socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2016

Los Angeles-based FloQast , a new software startup developing month-end closing software for accountants, has raised $6.5M FloQast says it has developed software which works alongside Excel to help accountants do their monthly close of books. The startup is led by Mike Whitmire, Cullen Zandstra, and Chris Sluty.

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socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2016

Here are three Southern California startups who thrived despite--or maybe even because of--downturns. Just two years later, in 2010, the company had a successful IPO. The company was eventually acquired by LinkedIn for $1.5 billion. >. GoToMyPC was then acquired by Citrix for $225M in 2003.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

We are investing in founders who are leveraging the use of data, artificial intelligence-enabled technologies, and automation, to solve meaningful, systemic problems in a couple of industries, including the enterprise software, financial services, marketplace, and digital health areas. Have you started making investments yet?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

If you live in LA please turn up to vote on Tuesday. Consider the case of LegalZoom, one of our cities great startups. In 2010 the City of Los Angeles started trying to crack down on tax receipts of Internet startups allocating them to the least favorable gross-receipts tax bracket taking up their city tax by 500%.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

For today's interview, we sat down and talked with Mike Whitmire , the CEO and Co-founder of Los Angeles-based FloQast (www.floqast.com), a developer of financial close management software for enterprise accounting. Mike tells us about the company, who uses its software, as well as how he was initially turned away from the Amplify.LA

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Startup Cornerstone OnDemand Software Review Woodland Hills 124

socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2012

NEOGOV , which has quietly built an enterprise software company supplying human resources software to the government and public sector. The firm recently showed up as one of the fastest growing companies in LA as part of the Deloitte Fast 500 rankings. How were you able to find success there as a startup?

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Software Review SaaS Startup Technical Review 243

socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2015

For our startup interview this morning, we caught up with Satish Varma , co-founder of Torrance-based Clorder (www.clorder.com), which is developing restaurant ordering software. Satish co-founded Clorder with Sridhar Sambangi, who was the Chief Architect of Cornerstone OnDemand.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

Snap hopefully will be one, or is one already, and Cornerstone OnDemand, and what Brian Lee has done. In the last couple ofyears, we've seen more enterprise technology and software locally here, and software is starting to grow up. Jamie Montgomery: I think we're just finally coming of age here.

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Technical Review Conference Silver Lake Cornerstone OnDemand 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Can a startup gain a foothold in the competitive market by designing the right UX and user experience to make a job and career site for everyone? Starting on the employer side first, we put a big emphasis on design. Our software makes it easy to ensure everyone who applies gets some sort of answer. How did you two meet?

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Design Sites Cornerstone OnDemand Startup 174

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

At the Twiistup panel last week, there was a debate over whether big companies could be created here, which is ridiculous--Demand Media is the latest example there, we've got Cornerstone OnDemand coming out soon, and there is no question there are market leading, large revenue companies coming out of Southern California.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Time sure flies when you’re having fun, or building a startup. Top CEO’s, entrepreneurs, technology gurus, venture capitalists and executives will be looking at the tech ecosystem from different perspectives, including e-commerce, enterprise software, digital media and consumer technologies.” Same with CreatorUp.

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Hollywood Screening Ideas Entertainment 100

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Tech startup accelerators dot the landscape, feeding investments into the waiting arms of the nation’s most intelligent and driven entrepreneurs. Adam Miller – Cornerstone OnDemand. Founder and CEO since starting the company back in 1999, Miller has led Cornerstone through 11 years of consecutive growth.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

It all started in 2010 with Klout. I had always liked and respected CEO Joe Fernandez but could never get my head around the fact that the Klout was putting up charts showing who influenced me and it didn’t map to the reality I knew in my head. Every startup needs accounting and it’s often a huge distraction and non core.

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