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Lightpost Digital Lands New Funding For Online Marketing Services

socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2017

San Diego-based Lightpost Digital , a digital agency which provides online marketing services to local businesses, has raised a round of funding, the company disclosed this week. The company focuses on website development, SEO, Facebook ads, and review monitoring. The funding came from Canal Partners and DWP Investments.

Services

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Vision Internet Gets Private Equity Investment

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Santa Monica-based Visio Internet , which develops Internet sites for governments, has raised a round of growth capital, according to the company. Vision Internet provides government website development, and says it has nearly 600 government, non-profit and education clients. The funding came from Caltius Equity Partners.

Equity

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SpotOn raises $300M at a $3.15B valuation and acquires Appetize

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

With the new capital, SpotOn has raised $628 million since its inception. So for example, when you’re ordering food at a game or concert, Appetize’s technology makes it easier to pay in a variety of contactless ways through point of sale (POS) devices, self-service kiosks, handheld devices, online ordering, mobile web and API integrations.

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DivShot Acquired By Google

socalTECH

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Los Angeles-based Divshot , which had offered up hosting of static web pages for web developers, has been acquired by Google , and will join Gogole's Firebase software development team. Divshot says it will shut down all of its products and services as of Monday, December 14th, 2015.

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Divshot Raises $1.1M For Visual Web App Software

socalTECH

MARCH 18, 2013

The new funding was led by Rincon Venture Partners, and also included 500 Startups, Daher Capital, Floodlight Ventures, Cooley LLP, Drummond Road Capital, and Eric Hammond. The company said its software is based on the open source Bootstrap framework which was developed by Twitter. READ MORE>>.

Web

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Realistic Entrprenuers Guide to Venture Capital

SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

Venture Capital

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Last Exit Wall Street: 7 Considerations When Raising Venture Capital

From the Venture Trenches

MARCH 27, 2013

The recent firing of Groupon’s CEO Andrew Mason is a cautionary tale of the increased scrutiny and heightened expectations that come from accessing increasingly larger amounts of investment capital. Is outside capital really required? Does your business model scale? Groupon raised seven series of private equity before going public.

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Why The Growth Of The Internet Is Driving EdgeCast's Revenues

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

The company--which is in the business of operating a content delivery network (CDN) to accelerate the delivery of web graphics, multimedia, applications, and more to end users-- recently disclosed it more than doubled its revenues in 2012, and has grown to over 230 employees--all due to a huge amount of demand for CDN services by its customers.

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Interview with Adi Jaffe, All About Addiction

socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2011

The options are anything from medical detox, going to a hospital, to residential inpatient services, to a couple of different outpatients things, to seeking a shrink or psychologist or things of that nature. Adi Jaffe: Our first, and primary model is the idea of having service providers pay to become recommended providers.

UCLA

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Map of VC Investments

SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

Posted byTony Karrer at 9:30 AM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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What Lynda.com Plans With Its $103M Funding, with Eric Robison

socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2013

The firm operates an online video education service helping people to learn how to use all kinds of software, ranging from Adobe Illustrator to AutoCAD and more. We already had a presence there, and are moving into a standalone building in Calabasas focused on web development. How many employees do you have now at the company?

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What Lynda.com Plans To With Its $103M Funding, with Eric Robison

socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2013

The firm operates an online video education service helping people to learn how to use all kinds of software, ranging from Adobe Illustrator to AutoCAD and more. We already had a presence there, and are moving into a standalone building in Calabasas focused on web development. How many employees do you have now at the company?

Funding

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Programs in NYC and LA prepare autistic students to excel in tech careers

StartUp Beat

JANUARY 24, 2018

The low employment rates, says the Autism Speaks foundation , reflect a nationwide lack of vocational training and support services helping students with autism transition from secondary school into employment. But in the United States an estimated 80 percent of autistic adults are either unemployed or underemployed.

Training

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Founders Fund and Peter Thiel Inject $28M into Asana

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 23, 2012

Asana was launched early November last year as new way of working that keeps teams in sync, a shared task list where everyone can capture, organize, track, and communicate what they are working on in service of their common goal. Asana promise to save time away from the full email inbox filled with spam mails.

Funding

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Kevin Federline Search Engine

SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Posted byTony Karrer at 5:02 PM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing

SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

March 14, 2007 10:47 AM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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Entreprenuer Network

SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

Posted byTony Karrer at 12:50 PM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

Posted byTony Karrer at 2:57 PM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

MyShape

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Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple

SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Posted byTony Karrer at 10:01 AM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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Open Source Business Model

SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

[link] [link] Posted byTony Karrer at 5:33 PM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning.

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Interview with Eric Hovanec and Steve Reich, LeisureLink

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2009

funding round for the firm's travel booking service. For those who haven't seen LeisureLink before, explain how your service works? We've got a software-as-a-service platform that handles all of that for them--all they have to do is hand the guest the key. Let's talk about the new round. How long has this been in the works?

Startup

Startup Platform Clearstone Content

Africa’s Largest and Fastest Growing Social Network | Interview with LAGbook’s Chidi Nwaogu

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

LAGbook and Facebook offer totally different social services. LAGbook is the top social networking service born out of Africa. We’re the only African social network recognised on Wikipedia’s List of social networking websites and DiggChat, a website that collates your favourite social networks under one roof.

Social Network

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Interview with Robert Flynn, Aggregage

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

My career in the venture startup world started in about 1984--I'm not a completely young guy--and I actually did about ten years in venture capital. Back in the early days of LA venture capital, I was first an associate of a fund, and then partner of a fund, Entertainment Media Venture Partners. Robert Flynn: I'm actually an LA native.

Startup

Startup Content Advertising Sites

VC Confessions: We Passed On Twilio’s Seed Round

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. Similar to VoiceXML, the standard for the past 5-yrs.

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

April 20, 2007 8:32 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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The Startup Guide To SXSW Panel Picking

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Jason Cohen, Capital Thought. Bootstrapping development, team management. . Your Web Developer Thinks You're an Idiot. Bootstrapping development, Startup, Website content. . Many web startups enter the market facing an uphill struggle against naysayers, critics and skeptica. Chris Henry, Behance.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Just Say What it Is

Frank Addante

DECEMBER 22, 2006

► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0:

Startup

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 3. Virtual Location, Location, Location

Frank Addante

MARCH 12, 2007

► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0:

Outsource Development

Outsource Development Startup .Net Venture Capital

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Inventing Stuff, Obviously Impossible?

Frank Addante

AUGUST 14, 2006

▼ August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Hire Entrepreneurs! Be scrappy.

Startup

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 1.0: “The Bug Bite” - The Internet Needs a Card Catalogue (I guess that’s a search engine)

Frank Addante

MAY 3, 2006

► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut.

Startup

Startup Venture Capital Yahoo Email

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: "Keep it Simple" - My Golden Rule

Frank Addante

JUNE 13, 2006

► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. .

Startup

Startup Outsource Development Product Advertising

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. .

Startup

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 3.0: Internet advertising is good. No, it’s bad. Oh wait… it IS good!

Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut.

Advertising

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F2F Still Matters

SoCal CTO

MARCH 16, 2007

Posted byTony Karrer at 9:09 AM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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Lightpost Digital Lands New Funding For Online Marketing Services

Vision Internet Gets Private Equity Investment

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SpotOn raises $300M at a $3.15B valuation and acquires Appetize

DivShot Acquired By Google

Divshot Raises $1.1M For Visual Web App Software

Realistic Entrprenuers Guide to Venture Capital

Last Exit Wall Street: 7 Considerations When Raising Venture Capital

Why The Growth Of The Internet Is Driving EdgeCast's Revenues

Interview with Adi Jaffe, All About Addiction

Map of VC Investments

What Lynda.com Plans With Its $103M Funding, with Eric Robison

What Lynda.com Plans To With Its $103M Funding, with Eric Robison

Programs in NYC and LA prepare autistic students to excel in tech careers

Founders Fund and Peter Thiel Inject $28M into Asana

Kevin Federline Search Engine

8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing

Entreprenuer Network

MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point

Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple

Open Source Business Model

Interview with Eric Hovanec and Steve Reich, LeisureLink

Africa’s Largest and Fastest Growing Social Network | Interview with LAGbook’s Chidi Nwaogu

Interview with Robert Flynn, Aggregage

VC Confessions: We Passed On Twilio’s Seed Round

Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

The Startup Guide To SXSW Panel Picking

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Just Say What it Is

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 3. Virtual Location, Location, Location

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Inventing Stuff, Obviously Impossible?

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 1.0: “The Bug Bite” - The Internet Needs a Card Catalogue (I guess that’s a search engine)

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: "Keep it Simple" - My Golden Rule

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 3.0: Internet advertising is good. No, it’s bad. Oh wait… it IS good!

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