socalTECH

JULY 12, 2010

Chatsworth-based MRV Communications , a developer of optical networking hardware, said today that it was selected by the BBC, for transporting high definition video between temporary studio locations for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Tags: mrvc communications optical networking equipment fifa. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, February 23, 2007 Events and Networking in Los Angeles One of the issues I discussed in Innovation and Geography was that the geography and traffic in Los Angeles generally makes it more difficult for networking. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Los Angeles-based Encompass Digital Media said today that it is in a definitive agreement to acquire the global content distribution business of Ascent Media Corporation. The deal is worth approximately $120M, split between $113M in cash plus assumption of debt obligations worth approximately $7M. Wasserstein & Co.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2022

You can jump into social media with a poor brand definition, poorly focused content, unrealistic expectations of customer service, or be killed by malware or viruses. Assess social media relevance to your product or service. As with many startup activities, you only have one chance for a great first impression.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Mindspeed said its chips are being used as part of the deployment of a Japanese fiber network, being used to deliver voice, high-definition (HD) video and data services. The firm said that Mitsubishi is using its Comcerto 1000 customer premises equipment (CPE) processor, as part of a gateway product being used in Japan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2022

By most definitions of the term, an entrepreneur is someone who starts a new business, incorporating innovative changes to existing products, services, business models, and creating new markets. Yet very few achieve that great aspiration of really driving economic, social, and environmental changes on a global scale. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

Shared business support services, including telephone answering, conference rooms, teleconferencing, administrative support, and a business mailing address. Peer-to-peer networking with other startups and founders in the same stage. Peer-to-peer networking with other startups and founders in the same stage.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Calabasas-based Ixia said Wednesday that it has signed a definitive agreement to buy a product line from Agilent Technologies, in a deal worth $44M in cash. According to Ixia, it will acquire Agilent's N2X Data Networks Product Line, as part of a move to accelerate the firm's growth. READ MORE>>.

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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? For those who don't know about EdgeCast, CDN services, who/what kind of clients you serve? We serve up four to five percent of the global Internet on our network.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Shared business support services, including telephone answering, conference rooms, teleconferencing, administrative support, and a business mailing address. Peer-to-peer networking with other startups and founders in the same stage. Peer-to-peer networking with other startups and founders in the same stage.

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Berkonomics

MAY 15, 2014

As a result, there is tight agreement today on the form of VC term sheets and definitive investment agreements. Angel investing is rapidly evolving to the same state of development, as a result of networking, industry associations, and deal sharing between angel groups. Raising money'

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

As a starting point, I like the Wikipedia simple definition of innovation as “the application of better solutions to meet new requirements or market needs.” The focus must be on five discovery skills of associating, questioning, observing, networking, and experimenting. Solution innovations need to be perfected before going to market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2021

As a starting point, I like the Wikipedia simple definition of innovation as “the application of better solutions to meet new requirements or market needs.” The focus must be on five discovery skills of associating, questioning, observing, networking, and experimenting. Solution innovations need to be perfected before going to market.

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Organization Ideas Technical Review Research 172

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2021

Pick a startup business that you can do for minimal cost, like a services business with the skills you have. Use social networking and blogging to get your message out. It will definitely show off your energy and vision, and will make you a more competitive candidate for any role. Practice developing a business plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

Early-stage entrepreneurs rightly keep their focus on creating an innovative product or service. By definition, second-stage ventures generally have 10 to 99 employees and/or $750,000 to $50 million in revenue, and see that as just the beginning. Build a winning culture and make it pervasive.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 6, 2012

This full-day definitive seminar provides an overview of the angel investing process including the details of finding, evaluating, and structuring deals. A faculty of experienced angel investors, serial entrepreneurs and expert service providers delivers the seminar. Thursday, April 12, 2012 -- Power of Angel Investing Seminar.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

In the past, if your startup had a website presence, the company was credible by definition. Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and highlight several videos, podcasts, or eBooks of you and your technology. Smart potential customers only visit and buy from credible and memorable websites.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 15, 2011

Branchout , often called LinkedIn meets Facebook, has done a lot in their application to provide users motivation and opportunity to spread the word about the service. The purpose of Branchout is helping people to network their way to jobs. The right column also contains opportunities to expand your network.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

But, how can the company offer up free conference calling services, and what''s the story behind the service? David Erickson: We provide a conference calling service, like any other kind of conference call. Other services give 800- and 888-numbers. Tell us a little bit about FreeConferenceCall.com? How is that?

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socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2017

Last week, Los Angeles-based iExhale (www.iexhale.com) announced a seed funding round, to bring its mobile, mental health service to life. We've combined online therapy with phone calls with licensed professionals, and also added an online social networking aspect and mood checkup. But it's definitely a different pattern.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 15, 2011

Branchout , often called LinkedIn meets Facebook, has done a lot in their application to provide users motivation and opportunity to spread the word about the service. The purpose of Branchout is helping people to network their way to jobs. The right column also contains opportunities to expand your network.

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Examples Startup Course Networking 323

socalTECH

JULY 27, 2020

We caught up with Nick--who is a veteran of the area's high tech industry, most recently serving as CEO of Velocify--to get the latest on MomentFeed, which provides services to multi-brand, location businesses. Today's consumer is making a decision on what to do, where to buy things, where to get services based on their mobile phone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2021

I’m not suggesting that every startup needs a lawyer, but you should definitely pay attention, and not be afraid to consult legal counsel if any of these raise qualms for you. Finding a lawyer early is easy these days, through local networking or even online services like LegalZoom.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 4, 2016

Modern-society is also littered with over-networkers and over-introducers and professional conference attendees. It’s hard enough building a valuable product or service in competitive global markets without spending time on unproductive tasks. That’s why focus is critical.

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2009

Calabasas-based Ixia said late Monday afternoon that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Catapult Communications, a developer of 3G and 4G wireless networking test products. Ixia said the acquisition will complement its IP performance test systems and service verification products.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

I think, to be a great entrepreneur, you have to look at what is missing in the category that you will be playing in the industry, and figure what you can deploy with a little bit of strategy and technology to bring a better service and price. By definition, they liked you and thought they were a good fit for you before their applied.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 31, 2011

As I discussed in Matching Algorithm , I end up talking to a lot of startups who want to become the eHarmony of careers, eHarmony of clothes, eHarmony of jobs, eHarmony of tutoring, eHarmony of services, eHarmony of investments, etc. So, it makes it much harder to predict, test and scale a network effect startup.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 31, 2011

As I discussed in Matching Algorithm , I end up talking to a lot of startups who want to become the eHarmony of careers, eHarmony of clothes, eHarmony of jobs, eHarmony of tutoring, eHarmony of services, eHarmony of investments, etc. So, it makes it much harder to predict, test and scale a network effect startup.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 21, 2012

Evolving Role of Social Networks for Startups In this talk, Tony traces the evolution of how startups have leveraged social networks and social media as part of their solutions over the past ten years. However, there's really been an explosion of services over the past few years that gives even greater leverage and opportunity.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 16, 2011

It became clear that the people with scale are famous people, so we set about building a network of influential people so when a marketer says, ‘I am looking to reach moms on Twitter’, we can match them with a couple of dozen celebrities and say ‘All of these women reach moms on Twitter.’”. If you can show ROI, you are top of mind.

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Social Media Platform Media Networking 252

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2019

By most definitions of the term, an entrepreneur is someone who starts a new business, incorporating innovative changes to existing products, services, business models, and creating new markets. Yet very few achieve that great aspiration of really driving economic, social, and environmental changes on a global scale. Marty Zwilling.

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socalTECH

MAY 7, 2009

Ken Hubbard: About a year and a half ago, we spoke to a company called Vircas, which provides high definitive Internet television. They contacted us, asked us what we knew about delivering high definition video, and asked us what we could do for them. It scaled beautifully, and they asked us if we could build them a network.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2019

You can jump into social media with a poor brand definition, poorly focused content, unrealistic expectations of customer service, or be killed by malware or viruses. Assess social media relevance to your product or service. As with many startup activities, you only have one chance for a great first impression.

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Social Media Media Invest Platform 79

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 15, 2017

It definitely is true that you will be dealing with a lot more noise and chatter than you will be used to in a home office. Networking. Some people love networking while others dread it. These range from pitch nights in front of investors to mundane things like help with payroll benefits and accounting services.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2015

For today's thoughts, we have Lief Morin , founder and CEO of KeyInfo (www.keyinfo.com), a regional systems integrator which provides compute, storage and networking solutions and professional services for advanced software-defined data centers. KeyInfo has also been a big sponsor for socaltech over the years).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2015

Thus the subscription model (low fixed monthly payments), is rapidly becoming the norm for new products and services. If you are looking to start a new business in any domain, it’s definitely worth your time to check your fit for one of these models: Membership website model. Network model. Private club model.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Does the world need another, online streaming media service for movies and television? Why a new, streaming service -- and how is this different from Netflix, YouTube, Hulu, etc? We''re next day TV with the networks. How long has the service been available? What''s the story behind M-GO? So, they just ave up.

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