socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2015

Our last (belated) one is from Kevin Winston , the founder of Digital LA , the big networking group which helps to connect Silicon Beach through an extensive lineup of events. We are thankful for continued support from Demand Media, City National Bank, Richardson Patel, Business Wire, Sheppard Mullin, General Assembly, and others.

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Cornerstone OnDemand Belkin Entertainment Newsletter 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2010

One of the firms poised to take advantage of that growth is Pasadena-based OpenX (www.openx.org), which develops one of the most widely used ad serving solutions available. We help web publishers make more money out of advertising. Part two, is we also help them when they are not selling inventory directly.

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OpenX Advertising Yahoo Pasadena 242

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Be Great Partners , a Los Angeles technology incubator, has recently released a report on the startup community in LA and the information shows a positive growth for startups here in LA. Be Great recognizes seven main startup points in Los Angeles: “Silicon Beach”, West LA, Culver City, Pasadena, Orange County, South Bay, and Downtown LA.

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Report Orange County Startup West Los Angeles 104

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

round of funding from the Pasadena Angels and Frontera Capital for a voice-over-IP service, and we thought we'd talk with Cliff Rees, the firm's CEO, to understand how the firm is different from those many providers. The technology is really what sets us apart from our competitors, who are mostly resellers of someone else's technology.

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IP Pasadena Angels Pasadena Los Angeles 165

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

It's pretty typical in the life of a startup, where we've proven we have a product people like, and use and demand, and can scale, and we did a pretty effective job of learning about advertising and making revenues off high yielding, CPC advertising. There is a huge demand from people, who have gone there to buy products.

Technical Review 171

Technical Review Rustic Canyon Screening Startup 171

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

What our technology platform does, is determines what about a marketer's offers that will matter to the consumer. There are lots of search marketing technology companies out there--what have you added to mix which is new? Jason Lehmbeck: There are two core pieces to the technology. How far are you from getting to market?

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Yahoo Platform Advertising Startup 171

socalTECH

DECEMBER 14, 2015

It turns out, there are lots of benefits to learning the logical thinking behind software coding, according to Grant Hosford , the founder of Pasadena-based codeSpark (www.codespark.org). We caught up with Grant to learn more about The Foos and his quest to use the principles of software programming to help kids learn.

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Software Template Startup Study 100

socalTECH

JULY 12, 2013

The Pasadena firm''s co-founders, Sean Lynch and Steve Curry , sat down with us to talk about the service. We spent lots of time with enterprises where technology was not their core product. Sean Lynch: Open source demands a very low level, engineering talent pool. What does MetaCloud do? Why do you imagine that''s the case?

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CIO Southern California Technical Review Software Review 207

socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2011

That's the story at Altadena-based Unified Dispatch , which was recently sold to the On-Demand Division of Veolia. The idea was they were going to create their own interactive voice response (IVR) technology, which we would keep in house and allow us to open up a nationwide call center to handle taxi calls.

Outsource Development 190

Outsource Development Startup Outsource Altadena 190

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

While we often lack the technology and product depth of our counterparts in the Bay, I would argue that entrepreneurs in LA would thrive if you dropped them into any industry. If there were more great companies coming out of LA then it would create more demand for high quality VC firms. It’s a chicken and egg problem.

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Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

His impact has even helped a small country gain admission to the United Nations. I thing I’ve learned over the years is that technology purists hate advertising even when it is that revenue stream that truthfully drives much of our industry. So the most important thing is to surround yourself with people who can help you succeed.

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Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350