Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

You can now take advantage of this wisdom directly as Brad has now published it for everybody in a fantastic new book, “Startup Communities.” ” Put simply, if you care about building a successful tech community outside Silicon Valley you should read this book. Think USV is only invested around Union Square in NYC?

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Press San Diego 378

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 27, 2011

San Diego Tech Coast Angeles. Early Exits describes a strategy for startup investors and entrepreneurs to build a new ventures, prove business models and exit companies in 2-3 years without the need for multi-million dollar investments. Thursday, June 2, 2011 -- Early Exits.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital San Diego Pricing 100

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

And the broader question of whether VC’s will continue to invest in the Twitter ecosystem. Discussion: Had a long chat about PicClick , a company founded by Ryan Sit in San Diego. Orchard for e-Books”. Competitors: SmashWords , Google Books. Estimated 15mm downloads to date. They sponsor TWiVC. LibreDigital.

Venture Capital 214

Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

socalTECH

MARCH 13, 2020

We now have two loactions in San Diego, one location in Newport Beach, and one in Rodeo Drive, in Beverly Hills. For example, someone would book an appointment or service with an application, and the idea was that application would take a payment for that lead as their monthly payment. Our average retention is 70 percent.

Template 124

Template Beverly Hills Startup SEM 124

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

We develop the app and website in-house, and we also have an app for our technicians for them to handle booking and revenues. Everything is handled by an algorithm, which is automatic, and we do not have any interaction between the booking and the service. The first new cities will be San Francisco, San Diego, and parts of Texas.

Orange County 124

Orange County Los Angeles Startup Entrepreneur 124

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2015

In the age of the smartphone and social sharing, San Diego-based ScoreStream (www.scorestream.com) thinks it has figured out how to tap into that new world, and connect all that social activity with the media. We have a number of other strategic media companies investing in this, as well, and we're now gearing up for next fall.

Media 100

Media Startup Avalon Social Media 100

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2015

In the age of the smartphone and social sharing, San Diego-based SportStream (www.sportstream.com) thinks it has figured out how to tap into that new world, and connect all that social activity with the media. We have a number of other strategic media companies investing in this, as well, and we're now gearing up for next fall.

Media 100

Media Startup Avalon Social Media 100

Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

In contrast to some alternative lenders, the San Diego firm said it is growing fast and is consistently profitable. Gilbert instead describes National Funding as “a balance sheet lender,” explaining that it retains loans on its books instead of selling its loans to another financial institution or individual investor at a discount.

Software Review 40

Software Review San Diego Funding Customer 40

socalTECH

MAY 10, 2017

When Mucker found out about us, they invested in us, even though it was just me out there in the streets running around Home Depot, unemployment offices, and staffing companies, handing out business cards. I figured if we could do it right, we could engage a broader population trying to find work. That's really how it started.

Startup 100

Startup Orange County Platform Capital 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

We want to invest in early-stage technology enabled startup businesses – upfront in the funding cycle. In fact, 90% of our investments are either Seed or A-round investments (10% are B-round). We’re a national venture capital investment firm but with our roots firmly in Los Angeles. That’s healthy.

Startup 150

Startup Coach Course Invest 150

Xconomy

AUGUST 23, 2016

But we also wouldn’t invest in battling climate change unless we were motivated by a belief that everyone—in current and future generations—deserves an equal shot at a safe, healthy, prosperous life on this planet. If you haven’t read the Gordon book or the McKibben article, well, you’re in luck: I’m about to summarize them here.

Class 40

Class Invest Technology Mobile 40

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

We wanted to be able to invest in our software and our learning tools. Some of the biggest school districts, including LA Unified, San Diego, and Oakland all use our software. We've been toying with taking an investment for the last three or four years, and were able to meet with the guys at Kennet, and Javier Rojas.

Software Review 178

Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

I bought a book and I learned how to program macros and build spreadsheets. We had a finance group for all of the bank branches based in San Diego, and I wrote programs to download stuff from the mainframe so we could do analysis three days faster than they could send us the data. So I did that kind of stuff.

Startup 337

Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Venture Capital 337

Xconomy

JULY 12, 2016

Despite this economic potential, we are concerned that a patchwork of conflicting and confusing state and local regulations could hinder growth and investment in drones and related services. A huge win, but only if we create the right policy environment for this technology to thrive.

Examples 40

Examples Services Technology Study 40

Xconomy

OCTOBER 18, 2016

They are on more solid footing than they were, but there’s no such thing as solid footing in this industry,” says Rajeev Shah, a managing director at biotech investment firm RA Capital, which had been a Vertex investor but no longer is. Has Vertex has learned from its past missteps?

Startup 40

Startup Research Sales Organization 40

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2015

Try to imagine if you *didn’t* already know Amazon and the company walking into VC meetings telling people they were going to disrupt the selling of all goods starting with books but then extending into electronics, apparel, toys and so forth. Many, many markets use storage and in totally different use-cases than you’d imagine.

Ideas 150

Ideas Startup Technical Review Pricing 150

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

MSN Money Investing. Downtown San Diego Condos. Investment Land For Sale. Investing Tools. Wie Facebook Ihre intimsten Geheimnisse ausplaudert. Gefährliche Freunde: Drei Fallen auf Facebook. So schützen Sie Ihre Privatsphäre bei Facebook. MSN Money Homepage. Available to WSJ.com Subscribers. Prudential CT Realty.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44