socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2018

I regularly learn something new from our students. What was the biggest news for your company in 2018? In May, the Center co-hosted the first New Venture Ventura County, a celebration of student entrepreneurs from grade school to grad school. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 19, 2011

RPost sued Santa Barbara-based RightSignature and fellow electronic signature firm DocuSign in June over the same patents. News of the lawsuit follows the announcement by Adobe yesterday that it had acquired EchoSign, a Palo Alto developer of web-based, electronic signature software.

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socalTECH

JULY 14, 2010

Santa Barbara-based RingRevenue , the provider of pay-per-call technology headed by Jason Spievak, apparently is powering a trial by Google in its Google Affiliate Network. In news leaked out by Affiliate New Review, apparently Google is using RingRevenue on a trial of paying commissions for phone-based traffic.

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Google Santa Barbara Technical Review Advertising 182

socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2011

Santa Barbara-based Sonos , the developer of user-friendly, wireless home music systems, is continuing to build out its list of supported, Internet radio and music streaming services. AUPEO provides music stations, and Stitcher provides access to podcasts and radio news, talk, and other shows. The two services are free.

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socalTECH

APRIL 23, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Make It Work said today that it has signed a national syndication agreement with Envision Radio Networks , which will make the firm's technology radio show available to radio stations nationwide. Make It Work also runs a show, Tech News powered by Make It Work, in Los Angeles on KNX1070.

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socalTECH

APRIL 18, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Eucalyptus Systems , the cloud computing software developer headed by Marten Mickos , has raised $30M in a Series C round of funding, the firm announced this morning.

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socalTECH

APRIL 6, 2011

The semiconductor technology startup was spun out of research at the University of California Santa Barbara, by professors Shuji Nakamura, Steve DenBaars, and Jim Speck. manufacturing capacity for volume production.

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Product Santa Barbara Patents News 147

socalTECH

JANUARY 15, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Make It Work , the home computer installation, repair, and assistance firm run by Eric David Greenspan, is expanding into the San Francisco Bay Area with a new radio show. The firm is launching a new show on KSFO 560 San Francisco (Citadel/ABC Radio), running on Saturdays at 3pm, with the first show tomorrow.

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socalTECH

JUNE 7, 2011

Santa Barbara-based Yardi Systems, which develops property and real estate management software, is expanding its operations, in Dallas, according to a report Monday. Yardi has leased 45,000 square feet of space in Irving, Texas, with space for up to 300 employees, according to a report from the Dallas Morning News.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 26, 2010

Ben has invested the past 10 years in tracking the Southern California Technology market, maintaining a deep database of technology firms and publishing realtime news about local high tech companies through his website, socalTECH.com. See [link] (more).

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2018

In my new role as the first executive director for the Alliance for Southern California Innovation, I spent a lot of time outside of my home turf of Pasadena -- visiting innovation nodes such as San Diego, Irvine, Riverside, Santa Barbara, Venice, Santa Monica, and others.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Santa Barbara-based Make It Work , the in-home computer and technology assistance firm known for its bright red Mini-Coopers, is targeting a national expansion, as part of a deal to carry the firm's radio show in twenty three new markets. READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 1, 2013

You can watch Marten tell his entertaining story in the following 15-minute excerpt from his UC Santa Barbara talk. We went back to all the VCs and said, 'We have good news and bad news. The bad news, we've been sued in the US. Marten learned the news late on a Friday, "I was thinking, 'This business is over.'

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Oracle Startup News Press 229

socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2009

Santa Barbara-based Make It Work , the in-home computer and electronics help firm headed by Eric David Greenspan, reports that the firm is seeing its business grow, and has been hiring additional technicians at the company. Make It Work offers in-home computer and electronics help and repair services. READ MORE>>.

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CTO Hire Santa Barbara News Help 113

socalTECH

MARCH 13, 2009

Santa Barbara-based Make It Work , which operates an in-home, computer and electronics help service, said Friday that it has signed a multi-year contract to host a radio show on KNX 1070. The firm said the show, Tech News, will feature expert advice and content about PCs, Macs, mobile devices, the Internet, and more.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Finally, we started talking about the event on our radio show, Tech News, powered by Make It Work who is a co-sponsor now. As a result, Lewis will be our guest along with @seanmalarkey on our upcoming Jeremy’s Desktop (the online version of Tech News , powered by Make It Work) webinar entitled “ Social Media Crash Course.&#

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2010

venture funding and business deals, technology develops, and more from Santa Barbara. PRTechConnect (www.prtechconnect.com)  You've Got News, Now Get Heard. your business on the map with national news coverage and blog buzz for only $999 a. to San Diego. experts, developers, and many, many others.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

By December, 1969, there were only four nodes – UCLA, Stanford Research Institute, the University of California-Santa Barbara and the University of Utah. This enabled many aspects of the dark side to emerge (fraud, invasion of privacy, fake news, denial of service, etc.). We are currently still suffering from those shifts.

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UCLA Social Media Social Network Santa Barbara 253

InfoChachkie

MARCH 6, 2018

One of my former students, Sieva Kozinsky, Co-Founder & CEO of StudySoup recently shared his startup insights with my UC Santa Barbara students. Former President of Santa Barbara City College, and friend, Peter MacDougall is a member of a Junto-like club, comprised of members whose ages range from the late 50’s to the early 80’s.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 13, 2009

We ate great food, we chatted, we listened to Jeremy Anticouni’s 38th broadcast of CBS/KNX Tech News (powered by Make It Work) and I presented to the team. Yesterday, Make It Work got together at our partner South Bay Mini’s offices to discuss our achievements, our challenges and our future. It was an amazing day!

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News Santa Barbara Social Media Customer 172

InfoChachkie

MAY 5, 2016

Dan shared his entrepreneurial insights with my UC Santa Barbara students, including the manner in which he built a virtual organization. Image credit: John Zich/Bloomberg News. The following four-minute excerpt highlights his comments focused on creating an effective remote work environment. Share and Enjoy.

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Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

We are also getting ready to re-launch blog.makeitwork.com which will provide a landing page for all things tech, both from our hundreds of daily appointments solving consumer electronic problems and our content from Tech News. Things like virus alerts, system updates, new programs and gadgets, other threats, discounts, etc.,

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Technical Review Santa Barbara Blogging Yammer 100

Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

We are also getting ready to re-launch blog.makeitwork.com which will provide a landing page for all things tech, both from our hundreds of daily appointments solving consumer electronic problems and our content from Tech News. Things like virus alerts, system updates, new programs and gadgets, other threats, discounts, etc.,

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Technical Review Santa Barbara Blogging Yammer 100

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Messenger : Thorsten von Eicken , RightScale’s Co-Founder and CTO, Chief Architect at Citrix Online (formerly Expertcity) and Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University and UC Santa Barbara. Is it hard to balance your work hard / play hard culture, especially in beautiful Santa Barbara? Cats or dogs?

Cloud Computing 188

Cloud Computing Santa Barbara EC2 Startup 188

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Hacker News and LinkedIn gave it some love. I will also increase the amount of video content, including snippets from talks given by my UC Santa Barbara classroom guest speakers. Digg, StumbleUpon and Quora all responded to this entry. Guy Kawasaki Interview. Guy’s great content and notoriety drove lots of views.

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Newsletter Blogging Santa Barbara Content 205

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 12, 2015

After studying at UC Santa Barbara''s entrepreneurial program , he returned to Spain, excited to start a venture and make a positive impact on his homeland. Even Google News decided to close in Spain due, to a new law designed to protect legacy businesses. A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

A few years ago I planned an outing to Santa Barbara for my Dad’s 70th birthday. I needed somewhere nice enough that people wouldn’t complain about lumpy beds but not so nice that people would complain about the prices – it IS Santa Barbara after all. No, seriously. I’m stuck in a music rut.

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Help Santa Barbara Technical Review Orange County 309

Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 13, 2009

We ate great food, we chatted, we listened to Jeremy Anticouni’s 38th broadcast of CBS/KNX Tech News (powered by Make It Work) and I presented to the team. We finished with a focus on our radio show, Tech News , which is on the leading news station, KNX1070 in LA (a CBS Radio station) and hosted by our CTO, Jeremy Anticouni.

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Burbank Yahoo News Social Media 156

InfoChachkie

JULY 7, 2011

My entrepreneurial students at the University of California, Santa Barbara, often ask my advice regarding their career choices. Deliver Bad News Early. "By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day." " Robert Frost, American Poet. Underpromise, Overdeliver.

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Entrepreneur Startup Santa Barbara Tips 256

SoCal Delicious

APRIL 5, 2010

Home About Us Newsstand locations Special Section Nominations Stock Index Advertising Contact Search Subscribe Weekly Features Week in Review Top 25 Lists Top Stories Local News Opinion Calendar Ongoing Events Monthly Reports Central Coast East Ventura Nonprofits Technology Small Business Women and Co. family business.

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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

THE SANDBOX & StartupSB (Santa Barbara, CA). We continue to look for opportunities for Santa Barbara area startups outside of our region. They understand the value of connecting people, resources and events to each of their communities.

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Startup Technical Review Competition Software Review 141

InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2015

Good news: a quick review of TechCrunch’s March 2015 List of Top 20 U.S. If you follow me on Twitter ( @johngreathouse ) I promise I’ll never tweet you about Santa Barbara surf conditions or tell you about that killer burrito I just ate. Even in the world of accelerators and post-demo day programs, some things never change.

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Startup Class LAMP Santa Barbara 100

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 10, 2011

He overheard me talking about Steve Jobs in conjunction with the entrepreneurship class that I teach at UC Santa Barbara. I regularly bring successful entrepreneurs into my UC Santa Barbara classroom. Image source: 1/9/07 - David Paul Morris/Getty Images News. Love Is All You Need (When Hiring…).

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Tips Startup Santa Barbara Entrepreneur 279

InfoChachkie

APRIL 25, 2011

I have used Guy’s previous book, The Art Of The Start (Art ), in my UC Santa Barbara New Venture Creation class for the past five years. Deliver Bad News Early. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! Fan, Not A Fan Boy. Drop Everything And Do What Your Boss Asks.

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Technical Review Blogging Class Entrepreneur 279

InfoChachkie

MARCH 24, 2016

Greathouse: You and Brent are currently third and fourth year Computer Science majors at UC Santa Barbara. If people are heavily invested in the outcome of an election, they will be more inclined to read the news and become politically active. How has the entrepreneurial program impacted you? This is where our site comes in.

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Startup Sites Research Santa Barbara 100

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Our radio show, Tech News, powered by Make It Work has been a great success. Our new customer acquisition has grown and our costs have plummeted. Santa Barbara: the home of the clicks (and the calls) , Do your kids Google poo? Your take on sources of leads is interesting. Great posts.

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Acquisition Customer Custom Ideas 170

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

I knew this was bad news. Seth attended UC Santa Barbara, but dropped out to start a denim company. . I turned to face a lineup of 4 executives in suits and 2 armed security guards just behind them. Our exchange went something like this: “Are you Mr. Epstein?” asked one of the executives in a thick southern drawl. “

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