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FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Presented by Clear Capital Advisors. Panel discussions include: The Big Impact of Big Data; SoCal Rockstars You Don�t Know �But Will; Cybersecurity: The Shadow Under the Cloud; The Analytics that Drive Your Venture�s Valuation. Register and use PROMO CODE: SocalTECH100off for $100 off ticket price. Register today!

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MAY 25, 2016

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) has just announced a brand new, $240M venture investment fund, led by longtime venture investing veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery. That network effect is a subtle but has a powerful effect with all this new technology. Big ideas rule the day.

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MARCH 3, 2010

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 -- Innovation: Commercializing Medical Services using an Advanced Pricing Model. We will kick off the Growth Strategy Series with the topic of Innovation: Commercializing Medical Services using an Advanced Pricing Model. See [link] (more).

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APRIL 15, 2010

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 -- LAVA's 2010 Investment Capital Conference. We believe the theme, "A Practical Guide to Financing in 2010 - Current Market Sources and Pricing", reflects what's needed most by corporate executives because the financing landscape has changed dramatically.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Kevin Federline Search Engine Realistic Entrprenuer's Guide to Venture Capital Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple F2F Still Matters 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing.

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MARCH 1, 2010

My experiments in lean pricing - Venture Hacks , February 16, 2010 Ash Maurya, a lean entrepreneur who runs a bootstrapped startup called CloudFire, discusses pricing issues for first versions (Minimum Viable Product – MVP). This post looks at the implementation details of HTML 5 video. where Tony Wright suggests charging right now.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). What have been your experiences in the past 6 months?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2017

I did that for a couple of years, which got me and my wife down to SoCal. But, there is broad agreement that it would be a wonderful thing to get more entrepreneurs and venture capital into the region. As you know, Silicon Valley has a locker grip on the venture capital community. We have a way to go. None of this is easy.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 26, 2016

The filing said that 157 investors participated in this new round, and other reports say that General Atlantic, Sequoia Capital, T. Rowe Price, Lone Pine, Glade Brook Capital, IVP, Coatue Management and Fidelity are involved in this latest funding. Details on the round have not been announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. Joyent - An Enterprise Class Cloud Computing Company funded by Intel Capital, provides the most comprehensive cloud solution available today. Contact Scott Herson for an overview, pricing and information at herson@joyent.com or 949-861-1069. Don't miss it!

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APRIL 20, 2017

Join local entrepreneurs, SaaS innovators, leading VCs, private equity/angel investors April 26, 2017 at the Recurring Revenue Conference (www.recurringrevenueconference.com) presented by Sutton Capital Partners. SoCalTECH100off for a $100 discount on the ticket price. Use PROMO CODE.

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MARCH 5, 2018

California's $45 billion agriculture industry has long had to deal with problems like drought, labor shortages, steep land prices and regulatory pressures. That requires sophisticated infrastructure and technology, and the capital necessary to support their increasingly complex operations and sustain their growth.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 27, 2013

Their mission: to support a charity, savor the hot SoCal nightlife, and transform Los Angeles into the startup capital of the world. Business Entrepreneurship Events Startups Angels Be Great Fest Be Great Partners Celebrities Entrepreneurs Lin Miao Los Angeles VC Venture Capital'

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2014

YouTube is joined by the SoCal outpost for Facebook. Here, prices can climb higher. million, it is the highest sale price of the year. Reports cited by Los Angeles Business Journal say recent median housing prices in the Beach Cities and the South Bay rose 19.2 percent higher than those of last year.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. In SoCal we have Crosscut Ventures, Matt Coffin, Mike Jones, Klaus Schauser, etc. I am always an advocate of setting a price.

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JULY 17, 2009

For this special program, TCVN and OCTANe are joining forces to produce a timely, interactive program on venture capital financing in todays difficult times. Two programs for the price of one! For this very special joint Forum, four local, early-stage, venture capital firms will serve as our panelists. See [link] (more).

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MARCH 9, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Some very interesting graphics including this heat map: Very cool visualization tool!

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 27, 2011

Based on the book by Basil Peters, Early Exits is a perfect fit for the entrepreneurial environment early in the 21st Century, which can be characterized as follows:  The traditional venture capital model is not working.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Kevin Federline Search Engine Just saw a post - Sleep with a pop star, get your own branded search engine. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. talking about Prodeges Search with Kevin Site - [link].

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing Great post - 8 Ways The Internet Changed Software Marketing - is an interesting take on how different it is these days to market software. Good stuff. Posted byTony Karrer at 6:58 AM 1 comments: Jon Miller said.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

One of his companies - Gluecode - was sold to IBM for a pretty good price. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. There are quite a few other Software Development Companies in Southern California working on open source and/or freemium business models.

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MARCH 1, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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OCTOBER 20, 2009

See [link] (more).

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

I love cars--I grew up in SoCal, and my father was really into cars, and didn't have sons. We basically got venture capital money, without having to give away any of the company. Over those years, one thing became plain to me, which is whenever you'd go on a car launch, it was a sea of men. That's exactly what I did.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Monday, March 12, 2007 MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point The NY Times did a piece today on MyShape, a start-up in Pasadena - Log in Your Measurements, and the Clothes May Fit. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple Jeremy Liew at Lightspeed Venture Partners has an interesting post: Time Rich or Time Poor? Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2013

A Beginner's Guide to Investors How to Speak the Language of Venture Capital " In Building Your MVP as a Non-Technical Startup Founder , I mentioned that before you build your Minimum Viable Product (MVP), you need to be really clear on your purpose. What The Heck Does “Traction” Really Mean To A VC?

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

I recall being impressed with Jeff, but I was concerned that he was creating a platform, which often requires a significant amount of capital, takes an extended amount of time to establish and can be subject to margin pressure as the enabling technologies become commoditized. What do Silicon Valley investors know that we are missing?".

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

It will affect your ability to get the right jobs and promotions as well as your ability to attract talent and capital. I was based in LA and thought there was an interesting angle there – I could be SoCal guy. It is simply the most important way to proactively control your career development and how the market perceives you.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series about Raising Venture Capital. Look at Josh Kopelman over at First Round Capital. Entrepreneurs want less cash because they want to control dilution and preserve exit options at lower prices. Chris talks in his blog post about your A round pricing being lower if you have a VC seed investor.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

as his "retail" price. The reality is that an early employee in a pre-funded startup that eventually raises a few rounds of capital will be diluted significantly, is down the line in preference, and will likely be locked up for a while to harvest it. Let's run through an example. So subtract a third from 16.7%

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Prices are soaring in the beachfront communities tech types favor, and rents in these. Last summer, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss—twins best known for suing Mark Zuckerberg over the origins of Facebook, and who recently formed a venture-capital firm—bought an 8,000-square-foot bachelor pad in the Hollywood Hills for $18 million.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Pricing models, the freemium myth and why you may not be charging enough for your product - Seth Levine's VC Adventure , August 12, 2010 I’ve been pulled into a number of product and pricing meetings recently (for reasons unknown I’ve become the Foundry pricing and productization guy). clearly didn’t cause this.” How it happens.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Storm Clouds - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , November 12, 2010 We have enjoyed an amazing run in the web startup and investing space over the past five or six years.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Shivani Siroya is the CEO and Founder of InVenture , which helps to expand small businesses around the world by providing access to growth capital and business tracking tools via the Internet and mobile technology. Shivani Siroya – CEO and Founder of InVenture. Michael Mothner – Founder of Wpromote. Ryan Born – Founder of AudioMicro.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? First Principles. Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. -

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