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SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Southern California's top startups showed up in force Friday at the Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, for the Technology Council of Southern California's annual VentureNet conference. The "best of show" prize went to Magnify360, which develops software for optimizing content and web sites for specific users.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

What happens when you apply big data and computer science to digest all of that social data being fed into Twitter and other social platforms--and cross match that to location information? Our mission is to organize all of the world''s real time location information. What is Tilofy about? My degree is from USC in big data.

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APRIL 17, 2010

We held a 90-minute demo session where 150 of LA’s VC’s and senior technology executives watched the LPLA V2 group present in small groups of 12-15 each. The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2009

A report released over the weekend by Dow Jones VentureSource finds that venture capital investments in the U.S. According to the tally of venture capital investments, results were down 6% from Q2. According to the tally of venture capital investments, results were down 6% from Q2. dropped to $5.1

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A quick message on a very busy funding day, to thanks to all of our sponsors, who make our coverage of Southern California's technology industry possible: Sponsors. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Technology.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

El Segundo-based Fetch Technologies , a firm which develops software for aggregating data from web sites, said Tuesday that it has raised $4.6M The firm's technology is based on research from the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute. in a Series B funding round. READ MORE>>.

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El Segundo Technology Southern California Research 140

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Los Angeles-based Crosscut Ventures (www.crosscutventures.com) is one of the newest venture capital funds in the area, and has quietly been working on funding local companies over the last year. Brian Garrett: We started Crosscut Ventures about a year ago. Our contact information is on the Crosscut website.

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Southern California Startup Palomar Rustic Canyon 153

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC. Quick caveats: having fewer investors (3-5) is better than many investors (10-15) and PLEASE make sure you hire a great lawyer who has experience in doing start-ups to avoid pitfalls that will make VC harder down the line. They might be as hard as raising VC. Sound creepy?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2013

However, the good news is that for most investors, you can certainly change the question and get a lot more information without ever building the MVP. What The Heck Does “Traction” Really Mean To A VC? Great analysis from John Greathouse: Do You Speak VC? That's an even tougher hurdle. Yes, that's correct.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. event I did last fall. in Computer Science.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

We caught Rahul in a more serious conversation, and spoke to him about his venture funded, location-based information startup and what it's up to, as well as got the story behind the firm's incubation at Clearstone Ventures. Rahul Sonnad: Geodelic develops a system that lets you publish location-based information.

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Clearstone Incubator HTML Twiistup 124

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Think about venture capital. Those that were around 30+ years ago never had to think about branding – there were hardly any other VCs. So many had names of partners (Kleiner Perkins) or local favorite identifiers like trees (Sequoia). So no prizes for guessing what IA Ventures stands for. And for me.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

And I certainly didn’t want him having to trapse up-and-down Sand Hill Road informing every VC of his next idea. And in a world where we increasingly log in to personal web time at late hours or on our mobile phones that’s no longer good enough. I could tell you what’s next but then I’d have to kill you.

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CTO Coach Google CTO Hire Yammer 359

socalTECH

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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Networking IBM IBM Pacific Palisades 214

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Maneesh focuses on the medical information technology markets. He received his MS degree in Electrical Engineering, from the University of Southern California and his MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management where he was a Deutschman Venture Fellow. in venture capital and publicly launched in May 2011.

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Orange County Miramar Startup Tech Coast Angels 106

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

I’m very pleased today to announce that I invested, on behalf of GRP Partners, in Burstly alongside Rincon Venture Partners , an early stage VC in Southern California whith whom we love to work (and were our co-investors on RingRevenue ). Tags: Featured SoCal Stuff. Optimization technology is not new.

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Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2010

It's been a good summer for Laguna Beach-based venture capital firm Okapi Ventures (www.okapivc.com), which recently saw its first portfolio firm exit last month in Carlsbad-based Helixis , which was acquired by Illumina for $105M. It was literally just Rob and Warrne with the idea, with no web site.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 10, 2010

The time has come for us to say goodbye SoCal (temporarily of course) and HELLO Austin! VentureDea l - VentureDeal is a venture capital database that provides the latest information about venture-backed technology companies, venture capital firms and transactions in the United States. Big and Small.

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Stickam Technical Review Draper SoCal 71

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

In attendance we had startups galore with VC's and Angle's mixing and mingling all through the night. TechZulu captured the entire VC/Angle panel and we also had a chance to interview every StartupDemo startup company that participated. VC/Angel Panel. However, you know we always bring a little something back just in case.

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Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

One of the big, open source successes in both Southern California and the software world was Gluecode Software , which was based in Los Angeles and acquired by IBM in 2005. Adam also had a stint at Mission Ventures, and ran worldwide sales for open source middleware at IBM. Where does Webtide fit into the software world?

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IBM IBM Mission Ventures Venture Capital 100

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

He just pounded out design and code for a few weeks and got Plancast up on the web and users adopting his product right away. In Los Angeles we are at a disadvantage because the founder(s) often have no experience in building consumer web applications. Challenge #3 – There Needs to Be More Institutional Capital in Los Angeles.

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Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

After months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. PIM offers comprehensive coverage in 500+ cities in the US, Canada, and Europe by providing rates, hours, entrance points, and occupancy information.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

As automotive web sites go, there are lots of review and information sites giving you information about new and used cars, magazines and information sites for auto enthusiasts, and discussion sites and groups for all kinds of cars. I love cars--I grew up in SoCal, and my father was really into cars, and didn't have sons.

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Truecar Writing Edmunds Sites 204

socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2009

Sean is looking to locate his startup in the area, so we sat down with Sean to learn more about the company's software, as well as what brought him to the Los Angeles area. We build web software that improves the ability of people to manage their networks. You can also store information in there. What is Jute Networks?

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Networking Startup Social Network Software 113

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 14, 2014

Is it only a web-platform or will there be a mobile-version? We will be releasing actual mobile apps down the road, but right now we have device-friendly HTML 5 web applications. That concept of connecting information together was something that was really important to me and I wanted to communicate in the name. Plus, sunshine.

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Startup Southern California Mobile Software 85

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

It is an opportunity to get frank feedback from VCs, angels, peers and the technolust. Mixergy and AsAble are also joining us to bring you an amazing VC/Angel Panel. We facilitate the most productive business-to-consumer relationship with a pioneering solution that finally makes proactive information updates useful.

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Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

There's the problem with finding the right instructor, finding other friends who wanted to learn surfing with me, finding something that would fit my schedule, getting information about pricing, all of those things. Was it useful to you having been in venture capital to be able to get funding quickly?

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Startup CTO Coach Activity Software Review 271

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Southern California companies are second to only Silicon Valley in raising venture capital , there are three major universities to recruit talent – UCLA, Caltech, and USC – and a thriving startup community to mingle with. Why should a startup thinking about moving to a new place choose LA?

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Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 18, 2011

There was an informal verbal agreement that I would work for a certain hourly rate for my time. Find a lawyer and someone who does CTO searches for VC backed companies in your area. Actually, I should start by saying – I’m not a lawyer and you might want to get someone who can help you understand your position here.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

IPPLEX researches and develops pioneering cross-platform applications and services focused on interactive communication – between people and the information, contacts and places they need to access through their mobile phone, PC, and other devices. is a web hosting and virtualization service provider headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 18, 2011

There was an informal verbal agreement that I would work for a certain hourly rate for my time. Find a lawyer and someone who does CTO searches for VC backed companies in your area. Actually, I should start by saying – I’m not a lawyer and you might want to get someone who can help you understand your position here.

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CTO CTO Hire CTO Coach Equity 150

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

PIM offers comprehensive coverage in 500+ cities in the US, Canada, and Europe by providing rates, hours, entrance points, and occupancy information. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2008

After that, Rob and I took a year or so to gain traction, and in 2005 we committed full time to the business. What kind of information can students get on the site, and how do they use it? We were going through the traditional route of seeking venture capitalists both here in Southern California and flying to Sand Hill road.

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Study Education Startup Sites 113

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

And of course I’ve sat on the other side of the table: As a VC. This is not just the perspective of a VC although I can’t say I have zero VC bias. This is not just the perspective of a VC although I can’t say I have zero VC bias. They seem so reachable. Neither can any VC.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

PIM offers comprehensive coverage in 500+ cities in the US, Canada, and Europe by providing rates, hours, entrance points, and occupancy information. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Pricing models, the freemium myth and why you may not be charging enough for your product - Seth Levine's VC Adventure , August 12, 2010 I’ve been pulled into a number of product and pricing meetings recently (for reasons unknown I’ve become the Foundry pricing and productization guy). clearly didn’t cause this.” How it happens.

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191