socalTECH

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

The move is part of a one-two-three punch to the San Diego technology community, as two Vista Equity-owned technology companies have been moved to Texas in as many weeks. websense jobs employment texas layoff' Vista Equity owns Websense, along with Omnitracs, which is also moving to Texas. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 30, 2019

The company, famous for lavish promotions but little substance , has received yet another financial lifeline in the wake of a dispute with key investor Evergrande. billion capital raise that the company believes it can close before the end of this year. Faraday announced on Monday that it had received $225 million in bridge financing.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Agoura Hills-based THQ , a developer and publisher of video games, said Wednesday that it is making "additional cost reduction actions" which includes the layoff of approximately 600 people, or 24 percent of the company's workforce. THQ said the move was a response to the continuing uncertainty in the market. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

There are only two types of companies -those which have achieved positive cash flow and those which have not. While it is easy to divide all companies into just these two groups, this simplification ignores whether management has made a conscious, strategic choice about their growth. By John Huston.

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socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

San Diego-based residential solar installer OneRoof Energy has cut its staff, and says it is in a major realignment of its business operations to tap into consumer services providers and partners, rather than invest in its own direct sales. Size of the cuts were not announced by the company. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2008

Autobytel said that the move affects approximately 40 employees at the company, and will save the company approximately $5.2M Coats has been named the company's President and CEO, replacing current CEO Jeff Riesenbach. in the fourth quarter for the layoffs, including severance for Riesenbach. annually in costs.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Los Angeles-based on-demand, dog walking service Wag has bought back its stake from Softbank, and is now seeking a sale, according to CNBC. The sale comes less than two years after SoftBank invested $300M in Wag , via the SoftBank Vision Fund. The company also is now seeking a buyer. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 19, 2016

San Diego-based residential solar power installer OneRoof Energy said late Friday that it has "significantlyr educed" its work force, and has begun winding down its operations, after it said it was unable to secure financing necessary to continue sales, marketing, and development. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2019

The sale comes less than two years after SoftBank invested $300M in Wag , via the SoftBank Vision Fund. According to a memo leaked from Wag's new CEO, Garrett Smallwood, the company is also laying of a number of employees as it looks to have a capital base that is "right-sized to the needs of our business and strategy". READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2013

Cash is king when it comes to the financial management of a growing company, so this is not the place for shortcuts and sloppy practices. No matter how small your company is today, there are more moving financial parts than you can manage dynamically in your head. Seasonal sales fluctuations eat cash.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2016

Cash is king when it comes to the financial management of a growing company, so diligence is required. No matter how small your company is today, there are more moving financial parts than you can manage dynamically in your head. Seasonal sales fluctuations eat cash. Unanticipated expenses and emergencies drain cash.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 19, 2011

San Diego-based Somaxon Pharmaceuticals , a developer of sleep medication, said today that it has cut 60 percent of its non-field based employees, and has hired a financial advisor to help sell the company. The firm said it has hired Stifel Nicolaus Weisel to help in "strategic alternatives", and cut its staff to minimize its cash burn rate.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

He eventually founded and sold consumer health firm ViSalus to a public company and is now back making investments, in technology companies, as a venture capitalist here at Los Angeles-based HashtagOne (www.hashtagone.com). After we sold it to that public company, I founded HashtagOne. What's the theme of your investments?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 10, 2010

This is advice that I end up giving ALL THE TIME and every CEO of a company I’m involved with will have heard this from me. You just made an offer to a new employee to join your company. It might be a VP of Sales, Marketing or Technology. Or it may just be a junior programmer, sales rep or accountant.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 6, 2013

Adam sat down with us to talk about startups, the LA scene, and his company ScoreBig. We had companies come knocking on our doors to tell us a solution to our empty seat problems. Marketing that our tickets are on sale is a huge problem and in the live entertainment/sport industry, that’s just bad. What is ScoreBig?

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 6, 2013

Adam Kanner is the co-founder and CEO of ScoreBig and has set two goals for the company. Adam sat down with us to talk about startups, the LA scene, and his company, ScoreBig. We had companies come knocking on our doors to tell us a solution to our empty seat problems. TechZulu: Where did you get the idea to start ScoreBig?

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Xconomy

JULY 1, 2016

There was plenty more biomedical news this week, from a downsized IPO to downsizing companies, while ugly sexual harassment details emerged in Seattle. percent of the nation’s cancer cases… two Texas IT companies are building a database with the Medicare records of 1 million cancer patients and will open it to public analysis.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

The company said the restructuring included a reduction in workforce by over 20 percent. The company also said it is looking to divest it infrastructure business units in the new term, and hired an investment banker to manage the sale. The debt comes from Avenue Capital Management II, L.P. READ MORE>>

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Xconomy

JULY 15, 2016

There were other goodbyes: Peter DiLaura said so long to Second Genome, the microbiome company he led for six years. —The federal group that runs Medicare and Medicaid banned Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes from running a lab for two years, throwing into question the viability of the company. —In other Merck news, U.K.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists. As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation. The days when these roles were stable careers for company employees are gone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists. As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation. The days when these roles were stable careers for company employees are gone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists. As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation. The days when these roles were stable careers for company employees are gone.

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