InfoChachkie

AUGUST 10, 2010

“Good Lord Boyet, my beauty, though but mean, Needs not the painted flourish of your praise: Beauty is bought by judgment of the eye, Not uttered by base sale of chapmen’s tongues” . Intellectual Property (IP) is an ugly thing at a startup. However, to a Big Dumb Company (BDC), a startup’s IP is a thing of beauty.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2009

San Diego-based Rapid Bridge , a developer of ASIC and other semiconductor designs for the systems-on-a-chip market, announced today that it has hired on Vikas Chaudhary as the firm's Vice President of Sales. Chaudhary was most recently director of worldwide sales at ARM, and has also served at Artisan/Nurlogic, Cadence Design Systems, Avant!

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

Early in a services business there is usually no profits as the company reinvests in hiring people to grow, but by $20 million in sales the company should at least be pulling in 10% profits (if not more) depending on how much is reinvested. You own the IP you create. Who are your competitors – how much do they charge?&#.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 20, 2018

These are your candidates, because they are companies already absorbing much or all the marketing expense necessary to make sales of your invention. Email readers, continue here…] Arthur: This is a matter between the owner of your IP (you) and the would-be user of your IP. So, there you have it.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2009

The firm said the acquisition will give it full control over content, features, and functions of the technology, as well as world-wide sales and distribution of current and future products using the technology. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 13, 2012

San Diego-based Telcentris , which develops voice-over-IP and other voice systems for business, said this week that it has named Cliff Rees as President of the firm. The firm said Rees will oversee operations, sales, business development, and product management.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

The most obvious way to explain this is with sales people. If you hire 6 sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you’ve taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business for 4-6 months. “COGS” represents the amount that each sale costs you.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2011

In a loss to the Los Angeles technology industry, Voice over IP software developer Fonality has relocated its headquarters to Texas, the firm said today. The firm said it has bolstered its staff in Texas by more than 75 since August of 2010, including executive staff, finance, sales, and marketing.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2014

Specific details of the program were not announced by the company, which says the effort is aimed at enterprise class networking, IP surveillance, unified wireless, network storage, and security products. dlink channel networking hardware enterprise switch router sales' READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2018

I know that you can use an email system with this to track my open rate, whether I forwarded the email, the IP address where I read it, whether I was on a mobile device or a wired computer and you can tell who else read the document. Competition isn’t won or lost by your marketing decks?—?it’s

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socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2010

Culver City-based Fonality , a developer of Voice-over-IP, business PBX phone software, said late last week that it served its one-billionth cloud-based call recently, and had "record sales" during Q4.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

Shame about not getting it in legal writing that you owned the original IP. Consider it a sales & marketing expense for them. For company registration, angel deals, Series A & B funding, Employee Stock Option Plans (ESOP), IP filings and even litigation it doesn’t need to be that way.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

- OnlyOnce , September 6, 2010 Ten Slides Make a Killer Investor Presentation - Startup Professionals Musings , May 19, 2010 We’re Living In The Dark Ages Of Social Media - rosskimbarovsky.com , August 9, 2010 How to Enchant Your Customer - How to Change the World , November 23, 2010 Don’t Let Your Ignorance Stop You - Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by (..)

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Defensible IP When I’m asked by newer, younger VC partners for advice on our sector, one of the things I always emphasize is looking for companies who have built defensible intellectual property (IP). If I use Invoca as an example: we handle tens of millions of phone calls for customers who want to drive sales calls into call centers.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You’ll refine your sales and investor pitch. Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy First Rule of Fight Club Does NOT Apply Worry About People Listening To You, Not About Them Stealing Your Ideas If you love your idea, set it free…. You’ll learn a lot more about the sector/industry.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Agilent's N2X Data Networks product line is used for testing and validating next generation networking equipment, including voice-over-IP, VPN, and data services. Ixia said the deal includes N2X's customers, sales, and R&D teams. The firm said it was advised by Moelis & Company and Bryan Cave LLP in the deal. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Semtech's products in the area include its BlueRiver AV-over-IP chipsets, which are used to send 4K HDR over Ethernet, and its AVX products, used for point-to-point distribution of 4K video, audio, and control signals between AV equipment.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

During the down market they were able to double down on recruiting, sales, outsourcing, new market entries and marketing (yes, with Tiger ads ). It’s why as an investor I look for talented teams with long-term vision, a unique point-of-view, differentiated IP and a desire to build something enduring.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 6, 2016

Camarillo-based analog and mixed signal semiconductor developer Semtech Corporation said on Monday that it has agreed to divest its Snowbush intellectual property (IP) business--which develops designs for high speed serial networking interfaces--to Rambus. in cash, along with a future royalty through 2022 based on sales.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You’ll refine your sales and investor pitch. Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy First Rule of Fight Club Does NOT Apply Worry About People Listening To You, Not About Them Stealing Your Ideas If you love your idea, set it free…. You’ll learn a lot more about the sector/industry.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 31, 2016

Los Angeles-based IP surveillance camera provider Arecont Vision said today that it has partnered with industrial Internet-of-Things (IoT) company Viakoo. Viakoo is a provider of products used for monitoring physical security systems, using IP-based infrastructure. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2011

This site aggregates and filters content from thought leaders who talk about topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others.

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socalTECH

JULY 24, 2009

SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. www.socalip.com) Focused on high tech's unique need - Pragmatic cost-effective IP. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. A Stanford alum, Aaron wrote the book on sales 2.0. To apply, go to [link]. portfolio management - U.S.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

We have a very sophisticated, analytics and software platform that over half the Fortune 50 are now using, to help guide how they invest in marketing and sales activities and investments. Its primary goal is to focus on identifying what is truly driving demand, analytically, so that our customers can optimize their activities.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

It seems that every week, a new, Voice-over-IP provider firm surfaces in the market, either providing PBX services, voicemail, or other similar services. What is your VoIP service all about, and how is this different from what seems to be lots of Voice over IP service providers? Cliff Rees: We're a software as a solutions company.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Paul Ollinger, West Coast Vice President of Sales of Facebook Paul Ollinger is the West Coast Vice President of Sales for Facebook. He has also been a Regional Sales Director and National Account Director for Facebook. LAUNCH.com, and The Improv Comedy Clubs. and SVP, Branded Content & Audience Creation at nitetime.net.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2013

There was a time in console and PC game development when developers could enter a publishing agreement and retain the rights to the IP they created. Steve Goldstein of Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP covers the world of "work for hire" in the videogame industry.

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socalTECH

MAY 19, 2021

The funding came from Capital IP. The company said the new funding will gotwards hiring executives, and to expand its sales, client success, and engineering teams. Terms of that debt were not announced, however, VideoAmp said the non-dilutive funding also gives it the ability to draw up to $25M more in further financing.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2009

Santa Barbara-based D2 Technologies , a developer of IP communications software for the embedded market, said this morning that it has promoted two of its executives and created two new business units.

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socalTECH

JULY 28, 2014

With around a hundred employees in Los Angeles, and $40M in revenues, Fonality (www.fonality.com) --a developer of voice-over-IP phone software and systems--has managed to rise above the crowd of commodity voice-over-IP and PBX service providers. If they think of our competitors, they think about an IP phone, a desktop phone.

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socalTECH

JULY 1, 2009

NetVersant offers sales, support and consulting services to enterprise customers in the area of unified communications and business voice-over-IP services, throughout the United States. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Headquartered in Everett, Wash.,

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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2010

Quinn Curtis: We were not for sale, although to be fair, we had gotten more than a couple of offers to buy the firm. We're also very much marching down the path of IP reputation as well. How much thought went into exit strategy and setting up the firm for a sale? Did you plan to be acquired, or how did that happen?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

What makes us unique is we've filed a lot of IP on these timed, repetitive searches, and I think that's what is going to give us a unique value proposition. We're filing a lot of IP, and this repetitive search thing is big for us. Computers and electronics now are almost at a parity between offline and online sales.

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Compton Ventura Startup IP 138

socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2009

Deutsche Telekom International Carrier Sales & Solutions provides Ip communication services between Europe, the Americas, and Asia. The new CDN service is targeted at video, audio, content publishers, gaming companies, advertisers and others with need for streaming video delivery or web content acceleration. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

We can tell that they're using a voice-over-IP phone number or prepaid mobile phone, and we might not allow them to register because their experience is that a majority of their fraudulent activity comes from those type of phone numbers. That ended up as a $200 million sale to Microsoft. In 2011, we had two of our patents approved.

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socalTECH

MAY 19, 2021

The funding came from Capital IP. The company said the new funding will gotwards hiring executives, and to expand its sales, client success, and engineering teams. Terms of that debt were not announced, however, VideoAmp said the non-dilutive funding also gives it the ability to draw up to $25M more in further financing.

IP 100

IP Advertising Media Los Angeles 100

socalTECH

JULY 9, 2012

They are IP acquisitions with some amount of channel and product, and are really meant as an IP acquisition into our core platform. So, we're both buying some companies who are not growing as fast to bring us into strategic areas we really need, for their IP and technology. We always like to buy companies like Anue.

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