socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

We last shared the thoughts of John Babcock at Rustic Canyon Partners. So many important companies and products come to mind in 2010, Apple, Facebook, Twitter, Zynga, the iPad, Android, but I think the company that had the biggest impact was Groupon. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year?

Venture Capital 234

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Southern California 234

socalTECH

MAY 22, 2009

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SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon IP 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

This week’s guest was David Travers from Rustic Canyon Partners. Rustic Canyon is an LA-based, but geography-agnostic VC that is currently investing from a $200 million fund. So my gut says this will be a youth-oriented product. They focus on trying to drive engagbranded social media marketing campaigns (e.g.

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

In the bay area it’s quite common for the entrepreneurs starting a company to be developers or technologists who can build the first versions of their products. He just pounded out design and code for a few weeks and got Plancast up on the web and users adopting his product right away.

Company 111

Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

TechCrunch, Forbes, PandoDaily, and other national and local media covered the fest, centered in Santa Monica and Venice at venues with views of the beach on picture-perfect sunny days. Panels were based at hubs including Leadership, Branding / Advertising, Social Media, Entrepreneurs, Community and more. Highlights.

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

It’s becoming harder to distinguish tech companies from media companies. And post production. The costs of building a company have gone down dramatically, from $5 million to get to launch in the late 90’s to $500,000 (or even lower) today for web companies. Many “tech companies” now have green screens.

Technology 313

Technology Rustic Canyon Cloud Computing Beverly Hills 313