socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

TeleSign, which is led by Steve Jillings, provides it authentication services to a large chunk of the tier one online websites and e-commerce providers, but has recently been extending out its reach to a wider range of customers. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Saturday, December 4, 2010 -- E-Commerce 2.0: Since the start of the decade, revenue from both e-commerce and online auctions has grown at an exceptional rate, outperforming most, if not all, retail industries in the country. Social, Subscriptions and Mobile. Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Saturday, December 4, 2010 -- E-Commerce 2.0: Since the start of the decade, revenue from both e-commerce and online auctions has grown at an exceptional rate, outperforming most, if not all, retail industries in the country. Social, Subscriptions and Mobile. Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. See [link] (more)

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Commerce Mobile Enterprise Forum CalTech 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Darren Lit: My background is as a tech entrepreneur. On the customer side, there's been such a massive boom in and around e-commerce, with so many people looking for marketing talent, there's a huge ecosystem of customres and companies, which has allowed us to grow rather quickly. The other has been the growth in e-commerce.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

All this holiday season, we have been sharing the reflections on 2016 from the Southern California's technology ecosystem. Stubbs, Alderton, and Markiles is a longtime sponsor of socaltech.com, and represents a wide range of clients, including a significant number of Southern California's most visible startups.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2015

Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based CrossCut Ventures (www.crosscutventures.com) announced its third, venture capital fund--a continuation of an investment theme very much centered around the growth of Southern California, and in particular, the Silicon Beach startup ecosystem.

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socalTECH

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. You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2020

Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. I predict SoCal will continue to grow, but in 2020 more companies nationwideand herewill not get the funding they need. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Big crowd of entrepreneurs, professors, students, and established professionals. All in a room at the University of Southern California Silicon Beach Event on September 18th, 2013. I wanted to connect LA’s incredible entrepreneurs with the larger business community and with the resources of USC.”. Filled with innovation.

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socalTECH

JULY 27, 2012

That's exactly what Retention Science (www.retentionscience.com), the latest firm out of the MuckerLab acceleartor, helps e-commerce companies do. Jerry Jao, the CEO of Retention Science, tells us how the firm is using big data to help e-commerce firms convert more customers. What is Retention Science?

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. From there, I became the first non-founder employee at an e-commerce startup called BITSource, which was the first electronic software distributor delivering electronic volume software licenses to corporations. Tell me a bit about your background.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Based in Los Angeles, AppOnboard sees itself as one of a new breed of LA startup that’s steeping itself in the local ecosystem and trying to be one of the cornerstone’s for a new technology hub in the southern California region. Company co-founder Jonathan Zweig has already had one hit as a Los Angeles-based entrepreneur.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

A lot of those brands, on the e-commerce side, are becoming more data driven. The company that owned the brand was Provide Commerce, and the brand was Proflowers, which they owned along with a couple of other brands. In 2014, there were a few hundred stores running on Shopify, as the e-commerce market was quite fragmented.

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socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2013

com) recently scored a round of funding from such notable investors as Data Collective, Brad Jones of Redpoint Ventures, Horizon Ventures, and TenOneTen Ventures, the new Southern California venture capital firm headed by Gil Elbaz and David Waxman. It''s not just mobile, it''s also e-commerce. SRCH2 (www.srch2.com)

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Essentially, we are giving the control back to them on the e-commerce channel, to make sure they are making the right sales, to the right places, to the right people, and to lock down an optimized sales channel through their partners. The first piece of this is getting really great visibility of the landscape of e-commerce.

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Artificial Inteligence Startup Commerce Sales 140

Both Sides of the Table

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. We have many seasoned entrepreneurs who have built successful companies here and made a lot of money for investors and themselves. Los Angeles. People either love it our hate it.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2010

We've been sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community all week, and will also do so next week. First is B2B commerce, which is monstrous, but business buying decisions need a real support system of information in context before the purchase is made. READ MORE>>.

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Clearstone Southern California High Tech GRP Partners 133

socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2012

One of the biggest complaints that local entrepreneurs have with Los Angeles has been a dearth of local sources of venture capital. Specifically, we look at digital media, healthcare IT, e-commerce, education technology and financial services. We have four investments so far, two of which are public.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Are you an entrepreneur hoping to startup a company in the Los Angeles area? Southern California apparently has no shortage of investors, entrepreneurs, and others eager to help budding entrepreneurs. Howard Marks: We're a startup accelerator, which will help entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days.

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CTO Coach Startup Mentor Activision 194

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The Los Angeles area has seen a surge in the last month in companies and organizations looking to bolster entrepreneurial activity and startups in Southern California. So, I went out to the community, and we were able to raise $10 million, or around there, for Science. It really has three core structures to how this works.

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Incubator Startup Commerce Los Angeles 196

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 19, 2017

For product entrepreneurs, designers, and manufacturers: the first MAKE IT IN LA event for 2017! E-commerce has quadrupled in the past decade and direct-to-consumer has become a key sales channel for products. Wednesday, January 25, 2017 -- Direct-to-Consumer Packaging: Delighting Customers in a New Era of Retail. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 20, 2017

A former record producer, David loves blending creativity with technology - and this year, Angel City Data was recognized as the Burbank Chamber of Commerce's Small Business of the Year. See [link] (more)

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socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2017

Anna Barber: Before this, I hadn't been involved with Techstars as a mentor, however, I'd been an entrepreneur and mentored at other accelerators. However, I always wanted to get into a broader role in the startup ecosystem, where I could help other entrepreneurs work on their ideas. That's exciting. What are your goals at Techstars?

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Startup Los Angeles Claremont Press 100

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

We sat down with Jamie�who has been part of LA's technology industry, either as an investor or advisor since its very early days--to get his perspective on where we are today, especially as it relates to all of the companies he's worked with over the years on a more global stage and in Silicon Valley, and his advice to entrepreneurs.

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Technical Review Conference Silver Lake Cornerstone OnDemand 100

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2012

Bricault was the founder of The Mailroom Fund, which was focused on early stage investments in Southern California digital media, and prior to that spent significant time at William Morris Agency. Because of that, you get to meet slots of people in the community, because there's such a prolific number of entrepreneurs.

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Startup Los Angeles Entrepreneur Media 254

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

Walk into any Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Southern California and you can’t miss their digital screens. I first met him there and knew he was a talented entrepreneur that I wanted to work with some day. The company’s first offering will be a mobile retail commerce platform. Tags: SoCal Stuff.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 24, 2013

Nine founders with established business models and strong teams will introduce their companies, spanning from a wide range of industries including ad tech, consumer web, e-commerce, consumer tech, web marketplaces, gaming, and more. tech entrepreneurs. This is your chance to hear their stories and support a new batch of L.A.

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Santa Monica Commerce Class Mentor 124

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

The panel is comprised of Southern California’s Top VC’s, Angels, and Startup Accelerator founders. Sangster is a serial entrepreneur and M&A executive with experience both founding and acquiring businesses. Dan an experienced entrepreneur and veteran senior executive of several venture-backed digital businesses.

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs, We caught up with Mark to hear about what kinds of investments GRP is looking at nowadays, his view on the software-as-a-service market, and how best to approach him with a pitch. We'd like to be one of the most prominent investors in Southern California.

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GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2014

If you look at the companies in the startup space both here in Southern California, as well as across the country--especially those that are expanding rapidly and hiring hundreds of people--we''re the go-to source for how they manage their customer care and back office. The two of us really wanted to be entrepreneurs.

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socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2010

Albert previously founded CheapCheapCheap.com, an online coupon and deal finding site, and we thought we'd hear from Albert why he thinks the local, group purchasing market is so interesting, and how he hopes to grow the service beyond just Orange County. Albert Ko: At DealPerk, we cater toward Orange County, here in Southern California.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 23, 2009

Over the past six years, over 1000 investors representing billions of dollars in venture funding attended our Venture Forums to hear promising entrepreneurs and mid-stage companies pitch for funds in the areas of digital entertainment, digital media, games, mobile, IPTV, web services, Commerce, software, hardware, social media, devices, music, film, (..)

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Media Social Media Commerce Entertainment 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Despite the proximity to Hollywood and the entertainment world, in the world of Southern California startups, actually combining the two world is quite difficult. We've got a photo gallery, commerce box, and we let the studios import ticketing information with an iframe into a page.

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Paramount Entertainment Hollywood Content 187

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

At the end of the 90's, I had the opportunity to launch Bugleboy.com, an e-commerce enabled site, which we launched a week fore Gap.com. That said, I'm a veteran technology guy here in SoCal. If you are an entrepreneur inside and organization, you have to understand that organization, and what makes it tick, and how it operates.

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Startup CitySearch Outsource Development Organization 113

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

I’m very pleased today to announce that I invested, on behalf of GRP Partners, in Burstly alongside Rincon Venture Partners , an early stage VC in Southern California whith whom we love to work (and were our co-investors on RingRevenue ). Tags: Featured SoCal Stuff. He knows the ad management and ad network businesses.

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Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 5, 2008

The City of Ventura and the Ventura Chamber of Commerce invite you to mingle with movers and shakers of the growing local Ventura Venture Capital scene! Thursday, December 11, 2008 -- Venture Ventura Capital Connections. Come meet our venture capital partners and local business leaders. Contact aewing@cityofventura.net.

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Ventura Capital Venture Capital Incubator 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2011

Every so often--particularly in Southern California--you run into a serial entrepreneur, with multiple successes and great track record-- yet, who very few people are aware of. Jeff Zwelling: Today, we have lots of e-commerce and online subscription customers. There are lots of e-commerce companies.

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