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DECEMBER 27, 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. See more insights from the Southern California high tech community in our continued series this whole week! What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year?

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FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Interesting Model for University President Saw a post by Paul Kedrosky pointing us to Graeme Thickins on How Stanford Does It. Its interesting to think about how universities might want to have their staff better aligned with moving ideas from the lab to start-ups.

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MAY 25, 2016

I think there are a lot of opportunities across all of these areas of technology, especially as it relates to Southern California. We know you invest globally, but are there specific kinds of companies you hope to focus on here in Southern California? Southern California, in particular, has a lot of talent in ad tech.

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MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Kevin Federline Search Engine Just saw a post - Sleep with a pop star, get your own branded search engine. 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. in Computer Science.

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JUNE 13, 2013

You''ve seen the company''s work in the Superbowl, on television, and on the web, all for big brands--but you might not know it came out of the crowdsourcing efforts of Tongal (www.tongal.com). Say, if you''re making a TV commercial or web video, each project unfolds over phases, so anyone, regardless of their skill, can participate.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2012

There's been a sudden surge in accelerator in Southern California, looking to help get startups off the ground and funded. To learn more about how the company went from just an idea at an accelerator to a healthy exit, we spoke with founder Eli Portnoy. But, do they really help? Congrats on the acquisition!

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OCTOBER 29, 2015

Brett and I both grew up in Southern California. So, what is PeerStreet? I came up with this idea due to a deep obsession with the mortgage industry. Brew Johnson: The one thing I'd add, since this is very So-Cal focused, is that Brett and I are very happy about the team we've attracted here.

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OCTOBER 15, 2009

Steve Gilison worked as a market researcher and product manager at a startup where my company, TechEmpower , did the software / web development. I’m currently working with several startups, helping them launch new web businesses. Likely any successful web entrepreneur has more ideas than time. What are you working on now?

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles? If anyone has ideas on how to reach into to find candidates or other ways to find good people, I would love to hear it. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. in Computer Science.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

We''re also using web articles and other data sources, and cross referencing those with location information. Ali Khoshgozaran: It''s funny, as people have the idea that Twitter and Instagram are the fastest ways of getting good real time information. You can download the app and see the depth of information now available. READ MORE>>.

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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 ). But even if you came to me with that idea, Im not sure I would have bought it. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2010

One of Southern California's successful, serial entrepreneurs is Winston Damarillo , who founded Gluecode, which he sold to IBM in 2005. Morphlabs is a cloud computing company, part of a good cluster of firms that we now have in Southern California, including 3Tera in Orange County, and Eucalyptus in Santa Barbara.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

We're describing ourselves as a micro-cap venture fund, focused on digital media opportunities in the emerging ecosystem of Southern California. It's analytics around users and visitation on web sites, and it's knowledge of the consumption of photos--for example, GumGum--or video images on the web.

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MAY 25, 2012

If you were a student in college, working on a startup idea, what would spur you to drop your education plans, and go full time on your startup? I started playing around with a similar idea in my freshman year. He really took to the idea, and enjoyed it. We understand you were in school when you started this?

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MARCH 12, 2012

I promised I would write this post with some thoughts and ideas on the topic. The bad news is that Finding Developers is Tough Here in Los Angeles and even people willing to pay have a hard time finding Web Development in Los Angeles. Where to Search for the Technical Cofounder So where might you run into the right person?

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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. I moved to Southern California in 1992, when Microsoft transferred me to here.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 22, 2009

I'm trying to get the concept of visible networking going, so his feedback is really valuable. Cliff's feedback: Your idea of "Visible Networking" can help people take the "glad to meet you" networking to the next level -- "glad to know you" relationships. We can use could choose a hashtag (e.g.,

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

” So Ethan went to work as a product manager at Google Video. He had an idea for a startup that would help consumers better book service jobs and would take on Service Magic, which he believed had a business model that could be disrupted. When Ethan was considering leaving Google we talked about it. He was seeking $500k.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2009

One of the industries which has seen a lot of activity lately in Southern California is clean technology, with a large amount of investment activity and new company formation. The web site caters only to people in the green space. Nikhil Jain: We already have a list of deals, from Southern California, the rest of the U.S.,

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JANUARY 3, 2014

Everyone thinks of Northern California as the place to do anything technology related, but for unique power users and entertainment enthusiasts like me, you realized that entertainment--my first love--is in Southern California. We''ve got a lot of ideas and plans for our mobile experience, which we''re starting to work on.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Southern California is somewhat uniquely positioned, however, because of our depth and breadth of university talent. We're starting to see some very innovative product ideas out of places like Caltech, USC, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, and the like. It was literally just Rob and Warrne with the idea, with no web site.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Accelerator programs--like YCombinator in Silicon Valley, and TechStars in Colorado--have come to the forefront of the minds of entrepreneurs as a way to boost their ideas quickly into the market, find funding, and into existence. Like other people that live here, I personally love Southern California, and wanted to live here.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 22, 2010

This week I was preparing for my weekly This Week in Venture Capital web show and was researching some of the deals that were announced for the week. I wanted to look at what they actually did so in looking at their website I saw this positioning. “Huddle helps businesses connect, share and work better together.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Hypemarks is a social way to share and find content on the web. They were graduates of Start Engine's first batch and now reside at Idea Lab in Pasadena, CA after receiving 350k in seed funding. Join Poly Founders as we host Tim Sae Koo, the founder and CEO of Hypemarks for a night of stories, questions, and networking. link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

LA Web Ventures.Several members of the group have an exciting startup project involving computer assisted instruction. Come and participate in a group brainstorm where you can share your ideas to shape this product and even join the team (they're recruiting). Thursday, November 17, 2011 -- Online Training, Coaching and Instruction.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Southern California--despite the lack of huge, name brand firms-- has a significant number of enterprise software companies, of which Network Automation is just one. He spent a number of years with another, Southern California bootstrap, Goldmine. We spoke with Gary Bishop, the firm's CEO, to learn more about the company.

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JULY 16, 2013

As much as the idea of "Silicon Beach" wants to represent the whole of the local technology industry in Los Angeles, there are -- as one would expect in such a large metropolitan area -- many different neighborhoods and communities spread across the region, all with their own individual identities, companies, and technology focuses.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

The firm was pitching for funding at the Technology Council of Southern California's VentureNet event earlier this month. We spoke with Lisa LeVasseur, CEO of the firm, and Sce Pike, President of the company, to learn more about how they are hoping to tackle the mobile phone market and where the idea came from.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

We talked with Billy last week about the firm, and what it's trying to do: What's the whole idea behind Kijubi? Billy Fried: As an active person, with an active family and active friends, I've gone on vacation and searched around for things to do, or looked for things to do on a weekend here in SoCal. It's an outdated concept.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

One of the readers asked my opinion around sharing your startup concept: My first question has always been - how do you protect your idea while shopping around for feedback, partners, developers, etc.? Especially if the idea could be whipped-up by a few 24-year olds in a few weeks? Lots of thoughts here.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 10, 2008

I just ran into Chris Gammil's post New Era of Social Innovation where he describes it as: The model takes the best of the OPEN model and pushes right out into the open, further distributing idea sourcing, team forming, development, commercialization and economic distribution. What are some of the drivers? Clark tells us.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Steve Jillings has a long track record of running successful startups in Southern California, ranging from such companies as FrontBridge Technologies (sold to Microsoft in 2005 for over $200M) and Vantage Media (acquired in 2007). Telesign provides authentication services for the largest web companies in the world.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

One of the readers asked my opinion around sharing your startup concept: My first question has always been - how do you protect your idea while shopping around for feedback, partners, developers, etc.? Especially if the idea could be whipped-up by a few 24-year olds in a few weeks? Lots of thoughts here.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 25, 2009

How can you get a web startup going without leaving your day job? Two friends, a marketing executive and a software engineer, had an idea to challenge a large web incumbent without leaving their day jobs. Tuesday, March 31, 2009 -- Launching a Startup in your spare time: Case Study from Manvite.com.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Our panelists include: - Jodi Binstock - Producer Web Therapy starring Lisa Kudrow; (formerly at E! Our panelists include: - Jodi Binstock - Producer Web Therapy starring Lisa Kudrow; (formerly at E! Networks, Disney ABC TV) - Amber J.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 2, 2013

They look at the following high level definition of Lean: and they interpret that as write up an executive summary with your ideas and hand it to developers to build. Do you have a Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One ? What's Going to Go Wrong A lot of founders don't really understand Lean Startup principles.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

I have vanity urls setup at just about every site on the web. It’s been an amazing experience so far, but the best part are the relationships I’ve built since getting started. As a board member of the Technology Council of Southern California, I first reached out to my fellow board members.

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