Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2020

Any mention of “offshore.” Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Remember the old newspaper publishing rule of “All facts must be verified by two independent sources.”

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies said Wednesday afternoon that it has acquired Bolt Technology Corporation , a supplier of equipment for the offshore energy exploration market. According to Teledyne, it will pay approximately $171M for Bolt, or $22.00 per share cash for the publicly held company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Personal funds imply the most commitment, and offshore funding is most suspect. Look for investor experience in your business domain, as well as evidence of integrity and trustworthiness. Check the content of the investor’s website, and pay particular attention to the source of funds.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 6, 2016

William Toman, President of Protean Wave Energy, will discuss the new national CalWave Wave Energy testing center offshore near Vandenberg Air Force Base. Wednesday, October 12, 2016 -- CalWave Ocean Wave Energy Project in California. He will address how Wave Energy impacts the environment and alternative energy plans.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a former executive at San Diego''s Qualcomm , with trading stock in the company ahead of major announcements, via a secret offshore brokerage account. The SEC also charged his financial advisor, Gary Yin.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 31, 2016

The company says it is superior to alternative, offshore software QA providers, both due to time zone and cultural advantages, as well as because its services helps companies meet corporate social responsibility (CSR) and community relations goals.

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Santa Monica Software Offshore Startup 133

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Bolt is a supplier of marine seismic energy sources and replacement parts for offshore energy exploration, and also makes underwater cables and connectors, along with developing underwater remotely operated vehicles (Mini ROVs). The deal was worth approximately $171M, or $22.00 per share in cash. READ MORE>>.

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Acquisition Thousand Oaks Technology Offshore 138

L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2017

How domestic drone makers can fly above offshore competitors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2023

Don’t expect a contract company, either offshore, onshore, or near-shore, to implement a vision that is still in your head. Focus on operational processes, rather than innovative new ones. It’s hard to write a detailed specification on an evolving new service, process, or product that embodies your core competency.

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Outsource Software Offshore Software Development 116

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2022

Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. Find global sources now. This may not be politically correct these days, but smart startups are looking globally to source their products from the very beginning.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2022

Don’t follow the examples of institutions in the recent financial meltdown, or certain oil companies working offshore, or the many smaller company examples we have seen in our own neighborhoods.

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Entrepreneur Summary Offshore Examples 118

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 12, 2013

LAVA Healthcare is an ongoing conversation about how we might fix the mess applying innovation across a wide range of dimensions including technology, business models, patient involvement, offshore outsourcing, and training programs. See [link] (more)

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Large corporations no longer create jobs in their home location. There is no shortage of data to support the assertion that the old large corporations have lost more jobs than they’ve created at home. Entrepreneurs growing companies create more value and more jobs.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Interestingly, we’ve won a number of deals by being the not–offshore alternative. Most people I know have had extremely bad experiences with offshore development. It turns out that that’s a good way for small, nimble companies to survive.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2012

hHousand Oaks-based electronics and instrumentation firm Teledyne Technologies announced this morning that its Teledyne Oil & Gas group has scored a three year agreement with FMC Technologies, to provide interconnect and sensing products and services for FMC's offshore oil and gas business. Size of the deal was not disclosed.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Interestingly, we’ve won a number of deals by being the not-offshore alternative. Most people I know have had extremely bad experiences with offshore development. It turns out that that’s a good way for small, nimble companies to survive.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

He believes that one of the financial metrics taught at business schools and reinforced by Wall Street has accelerated offshoring of industries. But “on capital employed” encourages companies to push more off balance sheet and thus into offshore & outsourced situations. He spoke about ROCE (return on capital employed).

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Venture Capital Startup Offshore Capital 403

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 8, 2012

Given the mind boggling speed of change in web and mobile technologies, on shoring, offshoring, intellectual property protection and slew of other challenges, the road to success is full of obstacles. Software products, while being easier to mold and perfect, offer additional set of management and technical challenges.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 15, 2010

With offshoring, custom solutions became much more cost effective, but at the expense of increased management or sometimes increased project failure risk. There is no impetus to get everything done in-house and not everything is sent offshore for cost savings either. In todays world and current economic state, much has changed.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 18, 2011

LAVA Healthcare was formed to have "an ongoing conversation about how we might fix the healthcare-industry's mess applying innovation across a wide range of dimensions  including technology, business models, patient involvement, offshore outsourcing, and training programs." See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 23, 2012

LAVA Healthcare is an ongoing conversation about how we might fix the healthcare-industry's mess applying innovation across a wide range of dimensions  including technology, business models, patient involvement, offshore outsourcing, and training programs.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2010

a stealthy, offshore firm--one of twelve bidders on the domain. A Los Angeles company, Escom LLC , has sold domain name Sex.com for $13M, according to a report today from The Register. Citing documents filed in a California court, the report said that the domain was sold to Clover Holdings Ltd.--a

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 3, 2009

Join us for a workshop on managing offshoring successfully, your guide to reducing software development costs and increasing quality. Our software development and offshoring guru Jack Bicer will also provide guidance for your specific circumstances. Thursday, April 9, 2009 -- TCVN Workshop LA. Please bring your questions.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 30, 2009

Join us for a workshop on managing offshoring successfully, your guide to reducing software development costs and increasing quality. Our software development and offshoring guru Jack Bicer will also provide guidance for your specific circumstances. Thursday, April 2, 2009 -- TCVN Workshop Orange County. Please bring your questions.

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Orange County TCVN Offshore Software Development 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 4, 2008

According to the firm, it has created G1MobileSoft, an offshore development company devoted solely to creating mobhile applications. Murano Software maintains four offshore development centers in Russia. The firm said it will create both iPhone and Android applications for its clients.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 24, 2012

LAVA Healthcare is an ongoing conversation about how we might fix the healthcare-industry's mess applying innovation across a wide range of dimensions  including technology, business models, patient involvement, offshore outsourcing, and training programs. LAVA Healthcare is a special interest group of the Los Angeles Venture Association.

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LAVA Los Angeles Offshore Outsource 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2020

Personal funds imply the most commitment, and offshore funding is most suspect. Look for investor experience in your business domain, as well as evidence of integrity and trustworthiness. Check the content of the investor’s website, and pay particular attention to the source of funds.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2014

Dont expect a contract company, either offshore, onshore, or near-shore, to implement a vision that is still in your head. core competency entrepreneur near shoring offshoring outsource startup' Its hard to write a detailed specification on an evolving new service, process, or product that embodies your core competency.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2010

According to ExteNet, Palomar, an existing investor in the firm, was part of a new round of equity financing led by SSP Offshore LLC, an affiliate of Soros Fund Management and SBA Communications Corporation, which also included Centennial Ventures, Columbia Capital, Sevin Rosen Funds, and CenterPoint Ventures.

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Palomar Los Angeles Offshore Invest 140

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

According to FMC, it will pay $120M for Direct Drive Systems, which makes components used for pumping natural gas pipelines, offshore platforms, and for the subsea processing market. Direct Drive is a spinout of Calnetix.

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Cerritos Offshore Acquisition Platform 140

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 18, 2011

LAVA Healthcare is an ongoing conversation about how we might fix the mess applying innovation across a wide range of dimensions  including technology, business models, patient involvement, offshore outsourcing, and training programs. See https://web.memberclicks.com/mc/quickForm/viewForm.do?orgId=lavandformId=102018.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2020

Don’t expect a contract company, either offshore, onshore, or near-shore, to implement a vision that is still in your head. Focus on operational processes, rather than innovative new ones. It’s hard to write a detailed specification on an evolving new service, process, or product that embodies your core competency.

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Outsource Offshore Software Development Startup 123

Technology Council

OCTOBER 3, 2008

Offshore Outsourcing is Dying…Long Live Hybrid Nearshore. Here are quick links to the feature articles in this issue: Magnify360 Wins VentureNet Best Of Show 5 Mistakes To Avoid When Building Your Startup “Out Of The Box” PR Tactics. 4 Rules For Email Design In [.]

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SoCal CTO

MAY 19, 2010

Their list is fairly similar to Here’s what we hear in roughly the order of preference: Direct referral LinkedIn (both Job Postings and Searching for Talent) Dice.com Recruiters Developer Groups Craigslist Of course, there are lots of firms that you can offshore your work. I’m sure we’d all like to hear about it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. Find global sources now. This may not be politically correct these days, but smart startups are looking globally to source their products from the very beginning.

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Marketing Startup Patents Offshore 94

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

Any mention of “offshore.” Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Remember the old newspaper publishing rule of “All facts must be verified by two independent sources.”

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Startup Invest Offshore Entrepreneur 97

socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2008

Teledyne said that Baton Rouge-based Odom has designs and manufactures equipment for port survey, dredging, offshore energy and other applications. Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies said today that it has acquired Odom Hydrographic Systems, a Louisiana-based firm developing hydrographic survey instrumentation.

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