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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Thanks to all of our sponsors, who make our coverage of Southern California's technology industry possible: Sponsors. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Helping entrepreneurs succeed. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Middle Market Investment Banking.

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APRIL 8, 2016

In the world of on-demand driving�such as driving for Uber and Lyft--one of the biggest costs for drivers it the cost of owning, maintaning, fueling, and cleaning their vehicles. Why target the on-demand economy? When we first started, the largest demand was from government, particularly Mayor Greg Ballard in Indianapolis.

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JULY 29, 2013

In our Insights and Opinions section, we feature the advice, opinions, and commentary of leaders in the Southern California technology community. Today, we feature an article from investment banker and investor Ivan Nikkhoo , on why--even in a world where technical skills are highly in demand-- communications is just as important.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

For today's Insights and Opinions section, where we feature insights and analysis from the local technology community, we have an article from Jeff Cohn , an entrepreneur and veteran of the angel and VC investment community here in Southern California. However (More.).

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DECEMBER 31, 2018

Editor's note: As we head into the new year, we've been featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. This morning's reflections are from Richard Wolpert , a longtime Southern California investor, and now author of The Soul Of A Deal ([link].

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Redpoint Ventures is one of the venture capital firms which has straddled both Northern California and Southern California, with offices in both locations. We've created over a billion dollars in public market capital created by our investments here. Thanks for the time today. We really believe in the market.

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MARCH 12, 2010

It's time again for us to thanks all of our sponsors, who make our coverage of Southern California's technology industry possible. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Helping entrepreneurs succeed. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Think Glendale.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

According to some local Southern California venture investors, it absolutely is affecting how they are thinking about the investment environment. He explains, "Our partnership is spending time evaluating the impacts on our portfolio and our outlook on future investments.".

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AUGUST 4, 2020

Valuation is a mysterious black box that ultimately determines whether there is sufficient demand among investors to get a company adequately funded. At this point in the investment cycle (entering a deep recession), valuation expectations are all over the map and the stakes are high -- missteps can be fatal.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A quick message on a very busy funding day, to thanks to all of our sponsors, who make our coverage of Southern California's technology industry possible: Sponsors. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Helping entrepreneurs succeed. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Thanks to all of our readers who submitted their nominations for the socalTECH 100, our first annual list of the up-and-comers in Southern California''s technology ecosystem. socaltech50 socaltech100 awards entrepreneur event dfr2013' The bad news? READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

All this week, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. We asked the same five questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next two weeks. Stay tuned.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

Darren Lit: My background is as a tech entrepreneur. How did you solve the problem that marketplaces have of supply and demand? We have a number of Southern California angels who have invested, and the founders and CEOs of companies like Zillow, who founded companies that really understand direct-to-consumer ecommerce marketplaces.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Clean, safe and reliable natural gas company Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) has established $1 million innovation fund in partnership with Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) , to speed the development of clean technologies to meet current global energy needs and become a sustainable energy source.

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DECEMBER 27, 2010

All this week, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. We asked the same five questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next two weeks. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 29, 2015

Brett and I both grew up in Southern California. So, what is PeerStreet? Where there are lots of players focused on different types of equity, different types of investments, different types of debt, they're doing it in a very unfocused manner. Brew Johnson: It's exciting to be building this business in LA.

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APRIL 13, 2021

For today's interview, we spoke to Dave Eastman, the Director of the Viterbi Startup Garage, a startup incubator that is run by the University of Southern California, out of its location in Marina Del Rey. We don't have the resources to do typical diligence and assessment, so we just piggyback on other deals.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Anne Fulton: I've always been an organizational psychologist crossed with a serial entrepreneur. I can't help myself in being an entrepreneur. I also find that Southern California is an amazing place for talent. We've got three of the team also based here in Southern California, and it's proven to be am amazing hub.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map. Tech startup accelerators dot the landscape, feeding investments into the waiting arms of the nation’s most intelligent and driven entrepreneurs. Miller was even honored as an Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” for 2011. Post navigation.

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JUNE 5, 2019

Due to the overwhelming demand to pitch at our last event in San Diego, we're throwing an exclusive PitchFest speed dating event where you will be pitching to over 20 investors one-on-one! As an additional benefit, entrepreneur 1/4 page summaries will be given to the investor speakers and attendees. We're doing it again!

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JUNE 7, 2019

Due to the overwhelming demand to pitch at our last event in Orange County, we're throwing an exclusive PitchFest speed dating event where you will be pitching to over 20 investors one-on-one! As an additional benefit, entrepreneur 1/4 page summaries will be given to the investor speakers and attendees. We're doing it again!

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MAY 23, 2017

Some entrepreneurs might be surprised you didn't want to sit on a beach in Bali for the rest of your life�talk more about that? I got super, super fortunate that early in my career, I was living with an entrepreneur, Randy Saaf, who was running a company called MediaDefender. He sold it to ArtistDirect for $42.5M

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I’m super excited to announce that GRP Partners led the investment in Ethan Anderson’s new company MyTime (link has LA-based merchants but will give you a good feel for the product). We generally have a policy to only fund entrepreneurs once the first version of a product has shipped or it near to shipping.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

This morning's interview with an entrepreneur is with Bertrand Patriarca , the CEO of Los Angeles-based startup WashOS (www.washos.com). WashOS runs an on-demand, car washing service. I used to travel a lot to Los Angeles, when I was an entrepreneur in France, and I came to the U.S. So how is your company backed?

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NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Corey Brundage: Honk is an on-demand, roadside assistance service. The average towing company in Southern California is making between $23.00 We just announced that we''ve launched HONK, the on demand, roadside assistance app. Our first check was from Paige Craig, with the largest investment he''s ever made to-date.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

In light of the recent success, we sat down with Marc Averitt and Sharon Stevenson to talk about the recent exit, where they are with their fund nowadays, and what advice they have for entrepreneurs. It was about three years from investment to exit, which we were really thrilled about. Nice chatting with you today!

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JULY 18, 2018

Comcast led our investment round, and the former CFO of Dreamworks joined us soon after. Investing along with Comcast was a Chinese theme park operator, Songcheng, which has the second largest theme park in China with north of 25 million guests. About two and a half years ago, we spun out of Dreamworks. In the U.S.,

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JANUARY 11, 2017

Semiconductor advances are infamous for costing millions of dollars and requiring very significant investment in infrastructure. How did a startup like yours go from that research to a product without millions and millions invested in semiconductor infrastructure? So doing that R&D is challenging.

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MARCH 10, 2010

One of the more successful serial entrepreneurs here in Southern California has been Robin D. We spoke to Robin about the new startup, his executive team, as well as his angel investing activity here. There's a gigantic need for the demand side of the marketplace. com, and managing director at Tickets.com.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

This second annual fest brings together technology leaders, startup CEOs, investors, Hollywood studio executives, entrepreneurs, developers, students and more to celebrate LA’s dynamic technology industries with panels, workshops, hackathon, mixers, and a start-up showcase spotlighting 40 local startups. and launching at Silicon Beach Fest.

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DECEMBER 18, 2013

The panel is comprised of Southern California’s Top VC’s, Angels, and Startup Accelerator founders. We will also have some of the top companies present that each of the panelist has invested in. Our Panelist Include: Brock Pierce - Starting & Investing in Bitcoin, Games, and Gambling Businesses. On Demand).

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2013

Yes, the investor may literally have said to you: "That is something I'd seriously think about investing in when you have your product built." Yes, they are happy that you have your product built and that does make it much more investable. Investors demand more than that. How much is it costing you to get users?

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MARCH 3, 2011

Last week, we talked with Fouad ElNaggar of Redpoint Ventures about some of the interesting companies in Southern California. So we bootstrapped, and once we started and got our pilot out and got some momentum, Redpoint was generous enough to invest with great terms, splitting between their Silicon Valley and LA offices.

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

In the bay area it’s quite common for the entrepreneurs starting a company to be developers or technologists who can build the first versions of their products. Entrepreneurs that start companies in LA are often focused on revenue and business models. That’s typically not the case in Los Angeles.

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JANUARY 16, 2010

I got so excited about this company that I reached out to the CEO to enquire about fund raising. Then I found out that Dave McClure had already invested along with many others in a Silicon Valley seed round even though the company is in Alabama. So for Hanukkah I asked for the FitBit. Now how much would you pay?!?

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

We will be bringing you some of the hottest startups around to give you a quick rundown about their companies and get to know the entrepreneur behind those companies. This Panel is filled with investing super stars who will be going over must have content for all the startups and entrepreneurs out there. Adrenaline Fueled Angel.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

People tend to overvalue past investments when making forward-looking investment decisions. Creating Incremental Strategic Value - Ask the Angels , June 17, 2010 We can easily overlook the level of demand pull when we are assessing strategic value. The sunk costs trap. Yes, even bootstrappers. liquidation preference.

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