socalTECH

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

If you're a large, enterprise company, in recent years, cloud computing has become an increasingly large--and expensive--piece of your information technology (IT) mix. Enterprise cloud budgets are growing astronomically as companies adopt many cloud techniques. How did the idea for the company come about?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

The rise of “micro VCs” or seed-stage funds. The rise of alternative sources of capital (crowd funding and the like). Lower costs to start a business (95% reduction), many more companies created & funded by angels / seed. ” Stated simply – if you seed funded Uber at $4.5m Why is this?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week. We very quietly went live with our second fund, Okapi Ventures II, LP, back in March and have already made 4 investments. I think "enterprise 2.0"

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2014

In reality, startup titles should be more about the division of labor than an executive position. Here are some pre-conceived notions about what non-standard titles in a startup, like the following, might mean: Chief Inspiration Officer. c-level entrepreneur funding startup titles' Chief Legal Officer. Marty Zwilling.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Silicon Valley had the lion's share of the venture funding dollars in Q3, with $1.75 in funding raised; followed by Otonomy , a San Diego maker of treatments for hearing disorders, which raised $38.5M. funding, fellow San Diego cloud computing firm RightScale , with $25.0M in funding. in funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2020

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. I’m not talking here about a small pivot. I’m not talking here about a small pivot. This S-Curve, with no correction, can quickly lead to disaster.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2010

Earlier this month, his latest startup, El Segundo-based Morphlabs announced it had raised a Series B funding worth $5.5M. We thought we'd catch back up with Winston to hear about the Morphlabs. The company is about three years old, and we had our first product initially in Japan. Winston, nice speaking with you again.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

At the time almost nobody had heard of the following funds: FirstRound Capital, TrueVentures, Floodgate and SoftTech. By fund II (2007) he was able to raise $15 million (if you watch the video you’ll hear an interesting story of how he did this) and he had a proper fund. I think they were all brand new or just forming.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud computing provider DreamHost (www.dreamhost.com) raised a big, $30M funding round for the company--the first in the company''s long history. First, for those not familiar with DreamHost, talk about what your company does?

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Or would you like me to sell you a story on how cloud computing is green because these large datacenters are more energy efficient than the same number of computers run in ad-hoc ways? Let me answer ‘why computing needs RightScale.’ Computing is going the way of the electric grid. Pure excitement isn’t either.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

We asked the same five questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next two weeks. 3) Cloud computing offerings as an enabler to lean startups. Earlier today, we talked with Greg Martin at Archer Venture Capital.

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socalTECH

JULY 10, 2019

in seed funding, from E&A Venture Capital and SOSV. We spoke with CEO and co-founder Spencer Price to learn more about the company. It's a much smarter way of understanding shopping behavior, using data about human tastes to deliver recommendations to grocery consumers. The company has raised $1.9M What is Halla?

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The funding, which was led by Two Sigma Ventures and included existing investors like Plexo Capital, Amplify, and BoldStart values the company at over $100 million. It’s about how they automate the integration of the applications.”

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 4, 2013

Lesson: As described in Go For The Quick Buck , wily startups also devise creative ways to secure funding from their customers, rather than from investors. I promise I will never tweet about lousy music or that killer burrito I just ate. Follow my startup-oriented Twitter feed here: @johngreathouse. Share and Enjoy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

One of the business ironies that many entrepreneurs have learned the hard way in the past is that ideas which are truly disruptive carry the highest risk of failure, take the longest to gain traction, and thus are the least likely to get external funding. John Sculley, in his classic book “ Moonshot!: Unpack your best ideas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. I’m not talking here about a small pivot. I’m not talking here about a small pivot. This S-Curve, with no correction, can quickly lead to disaster.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2014

One of the business ironies that many entrepreneurs have learned the hard way in the past is that ideas which are truly disruptive carry the highest risk of failure, take the longest to gain traction, and thus are the least likely to get external funding. John Sculley, in his new book “ Moonshot!: Unpack your best ideas.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Cloud vendors have popped up everywhere it seems, from the tech giants everyone knows to plucky startups. Perhaps you’re considering using a cloud provider as well but worry about handing over data that’s vital to your operations as an organization. So how much should you trust a cloud provider? Is this mistrust merited?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2018

One of the business ironies that many entrepreneurs have learned the hard way in the past is that ideas which are truly disruptive carry the highest risk of failure, take the longest to gain traction, and thus are the least likely to get external funding. John Sculley, in his classic book “ Moonshot!: Unpack your best ideas.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 19, 2013

Circa 1996, I ran into a former co-worker who had departed my then-current startup, Computer Motion (NASDAQ: RBOT, purchased by Intuitive Surgical), to join an Internet company. Confused, I asked him about his shirt. If you are afraid to talk about your startup, you will fail. Simply talking about your company is seldom risky.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 13, 2012

Among those startups is San Diego-based Independa (www.independa.com) , which is trying to crack the code to figure out how to apply the convergence of wireless technology, cloud computing, and software to elderly care. We spoke with CEO Kian Saneii to learn more about the firm. Talk about what your products are used for?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

The trend of funding anything from the first $25k to funding $50 million at a billion+ valuation is unlikely to last as the skills and style to be effective at all stages are diverse enough to warrant focus. I will argue that LPs who invest in VC funds will also need to adjust a bit as well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. I’m not talking here about a small pivot. I’m not talking here about a small pivot. This S-Curve, with no correction, can quickly lead to disaster.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2018

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. I’m not talking here about a small pivot. I’m not talking here about a small pivot. This S-Curve, with no correction, can quickly lead to disaster.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Create a business plan online, but don’t wait for funding. Use low-cost subscription software and cloud computing. With Google or Amazon , you can get all the application storage and computing power you need without even thinking about an IT staff and big up-front costs for computer servers and applications.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Chicago-based GE Healthcare is now about to go to market with the new magnetic resonance imaging technique. This is one of the first applications of cloud computing in a clinical application,” says Arterys CEO and co-founder Fabien Beckers. A nexus of events in just a couple of years allowed this to happen,” he says.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series about Raising Venture Capital. A few years ago it became fashionable for large VC’s to do seed funding. With open source software (LAMP stack) and cloud computing infrastructure it just wasn’t that expensive to get your company going and founders just wanted to raise less money.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 28, 2011

WebEx also charged exorbitant setup fees (again, much like cellular carriers), averaging about $4,000. Cloud computing pioneer RightScale is a prime example of a company which utilized a consultative go-to-market strategy as a means of funding its initial operations. A typical 60-minute meeting with one attendee cost $54.

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socalTECH

JULY 23, 2012

We caught up with Navid --one of a number of executives to have recently departed Buy.com after its acquisition a couple of years ago by Rakuten--to hear more about his new startup. is all about? Can you talk about your background, Buy.com and why you decided to pursue this idea? Describe what Recmnd.me READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

At RingRevenue we’ve created a call performance marketing platform that at its core is all about getting more high-value calls to advertisers who want them. 9) In Getting The Band Back Together , I write about the power of serial Founding teams. 9) In Getting The Band Back Together , I write about the power of serial Founding teams.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 13, 2011

While CES 2011 was all about the tablets, I believe 2012 will definitely be the year of mobile as Android friendly manufacturers look to continually one-up the iPhone 4S , whose debut received a slightly lackluster critic welcome. Direct Cloud Computing and Storage.

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San Diego Mobile Startup Cloud Computing 65

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

However, TenHands’ “special sauce” is in its groundbreaking architecture as the 1st to deliver personal (desktop, mobile) video as a virtualized cloud computing solution and the 1st to commercialize WebRTC - the catalyst behind the effort to revolutionize the way we use our browsers to communicate. Any funding?

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

We'll use all the panel members' experiences to tell a "how to story" about bootstrapping to million. Bootstrapping boostrapping, Funding, lean startup. . Most entrepreneurs fail because they start the business the only way they know how - thinking about. How UX and the Cloud are Transforming Software. Both cover techni.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

The basic conclusion was that it was a bit premature if you were talking about a serious, funded start-up. Now up: Craig Ogg Co-Founder Freshly Grated Software former VP of R&D, Stamps.com Have had to make choices about platforms many times. All about end-user requests. Large number of Players in Cloud Computing.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. The Hybrid Group is passionate about making useful things with technology. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund. It’s a gallery of great entrepreneurship.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

Like many I read the headlines about Pinterest moving from Palo Alto to San Francisco and thought about the trend it portends. Palo Also is about 35 miles south of San Francisco. One of the major trends I’ve outlined is this movement of entrepreneurs (and as a lagging indicator venture funds) to more urban environments.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

The Hybrid Group is passionate about making useful things with technology. Based in Los Angeles, we are software developers and designers that specialize in Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, Cloud Computing, Mobile Development, Application Design, and most importantly, helping you solve problems.

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