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NOVEMBER 16, 2012

A very healthy list of Southern California companies made the list, with a total of 64 companies in the region ranked in the list. Ashour 328 ACTIVE Network 231% San Diego Matt Landa 330 (mt) Media Temple 230% Culver City Demian Sellfors 346 MyLife.com 219% Los Angeles Jeffrey Tinsley 369 Endologix, Inc. 6225% San Diego Kevin C.

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MAY 22, 2012

I realized that it has been a little while since I posted about the Los Angeles Startup Community and so needed to update my list of startup events that will be out of date almost before I finish publishing it.

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AUGUST 6, 2012

At least six, Southern California companies -- Nimble , ParkMe , Quarterly , Beachmint , Chromatik , and Dollar Shave Club -- have been named as one of Entrepreneur Magazine's 100 Brilliant Companies list today, a healthy share of the publication's annual look at the best ideas, hottest industries, and innovators.

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APRIL 21, 2014

The latest numbers are out on venture capital investments in Southern California from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, finding that the region had nearly $762.88M invested in companies in the region during Q1 of 2014. in investments in companies considered Media and Entertainment compnaies.

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JUNE 29, 2017

Managing Directors: Jeff Stibel, Kobe Bryant Investment interests: Focus on the convergence of technology, media and data (TMD), as well as in industries such as sports and wellness. Managing Director: Bill Maris (formerly of GV/Google Ventures) Investment interests: Health care investments. Bryant Stibel. www.bryantstibel.com.

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MARCH 27, 2014

A number of Southern California angel investors, and one of its venture firms, have scored an exit over at social media influence measurement startup Klout , as the San Francsco company said Thursday that it is being acquired by Lithium Technologies. The deal is reportedly worth $200M. READ MORE>>.

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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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DECEMBER 17, 2013

Santa Monica-based Demand Media has lost its Chief Revenue Officer, Jeff Dossett, to startup Porch.com , only eight months after Dossett was named to the position after the loss of former Chief Revenue and Marketing Officer Bradford. Porch''s founders are split between Seattle and Southern California. and Microsoft. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 10, 2014

Add another, big exit to the list of the growing list of companies in Southern California: Media Temple , the premium hosting provider founded by Demian Sellfors. However, thanks to the IPO filing of acquiring company GoDaddy last night, we now know how much was paid for Media Temple: $94.48M in cash. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

The Alliance for SoCal Innovation , a nonprofit looking to help connect Southern California's innovation ecosystem, has partnered with Verizon Media to help launch microsites to connect the local technology community, and grow the ecosystem, Verizon said on Wednesday. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 7, 2013

TapIt Media acquired for $23M by Phunware. Southern California's Most Popular Tech Stories. LaunchpadLA Opens Up Spring Applications. Acquisition of note: Nexsan Acquired For $120M, by Imation. In our features section: Interview with Blair Harrison of Frequency. 9 Ways socalTECH Can Help You With Your New Year's Resolutions.

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

A conference being held this week by the OpenStack cloud software group has surfaced what looks to be a surge in cloud-based companies in Southern California, including a number of startups.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2012

A number of services have emerged in Southern California in the last few months, offering up free, or very inexpensive, 4G wireless connections. Basic plan: up to 200MB/data per month, free (bonus for social media activity); plans start at $9.95 NetZero Wireless. for 500Mb/month. Access device: USB modem ($24.95 with plan, $49.95

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

billion in IT exits in 2011, the highest since 2000, for Southern California IT firms. The report also tallied six companies having IPOs, the most since 2005; those firms included RealD, Cornerstone OnDemand, Demand Media, ReachLocal and Inphi Corp. A new report released today tallies up $7.7

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OCTOBER 10, 2014

Think it''s tough to attract talent from the Bay Area to Southern California? For our Insights and Opinions section, executive recruiter Eric Larsen gives some hints on tips on how he attracts candidates to relocate here to Southern California. Here''s how to get them in the door: Start with a comparable salary.

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APRIL 24, 2012

Los Angeles-based SocialAnnex , a startup helping online retailers to use social media to spur sales, has scored a round of funding from a who's who of Southern California technology angels, the firm said Tuesday. According to SocialAnnex, Kamran Pourzanjani of PriceGrabber.com, Brian S.

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JULY 23, 2013

Online publisher Resignation Media , the publisher of the humor site TheChive is leaving Los Angeles, and is moving its operations to Austin, according to a report Tuesday. Texas has been very active in trying to siphon away businesses from California, with Gov. resignation media thechive publishing online content relocation texas'

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MAY 15, 2013

Peter Csathy , the CEO of San Diego''s Sorenson Media , and digital media veteran, has departed the company, and will head up a new legal and investment group formed by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. The new digital media venture from Manatt was created by Los Angeles partner T. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Based on a trio of recent, cloud technology acquisitions by major, Silicon Valley technology powerhouses, that would be Southern California. The three startups are among the many, technology-centric startups in Southern California who, for the most part, have been far less visible than sexier consumer Internet and media companies here.

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AUGUST 6, 2012

Santa Monica-based Demand Media (www.demandmedia.com) has seen its share of ups and downs as one of the highest visibility technology and media companies to come out of Southern California's technology ecosystem in recent years. What is Demand Media doing nowadays?

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JULY 6, 2020

A very long list of Southern California's high tech companies are on the list of companies who have taken advantage of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) put into place by the United States, in an attempt to stem job losses from the ongoing pandemic.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

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AUGUST 18, 2014

Los Angeles-based Vantage Media , the advertising technology company led by Patrick Quigley, said last week that it has launched a new product, providing a private, self serve, real-time bidding marketplace for publishers. campusexplorer advertising bidding time real marketplace private media vantage' READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 16, 2017

Are you an entrepreneur, looking for capital here in Southern California? Here's a rundown of some of the venture capital investors who have set up shop in Southern California, plus those with big new funds, which have been announced so far since January of this year. Watertower Ventures.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Demand Media. Demand Media consistently popped up near number one in the list of "companies to work for" from our readers. The perks which have made Google a perennial favorite of would-be employees in Silicon Valley, and the company's dominance of Internet search, also make it an employee favorite here in SoCal. The now-public.

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JUNE 17, 2014

The event--which is run by Kevin Winston of Digital LA, and also includes a long list of Southern California''s technology and media movers and shakers--includes events this year spread across Cross Campus, the Shore Hotel, The Viceroy, General Assembly, and other locations. Note: socalTECH is a media sponsor of the event).

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MARCH 26, 2013

Add another startup accelerator to the growing list of Southern California startup accelerators: this time, from the University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering. Southern California--and Los Angeles, in particular--appears to become the hub of startup accelerators lately.

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JUNE 23, 2017

We're doing that ina way that they can learn how to do this, be very fast about it, experiment with it, and help them figure out new ways of selling insurance, so that when that inevitable shift happens, they are prepared for that change. Wayne Slavin: I have been in tech my entire career, mainly in Southern California.

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DECEMBER 26, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. Today, we're featuring Erik Rannala , founder of MuckerLab , the startup accelerator focused on incubation stage Internet, software, services, and media businesses here in LA.

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JUNE 7, 2012

Ken Rutkowski , the well connected Los Angeles founder of networking group METal International and KenRadio , has a new platform for his musings on technology and media, on a new show on KFWB. Rutkowski is a fixture around Southern California's technology industry, and had been involved in the Founders Institute's Los Angeles efforts.

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JANUARY 5, 2011

500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

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JUNE 26, 2018

During an event in Los Angeles today, Google specifically positioned this region as ideal for the media and entertainment industry in the area. It’s worth noting that Microsoft Azure already offers a region in Southern California, though AWS does not.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

its Media Camp accelerator program wil lbe launching in Los Angeles, to help early stage companies create "disruptive innovations" in entertainment. has realized that much of the activity in startups related to content is centered closer to Hollywood and Southern California's entertainment industry. Entertainment.

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JANUARY 22, 2013

Los Angeles-based investor Siemer Ventures has backed social media advertising and analytics firm Optimal , Optimal said Monday. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2011

The accelerator is one of nearly a dozen startup accelerators in some stage of formation in the Southern California region to emerge in recent months. On the venture side, Greg Martin of Archer Venture Capital and Rick Smith of Crosscut Ventures are among the investors associated with Start Engine.

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

In what can only be good news for the ecosystem of content providers and startup firms here in Southern California, Google's YouTube said Sunday that it is expanding into Europe, and adding more than 50 original channels to the 100 it introduced last year. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 17, 2010

Walk into any Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Southern California and you can’t miss their digital screens. In joining Launchpad he’s agreed to move here, which is a natural fit given their emerging set of media partners. Tags: SoCal Stuff. The company’s first offering will be a mobile retail commerce platform.

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