH 18, 2019

The onetime social networking site, founded in Los Angeles, is now owned by Meredith Corporation and is still active as an online music discovery site. Remember Myspace ? However, the site has quite a bit less music now, after the site accidentally lost all of the music uploaded to the site uploaded between 2003 and 2015.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Arguably the least-authentic personality on the list, Kim Kardashian, has the most legitimate followers of the Top 15 Tweeters, with 43% of her Twitter fans judged by StatusPeople to be real and active. Although one can imagine that the temptation to cheat is strong among handlers responsible for managing a celebrity's social media network.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Dozens of impeccably dressed women outfitted in jumpsuits and Rothy’s gathered at the Greylock offices last week for a “structured networking” session hosted by All Raise , an 18-month-old nonprofit organization that seeks to amplify the voices of and support women in tech. The idea was how do we hack the old boys’ network?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2012

We built a social network around that, with activity feeds and stuff like that, and which allows you to share activity through the leagues, Twitter, and Facebook. You only get currency by doing social activities, and each league's fantasy currency is created by the league. People start with an equal amount.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Lucid Sight said over 3,000 developers are active in the Colyseus community channels. Saaf previously co-founded Jirbo with Jonathan Zweig, which later became ad network AdColony. As part of the deal, Lucid Sight said it will launch a new, cloud-hosted version of Colyseus which is called Colyseus Arena.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 13, 2014

They told me about their expertise and their network of contacts, and their early customers, and the promising results so far. They wanted to come to pitch to my angel network. David Steakley, a past President of the Houston Angel Network, is a reformed management consultant. I told them they lacked an inciting incident.

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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. Angel investing is rapidly evolving to the same state of development, as a result of networking, industry associations, and deal sharing between angel groups.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 7, 2019

The company is one of a growing number of startups trying to rejuvenate the music streaming market by combining it with social networking so that audiences can listen to the playlists of their favorite athletes and entertainers… and their friends. “He was jamming. That site focuses on connecting people with similar musical tastes.

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socalTECH

APRIL 17, 2020

Irvine-based hardware maker Movandi , a developer of millimeter wave, wireless technology used for 5G networks, has raised $27M in a Series C funding, according to the company. According to ovandi, it will use the new funding to further develop its 5G millimeter wave technology and expand rollout of 5G networks and devices.

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