socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Los Angeles-based YouTube network Machinima revealed last week that it has raised $24M in a funding round from Warner Bros., However, the company also made some big cuts in its staff on Friday, following the funding round. The company has now raised nearly $100M in funding over its lifetime. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Popular messaging app Kik is, indeed, “here to stay” following an acquisition by the Los Angeles-based multimedia holding company, MediaLab. It echoes the same message from Kik’s chief executive Tim Livingston last week when he rebuffed earlier reports that the company would shut down amid an ongoing battle with the U.S.

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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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socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2012

The anonymous tipster said that an interim management team is now seeing to sell the company after a severe layoff by its investors. Marina Del Rey-based Cooking.com is looking for a buyer, and has recently laid off at least sixteen staff, according to a reader tip. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

Last week, we talked about layoffs and the Winklevoss rock gods. Few companies have to deal with the stressed of both crypto and public markets like Coinbase which laid off more than 1,100 people this week, but plenty of startups raised mega-rounds in 2021 to theoretically future-proof their companies. crash redux.

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socalTECH

JUNE 10, 2009

According to Ixia, the moves will save the company approximately $6M. Ixia is a developer of networking test software and hardware. Tags: ixia employment jobs layoff networking hardware. Ixia said the cuts would be complete by June 30th, except for certain outside contractors who will be retained through July.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2010

Calabasas-based Ixia , a developer of network testing tools and software, is reporting this morning that it has implemented a "cost reduction initiative" and cut 80 positions from the firm, in what it said was primarily an elimination of duplicate resources from the company's October acquisition of Agilent's N2X product line.

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socalTECH

MARCH 25, 2009

According to the company, its workers were notified Monday and Tuesday that it would make the cuts. Entropic said the move was made to "better position" the company in current market and financial conditions, as well as to "more closely align operating expenses with revenues." READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 3, 2016

Her firm is a model of a virtual company, with over 100 employees and absolutely no office other than a post office box. At my CEO roundtables, all too often I listen to leaders who are perfectly positioned to transform their company into a virtual one to great financial gain, but who are afraid to take the first step. So we moved out.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Machinima , which had been the poster child for Southern California's multi-channel-network (MCN) boom, has laid off most of its employees and ceased its operations , according to reports. The shutdown comes after a reorganization of the digital properties of AT&T, as well as its Otter Media subsidiary. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2017

San Diego-based Inseego , the developer of the MiFi wireless hotspots, has aborted its plans to sell off its MiFi division to Chinese company TCL Industries Holdings (H.K.) Limited , and has embarked on a massive restructuring of the company. Inseego said it would immediately recommit to the Mi-Fi business. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2019

With entrepreneurial thinking, this can be a win-win, with you getting more control, and good for companies, who want the more flexible staffing. I’m not looking for a personal guess, but some real homework done via networking and the Internet to see what other companies pay for the same role.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

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. Administrative specialists. Information specialists.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

But succinctly this press places a marker in the ground for your company. Yes, you could tell them in a private internal meeting but nothing builds confidence more than their buddies all telling them, “wow, you work for a great company. But in 2013 it can also simply be, “Company X raises $2.2 But trust me on this.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

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. Administrative specialists. Information specialists.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Woodland Hills-based United Online , has reportedly cut its staff at unit MemoryLane in Seattle, eleven months after transforming what was an online networking site into one focused on nostalgia. The report said an unspecified number of staff were cut across multiple functions at the company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

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. Administrative specialists. Information specialists.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 15, 2009

I had early success working in-house with Matt Coffin at LowerMyBills in 2005, and then I was brought on by Yahoo to build out the Yahoo Publisher Network Team. I went on to Oversee.net, and helped to build that company from 60 to 250 employees. It also solves a lot of problems companies with HR staff might have.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

Los Angeles-based Uber, the online social networking web site run by former Friendster CEO Scott Sassa, has shut down. According to the firm's web site, as of September 29, the firm's investors have decided to stop supporting the site, and the company has closed its doors. Uber blamed the crisis in the economy for the shutdown.

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