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Interesting New Tech Blog for your Radar Screen

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Over the holiday I became aware of a new tech blog that aims to have deep insights into the next generation of technology, which they call The Hypernet. Why should you care? Well, it is established by some of the industries more successful investors – Mike Maples and Roger McNamee. My favorite post was this one (image above) in which they talked about their 10 hypothesis for technology investing.

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StartupRoar Adds Personalized Subscriptions

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Aggregage , the platform that powers StartupRoar has added a powerful personalization engine. That means that the site now allows users to sign-up and have their content personalized based on their interests. You can sign-up via the "Personalize Your Content" button on the right side of the interface shown to the right of the red arrow below.

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Shopatron Racks Up 85 Sporting Goods Clients

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San Luise Obispo-based Shopatron , the developer of e-commerce software for brand manufacturers, reports today that it added a total of 85 new clients in the sporting goods industry during 2011. The firm said those clients included K2, Rossignol, Powderhorn, Quickpoles, Academy Snowboard, and Bolle, among many others. The firm did not detail how those clients influenced its financials, but did say that the clients came from a range of sports including cycling, watersports, snowsports, action spo

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Entrepreneurs: Do it your way.

Berkonomics

Yes, this is a takeoff from Frank Sinatra’s song, where he did it his way and got away with it. You’re building a company from your vision and a passion, and lots of people are going to tell you that you have this or that wrong, and that it just won’t work. The truth is that very, very few early business plans survive in a form completely recognizable when looking back a few years.

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Can You Ask for Office Rent Relief? How to Manage Your Lease During COVID-19

Office leases are one of companies’ largest expenses, and if your whole team is working from home with no clear end in sight, you may be wondering what to do about your lease.

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LAVA Breakfast with the Angels

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 -- LAVA Breakfast with the Angels. Los Angeles Venture Association panel discussion with leading Angel Investors at its "Breakfast with the Angels" event. See [link].

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Check the Work Ethic In Your Company, If You Dare

Startup Professionals Musings

Great entrepreneurs have long been the epitome of people with a great work ethic. But many complain to me that it is becoming harder and harder to find team members and employees who demonstrate and live the same culture. Somewhere along the way, work ethic seems to have been replaced by a pervasive sense of entitlement, especially in the younger generations.

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How to Be a Great Entrepreneur: VIDEO

Jason Nazar

I recently went back to the University of California at Santa Barbara to give a leadership talk to about 250 students. I put together a presentation (embeded below from Docstoc ) on the 21 Golden Rules of Entrepreneurship. Its a collection of life & business lessons that the most successful entrepreneurs have applied to achieve amazing feats. I wrap these lessons in my own personal journey (so far).

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PMI-OC January 2012 Dinner Meeting

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 -- PMI-OC January 2012 Dinner Meeting. Lindon Crow, a leadership and motivational speaker from Productive Learning and Leisure, will discuss the correlation between thoughts and how they can limit success at the Jan. 10 meeting of the Project Management Institutes Orange County Chapter. Crow also will cover understanding human behavior and using it as a tool, as well as identifying dysfunctional communication and developing new solutions to problem areas.

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Spend 2012 on the Right Side of the Haimish Line

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Occasionally on this blog I break away from industry commentary and write more broadly. The first day of 2012 seems the perfect day to do so. One of the most important articles I read during the entire year was David Brook’s op-ed article on “ The Haimish Line.” In it Brooks talks about his recent trip to Africa with his 12-year-old son.

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Nimble Gets $1M From Google, Mark Cuban

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Santa Monica-based Nimble , the developer of online, contact and relationship management software headed by Jon Ferrara, the former founder of Goldmine, said last night that it has raised $1M in a seed funding round. The round was led by Google Ventures and Mark Cuban. The funding also included Jason Calacanis, Don Dodge, Dharmesh Shah, and others. Nimble helps users manage their connections and customers, including integration with email software like Gmail and Microsoft Outlook.

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A Serial Entrepreneur’s Guide To Uncovering Awesome Startup Ideas

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Seth Epstein, Founder and CEO SocialStay , former Founder and CEO of FUEL (acquired by Razorfish) and Emmy Award winner for his work on the X-Games, recently spoke at UC Santa Barbara as part of the Technology Management Program’s Distinguished Lecture Series. His talk was especially intriguing, as he attended UCSB, but dropped out to start a clothing design company.

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Tech Coast Angels Live: Ash Kumra

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Monday, January 9, 2012 -- Tech Coast Angels Live: Ash Kumra. Business Coach and Speaker Ash Kumra shares his wisdom about Entrepreneurship. Join Barbara Seymour Giordano and Ash Kurma, business coach and speaker, as he shares compelling stories of Entrepreneurs and the highs and lows of building a successful Startup. There's lots of wisdom here, so start crafting your questions now!

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10 Startup Survival Tips in the Age of the Platform

Startup Professionals Musings

Every startup, as well as mature business, needs to learn as much as possible from Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google, who have set the standards for fast growth and success in today’s business world. These companies, designated the “ gang of four ” by Eric Schmidt last year, are clearly driving a consumer and business revolution on the Internet today.

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VC Exits Down In 2011, Says Report

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The number of exits by U.S., venture backed companies was down in 2011, according to Dow Jones VentureSource, which said today that it tallied a total of 522 mergers, acquisitions, buyouts, and IPOs during the year. Dow Jones said that those exits totaled $53.2 billion, a 14 percent drop in deal activity versus 2010, although it was a 26 percent increase in capital raised compared to last year.

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Astronauts: SpaceX Opening A New American Frontier

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The astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) are eagerly awaiting the planned, February 7th docking of Hawthorne-based SpaceX Dragon capsule, likening the event to the opening of the American frontier. In an interview with Space.com , astronaut Don Pettit called the SpaceX Dragon the " first of many wagon trains" which will be visitng the ISS.

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San Diego Tech Coast Angels Honor John G. Watson With Memorial Fund

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The San Diego chapter of the Tech Coast Angels , the largest angel investment group in Southern California, as well as the United States, said today that it has established a new, memorial fund, the John G. Watson Foundation , which will support entrepreneurism in the San Diego region. The fund has been started by a $1M gift from the family of John G.

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Insights and Opinions: How Gameification Is Accelerating Business and Education

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For our Insights and Opinions section today, we feature author and technology forecaster Daniel Burrus , who talks about gamefication, and what it means for both business and education. Anyone who has children or who has been around them for a while knows that kids, as well as young adults, are attracted to video games like flies are attracted to light.

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Brand Affinity Technologies Raises $4.5M

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Irvine-based Brand Affinity Technologies , the online advertising and celebrity sports endorsements startup headed by Ryan and Chad Steelberg, has raised $4.5M as part of an ongoing, $7.0M funding round, according to a filing from the firm this week. The firm has previously raised funding from ad pepper media international, CGI Opportunity Fund, Fulcrum Venture Capital, Miramar Venture Partners, Newport Coast Investments, and RimLight Capital.

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San Diego's Balboa Park In Wi-Fi Rollout

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Visitors to San Diego's Balboa Park, the location of the San Diego Zoo as well as the city's museums and culutural centers, now have access to high capacity Wi-Fi, according to wireless networking firm Ruckus Wireless. The company said that a group, the Balboa Park Online Collaborative has rolled out a high capacity, high performance Wi-Fi across the park.

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AT&T Rolls Out LTE In Los Angeles, San Diego

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Get a new, 4G smartphone over the holidays? If you're on AT&T, you will now be able to take advantage of faster, LTE wireless speeds in the region. AT&T said today that it has turned on LTE in Los Angeles and San Diego, meaning that new smartphones, including the HTC Vivid, Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket, LG Nitro HD, and others can now access higher broadband speeds in the area.

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Seismic Games Gains $2M

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Los Angeles-based Seismic Games disclosed today that it has raised $2.0M in a first round of funding. The funding came from DFJ Frontier and venture capitalist Tom Matlack. Seismic Games was co-founded by Greg Borrud, Eric Gewirtz, and Chris Miller. Borrus was a co-founder of Pandemic Studios; Gewritz was formerly a game designer at Activision; and Miller has served at Vivendi Games and Little Quake Games.

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Yardi Buys Software Firm

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Santa Barbara-based Yarsi , which develops software for property management, said Thursday afternoon that it has acquired ALMSA Corporation , a provider of software for the assisted living industry. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. ALMSA's software is used for electronic health record (EHR) and electronic medication administration in assisted living and long-term care communities.

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Mindspeed Buys Picochip

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Newport Beach-based Mindspeed Technologies said this morning that it has signed a definitive agreement to buy PIcochip Limited , a UK-based supplier of systems-on-a-chip (SoC) products. Mindspeed said it will pay approximately $51.8M, plus up to $25M in earn out, for PIcochip. Picochip's products are used for small cell base stations. Mindspeed said the deal will help it support a range of base station semiconductors, ranging from residential, to enterprise, to pico/metro applications.

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NeuroGenetic Pharmaceuticals Scores Investment

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San Diego-based NeuroGentic Pharmaceuticals , a firm development treatments for Alzheimer's disease, said today that it has scored an investment round from Abbot Biotech Ventures. Size of the round was not announced. NeuroGenetic said the investment will go towards expediting development of its lead candidate. The firm's is developing a molecule it hope will help prevent Alzheimer disease, by preventing the deposition of amyloid plaques, a feature of the disease.

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Online Holiday Shopping Hits $37.2 Billion

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Total online holiday shopping for the November to December 2011 season totaled $37.2 billion, according to numbers released by comScore Wednesday. comScore said the amount is an all-time record, and is a 15 percent increase from last year. Among milestones hit by the industry this year are ten, individual days where consumers spent more than $1 billion online, with the most dollars--$1.25 billion--being spent on Cyber Monday.

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Channel Technologies Group Acquired By Private Equity Firm

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Santa Barbara-based Channel Technologies Group , a manufacturer and supplier of piezo-electric ceramics, transducers along with systems and services, has been acquired by private equity firm Blue Wolf Capital Partners. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. Blue Wolf said that Gladstone Investment Corporation and executive management team of Channel Technologies are also investing in the deal.

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HID Acquires Software Firm

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Irvine-based HID Global , which provides identification and access systems, said this morning that it has acquired EasyLobby , a developer of software used to manage facility visitors. EasyLobby's products are used for visitor registration, tracking, reporting and badge printing. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. EasyLobby was based in Needham, Mass.

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dinCloud Gets Seeded

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Los Angeles-based dinCloud , a provider of a hosted, virtual desktop service, said Thursday that it has received a seed round of funding. Size of the funding, and source, was not announced. The firm said the funding will go to grow its core service offering, which involved hosting virtual desktops for companies in the cloud. dinCloud's Chief Strategy Officer is Saad Shahzad, who was previously an investor at Norwest Venture Partners.

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Guidance Software Names Two Execs

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Pasadena-based Guidance Software , the developer of computer forensics and e-discovery software, said this morning that it has named Daniel Lim as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, and Alex Adrianopoulos as Vice President of Marketing. Lim has been at Guidance Software since 2007, serving as Assistant General Counsel, and also previously served at Jones Day, McGlinckey Stafford, and Beck, Redden & Secrest, among other positions.

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Stocktwits' Lindzon Leads Round In DailyWorth

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Howard Lindzon , the prolific angel investor who runs San Diego-based Stocktwits , has led a round in personal finance email DailyWorth.com. According to DailyWorth, it raised $2M from angels, led by Lindzon and Joanne Wilson, and also including 500 Startups' Dave McClure, David Cohen of TechStars, and Eric Schmidt. The firm has now raised over $3M in funding.

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Local Corporation Names Sawtell President

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Irvine-based Local Corporation , the online local advertising and directory publisher, said this morning that it has promoted Chief Operating Officer Michael Sawtell, to President and COO. Sawtell has been COO since May. Sawtell rejoined Local after the firm acquired DigitalPost Interactive and its Rovion business. Sawtell was founder and CEO of DigitalPost.

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ViaSat Renews Rural Broadband Deal

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Carlsbad-based ViaSat reports this morning that it has renewed a deal with the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC), to provide its satellite broadband services. The five year, wholesale distribution deal will be carried through its new ViaSat-1 satellite. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. ViaSat's satellite communications service is expected to offer faster Internet service than currently available via satellite, at prices starting at $50.

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Arrowhead Research Inks Deal With Alnylam

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Pasadena-based Arrowhead Research and RNAi therapeutics firm Alnylam Pharmaceuticals announced this morning that the two are in a collaboration and licensing agreement. Financial details of the agreement were not announced. THe two said that Arrowhead will receive a license from Alnylam to develop a RNAi therapeutic aimed at the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV).

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MyLife.com Launches Android App, Has Big TV Ad Plans

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Los Angeles-based MyLife.com , the online contact and personal relationship management service headed by Jeff Tinsley, said today that it has launched a new mobile app for Android. The firm said its new app provides access to the firm's services, including tools to help users better connect and share across multiple social networks. MyLife also disclosed that it is planning to spend $35M this year on nationwide, television commercials to promote its new Personal Relationship Manager services, wh

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NTS Wins Contract In Virginia

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Calabasas-based National Technical Systems , a provider of test and engineering services, reported this morning that its supply chain division, Unitek Technical Services, has scored a $500,000 contract in Virginia. The win was with Alliant Techsystems Inc., supporting that firm's efforts at the Radford Army Ammunitions Plant in Radford, VA. NTS said it will provide technical and quality management services at the location.

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Elevation Pharmaceuticals Raises $30M

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San Diego-based Elevation Pharmaceuticals , which is developing treatment for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), said this morning that it has closed on a $30M, Series B funding round. The round was led by Novo Ventures , and also included prior investors Canaan Partners , TPG Biotech, Care Capital and Mesa Verde Venture Partners.

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