socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2008

Los Angeles-based Move, Inc., which operates the Move.com, REALTOR.com, and other related web sites, announced this morning that it has scored a win in a patent case. District Court for the Northern California District, has granted a summary judgetment in favor of the firm.

Patents 100

Patents Summary Web Los Angeles 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Brad Feld visited Los Angeles this past week. ” Many people on the Westside of Los Angeles are using the term Silicon Beach these days to describe the amazing renaissance that is truly happening here. Let my try those for Los Angeles as an example: Second largest city in America with 13 million people.

Startup 304

Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

If you’re just a content company your advantages are too small to win on the web. Yet to develop audiences you also need to understand: compelling content, sound, special effects, etc which is why most online video startup digital media companies are in Los Angeles or New York and not Silicon Valley.

SEM 150

SEM Content Platform Acquisition 150

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JUNE 8, 2014

Web Services, led by Amazon’s AWS, which reduced the costs a further 90%. The “Three C’s” of the Internet … The infrastructure and web services phases of the Internet are built. Open source computing, which reduced costs to start a company by 90%. But what is it we actually DO on the Internet?

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. Sequoia has a tremendous reputation, but it was also important to us to have a local (Los Angeles) VC as well. With the web, you can change things everyday because it is always in your control.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Email CTO Hire 40

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

In the era of Skype, web conferencing tools and collaboration software conventional wisdom says that distributed startup teams can be just as effective as those that are in person. This is a topic that comes up often in Los Angeles because many CEOs are tempted to hire their tech teams in the Bay Area.

Technical Advisors 335

Technical Advisors Outsource Development Offshore Startup 335

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

The 30-minute interview of Jonah Peretti is here but my summary in the notes below. I would see this many times of the next decade where I learned that nearly every part of the web that involved monetization was immediately gamed and arms races emerged between platforms to combat abuse and people looking for a quick buck.

Buzzfeed 210

Buzzfeed Media Content News 210