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Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics

SoCal CTO

" Kurt has a great background in sales and marketing. We have regular monthly meetings in Westlake Village, Hollywood, Santa Barbara, & Newport Beach. I'm hoping that Baron and Kurt come up with one that's in Santa Monica / West LA. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to?

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Make It Work In Win With Costco Warehouses

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Santa Barbara-based Make It Work , the provider of in-home and on-site technical support and services headed by Eric Greenspan, said today that it has inked a deal to offer up its services for sale at Costco Wholesale Corporation locations in Southern California. The rollout will begin in Q4 of the year.

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Surf Air: 1,600 Members, Over 13,000 Flights

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Los Angeles-based membership airline Surf Air says it now has more than 1,600 members, and has flown over 13,000 flights, two years after its debut--according to the company's sales emails.

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HauteLook Hires Two Execs

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Los Angeles-based HauteLook , the online private fashion sales website, said Thursday that it has hired two senior executives at the firm. Frankel has served at C Magazine, Santa Barbara magazine, Town & Country, and Departures. The firm's competitors include Gilt, Ideeli, and Ruelala. READ MORE>>.

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Ten Of The Top Tech Companies For Employees In LA

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Who are the top tech companies to work for in Los Angeles? popped up consistently in an informal (and highly non-scientific poll) of a number of readers, executive recruiters, and others in the Los Angeles area, who cited growth, brand, profitability, and other factors in their suggestions to us of the top companies.

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Playing the Long Game in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

It has historically been the case that VCs would rather fund the promise of 100x in a company with almost no revenue than the reality of a company growing at 50% but doing $20+ million in sales. Our goal is to produce a $10 billion+ winner and remain the market leader in this SaaS category of AI in Sales & Marketing.

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The Changing Venture Landscape

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Our fund (Upfront Ventures) recently returned >1x an entire $200 million fund just selling small minatory in secondary sales while still holding most of our stock for an ultimate public market exits. At Upfront we have always done 40% of our investing in Greater Los Angeles and it’s precisely for this reason.