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.

Southern California 113

Southern California SoCal Pasadena Riverside 113

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Readers in San Diego, Orange County, Ventura County, and elsewhere, please comment or send us your comments!). NastyGal -- which was just about unheard of a year ago -- has rocketed to a over $100M business, driven by women's clothing, shoes, and other products. Edmunds was also one of the companies.

Technical Review 279

Technical Review Company Companies Southern California 279

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2014

3D Robotics is based in San Diego. The Sonos Playbar --created by Santa Barbara-based Sonos --is the ultimate sound accessory for the music and theater lover, and is particularly designed for use with your HDTV. The X8+ Drone from 3D Robotics is an octo-copter which can haul up to 800 grams--i.e. Sonos Playbar.

High Tech 170

High Tech Playa Del Rey Belkin Santa Barbara 170

Xconomy

JULY 21, 2016

The funding, provided by Santa Barbara, CA-based Rincon Venture Partners and Venice, CA-based CrossCut Ventures, represents the first institutional investment for Zingle. The company raised $1 million last year, according to a 2015 regulatory filing. Happy #TBT from our fearless Founder & CEO @fordblakely !

Technology 40

Technology Santa Barbara Venture Capital Venice 40

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

I'm down here probably three or four days a week on average, and we're trying to be active, and pick off what we think are going to be the best deals here, from Santa Barbara down to San Diego. We're helping the entrepreneur, leveraging our network, introducing them to people, and helping them think about new products.

Redpoint 154

Redpoint Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Invest 154

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2010

The DEMO conference announced the lineup of 65 companies that will share their products and value propositions to the technology community at DEMO Spring 2010 on March 21-23 in Palm Desert, California. They will feature new products and prototypes from industries like Social Media, Mobile, Enterprise, Consumer Technologies and Cloud. .;

Cerritos 40

Cerritos Thousand Oaks Santa Barbara Startup 40

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

In fact, 50% of our investments are in Southern California, from Santa Barbara to San Diego. But putting no time into anchoring your beliefs because you’re too busy executing sales, marketing, support, product & engineering is an easy recipe for leadership drift. Conviction. Empowerment.

Startup 150

Startup Coach Course Invest 150

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

In this post I advocate taking a harder stand on where your product or solution differentiates in the market – even if it means you lose some deals as a result. But we do 50% of our deals in Southern California from San Diego to Santa Barbara and we think that’s part of what makes us special.

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Sales SaaS Startup Venture Capital 150