Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 5, 2011
This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. 2 preamble issues having read the comments on TC today: 1: I know that the prices of startup companies is much great in Silicon Valley than in smaller towns / less tech focused areas in the US and the US prices higher than many foreign markets. I acknowledged this in the article. You can be pissed off, but I don’t set prices.
InfoChachkie
JUNE 9, 2011
Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ranker is a social site/platform for ranking anything, powered by semantic technology that aggregates opinions into ‘wisdom of crowds’ rankings”. Clark Benson is the Founder and CEO of Ranker.com. Prior to Ranker, Clark founded four other successful companies, including eCrush, which he sold to the Hearst Corporation in 2007.
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socalTECH
JUNE 8, 2011
In the rush toward the daily deals space, it seems like there is at least one, new, daily deals site created every day. It's an incredibly crowded industry, which not only includes giants like Groupon and LivingSocial, but countless smaller sites, newspapers, and others all looking for a piece of the action. However, San Diego-based Deal Current (www.dealcurrent.com) appears to have found a sustainable niche in the industry--not providing daily deals, but powering those multiplying deal sites, i
Berkonomics
JUNE 4, 2011
This insight addresses the amount of risk you and your company are willing and able to tolerate over time. Most people believe that early stage companies should take risks aggressively because there is less to lose and much more to gain with each risky bet or decision. Common thinking goes on to address large, public corporations by expressing that the relative tolerance to risk is decreased, in favor of protecting the brand or financial health of the enterprise.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 10, 2011
Twitter is an ephemeral service. It’s what I love about Twitter. When I’m in the mood to consume what my world is telling me right now I can “tune in&# to Twitter and digest the rapid stream. I don’t really worry about missing stuff. If somebody wanted me to see something they’d @ message me, which I always read. And as I’ve written about in the past, I truly believe that Twitter networks are significantly different from other social networks.
InfoChachkie
JUNE 6, 2011
Entrepreneurs win by changing the Rules of the Game , rather than by trying to best Big Dumb Companies (BDCs) at their own game. Seth Epstein, Founder and CEO of SocialStay and former Founder of FUEL, understands the power of changing the rules. Early in his career, he devised a clever strategy for making a splash at the Broadcast Design Association tradeshow, one of the most significant gatherings in the motion graphics industry.
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SoCal Tech Calendar
JUNE 8, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 -- Another Free Angel Investor Tips Workshop. These free workshops have been successful enough that were now planning to host one every second Tuesday of each month in Oceanside, California - just north of San Diego and south of Orange County. Seating is limited. Open to anyone who is thinking about investing $5,000 to $500,000 in a startup or small business and would like to hear from other angels on how to do it wisely.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 9, 2011
Deciding to be an entrepreneur is a lifestyle move, and should be part of a long-term strategic plan. You shouldn’t be making this decision just because you are mad at your boss, you would like to be rich, or someone else thinks it’s a good idea. In these changing times, if you already have a startup, with no plan, maybe it’s time to think ahead for a change.
InfoChachkie
JUNE 6, 2011
Entrepreneurs win by changing the Rules of the Game , rather than by trying to best Big Dumb Companies (BDCs) at their own game. Seth Epstein, Founder and CEO of SocialStay and former Founder of FUEL, understands the power of changing the rules. Early in his career, he devised a clever strategy for making a splash at the Broadcast Design Association tradeshow, one of the most significant gatherings in the motion graphics industry.
socalTECH
JUNE 6, 2011
Southern California is already establishing a reputation as the home of one of the biggest online publishers, Demand Media. However, what will Southern California's next big, online publishing empire be? Based on events in recent days, it might be Los Angeles-based Breitbart.com , the controversial online publishing venture of Andrew Brietbart. Breitbart.com runs the site Big Government , which broke the story of U.S.
SoCal Tech Calendar
JUNE 8, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 -- CloudCamp returns to San Diego! End users, IT professionals and vendors are share experiences, challenges and solutions in several open discussions. Co-located with The Business of Cloud Computing at the Hyatt Regency Mission Bay.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 6, 2011
A good entrepreneur is not necessarily born a good salesman. In fact, they are often the opposite, more focused on building things rather than selling them. Yet, in today’s world of information overload, marketing and selling skills are critical to the success of every startup. The alternative “If we build it, they will come” approach has long been relegated to the field of dreams , after Kevin Costner’s movie by the same name.
Tech Zulu Event
JUNE 6, 2011
A little while ago, we and our friends at ImTech were able to sit down with CEO of Robodynamics , a Santa-Monica based telepresence robotics company and get an in-depth look at their new project, LUNA. Since ‘her’ official introduction in early May in blogs like Engadget, Crunchgear, Gizmodo, etc. there’s been plenty of buzz about the world’s first consumer-friendly home robot.
socalTECH
JUNE 6, 2011
Although Los Angeles has become a hub for the high tech startup world, Surprisingly, one of the things which hasn't happened in the Los Angeles area is any huge, successful venture acceleration programs. Those programs--epitomized by YCombinator in the Bay Area, and TechStars in Boulder, Colorado--attract newly minted entrepreneurs with a mixture of cash and mentoring, and a program which rapidly takes ideas and turns them into viable, executing businesses.
SoCal Tech Calendar
JUNE 5, 2011
Saturday, June 11, 2011 -- June 2011 PMI-OC Agile Training Class. Mark Layton, organizational strategist/PMI certification instructor, will lead a two-day Agile Scrum Master Certification training class June 1112, 2011. The class, organized by Project Management Institute Orange County, includes instruction, exercises, and the Platinum Edge "Agile Success" training manual.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 10, 2011
As a member of the local Angel group selection committee, I’ve seen a lot of startup presentations to investors, and I’ve never seen one that was too short - maybe short on content, but not short on pages! A perfect round number is ten slides, with the right content, that can be covered in ten minutes. Even if you have an hour booked, the advice is the same.
Tech Zulu Event
JUNE 9, 2011
This installment of TZ Startup Hot Seat features Keith Petri, Co-Founder of iGottaGuide. We first learned about them during our trip to New York for BlogWorld & New Media Expo this past May. iGottaGuide is currently in New York Beta before they expand out to other cities. Like in all cities there is the guided tour then the “Real Tour&#.
socalTECH
JUNE 6, 2011
Los Angeles-based StarGreetz , a new online service for sending personalized, celebrity video messages and electronic greeting cards, said today that it has launched a service which will allow marketers and consumers to send personalized videos and audio which incorporate a user's name and other information within the message. The firm's consumer service allows users to pick messages and electronic greeting cards from various celebrities, adding such personal information as names, which are inco
SoCal Tech Calendar
JUNE 5, 2011
Saturday, June 11, 2011 -- Crowdsourcing for the Entrepreneur: Unlocking the Power of Online Communities. Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. Crowdsourcing, as a method of leveraging the massive pool of online users as resources, has become a viable set of techniques, tools, and marketplaces for organizations and entrepreneurs to drive innovation and generate value.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 7, 2011
I’m sure that every one of us who has been out in the business world for a few years can look back with perfect hindsight and name a few college courses that we should have taken. What’s more disconcerting to me is that I can name a few that weren’t even offered! I won’t even try to cover here the ones you didn’t find for your personal life, like managing personal finances and credit.
Tech Zulu Event
JUNE 10, 2011
Online forums have been around almost since the dawn of the internet. As Mark states below “Forums are the original social media&# , people sharing information across the web on all sorts of different topics. In this installment of TZ Startup Hot Seat we have a chat with Mark O’Sullivan on Vanilla Forums how he came up with the concept and how they plan to revolutionize the industry, and the challenges and rewards of being an entrepreneur.
socalTECH
JUNE 9, 2011
Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , the online marketing and advertising firm headed by Zorik Gordon, said Thursday afternoon that it has launched ReachDeals, a daily deals syndication platform. ReachDeals is a relaunch of the deal commerce software platform it acquired when it acquired DealOn, a daily deals publisher, in February. ReachDeals sources deals from ReachLocal's sales team, and syndicates them to multiple online publishers.
SoCal Tech Calendar
JUNE 10, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011 -- Los Angeles VC and Angel Event. FundingPost. At our next Los Angeles event, the panel of investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing - how to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check - Especially in this economy! We will be discussing trends in Early-Stage Investing, hot sectors, sectors that these VCs look at, things that are most important to them when they are considering an Investment, the best and worst things
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 5, 2011
Everyone knows that that startups are risky, but they also expect that the job will be exciting and potentially very lucrative (think early employees at Microsoft and Google). Yet we have all heard stories about the high turnover, unstructured work environment, lower base pay, and unpredictable expectations from the top. Assuming you are lucky enough to get hired, what can you do to survive, and even stand out above the rest in this environment?
socalTECH
JUNE 7, 2011
Search engine giant Google appears to be ramping its hiring efforts in Irvine, according to representatives of the company. The firm said it grew the Irvine locations by more than 20 percent in 2010, and that this will be the firm's hiring year ever including its Southern California locations. Google said in January that it was expecting 2011 to be its biggest hiring year ever.
socalTECH
JUNE 7, 2011
Los Angeles billionaire entrepreneur Patrick Soon Shiong has made an investment in a healthcare technology firm Net.Orange , Net.Orange said today. The Texas firm provides a suite of web-based applications for the healthcare industry. Financial details of the investment were not disclosed, however, Net.Orange described the investment from Soon Shiong's investment firm, California Capital Equity, as a "significant" growth equity capital injection.
socalTECH
JUNE 6, 2011
Santa Monica-based eHow , the online information and answers site run by Demand Media , announced this morning that it has officially launched its eHow Food Channel with celebrity Rachael Ray. eHow said its visitors will have access to a new series, videos, articles, and blog posts from Ray and others on its food channel. The effort also includes how-to videos from "buddies" selected by Rachael Ray, who will share tips and tricks around food. eHow said the channel launches with more than 20 how-
socalTECH
JUNE 8, 2011
Santa Barbara-based Givezooks , a developer of social fundraising software for nonprofits, told its users today that it has launched a new way to allow nonprofits to offer up tickets or sponsorships of their events from Facebook, as well as from their website. According to Givezooks, its new Facebook App allows organizations to put up events on their Facebook page.
socalTECH
JUNE 8, 2011
Los Angeles-based CapLinked , the developer of software aimed at helping companies manage the fundraising process, is rolling out a new feature today which taps a user's LinkedIn contacts to suggest who to invite into deals and other business opportunities. The firm said the new "Suggestions" feature will help users maximize their LinkedIn contacts and decipher complex business relationships.
socalTECH
JUNE 7, 2011
Santa Barbara-based RightScale , the cloud computing firm backed by Tenaya Capital, DAG Ventures, Benchmark Capital, Index Ventures, and Presidio Ventures, said Tuesdya that it has launched a new product called RightScale myCloud. The firm said the new myCloud product provides a framework to allow organizations to test and develop private clouds, for free.
socalTECH
JUNE 8, 2011
The huge, $1.5 million dollar domain name sale of Data.com by Los Angeles-based Oversee.net 's Moniker division went to Salesforce.com, according to a report from DomainNameWire. The sale looks to be the largest domain name sale so far this quarter. OVersee had disclosed the sale earlier this week, but had not named the buyer of the domain. The domain had been owned by UBM plc.
socalTECH
JUNE 10, 2011
Los Angeles-based Causecast , the online, cause marketing firm headed by Ryan Scott, has scored a win with Virgin Mobile Canada and Virgin Unite , the firm said Thursday. The firm said that the two are using its technology to track and reward volunteers, as part of Virgin's RE*Generation program. Financial details of the win were not disclosed. Causecast's technology will be used to track volunteers who donate time to at-risk and homeless youth organizations, who can then earn rewards like conce
socalTECH
JUNE 6, 2011
Los Angeles-based TopSpin Media has inked a deal with Facebook music page application provider RootMusic , to offer up an e-commerce app for musicians on the popular social networking site. According to the two, the deal will allow artists to sell downloads, merchandise, and tickets directly from Facebook. Financial details of the link between the two companies was not disclosed.
socalTECH
JUNE 10, 2011
Pandora Media , the online personalized radio station service based out of Oakland, has bumped its estimated IPO pricing range this morning, and upped the number of shares it is planning to offer in its IPO. The firm said it will now offer 14,684,000 shares, estimated to price at between $10.00 and $12.00 per share, above the earlier, 13,684,000 shares of stock and $7.00 to $9.00 per share estimated price.
socalTECH
JUNE 9, 2011
Santa Monica-based Edmunds.com , the online automotive information site, is ramping up its efforts to update its reach to consumers, saying that it has launched a new, real-time car shopping advice service called "EdmundsLive". The company said that the service will help provide live feedback and advice via Twitter while they are shopping for new or used cars.
socalTECH
JUNE 7, 2011
StyleMint , the newest, celebrity e-commerce site being launched by Los Angeles-based BeachMint , is set to launch July 1st, according to details sent to supporters of the site. BeachMint, the startup headed by former MySpace co-founder Josh Berman, is launching StyleMint with celebrities Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen. The launch date was included in the small print as part of a T-shirt giveaway promotion to refer friends to the site.
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