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JANUARY 29, 2020

organized by the Los Angeles-based venture firm Upfront Ventures as a showcase for technology and investment talent in Southern California, venture investor Josh Kopelman spoke to the heightened pace of dealmaking at his own firm. Speaking onstage at the Upfront Summit, an event at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.

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MAY 13, 2009

Los Angeles-based Boingo Wireless , which operates a worldwide network of Wi-Fi hotspots, is looking to attract disgruntled users of Sling's new iPhone application. Boingo Wireless said it would offer one month free of Boingo Mobile to SlingPlayer Mobile users to attract them to its Wi-Fi service. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the provider of online car buying software and pricing information, said today that it is powering the online car buying programs for VroomGirls.com , a new, Los Angeles-based website targeting automotive information for women. Financial details of the deal were not announced.

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

Los Angeles-based social networking site is looking to court developers with the launch of a development contest, the MySpace Developer Challenge , the firm said recently. Judges on the contest include Mike Jones, COO of MySpace; angel investor Ron Conway; Google's David Glazer; and blogger Robert Scoble. READ MORE>>.

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Develop Development Social Network Software Review 133

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FEBRUARY 27, 2014

I had to be successful at my new software company. My sales tax payments were due in the next few days, and I didn’t have the money. An earthquake struck Los Angeles. In an hour I received a phone call from the friend who was in the office where I was due later that morning. And it wasn’t easy.

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JANUARY 7, 2013

Solarflare ($22M, San Diego, high speed networking). Independa ($5M, San Diego, software for senior independence). Surf Air ($2.6M, Los Angeles, subscription aircraft service). In the latest roundup of fundings (big few weeks for San Diego, apparently): PatientSafe Solutions ($20M, San Diego, mobile health).

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

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OCTOBER 11, 2011

We answer these questions and really dive into the LG 4G Thrill in our review below. I was able to test out the Thrill 4G all over Los Angeles, Orange County, Riverside County, and San Jose, CA. The LG Thrill 4G runs on AT&T’s HSPA+ “4G” network. Sporting a 4.3-inch Out of the Box the LG Thrill 4G runs Android 2.2

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MAY 18, 2010

The firm recently opened up a new office in Playa Del Rey, looking to tap into the market of Los Angeles area technical talent, and is also hiring in Irvine, on the heels of a venture funding round. "We're getting more aggressive in recruitment," explains says Kirsten Mangers , CEO of Irvine-based Webvisible.

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JULY 8, 2013

If there were such a thing as a "Dream Team" for mobile advertising, you would be hard pressed not to pick the founding team of Los Angeles-based Gradient X (www.gradientx.com), whose founders include Michael Lum (formerly of OpenX), Brian Baumgart (formerly at Adconion), and Julie Mattern (formerly of Rubicon Project).

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Advertising Mobile OpenX Software Review 253

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FEBRUARY 17, 2017

He eventually founded and sold consumer health firm ViSalus to a public company and is now back making investments, in technology companies, as a venture capitalist here at Los Angeles-based HashtagOne (www.hashtagone.com). I had a sales force when I was at SkyPipeline, selling telecom, networking, and broadband wireless products.

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud computing provider DreamHost (www.dreamhost.com) raised a big, $30M funding round for the company--the first in the company''s long history. The company- now has around $50M in recurring annual revenues. What''s the story behind the big round, and why now for some funding?

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

Our 2019 investment in Backtracks, a developer of podcast analytics software, has shown fantastic traction and continues to provide value to podcast creators helping them to better understand their listeners and monetize their content. Think Google Ad Words for podcasting. At the same time, more capital continues to be raised in LA.

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JUNE 5, 2013

The first was our business model, the second was our network of dentists, and the third was our patient experience. To do that, we had to build a new network. As you know, we originally started Brighter by licensing an existing network from Careington. So we changed the business model, the network, and the user experience.

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MARCH 31, 2021

The vast majority of those are nowhere up to modern codes. “From the invention of the semiconductor to the creation of the Internet, new engines of economic growth have emerged due to public investments that support research, commercialization, and strong supply chains,” the White House wrote. Sick of your ISP?

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

I have a great network of fellow CTOs, especially in the Los Angeles area. I've organized the LA CTO Forum (a private group of 150+ CTOs in Los Angeles) for 10+ years. I often will tap into that network to try to help find people for startups. In Los Angeles, the answer is "often."

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JANUARY 22, 2009

San Diego- and Los Angeles- based video sharing site Veoh Networks is looking to have users continually view and find videos on the site in their web browser, saying today that it has rolled out a new web browser add-on.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Los Angeles-based Signal Sciences (www.signalsciences.com), which develops web application firewall software, just inked a big, $35M series C funding round a few weeks ago, and now has plans to dramatically expand its hiring in Los Angeles. Tell us a little bit about this round? Were excited about both angles.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2013

In a move to convert that huge pile of data into something much more meaningful, Los Angeles-based Ninja Metrics (www.ninjametrics.com) launched a new predictive analytics product for the industry. It''s a very successful research team, with over eighty peer-reviewed articles we''ve published. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 25, 2012

One Giant 420,000-Square-Foot Room for Code. The social networking giant has not disclosed the amount it has set aside for the 420,000-square-foot building at its Menlo Park, California campus or how much Frank Gehry is cashing in on this deal. He added,”From the outside it will appear as if you’re looking at a hill in nature”.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

I have a great network of fellow CTOs, especially in the Los Angeles area. I've organized the LA CTO Forum (a private group of 150+ CTOs in Los Angeles) for 10+ years. I often will tap into that network to try to help find people for startups. In Los Angeles, the answer is "often."

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MAY 21, 2013

One of the largest concentrations of technical talent in Los Angeles is in Glendale, at YP -- staffed with a surprising number of Los Angeles startup vets. We have our own ad network, where we work with partners like AOL, and Local.com to augment our traffic, through structured deals with third parties.

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Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 223

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MAY 11, 2010

Last week, Los Angeles-based EcoMom (www.ecomom.com) launched its "green" parenting site, with backing from Dave McClure. For lack of a better word, it's really social shopping--not in the way of using social networking to drive sales, but because moms are social, to allow them to share information regularly online.

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AUGUST 20, 2013

There''s been a war brewing in Los Angeles, between a trio of ride services-- Lyft , Uber , Sidecar -- and the city''s taxi drivers--over a new generation of Internet-enabled and smartphone-friendly, connected rideshare services, versus what has been an old, opaque, and phone-driven taxi establishment.

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MAY 21, 2013

One of the largest concentrations of technical talent in Los Angeles is in Glendale, at YP (www.yp.com) -- staffed with a surprising number of Los Angeles startup vets. We have our own ad network, where we work with partners like AOL, and Local.com to augment our traffic, through structured deals with third parties.

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Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 211

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NOVEMBER 12, 2013

In a move to convert that huge pile of data into something much more meaningful, Los Angeles-based Ninja Metrics (www.ninjametrics.com) launched a new predictive analytics product for the industry. It''s a very successful research team, with over eighty peer-reviewed articles we''ve published. READ MORE>>.

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Metrics Software Review Research Startup 113

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

In a move to convert that huge pile of data into something much more meaningful, Los Angeles-based Ninja Metrics (www.ninjametrics.com) launched a new predictive analytics product for the industry. It''s a very successful research team, with over eighty peer-reviewed articles we''ve published. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 20, 2011

While running typical errands are the most popular, TaskRabbit has runners available for coding, dog walking, moving help, even IKEA furniture assembly. They are also background checked prior to being part of the TaskRabbit network. Who are these TaskRabbits and how are they selected? Have you used TaskRabbit?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Its also been interesting to see the interaction of tools involved - Social Networking, Blogging and a Discussion Group. I regularly do wine tastings here in Los Angeles with some interesting folks I know. We have been using LinkedIn for both sourcing recruits and reviewing backgrounds for recruits. event I did last fall.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Santa Monica-based Happy Returns (www.happyreturns.com) is solving that issue, with a network of "return bars" it has opened in partnership with physical retailers. We do that through a network of physical locations, which we call Return Bars, all around the country. We did a pilot in two cities, Los Angeles and Chicago.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

Ah, but Bird doesn’t have network effects! Of course you can have a few competitors and still find enough charges but once you’ve gotten 2–3 big players in any city it’s hard to imagine many more players building out as efficient of a charger network as the early innovator. There is nothing viral! Anybody can launch a scooter service!

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

I attended the inaugural Open Angel Forum in Los Angeles back in January and wrote about it here. Jason Calacanis started this initiative in response to the pay-to-play network of angel events that he despised. The first event was a big success and brought out many of LA’s angel elite.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

One of the firms launching this week there is Los Angeles-based NativeTung (www.nativetung.com), which is developing tools to help web sites translate and create multilingual versions of their sites. We've created bi-directional, and real-time links between a web site and translation software. It also supports blogs.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Baghdasarian was co-founder of Monterey Networks, which was sold to Cisco Systems back in 1999, has been an active angel investor in Southern California. I worked as a software and hardware engineer, and did lots of software development for networking and telecom firms, mainly networking.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

8:30 – 10:30pm – cocktail reception and networking. We leverage our network in the Los Angeles community to provide members with access to potential employees, mentors and investors. Critique^It is peer-review without barriers—feedback without managing emails, commentary and document versions. RSVP: AGENDA.

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APRIL 25, 2011

Scott Lahman is co-founder of Los Angeles-based GOGII (www.gogii.com), the developer of group text messaging application textPlus. We called the company GOGII--literally, our short text code of 60611, which you can looks a little like GOGII. Those are almost like little social networks built around a topic.

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JULY 21, 2011

Los Angeles-based MomentFeed (www.momentfeed.com) is looking to sort through that data to help marketers better tap into location based, social networking. Zumbox was essentially the USPS online, where we had networked street addresses so that email cloud flow online the same way as it did offline.

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