socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2013

Lynda.com , the online video education provider which has been one of the region's most successful, bootstrapped companies--is no longer bootstrapped, after inking a massive, $103M growth equity round. Lynda.com offers up online education courses on things like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Microsoft Excel, AutoCAD, and much more.

Funding 178

Funding Santa Barbara ReachLocal Southern California 178

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Configurable from desktop-based web-based UI. Moving into online education courses for 8 th -12 th grade in Summer 2010. If I were a number 3-5 players I’d be looking to exit early while there’s still a lot of enthusiasm for this hot market. Time will tell.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Mike has over 18 years of business development, marketing and management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations. is a web hosting and virtualization service provider headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Event Details.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. What Apple proved, and what I suspect is the issue with web content, is that monetization was a product problem. Every investment so far in this YC batch (and there have been a lot) has been done on a convertible note.”.

Startup 191

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

The venture capital industry is so heavily skewed to Northern California, which the remains spilled over Boston, New York & Southern California. So it was wonderful to hear from a leading venture capital firm based in Washington DC. There are of course other outposts like Austin and Seattle.

Venture Capital 277

Venture Capital Examples Startup Invest 277

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. Another important web 2.0 Why You Should Write.

Startup 191

Startup Product Technology Venture Capital 191