Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure.

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

We wrote up a business plan, and won a USC business plan competition, which allowed us to get funding from the University and raise venture capital we needed to begin development on the plan. Jeff's father is an entrepreneur, and I wanted to go down the entrepreneurial path, so we had this early concept for a cash back and coupon web site.

USC 207

USC CPC Sites Startup 207

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Los Angeles-based Aggregage (www.aggregage.com) is looking to help aggregate the content across multiple blog publishing sites, and curate that information into specific, B2B niche vertical web sites. At that time, monetizing by advertising didn't exist, and web developers were having to hand roll those experiences. Robert Flynn: Yes.

Startup 162

Startup Content Advertising Sites 162

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

We want to make sure the marketplace is for professional content, so we screen to make sure the seller is a professional or small business owner, or a startup or entrepreneur. That works like Docstoc, which is now probably the fastest growing web site for small businesses. Part of that is transition into paid content.

Technical Review 171

Technical Review Rustic Canyon Screening Startup 171