InfoChachkie
MARCH 14, 2012
While working, I often listen to YouTube videos in the background, much like a podcast. Depending on what I am working on and the degree to which the video is compelling, my focus on the video’s content fades in and out. Occasionally a video compels me to take a break and devote all of my attention to it. This occurred while I was listening to the embedded video below.
socalTECH
MARCH 14, 2012
San Diego-based ID Analytics , the developer of risk and identification management services, which is venture backed by Canaan Partners, Investor Growth Capital, Mission Ventures, and Trinity Ventures, has been acquired by LifeLock , the firms said today. Exact financial deals of the acquisition were not announced, however, LifeLock said it has raised over $100M in new, preferred equity in order to complete the acquisition.
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SoCal Tech Calendar
MARCH 14, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012 -- How To Get Your App Built.Correctly! SCV Startup #5. So many of you have asked me how you get your product built. You know what you want to create but you don't know where to start. Ready? The 11 MUST-KNOWS about building a great app for 2012. Learn them before you start! Email Erick@TimeshareJuice.com.
socalTECH
MARCH 14, 2012
The deal between streaming music service Slacker and ESPN , which the two brokered in September last year, is about to go into overdrive this week, as Slacker said it will provide free, streaming radio access to all 67 games of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship via its service. Slacker said that the coverage--which started yesterday--will be available via a "NCAA Broadcasts" section on its Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, and iPad applications, live.
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SoCal Tech Calendar
MARCH 14, 2012
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 -- Startup Ideation Bootcamp. The Startup Ideation Bootcamp provides expert advice with real-world practice. The evening begins with talks by leading startup Founders designed to teach you the components of good and bad startup ideas. For example, is your market big enough, is there organic growth potential, and a clear path to profitability?
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MARCH 14, 2012
Irvine-based Broadcom reported this morning that it is contributing $100,000 in a donation to an Israeli team looking to win Google's $30M Lunar X Prize contest. Broadcom said it is donating the money to the Israeli group SpaceIL for its efforts. The donation will go towards the Weizmann Institute of Science to help support its efforts with SpaceIL.
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socalTECH
MARCH 14, 2012
Irvine-based Diverse Solutions , the developer of products to help real estate agents market their businesses and websites, which was acquired by Zillow last November, have gained a fun new employee perk from their acquisition: an annual "Ski Day". Zillow posted pictures from the Irvine group at Big Bear Lake this morning, as part of a push to recruit employees at the company.
SoCal Tech Calendar
MARCH 14, 2012
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 -- ProVisors Technology Industry Group. This group's mission is to provide a networking, educational, and referral driven forum to one another through personal knowledge and expertise in the Technology industry. The group's intent is to be purposeful and accountable, in forming relationships and driving business to other group members who are trusted professional advisors working primarily with companies in the technology sector.
socalTECH
MARCH 14, 2012
Irvine-based Vangard Voice Systems , the developer of voice recognition and voice enablement software, said this morning that it has tied with a provider of warehouse management systems, BellHawk Systems Corporation , to voice-enable a product for the warehouse, manufacturing, and supply chain sector. The two said they are in a joint collaboration, which will provide voice-directed receiving, picking, and materials movement functions to users of BellHawk's software.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 14, 2012
All the experts these days are talking about the increasing need for customer focus and maximizing sales. Typically entrepreneurs and even professional sales people think this means more emphasis on the customer selling process, when in fact it really means spending more time understanding the customer buying process (view from the customer). According to Kevin Davis, as outlined in a recent book “ Slow Down, Sell Faster!
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MARCH 14, 2012
SharesPost , the online marketplace for private company stock, along with CEO Greg Brogger, are paying fines in the firm's trading of private company shares, the SEC said Wednesday. According to a release from the SEC, SharesPost is paying $80,000, and Brogger is paying $20,000 in fines, as part of an SEC order which found that SharesPost and Brogger violated Section 15(a) of the Exchange Act of 1934.
socalTECH
MARCH 14, 2012
Los Angeles-based discount event ticketing service Goldstar has expanded its services into Miami, Florida, the firm told its subscribers today, as the firm continues to grow the number of cities covered by its services. Goldstar offers up highly discounted, last minute event tickets to consumers, to things like concerts, plays, comedy clubs, sports events, and more.
socalTECH
MARCH 14, 2012
Hawthorne-based Space Exploration Technologies , the commercial rocketship firm headed by Elon Musk, reported Tuesday afternoon that it has signed two contracts to launch satellites into space on its Falcon 9 rocket. SpaceX said that it has signed contracts with Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) and Satelites Mexicanos (Satmex), which are scheduled to launch from Cape Caneveral in two separate launches.
socalTECH
MARCH 14, 2012
Los Angeles-based Siemer & Associates , and its affiliated venture capital fund, Siemer Ventures , said today that it has launched a new, technology incubator--in the country of Singapore. The investment banking firm, which is headed by David Siemer, said that the new WaveMaker Labs is being formed under the Technology Incubation Scheme (TIS) of the Singaporean government's National Research Foundation (NRF).
socalTECH
MARCH 14, 2012
San Diego-based prepaid wireless service provider Cricket , is turning to 4G wireless provider Clearwire for its next general, 4G LTE network. The companies announced this morning that they are in a five-year., wholesale agreement where Cricket will be able to tap into Clearwire's new LTE network. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
socalTECH
MARCH 14, 2012
Los Angeles-based KYTHERA Biopharmaceuticals , which develops aesthetic medicine products, said this morning that it has named Elisabeth Sandoval as its Chief Commercial OFficer. Sandoval was previously at Bausch + Lomb Surgical, and also has served at Allergan Medical and Jonson & Johnson. KYTHERA Biopharmaceuticals' lead product is a compound for the reduction of under-the-chin fat.
socalTECH
MARCH 14, 2012
San Diego-based security software firm ESET reports today that it has launched its own, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, the ESET Foundation , to help support an effort by the firm to increase cybersecurity awareness and education. The firm said the nonprofit will support its Securing our eCity efforts, which is providing cybersecurity education in San Diego and beyond.
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