socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2011

We started in the comedy industry, hence the name, but basically for venues, we have a website management tool so you can fire your web programmer. For anyone that small, Ticketmaster doesn't make sense.

Ticketmaster 140

Ticketmaster CTO Hire Tech Coast Angels Social Media 140

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MARCH 12, 2013

Greg was the first person to share with me the insights of mobile conversion and why with a simpler product selection and conversion funnel they would get higher conversion on mobile than on the web. We settled on Venture Partner as is now being reported and also picked up here. He walked me through both the logic and the math.

Venture Capital 360

Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

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APRIL 17, 2012

Idealab, led by Bill Gross, who founded Overture, CitySearch and MANY other business [Pasadena]. They designed the next gen UI for the film The Minority Report. ReachLocal, founded by Zorik Gordon, publicly traded company helping small businesses across America use the Internet for marketing [Woodland Hills. North of the 101].

Startup 304

Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

The city has, however, quietly been home to some of the most successful online companies to date, including CitySearch (sold to Ticketmaster for $260 million in 1998), Overture (acquired by Yahoo for $2 billion in 2003), eHarmony and LowerMyBills (bought by Experian for $330 million in 2005). Okay, thats AdSense. 10 years ago.

Los Angeles 50

Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

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JUNE 8, 2014

Web Services, led by Amazon’s AWS, which reduced the costs a further 90%. The “Three C’s” of the Internet … The infrastructure and web services phases of the Internet are built. It’s worth having a quick read of the first few paragraphs of their annual report. CincyTech today has $28.5

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

There is no region in the country that comes close to having the sheer number of angels & VCs that Silicon Valley has as well as the dollars that flow into the region (40% of all dollars, PwC Moneytree report ). That sets us up nicely for the next phase of the web. And of course you have Hollywood.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

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MAY 5, 2011

I re-connected with Andy Liu the founder & CEO of BuddyTV – the largest destination for social TV enthusiasts on the web. because every community needs its local tech press to report on companies and run conference. We have all of the 2nd-time entrepreneurs from Overture, CitySearch, MySpace, etc. Marketing Muscle.

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317