socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Los Angeles-based Reliam , which provides managed services to help companies manage their operation on public cloud services like Amazon Web Services, has received a $75M commitment from private equity investor Great Hill Partners. According to the companies, the funding will go towards funding acquisitions, as well as for organic growth.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Shamrock Capital reports this morning that it has led a $30M investment in Pixellot , an Israeli firm developing automatic, artificial intelligence-driven software for producing streaming sports video. The funding was led by Shamrock, and also included other, existing, un-named investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2020

Every startup dreams of achieving that milestone, when they can focus more on scaling the business and enjoying their earnings, rather than fighting for another investment infusion. Re-investing profits to grow the business is organic growth. Most are still confused about the right priority.

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Tech.Co

MAY 16, 2024

Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA Galaxy Grants Community Development Financial Institutions Fund 🔎 Want to browse the web privately? Aside from receiving funding, approved applicants will also receive technical assistance to help scale their organization.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Want to browse the web privately? ? To be eligible for the program, you need to be a NASE member, and monthly and Silver members have to be involved with the organization for over 90 days. The organization offers $1,000 to successful applicants each month, and one of these monthly winners will be awarded $10,000 at the end of the year.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

One of the investment themes I’ve been focused on in the past 3 years has been Performance-Based Marketing. When I started investing the US advertising market was $300 billion with only 10% of it ($30 billion) of it being online and measurable. I hope to announce one investment in this space in the next few months.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2013

It pays only if a customer clicks through AND takes a further action (conversion), such as buying a product or filling out a web form. Other PPC experts will track your campaign from click to transaction, providing you with detailed reports on and return on investment (ROI). Keyword research and budget forecasting. Marty Zwilling.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Bobbie One startup that's proved to have the formula for success this year is Bobbie – the first infant formula to be certified as organic by the USDA, and the fastest-growing product of its kind to enter the US market since the 1980s. Organic milk formula product Bobbie. million site visits in October alone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2021

Thus I recommend that you stick with organic search, and use SEO to raise your ranking. It pays only if a customer clicks through AND takes a further action (conversion), such as buying a product or filling out a web form. Paid search engine ranking (PPC) is just buying advertising for your business. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2022

Are you making the proper investment, and is it paying off? Leaders and investors need to know if you have and are tapping into your key sources of relevant data, including web analytics, sales management data, and customer relationship management (CRM) software. We want to make sure you can break down the silos and manage to results.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2021

But very few are talking about how to measure your results and return on investment (ROI), and the right metrics for optimizing your marketing environment. Tracking public sentiment over time provides invaluable insight and gives you the chance to stay right on top of changes in the marketplace and your organization’s brand equity.

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socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2012

The LAUNCH Conference , the technology startup launch conference organized by Mahalo CEO Jason Calacanis, has just surpassed $1 million in prizes, Calacanis said Tuesday afternoon. Calacanis heads up web search site Mahalo, as well as running video podcasting enterprise This Week In, and is also an angel investor.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2013

The tool, which lets users analyzing the web traffic from their promotions, lets users click into a map of where users are interacting with their promotions, and get detailed demographics data--household income, education, net worth, neighborhood data, and more--at the street level.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

He is also the organizer of the upcoming Recurring Revenue Conference. Resources from server space and database storage to sophisticated software are all available on demand to anyone with little more than a Web connection and a credit card. Read the rest of Peter''s essay on the growth of the subscription economy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2023

We all see reports of venture capitalists who invest millions in new businesses, but be assured that these investments come only after you have a proven base business, and have a case for scaling it quickly. Pick a name, location, and marketing strategy early. Names and taglines are critical to success.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

Or if you’re a VC raising from LPs you have to list all of your deals, your investment value, your carrying value, your multiples, your IRRs, TVPIs, DPIs, etc along with net cashflows plus your previous LPAs. These collective sets of documents form the basis of what somebody looking at investing would call “financial due diligence.”

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

On the invitation of UK Trade and Investment, socalTECH Contributing Editor Travis Oberlander has traveled this week to London for us, to compare and contrast the efforts in the UK to establish their own technology center with our own efforts in Southern California.). What is the Tech City Investment Organization?

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

million in pre-seed investment from investors including Liberty City Ventures, Digital Currency Group and Coinbase Ventures. Even though markets are highly volatile, two-thirds of all hedge funds surveyed that are currently investing in the space plan to deploy more capital into the market by the end of 2022, it said.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2023

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. They tell these entrepreneurs to sell themselves, execute well, and grow organically.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

Greg was the first person to share with me the insights of mobile conversion and why with a simpler product selection and conversion funnel they would get higher conversion on mobile than on the web. Like any firm we of course invest in the San Francisco Bay Area where 33% of my personal boards are. So we talked about his joining.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2023

For example, only a few people today still think of Amazon as an online provider of books and related goods, now that they have exploded their business world-wide into every product arena, added web services (AWS), television and film production (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), a bricks-and-mortar grocery chain (Whole Foods), and more.

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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

The thing that fuels this success is the amazing organizations and people from around the world who align and support the mission to build businesses. These organizations work tirelessly in guiding and supporting startup teams to success, regardless of their stage of business, as well as continue to encourage innovation across the planet.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2014

What''s also new, is we decided as a part of Rightside to create a new organization and business within domain, so we will have both the registrar and auction aftermarket, but that we''ll also be offering up a registry business with the new TLDs and domain names which are being released through the ICANN process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. These resources often include a cash investment, as well as office space, and consulting. Join a startup incubator.

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Southern California Edison Blog

JULY 31, 2020

Not having enough bandwidth can limit what an organization is capable of and can limit overall productivity of the business. An organization’s current network may be adequate for the current number of users and applications; however, businesses looking to expand their staff size or service offerings will require increased network capacity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. They tell these entrepreneurs to sell themselves, execute well, and grow organically.

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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. The team''s ability to drive significant customer interest without spending a dime on marketing was one of the reasons Jim Andelman and I invested in the company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2019

But very few are talking about how to measure your results and return on investment (ROI), and the right metrics for optimizing your marketing environment. Tracking public sentiment over time provides invaluable insight and gives you the chance to stay right on top of changes in the marketplace and your organization’s brand equity.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

I fly home Friday night, weekend on the soccer field with the kids and head into a Monday partner meeting that will be contentious because there are two controversial investment decisions to make. I think you’d really enjoy meeting her wether you decide to invest or not. A few weeks have slipped by.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

They provide peer group organizations, usually called incubators, with free resources, practice environments, and outside mentoring that can help you learn and pivot with minimal cost. Build a web site and incorporate while in school. Take advantage of free startup programs and mentors.

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socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2016

Classy's software is used by over 1800 charities and other organizations, including such big names as Oxfam, Heifer International, TeachForAmerica, National Geographic, The World Food Programme, and many others. Scott Chisolm: Classy started as a fundraising application for nonprofit organization. What is Classy?

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Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

It can be a significant time and financial investment to run and maintain a network. While some organizations may have the resources to manage their own network, an in-house team without the right technical prowess may still struggle to handle their networks in the most cost-effective and productive way. Better Security.

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AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 22, 2008

We’ve already seen how Web 2.0 technologies have transformed the ways people and businesses organize themselves and interact with each other. All installments of the AeA Competitiveness Series can be downloaded for free at: www.aeanet.org/cs.

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2014

In a world with a rash of startup incubators and accelerators, super angels, crowdfunding sites, and more, what''s the relevance of organized angel investments groups? To do that, we''ve help organize our members into subject matter areas, whether they know IT, or web stuff, or engineering, or manufacturing. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2014

Every startup dreams of achieving that milestone, when they can focus more on scaling the business and enjoying their earnings rather than fighting for another investment infusion. Here are factors to consider: Some element of organic growth is a good thing. Re-investing profits to grow the business is organic growth.

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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. The team''s ability to drive significant customer interest without spending a dime on marketing was one of the reasons Jim Andelman and I invested in the company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2016

Every startup dreams of achieving that milestone, when they can focus more on scaling the business and enjoying their earnings, rather than fighting for another investment infusion. Re-investing profits to grow the business is organic growth. Most are still confused about the right priority.

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