socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Another Southern California-based ecommerce retailer is reporting that it had record breaking sales over the weekend, the traditional kickoff to the holiday buying season. City of Industry-based Newegg, which sells electronics and related items, said that Black Friday was the firm's biggest sales day, ever.

NewEgg 113

NewEgg Sales Southern California City of Industry 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2012

It looks like Southern California's emerging electric automobile industry has definitively hit the skids, as Santa Monica-based electric auto developer Coda Automotive laid off 50 employees Tuesday. The layoffs--first reported by PlugInCars--apprently included a "substantial part" of its sales and marketing staff.

Layoffs 157

Layoffs Southern California Santa Monica News 157

socalTECH

MAY 8, 2009

Rights and royalty accounting software maker Counterpoint Systems reported recently that it has appointed Bill Woods to fill the newly created position of manager of sales for the Americas. Counterpoint described Woods as a software sales veteran who most recently served as field sales director for Nortel's Southern California region.

Sales 100

Sales Southern California Los Angeles Software 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Southern California-based NewEgg is an over $2 billion in sales retailer of computer products, consumer electronics, and other merchandise. The offer--which rapidly sold out this morning--apparently caused lots of issues for prospective buyers, according to widespread Twitter messages.

NewEgg 150

NewEgg Google Southern California City of Industry 150

socalTECH

JULY 24, 2009

Southern California's high tech news and companies. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. They include: Sponsors.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Orange County Southern California Westlake Village 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2016

This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on the year from Southern California's technology community. John Greathouse: I have nothing earth shattering to report, as I think most folks are plugged into the trends that matter. John is also very involved in providing advice to young startups and entrepreneurs.

Santa Barbara 100

Santa Barbara Cloud Computing San Diego Southern California 100

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 26, 2009

" Kurt has a great background in sales and marketing. He is well known in the Southern California Technology scene for his work producing the Digital Family event series, along with the MOTM (Meeting of the Minds) series. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to?

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Southern California Technology Angel 150

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

The company recently reported record. positions on its site, ranging from software, sales, marketing, to finance. Google might not be a purely Southern California company, but the company now has thousands of employees spread across the region, including a location in the iconic Binoculars building in Venice, designed by Frank Gehry.

Technical Review 279

Technical Review Company Companies Southern California 279

socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2013

Lynda.com said today that it has raised a big growth round from Accel Partners and Spectrum Equity, and also reported that the firm exceeded $100M in topline revenues last year. According to Eric Robison, the firm's CEO, the funding round will go towards increasing the firm's global reach and expanding content.

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Funding Santa Barbara ReachLocal Southern California 178

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

Mahdessian and Kuzoyan met on a ski trip organized by the Armenian student associations at Stanford and the University of Southern California back when both men were in college. Founded by Ara Mahdessian and Vahe Kuzoyan in 2012, ServiceTitan is very much an up-and-coming billion-dollar business that’s a family (minded) affair.

Glendale 271

Glendale Los Angeles Startup Technical Review 271

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Clean, safe and reliable natural gas company Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) has established $1 million innovation fund in partnership with Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) , to speed the development of clean technologies to meet current global energy needs and become a sustainable energy source.

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Incubator Los Angeles Southern California Funding 80

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. But at the highest level they’ve created a marketplace for “flash&# sales. Tags: SoCal Stuff.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2009

technology to make submitting expense reports extremely easy. There was nothing out there in the market which would be the personal assistant, or the personal finance tool to do expense reports. My thought was, why couldn't you do that with expense reports? Again--another place where expense reports are being turned in.

Web 2.0 100

Web 2.0 Startup SaaS Report 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 3, 2016

Irvine-based vehicle telematics provider Spireon reported Thursday afternoon that it has reached three million subscribers to its platform, and has named a new CEO. In addition to the CEO news, Spireon said it saw "record breaking" sales in the first quarter of 2016. The company said it has named Kevin Weiss to the CEO position.

IBM 100

IBM IBM News Sales 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

There is no region in the country that comes close to having the sheer number of angels & VCs that Silicon Valley has as well as the dollars that flow into the region (40% of all dollars, PwC Moneytree report ). So it would be unwise to say that funding outside of Silicon Valley will be easier. LA investors are more pragmatic.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2017

For example, if you are looking at the roster of the Oregon Ducks, if you are a woman in New York, you may see a different ad than if you are a man in Southern California. That provides much better reporting to sponsors. What's the biggest lesson you've learned here so far as an entrepreneur?

Mobile 162

Mobile Platform El Segundo UCLA 162

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Southern California--despite the lack of huge, name brand firms-- has a significant number of enterprise software companies, of which Network Automation is just one. He spent a number of years with another, Southern California bootstrap, Goldmine. We spoke with Gary Bishop, the firm's CEO, to learn more about the company.

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Networking IBM IBM Pacific Palisades 214

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 11, 2011

This Sunday BetterWorks his hosting Coloft Hackfest in Santa Monica, CA,and what better way to spend your weekend then with an amazing group of individuals from your local Southern California Tech scene. There is still time to signup! Come by yourself and team up or bring your engineering/product design friends.

Santa Monica 72

Santa Monica Yammer Geni Southern California 72

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2014

The Los Angeles Business Journal recently reported data compiled by SoCalTech.com showing that “L.A. YouTube is joined by the SoCal outpost for Facebook. million, it is the highest sale price of the year. Reports cited by Los Angeles Business Journal say recent median housing prices in the Beach Cities and the South Bay rose 19.2

Entertainment 108

Entertainment Santa Monica Journal Belkin 108

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Presented by the Marketing and Sales Executives Society. With the seemingly endless reports about the death of email, its no wonder that the commonly-held myth of decreased email usage exists. Tuesday, November 15, 2011 -- Is Social Media Killing Email. Youve seen the headlines: 9 Reasons Why Email is Dead.

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Social Media Email Media Technology Council 100

Xconomy

AUGUST 22, 2016

In downtown San Diego, a private real estate company best known for its master-planned communities in suburban Southern California has posed some existential questions for regional tech hubs looking to build their own startup ecosystems. We’re not doing this to position a building for sale,” he said. “We

Develop 40

Develop Development San Diego Startup 40

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 13, 2010

Every business needs to report on what is happening on a daily basis in key functional areas such as finance, sales, distribution, manufacturing and marketing. But what about analyzing, forecasting and predicting? Are these the exclusive domain of large companies or can SMB's truly benefit from such techniques and knowledge.

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Tool Google Research Report 100

Steve Reich

JUNE 11, 2012

Why do so many of us have iPhones? The good news is you can do it, too, and there are great examples in Socal. MBO is very metrics driven, and their shareholder reports are dense with detailed, disciplined reporting that remind you that Rick is former Naval officer. It gives the best customer experience of any phone.

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Customer Custom Software Review SaaS 97

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

They hold a strong presence in Southern California, with locations in 30 cities. Our goal was to provide the benefits of increased sales and client retention, all with the best customer service experience. Their unique “provide value to customers first” mantra sets them apart in the digital signage industry.

Social Media 106

Social Media Startup Screening Advertising 106

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2009

We caught up with Eric Hovanec, the firm's CEO, and Steve Reich, the firm's SVP of Sales, to hear more about the funding. So we jumped. in, and we are happy to report that we're seeing some good growth, and that our investors are happy. Yesterday, Pasadena-based LeisureLink (www.leisurelink.com) announced a $6.2M

Startup 113

Startup Platform Clearstone Content 113

Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 9, 2011

Last year, venture capitalists and angels who co-invested with them placed $7 billion into seed and early-stage deals, an 11 percent increase from 2009, according to the most recent PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report. Is this a limited window of opportunity, or more? million in 2010. ” 9.

Tips 100

Tips Capital Tech Coast Angels Screening 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

They hold a strong presence in Southern California, with locations in 30 cities. Our goal was to provide the benefits of increased sales and client retention, all with the best customer service experience. Their unique “provide value to customers first” mantra sets them apart in the digital signage industry.

Social Media 81

Social Media Startup Screening Advertising 81

socalTECH

JULY 23, 2009

It's somewhat unusual in this economy to find companies who are seeing strong growth, so we were intrigued recently in running into BlackLine Systems (www.blackline.com), a firm which develops software for helping in the financial reporting process. It's unusual to have a CEO from the technology side, they're usually from sales.

Startup 124

Startup Software Review CTO Hire Oracle 124

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

Jason Nazar: Legal contracts, business forms and templates, conference presentations, financial models, research reports, any kind of professional content that you have which you use on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. It's been very successful so far, which is why we're making such a big bet. It turned out to be 40.

Technical Review 171

Technical Review Rustic Canyon Screening Startup 171

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. We could all do better – I’m sure.

Startup 150

Startup Coach Course Invest 150

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Step 5: Formal in-house reporting. Once the product features (and thus the user flows) are sufficiently mature to invest in this area, then it makes sense to formalize out the reports. How many reports should you generate? Reports are too slow! If you’re lucky, eventually your reports will be too slow.

Startup 29

Startup IP Email Report 29

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

If youre buying a luxury home or just like looking at them, check out this live chat from reporter Lauren Schuker Blum and WSJ.com real estate editor Matthew Strozier. The southern migration is taking place as companies like Google. Community Home Loans: FOR SALE. Upstate NY Retreat For Sale. Investment Land For Sale.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

million in sales every year for just a 1-second page delay. 500ms increased response time means 20% less traffic for Google , 100ms increased response time decreases Amazon sales by 1% The impact is quite real. Complex reports? Google told us back in 2010 that site speed was important for SEO. Natural language processing?

Startup 150

Startup SEO CTO Coach Web 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

The short story is that he received 400+ responses and goes through how he categorized/vetted the responses: 300 Didn’t Fit – Outside expertise/interest, pushing for immediate funding assistance, too many ideas (not focused), looking for sales agents.

Technical Review 170

Technical Review Technical Advisors CTO Coach Startup 170

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

One of the big questions, probably the biggest questions that I get from reporters, is 'what trends do you see? Paul Graham on trends for the future - Business of Software Blog , August 25, 2010 Paul Graham spoke at last year's Business of Software conference. I’m going to try to do something for you guys that I’ve always resisted doing.

Startup 191

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191