SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

But, in running it now for the second half of January, the keyword that popped to the top was: Layoffs And this is definitely a sign of the times. This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc. You can go to the Hot List post to see what was hot then. Here's the rest.

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Layoffs Woodland Hills Southern California Orange County 159

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Los Angeles-based YouTube network Machinima revealed last week that it has raised $24M in a funding round from Warner Bros., along with Redpoint Ventures, MK Capital, Coffin Capital and Allen DeBevoise. However, the company also made some big cuts in its staff on Friday, following the funding round. READ MORE>>.

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Layoffs Redpoint Hollywood Report 100

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

BetterWorks had raised $10M in funding from Redpoint Ventures. Craig said that the shutdown came as a result of not being able to sustain a large enough market, relative ot the high cost of customer acquisition. BetterWorks--and Paige Craig--have been one of the companies driving the growth in Santa Monica's Silicon Beach.

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Santa Monica Redpoint Email Activity 275