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DECEMBER 9, 2020

The Alliance for SoCal Innovation , a nonprofit looking to help connect Southern California's innovation ecosystem, has partnered with Verizon Media to help launch microsites to connect the local technology community, and grow the ecosystem, Verizon said on Wednesday.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Los Angeles-based marketing technology provider Shopzilla said this morning that it has officially chanced its company named to Connexity , to help highlight the shift of the company from comparison shopping to technology driven marketing solutions. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The Woka Foundation was co-founded by Barbara Karplus and her husband Rob Womer, two philanthropists from Ventura County. Karplus said, in a statement, that it is excited to support VertueLab because they are a leader in helping budding science and technology entrepreneurs bring their nascent stage climate solutions to fruition.

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JUNE 1, 2017

The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) has just received $5M to fund a new initiative, called Energize California , to help boost clean technology startups.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Ventura-based SloanLED , a developer of LED lighting products and power supplies, has acquired Litecorr , a LED lighting products manufacturer, according to private equity investor Baird Capital. Baird Capital says the buy will help the companies expand their global reach and product line. Baird Capital owns SloanLED.

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MAY 30, 2014

The startup has a major presence in Ventura, and Machiraju is a Ventura County resident. The new software is the first step of Machiraju''s vision for smart devices which automatically help people perform tasks, and anticipate what users need.

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JANUARY 29, 2015

The Ventura County Sheriff''s department reported this morning that it arrested two suspects in Thousand Oaks, who were using Uber to help conduct deals. uber drug deal thousand oaks ventura county crime criminal mobile' Apparently, they had been using Uber to drive them to a drug deal. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 3, 2012

ventura-based NetPlenish , the mobile shopping service startup headed by Dave Compton , said today that it has launched with $1.9M NetPlenish designs iPhone and Android apps which help consumers automatically re-order products they use on an everyday basis, like toothpaste, diapers, dog food, and other products.

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JANUARY 31, 2014

The company--which has a significant presence in Ventura--said its new context-aware software helps users manage their email and text messages, prioritizing messages and tracking when users are in meetings or otherwise unavailable.

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JANUARY 18, 2013

Ventura- and New York-based online advertising firm The Trade Desk announced Thursday that it has named Rob Perdue as its new Chief Operating Officer. Perdue apparently helped to broker the acquisition of EyeWonder by MediaMind in 2011.

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

In an effort to bolster startups and entrepreneurs in the San Fernando, East Ventura and Santa Clarita Valleys, a group has just started a new Center for Entrepreneurship and Growth , which will provide training, coaching, consulting, and other resources for local entrepreneurs. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

According to the firm, it is in an initial pilot rollout within 20 Southern California Costco locations, in Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Ventura-based NetPlenish , the automated replenishment service headed by Dave Compton, has launched its services, launching its service to to the audience at TechCrunch Disrupt yesterday.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

179 structures were tallied as destroyed as of 10:00pm on Sunday evening, and hundreds of thousands of residents evacuated at one time, with continuing evacuations and displacements of entire cities and communities.

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MAY 5, 2012

This event is part of Urban Rebound-Los Angeles, an exciting business growth initiative for women entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange and Riverside Counties, etc.

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

Ventura, California-based outdoor clothing company Patagonia is giving a big boost to the solar industry, saying today that it is investing over $13M to help create a new, $27M fund to purchase more than 1,000 rooftop solar power systems in Hawaii. Patagonia said that homeowners in Hawaii currently pay three times the U.S.

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OCTOBER 26, 2010

Ventura-based The Trade Desk , the newest Internet advertising startup of Jeff Green, former co-founder of AdECN, said today that it has tapped an eBay vet for its new Director of Platform Solutions. The Trade Desk said that Adrienne Buhmann, who previously was at eBay, will head up the new position. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 4, 2012

This event is part of Urban Rebound-Los Angeles, an exciting business growth initiative for women entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange and Riverside Counties, etc.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

In recent months, a dozen accelerators and incubators have emerged in the Southern California area, looking to help take the new generation of technology startups to funding and beyond. In an attempt to help people navigate the landscape of accelerators and incubators, we've come up with a (hopefully) comprehensive list of Southern.

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MAY 24, 2011

Los Angeles-based Ebyline , a startup which helps publishers find and manage freelancers, said today that it has added Scripps Television Station group as a customer, and the addition of audio/video capabilities to the service. Momary was at the Ventura County Star and LA Times; Narcisse had been at Paramount Pictures and the LA Times.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

eByline helps publications find experienced and qualified journalists to contribute to their publications, and allows those journalists to showcase their work. eByline's founders are Bill Momary and Allen Narcisse, who have had experience both at the Los Angeles Times and the Ventura County Star. in a first round of funding.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Please join us and fellow IEEE members to help form a Power and Energy chapter in our Ventura county Section. Engineering skill in power systems, circuits and devices, wireless and wired communications, computer control systems, software engineering, and standards integration will be in high demand for the next ten to twenty years.

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DECEMBER 31, 2014

We''re continuing to feature reflections on the last year from movers and shakers in the local high tech community, and today have thoughts from Gerhard Apfelthaler , who is Dean of California Lutheran University''s School of Management , which has been very active in Ventura County helping to promote startup and entrepreneurial activity.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

socalTECH's Job Board helps companies, and potential empoyees, connect. Anti-Piracy Research Manager , Ventura, Lynda.com. Southern California technology companies are hiring aggressively, and the high tech job outlook is better than it has ever been, with hundreds of open positions and many companies eagerly seeking high tech talent.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Los Angeles-based Ebyline said today that it has launched a new online marketplace targeted at news publishers and professional journalists, which helps publishers manage freelance writers. The firm said it is backed by un-named Los Angeles angel investors, and was founded by former Los Angeles Times journalists.

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DECEMBER 6, 2019

Jon Grishpul: GreatBuildz is a free service, where we help homeowners find reliable, vetted general contractors, and provide support during the project. We use the same process he used for vetting his own contractors, and use that same system and process to help the clients of GreatBuildz. What is GreatBuildz? How are you funded?

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APRIL 4, 2013

We focus on connections, helping them further their reach, expanding their Rolodex, and helping them share information on athletes in a more efficient manner. It enables promoting coaches, primarily the high school, club, and junior college coaches, to help athletes find the right match. It''s exclusive only to verified coaches.

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MAY 15, 2020

Navy and its NavalX unit, to help reduce barriers between the Navy and non-traditional partners such as start-ups, small businesses, academia, non-profits, and private capital. A new, 60,000 square foot lab and research center in port Hueneme has been set up by the U.S.

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

For today's Insights and Opinions piece, we have an article from John Dilts , founder of the Maverick Angels and one of the co-founders of The BioTech Forum , the effort to jump start biotech startup activity in Ventura County.

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DECEMBER 23, 2015

We lit our own KeyInfo fiber ring, which provides advanced connectivity services to Ventura and Los Angeles counties. You may have obstacles you were unprepared for, but these opportunities to learn and grow help you gain the experience and resiliency needed to run a successful company in a demanding industry.

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DECEMBER 7, 2012

Lynda.com , the site which helps people learn software and other skills from online videos, has been recognized for its job creation, the firm said Friday, ranking number 1 in job creation in education by Inc. The company said it filled nearly 200 jobs from 2008 to 2011, tops in the Education industry.

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DECEMBER 11, 2013

Surf Air Chief Marketing Officer Scott Porter—who is also one of Eyerly’s several co-founders—has piloted the startup’s recent outreach initiatives and noted that his team appreciates the community that helped it grow. The experience of going through the tougher times has helped make us into the company we are today.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Your BBB has formed a strategic alliance to help save you money in your everyday costs starting immediately. I have been asked by your Better Business Bureau to help accredited businesses like you keep more of the money you earn. BBB of Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties. Rick Copelan | President & CEO.

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MARCH 29, 2010

Last week, Ventura-based The Trade Desk (www.thetradedesk.com) announced a $2.5M We help people to monetize that data, and help marketers spend more efficiently. We want to help them look at ads that are relevant to them, as long as we do that without crossing any lines, and so everyone is better off for it.

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JULY 24, 2009

Another fond memory was in 2006 when I took my Grandpa fishing out at the Channel Islands off Ventura County. If there’s one thing you take away from reading this, my hope would that you ask yourself this: “Who in my life, older in years, could I help, I mean really really help make their final frail years merry and meaningful.

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AUGUST 17, 2014

This is my Step Dad Kevin being brave and putting Biil's ashes out to sea in Ventura. Bill had the best laugh, loved full heartedly, and it was so sad for our family when he died. The year prior, in 2009, my friend Ashley Taylor died of asphyxiation in her bedroom in the San Fernando Valley.

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DECEMBER 31, 2009

My best friend Braden Jones and his wife Denai started a company in my hometown of Ventura in 2001 called Petunia Pickle Bottom and gave birth to a new industry. I have tons of them and I meet with them monthly or quarterly, or hop on the phone or shoot an e-mail when I have a question or need some help. Scott Leese.

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