socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

One of the largest concentrations of technical talent in Los Angeles is in Glendale, at YP (www.yp.com) -- staffed with a surprising number of Los Angeles startup vets. I had also spent five years at Overture and Yahoo, going back to the Goto.com days. We''re coining the term search commerce.

Technical Review 211

Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 211

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Google and Yahoo aren''t going to buy them, AOL has already made its bet, and your only real path to an exit is an IPO for any kind of liquidity. The large acquirers, the Microsoft and Yahoo''s of the world, were buying 20-40 companies a year. E-commerce is a great example. But, there have really been very few e-commerce exits.

Southern California 124

Southern California SoCal Commerce Invest 124

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We had software executives from Google, Yahoo!, The team has experience in building startups (Doug Ludlow was formerly a founder in a TechStars company) and have all worked at local Los Angeles based startups. DataPop : DataPop was founded by performance marketing veterans from Yahoo!, Watch this space.

Company 276

Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

One of the startups in that area--born out of a.NET development organization here in Los Angeles--is FatCloud (www.fatcloud.com), which develops a NoSQL database which ties directly into Microsoft''s SQL Server database. The company was actually born in Los Angeles, out of a company which was a.NET development organization.

Startup 198

Startup Yahoo Software Education 198

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2014

The afternoon, with Tech Wildcatters ‘ Gabriella Draney and a handful of still-stealth eCommerce ventures, solidified that the industry of commerce is in Texas. In my mind, having spent years working with Yahoo Shopping and hpshopping before launching several commerce ventures as a CMO and advisor, Austin is the home of eCommerce.

Technical Review 71

Technical Review Commerce Yahoo Web 71

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

One of the largest concentrations of technical talent in Los Angeles is in Glendale, at YP -- staffed with a surprising number of Los Angeles startup vets. I had also spent five years at Overture and Yahoo, going back to the Goto.com days. How did what was a staid publisher of phone books become a hotbed of online talent?

Technical Review 223

Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 223

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

Los Angeles. And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. You don’t have the founders of eBay, LinkedIn, Salesforce.com and Yahoo. TechCoast Angels backed GreenDot should be a major IPO this year. You don’t.

Company 290

Company Companies Technology Startup 290

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2017

As an angel investor, I sometimes worry that all the viable unique ideas must already be taken. By definition, these are all really thinly disguised Internet search engines, provided by or competing against the 500 or more existing search engines already out there, including Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo.

Ideas 87

Ideas Sites Social Network Startup 87

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Matthew Graczyk is founder of angel-backed Zubican (www.zubican.com)--saw a problem, which was the difficulty of finding suppliers for products for businesses--and decided to solve the problem, with a site specifically targeted at helping B2B buyers and sellers connect. What's your background, and how did you decide to start the company?

SEO 100

SEO Advertising Gogii Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Everybody is Selling Something: The Arrival of "Me-Commerce". The "old school" models of e-commerce, as dominated by bulky hosted storefron. Entrepreneurism / Monetization e-commerce, monetization, Selling. . Social Networks and Citizen Commerce: Reinventing Ecommerce. A powerful revolution—Citizen Commerce—is forming.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

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. billion to Yahoo, we did CitySearch, we invested in the largest travel site in Europe, called LastMinute.com, and also CyberSource--a number of very early stage, Internet companies.

GRP Partners 157

GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Groupon ushered in the new era of group buying, and now hyper local and vertical deal sites are the name of the game. One such company, Santa Monica, Calif-based FamilyFinds, launched this week with $5.75 in funding from Split Rock Partners. Visit TechZulu for full story.

Sites 56

Sites Santa Monica Invest Funding 56