socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2017

That business--headquartered in Santa Barbara--will become a separate subsidiary called GetGo , which will merge with a subsidairy of LogMeIn. Citrix develops GoToMeeting, GoToMyPC, GoToAssist, and other related products as part of that business, all of which were originally created by ExpertCity in Santa Barbara.

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socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2019

Santa Barbara-based software developer HG Insights is powering a new market research offering from research and advisory giant Forrester, to power Forrester's new Business Technographics Service.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2019

Kevin sold his last company, Santa Barbara-based Graphiq, in July of 2017 to Amazon, but has a long history of successful companies, including founding DoubleClick. Tell us a little bit about the firm? We thought about bringing in other investors, but I couldn't, because I just hate paperwork.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Phone Halo has launched a crowd-funded project to develop a Bluetooth-based device to track users' wallets, the company said Tuesday.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

The founder and former CEO of Santa Barbara-based Sientra , Hani Zeni , has been charged by the SEC of fradulently concealing damaging information about the company, as it was raising more than $61M in its stock offering in 2015.

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Eric Greenspan

MARCH 11, 2010

Long time Make It Work customer and Santa Barbara resident Rob Lowe joined Twitter today. I spoke to Rob today guiding him to his very first tweet which he successfully sent about an hour ago. I spoke to Rob today guiding him to his very first tweet which he successfully sent about an hour ago.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Santa Barbara-based Ansible > , a developer of IT automation software, has been acquireed by Red Hat , to help bolster Red Hat's management capabilities for hybrid and OpenStack clouds, and container-based services. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed, however, reports say the deal was worth around $100M. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Tuesday, December 4, 2012 -- WITI Santa Barbara Presents: Women, Power and Money. Join WITI Santa Barbara members and guests for a holiday event and a fun, interactive discussion about Women, Power, and Money. See [link] (more)

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socalTECH

MAY 4, 2018

Santa Barbara-based Sonos --which reportedly has filed for a confidential IPO with the SEC--expects to have its IPO in June, according to multiple reports, meaning that the IPO paperwork for the company should be made available soon to the public. The IPO would reportedly value Sonos at between $2.5 billion and $3.0

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Santa Barbara-based Phone Halo , the developer of devices which help people track such things as their wallet, remote control, or more using their smartphone, said it is developing a product which will help people keep track of their eyeglasses. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2012

The Santa Barbara startup said the entry into the classified market allows users to shop for cars by type, make, model, year, mileage, and color. The startup is tapping listings from GetAuto, which it says has a national database of about 400,000 cars for sale from dealers. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Later today I’m presenting at the annual Rincon Ventures Summit in Santa Barbara. I speak privately a lot about getting an exit at a startup. I haven’t spoken publicly about it much but since Rincon asked – I agreed. They say the same about VC. Startup Exits: A Primer from msuster.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Looking to take on comparisons between products, services, and other information, a new startup, FindTheBest.com , has emerged in Santa Barbara. O'Connor--who moved out to Santa Barbara in 2000--founded and was CEO of DoubleClick, which he started in 1995. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2013

FindTheCompany , a new business research site started by DoubleClick co-founder Kevin O''Connor, launched out of beta today, saying that it has created an online resource to let users check on the reputation of a business before buying products and services, and to learn more about companies such as balance sheets, income statements, and more.

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socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2018

Vandenberg Air Force Base , which is located in Lompoc, just North of Santa Barbara, has just installed what is the largest, photovoltaic power system in the U.S. According to installer SunPower Corp.,

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

We operate at scale and speed unprecedented in human history.” * I first wrote about the changes to the Venture Capital ecosystem 10 years ago and this still serves as a good primer of how we arrived at 2011, a decade on from the Web 1.0 So in our earliest stages we’re about 70% seed and 30% pre-seed. dot-com bonanza.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 12, 2014

Benedikt Scholz is an exceptional student whom I had the pleasure of instructing when he recently studied at UC Santa Barbara. Before arriving in Santa Barbara, he had already launched his first startup, Rooming , which helps college students manage their living accommodations while studying abroad or interning.

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socalTECH

JULY 25, 2011

The Santa Barbara-based arm of Citrix Systems , which develops GoToMeeting and other online communications and sharing software, said today that it ad tied its GoToTraining training software with Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Sonos , the maker of user-friendly, whole house music systems, has raised $135M in a funding round, according to reports today. No details of the funding have yet been announced by Sonos, which is notorious about keeping mum about its venture funding and financial backing.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Santa Barbara-based 15desks , a developer of software-as-a-service for educators, said this morning that the firm has launched a new product for course management. The firm said it is privately funded, and first launched in 2007 at the University of Santa Barbara.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Some of the highlights from this week from socalTECH's video section , where we're currently featuring community videos from and about local startups: Peter Pham of Science Inc. Santa Barbara's Phone Halo pitches the idea of its GPS/Bluetooth wallet tracking device in this (kinda campy) video. with Mario Andretti.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

When they play in Santa Barbara, they draw a respectable crowd of a couple hundred people. Santa Barbara is a highly talented but small entrepreneurial community. I won''t tweet a photo of a killer burrito I am about to devour - just startup stuff. . Advantages Of Local Talent. Share and Enjoy.

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Eric Greenspan

APRIL 27, 2015

I’ve bought several cars from Bunnin in Oxnard and many cars from the Chevy dealership in Santa Barbara. Now that Bunnin owns the dealership in Santa Barbara, I am a customer for life. I almost bought it until the sales guy said, “Hey, how about a Chevy Volt?” I really like this group.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Yardi , which develops real estate and property management software, has acquired another firm, saying Thursday tht it has acquired the Multifamily Services Group (MSG) unit of ista North America. and San Diego, which will add about 200 employees to Yardi. The unit has employees in Alpharetta, Ga.,

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Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Their tactic is to first incent a merchant by sharing data on how many hits their website gets from people inquiring about their particular type of business. How they knew anything about us is beyond me, but that is where we got started. First Data of Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara, CA 93108. I had no choice.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 26, 2011

In the 1930’s, when Max Fleischmann (of yeast fame) brought his yacht into the Santa Barbara harbor, the local laundry trucks did the sensible thing. Read something about it. Write about it. Use Scott’s article as inspiration and start pursuing something you are passionate about before your head hits the pillow tonight.

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Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

After 20+ Poogling seminars in Socal, we were approached by a concerned parent and the Santa Barbara Education Foundation to do a Poogling Seminar (teaching parents about child Internet safety) city-wide. Anyhow, the event is on Dec 1st in SB and you can learn more about it here. Of course, we agreed to do it.

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JUNE 23, 2011

In addition to all the local startup folk, we're gonna be joined by a bunch of VCs, have a SHORT talk about Venture Capital, Fundraising, etc. from VC Frank Foster of DFJ Frontiers Santa Barbara office and Gregg Lavin from uSamp, a 101 corridor company that is kicking butt and works with local VCs Greycroft and DFJ Frontier.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2014

It was a rather hapless soul who was seeking my help networking within Santa Barbara''s startup community. Proactive – Not only had the caller not done any research on me, it was clear he also had not properly canvassed Santa Barbara for potential prospects. A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 22, 2012

I recently posted about the Increase in Early-Stage Startup Activity in Los Angeles. I realized that it has been a little while since I posted about the Los Angeles Startup Community and so needed to update my list of startup events that will be out of date almost before I finish publishing it.

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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. manufacturing capacity for volume production. No details on production dates were given.

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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. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 9, 2011

Join One Source Alliance for appetizers and incredible networking opportunities with like-minded professionals from the Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles regions! One Source Alliance's mixers give you an opportunity to learn about the OSA organization, too.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Photo courtesy of Santa Barbara Independent’s recent Techtopia Issue. As Kevin points out, “Your prospects are busy people and they don’t care about the innards of your product. They care about finding solutions to their problems.” Image: Santa Barbara Independent, all rights reserved. Share and Enjoy.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

I have been watching ProductPlan for several years, as the founders are both friends and pillars of the Santa Barbara Startup Community. Curious to learn more about the pain and joys of bootstrapping a business, I sat down with Jim Semick, the company’s Co-Founder and Chief Strategist. Semick: They are.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

Callwave, a provider of Internet messaging and voice messaging services, has quietly moved its headquarters to San Francisco from its birthplace in Santa Barbara. A spokesperson for the firm said that the company still maintains operations in Santa Barbara, but moved its new San Francisco headquarters about two months ago.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 24, 2012

Kim Kovaks, Founder and CEO OptionEase , recently spoke to a class of emerging entrepreneurs at UC Santa Barbara. People are so concerned about being successful all the time that sometimes they take shortcuts to be successful. People in larger companies are reluctant to have you in their face about stuff.”. Getting Fired.

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