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AUGUST 18, 2010

For today's Insights and Opinions section, where we feature insights and analysis from the local technology community, we have an article from Jeff Cohn , an entrepreneur and veteran of the angel and VC investment community here in Southern California. Read the rest of Jeff's post on on angel and venture capital shareholder liquidity.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Gradient X , the online mobile marketing and advertising technology developer backed by GRP Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, Crosscut Ventures, Founder Collective, Double M Capital, Baroda Ventures, Siemer Ventures, and others, has snapped up some talent from OpenX with its latest hire. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 9, 2018

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , which develops cloud-based learning and human capital management software for the enterprise, said late Tuesday that it has nominated a trio of new members to its board of directors. Steele was most recently CEO of Jive Software, and also had served at Microsoft, Skype, and Yahoo!;

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APRIL 15, 2010

I was on This Week in Venture Capital (TWiVC) again this week with Jason Calacanis. billion to Yahoo! mm in Series A; IdealLab ( Bill Gross ), Index Ventures ( Danny Rimer ), Revolution LLC ( Steve Case ), First Round Capital , BetaWorks , Jason Calcanis. Rumored: Digital Sky Technologies. Overture sold for $1.6

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

According to one of Pasadena-based Metacloud ''s venture capital backers, the acquisition of the cloud services provider by Cisco on Wednesday was an "epic exit". The exit is also a huge win for technology insider Sean Moriarty, who was Chairman of the company; Metacloud was started by Sean Lynch, former Sr. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 25, 2013

In the arms race of search technology, only the big guys -- Google, Microsoft -- seem to be able to keep up with all of the innovations in the space. We caught up with CEO Dev Bhatia --a serial entrepreneur who''s been involved with such companies at Hotsocket, Screaming Media (IPO), and Yoyodyne (acquired by Yahoo)--to learn more about.

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MARCH 11, 2014

I have the utmost respect for the tech produced by our northern colleagues and acknowledge it is the tech capital of the world and that won’t change. LA has a serious technology scene. When AOL came calling there was another interested technology company based in the Bay Area. And I’m proud of that, too.

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MARCH 6, 2014

If it seems strange to find the inventor of Bitcoin living in the San Gabriel Valley, it''s actually not all that surprising given the area is home to one of the most prominent research universities in the United States, The California Institute of Technology ; NASA''s Jet Propulsion Laboratory ; and the original Internet incubator, Idealab.

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APRIL 24, 2012

Los Angeles-based DataPop , the developer of advertising targeting technology headed byJason Lehmbeck, has raised $7M in a Series B funding round, the firm said today. The funding was led by MK Capital, and also included prior investors Rincon Ventures, IA Ventures, Momentum Ventures, and Accelerator Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Los Angeles-based DataPop , a new paid search ad management firm started by a pair of Overture/Yahoo Search Marketing veterans, has raised $1.7M DataPop was founded Jason Lehmbeck and John Zimmerman, both of whom have been at Overture and Yahoo! Tags: datapop venture capital search marketing advertising overture yahoo.

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MARCH 20, 2015

Altadena-based Rexter , the developer of real time contact and relationship management software led by technology veteran Andy Wilson, has been named one of the fourteen companies in the upcoming Microsoft Digital Work Accelerator. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Furukawa has previously worked for Yahoo!, ZEFR said that Furukawa had most recently founded his own mobile ad company, and has 15 years of experience in the product management and technology development area. Venture Partners, Shasta Ventures, First Round Capital and Richmond Park Partners. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 26, 2013

Lynch and Curry are technology veterans, having managed cloud deployments for Yahoo and Ticketmaster. metacloud venture capital cloud computing private openstack rackspace deployment management software' The companies said the funding will go towards growth and global expansion of its services. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 17, 2010

And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. But we have a great city for building technology companies. Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them. You don’t.

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

The site, which launched a year ago with the backing of Best Buy, said its audience target is now females, moms and mainstream consumers, who are interested in the practical usage of technology. The site says it is now the largest technology website specifically catering to women.

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Fandango Technical Review Venice Yahoo 140

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NOVEMBER 30, 2012

James (chairman of the Althea Foundation) and appointed Adam Sroka as Senior Vice President of Technology in a move to make business transactions simple and secure. . Jackson , “This financing round, coupled with hiring Adam Sroka as our head of technology, puts CapLinked in a position to further enhance our enterprise product offerings.”.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2012

CapLinked operates an online platform which lets users manage capital raises, commercial real estate deals, business development transactions, and more, operating as a "virtual data room". Along with the funding, CapLinked said it has added Adom Sroka as the company's Senior Vice President of Technology. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 7, 2019

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions for 2019 from Southern California's technology industry. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2018?

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Venture Capital is a Long Term Game. You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here. Liquidity and transfer of wealth.

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OCTOBER 15, 2012

MetaCloud is headed by Steve Curry, the former head of Yahoo's global storage operations. Vice President of Technology Operations at Ticketmaster Entertainment. MetaCloud's co-founders also include Sean Lynch, former Sr. MetaCloud's fully managed services helps companies deploy their own, OpenStack cloud computing systems.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Even the best technology can’t read your mind, which is why a simple Google search often gives frustrating and irrelevant results, and online advertisers bombard you with opportunities of no interest. They neither frequently use nor derive much satisfaction from social media, and would be classified at late adopters of new technology.

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MAY 13, 2013

And to keep up with the Jones’s it seems that Yahoo! And they might give a premium if the team has been around a longer period of time, has built some hard-to-build proprietary technology or has some customer traction. Almost certainly the startup would have raised some capital. Does Yahoo! And who cares, right?

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JUNE 23, 2011

Messenger : Jason Lehmbeck , Co-Founder and CEO of DataPop , former VP of Emerging Ad Products at Overture Services and Yahoo! You guys did a lot of self-funding before you approached the venture capital community. The Core team had worked together at Yahoo! We tried to solve their problems while we were at Yahoo!,

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JULY 22, 2019

It's an incredible mix of commercial, military, and vicil organizations to support all kind of the innovative technology that we can grow really quickly. We invest both capital and an enormous amount of time and mentorship to help companies build the best businesses, as rapidly as possible. Mattt Kozlov: Yes, it's a three month format.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

De Luca was most recently the company's Chief Technology Officer, and had previously served as Vice President and Chief Information Executive at Yahoo! The firm has previously raised funding from DFJ Growth Fund, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, Pasadena Angels, the Tech Coast Angels, and Tenaya Capital.

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JANUARY 26, 2020

Even the best technology can’t read your mind, which is why a simple Google search often gives frustrating and irrelevant results, and online advertisers bombard you with opportunities of no interest. They neither frequently use nor derive much satisfaction from social media, and would be classified at late adopters of new technology.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

View the Slideshow The technology for online social networks arrived practically hand-in-hand with the Internet. and chat rooms on Bulletin Board Systems to Yahoo message boards, LinkedIn, Myspace, Twitter, and Instagram.

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. More on both trends later. acquired Overture for $1.63

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FEBRUARY 10, 2009

The firm said that it will be testing the technology over the next few months, as it looks to allow its customers to tap into Internet access for free during the trial. The airline also said it is partnered with Yahoo! to offer an in-flight homepage and destination-relevant content to Wi-Fi users.

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JUNE 9, 2016

If you wanted to find someone who truly understands the convergence of the media and technology, you need to go no further than Peter Csathy , the CEO of newly launched CREATV Media (www.creatv.media). The big opportunity is the fundamental, transformation of media via digital technology, which is a tremendous opportunity.

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OCTOBER 7, 2013

Apple, Google, Facebook, and Amazon are striving to be the super-mega technology company that owns every layer of the value chain. To understand that assertion, let’s observe how and when Google encroached on each layer of the technology value chain required to access any web service. Search is just another web application.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series of posts and I need to file this one under both Raising Venture Capital and Startup Advice. and the subsequent acquisition sprees of companies like Google, Yahoo!, Tags: Startup Advice startup technology vc venture capital. Ajax was the new buzzword and many companies went overboard.

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

The chosen candidate will probably have worked for a very reputable firm that is either in technology, consulting, investment banking, media or a startup. I love what CAA is doing and it’s a chance to work at the very interesting intersection of media, technology & celebrity. It was nearly identical. Self starter.

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JULY 1, 2010

Rumored to have turned down acquisition offers from Yahoo and Facebook. Company plans to use the capital to build out sales and marketing and r&d. -a led by Altos Ventures and Maverick Capital, with Larry Braitman. Current round: $7.0mm Series-B led by MK Capital, withClearstone Venture Partners and Shasta Ventures.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

I cannot recommend it enough for people in the technology or media sectors. Many people bandy about the definitions of “disruptive technology&# or “the innovator’s dilemma&# without ever having read the book and almost universally misunderstand the concepts. It is often LESS performant. So what did happen?

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JULY 12, 2013

That allows companies to reuse their existing capital, get full control over where their data resides, and where their performance is very deterministic, day in and day you, because you''re not sharing it with any other tenant on the public cloud. Steve Curry: I had been at Yahoo managing their storage operations.

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JANUARY 20, 2015

To illustrate the extent to which a company’s name is largely irrelevant to its ultimate success, let’s examine the genesis of six successful technology companies’ names. Yahoo – Merriam-Webster defines “Yahoo” as “a boorish, crass, or stupid person.” Expertcity was a great name for that business.

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