SoCal CTO

MAY 22, 2012

Of course, given the size of this list and having kids, I really can't attend a lot of these. So, you may also want to go look at: Los Angeles Startup Events Here are some of the events and meetups that I've spoken at, attended or at least interest me. So, if you happen to read this and want to meet me, just reach out directly.

Los Angeles 198

Los Angeles Southern California Angel Enterprise Forum 198

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Of course our execution against the strategy has had to change but the strategy has remained constant. I think most people know we’re HQ’d in LA (Santa Monica to be exact) but we invest nationally and internationally. discipline & focus. In 2009 we could take a long time to review a deal.

Venture Capital 416

Venture Capital Marketing Technical Review Seed Funding 416

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2018

In my new role as the first executive director for the Alliance for Southern California Innovation, I spent a lot of time outside of my home turf of Pasadena -- visiting innovation nodes such as San Diego, Irvine, Riverside, Santa Barbara, Venice, Santa Monica, and others.

Southern California 113

Southern California SoCal Pasadena Startup 113

socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

We have a number of locations, including one in Santa Monica, one in Pasadena, one in Downtown, and one in El Segundo and the South Bay Area. In Silicon Beach, and in Santa Monica, we've adapted to that community as far as staffing and circumstance. Cross Campus is really a community oriented around coworking.

El Segundo 100

El Segundo Southern California Startup Santa Monica 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2012

CHNL aggregates content from Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, SoundCloud, Tumblr, Instagram and Flickr into one place making it fast, easy, and a beautiful way to discover content as well as to easily share it back out to my social networks, or engage in the conversation happening around that content. Silicon Beach (Santa Monica).

Social Network 104

Social Network Networking Content Web 104

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? We serve up four to five percent of the global Internet on our network. James Segil: EdgeCast is the fastest growing CDN in the world.

CTO Hire 248

CTO Hire Content Networking Web 248

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 2, 2013

Whether you were a startup, an investor, a blogger, a fashionista, or someone just curious about what is happening in Santa Monica aka “Silicon Beach,” the recent Silicon Beach Fest had something for everyone which included panels, parties and more.

Cornerstone OnDemand 93

Cornerstone OnDemand Santa Monica Technical Review Startup 93

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Startup Matchmaking (Wed 5th Oct – Santa Monica) - The first event is tonight (Tues, Oct 5, 2010) at Wokcano in Santa Monica. Of course nobody really knows what the future of social networking is and anybody who claimed to know would be a shyster (yes, a little bit too close to my last name for comfort.).

CalTech 222

CalTech Startup Santa Monica Venture Capital 222

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

The program begins December 16, 2013 in Santa Monica and all entries for the scholarship must be in by December 6, 2013. ” Through the rigorous and rewarding full time course, all students and program will gain the necessary skills to become a full stack developer. The Extras of the General Assembly Network.

LAVA 76

LAVA Web Development Web Santa Monica 76

Tech.Co

JULY 18, 2016

This year, we’ve partnered with the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) – which produces the CES – for the global conference that will bring together tech leaders, influencers, investors, and of course, early-stage startup companies. We will have cocktails, snacks, and great networking. X Factor Films – a Hollywood 2.0

Los Angeles 70

Los Angeles Angel Startup Newsletter 70

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Santa Monica-based venture investor March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) announced last week that it has raised a second fund, worth $300M. We sold Velocloud to Vmware, in the software defined network (SDN) area. Of course, we have a different focus than, say, a consumer focused fund, where there is a lot more volatility.

Funding 160

Funding Capital Artificial Inteligence Startup 160

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

Of course that website isn’t completely up to date but it’s a great resource for seeing the overall picture. Of course unsolicited spam has very low open rates and is filtered by the major providers. It’s funny but recently I was at the CornerstoneOnDemand conference in Santa Monica. Not so fast.

Email 339

Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

Move our offices to Santa Monica so we could be closer to the early-stage companies being created in LA. I created an accelerator & mentor network (Launchpad LA). Rebrand with a name that would authentically lay out our values. He’s even challenged some of our sacred cows on investment philosophy. I sat on panels.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Journal Invest Santa Monica 150

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 16, 2013

It is meant to bring everyone together so that they can learn, network and leave with the sense that they now belong to a family of entrepreneurs, all trying to make LA a startup hub. Investor Nate Redmond from Rustic Canyon Partners spoke candidly to the audience about the faux pas in approaching investors.

Rustic Canyon 74

Rustic Canyon Startup Los Angeles Class 74

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

He began programming courses at UCLA while in high school and went on to earn a B.S. Creating very natural and appealing social engagement opportunity, as well as video without the television network costs. GumGum is led by founder and Los Angeles native wunderkind, Ophir Tanz. from Carnegie Mellon University.

Advertising 98

Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98

Frank Addante

AUGUST 6, 2014

A month ago I spoke at the Silicon Beach Fest in Santa Monica in front of LA’s community of emerging entrepreneurs, innovators and disrupters. This network effect can be powerful, and an accelerator in its own right. ” It all starts with people.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Startup Santa Monica Ideas 111

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

And of course we had, TheMan. They have developed a cloud-based platform for merchants to publish to multiple distribution networks, including social, mobile and email. The company’s analytics comprehensively monitors customer behavior over multiple networks, including location-based mobile networks.

Company 276

Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 15, 2015

Santa-Monica based Tapiture has grown in traffic by 300%, monetized from year one and raised $2.25 million in seed funding since its founding in 2012. If Pinterest is catnip for girls, Tapiture was founded to go after the men, but quickly evolved into a more sophisticated artistic social media community.

Seed Funding 40

Seed Funding Funding Commerce Social Media 40

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 23, 2013

Like a wayward prop plane sputtering through the fog as it makes its final approach at Santa Monica airport, you will need Brian Callahan’s careful guidance to steer you to the venue. Located on the north side of Santa Monica Airport Hangar 8 was literally once an airplane hangar. And don’t be late.

Santa Monica 79

Santa Monica Media Startup Press 79

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

Last week Fred Wilson and I sat down in Santa Monica for an hour+ discussion with the video cameras rolling. Fred has of course been a public mentor to us all with his market-defining terminology that he popularized including “freemium” and “mobile first.”

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Startup Writing Blogging 150

socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2017

Although the idea of workforce development is a popular space, and there was lots going on with job listings and networking and all of that, there really wasn't a relevant, fun way for young people to understand what they could have a natural affinity for. I understand that at Stanford, one of the most popular courses is Designing Your Life.

Help 100

Help Education CTO Coach Startup 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2012

Santa Monica-based Demand Media (www.demandmedia.com) has seen its share of ups and downs as one of the highest visibility technology and media companies to come out of Southern California's technology ecosystem in recent years. Joanne Bradford: Our owned and operated network is still the largest customer of our studio system.

Demand 240

Demand Media eHow Content 240

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Courtesy of upStart.LA , our very own local accelerator based out of Santa Monica, we were able to get some of these questions answered by some very real people. And while some of the answers slightly differed between speakers, it seems like the one HUGE tying value point for these incubator programs is guidance and the network.

Incubator 107

Incubator Startup Mentor Entrepreneur 107

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

And of course there was the F-bomb count that Cathy Brooks and I were keeping on Dave … by the end of the panel we had counted 8. Anyway, to close my Twiistup 6 Summary post I will borrow from the wisdom of my forefathers, “next year in … Santa Monica.” I think I could summarize the hour by saying, “don’t be a douche.”

Twiistup 228

Twiistup SoCal Southern California Yammer 228

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Visible networking is turning into a really great opportunity to get to know people better, get to meet new people, and have some interesting conversations. I then worked as a product manager at NetZero/United Online in the VOIP group, and then most recently at Google as a product manager on the Picasa/Photos team based in Santa Monica.

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 23, 2013

Like a wayward prop plane sputtering through the fog as it makes its final approach at Santa Monica airport, you will need Brian Callahan’s careful guidance to steer you to the venue. Located on the north side of Santa Monica Airport Hangar 8 was literally once an airplane hangar. And don’t be late.

Santa Monica 40

Santa Monica Media Startup Press 40

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Mingle is a networking service that uses location to discover and create relevant connections. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry.

Idealab 77

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

And of course we talked about many of my views of building startups. And we had these vans and mobile kegs in the back, and we would go to golf courses. And my specialty was computer networks. So I joined this group called Network Solutions, we did computer networking, the predecessor to the internet.

Startup 337

Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Venture Capital 337

SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

At the CTO Group that I organize in Santa Monica, we've had lots of discussions around this. His picture of all of the different elements you have to deal with infrastructure (network, storage, os, db, etc.), The topic is: Betting Your Company On An Internet Platform? application services (security, integration), etc.

Platform 150

Platform EC2 Java S3 150

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Mingle is a networking service that uses location to discover and create relevant connections. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry.

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Friday evening, August 19th, rolled around and Startup Weekend LA was underway with attendees showing up at Coloft in Santa Monica around 6:00 pm and the classic Idealab keg there to quench everyone’s thirst. If Avesta sees someone drinking Coloft coffee (organic of course), he quickly asks if they’ve sold anything.

Los Angeles 73

Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

To interconnect these computers we needed IP-based telecommunications equipment build by the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. And when you think about the three C’s you begin to realize that the first two of these activities are ones where the economic powerhouse networks are driven in cities outside of Silicon Valley.

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I live in the city of Santa Monica. If you are talented, of course, you can get funded in any region with enough venture capital and obviously in markets outside of the Valley it is easier to get noticed and get access. In New York you have access to fashion, media, art and of course, financial services. Los Angeles.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Frank Addante

MAY 24, 2007

The phrase "crossing the Rubicon" has come to represent the moment when people commit themselves to a risky and revolutionary course of action. Because of this, the websites, the ad networks they use and the advertisers are not working together as efficiently or as effectively as they could be. I debated this with myself for a while.

Advertising 40

Advertising Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development 40