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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

San Diego-based Novatel Wireless , the developer of wireless broadband modems for connecting PCs to cell phone networks, said today that it is in a definitive agreement to acuiqre Enfora , a developer of wireless, machine-to-machine (M2M) communications products. The deal is worth approximately $64.5M READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 15, 2019

San Diego-based Wheels (www.takewheels.com) was co-founded by Jon and Josh Viner, who were the co-founders of Wag, where they raised nearly $400M in venture capital. Wheels currently operates in Los Angeles and San Diego. Josh Viner: Wheels is live in Los Angeles and San Diego. What is Wheels?

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socalTECH

JULY 31, 2009

San Diego-based Entropic Communications , a developer of multimedia-over-coax semiconductors, reported yetserday that it has linked up with systems-on-a-chip provider Sigma Designs. The two said they will develop high definition, MoCA compliant cable TV and IPTV set-top box reference designs.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2019

San Diego-based Daasity (www.daasity.com)  which just raised $2.3M in a funding led by Orange County's Okapi Venture Capitalis looking to help direct to consumer brands use better data to direct their marketing and other efforts. So, what are you working now and where are you going next?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2008

San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals firm Phenomix will receive $75M in an upfront payment, and up to $340M total, in a deal with Forest Laboratories, Inc., The move comes a day after Phenomix withdrew its IPO from the Nasdaq, citing market conditions. the firms said Thursday.

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Xconomy

JULY 10, 2016

When I told Larry Bock in an email about four months ago that I had been diagnosed with cancer, the renowned San Diego life sciences investor asked if he might see me at UC San Diego’s Moores Cancer Center. Bock started or funded 50 companies; a definitive list is here.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Joel Milne: It definitely helps in having a Fortune 100 company backing you. We were creating our vehicles and experience in a stealth alpha in San Diego, to make sure we could delight consumers, and to make sure we could create something new and different, not just something which is a slight improvement on the current car repair experience.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2014

So, it was a surprise when a number of smart, insider angels -- including Roy Rubin (founder of Magento, which he sold to eBay), and Dan Rose (VP of Partnerships at Facebook)--put their money behind TaxJar (www.taxjar.com), a San Diego startup developing sales tax compliance software. When did you decide to go out for a funding round?

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socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2010

Albert previously founded CheapCheapCheap.com, an online coupon and deal finding site, and we thought we'd hear from Albert why he thinks the local, group purchasing market is so interesting, and how he hopes to grow the service beyond just Orange County. We cater to a more specific market, and get deals specifically for those verticals.

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socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

Howard is based in San Diego, and spoke to us about StockTwits. Howard Lindzon: StockTwits is a verticalized community for people to share stock ideas and market ideas, 24/7. Through Howards investment in betaworks, he also owns early shares in Twitter. What's the whole story behind StockTwits and how it came about?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

So sticking to my definition of “attributes for success&# it had to be my Top 11 +1 rather than a Top 12. I’ll publish the final post in this series this week and then move on to my next series – sales & marketing. Examples: There is a company called GreenLink Networks based in San Diego and Philadelphia.

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Xconomy

JULY 14, 2016

Showing little concern for stock-market volatility or worries over the Brexit, venture capital firms pumped $15.3 venture capital market leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers. San Francisco. Thrive Market. billion deal for Uber that represents the biggest venture capital deal of all time. Expansion/8. Human Longevity.

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APRIL 24, 2015

In the age of the smartphone and social sharing, San Diego-based ScoreStream (www.scorestream.com) thinks it has figured out how to tap into that new world, and connect all that social activity with the media. That's not much, since there are 7,000 football games every week, but it enabled us to take a look at the market.

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socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2015

In the age of the smartphone and social sharing, San Diego-based SportStream (www.sportstream.com) thinks it has figured out how to tap into that new world, and connect all that social activity with the media. That's not much, since there are 7,000 football games every week, but it enabled us to take a look at the market.

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socalTECH

JULY 19, 2016

Roni Eschel: It's a market network for outdoor sports, a social network for connecting like minded people, sharing conditions and moments in real time, and helping to find the best spots for your favorite sports, like surfing, paddleboard, kite surfing, and so on. I think it definitely helps. What is goFlow all about?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2010

We were literally on the cusp of launching our prpoduct, and all of our work and money to date had gone into getting the innovative technology out of Caltech, exploring the marketplace, and making sure the product features matched with the demand of the market, which it clearly did. Is there a market? Sharon Stevenson: That's correct.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Dave’s a great guy with a good sense of humor and a broad knowledge of the market, which is why I was excited that he could be on the show. It is a platform to help brands building viral marketing campaigns. They focus on trying to drive engagbranded social media marketing campaigns (e.g. 15mm in Series A.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 20, 2015

When you can live where you want to live and make money doing what you love to do, you are, by my definition, a screaming success. Not satisfied with the quality of surf wax currently on the market, he decided to make his own. A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2010

It's definitely for people meeting contacts--people who have hundreds, if not thousands of contacts, and just need a way to prioritize those contacts, set an important level, and set those keywords, and follow up interval. The market really is power networkers. Tell us a bit about the business model?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2016

We caught up with Clayton Lewis , the company's CEO (and also a General Partner at Maveron), here in Los Angeles last week as it launched into this market. He said, the market cap of the scientific wellness industry will dwarf the current cap of the wellness industry in as soon as a decade. VC is definitely a dream job.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 25, 2015

Through this process, I discovered that there is a definitive mindset of innovation, and I broke it down to 7 attitudes. While she was attending San Diego State she started running, and she was so committed to it that she ultimately became an Olympian. And this requires first that they are vulnerable themselves.

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Xconomy

JULY 15, 2016

Our San Diego editor Bruce Bigelow penned a personal goodbye to entrepreneur Larry Bock, who died last week of pancreatic cancer at the age of 56. ” That’s the very definition of a backhanded compliment, or, as Phil Collins once said, “hello, I must be going.” The week started on a reflective note.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 25, 2015

Through this process, I discovered that there is a definitive mindset of innovation, and I broke it down to 7 attitudes. While she was attending San Diego State she started running, and she was so committed to it that she ultimately became an Olympian. Innovators must: 1.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

It's another big week for startup launches, this time in San Diego at DEMOfall. The service is for sites targeting foreign markets, who are determining how to better optimize and tune how they are engaging around the globe. Idris Manley: It's definitely both. So do you handle both the management and translation?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

Not just because meeting Clayton was influential in shaping my thinking about markets but also because Derek Andersen (who founded Startup Grind) is such an awesome host and runs a very informative events. I did programming for the career center at UC San Diego, trying to build programs for the career center.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 1, 2011

The last serious job I had I was managing about $60 million in affiliate marketing revenue on a wide variety of campaigns. We were invited to play with double Grammy winners Arrested Development and got great reviews, but when it came to marketing our shows and our album, we found that the tools out there for artists were a disaster.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

If you have a team of 10 people then by definition 90% of the time spent on activities is not put in by you and on a team of 100 it’s 99%. In fact, 50% of our investments are in Southern California, from Santa Barbara to San Diego. It’s important to get buy in. We could all do better – I’m sure.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Is it like former Justice Potter Stewart’s definition of pornography, “I know it when I see it?” the industry must ask, “What is causing price dislocations and the failure of the market to accurately value goods and services?” Competitive markets are the most-efficient mechanism yet devised for matching price and value.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Last week, San Diego-based Kidzui --the kid's website and kid-friendly browser developer, announced another round of funding, and also launched Zui Studios, a new effort to create original content for the portal. Give us an overview on KidZui. Will the content you create just go on Zui.com, or will it also be on YouTube?

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Xconomy

AUGUST 12, 2016

—Option-to-buy deals are by definition no guarantee, and an agreement between Boston-based Acetylon Pharmaceuticals and Celgene is the latest example. And Pfizer’s is already on the market, and generated $514 million in the last quarter alone.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 24, 2016

By bringing healthier people into the market, the ACA hoped to reduce adverse selection. A firm trying to deal with high premiums would definitely benefit from knowledge about the split between moral hazard and adverse selection,” Powell told me. If all this seems a bit wonkish, well, it is.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

TrueCar, an LA-based company, sells more cars now than any physical dealer in the country and recently went public and has a $1 billion market cap. While the costs of starting a tech company have plummeted it still does take money to hire a team, launch products and market oneself. Mavens & Marketing.

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