TechEmpower

AUGUST 7, 2023

The role of a CTO varies as the company matures. Here’s a graphic from Socal CTO that illustrates the roles as they change over time: In its earliest days, a startup’s top need is often to produce a product. More on the Role of the Startup CTO Eric Ries, a great resource, answers the question What Does a Startup CTO actually do?

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Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

California boasts one of the most impressive economies in the United States. Southern California alone has a gross domestic product larger than countries including Mexico and Turkey. And, since 2012, just six counties in SoCal have seen their gross domestic product increase from $992 billion to $1.26 trillion. ¹.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 15, 2019

Los Angeles-based Internet services and publishing giant j2 Global has acquired two companies, saying this morning that it acquired Ekahau , a company in the digital media space, and Castle Connolly , a company in the digital media and healthcare industry. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 3, 2012

Forbes Magazine has just published its annual Midas List , its annual ranking of the top 100 venture capitalists, and -- despite a record number of IPOs and exits last year from southern California technology companies -- Southern California's venture capital community was shut out of the list entirely.

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AUGUST 18, 2021

Glendale-based LegalZoom has partnered with the University of Southern California (USC), to fund a scholarship and a new lab, the company said this week.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

In recent months, a dozen accelerators and incubators have emerged in the Southern California area, looking to help take the new generation of technology startups to funding and beyond. Representative companies: Energy Innovations, UberMedia, eSolar, X1, PerfectMarket, TripTrotting, HitPad, Mingly. What is an in-house incubator?

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socalTECH

JULY 22, 2021

Los Angeles-based Faraday Future is now a publicly traded company, after a successful acquisition by a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) called Property Solutions Acquisiton Corp., the company said on Wednesday afternoon. Faraday Future will begin trading today under the ticker symbols FFIE and FFIE.WS.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Here are some resources that come from other sources: Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering? Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 21, 2021

This event is a collaboration with colleagues from across the county to present promising academic research, entrepreneurial faculty investigators, as well as local start- up companies. Throughout the summit, faculty members present the latest scientific breakthroughs, which will lead to the critical therapies of tomorrow. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 20, 2021

This event is a collaboration with colleagues from across the county to present promising academic research, entrepreneurial faculty investigators, as well as local start- up companies. Throughout the summit, faculty members present the latest scientific breakthroughs, which will lead to the critical therapies of tomorrow. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 19, 2021

This event is a collaboration with colleagues from across the county to present promising academic research, entrepreneurial faculty investigators, as well as local start- up companies. Throughout the summit, faculty members present the latest scientific breakthroughs, which will lead to the critical therapies of tomorrow. See [link] (more)

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Todd Gitlin of Safire Partners was nice enough to compile some data on CTO Equity and Compensation at Venture Backed Companies for the LA CTO Forum and present last year. Todd is a go to resource for people looking for talent in startups. It is interesting to see the salaries of CTOs of pre-Revenue even pre-Launch companies.

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socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2018

Paycom Software , a publicly traded developer of cloud-based human capital management software, has opened up a new office in San Diego, the company said on Monday afternoon. According to Paycom, the office will be its seventh in California, including locations in Sacramento and Pasadena, and its fourth in Southern California.

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Southern California Edison Blog

JANUARY 15, 2019

Fewer custom builds and proprietary infrastructure will help you expand faster at a lower cost, so you can outpace competitors. You can’t always do all three with your current resources, which is why many carriers partner with telecom infrastructure companies. Wireless Backhaul. Wireless Infrastructure.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California. For anyone from California, you know there are vast differences between the northern and southern parts of the state – so vast in fact that, to us, they could just as easily stand alone as two separate states. Social networking. Social games.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Thursday, October 28, 2010 -- Navigating the Path with Sure Footing: Building a Life Science Company with Cost- Saving Flexible Resources. With the continued resource constraints life science companies at all stages face, utilizing flexible external resources and/or virtual teams offer companies an attractive business model.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Flo said the 12-month pilot program will analyze the water usage of those customers before- and after- the installation of a Flo device, and will be used to demonstrate the efficacy of the company's device in reducing water usage. Flo did not say how much the grant from the MWD is worth. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The company says it will provide a dollar-for-dollar match on those donations, up to $100,000. According to the company, the funding will go to the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation, which provides the LAFD with fire-prevention tools, equipment and resources to help protect homes and save lives.

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socalTECH

JUNE 26, 2017

Choose Energy had also raised funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, BlueScape Resources, and angels, and was based in Texas. NGEN is a vertical investor in clean technology companies, and although Managing Partner Grubstein lives in Santa Barbara, only invests regionally incidentally. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

How can you make sure you continue to get news on Southern California's technology industry? Not only do you get to support our news coverage, but you also get access to our big database of Southern California companies, venture investors, service providers, and deal information, and many other resources.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 26, 2018

The company has long said that a second region on the U.S. But as Google announced today , the new Los Angeles cloud region will go live in July, making it the company’s fifth region in the U.S. It’s worth noting that Microsoft Azure already offers a region in Southern California, though AWS does not.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 7, 2018

Yet if even one company succeeds, the social and financial impact will be huge. Join us for this exciting forum where we will review how entrepreneurs may approach the most promising advances in healthspan biotech, how entrepreneurs may approach these opportunities, the path to financing, and the resources in Southern California.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2020

As the nation’s second-largest metropolitan area, boasting an over $1 trillion economy, decisions made in the city can have broad economic and social implications that ripple far beyond the Southern California region. Revenues for these companies have dropped precipitously as consumer-facing demand has fallen off a cliff.

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2012

Southern California's largest angel investment group, the Tech Coast Angels , looks to be one of the lead investors nationally in angel-backed companies, according to a report released Monday by the Angel Resource institute.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

See [link] (more).

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2011

A new study compiled by the University of Southern California tallies up $380M raised in capital by USC spinouts in the last three years, and a 15 year total of $800M raised by 39 startups with roots at the school.

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AUGUST 30, 2016

The Tech Coast Angels , Southern California's biggest angel investment group, says its performance record and returns on its investments are higher than the average angel, in nearly all categories, based on a new academic study. Rob Wiltbank and Professor Wade Brooks for Willamette University and the Angel Resource Institute (ARI).

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APRIL 16, 2013

The Tech Coast Angels , Southern California''s largest angel investment group, is ranked number two in the nation this year in terms of the number of deals the group did, according to the latest 2012 Halo Report. READ MORE>>. cbinsights ranking report capital venture investment angel angels coast tech'

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 -- "Driving Company-Changing Innovation: Lessons from Startups to Global Companies" Orange County PDMA. Join the Southern California Chapter of PDMA for a look at small and large company innovation from the perspective of Ken Ouimet, CEO of MyWorld Investing. See [link] (more).

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socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2020

What was the biggest news for you/your company this year? While it was a good year for our merger and acquisition practice in the SaaS and fintech space, our most exciting news is in our merchant banking sector where we invest in and advise growth companies often for several years. What is the biggest lesson you learned this year?

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 19, 2019

And that certainly counts for customers too, although the customer jungle drums don’t communicate quite as fast as the virtual water cooler system, even with today’s many ways of posting negative reviews about company behavior. The catch: the property was on a remote island in Australia, and the manufacturing plant in Southern California.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. What was the biggest news for you/your company this year?  Over the last 10 years or so, businesses have used disconnected point tools to do different parts of the analytic process. . In

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socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2013

Cornerstone OnDemand , the Santa Monica enterprise software developer which has done very well providing talent management and software for recruiting, human resources, and other functions, said today that it is now eyeing the public sector to help drive its growth. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2014

The two said they have started Frost I3 , which will provide funding, resources, and expertise aimed at companies focused on industrial technologies. Those startups will be based in Southern California, and receive funding from both Frost Data Capital and GE Ventures.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2020

A few weeks ago, Help With Black Equity (www.helpwithblackequity.com) launched an effort to help connect volunteers with efforts to help with addressing racial disparities, including here in Southern California. Organically, we started getting approached by companies and realized that Corporate Social Responsibility is a real thing.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 9, 2013

What I didn''t discuss was how you should go about selecting the right company. I just got an email asking about exactly this: I''m with a new company that needs some software built, but doesn''t need (or have the resources for) a large staff of software developers. How good is the company''s own site? Quality Result.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2011

The accelerator--just one of the many accelerators to emerge in Southern California in recent weeks--also said it has added John Maataa, the COO of the CW; Hayward D. Fisk, former VP and General Counsel of Computer Sciences Corporation; General Merrill A. READ MORE>>.

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