socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Los Angeles-based The/Studio , a startup offering up custom manufacturing of products through a worldwide network of apparel manufacturers, accessory makers, textile manufacturers, and many others, has raised $11M in a funding round. The company's founder and CEO is Joseph Heller.

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socalTECH

MAY 15, 2017

San Diego-based Scientist.com , a startup which operates a marketplace for outsourced research, has raised $24M in a funding round, the company announced Monday morning. The company's marketplace helps to connect large pharmaceuticals firms with smaller companies willing to offer up outsourcing of pharmaceutical research efforts.

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Outsource San Diego Research Hollywood 100

Southern California Edison Blog

JUNE 11, 2021

Enterprises rely heavily on their networks to support day-to-day operations as they continue to innovate and grow their business. As they expand, they require a network with the necessary capacity, speed, security, and scalability to support their short and long-term objectives. Top Enterprise Network Challenges.

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socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2014

My last company was a global communications company with network points of presence around the world. Companies were saying--we want to outsource these kinds of things, because they''re not our core competency. Grant Kirkwood: I''ve been in infrastructure for a long time. Most companies don''t do infrastructure very well, really.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2018

San Diego's Scientist.com , which operates a marketplace for outsource scientific services, and fellow San Diego biopharmaecuticals firm Allele Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals , said ths two are in a partnership around nanoantibody development.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

- Growthink blogs , October 29, 2010 Have a Look Inside an Angel’s Brain - Ask the Angels , December 1, 2010 Mark Suster Lays It Down At Columbia - Get Venture: Venture Made Transparent , November 13, 2010 SMALL BUSINESS IDEAS: GROW SLOW - The Freestyle Entrepreneur , May 1, 2010 The Five Domains of High Performance - Seeing Both Sides , January 18, (..)

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 10, 2019

Publicly traded sensor technology developer, FLIR Systems , is investing in a strategic round of funding for the outsourced drone imaging company, DroneBase. The two companies are also partnering to provide FLIR’s thermal imaging technology and training services to DroneBase’s stable of pilots.

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Jason Nazar

MAY 19, 2009

This month’s “Startups Uncensored” will be on “Outsourcing Web Development & Businesses”. It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation revealing the best practices and methodologies for building your web-based company through outsourcing. These events are put on in conjunction with our friends at DealMaker Media.

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Outsource Development Web Development Outsource Web 46

Alon Schwartz

MAY 20, 2009

This month’s “Startups Uncensored” will be on “Navigating the Challenges of Effective Outsourcing”. It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation discussing topics such as: Outsourcing best practices. Do’s and don’ts of outsourcing. Top mistakes people do when outsourcing. What can and should you outsource?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

San Diego-based online, outsourced research marketplace Scientist.com has named Arne Brandon as the company's new Chief Commercial Officer, as part of an international expansion effort by the company. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Of course, I immediately gave him the whole spiel on Visible Networking and Steve was totally game to make our networking visible. It’s very difficult to communicate the value of my services and it’s even harder to find people/companies looking to outsource their product development to a business guy like myself. I can see that.

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Los Angeles Product Angel Startup 179

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

on all the computers and established a network using Novell. I don’t believe you can hire great business people who outsource the development to a hot incubator who builds you code to match your ambitions. I installed Windows 3.1 My first job after college was as a developer at Andersen Consulting. What you lose: 4.

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Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

socalTECH

MARCH 23, 2018

San Diego-based Scientist.com , which operates an outsourced research marketplace, says it has received a data security certification this week. Scientist.com is backed by Leerink Transformation Partners, 5AM Ventures, Heritage Provider Network, Bootstrap Ventures and Hollywood producer Jack Giarraputo, and has raised more than $33M.

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Outsource San Diego Hollywood Research 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2013

RampRate Sourcing Advisors is a leading IT sourcing advisor with a proprietary index and close network of partners designed to perform fast, efficient IT services transactions. We were recently named Top 10 IT Outsourcing Advisor and Top 5 Boutique Sourcing Advisory recently.

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SoCalTech Outsource SaaS Report 138

socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2017

San Diego-based Scientist.com , the venture-backed, online marketplace for outsourced research, and biotech accelerator IndieBio announced this morning that the two are in a new partnership. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 25, 2018

Tech Coast Venture Network. If only you can "outsource" this function to a trusted and well-connected advisor. Thursday, July 26, 2018 -- Should You Use a Finder to Help You Raise Capital? You've been banging your head against the wall for months - perhaps years - looking for capital, but you can't seem to be getting any traction.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

He posted on several social networking sites the following message: If you know of a startup company that could benefit from the knowledge, experience, professional network and reputation of a globally recognized technology and innovation leader.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

MAY 15, 2011

April 25, 2011, Irvine, Calif — Tech Coast Venture Network (www.tcvn.org) is hosting the OC Technology Influencer Mixer & Summit 2011, an historic two-day event with partners CompTIA, the world’s largest technology association, the Technology Leadership Political Action Committee and Ingram Micro. said Kevin McDonald, President of TCVN.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

They outsource the critical negotiations and “trust their advisors to handle the details.&# On balance I usually prefer to recruit people from my network both in terms of saving costs as well as hiring people I know & trust. You can’t outsource this to a recruiter. You name it. And yes, VC’s, too.

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Venture Capital Pricing Startup Outsource 319

Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

It can be a significant time and financial investment to run and maintain a network. While some organizations may have the resources to manage their own network, an in-house team without the right technical prowess may still struggle to handle their networks in the most cost-effective and productive way.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2013

We work with Google to help monetize our traffic, and we''re also working with a variety of other networks. We never have to worry about monetization, and outsource that to Google. Instead, we build a very good product, get organic traffic, and those networks pay well. How does your revenue model work? Is this all online ads?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Outsourcing your core competency does not work. In the midst of high-tech development, funding, and selling, someone has to keep the office network running, get processes documented, and manage to keep everyone happy and busy. Outsourcing any of these critical roles is very expensive, and usually not very effective.

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Technical Advisors Startup Outsource Development High Tech 123

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Outsourcing your core competency does not work. In the midst of high-tech development, funding, and selling, someone has to keep the office network running, get processes documented, and manage to keep everyone happy and busy. Outsourcing any of these critical roles is very expensive, and usually not very effective.

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Technical Advisors Outsource Development Startup High Tech 123

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2021

You must regularly host online meetings, as well as external networking and team-building exercises. The trend toward more remote work, flexible work hours, and outsourcing can eliminate productive work relationships and communication between functions. Here are the key elements I see: Make your company culture virtual.

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Satisfaction Outsource Study Platform 108

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2021

Of course, they can outsource part of the work or hire employees, but that approach means more time and money to manage the work, which they don’t have. Network to find co-founders just as you network to find investors. The right answer is to find a co-founder with complementary skills.

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Startup High Tech Entrepreneur Writing 126

socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2014

That''s relevant, because of our third piece, where we have been hired by traditional media companies, to basically provide them a turnkey, outsources content acquisition team. jukin media essner viral video licensing hollywood content streaming youtube network interview startup' We can bring in a clip, cleared in about eight hours.

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Media Content Startup IP 235

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Rogers talks about this phenomenon in his book, The Network is Your Customer: Five Strategies to Thrive in a Digital Age , and suggests some strategies to improve your perceived engagement level. The key is an ongoing “engage” strategy, producing relevant, sensory, and interactive content that is at the heart of your customer networks.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

Services for services sake - The type of business that is generally shunned in Silicon Valley is the “pure services&# business like consulting, system integration, value-added resellers (VARs), customer support businesses, outsourcing companies, etc. There are a couple of ways to think about this growth.

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Southern California Edison Blog

JUNE 4, 2019

As enterprises outsource more of the business operations to hosted platforms, more emphasis needs to be placed on ensuring mission-critical applications are always accessible. This means that the network connections to enterprise sites increase in their importance. Improve Network Monitoring through IoT. Is it self-provided?

Networking 45

Networking Southern California Outsource Development Startup 45

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

One person can look like an army charging the hill, if they use all the networking facilities of the Internet, all the tools available to build business plans, financial models, and product prototype. Don’t be afraid to use some mercenaries to back you up (outsourcing, consultants). Better safe than sorry.

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Slides Outsource Summary Conference 126

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Outsourcing your core competency does not work. In the midst of high-tech development, funding, and selling, someone has to keep the office network running, get processes documented, and manage to keep everyone happy and busy. Outsourcing any of these critical roles is very expensive, and usually not very effective.

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Technical Advisors Outsource Development Startup High Tech 105

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Peter Cowen is the founder of Sutton Capital Partners (www.suttoncapitalpartners.com), a technology investment bank focused on SaaS, FinTech, Infrastructure and tech-enabled outsourced business services. He is the co-founder of the Recurring Revenue Conference, the largest SoCal tech event focused on innovative business models.

Capital 124

Capital Southern California SaaS SoCal 124

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2014

Rogers talks about this phenomenon in his book, “ The Network is Your Customer: Five Strategies to Thrive in a Digital Age ,” and suggests some strategies to improve your perceived engagement level. The key is an ongoing “engage” strategy, producing relevant, sensory, and interactive content that is at the heart of your customer networks.

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Customer Custom Startup Content 99

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Now, he ‘outsources’ his investments through John Frankel of Frankel Asset Management. After AltaVista, Mike spent a year doing business development for USA Networks ( now IAC – Interactive Corp ). He is also an active angel investor in companies like Klout and Meetup.

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Google Startup Advertising Acquisition 302

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2014

Outsourcing your core competency does not work. In the midst of high-tech development, funding, and selling, someone has to keep the office network running, get processes documented, and manage to keep everyone happy and busy. Outsourcing any of these critical roles is very expensive, and usually not very effective.

Technical Advisors 98

Technical Advisors Startup Outsource Development High Tech 98

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2019

Peter Cowen is the founder of Sutton Capital Partners (www.suttoncapitalpartners.com), a technology investment bank focused on SaaS, FinTech, Infrastructure and tech-enabled outsourced business services. He is the co-founder of the Recurring Revenue Conference, the largest SoCal tech event focused on innovative business models.

Capital 113

Capital Southern California Technical Review SaaS 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2011

Rogers talks about this phenomenon in his book, The Network is Your Customer: Five Strategies to Thrive in a Digital Age , and suggests some strategies to improve your perceived engagement level. The key is an ongoing “engage” strategy, producing relevant, sensory, and interactive content that is at the heart of your customer networks.

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Media Startup Companies Company 91