Media Software Review Summary Technical Review 
socalTECH
JANUARY 7, 2013
Independa ($5M, San Diego, software for senior independence). TapIt Media acquired for $23M by Phunware. Southern California's Most Popular Tech Stories. LaunchpadLA Opens Up Spring Applications. Ignyta ($6M, San Diego, personalized medicine). AwarePoint ($4M, San Diego, real time patient location systems).
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 6, 2014
Reviewing financial & operational performance. By now you have many smart people around your board but probably people who don’t totally understand the nuances of your employees, customers, sales reps, marketing messages, technology challenges, competitors and strategic choices. Mentorship. As You Start to Mature.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 30, 2016
I was reminded of this yesterday watching my friend Justin Kan on Snapchat with this 10-second reminder, “No matter how much you raise at your company you’ll end up spending it in 12–24 months” https://medium.com/media/8594cb16d022a083932b0f3d60b79ebd/href I would probably amend it to say 12–18 months. People do what people do.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 28, 2018
People said this about Ring (which went from startup to selling to Amazon > $1 billion in around 5 years), Facebook, YouTube, Airbnb, Uber, Twitter, Instagram and many other great behemoths of the technology industry. Ah, but Bird doesn’t have network effects! There is nothing viral! Anybody can launch a scooter service! Not really.
socalTECH
JUNE 21, 2013
I kind of fell into it, after a period of diligence on the idea, and realizing it was a big opportunity. You can show them what your growth is like, give them a financial summary, and they can interact with you. My first professional experience was with a colleage from school, Ampush Media.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 1, 2008
In what looks to be a challenging funding climate for entrepreneurs, we thought it would be interesting to talk to one fund which is still making investments--Saban Ventures (www.saban.com)--a new, digital media focused venture capital fund located in Los Angeles. Richard Yen: We're fairly broad in respect to digital media.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 1, 2008
In what looks to be a challenging funding climate for entrepreneurs, we thought it would be interesting to talk to one fund which is still making investments--Saban Ventures (www.saban.com)--a new, digital media focused venture capital fund located in Los Angeles. Richard Yen: We're fairly broad in respect to digital media.
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