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OCTOBER 9, 2020

San Diego-based sales enablement and marketing software developer Seismic said this week that it has named a new Chief Product Officer. billion, putting it into the exclusive list of Southern California technology unicorns. Mantipragada also previously served at First Data and SAP. Rowe Price READ MORE>>.

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JULY 19, 2017

Online used car marketplace Shift , which has two offices‌ in Southern California--its biggest market--has raised $37M more in funding, the company said today. The funding came from BMW iVentures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Highland Capital, DCM, G2VP, and Goldman Sachs.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Here, we have the thoughts of Rob Freelen , Los Angeles Market Manager for Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com).

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MAY 6, 2014

Epicor Software , the supply chain management software company whose roots are in Orange County, has been put up for sale by private equity firm Apax Partners, according to reports Tuesday. billion, and has hired investment banking firm Jeffries to handle the sale. Apax paid $976M for Epicor back in 2011. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 24, 2013

Bankruptcy Court has granted a motion to approve a sale of the majority of THQ's assets to multiple buyers. THQ detailed the sale Wednesday night, saying the company's estate will receive approximately $72M in total through the sales of its owned studios and games in development.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2021

By contrast, the company’s Hawaii projects provide system-level capacity and frequency regulation and the California program with Southern California Edison, provide demand-response capacity for baseload energy management and overall load growth in the area where they’re operating.

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JULY 24, 2014

Southern California has a growing number of companies in the customer relationship management area, including a fairly new company in the area, Pipeliner CRM (www.pipelinersales.com). The people we spoke with told us that CRM sucks, and sales people have to use this software, but don''t like to use it.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2021

You can listen to the entire conversation above or via this link , but I also wanted to highlight one topic we discussed that I feel strongly about, which is how I think enterprise sales and venture fundraising are basically the same muscle. that’s your target market. We invest 40% of our dollars in Southern California firms?—?and

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APRIL 25, 2018

Lynwood, California-based NEXT Trucking , which operates an online marketplace which connects carriers to shippers, says it is planning a big hiring push in Southern California, after a big $21M funding round from Sequoia Capital.

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JULY 7, 2010

One complaint we sometimes hear from venture capitalists visiting Southern California for the first time, is the difficulty of finding experienced entrepreneurs and executives. Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp.

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

In what is a fairly unusual move, last week, Tradesparq (www.tradesparq.com), a Chinese startup in the area of B2B trade information, said it was planning on setting up its operations here in Southern California, as part of an expansion and scaling of the company. The cost of business is not so bad. Tell us about your backers?

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JUNE 23, 2017

Wayne Slavin: We've been in the market for 18 months. We started in travel insurance, which was our first entry into the market, and have expanded from there. Today, we have six different lines of business in the market, both in the U.S. When that happens, there will be an inevitable shift in the market.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2018

In an interesting marketing effort, Los Angeles-based subscription-based airline Surf Air is looking to attract more subscribers to its service, through a Black Friday sale. Surf Air offers up flights between Southern California and Silicon Valley, as well as a number of other locations, to members who subscribe to its service.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2020

As the nation’s second-largest metropolitan area, boasting an over $1 trillion economy, decisions made in the city can have broad economic and social implications that ripple far beyond the Southern California region. There’s $25 billion in money set aside for public transit and $12.5

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MARCH 21, 2019

The startup said funding in the round came from Everplus Capital, Longboard Capital Advisors, several un-named, Southern California family funds, as well as board members and angel investors. Michael Smallwood is the founder and CEO of Bitmo. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

spends hundreds of millions of dollars on a media property, runs it for about seven years, and then decides to unload that same property for a fraction of the price it paid to a Southern California technology--not media--company. Well, could be. How about IGN ? in a $580M deal. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 30, 2016

Inphi said that the move will allow it to better focus on opportunities in the communications markets. It's unclear how that sale will impact the company's Southern California operations. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 6, 2019

Wednesday, June 12, 2019 -- DigiMarCon West 2019 - Digital Marketing Conference and Exhibition. Hear from some of the most audacious and thought provoking speakers in the digital marketing industry. DigiMarCon West 2019 is your chance to.

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JULY 8, 2010

Here are three, Southern California startup firms--and their competitors--who are engaged in head to head battles to dominate their industry. Whoever wins, these are some of the local firms in interesting markets--and their tough, well-backed head-to-head competition--worth watching. DocStoc vs. Scribd. DocStoc - Profile.

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AUGUST 12, 2014

Technocel said its new 60,000 square foot building will accommodate 250 employees in marketing, product development, and sales at its brands, which include TYLT,Random Order, and Jellyfish. The company also said it will provide prototyping, 3D modeling and assembly for TYLT Lab. Technocel is led by Rami Rostami.

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MAY 8, 2009

Rights and royalty accounting software maker Counterpoint Systems reported recently that it has appointed Bill Woods to fill the newly created position of manager of sales for the Americas. Counterpoint described Woods as a software sales veteran who most recently served as field sales director for Nortel's Southern California region.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Automotive electronics manufacturer HARMAN , which has major operations in Southern California, has been acquired by Samsung Electronics for approximately $8.0 billion in sales for the 12 months ended September 30th, a big portion in the automotive market. billion, the two announced this morning. Harman had $7.0

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

It looks like Southern California's emerging electric automobile industry has definitively hit the skids, as Santa Monica-based electric auto developer Coda Automotive laid off 50 employees Tuesday. The layoffs--first reported by PlugInCars--apprently included a "substantial part" of its sales and marketing staff.

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MARCH 15, 2013

Network router and wireless equipment provider Linksys , which has been part of Cisco since 2003, is now back in Southern California hands, after Playa Vista-based computer accessory maker Belkin said it has completed its acquisition of the company. Cisco and Belkin agreed to the sale in January. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 21, 2014

The surge in Southern California, cloud-based software investments continues today, as Irvine-based Kareo said this morning that it has raised $29.5M The company said it will use the funding for sales, marketing, and to enhance its software. in a growth capital financing.

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JULY 12, 2013

Sharga was most recently at Carrington Mortgage Holdings, and also had served at RealtyTrac heading up the firm''s marketing, business development, and data operations. Sharga is also president of the Technology Council of Southern California. Auction.com said that Sharga will serve as the company''s spokesman.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 9, 2011

Thursday, May 12, 2011 -- Marketing Automation: Driving 40-80% More Leads That Close. TCOSC Marketing and Sales Executives Society. Marketing Automation has revolutionized marketing departments in both consumer and business to business organizations. See [link] (more)

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

It is simply the most important way to proactively control your career development and how the market perceives you. That was fine with me – the market is the market. That was the market. In today’s market you can prove your worth, in 1991 that was a bit harder. It is neither. She was paid 15% more.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

All this holiday season, we have been sharing the reflections on 2016 from the movers and shakers in Southern California's technology ecosystem. In 2016, our Santa Monica office more than doubled market share of early-stage companies. Here, we have the thoughts of Rob Freelen of Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com).

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Berkonomics

APRIL 2, 2020

A business making those necessary items ignored the signs of progress and found itself without a market. late 1960’s (yes, I know, a long time ago), there were 31 phonograph record manufacturing plants in Southern California alone. Surely, you’ve heard the buggy whip analogy. And CD’s with the advent of streaming.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Wednesday, November 9, 2016 -- Disrupt Your Market to Grow Big and Grow Fast. Cal Lutheran Center for Enterpreneurship. join us at our November Entrepreneur Speaker Series event where Tom White, Director of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator at CSUN, will reveal the secrets to “Disrupt Your Market to Grow Big and Grow Fast.”

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DECEMBER 29, 2020

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. Data science is now available to any and every size business in Southern California.   We'll be posting these throughout the next two weeks.   Don't sell out the human.

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AeA Los Angeles Council

APRIL 10, 2008

Having been both a marketing & sales executive, I have seen first-hand how silos between these two departments can exist while products (or the sale of services) still "succeed" despite the rivalry. Panelists include: Mark Friedman , President of the Velos Group, an industry expert in Sales Lead Management.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2014

The IPO filing by Rubicon Project is not only notable for one of Southern California''s''s fast growing Internet advertising companies: it looks to be the the first IPO filing by a venture-backed, technology startup since 2012. The question now: which other, big local technology startups are likely to follow Rubicon Project to market?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 7, 2010

Thursday, May 13, 2010 -- Traction in Sales. Traction in Sales is the Game Today! And you wont be until you generate a sales and marketing machine to demonstrate real traction and the ability to sell your products and services. Funded yet?

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JULY 24, 2009

Southern California's high tech news and companies. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Cox Communications - Orange County - Looking for Product Marketing Manager.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Tuesday, December 4, 2012 -- Graziadio Alumni Network of Los Angeles presents their Small Business Breakfast Series: New Trends in Mobile and Online Marketing. accounting for 3 times the market value of the traditional ?Old it is critical to evaluate new trends in online marketing and the ?New Old Media?, New Media?.

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