socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2015

We sat down with Brett Crosby (who founded Urchin Software, the company which became Google Analytics) and Brew Johnson , the co-founders of the company, to learn more about the company and what it's working on. Brett and I both grew up in Southern California. So, what is PeerStreet? in a funding round.

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Southern California Google Technical Review Manhattan Beach 100

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

He’s done several startups and is a board member of the Technology Council of Southern California (which is where I met him originally). Then I check and manage our Google Adwords campaign and check our analytics/stats. I like to book my own travel, so I might be on Expedia or on an airplane. Great posts.

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Acquisition Customer Custom Ideas 170

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more. But LA is not Silicon Valley and we don’t need to aspire to be so. They not only have gotten bigger but they have an amazing track record of funding the biggest names in the sector: Cisco, Apple, Google, Facebook. As a result many funds are OK with big bets.

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Company Companies Technology Startup 290

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

We talked with Noah about how the company grew out of a business plan competition at the University of Southern California, his recent funding from the Maverick Angels, as well as how the firm hopes to stand out among a crowded list of comparison shopping sites. Noah Auerhahn: We got started right out of USC.

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USC CPC Sites Startup 207

socalTECH

MAY 8, 2017

The company is backed by more than $67M in funding from such investors as Glynn Capital Management, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Amgen Ventures, Lux Capital, Redmile Group, dRx Capital (a Qualcomm and Novartis joint investment company), and Sanofi Ventures. We see you have the backing of Google?

Technology 133

Technology Study UCLA Research 133

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2014

The real estate impact of this activity can probably be traced to the 2011 arrival of Google in the Frank Gehry-designed “binoculars” building on Main Street in Santa Monica. Google chose Playa Vista to establish YouTube Space LA , its flagship center for content creation. YouTube is joined by the SoCal outpost for Facebook.

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Entertainment Santa Monica Journal Belkin 108

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 5, 2013

But, despite these advantages, the region is finding itself in the unusual position of watching qualified graduates flee Southern California for the sheen of Silicon Valley, Seattle and Austin. But it’s not just the pull of outside influences sapping the talent, as many of L.A.’s s wounds are self-inflicted.

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Southern California 98

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2017

You can google him, and you can see he's now CEO of Lucid Sight, another Southern California company, which is in VR and AR. That's something I am very passionate about, supporting the So Cal ecosystem, which is why we hire heavily from USC, UCLA, Caltech, Occidental, and the other local schools.

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Startup Southern California UCLA Technical Review 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 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. In automation news, Google's Deep Mind AI taught itself to walk last summer. READ MORE>>.

USC 113

USC Startup News Entrepreneur 113

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

It's now an internationally recognized showcase for technology here in Los Angeles, and we also get to showcase Southern California companies, as well. The universities are now more focused on the innovation economy, with schools like USC, UCLA, Caltech, the Claremont Colleges all bringing good people to LA.

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Technical Review Conference Silver Lake Cornerstone OnDemand 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

David Carter: In my case, I really enjoy the culture of Southern California. If you look at just Caltech, UCLA, and USC, and you look at our population base, we''re pouring out more engineers than pretty much anywhere. You''d find one friend at Google, another at Facebook, you could sit together, iterate, and make it happen.

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Startup Technology Incubator Silver Lake 231

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Sam Cimino, Sales Manager SW of YouTube/Google As YouTube’s Southwest Regional Manager, Sam is responsible for generating revenue across YouTube and the Google Content Network which comprises a media network that reaches nearly 80% of all internet users worldwide. He has written several books on intellectual property law.

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Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

The birthplace of sponsored search (Overture), semantic search (Applied Semantics which became Google AdSense), comparison shopping (ShopZilla, PriceGrabber) and many others. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. ZestCash, founded by Douglas Merrill, former CIO of Google [Hollywood]. downtown LA]. And for me.

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Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

To solve that issue, Mike, as well as a number of other entrepreneurs here in Southern California, is in the midst of organizing Students4Startups (www.students4startups.com), a group which hopes to connect graduating students in the area to local startup companies. We don't even get a chance to see them.

Startup 206

Startup Technical Review Outsource Yahoo 206

socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2019

We were spending a small fortune, $30 to $40 grand a month, on digital advertising, on Google, Facebook, and other companies, all trying to build our brand. So, we started looking at advertising campaigns and billboards, but we never could really bite the bullet on something that big. Neal Pecchenino: All of our clients are local.

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Advertising Santa Monica Startup USC 100

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2013

Despite a growing technology industry here in Southern California, local investors and entrepreneurs tell us there''s still a shortage of local, venture capital. David Waxman: Los Angeles is a tremendous hotbed of creativity, and there''s so much potential. We have a lot of world class universities here.

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Invest Technology Startup Venture Capital 159

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

ABC Family, Fox, Universal Music, Google, Facebook, Demand Media, MyLife, Riot Games, DFJ Frontier, Rustic Canyon, GRP Partners, Siemer and Associates, Marketshare, Saatchi Online, OMD, Ignited, Rubicon Project, Smashbox Cosmetics, NFL, UCLA, USC, and dozens of start-ups. Companies represented include: Disney, Warner Bros.,

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GRP Partners MyLife Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 88

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

A SoCal native and graduate of both UCLA and USC, Richard Rosenblatt led the growth of MySpace from an unknown to a household name. There are a couple of names that pop up all over the Southern California entrepreneurship community. Google quickly bought AdSense in 2003 and Elbaz’s AS team became Google Santa Monica.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

philosophie has worked with some of the world’s biggest names: Google, Nissan, Nintendo, UCLA, and more. The Viterbi Student Institute for Innovation (VSI2) operates out of USC’s Viterbi School of Engineering to give students advice, support, professional access, and much more in the realm of technological innovation.

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313