TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Last year at this time, SpotOn was on the brink of announcing a $60 million Series C funding round at a $625 million valuation. While the Series E capital is primarily funding the acquisition, SpotOn continues to double down on its product and technology.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2013

To get the story behind the new funding, we spoke with Eric Robison , the firm's President and CEO, last week. This was a situation where we had the opportunity to take on funding, at a point where we could utilize it to scale our technology platform, and to increase our global reach and expand our content, beyond what we'd do normally.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2013

To get the story behind the new funding, we spoke with Eric Robison , the firm's President and CEO, last week. This was a situation where we had the opportunity to take on funding, at a point where we could utilize it to scale our technology platform, and to increase our global reach and expand our content, beyond what we'd do normally.

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Xconomy

MAY 24, 2017

Zesty.io, a San Diego Web development firm, has raised $1.3 million in seed funding to spin out its consulting business, and focus instead on providing its core Web content management technology as a subscription-based software-as-a-service.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

San Diego-based software developer Tealium , which develops software used to manage Internet "tags" for web developers, said today that it has named Jeff Lunsford as its new CEO. Lunsford, who was already on the company's board, was previously President, CEO, and Chairman of Limelight Networks. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 18, 2013

in a seed financing round, for its drag-and-drop software for building web applications. The new funding was led by Rincon Venture Partners, and also included 500 Startups, Daher Capital, Floodlight Ventures, Cooley LLP, Drummond Road Capital, and Eric Hammond. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 23, 2012

This morning Dustin Moskovitz announced that Asana had got a $28 million investment from Peter Thiel and Founders Fund. Moskovitz said they have admired and respected Founders Fund and loved their commitment to building teams to improve lives. Welcoming Thiel to their Board of Directors.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Recent job postings on the site: LAMP/Perl Developers , Los Angeles, Oversee.net. Vice President, Business Development , Los Angeles, Boingo Wireless. Senior Web Developer , Malibu Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. Director of Ad Sales and Business Development , Huntington Beach, Freebinar.com.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2011

Senior Web Developer , Malibu Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. You can also use socalTECH.com's database of high tech companies in Southern California to locate employers near you, companies which have recently received funding and are likely to hire, or screen for companies in certain industries.

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Tech.Co

MAY 9, 2017

Taylor returned home and dove into learning web development and design on his own. He ended up building a digital agency that did everything from custom apps and web development to branding and digital marketing. The company caught the attention of investor from China and secured a seed-funding round around $1.5

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

"It's been tough to shake people loose from companies," Stuart Macfarlane , CEO of El Segundo-based iChange , explains, saying that the firm is actively looking to hire two to three web developers.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

"I'm looking for a partner / cofounder who can not only head the technical aspects and build a working model of the site, but someone with the connections to put a great development team together when we need it. Make sure you go through the 32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder. Find out who is good.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

What I really liked in my conversations with The Hive is that they are willing to work with and fund ventures that would never get VC dollars. What can they do for funding, where can they go for help? User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Jon Knarreborg: I had run a few websites, including GirlGamer.com, and I did lots of partnerships on that site. My experience is in web development, as well as online branding and marketing, and there's a good match between the two of us. How is this all funded? We got together, and started to pursue this idea.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Fast forward a decade and now I had a startup filled with smart web developers. So when some of the younger guys at startups I’ve funded start teasing me about my gray hair and that they’re now designing products for me (as opposed to their moms!) I was 31 and they were in their 20′s.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Right from the beginning, we also partnered with a young web development agency for development and technical consulting – they are now more than business partners, they are friends and part of the team. Any funding yet? What inspired them to find it? My brother and I still hold all shares of exploreB2B.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Steve Gilison worked as a market researcher and product manager at a startup where my company, TechEmpower , did the software / web development. I have about 11 years in the technology sector including roles doing market research, sales and product development. My focus has been marketing strategy and product development.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

LA is a vibrant community with a rich network of angels that fund early stage companies, lots of VCs, easy access to big media, lots of innovation in media, mobile content, games, green, health care, and many, many others. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2012

The team needed would consist of at least 1 non-technical business person (me) and 2 or more technical people—designer and developer. Two of the developers that were going to join me decided to continue on with their idea since they already had a team. There were a few things that made building the team difficult. The Code Wars Team.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2011

One of Southern California's biggest assets are the number of world class, local universities researching and developing technology and knowledge across a large number of disciplines. What our company is doing, is it is developing an online tool for people to find addiction treatment to meet their needs. Adi Jaffe: It is tough.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

For a high-volume seed fund that adds many portfolio companies every year (such as our friends at 500 Startups who invest in over 100 distinct companies annually), the cost of a bad affirmative decision (a false positive) is quite low, since it accounts for a relatively small portion of their total fund. Unicornless. com> 4/25/08.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

They make it easy to collect investment funds, track ownership, and provide targeted updates to investors. Codeita is a powerful, easy to use, cloud-based, web development environment. It allows users to code, develop, brainstorm, communicate and then publish projects and files to your web server.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Aspiring creators learn by connecting with top web filmmakers and YouTubers on a topics specific to the web: developing a web series, producing web series, writing for genres like comedy & sci-fi, directing, editing, camera, Kickstarter funding, show hosting, distribution, and marketing. Any funding yet?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Back in the early days of LA venture capital, I was first an associate of a fund, and then partner of a fund, Entertainment Media Venture Partners. The CEO of that company turned into a partner of mine, and when my fund was up in 1994, we joined forces and founded a company called Liquid Audio. It's very much a low cost model.

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From the Venture Trenches

MARCH 27, 2013

If Groupon remained a bootstrapped entity or a business built on the back of funds raised from friends and family, Mason would still be firmly entrenched as founder and Chief Executive. Wealth family officers, who manage family trust funds, are often seen as being passive investors. What is your exit strategy?

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2009

funding round for the firm's travel booking service. We caught up with Eric Hovanec, the firm's CEO, and Steve Reich, the firm's SVP of Sales, to hear more about the funding. What will the funding be used for? Eric Hovanec: Web developers, operations folks, and we have openings in sales and account management.

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Frank Addante

MAY 8, 2006

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? Build a SWAT team 3.

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Frank Addante

AUGUST 27, 2007

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? Build a SWAT team 3.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

The development community and web developers, who tend to be our customers, like that flexibility, and the quick time to market. James Segil: There's a couple of things to consider with growth, around what does it take to fund a company's growth. That might be debt, or public and private markets.

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Frank Addante

MAY 3, 2006

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? Build a SWAT team 3.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 13, 2011

Today, if you want to create a digital-rich experience for your friends, fans or customers, you either need a web developer and designer to do it or hours if not days of time to develop something compelling enough to engage your audience. We really have an amazing team of developers and designers with over 6 nationalities.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Over the past ten years, the rise of the consumer web and the availability of better measurement too. Bootstrapping process, product development, Prototyping. . Bootstrapping boostrapping, Funding, lean startup. . Bootstrapping development, team management. . Your Web Developer Thinks You're an Idiot.

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Frank Addante

MAY 22, 2006

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? Build a SWAT team 3.

Startup 40

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? Build a SWAT team 3.

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Startup Email Venture Capital CTO Hire 40

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Shortcut: sebastian-x.com Blog About Blogroll Links How brain-amputated developers created the social media plague Posted on 12 January, 2010 The bot playground commonly refered to as “social media&# is responsible for shitloads of absurd cretinism. Well, it’s true that HEAD request provoke only an HTTP response header.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

Fortunately the Web doesn’t stand still and a great deal of research and development continues to go into evolving the mechanics of today’s online social universe. We’ll also see many of them succeed because of their broad engagement with the Web community, apparent utility, and subsequent widespread adoption.

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Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? Build a SWAT team 3.

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