socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Zukka , the publisher of the iStoryTime interactive children's books for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, said this morning that it has launched a another title based on the SMURFs. Zuuka publishes a number of titles, based both on licensed content and lesser known authors, all targeted at children. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Other large deals include Santa Barbara-based CytomX , with a $30.0M Media and Entertainment came in second, with $70.1M--but only because San Diego's SkinIt boosted totals by $60M. in funding raised; followed by Otonomy , a San Diego maker of treatments for hearing disorders, which raised $38.5M. in funding. in funding.

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socalTECH

MAY 22, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Citrix said this morning that it has launched a new, multimedia webcasting service aimed at large scale web events. The company said it is looking to target the movie, music, and entertainment market, schools and universities, community town halls, and more with the new product.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Santa Barbara-based optical switching technology developer Calient Technologies said this morning that it has named Erik Leonard as its Senior Vice President of Sales. Leonard had most recently been Vice President of Sales for its Service Provider and Digital Entertainment markets area.

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Sales Technology Santa Barbara Entertainment 113

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2012

Michael Pfau (Santa Barbara … Reicker Pfau). And a fourth partner – Jennifer Massey – will join from an entertainment background. Sam Angus (NorCal … Fenwick & West). Scott Alderton (LA … Stubbs Alderton). Don Lee (LA … LKP). David Hernand (LA … Gibson Dunn). By now I know many more.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 25, 2011

Although many are entertaining, most fail to provide entrepreneurs with a sufficient return on their time investment. I have used Guy’s previous book, The Art Of The Start (Art ), in my UC Santa Barbara New Venture Creation class for the past five years. Fan, Not A Fan Boy.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

By December, 1969, there were only four nodes – UCLA, Stanford Research Institute, the University of California-Santa Barbara and the University of Utah. Here one can list pervasive search engines, access to extensive information repositories, consumer aids, entertainment, education, connectivity among humans, etc.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Sonos is based in Santa Barbara. entertainment through a touchpad remote. Sonos has set the standard for high quality, easy to use, whole-house music systems which. seamlessly connect to your smartphone, PC, and streaming media services. Mint Plus Cleaner. No one likes having to clean the floor. The CoStar. Have an iPhone?

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socalTECH

JULY 18, 2017

A look at the companies who are private, backed by venture capital, and are valued at more than $1 billion across Southern California -- from San Diego to Los Angeles to Santa Barbara -- is an interesting contrast in the wide range of types of technology companies across the region.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 16, 2012

No matter how much you think you know about Steve’s lean startup philosophy, Eric Ries’ contributions to the movement, or the methodologies by which companies have put lean startup tenets into practice, I am confident you will be enlightened and entertained by Steve’s frank and insightful remarks. . free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 30, 2012

I generally encourage my UC Santa Barbara students to complete their formal education before joining or creating a startup. However, no matter how large or successful your organization, there will always be responsibilities which you perform for the good of your company, not for your personal entertainment.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 1, 2011

" A number of my UC Santa Barbara students are interested in music, film and other forms of digital entertainment. In Everything (Including Startups) Is A Remix , I discuss the brilliant series of films created by Kirby Ferguson, which focus on the origin of creativity in music, film and business.

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socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2011

You've been in more traditional entertainment firms--as an executive in a big studio--why jump to a startup? Did those prior entertainment relationships help to get those celebrities to work with you? We've been innovating over the last fifteen months, and have to patents pending on the technology right now.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

in fact we still look at many deals in the media sector whose main objective is to entertain people. Another company we are super excited about is Santa Barbara based Apeel Technologies and before knowing whether I could even talk about this company had to check whether our involvement had been mentioned in the press before ( it has ).

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

He is also the co-founder of Playsino, ExpressCoin (Bitcoin exchange), GoCoin (Bitcoin payment platform), Five Delta, Evertune, GamesTV, Digital Entertainment Network, KnCMiner.cn (Bitcoin Mining), and Robocoin China (Bitcoin ATM). Mr. Csathy’s career spans Internet, music, motion pictures/video, live entertainment, and technology.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 18, 2014

Bill Grundfest, Founder of the Comedy Cellar, Golden Globe winner and three time Emmy nominee, recently spoke to an audience of entrepreneurial students as part of UC Santa Barbara''s Distinguished Lecture Series. In Bill''s case, the solution was to provide a novel form of entertainment in Greenwich Village. Problem Solving.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2012

After the very successful 3-day Silicon Beach Fest this past June 2012 which attracted over 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London, Digital LA is bringing it back for a 1-day packed event on November 9 th.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2011

Earlier this month, Santa Barbara-based zuuka Group , the publisher behind the iStoryTime (www.istorytimeapp.com) line of children's books on the iPhone, announced a first round of funding. We used to travel with her, going to restaurants, with a backpack or bag full of books to keep her entertained.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 21, 2016

The reality television show Shark Tank makes for entertaining content but many of its underlying messages are potentially detrimental to tech entrepreneurs. I get that Shark Tank is a TV show focused on entertaining its viewers. Experienced entrepreneurs have no issues parsing where reality stops and entertainment begins.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

Your cousin specializes in entertainment law – that’s different. We’ve had great experiences with Michael Pfau in Santa Barbara. I’m sure the IRS will be flexible and your friends will forgive you for their big, unexpected tax burden. Here’s a hack for you.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

You can watch/listen to how John and Kyle turned their email newsletter into an international bestseller in the following 9-minute excerpt from John''s recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. from university professors, to VCs, to entertainers, the bankers, to other entrepreneurs, and that''s what the media picked up on.". Magazine.

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Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 233

Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 7, 2014

I look forward to meeting his wife soon and entertaining them on their next trip to Santa Barbara. I had his infamous grilled cheese. It was truly epic. We talked for an hour and became friends instantly. Maybe we’ll cook together! Are you seeing double? When I arrived at the Roof, I gave my car to the valet.

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Beverly Hills Santa Barbara Email Networking 100

Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 7, 2014

I look forward to meeting his wife soon and entertaining them on their next trip to Santa Barbara. I had his infamous grilled cheese. It was truly epic. We talked for an hour and became friends instantly. Maybe we’ll cook together! Are you seeing double? When I arrived at the Roof, I gave my car to the valet.

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Beverly Hills Santa Barbara Email Networking 100

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 4, 2014

Greathouse : Let''s start with a question that will be especially helpful for my UC Santa Barbara students. I reached out to the company and Mr. Kutay graciously shared his multi-decade entrepreneurial journey with me. If you could share one startup lesson with a young entrepreneur, what would it be?

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 24, 2016

Greathouse: You and Brent are currently third and fourth year Computer Science majors at UC Santa Barbara. Ultimately, we aim to generate accurate prediction data, increase political participation, and provide an entertaining experience for our users. How has the entrepreneurial program impacted you?

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

You can watch/listen to how John and Kyle turned their email newsletter into an international bestseller in the following 9-minute excerpt from John''s recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. from university professors, to VCs, to entertainers, the bankers, to other entrepreneurs, and that''s what the media picked up on.". Magazine.

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Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 133

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers. Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. Event Details.

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Xconomy

JUNE 25, 2017

A Silicon Valley entrepreneur has set out to boost the startup ecosystem in San Diego and the rest of Southern California—and he already has scored a coup by partnering with Bill Maris, the founder and former CEO of Google Ventures, now known as GV.

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Southern California San Diego Startup Google 96

InfoChachkie

MAY 13, 2013

You can watch John describe his surprising Hollywood journey in the following 20-minute excerpt from his recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. I am now 30 years old and the guy that''s in the opening band, who is about 42 or 43, was the hottest musician in Santa Barbara when I first came up and all I wanted to do was be him.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

For instance, I might show a logo of Computer Motion, GoToMeeting, Citrix, UC Santa Barbara and Rincon Venture Partners on my first slide as a means of depicting my past and current professional affiliations. More Is Less - I recently had lunch with a friend who is a highly successful entertainment industry executive.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 1, 2013

You can watch Marten tell his entertaining story in the following 15-minute excerpt from his UC Santa Barbara talk. Marten Mickos, CEO of Eucalyptus Systems , knows the answer and he delights in telling the story of how MySQL ate Oracle's lunch and dinner. Note: I am a micro-Angel investor in Eucalyptus.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 10, 2011

He overheard me talking about Steve Jobs in conjunction with the entrepreneurship class that I teach at UC Santa Barbara. He proceeded to tell me several interesting and entertaining stories about Steve (all flattering), dating back to the early-1980’s. Love Is All You Need (When Hiring…).

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Tips Startup Santa Barbara Entrepreneur 279

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Yes, the band also created an entertaining catalog of classic Americana music. Note: This article was inspired by my friend, Bob Wood, who shared his thoughts regarding Grateful Dead management techniques with my UC Santa Barbara entrepreneurship class. If you fail to pursue a virtuous circle, you are choosing a lesser evil.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

I suggest you check out both the video and Seth’s entertaining depiction below. I told the executives that the ninjas did not follow my directions and our intention was to be outside of the show and be light and entertaining. Seth attended UC Santa Barbara, but dropped out to start a denim company. .

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

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Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

InfoChachkie

MARCH 6, 2018

One of my former students, Sieva Kozinsky, Co-Founder & CEO of StudySoup recently shared his startup insights with my UC Santa Barbara students. Former President of Santa Barbara City College, and friend, Peter MacDougall is a member of a Junto-like club, comprised of members whose ages range from the late 50’s to the early 80’s.

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