Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Some companies, especially those financed by angel or VC investors, have good, formal stock option plans with properly priced options set to reward all employees and managers in the event of a corporate sale. Email readers, continue here…] Now, there are three kinds of exits. Formal option plans for some.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2020

The company sent an email to customers Tuesday that after examining the business, the car-sharing industry and COVID-19, it decided to shutter the service permanently. The Verge was the first to report the story. Maven continued to operate in Detroit, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. Image Credits: Screenshot/Maven email.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Los Angeles-based electronics e-commerce giant Newegg appears to have become the victim of a card-skimming attack on its e-commerce site, according to reports.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Angel investor Jason Calacanis looks to have scored an exit in his portfolio, according to reports today from AllThingsD. According to those reports, San Francisco-based Rapportive , a developer of plug-ins which overlay social networking information on your Gmail account, has been acquired by LinkedIn. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 23, 2010

Torrance-based LiveOffice , the provider of email archiving and compliance services backed by Summit Partners, reports today that it has added the Los Angeles Dodgers as a customer. Tags: liveoffice dodgers email archiving compliance angeles software saas. Financial impact of the win was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 20, 2023

The Angel Capital Association recently published a study contributed to by several of my friends quoting that seventy percent of investments made by angel investors to date return less than the amount invested – upon a sale or closing of the business – the great majority of these outright losses as businesses die.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 4, 2020

CNN was first to report that executives approved a new policy that would require drivers and riders to wear face masks or coverings in some markets, including the U.S. “As countries reopen, Uber is focused on safety and proceeding with caution,” an Uber spokesperson said in a emailed statement.

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JULY 3, 2014

It''s been a bad week over at Los Angeles-based Tinder , as one of the mobile dating/hookup app''s co-founders, Justin Mateen, was sued by former executive Whitney Wolfe over sexual harassment--and for cutting her out of the list of founders at the company. READ MORE>>. tinder hookup dating sexual harassment lawsuit legal justin mateen'

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FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Los Angeles-based Chrome River , which develops cloud-based expense and invoice automation software, has extended its software to handle hotel bills and folios, the company said today.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Los Angeles-based ManiaTV , which produces and distributes online content, is reportedly looking for a buyer, and has hired investment bank Updata Advisors. According to a report in TVWeek , the firm is hoping to find a buyer by the end of the month. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 1, 2009

San Diego- and Los Angeles-based online video site Veoh is reportedly in the midst of a "major restructuring," according to a report from VentureBeat. An email to Dmitry Shapiro, CEO of Veoh, this morning, asking for comments on the rumor was not returned. Veoh laid off 20 percent of its employees in November.

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Steve Reich

AUGUST 15, 2015

How many Angels do you want in your cap table? Mark Suster wrote a great piece in July giving his answer: “If all else fails, angel-load away! If you can’t raise from a few strong angels, from seed funds or from a VC then raising from a ton (let’s say 20+) angels is a perfectly acceptable strategy.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 2, 2019

I’m your host, Kirsten Korosec, senior transportation reporter at TechCrunch. Portions of the newsletter are published as an article on the main site after it has been emailed to subscribers (that’s what you’re reading now). The Station is emailed every Saturday morning. To get everything, you have to sign up.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

Los Angeles-based MySpace reported yesterday that its mail service, MySpace Mail, now has 15 million accounts. The firm launched its mail service in August of 2009, which integrates the social networking service with traditional email service. Tags: myspace email mail social networking. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 8, 2013

Los Angeles-based J2 Global , the Internet services firm which has grown into a diversified Internet services and publishing empire, reported last night that it had a record quarter, with revenues of $141.4M, a 58 percent increase versus its revenues a year ago.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

San Diego- and Los Angeles-based video sharing site veoh Networks has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, according to web site Mashable.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 7, 2020

Thousands of companies have indicated interest in the last several days,” a spokesperson wrote in an email. Customers at Bank of America href="[link] have reported being unable to apply for the government-backed loans from the program without having an existing line of credit with the bank. We are going to lose 2.5x

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Los Angeles-based j2 Global Communications , the provider of online business fax and telecommunications services for businesses, reports this morning that it has just passed 2,000,000 paying subscribers to its services. j2 Global is headed by Hemi Zucker.

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AUGUST 15, 2016

Three, Los Angeles area media companies-- Univision , Ziff Davis (a unit of J2 Global) and Penske Media --have all been named as possible bidders on bankrupt, Silicon Valley publication Gawker Media , according to reports today, which say Ziff Davis has submitted a $90M bid for the company. Penske is the owner of Deadline and Variety.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace has acquired Threadbox , a developer of email messaging software, according to Threadbox. Rumors of the acquisition had first been reported in July. Tags: myspace threadbox email software messaging merger acquisition. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 5, 2022

From Los Angeles to Silicon Valley , a trend emerged among social media influencers and startup founders alike: move into a mansion with 10 or so collaborators, work day and night together to build fame and wealth, and hope that your new roommates do their dishes. But then again, it adds fuel to my fire to keep on pushing harder and harder.”

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

While Los Angeles city officials way back in 2003 asked its manufacturers and suppliers to stop using the terminology, they did not require it. Send me an email at megan@techcrunch.com . What’s wild is that these terms ever existed in the first place and are just now being addressed.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

seems like an unlikely place to grow one of the next billion-dollar startups in the booming Los Angeles tech ecosystem. But it’s here in the (other) Valley’s southernmost edge that investors have found a startup they consider to be the next potential billion-dollar “unicorn” that will come out of Los Angeles.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Today''s is with Shawn Peterson , founder of Los Angeles-based Underbuilt (www.underbuilt.com), an online site providing information on properties for the building and remodeling market. Are you the founder of a very early stage startup--not yet angel or venture backed--and want to talk about your startup? How did you get into this?

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Berkonomics

MARCH 9, 2017

The Angel Resource Institute (ARI) recently published a study conducted by well-respected Rob Wiltbank, quoting that seventy percent of investments made by angel investors to date return less than the amount invested – upon a sale or closing of the business – the great majority of these outright losses as businesses die.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

Welcome back to Transportation Weekly; I’m your host Kirsten Korosec, senior transportation reporter at TechCrunch. An email subscription is coming! This is where investigative reporting, enterprise pieces and analysis on transportation lives. Email me or send a direct message to @kirstenkorosec. Keep it coming.

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JULY 22, 2010

Los Angeles-based eFax , the online FAX service run by j2 Global Communications, reports today that it is in a big expansion internationally. eFax offers an online fax-to-email and fax sending features based on a monthly subscription. eFax offers an online fax-to-email and fax sending features based on a monthly subscription.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

The trends are well understood: more angels, more seed funds, more crowdsourcing and so forth. I have blogged about some of the downside consequences of the changes and the private information I have says the consequences are much worse than is reported in the press since few people publicly talk about. There is a reason for this.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

When you seek professional investors, whether organized angels or venture capitalists, one of the early questions you are asked is “How have you financed the business so far?” To compound the problem, often stock is issued by the entrepreneur without filing any report of such issuance with the state of issue. How it happens.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 6, 2012

PortTechLA's monthly forum featuring reports on green technology, trade, logistics and transportation in and around the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and presentations from client entrepreneurs. Email jdmohowski@porttechla.org.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2016

The head of Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center , the Los Angeles area hospital which has been grappling with a ransomware attack on its systems which nearly shut down the hospital, said in a notice posted to its website that it has paid $17,000 in Bitcoin, in order to access its computer systems and data.

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MARCH 14, 2011

For this morning's interview, we spoke with Scot Richardson , CEO of Los Angeles-based LaughStub (www.laughstub.com), which develops software which helps comedy clubs and others manage ticket sales, online marketing, and customer relationship management. Scot Richardson: We've done two rounds of funding, both angel rounds.

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JANUARY 30, 2013

YouMail , the enhanced voicemail service provider headed by Alex Quilici, has launched a brand new, business oriented premium service, as it reports it also has just passed four million registered users. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 2, 2011

It’s apropos because there is so much noise these days with email, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, web shows, etc. I don’t think any serious VC or angel thought it was “collusion.&# He’s committed to getting through every email. It’s not because I don’t want to respond to all emails – I do.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 4, 2019

Email readers, continue here…] Prepare for your annual meetings well. This could include the need for audited financials, monthly financial and narrative reporting and more. But don’t worry. Few investors will show up that day. But – make it easy for them by creating a video or phone link to the meeting.

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Berkonomics

JULY 8, 2021

And it happened again in early 2008, as CEOs reported the first evidence of order slowdowns and issues with customer payments – right before the ‘great recession.’. Many of us are locked in the daily grind of our business, and default to managing events and reacting to incoming stimuli, such as emails and internal requests for assistance.

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JULY 7, 2010

Los Angeles-based HauteLook , the heavily backed private fashion sales website headed by Adam Bernhard, said today that it has hired on three new executives on the heels of its recent, $31M Series C funding. Davis and Kalish report to Lewis, and Lewis reports to Bernhard.

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