socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online car pricing site headed by Scott Painter, reports this morning that it has now sold more than 200,000 cars through its online car buying and pricing platform. TrueCar said the number comes less than a year from when it reached an initial, 100,000 car sales, which occurred earlier this year.

Truecar 174

Truecar Zag Santa Monica Pricing 174

socalTECH

JULY 18, 2013

Santa Monica-based content delivery network EdgeCast has just filled up its warchest, announcing Thursday that it has raised $54M in a big funding round. The new funding was led by Performance Equity Management, and also included existing investors Menlo Ventures and Steamboat Ventures. READ MORE>>.

Content 150

Content Steamboat Ventures Santa Monica Venture Capital 150

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

Santa Monica-based SharesPost , which has created on online marketplace for sellers and buyers of private company stock, reported to its users late Friday that the firm now has sales of LinkedIn, Linden Lab, Tesla Motors, and SugarCRM going into escrow.

Research 100

Research Sales CarsDirect Web 2.0 100

socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2012

Santa Monica-based Edmunds.com , the online auto information web site, said this morning that it has enhanced its site, adding a new online chat feature on the site. Edmunds.com said it is tapping Contact At Once!

Santa Monica 227

Santa Monica Sites Web Pricing 227

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2012

more--or you can go online and use Fine Art America (www.fineartamerica.com), a Santa Monica company which is doing. Fine Art America handles all of the details of fulfilling sales for images. photographer and live here in Santa Monica, you can take an image of the Santa Monica Pier.

Santa Monica 258

Santa Monica Pricing Sites Sales 258

socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2009

Santa Monica-based Rubicon Project has signed a New York company, Katz 360 Sales, to give Katz access to its inventory of premium display ads, the firms announced today. Katz 360 Sales said it is using Rubicon Project's Internet advertising infrastructure to customize content and audience selections for its advertisers.

Advertising 145

Advertising Clearstone Santa Monica Sales 145

socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2010

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the new car pricing data startup headed by Scott Painter, said Monday that it has inked a deal with automotive publisher High Gear Media , where High Gear will include TrueCar's data on its network of web sites. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

Truecar 133

Truecar Pricing Zag Santa Monica 133

socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2009

Santa Monica-based Rubicon Project has tapped a New York company, Katz 360 Sales, to sell premium display ads to advertisers, the firms announced today. Rubicon Project provides online Internet advertising infrastructure for publishers, which optimizes the advertising placed on their web sites. READ MORE>>.

Clearstone 133

Clearstone Santa Monica Advertising Sales 133

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Santa Monica-based Nimble , the developer of a software-as-a-service, contact management service which is headed by former Goldmine founder Jon Ferrara, said this morning that it has debuted a new version of its service. The firm said that Nimble 2.0 READ MORE>>.

Software 145

Software Santa Monica Web Google 145

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Santa Monica-based Rubicon Project said this morning that it has raised $18M in additional funding, and acquired the Fox Audience Network (FAN) from New Corporation. In further details on the FAN deal, Addante also said that it has not acquired the advertising sales team at FAN, saying that it "is not, and will not be, an ad network."

Networking 147

Networking Clearstone Santa Monica News 147

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Here are five exciting examples (in alphabetical order): Appetize, a cloud-based point-of-sale platform for large venues, recently raised funding from Shamrock Capital Advisors, the NFL and the Dodgers. Seismic, a sales software company, raised $100M and became a unicorn. Prior to the L.A.

Southern California 133

Southern California SoCal Culver City Venture Capital 133

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Santa Monica-based Gorilla Nation, which provides ad sales for web publishers, said today that it has extended its deal with Gawker Media to cover advertising sales throughout the UK. The firm had inked an earlier deal with Gawker to represent the firm in Canada. Financial impact of the deal was not disclosed.

Gorilla Nation 100

Gorilla Nation Santa Monica Advertising Equity 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 13, 2008

Santa Monica-based DECA, a venture-backed, digital entertainment studio, said this morning that it has become the exclusive business and production partners for teen brand SMOSH, a leading provider of humorous videos on YouTube. DECA said that SMOSH has over 555,000 subscribers on YouTube, in addition to operating its own web site.

Santa Monica 113

Santa Monica Entertainment Web Sales 113

Jason Nazar

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation with some of the most successful founders and operators of web based subscription business talking about the keys to success to building & growing online businesses that are driven by subscription sales. Santa Monica, CA 90401-1418. 8:00pm on, Reception. Cost: FREE.

Santa Monica 84

Santa Monica MyLife Startup Resource 84

socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2011

Anyone who has been in sales, business development, or just works a lot with others is familiar with contact management software--tracking who you have been talking to, when, notes, and more for sales teams. He's again set his sights on contact management with a new company, based in Santa Monica, called Nimble (www.nimble.com).

Google 216

Google Tool Email Sales 216

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. Lee Essner is formerly a senior exec from WeddingChannel and has much experience in running a successful web property. with the clips.

Company 276

Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 21, 2011

In case you were out of town for the weekend, BetterWorks and Coloft of Santa Monica put together an amazing and area stimulating HackFest ( #hackfest ) on August 14th. Quick Web App Builder (QWAB) – parts prebuilt before competition. Brought back fond memories of my weekend at Startup Weekend. Teams: CoderTie.

Santa Monica 90

Santa Monica Startup PHP HTML 90

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

-Analytics also extend to iPhone and web apps using Facebook Connect. Company plans to use the capital to build out sales and marketing and r&d. -a Founded in 2008 in Santa Monica by Ron Goldman (former CRO of shopping.com) and Rahul Sonnad. Spread through word-of-mouth as the company has no sales team, all engineers.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers. He is a recognized leader in the Voice 2.0

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

He just pounded out design and code for a few weeks and got Plancast up on the web and users adopting his product right away. In Los Angeles we are at a disadvantage because the founder(s) often have no experience in building consumer web applications. Challenge #4 – We are Divided by Our Geography.

Company 111

Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

Burstly, a Santa Monica based company, provides an open and free ad management platform that helps mobile application developers better monetize their inventory. The first big wave of this change came from the introduction of the iPhone, which was the first well built mobile device for using the web. Good luck, guys.

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

NOT just because they have the best deals on web based business tools. I am a raving fan of AppSumo because the creator of the brand, Noah Kagan , leads his company focusing on community first and sales second. And he showed us examples how implementing his team’s innovations directly sky rocketed company sales.

Metrics 87

Metrics Email Startup Technical Review 87

SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

At the CTO Group that I organize in Santa Monica, we've had lots of discussions around this. Mentions - Marc Andreessen's - The three kinds of platforms you meet on the Internet A Level 1 platform's apps run elsewhere, and call into the platform via a web services API to draw on data and services -- this is how Flickr does it.

Platform 150

Platform EC2 Java S3 150

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I live in the city of Santa Monica. Look beyond California and you have group purchasing (GroupOn in Chicago, LivingSocial in Washington DC), private sales (Gilt Groupe in NY, HauteLook in LA), artisan marketplaces (Etsy in NY), eCommerce (Amazon in Seattle) and on and on. That sets us up nicely for the next phase of the web.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

CODA Automotive is a privately held company headquartered in Santa Monica, California that designs, manufactures and sells electric vehicles and lithium-ion battery systems purpose-built for transportation and utility applications. Their all new all electric car is set to be released for sale in limited quantities at the end of 2011.

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2009

Around 2006, they opened up a sales office here, with a couple of guys talking to the film and games business. More and more of the company began to move here, and we now have about 45 people total, with 30 of them here in Santa Monica. Editor's note: you can see Image Metrics "Emily" demo on their web site ).

Metrics 100

Metrics Startup Sales Newsletter 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Instead, we’ve matured and grown our technologies and sales infrastructure to a point where the intersection between where we are and where we want to be is perfect to facilitate growth. . They’ve expanded their sales and operations from Santa Monica to include New York, Chicago, Detroit, San Francisco, and Atlanta.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Advertising Google Screening 76

socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2009

Yesterday, Santa Monica-based SharesPost (www.sharespost.com) launched a new service of particular interest to the venture capital and high tech startup market, a new, online service which facilitates the buying and selling of private company stock. The way sales are handled is as old as the 1930's securities laws.

Startup 124

Startup Zag Venture Capital Equity 124

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

Recently, Santa Monica-based Docstoc (www.docstoc.com) launched a new marketplace on its site, for anyone interested in selling professional documents. It's something like between $50M and $100M in sales per year. That works like Docstoc, which is now probably the fastest growing web site for small businesses.

Technical Review 171

Technical Review Rustic Canyon Screening Startup 171

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers. He is a recognized leader in the Voice 2.0

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

This past SWLA (February 24-26) was like non other and the 5th event to take place at Coloft here in Santa Monica. The 1st place winner was SnazzyRoom, an online styling tool for mixing and matching items on the web ( SnazzyRoom.com ). Startup Weekend LA has grown to become a very special event here in Los Angeles.

Startup 66

Startup Mahalo Technical Review Idealab 66

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

When tickets went on sale over a month ago, we expected the regular ticket sales cycle, however we were more than surprised when Startup Weekend LA sold out in 6 hours! Also we would like to thank our global sponsors: Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Ven Corps, Twilio, Vertical Response, oDesk, Elance and OpenTok.

Los Angeles 73

Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Today is the day Solaborate is publicly launching a beta-version of their platform on the web with an iOS and Android mobile apps for those on the road. I was with SAP America for about 7 years heading different roles such as consulting, product management, and sales. Like I said, Santa Monica and LA are the hotspots for startups.

Social Media 92

Social Media Social Network Tool Mobile 92

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers. He is a recognized leader in the Voice 2.0

Idealab 84

Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

The narrow, 3-mile strip of land that runs from Santa Monica through Venice, and is now stretching down to Playa Vista, has been dubbed "Silicon Beach" due to the heavy concentration of Internet companies and executives there. 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