socalTECH

AUGUST 16, 2013

Scott Morrow is an Internet and startup veteran, having run such companies as Oversee.net and ThisNext, and headed up product marketing for IAC/Citysearch. We''re privately owned, and we don''t disclose our financials, but we''re profitable, debt free, and growing. When did you get involved with the company?

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2011

Adconion , which operates an Internet advertising network and related businesses, said earlier this week that it has raised £21 ($34M) in financing from Silicon Valley Bank. The firm said the funding will go towards acquisition and working capital requirements at the company. Adconion has major operations in Los Angeles.

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Santa Monica Advertising Los Angeles Acquisition 140

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

This morning's interview is with Mark Suster , a venture capitalist at GRP Partners (www.grpvc.com). GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. The new fund is focused entirely on technology companies.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The company recently raised a round of funding from Santa Barbara-based ScOps Venture Capital. If a tutor were to go out and try to advertise like we do, they would go under, and they'd lose money right away. How did you connect with Kevin and ScOps Venture Capital, and why did you decide to raise a round?

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

With this philosophy in mind it is easy to understand how one buyer would never dream of spending a grand on one thing and then rush into credit card debt to spend a $1,000 dollars on something else. Let me explain why this company had such an impact on my life. Ask yourself, ‘what does my company solve’? I meet A LOT of people.

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Custom Customer Marketing SEO 85

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. I asked some of the participating VCs, and they told me their attorneys had figured out a way to keep their stealth-mode companies stealthy.Yes, this strategy is not for every company. Short answer: no.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

We will be bringing you some of the hottest startups around to give you a quick rundown about their companies and get to know the entrepreneur behind those companies. Allen Morgan , Mayfield Ventures. Below are the companies you are going to hear about and get to know. We have a special treat for you. The Startups.

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Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

TechZulu captured the entire VC/Angle panel and we also had a chance to interview every StartupDemo startup company that participated. Allen Morgan , Mayfield Ventures. InVenture has created a market for "micro venture capital," whereby everyday investors can provide expansion capital to developing businesses. VC/Angel Panel.

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Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Publicity and positive word-of-mouth can help grow your start-up into a successful venture. After starting three companies, I've found that some widely accepted advice lead me to failure while. You work in (or run) a services company. Your Interactive Life Venture starts much earlier than the Ideation Phase (3).

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Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2008

first time entrepreneur, but had taken a company IPO and ran it as a public firm in the 90's--Prostor--which he eventually sold to Sun Microsystems. We thought it would be interesting to hear about his new company and its plans. We grew that business organically, never took any outside financing, and took the company public in 1997.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies. Goodreads raised a Series A round of funding from True Ventures in the summer of 2009. Thank you @eminutes. .

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We had a special edition of This Week in Venture Capital this week shooting out of the Next New Networks offices in New York. Spark Capital is relatively new to VC (founded in 2005) yet has become one of the hottest new VCs having invested in Twitter, Tumblr, AdMeld, Boxee, KickApps and many more companies. Total raised: $16.0mm.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Mike is a no BS guy, has all the attributes I look for in a founder and says things like, openly shares knowledge and opines without a filter including this one, “whoever invented uncapped convertible debt should be spanked!&# He is also an active angel investor in companies like Klout and Meetup. were doing.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Venture Capitalists typically have partners’ meetings on Mondays. So the industry formed around a day of the week when all partners could avoid having company board meetings or traveling. Valuations were enormous relative to progress in companies. US TV advertising is $60 billion in its own right. Why is that?

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