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SpotOn raises $300M at a $3.15B valuation and acquires Appetize

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Existing investors DST Global, 01 Advisors, Dragoneer Investment Group, Franklin Templeton and Mubadala Investment Company too doubled down on their investments in SpotOn, joining new backers Wellington Management and Coatue Management. We are deeply invested in growing the business together.

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Interesting Model for University President

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Its interesting to think about how universities might want to have their staff better aligned with moving ideas from the lab to start-ups. ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. in Computer Science.

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Kevin Federline Search Engine

SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Take a look at other sites: [link] But the overall idea is to provide branded search in order to get merchandise from your artist, star, etc. ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. in Computer Science.

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Startup Weekend LA | An Insiders Story of a Startup on Steroids

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2012

People had one minute to “pitch” their idea to the group as a whole. I was #33 to go up and pitch my idea. Although, many people believed in my idea, I found it difficult to create a full team that can execute an MVP (Minimum Viable Product) by Sunday. I initially planned to join his team, in case my idea wasn’t voted in top 10.

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Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles?

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

I personally believe that there are lots and lots of good developers working inside of organizations who would love to work on the interesting projects that we work on all the time, yet they arent out actively looking, so its almost impossible to find them. in Computer Science. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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Challenge of Predicting Winners

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

But even if you came to me with that idea, Im not sure I would have bought it. ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. Why did YouTube win? Why did MySpace win? Certainly MySpaces tie-in with music was a genius move.

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Web Second, Mobile First

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

I loved the idea of “mobile first” but something always bothered me. Thus I endorse Web Second. I think many recent companies make the mistake of not investing enough in web products, if they invest anything at all. BUT (and this is a big but …). I believe in integrated products.

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Feel Lost On LinkedIn? ExploreB2B Wants To help You Network With People Of Your Profession

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Right from the beginning, we also partnered with a young web development agency for development and technical consulting – they are now more than business partners, they are friends and part of the team. We received seed funding from Investitionsbank Berlin , a state bank investing in innovation and technological advancements.

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Interview with Eric Hovanec and Steve Reich, LeisureLink

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2009

We're investing pretty heavily in people and upgrading systems and tools those folks use to do their job. So, we're happy to make those investments in our operations. I left, and one thing I started doing was angel investing. I invested along with some other people in LeisureLink, and I was sitting on the board, as was Steve.

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Interview with Robert Flynn, Aggregage

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Entertainment is confusing--we didn't make investments in pure content plays. Our largest investment was a partnership with Norman Lear's Act III Communications, we did a series of acquisition in the movie theater space. On the other side, we had about one third of our investments in early stage, technology driven companies.

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Last Exit Wall Street: 7 Considerations When Raising Venture Capital

From the Venture Trenches

MARCH 27, 2013

The recent firing of Groupon’s CEO Andrew Mason is a cautionary tale of the increased scrutiny and heightened expectations that come from accessing increasingly larger amounts of investment capital. It can give you a foundation from which to launch, but usually requires subsequent rounds of capital from larger investment sources.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Tear Down Your Firewalls

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 19, 2006

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Ive noticed that a lot of people are afraid of getting their ideas out into the public.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Inventing Stuff, Obviously Impossible?

Frank Addante

AUGUST 14, 2006

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Convincing others to believe in your idea is hard. ► October (1) New Video!

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary! A BIG THANK YOU to 3,500 entrepreneurs in 50+ countries

Frank Addante

MAY 20, 2007

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. I just started working on a new idea. ► October (1) New Video! Startup 3.0:

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Framework Benchmarks Round 16

TechEmpower

JUNE 6, 2018

But we have an idea for dealing with Gozer. We also want the ever-increasing diversity of options for web development to be represented. But most importantly, I think, we created the project with a hopeful mindset of “perhaps we can convince some people to invest in performance for the better of all web-app developers.”.

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How This Startup Turned An April Fools Joke Into Customers

InfoChachkie

MAY 27, 2013

As noted in Hacking Hacker News , the company previously dominated the mindshare of the web development community by facilitating the spread of a random posting on Hacker News. Divshot''s solution is an innovative web development tool, which automatically generates professional-grade code during the wire framing process.

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Customer Custom Template Startup

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Venture Capital - What's the rush?

Frank Addante

AUGUST 29, 2006

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit

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How This Startup Turned An April Fools Joke Into Customers

InfoChachkie

MAY 27, 2013

As noted in Hacking Hacker News , the company previously dominated the mindshare of the web development community by facilitating the spread of a random posting on Hacker News. Divshot''s solution is an innovative web development tool, which automatically generates professional-grade code during the wire framing process.

Customer

Customer Custom Template Startup

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 2.0: The Internet is Coming! How will we make money?

Frank Addante

MAY 8, 2006

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. ► October (1) New Video! the Rubicon Project's Secret to Succes. Startup 3.0:

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 5. Outsourcing

Frank Addante

MAY 12, 2007

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. They realize that stealing code and ideas could severely hurt their growth.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Move Fast. Be Agile. Stay Focused.

Frank Addante

JULY 10, 2006

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Zondigo was an idea, a team and capital in search of a business plan. Startup 3.0:

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The Startup Guide To SXSW Panel Picking

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Have you ever had an idea for a great product, but thought any of the following: "I don't have en. Step by Step From Idea to Bootstrap Startup. The step by step story of an entrepreneur’s journey from idea to bootstrap web startup from her vi. Starting a dev team to build a brand new idea is harder. The constrai.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 6.0 - the Rubicon Project: Internet Advertising

Frank Addante

MAY 24, 2007

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Ill get into details on the business idea itself in later posts. Startup 3.0:

Advertising

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. I setup a nice little home office for myself and started dabbling with a few ideas.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 4.0 – Wireless is the next big thing – hurry!

Frank Addante

MAY 22, 2006

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. As a matter of fact, we even pitched the idea to Coke about 5 years ago. Startup 3.0:

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Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development Advertising

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: "Keep it Simple" - My Golden Rule

Frank Addante

JUNE 13, 2006

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. So, don’t kill your idea with complexity. ► October (1) New Video!

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The social Web in 2010: The emerging standards and technologies to watch

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

As for 2010, it’s shaping up to be a year of general improvement in the business and technology industries hard hit by recession, the impact of which has seemed to hold back new investment and experimentation in social technologies, many of which are funded by staff participation from Internet firms.

Web

Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 3.0: Internet advertising is good. No, it’s bad. Oh wait… it IS good!

Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. ► October (1) New Video! the Rubicon Project's Secret to Succes. Startup 3.0:

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Southern California Tech Central

SpotOn raises $300M at a $3.15B valuation and acquires Appetize

Interesting Model for University President

Trending Sources

Kevin Federline Search Engine

Startup Weekend LA | An Insiders Story of a Startup on Steroids

Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles?

Challenge of Predicting Winners

Web Second, Mobile First

Feel Lost On LinkedIn? ExploreB2B Wants To help You Network With People Of Your Profession

Interview with Eric Hovanec and Steve Reich, LeisureLink

Interview with Robert Flynn, Aggregage

Last Exit Wall Street: 7 Considerations When Raising Venture Capital

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Tear Down Your Firewalls

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Inventing Stuff, Obviously Impossible?

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary! A BIG THANK YOU to 3,500 entrepreneurs in 50+ countries

Framework Benchmarks Round 16

How This Startup Turned An April Fools Joke Into Customers

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Venture Capital - What's the rush?

How This Startup Turned An April Fools Joke Into Customers

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 2.0: The Internet is Coming! How will we make money?

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 5. Outsourcing

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Move Fast. Be Agile. Stay Focused.

The Startup Guide To SXSW Panel Picking

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 6.0 - the Rubicon Project: Internet Advertising

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 4.0 – Wireless is the next big thing – hurry!

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: "Keep it Simple" - My Golden Rule

The social Web in 2010: The emerging standards and technologies to watch

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 3.0: Internet advertising is good. No, it’s bad. Oh wait… it IS good!

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