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Southern California needs to find its hub for it to develop its own tech ecosystem

TechCrunch LA

Recognizing the tens of billions of dollars that the Southern Californian region leaves on the table, because it hasn’t taken its rightful place in the American technology industry, a new group called the Alliance for Southern California Innovation has just released a report to analyze how SoCal can work to assume its pole position.

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How Businesses Can Find Scalable Ethernet Services in Southern California

Southern California Edison Blog

California boasts one of the most impressive economies in the United States. Southern California alone has a gross domestic product larger than countries including Mexico and Turkey. And, since 2012, just six counties in SoCal have seen their gross domestic product increase from $992 billion to $1.26 trillion. ยน.

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Insights and Opinions: Returns From Southern California IPOs

socalTECH

For today's Insights and Opinions section, we have the third and final article on Southern California IPOs and returns from Jon Funk. Funk is a venture capitalist who founded OceanRoad Partners and has been a Managing Director with Allegis Capital, where he invested in Sandpiper Networks, Rent.com and Shopzilla. READ MORE>>.

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FTD Files Chapter 11: Long, Complex Path Through SoCal's Tech Industry

socalTECH

In long, complicated path that wound through Southern California's high tech industry, flower delivery network operator FTD has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. FTD acquired San Diego's ProFlowers in 2014, paying $430M for the online flower and gift delivery service. United Online was acquired by B. READ MORE>>.

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The 4 Best Fiber Network Solutions for Government Agencies in Southern California

Southern California Edison Blog

With confidential and financial records at risk of being exposed, it is crucial to state, local, and federal Governmental organizations to adopt a reliable and secure fiber network solution to decrease this risk of a cyber attack. The wrong network service can lead to higher costs, unreliable connections, and increased risk of a cyber attack.

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Facebook IPO Hits Markets Today: Will It Spur SoCal IPO Activity?

socalTECH

As Mountain View-based social networking site Facebook hits the market today, in what is the largest tech initial public offering in history, one question is if it will spur what has, so far, been a lackluster IPO market for Southern California technology firms. In comparison, Facebook's IPO today will raise $18.4

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TiE SoCal

SoCal Tech Calendar

Wednesday, January 20, 2010 -- TiE SoCal Event. A networking hour and dinner are included in the price of the tickets. Featuring Mr. Ryan Rieches and Mr. Karan Khanna. Ryan Rieches, CEO of RiechesBaird; Karan Khanna is currently the Director of Kindle Publishing at Amazon.Com. See https://www.123signup.com/servlet/SignUpMember?PG=1521728182300andP=1521728191159996300andInfo.

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