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FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Selectable Media said it hired a Western Sales Director, Pete Riherd, based here in LA; Riherd was previously at Entertainment Weekly. The company also said it has added Dan Feldstein as its Director of Marketing. The company did not say how many people it plans to hire in LA. READ MORE>>.

Media 164

Media Avalon San Diego Advertising 164

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

San Diego-based cloud storage provider Nirvanix announced this morning that it has hired Tina Gravel as its new Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Gravel will head up sales strategy and global expansion in emerging markets and verticals such as healthcare, media & entertainment and financial services. READ MORE>>.

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Sales Cloud Computing San Diego Entertainment 124

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DECEMBER 7, 2012

The highest ranked was San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos , with 11.1 The top ranked area in the nation, which was San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, had 28.8 percent of private jobs in the technology sector, ranked at number 13 nationwide; Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta had 8.9 percent of jobs in technology, ranked at 20.

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Report Santa Barbara Technology Southern California 203

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JULY 18, 2013

San Diego-based Yapert said this morning that it has raised $1.2M The company said it will use the funding for continued platform expansion and sales and marketing. music entertainment brand celebrity publishing content capital venture magazine mobile yapert' in a seed funding round, for its interactive mobile magazine.

Mobile 133

Mobile Tech Coast Angels Pasadena Angels Seed Funding 133

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APRIL 3, 2013

San Diego-based Tealium , the developer of tag management software headed by Ali Behnam, has raised $15.6M in a new, Series C funding, the company said this morning. According to Tealium, the new funding comes from Tenaya Capital, Battery Ventures and Presidio Ventures.

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Funding San Diego Commerce Entertainment 164

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MARCH 30, 2010

San Diego-based Novatel Wireless is expanding its product lineup, saying today that it has added a new embedded module for the 3G mobile data market. Among other features, the new device includes integrated GPS functionality.

San Diego 133

San Diego Mobile Entertainment Design 133

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

San Diego-based semiconductor maker Entropic Communications , which makes chips for the home networking and entertainment market, said Monday that it is boosting its guidance for revenue in Q3 of 2010. Entropic is publicly held, trading on the Nasdaq as ENTR.

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San Diego Entertainment Networking Demand 124

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

San Diego-based Penny Auction Solutions , a firm looking to enter into the online "penny auction" market, announced this morning that it has gained a $10M, equity line of credit from Kodiak Capital Group. The firm said it will use the funding to establish its operations. The firm lists its CEO as Micheal Holt.

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Equity San Diego Entertainment Capital 113

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APRIL 22, 2009

San Diego-based Entropic Communications , a developer of semiconductors for the home entertainment market, disclosed Tuesday that Cox Communications will use the firm's technology as part of a set-top box deployment. Financial impact of the deal was not disclosed.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Consuming a fraction of the power, it will give consumers new ways and new places - like sports, wellness and entertainment - to put Bluetooth technology to use. As usual, San Diego is a hotbed of activity for this new wireless technology with the RandD operations of several companies based here. See [link] (more).

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Technology San Diego Entertainment Activity 100

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JUNE 19, 2009

San Diego-based Entropic Communications reported Thursday that the firm has named Keith Bechard to the firm's board of directors. Entropic is a developer of semiconductors for the home entertainment networking market. READ MORE>>.

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San Diego Entertainment Report Networking 100

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JULY 1, 2009

San Diego-basd Entropic Communications , a manufacturer of semiconductors for the home entertainment networking market, announced Wednesday that it has hired on a new Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Tom Lookabaugh.

CTO Hire 100

CTO Hire Chief Technology Officer San Diego Entertainment 100

Xconomy

AUGUST 14, 2018

Ford—one of the automakers competing in China’s huge car market—is now making a bid to provide China’s leading software infrastructure hub dedicated to streamlining transportation by connecting cars and riders with mobility services. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

Mobile 75

Mobile Cloud Computing Commerce Entertainment 75

Xconomy

JUNE 6, 2016

After operating in the shadows for the past 11 years, a San Diego neural technology company founded by former NASA administrator Dan Goldin is stepping into the light to introduce two commercial products intended to advance the frontier of human-machine interaction.

Artificial Inteligence 62

Artificial Inteligence San Diego CTO Hire Outsource Development 62

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AUGUST 2, 2013

What we''re doing, is curating the most popular interests, brands, and entertainers, which comprise the interest in the social web, and putting in on one platform. You can go to your particular interests, pick your favorite brands and entertainers, and favorite them. That''s the marketing side. How did the company start?

Mobile 159

Mobile Startup Entertainment Tech Coast Angels 159

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

San Diego-based uCast Global (www.ucastglobal.com), backed by Gary Winnick, is looking to tackle that entire area of content distribution, and is led by startup veteran Dr. Kanaan Jemili. As you know, today, video is one of the primary means of communications from a personal, corporate, and entertainment level. I have a Ph.D.

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Content Startup Mobile Platform 113

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DECEMBER 18, 2019

I spent the last seven years running a company called ScoreBig, a LA-based tech startup in the live entertainment space. We have Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County, and San Francisco launched. I did four startups prior to this, and thats all Ive done my entire career. A couple were successful, and a couple were not.

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Mobile Startup Orange County San Diego 100

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 12, 2014

Silicon Beach Fest is LA’s original festival celebrating LA tech, entertainment & startups with panels, keynotes, workshops, mixers, and more in Santa Monica. Head to the beach on the first weekend of summer to celebrate LA’s digital innovators in tech, startups, entertainment, fashion, marketing, and more!

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Hollywood Entertainment Content Email 81

Xconomy

MARCH 1, 2018

San Carlos, CA-based startup Helix is banking on that budding curiosity to provide a market for all kinds of consumer apps fueled by a person’s DNA. “The majority of our customers are.

Entertainment 68

Entertainment Advertising Customer Custom 68

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OCTOBER 20, 2008

in deals, followed by Orange County with $186.9M, then San Diego with $178.4M Surprisingly, Media and Entertainment only saw $18.1M According to the MoneyTree Report, based on data from Thomson Reuters, Los Angeles companies led the region with $385.6M Nationally, there was $7.1B in investments.

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Southern California Orange County Funding Report 113

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MARCH 27, 2009

Today's interview is with Peter Csathy, President and CEO of Sorenson Media (www.sorensonmedia.com), which recently relocated its executive offices to San Diego. Csathy told us about the firm's move of its exec offices from Salt Lake City, Utah, to San Diego, as well as its hiring and expansion plans.

Media 100

Media San Diego Southern California Class 100

Xconomy

JULY 6, 2017

As modern vehicles are upgraded to include Internet-enabled technologies designed to access, store, and transmit data for entertainment and safety purposes, consumers are presented with a double-edged sword.

Entertainment 70

Entertainment Design Marketing Technology 70

Xconomy

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Now an accelerator tailored to sports technology startups might be giving those founders a connection to the ultimate in sports and marketing royalty: the Dallas Cowboys. The new Blue Star Accelerator, aimed at nurturing young tech companies in sports and entertainment, is expected to open up shop after the start of the new year.

Startup 40

Startup Entertainment Capital Marketing 40

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AUGUST 27, 2012

It's an intensely competitive market in developing games for the iPhone and other mobile platforms, with thousands and thousands of titles competing for attention from users. William is in San Diego, and is a longtime gaming vet, having been at Activision in the days of The Manhole and Myst. It's hard to establish a niche.

Mobile 216

Mobile Startup Software Review Platform 216

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AUGUST 20, 2009

We spoke with Sherry Gunther, CEO and founder of the firm, earlier this week to get a better look at the company and the dynamics behind the virtual world market nowadays--as well as why Sherry decided to make the jump from the world of entertainment media to online. Sherry Gunther: That's been the advantage of a maturing market space.

Media 150

Media Tech Coast Angels Social Network Content 150

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Dave’s a great guy with a good sense of humor and a broad knowledge of the market, which is why I was excited that he could be on the show. Their purchases are limited to restaurants, bars, retail clothing outlets, travel and entertainment. It is a platform to help brands building viral marketing campaigns.

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Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Co-founder and CEO Matt Ehrlichman and CTO and co-founder Eric Schleicher sat down to talk to us about the new startup, which is split between San Diego and Seattle. The market is so ripe for something to be done in this space--it''s a mssive market, and there''s massive spend, and pervasive pain. What exactly is Porch?

Startup 133

Startup Guide CTO Hire Organization 133

Xconomy

JANUARY 16, 2019

The company believed it had a chance to become one of the first to earn market clearance from the agency for a software product, says Propeller co-founder and CEO David Van Sickle. It was the early part of this decade, and Propeller was navigating the FDA’s regulatory process for medical devices.

Startup 79

Startup Ideas Software Product 79

Xconomy

MARCH 28, 2019

billion in new capital Thursday as the company completed an IPO that set its market capitalization at $24.3 Investors eager to bet on the mobility industry’s future handed ride-hailing company Lyft $2.2 billion, The New York Times reported. Lyft sold 30.8

Mobile 57

Mobile Capital Report Marketing 57

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 14, 2014

We find that there’s all this really specialized software, software as a service, certain platforms, and different places you can do marketing; all of those have their own sets of data. MW: It has to do with the difference between a marketer and a developer. You’re trying to be the middle-man between the marketers and developers?

Startup 85

Startup Southern California Mobile Software 85

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Andrew Connell is the CEO of DinnerDate.com , a startup which has been in beta in San Diego for the last few months, and is just now expanding out to new markets. Andrew Connell: I was previously at Nokia, and ran Nokia's e-commerce business globally in fourteen markets. What's your background?

San Diego 264

San Diego Hollywood Mobile eHarmony 264

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Tomorrow starting at 8pm PST We will be live streaming ( click here to view live stream ) the "Action Sports + Social Media Marketing Mash Up" event put on by SoCal Action Sports Network. Efren divides his time between San Diego, Los Angeles and tech events around the US.

Social Media 40

Social Media Southern California Media Orange County 40

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AUGUST 29, 2011

San Diego-based Zeebo , a developer of a wireless, digital entertainment and education system, initially targeted at the global market, has raised $17M in a new funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. Zeebo has previously raised funding from Qualcomm.

Education 145

Education San Diego Entertainment Platform 145

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

TrueCar, an LA-based company, sells more cars now than any physical dealer in the country and recently went public and has a $1 billion market cap. While the costs of starting a tech company have plummeted it still does take money to hire a team, launch products and market oneself. Mavens & Marketing.

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

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MARCH 25, 2009

San Diego-based Entropic Communications , a manufacturer of semiconductors for the home entertainment market, said in a filing with the SEC Tuesday that the firm is cutting approximately 55 of its employees, or 18 percent of its workforce.

Layoffs 100

Layoffs San Diego Entertainment Networking 100

Xconomy

JUNE 10, 2016

—If Jim Greenwood railing like King Lear in the storm isn’t entertaining enough, two notorious biotech characters have once again inspired the imagination of creative types. Ed Silverman at STAT reported the analyst note first. The new prices don’t reflect rebates and discounts. The full data set has yet to be released.

Incubator 67

Incubator Thousand Oaks Screening Pricing 67

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Loading… Markets. Loading… Market Data. In growing numbers, Silicon Valley executives—long based in tech strongholds like Santa Clara and Palo Alto—are buying homes in Los Angeles, as the lines between the technology and entertainment businesses grow blurrier. the entertainment industry.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44