SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 6, 2009

He talks about a bunch of the different networking events that occur in Los Angeles and other parts of Southern California. You can use keywords like: Events in Los Angeles or Southern California Events or even Santa Monica Events. They put on great events. VentureNet – Great annual event by the Technology Council.

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Southern California Los Angeles Technology Council Stirrers and Shakers 243

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 14, 2021

A security lapse at online grocery delivery startup Mercato exposed tens of thousands of customer orders, TechCrunch has learned. A person with knowledge of the incident told TechCrunch that the incident happened in January after one of the company’s cloud storage buckets, hosted on Amazon’s cloud, was left open and unprotected.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Los Angeles-based Ninja Metrics announced this morning that it has raised $2.8M The startup, which came out of technology developed from a group of university researchers, said the $2.8M in funding came from the Harvard Business School Angels and Tech Coast Angels. The company is led by Dr. Dmitri Williams. READ MORE>>.

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Metrics Tech Coast Angels Software Cloud Computing 147

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

If you're a large, enterprise company, in recent years, cloud computing has become an increasingly large--and expensive--piece of your information technology (IT) mix. Enterprise cloud budgets are growing astronomically as companies adopt many cloud techniques. How has the startup experience been for you versus Intuit?

Cloud Computing 133

Cloud Computing Resource Startup Software 133

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2014

For all of the consumer adoption of the cloud, enterprise users are still not as bought into the vision of cloud computing as one might think they would be. So, how do you help ease enterprise customers into the cloud--or at least, help them use cloud technology to help them with their business goals? READ MORE>>.

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Cloud Computing Outsource Development Outsource Startup 217

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

I think that’s one of the reasons that many of the most interesting bay area startups are choosing to locate themselves in the city. I see it first hand in Los Angeles where given the growth of YouTube networks the worlds of art & technology are colliding. And make-up artists. And with startups so go VCs.

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Technology Rustic Canyon Cloud Computing Beverly Hills 313

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2013

NantHealth , the advanced, next-generation healthcare services startup which is part of NantWorks, the startup incubation effort of billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, has raised $6.1M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Monday. Details on investors and the funding have not been announced by the company.

Cloud Computing 147

Cloud Computing Incubator Los Angeles Funding 147

socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2017

Here's a rundown of some of the venture capital investors who have set up shop in Southern California, plus those with big new funds, which have been announced so far since January of this year. Fund size: New $250M growth fund Los Angeles Partners: Dana Settle, Mark Terbeek, Dylan Pearce, Paul Bricault, Jon Goldman. greycroft.com.

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Southern California Artificial Inteligence Funding SoCal 138

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The Los Angeles-based operations and security management software service, Replicated has raised $25 million to ramp up its staffing and scale its sales and marketing efforts. “Once we started building on that success. “If you are a company like Puppet, you have hundreds of on-premise customers.”

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Software Tool SaaS Los Angeles 224

socalTECH

JUNE 29, 2017

Fund size: $250M growth fund Los Angeles Partners: Dana Settle, Mark Terbeek, Dylan Pearce, Paul Bricault, Jon Goldman. Investment interests: Consumer Internet, eCommerce, enterprise software, cloud computing, financial technology, advertising technology. Greycroft Ventures. greycroft.com. Section 32. www.section32.com.

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Southern California Venture Capital Artificial Inteligence Capital 178

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

I will argue that when the dust settles, although we will have fewer firms, each type well end up more focused on traditional stage segments that cater to the core competencies of that firm. When I built my first company starting in 1999 it cost $2.5 million in infrastructure just to get started and another $2.5 Enter Amazon.

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Venture Capital Software Capital Startup 334

socalTECH

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Los Angeles-based Morph Labs , the latest startup of Gluecode Software founder Winston Damarillo, has launched a new product focused on private cloud management, the firm announced today. Morph said it has launched Morph CloudServer, a set of software tools to manage and provision enterprise cloud computing.

Cloud Computing 140

Cloud Computing IBM IBM Los Angeles 140

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

If you are a 20-something tech entrepreneur you could be forgiven for thinking that seed-stage investors, Angellist Syndicates and widely available angel money always existed. I was out to raise my first seed money in my second startup of $500,000. Neither did Y Combinator, 500 Startups, TechStars, Amplify, Mucker and countless others.

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Venture Capital Startup Invest Cloud Computing 150

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 9, 2020

The Los Angeles-based app development shop, V/One , is giving away 50,000 free mobile app builds through the rest of April as the company officially launches its platform for would-be, LA-based mobile app moguls. Builds of the apps will be delivered around 60 days upon signing up,” said V One founder, Jeremy Redman.

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Mobile Develop Development Artificial Inteligence 250

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

I’m over-paying for every check I write into the VC ecosystem and valuations are being pushed up to absurd levels and many of these valuations and companies won’t hold in the long term. Today you have funders focused exclusively on “Day 0” startups or ones that aren’t even created yet. By definition?—?I’m two founders in a garage?—?(HP

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Venture Capital Writing Invest Pricing 471

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Here are some of the key new rules I have learned by starting my own company, investing as an angel in other startups and mentoring many more new entrepreneurs over the last few years: Do incorporate a company, but keep it simple. Use low-cost subscription software and cloud computing. Both are wrong.

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Startup Search Engine Optimization Social Media Outsource Development 108

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Startups Made Simple. Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. Tech Coast Angels Fast Pitch - February 24th - UCLA. www.pitchtheangels.com) Join Tech Coast Angels members and other start up investors at the 5th Annual Los Angeles Fast Pitch Competition. Advertisers.

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Southern California Tech Coast Angels IP Orange County 113

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Lower costs to start a business (95% reduction), many more companies created & funded by angels / seed. Seed funds now represent 67% of all funds being created now, which is up 100% from 6 years ago. The “big boom” in startup financing started around March 2009? more than 5 years ago?—?and and hasn’t abated.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Seed Funding 398

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

It’s your startup, so you can give early partners any title you want, but be aware of potential investor and peer implications. VCs and Angel investors like to see a startup that is running lean and mean, with no more than three or four of the conventional C-level or VP titles. Chief Sales Officer (VP Sales). Chief Risk Officer.

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Startup Invest CTO Hire Cloud Computing 97

socalTECH

JULY 10, 2019

For this morning's interview, we spoke with Los Angeles-based Halla , a venture backed startup, focused on personalized recommendations for the food ordering industry. What were you doing before you started Halla? We all went to Oakwood High School, in North Hollywood in Los Angeles. The company has raised $1.9M

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Pricing Startup North Hollywood Platform 113

Tech.Co

JANUARY 9, 2018

Near the nation’s capital, Arlington, VA has a thriving startup community that supports female-led companies, startups in STEM, cyber security, defense, and everything in between aimed at improving the status quo. Meet the startups showcasing at Eureka Park Startup Arlington this year at CES 2018: BooleanGirl.

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Artificial Inteligence Startup Product Cloud Computing 70

SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Thursday, December 10, 2009 -- Investor Outlook 2010: Startup Funding Forecast from Angels and VCs. 2009 put startup valuations on a diet, bootstrapping and revenue models were back in the spotlight; and Angel investors made a comeback. To many founders relief, startups were still getting funded. Dealmaker LA.

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Cloud Computing Invest Mobile Funding 100

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 30, 2011

The series started here if you want to read from the start. Or the Cliff Note’s version: Open Source & Cloud Computing (led by Amazon) drove down tech startup costs by 90%. The result was a massive increase in startups & a whole group of new funding sources: both angels & “micro VCs&#.

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Venture Capital Capital Cloud Computing Marketing 289

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 27, 2021

In 2018, Clio made its first acquisition with its buy of Lexicata, a Los Angeles-based legal tech startup. While this technological change is in response to the crisis, it’s an enduring change.”. The company plans to do more acquisitions with the capital, according to Newton.

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Platform Equity SaaS Los Angeles 244

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

TechZulu is helping the startup community out by listing all the great startup/entrepreneur oriented panels. Bootstrapping: Score PR for Your Start-Up, On the Cheap. Publicity and positive word-of-mouth can help grow your start-up into a successful venture. Bootstrapping bootstrap, Profitability, Startup.

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Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

Join us for a special evening with InfoWorld’s Dave Linthicum as he delves into global enterprise software trends with some of LA’s most successful SaaS and cloud computing companies. The opportunities cloud computing and SaaS afford management. Finding business agility in the cloud. Chief Digital Officers.

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SaaS Cloud Computing CIO Web 92

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2010

It’s your startup, so you can give early partners any title you want, but be aware of potential investor and peer implications. VCs and angel investors like to see a startup that is running lean and mean, with no more than three or four of the conventional C-level or VP titles. Chief Sales Officer (VP Sales). Chief Risk Officer.

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Startup CTO Hire Cloud Computing CIO 90

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. So they set up seed programs that allowed for rapid decisions for $500k or less, often done as convertible debt for both speed and cost reasons.

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Seed Funding Venture Capital Funding Software Review 283

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud computing provider DreamHost (www.dreamhost.com) raised a big, $30M funding round for the company--the first in the company''s long history. Simon Anderson: DreamHost offers a web hosting, and now, cloud computing platform and storage.

Software Review 238

Software Review Cloud Computing Technical Review Platform 238

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Mobile app downloads went from 300mm in 2009 to 5 billion in 2010, Android ad impressions up over 2,000% as two examples. Facebook now accounts for a staggering 25% of all display impressions (up from 9% last year), and Facebook and its advertisers are finally beginning to understand how to leverage the platform's unique capabilities.

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Technical Review Southern California Cloud Computing Venture Capital 160

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2014

It’s your startup, so you can give early partners any title you want, but be aware of potential investor and peer implications. VCs and Angel investors like to see a startup that is running lean and mean, with no more than three or four of the conventional C-level or VP titles. Chief Sales Officer (VP Sales). Chief Risk Officer.

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CTO Hire Funding Cloud Computing CIO 100

socalTECH

JULY 23, 2012

We caught up with Navid --one of a number of executives to have recently departed Buy.com after its acquisition a couple of years ago by Rakuten--to hear more about his new startup. All the costs, from hosting to storage to scaling up an scaling down are all gone. Describe what Recmnd.me is all about?

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CTO Hire Startup Sites Technical Review 147

socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2009

Startups Made Simple. Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. Apply to be one of 32 cloud computing. startups from around the globe to grace the stage in front of Valley VCs, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Salesforce, Vmware and more. Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies.

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Rustic Canyon Southern California Technology Council High Tech 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

In addition, Howard Marks unveiled Start Engine , a new LA incubator focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. Last week Howard announced he has formed Start Engine, an incubator located in Westwood and focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. Community Sponsors.

Idealab 77

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2009

Startups Made Simple. Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. Apply to be one of 32 cloud computing. startups from around the globe to grace the stage in front of Valley VCs, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Salesforce, Vmware and more. Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon Technology Council 100

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

But, when it comes to tracking what ad placement or publisher was responsible for getting a consumer to pick up the phone and call, that’s pretty difficult. In my experience a big part of building a winning team is recognizing who the MVPs are from the start. Why aren’t there a half-dozen well-funded startups running up your tailpipe?

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Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

In addition, Howard Marks unveiled Start Engine , a new LA incubator focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. Last week Howard announced he has formed Start Engine, an incubator located in Westwood and focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. Community Sponsors.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49