Ouya Near Sale, Says Reports
socalTECH
JUNE 11, 2015
Los Angeles-based Android-based game console maker Ouya is nearing a sale of the company, most likely by game hardware maker Razer , according to reports.
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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. I found myself in such a situation upon a sale of my computer software company. Formal option plans for some.
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Elon Musk says Tesla Model Y will be revealed at its LA design studio on March 14
TechCrunch LA
MARCH 3, 2019
Tesla will pull back the curtains and unveil its Model Y crossover vehicle at an event in Los Angeles on March 14th, according to a tweet from chief executive Elon Musk. Tesla said that to achieve this lower price it will shift all sales globally to online only, meaning the company will be closing many of its stores over the next few months.
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HyreCar Raises $29.7M In Public Offering
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Los Angeles-based car sharing marketplace HyreCar reports it has raised $29.7M million shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $11.75 in its public offering. The publicly traded company--which trades as HYRE on the NASDAQ--said it sold 2.53
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Honey Acquired By PayPal For $4 Billion
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 21, 2019
In one of the biggest acquisitions out of Southern California's technology startup industry in recent years, Los Angeles-based Honey Science Corporation , which develops a savings discovery and price tracking tool, has been acquired by PayPal , in a deal worth approximately $4 billion.
ServiceTitan Links With Garage Door Manufacturer
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
Los Angeles-based ServiceTitan is providing integration of its platform with garage door manufacturer and supplier Clopay, the company said this week. According to ServiceTitan, the integration allows garage door sales and service technicians to easily configure and present quotes and track and process Clopay doors. READ MORE>>.
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6 Ways To Get Credible Data To Support A New Venture
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 6, 2023
If ten percent of these numbers, multiplied by your average product price, will get you the revenue you need to scale your business, you will get the love you need from angel and venture capital investors. Peruse company reports from your business domain. Modern libraries are still worth a visit.
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Data.com Domain Goes For More than $1.5M
socalTECH
JUNE 7, 2011
Proving that the market for the right domain name continues to be strong, Moniker and SnapNames , the domain name auction sites owned by Los Angeles-based Oversee.net , reported that they sold the domain Data.com for more than $1.5M Oversee.net said its total private sales from the aftermarket division was more than $11M.
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News Corp. In Repeat With Sale To Local Tech Firm
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 4, 2013
spends hundreds of millions of dollars on a media property, runs it for about seven years, and then decides to unload that same property for a fraction of the price it paid to a Southern California technology--not media--company. That deals loooks to be worth around $100M, based on reports from the WSJ. Well, could be. How about IGN ?
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MarketShare, J.D. Power In Auto Analytics Alliance
socalTECH
MARCH 25, 2015
Los Angeles-based marketing analytics software provider MarketShare , and marketing information and survey company J.D. According to the companies, the new alliance will provide auto manufacturers with better analytics, by tying automotive retail sales, pricing and incentive reports from J.D.
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Star-studded digital avatar startup Genies launches NFT fashion marketplace
TechCrunch LA
AUGUST 30, 2022
The Los Angeles-based company partnered with NBA Top Shot NFT creator Dapper Labs to develop the storefront on Dapper’s Flow blockchain and debuted it to a group of invite-only beta users in December last year, TechCrunch reported at the time. Image Credits: Genies.
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6 Keys To Sizing Your Market For A New Business Plan
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 14, 2020
If ten percent of these numbers, multiplied by your average product price, will get you the revenue you need to scale your business, you will get the love you need from angel and venture capital investors. Peruse company reports from your business domain. Modern libraries are still worth a visit.
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Leads360 Wins Automobile Insurance Firm
socalTECH
APRIL 8, 2010
Los Angeles-based Leads360 , a developer of hosted software for managing sales leads, reported yesterday that the firm has signed on Infinity Auto Insurance, a unit of Infinity Property and Casualty Group. Tags: leads360 software sales lead saas. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.
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177 Little Black Bag Launches With Backing From GRP, DCM
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 2, 2012
Los Angeles-based startup Little Black Bag , a new e-commerce startup backed by GRP Partners and DCM, said this week that it has launched its online shopping site--a play on the Japanese concept of "fukobukuro". The startup said it lets shoppers buy and trade "mystery" fashion shopping products, tailored to their interests.
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Energica CEO plots her Italian EV company’s reboot from lockdown
TechCrunch LA
APRIL 9, 2020
Reporting has made much of urban areas attaining visibly cleaner air — featuring before shots of global cities with smog and after shots of clear skies since COVID-19 forced traffic off the roads. general manager ( Stefano Benatti ) — filled more orders in the first two months of 2020 than all its sales for 2019, according to Cevolini.
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socalTECH Jobs: Job Highlights for August 7th, 2014
socalTECH
AUGUST 7, 2014
Some recent jobs: VP of Business Development, RampRate - Los Angeles. The Vice President of Business Development reports to the CEO and is responsible for the direction and management of all worldwide sales operations direct and indirect, including market competitiveness, pricing, compensation, and distribution.
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10 Keys To Surviving Startup Cash Flow Requirements
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
According to a well-researched Motly Fool report, the challenge is very real, since around half of all businesses fail in the first five years. The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development.
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6 Risks For Taking A Side Door Into A Public Exchange
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
There just aren’t enough angel investors and VCs to go around. It better be an established company, with millions of dollars in annual revenue and profits, following generally accepted accounting, reporting, and audit procedures. What price are you willing and ready to pay for funding? Marty Zwilling.
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6 Market Research Sources That Fit A Limited Budget
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 15, 2018
If ten percent of these numbers, multiplied by your average product price, will get you the revenue you need to scale your business, you will get the love you need from angel and venture capital investors. Peruse company reports from your business domain. Modern libraries are still worth a visit.
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10 Financing Alternatives For Your Next New Venture
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 6, 2019
According to a well-researched Motly Fool report, the challenge is very real, since around half of all businesses fail in the first five years. The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development.
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6 Considerations For Going Public Via Reverse Merger
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 8, 2019
There just aren’t enough angel investors and VCs to go around. It better be an established company, with millions of dollars in annual revenue and profits, following generally accepted accounting, reporting, and audit procedures. What price are you willing and ready to pay for funding? Marty Zwilling.
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Tech and Entertainment Have a Home in Silicon Beach
Tech Zulu Event
JUNE 10, 2014
But the tech culture of Los Angeles is shifting real estate’s center of gravity. The Los Angeles Business Journal recently reported data compiled by SoCalTech.com showing that “L.A. The Los Angeles Business Journal recently reported data compiled by SoCalTech.com showing that “L.A. Here, prices can climb higher.
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108 Investors Love A Credible Entrepreneur Market Sizing
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 22, 2014
If 10 percent of these numbers, multiplied by your average product price, will get you the revenue you need to scale your business, you will get the love you need from angel and venture capital investors. Peruse company reports from your business domain. Modern libraries are still worth a visit.
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Why I Doubled Down on YouTube Investments with MiTú
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 20, 2014
My point was that Amazon continues to dominate the web services business because AWS continues to cut prices & margin in the same way a hypermarket does to control market share. And contrary to media reporting, YouTube has been incredibly supportive of networks like Maker & MiTú in building out our businesses. I wasn’t.
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What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups?
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 16, 2010
PE Hub reported that there were mass defections. You don’t have to hire as many sales people because much can be sold online. There are also super angels that are so numerous I’d rather just link to the best list out there, which is VentureHacks’ AngelList. But in bad economies many angels get burned.
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6 Ways To Find A Fundable Startup Market Opportunity
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 28, 2016
If ten percent of these numbers, multiplied by your average product price, will get you the revenue you need to scale your business, you will get the love you need from Angel and venture capital investors. Peruse company reports from your business domain. Modern libraries are still worth a visit.
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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
I have long tried to raise awareness of the trade-off between growth & profits as outlined in this much read blog post on the topic (and please forward to your favorite journalist who often simply report that companies that aren’t profitable are bad). I wanted to call out special attention to valuation in this debate.
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383 What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 25, 2011
Early in a services business there is usually no profits as the company reinvests in hiring people to grow, but by $20 million in sales the company should at least be pulling in 10% profits (if not more) depending on how much is reinvested. Who are your competitors – how much do they charge?&#. It’s pure irony.
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Bolstering the Partner Ranks at GRP
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 12, 2013
He shared tons of information about how how they were using marketing to quantitatively make marketing decisions at HauteLook and acquire customers for prices that were far cheaper than similar companies. We settled on Venture Partner as is now being reported and also picked up here. ” And then we settled in on his role.
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360 CapLinked Announces New Investors, Signs Up New Clients & Builds New Features
Tech Zulu Event
MAY 9, 2013
Jackson said, “We’re using the proceeds from our financing round to invest in our technology, build new features, and increase sales and support.”. Earlier, the firm said that FF Angel, Siemer Ventures, 500 Startups , and Peter Thiel (co-founder of PayPal), among others, had invested $1.6 Over $3M Raised. million in the Series A round.
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68 6 Hurdles For Going Public Through A Reverse Merger
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 13, 2018
There just aren’t enough angel investors and VCs to go around. It better be an established company, with millions of dollars in annual revenue and profits, following generally accepted accounting, reporting, and audit procedures. What price are you willing and ready to pay for funding? Marty Zwilling.
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79 6 Challenges In Going Public Through The Backdoor
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 15, 2015
There just aren’t enough Angel investors and VCs to go around. It better be an established company, with millions of dollars in annual revenue and profits, following generally accepted accounting, reporting, and audit procedures. What price are you willing and ready to pay for funding? Marty Zwilling.
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10 Startup Strategies To Minimize Cash Flow Disasters
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 12, 2018
According to a recent Motly Fool report, the challenge is very real, since around half of all businesses fail in the first five years. The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development.
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53 Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles
SoCal Delicious
OCTOBER 8, 2012
SIGNIFICANCE PASSING-MENTION. --> Tech Titans Hit the Beach As Silicon Valley moguls go on a home-buying spree in Los Angeles, theyre reshaping the real-estate landscape. Tech entrepreneurs and executives from Silicon Valley are moving south and buying up luxury homes in the Los Angeles area. PERSON David Sacks PERSON|David Sacks.
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Is A Reverse Merger The Way To Fund Your Startup?
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 3, 2014
There just aren’t enough Angel investors and VCs to go around. It better be an established company, with millions of dollars in annual revenue and profits, following generally accepted accounting, reporting, and audit procedures. What price are you willing and ready to pay for funding? Marty Zwilling.
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Interview with Greg Brogger, SharesPost
socalTECH
JUNE 17, 2009
We allow them to post their requests, with the highest price posting for shares at the top of the list for buyers, and the reverse for sellers. That makes it easy, so that when someone comes to a page and wants to transact in shares, they can see what the most attractive bid and ask prices are.
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124 One Man’s Signal is Another Man’s Noise
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 2, 2011
I don’t think any serious VC or angel thought it was “collusion.&# Let’s be honest – as professional investors we have ALL been to meetings with other groups of investors where we talk about whether there’s a bubble, price creep, etc. Should entrepreneurs have convertible debt or priced equity?
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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
And in many communities that are new to building tech startups I’ve found that a lot of angel money is not very sophisticated at investing in startup companies. Or the huge dividends that Santa Barbara got from building GoToMeeting that sold for a nice price to Citrix. It’s a very smartly designed debenture program.
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Interview with Nick Desai, Global Fitness Media
socalTECH
OCTOBER 7, 2009
The firm is co-founded by Jake Steinfeld, of Body by Jake, and ExerciseTV, and has received investment from prolific angel investor Ron Conway and Polar Capital, the investment firm of former Google President Tim Armstrong. Nick Desai: With FitOrbit, there's an extremely high value, at a low cost price. Thanks for talking with us.
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Interview with Gary Bishop, Network Automation
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 1, 2011
Our profile this morning is with Network Automation , a Los Angeles company competing in the IT automation market. It's nice chatting with you again about your company--you're here in Los Angeles, aren't you? Gary Bishop: One of the things about Los Angeles which I think is very unique, is it's been great for entrepreneurialism.
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214 Non-millennial Bootstrapping – These 50-Something Entrepreneurs Rejected VC $ And Nailed It
InfoChachkie
JANUARY 16, 2018
The problem is that stakeholders, like marketing and sales, don’t know what the latest version of the roadmap is. Greathouse: Having run these groups, I know all about the inherent friction between sales and marketing with regard to lead quality, volume, etc., That causes friction internally. It was a viable option for us.
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Playing the Long Game in Venture Capital
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 24, 2021
It has historically been the case that VCs would rather fund the promise of 100x in a company with almost no revenue than the reality of a company growing at 50% but doing $20+ million in sales. Today they announced that they acquired a large competitor in their space for what is reported to be a $100 million transaction.
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10 Reasons Why Capital Shouldn't Make Or Break Your Startup
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 2, 2011
By John Williams Fast Company magazine recently reported that PayPal founder Paul Thiel is giving away $100,000 to twenty-four young men and women to finance startup businesses. For those of us without angel investors, there are still plenty of reasons to move ahead with new ventures, and we are not alone: It's all you.
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Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 1, 2016
We’re a national venture capital investment firm but with our roots firmly in Los Angeles. But putting no time into anchoring your beliefs because you’re too busy executing sales, marketing, support, product & engineering is an easy recipe for leadership drift. WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get). Conviction.
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