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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Santa Monica-based Science , the new startup creation and "technology studio" created by former Myspace CEO Mike Jones, said today that it has brought on Peter Pham as a Partner at the company. Pham, a SoCal native best known for his roles at Photobucket, Billshrink, and Color, will focus on marketing and business development for Science.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Sean Percival , who was once among Silicon Beach's most visible startup entrepreneurs and activists, is taking his experience starting companies in Southern California to Norway--as the head of a new, seed stage venture fund. Mahalo, and MySpace. Mahalo, and MySpace. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2013

We''re trying to identify the top 100 up-and-coming individuals in Southern California''s technology industry! We''re honored to have the following folks helping us to pare down the hundreds of names we''ve received so far for the Socaltech 100, and we''ll be providing profiles of our selection committee in the coming weeks.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. He is also a long-time entrepreneur. You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here. www.science-inc.com).

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DECEMBER 26, 2017

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's "movers and shakers" in the technology industry. So far, we have launched a handful of blockchain companies and are looking forward to more partnerships in 2018.

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Dollar Shave Club Tsavo Userplane Southern California 140

Berkonomics

APRIL 2, 2020

late 1960’s (yes, I know, a long time ago), there were 31 phonograph record manufacturing plants in Southern California alone. The answer is simple, but somehow out of reach for most senior executives and entrepreneurs. I found myself in the middle of such a slow-rolling change twice in my career. First, in the.

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Southern California Examples Social Network Press 177

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DECEMBER 28, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. Aber Whitcomb is a partner at startup co-working and incubation community io/LA , CTO of SGN , and former co-founder and CTO of MySpace. READ MORE>>.

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Technical Review Southern California Incubator High Tech 223

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The Los Angeles area has seen a surge in the last month in companies and organizations looking to bolster entrepreneurial activity and startups in Southern California. www.science-inc.com), headed by Mike Jones , the former CEO of Myspace. You just left MySpace--when did you decide to start Science? What is Science?

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Redpoint Ventures is one of the venture capital firms which has straddled both Northern California and Southern California, with offices in both locations. It would be interesting to hear about where your interests are nowdays, there was a rumor Redpoint had backed off activity here lately. We really believe in the market.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

The panel is comprised of Southern California’s Top VC’s, Angels, and Startup Accelerator founders. Former CEO of Myspace. Most recently Mike Jones served as the CEO of Myspace. Sangster is a serial entrepreneur and M&A executive with experience both founding and acquiring businesses.

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Tech Coast Angels Startup Angel Southern California 105

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

LA not only produced the obvious – MySpace – but also created the whole category of sponsored search (Overture), AdSense (Applied Semantics), Local Search (City Search), comparison shopping (PriceGrabber, Shopzilla) and lead generation (LowerMyBills). Tags: SoCal Stuff LA SoCal startup technology.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

We have many seasoned entrepreneurs who have built successful companies here and made a lot of money for investors and themselves. But LA is not Silicon Valley and we don’t need to aspire to be so. Entrepreneurs in LA spend a lot of time commuting up to the Valley. A great team from MySpace has created Gravity.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Carter was a co-founder/partner at Amplify.LA, and also was founder of Vertical Technologies, Thoughtstar, and S5 Wireless'' Hurff was formerly the EVP of Engineering at MySpace, and also was an EIR at Science Inc. So, I ended up leaving and started another company, Thoughtstar, which is much like Basecamp.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Here’s how to do it.

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Berkonomics

MAY 16, 2013

First, in the late 1960’s (yes, I know, a long time ago), there were 31 phonograph record manufacturing plants in Southern California alone. Here it is, not so many years later, and the signs are more subtle yet, but the speed of obsolescence is much faster. By 1975, there were only two.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Challenge of Predicting Winners I just read a bit on the payout to YouTube from the Google Acquisition ( Internet News , CNN ). Why did MySpace win? Certainly MySpaces tie-in with music was a genius move. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2010

All this week, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech communityk. We asked the same five questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next two weeks. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 6, 2011

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. Typically, venture backed companies, always entrepreneur led.

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Startup Mentor Southern California Incubator 221

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map. Tech startup accelerators dot the landscape, feeding investments into the waiting arms of the nation’s most intelligent and driven entrepreneurs. Miller was even honored as an Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” for 2011. Follow PandoDaily: Search.

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. It's called Flyte Bike and it was created by an entrepreneur that works out of HUB101 with me named Robin Palmer. Today's contribution is from Alon Goren , the co-founder of Crowd Invest Summit and 805 Startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

Commission Junction, MySpace, TicketMaster and many more. Walk into any Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Southern California and you can’t miss their digital screens. I first met him there and knew he was a talented entrepreneur that I wanted to work with some day. Tags: SoCal Stuff.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Sangster is a serial entrepreneur and M&A executive with experience both founding and acquiring businesses.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

It's a tough problem to solve, that experience of trying to find and discover new activities, especially in a market like Los Angeles and Southern California where there is so much to do outdoors, and there are so many types of facilities. Tony Adam is an advisor, he was formerly at MySpace.

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Startup CTO Coach Activity Software Review 271

Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

I’ve been engaged with social networking for some time now, starting with Myspace and Facebook and just recently (within the last 30 days), Twitter. It’s been an amazing experience so far, but the best part are the relationships I’ve built since getting started. I’ve jumped on the bandwagon, big time!

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Social Network Networking Yahoo Social Media 180

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 18, 2011

They also have a growing tech culture in Los Angeles and its adjacent cites like Santa Monica, West Hollywood and Beverly Hills as companies like Demand Media, MySpace and more recently Hulu, Mahalo, Callfire, DocStoc and BetterWorks have staked claim to the area. See [link] (more)

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

My friend and fellow SoCal venture capitalist Peter Lee wrote a post about the different roles within a VC and spent much time on the role of an associate. Then there is the EIR (entrepreneur in residence) who is usually at a VC for a temporary period of time and other individuals such as venture partners or operating partners.

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Venture Capital Sales Entrepreneur Startup 308

Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

I’ve been engaged with social networking for some time now, starting with Myspace and Facebook and just recently (within the last 30 days), Twitter. It’s been an amazing experience so far, but the best part are the relationships I’ve built since getting started. I’ve jumped on the bandwagon, big time!

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. in Computer Science.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

I often have career discussions with entrepreneurs – both young and more mature – whether they should join company “X&# or not. Or you have to hit the lottery and be an early player middle management player at Google, Facebook, MySpace or Twitter. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Startup Advice.

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Startup Technical Advisors Venture Capital Santa Monica 418

socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2010

One of the more successful serial entrepreneurs here in Southern California has been Robin D. Robin Richards: I'm looking for entrepreneurs who will not be denied. Those are entrepreneurs who are so hungry, and passionate about their success, that they won't be denied. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Content Sites CTO Coach 223

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

In addition to the 330+ students, entrepreneurs and investors in attendance, the event also achieved over 45,000 views on the TechZulu live stream. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Southern California companies are second to only Silicon Valley in raising venture capital , there are three major universities to recruit talent – UCLA, Caltech, and USC – and a thriving startup community to mingle with. MySpace is one of the world’s largest social networks, with about 125 million users.

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socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2016

Scott Chisolm: The software came about, when we realized we had totally outgrown the system we were using to take registration for the events and to allow attendees to make donation, which was a combination of Evite, Paypal, and Myspace. The lead was Mithril Capital, the investment firm of Peter Thiel, and the co-lead was Salesforce Ventures.

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Help San Diego Organization Startup 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

In addition to the 330+ students, entrepreneurs and investors in attendance, the event also achieved over 45,000 views on the TechZulu live stream. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2009

It's a place where 20-somethings can brand professionally with a profile, similar to Facebook or MySpace, but in a professional manner. We recently started looking for a Series A, seeking $4.0M, but after talking with both Silicon Valley and Southern California VCs have dropped back to looking for $1 to $4.0M.

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Social Network Entertainment Startup CTO Coach 100

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

And thats not even counting MySpace, which Rupert Murdoch famously paid $580 million for in 2005. The Southern California locale benefits from its easy proximity to Silicon Valley, just an hours flight away, as well as from the many universities in the area, including Cal Tech, where Intel founder Gordon Moore went to school.

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Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

We built this to support corporate portals--companies that have a corporate presence on the web--but also see that social networks like MySpace or Facebook could use this technology to allow users at their site to communicate in their native language with other users. You could use it to break down language silos in those social networks.

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