socalTECH

JULY 5, 2017

I moved down here to work as a large, $10 billion private equity fund with Ron Burkle, at Yucaipa Companies. We would have the design aesthetic of contemporary brands, combine that with performance-based fabrics to the like of Lululemon, Underarmor, and Nike Drifit. That really makes private equity investors shake in their boots.

Web 2.0 100

Web 2.0 Equity Legalzoom Capital 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2011

Locally, those are companies like LegalZoom, GameFly, TrueCar, and ShoeDazzle. Instead, after a private equity firm offered to buy YLighting, we negotiated to keep the technology that we had developed. We sold it to a private equity group. What kind of customers are using the tool? There are lots of e-commerce companies.

Startup 210

Startup Marketing Custom Customer 210

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Brian Lee – LegalZoom, ShoeDazzle. His first company, LegalZoom was founded with Robert Shapiro, part of the team that successfully exonerated OJ Simpson, instantly giving his company credibility unheard of in the start up community. Lee could have stayed in the law business and become quite successful, but Lee had a dream.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75