socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Also, we had an investment in a company that went public this year, BroadSoft, which is one of 2010's best-performing IPOs. 1) Mobile web. Mobile app downloads went from 300mm in 2009 to 5 billion in 2010, Android ad impressions up over 2,000% as two examples. 3) Cloud computing offerings as an enabler to lean startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Always-on connectivity of mobile (164m US smartphone users). Limited Partners or LPs (the people who invest into VC funds) have taken notice as 2014 is by all accounts the busiest year for LPs since the Great Recession began. We are in a bubble (with so many private $1bn+ valuations). Where are we today? 50x more Internet users (2.4

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 4, 2009

In this Strategy Series we will discuss: * Is investing back in an upswing yet? With the resurgence of angel investment and smaller financing rounds  are VCs still players? Or are mobile and cloud computing still in for 2010? If so, what trends are VCs betting on? Green tech?

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AUGUST 22, 2011

We spoke about my interest in cloud computing, digital media and mobile. I talked in specifics about a bunch of my investments including Factual , MongoLab , Maker Studios and Gogii (maker of TextPlus ). I invested in what I believe is the largest free & group texting platform in the country – TextPlus.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 11, 2016

This is especially true when considering the fact that all interaction now takes place in a cloud-first, mobile-first world. In addition to mobile dominance and cloud-based computing, the emergence of the BYOD business model has also created security challenges as employees are now accessing business networks on their personal devices.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Today with the growing number of disruptive technologies available, like cloud computing, wireless sensors, Big Data, and mobile devices, an incremental solutions mindset is no longer enough to win. The best athletes are naturally gifted, but even they train constantly and invest hours of practice every day.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Today with the growing number of disruptive technologies available, like cloud computing, wireless sensors, Big Data, and mobile devices, an incremental solutions mindset is no longer enough to win. The best athletes are naturally gifted, but even they train constantly and invest hours of practice every day.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2018

Today with the growing number of disruptive technologies available, like cloud computing, wireless sensors, Big Data, and mobile devices, an incremental solutions mindset is no longer enough to win. The best athletes are naturally gifted, but even they train constantly and invest hours of practice every day.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Today, the “device mesh,” as Gartner describes it, has rapidly expanded to include a wide range of end points such as mobile devices, wearables, consumer electronics, and automotive devices. Companies want to be convinced that the cloud can improve their performance, optimize value, and protect their data.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

They are also often looking for more cost effective ways to advertise to mobile users. We wanted investment partners that understood performance marketing and what it was like to be an entrepreneur from having done it before themselves. Mobile, social and video are changing consumer behavior and advertising as we know it.

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Xconomy

MARCH 20, 2018

Mythic , which last year unveiled its novel computer chip designed for artificial intelligence, announced today that it has raised $40 million in a Series B fundraising round led by the venture capital arm of Japanese telecom and tech giant SoftBank. The boxes Mythic wants to break customers out of are their big.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Entrepreneurism / Monetization Apps, content, mobile. . Web and mobile technology have developed differently in Japan than any other country with hardware, Entrepreneurism / Monetization business, japan, Localization. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization cloud, freelance, mobile. . jim spencer, media convergence group.

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Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

Find sources of capital— friends & family, business bank loans , angel investment , venture capital or even crowdfunding ( Crowdfunder , Fundable ). Go mobile and consider app development. Determine storage options, such as cloud computing ( Box , DropBox ). Financing and Business Planning. Recommended.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

They were going to bring the Internet to your mobile phones ushering in the era of “m-commerce.&# Gag. I had just returned from living in Japan where I witnessed the hugely successful launch of i-mode by NTT DoCoMo so I knew the potential that the mobile web would ultimately bring, but I saw so many flaws in the launch of WAP.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. Today we’re online 3.1

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

However, despite the movement of social computing into our daily lives we’re all clearly on a long journey together as the technologies themselves emerge from infancy. These disconnects lead to unnecessary barriers to participation, reach, investment, and ultimately value. A better social Web on mobile devices.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2009

My goal is to bring in informative speakers who stretch our collectively thinking on topics that will influence our investment strategies and use it as a way for us to share our experiences in ways that I hope benefit the Southern California technology ecosystem. Internet users in US – 225 million, mobile 260MM. slide 29).

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

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. But they do small, seed like investments when they like the entrepreneurs. So how can I justify doing seed investments?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 22, 2010

If Skype continues its growth eBay should at least see a return on its investment. I first noticed it while filming an episode of This Week in Cloud Computing. The voice was more clear than my mobile phone. I’ve been thinking about Skype a lot again. I’m spotting another trend. And we had full screen video.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 22, 2011

I’m often asked by people what investment areas interest me. It’s true that I have a functional focus on three areas: Performance-based marketing, digital television and mobile computing. I try to invest in things that I know and that I believe I might have better knowledge and relationships than the masses of VCs.

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