socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

To hear about the firm's interest in Los Angeles, and Southern California investments in general, we spoke with Fouad ElNaggar , Principal at the firm, to hear about where the firm is nowadays and what kind of investments it is making locally. Thanks for the time today. We really believe in the market.

Redpoint 154

Redpoint Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Invest 154

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Think USV is only invested around Union Square in NYC? And in many communities that are new to building tech startups I’ve found that a lot of angel money is not very sophisticated at investing in startup companies. Or how about the best example – Loic Le Meur gets everybody over to Paris every year for Le Web.

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Press San Diego 378

socalTECH

MAY 18, 2009

This morning's interview with Daryl Bernstein , CEO and co-founder of Santa Barbara-based RightSignature (www.rightsignature.com), a firm which has created an online, software-as-a-service offering to collect legally binding signatures on documents. It looks like you're using Amazon Web Services heavily in the service?

Outsource Development 100

Outsource Development Santa Barbara Education SaaS 100

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

In the startup world, the former happens when a VC makes a bad investment, and the latter occurs when they miss a great opportunity. In contrast, low-volume, high-conviction investors like Rincon only invests in a handful new companies each year, making it much more costly (in dollars and effort expended) to invest in a loser.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2010

After DoubleClick, Kevin eventually settled down in Santa Barbara, which is where his newest startup-- FindTheBest.com (www.findthebest.com) is headquartered. You did pretty well at DoubleClick, and have been doing investments--why did you decide to get back into the game on the operational side?

Startup 210

Startup Advertising Examples Santa Barbara 210

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

I frequently work on networking through the social web and building new relationships that will foster knowledge gathering or business growth. We need to spend some time discussing what you do with the social web. I'd rather invest time investing in social media to drive traffic to our site. Love the minis! Great posts.

Acquisition 170

Acquisition Custom Customer Ideas 170

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

I review these tenets with my entrepreneurial students at UC Santa Barbara at the beginning of each quarter to reinforce many of the key topics we will cover in the following weeks. Because of his grounding as an investment banker, Jeff appreciated the value of hard data. Add Up Lots Of Little Advantages.

Tips 279

Tips Startup Framework Custom 279

socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2015

Santa Barbara-based Ice Energy (www.ice-energy.com) has quietly been working away at developing energy storage systems to help smooth out the demand for energy on the nation's power grid. I think it surprised a lot of people, including myself, that they made such a significant investment in energy storage, way beyond what was required.

Southern California 100

Southern California Technical Review Demand Outsource Development 100

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers. OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

We've basically taken advantage of all the new technology out there--especially, the web-based service model. After that, I was involved in a lot of angel investing, starting companies, and helping entrepreneurs to get going. Later on, when you are at a university, you might manage things like your resume and portfolio.

Education 124

Education Startup Course Tool 124

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

When we invest they are often the company counsel so we see them at board meetings. But as with consulting, PR, web design and even VC – it’s not just the firm it’s also the individual. He represented us at one firm I invested in and did a great job. Our lives are intertwined. Good people and evil people.

Startup 318

Startup IP Southern California Entrepreneur 318

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers. OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers. OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance.

Idealab 84

Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84