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AUGUST 8, 2011

Santa Monica-based Docstoc , the online business documents site headed by Jason Nazar, has quietly been ramping a video content effort at the site. In a new section on Docstoc's web site, the firm has been sharing dozens of video segments featureing business tips and advice from entrepreneurs from Southern California's technology community.

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. Be as detailed as possible and give any supporting documentation. Jaspar Weir: Service is our favorite innovation app (and site) this year. Service solves your customer complaints for you in three easy steps: 1.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Those documents are typically made public until after SEC review, under the new SEC confidential IPO filing rules. The company, which has headquarters in San Mateo, said it made a confidential submission of its draft registration statement Friday to the SEC.

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JUNE 29, 2011

One side effect of the aggressive tax efforts by states--which might have a big effect on Southern California--is the destruction of businesses reliant on affiliate revenues as part of their Internet revenue efforts. The new law also is bound to affect Commission Junction , the Internet affiliate business owned by ValueClick.

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JUNE 8, 2015

If all goes well, San Luis Obispo-based Mindbody will be Southern California's newest IPO on June 19th, according to documents being circulated to potential investors in the startup's IPO.

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APRIL 29, 2010

High flying electric car vehicle firm Tesla Motors has submitted plans to the Department of Energy for a plant in Downey, at the site of the current Downey Studios, according to documents obtained by the Downey Patriot. According to the documents, Tesla is set to lease the land for 11 years, with two 5-year options to extend the lease.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Sean is also author of Startup Field Guide, Mistakes To Avoid, Tips to Get Ahead , documenting what he's learned over his time in the startup world. Building a successful tech startup in Southern California isn't easy, but it's sure a beautiful place to start your next venture.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Glendale-based LegalZoom , the online legal documents site which was co-founded by Brian Lee and lawyer Robert Shapiro, is reportedly about to file for its IPO, according to a report today. Reuters, citing sources close to the firm, said the filing is expected in coming weeks.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). 2009 has been the worst year for M&A in a decade.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

I love the Whisper Synch feature on Audible so I can read books and then seamlessly listen where I left off. Also, the IPad has become my multi-functional portable PC with its new great pen for notetaking and keyboard for documents that is so intuitive to integrate and easy to carry around. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Riot Ventures , the Los Angeles-based, early-stage and deep technology investment firm is going out to market to raise a $75 million second fund to finance the development of startups in LA and beyond, according to fundraising documents viewed by TechCrunch.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

We thought today for our interview, that we'd get an update on the angel investment environment here in Southern California from Scott Sangster , the incoming President of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Tech Coast Angels , the biggest angel investment group in Southern California. Of course not.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2010

LegalZoom is a provider of online legal documents and templates, making them available to consumers via the Internet. The firm is one of the Southern California companies rumored to be prepping for an IPO; in what might be a related move, the company recently added former Yahoo President Susan Decker to its board of directors.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 5, 2015

Docstoc hosts the best quality and widest selection of professional documents (over 20 million), and resources including articles, videos, & productivity tools to make every small business better. Docstoc is a top 500 most visited website (Quantcast) and has over 50 million registered users.

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APRIL 10, 2009

According to the firm, Yamada has been at Toshiba since 1985, and was most recently deputy General Manager in the firm's Japanese Document Systems Business Group, overseeing American and European MFP operations. Toshiba America Business Solutions has 3,420 employees of which 243 are located in Southern California.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Eric is also author of the book The PayPal Wars: Battles With Ebay, the Media, the Mafia, And the Rest of Planet Earth , where he documented that experience. He also gave us some of his thoughts on why the "Paypal Mafia"--former PayPal employees--have gotten so much success from their startups. Eric, what's the story behind CapLinked?

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MARCH 15, 2012

Last week, Santa Monica-based Docstoc (www.docstoc.com), the online business documents site headed by Jason Nazar, launched a new website, called License123 (www.license123.com). Now, we're one of the veteran companies in Southern California. I'm really excited on where it goes from here on out. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 6, 2016

Los Angeles-based Acuant , a developer of identity management and identity verification technology, said this morning that it has acquired AssureTec Technologies , a provider of identity, document authentication, and data capture products. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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APRIL 1, 2019

Cal Lutheran Center for Entrepreneurship. Docusign is a mainstay of the legal services market, enabling easy digital signature of legal documents. That position was earned by Cal Lutheran alum Joe Fuca and his Docusign co-founders. Wednesday, April 3, 2019 -- Building a Mega Global Brand - Docusign.

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APRIL 8, 2010

How do the sample Series Seed financing documents differ from typical Series A financing documents? Startup Company Lawyer , March 14, 2010 After the recent announcement of the Series Seed Financing documents by Marc Andreesen, Brad Feld points out that there are now four sets of “open source” equity seed financing documents.

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MARCH 10, 2010

A new study of the financial outcomes for Southern California venture-backed companies in the IT sector finds that approximately $48 billion in value has been created by those companies over the period 1995-2009. Funk then focused the analysis on the 731 documented exits for the period 1995-2009.

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MARCH 4, 2010

Recently, Santa Monica-based Docstoc (www.docstoc.com) launched a new marketplace on its site, for anyone interested in selling professional documents. Jason is also behind the popular "Startups Uncensored" events in Los Angeles, so we also pinged him on how those events have been going. It's the eBay of professional documents.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 2, 2013

I'm going to be looking at aspects like: Things to consider before building your MVP Features often overlooked when documenting an MVP for developers Understanding important metrics you want to measure Risks and challenges in developing an MVP. Have you Documented Your MVP for Your Developer s?

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

One interesting project, a bit different, is helping a paper-based collections agency implement a CRM/workflow software package and also select and integrate an eDocument Management Solution including scanning the paper-based backfile and putting in a go-forward process for capturing digital documents. What keeps you up at night?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 13, 2012

eDiscovery or electronic discovery, is the process by which litigants find and produce documents stored in electronic form in response to litigation, corporate investigations, or regulatory inquiries. How are electronic documents found? Tuesday, June 19, 2012 -- AWT Event: eDiscovery. What's involved in the e-discovery process?

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DECEMBER 7, 2012

Dinesh Ravishankar: We were doing software development for various companies in Southern California, out of my condo in West LA. We go the extra mile with YouTube videos, support documentation, telephone support, and email support during business hours. How did you end up in this market? What's your next growth area?

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MAY 18, 2009

This morning's interview with Daryl Bernstein , CEO and co-founder of Santa Barbara-based RightSignature (www.rightsignature.com), a firm which has created an online, software-as-a-service offering to collect legally binding signatures on documents. We've also got a huge list of additional document types in the works.

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Outsource Development Santa Barbara Education SaaS 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 11, 2012

Google Docs - Sharing Documents and project collaboration. *Ifttt-How to automate your entire internet life *Paper.li - How to create daily content from people you follow. Dropbox - How to create your own virtual hard drive. Aggregators - The importance of a good social media aggregator. Google Analytics - Where is all my traffic coming from?

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Social Media Media Doc Google 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Startup Communities documents the buzz, strategy, long-term perspective, and dynamics of building communities of entrepreneurs who can feed off of each other's talent, creativity, and support. "Startup communities" are popping up everywhere, from cities like Boulder to Boston and even in countries such as Iceland. See [link] (more)

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Press Startup Entrepreneur 124

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

” Sean is somebody widely respected in Silicon Valley (although he now lives in SoCal) for having helped many early-stage companies go through major growth periods by quantitatively testing features with audiences to help diagnose what led to growth.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 4, 2012

In addition, we'll discuss tax filing requirements, document retention and tax pitfalls to avoid for startups. We will go back to basics and review the balance sheet, income statement and statement of equity accounts and talk about what pitfalls you need to watch for. See [link] (more)

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

HowSimple just launched into beta a next generation browser and desktop manager named andi (Advanced Numerous Document Interface). Its mission is to encourage the growth and success of technology-based entrepreneurial ventures in Southern California. Silver Sponsors. Community Sponsors. Giving Away An Apple TV.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 10, 2011

Learn about common misconceptions Strong reforms that impact your bottom line - What to do TODAY to stay proactive - How you CAN manage the workers compensation drain on productivity and costs - Executive tips to create, document and implement proactive WC risk management. See [link] (more)

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

Additional value outside of legal documents – Most lawyers who work with early stage startups secretly want to be entrepreneurs but they earn too much money to quit – the golden handcuffs I’ve found that the best of them think like entrepreneurs, though, and hang out at startup events.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 9, 2009

This document which looks to be a cultural manifesto for their salaried employees is well worth the 128 page read. Tuesday, August 11, 2009 -- Netflix Manifesto. Recently what looks to be a Netflix power point made its way around the net titled Reference Guide on our Freedom and Responsibility Culture. See [link] (more).

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

Our discussion will focus on strategies that can be used by management to evaluate service-provider relationships including a discussion of SAS 70 Type II audit reports and alternative procedures and documentation to support this evaluation. See [link] (more).

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 9, 2011

Companies now have to be ready to preserve and produce emails, documents, voicemails and all other forms of data that might be relevant. But get ready for the next wave: Discovery of electronic evidence is raising the interference to a whole new level.

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