socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Santa Barbara-based Sonos said on Wednesday afternoon that it has acquired Snips , a developer of an artificial intelligence platform for enabling voice interaction with connected devices. Sonos said that the deal--which includes the employees at Snips, along with its IP--will "elevate the voice experience" at the company.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Brett Caine , who grew Santa Barbara-based Citrix Online from $40M to $600M in revenues with over 10 years at the company, has taken the helm at startup Urban Airship. Caine was, at last check, in Santa Barbara; it''s unclear if he is moving to Portland or will be commuting.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Santa Barbara-based whole home audio system developer Sonos is making it possible for more people to experience it whole home sound systems in person, with a new deal with home furnishings chain West Elm , the two said on Thursday. West Elm is owned by Williams Sonoma. Financial details of the partnership were not announced.

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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. What I lack in endurance and mental capacity, I make up for in wisdom and experience. Congrats on the new name for your venture capital firm. I was blown away.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 21, 2013

Surf Air offers up direct flights between Burbank and Silicon Valley, as well as Santa Barbara and Silicon Valley, and is targeting its membership service to the many, frequent technology and other executives who travel back and forth between the areas on a frequent basis. The company is led by Wade Eyerly. READ MORE>>.

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Eric Greenspan

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Of course, I will bring my passion for “Mind Blowing Customer Experiences” to the business. The Macaw “experience” will mirror that of my former companies. The Macaw Coffee factory in Santa Barbara, Honduras. The experience was like nothing I’ve had before.

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socalTECH

JUNE 26, 2015

In the latest, Central Coast IPO move, Santa Barbara-based Invoca , a maker of call marketing automation tools, says it is prepping for an IPO in 2017, and has hired a new CEO with experience running two pubicly traded software companies.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Zukka , the publisher of the iStoryTime interactive children's books for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, said this morning that it has launched a another title based on the SMURFs. Zuuka publishes a number of titles, based both on licensed content and lesser known authors, all targeted at children. READ MORE>>.

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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. Fabulous experience, start to finish. I really like this group. No nonsense and they get it done.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 29, 2009

An evening of drinks, food, and a special treat; an interactive experience hosted by Santa Barbara Chocolate Company (a taste experience featuring varieties of chocolate from around the world). Thursday, June 4, 2009 -- Gold Coast Business Forum's 2009 Summer Social. See [link] (more).

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

As noted in Success, Santa Barbara Style , my definition of success includes living where you want to live and making money doing what you love. For many entrepreneurs in Santa Barbara, achieving such success would be much more difficult if it weren’t for the emergence of an innovative airline – Surf Air.

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Steve Reich

MARCH 29, 2012

inLife is a place to book fun things to do in your city… in Santa Barbara, they have kayak trips, wine tasting, yoga, happy hours, etc. The inLife team then gave Sam Teller, the Managing Director of LaunchPad, their elevator pitch, and he fired questions back at them. And yes, they really can book paddle yoga.

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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. The video begins with Kim describing her experience speaking at an Inc. Kim told the UC Santa Barbara student entrepreneurs that they should never fear being fired from their jobs. 5000 conference.

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Eric Greenspan

APRIL 24, 2013

From my experience, the monthly coupon I receive from Rusty’s Pizza (a local Santa Barbara pizza delivery) is slam dunk. So imagine for a moment that you are Pizza Hut and you are looking to expand sales.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Below is a talk on New Venture Investing from the University of California Santa Barbara’s Technology Management Program, by Jim Andelman. Jim has more than fifteen years of experience in venture capital investing, technology investment banking and advisory services and strategic business consulting.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 6, 2018

One of my former students, Sieva Kozinsky, Co-Founder & CEO of StudySoup recently shared his startup insights with my UC Santa Barbara students. This is in contrast to the myth of the lone inventor who experiences epiphanies while locked away in a lab. Diverse in their experiences. DIY – Create Your Own Club.

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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. Greathouse: Great products and companies that came out (of) Santa Barbara. We build product roadmap software – it’s a SaaS company based here in Santa Barbara, California.

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Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 5, 2014

Then I came to Santa Barbara after high school and got married, three times. Creator of mind blowing customer experiences. I grew up with a stepfather. He taught me manners and taught me to cook. At 13 I moved to Ohio to meet and live with my dad and my new stepmom. I had a son with my 2nd and another with my 3rd.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 5, 2016

When I published This Remote Working Experiment Failed And Succeeded on the Wall Street Journal last year, I had no idea it would generate so much social media attention. Dan is now CEO of Mobile1st , makers of Mobilizer, the mobile customer experience optimization platform. A version of this article previously appeared Forbes.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

I even plan to use it in my upcoming UC Santa Barbara Entrepreneurial Selling class. From personal experience, I know that you practice what you preach, as you have consistently been responsive to my email inquiries. Of the 225 customer reviews currently posted on Amazon, over 90% are highly positive.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Messenger : Thorsten von Eicken , RightScale’s Co-Founder and CTO, Chief Architect at Citrix Online (formerly Expertcity) and Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University and UC Santa Barbara. Many people go back with lots of new ideas, experience, and energy. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 15, 2014

Santa Barbara schools just approved a $700,000 purchase of iPads for its students. Creator of mind blowing customer experiences. He will take notes, do his homework and communicate with others. He will use it to control the air conditioner in his home, his pool heater, start his car and pay his bills. This, I applaud.

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Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

I’ve been in Santa Barbara for 22+ years, completed UCSB a long, long time ago. It was a good experience, but I’m happy to be back in Cali. I was born in Cleveland and went to high school in North Canton (after 8 years in Palm Springs, California). I was about to attend OSU when I left Ohio to return to California.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 22, 2013

We had about 20 people who contributed to the book, and some of the stories, like Jenny Lawton''s and Paul and Renee Berberian''s, were not just heartfelt but incredible in terms of peeling off layers of their own personal experiences that really impacted them.”. According to Brad, “We also worked hard to make sure it wasn''t two things.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

It’s been an amazing experience so far, but the best part are the relationships I’ve built since getting started. I could go on and on, but in closing, my experience in using social media/networking has been short but remarkably fruitful. I’ve jumped on the bandwagon, big time! I love Namechk.com for this.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

In my capacity as a Professor of Practice at UC Santa Barbara , I was asked by the Student Association if I would consider interviewing rapper, fashion designer and entrepreneur Tyler The Creator. Relish Help – Tyler described several instances in which he pursued a new interest, despite his lack of experience. That’s it.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

All four companies were in Los Angeles (or adjacent … Santa Barbara) and our community has now matured and regularly produces billion dollar+ outcomes. The method some LPs use to compare funds is called PME (public market equivalent ) but honestly my experience has been that benchmarking is really challenging for LPs (and VCs alike).

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Lead With Team - Establish credibility with your audience at the outset by graphically depicting you (and your team's) experiences by displaying organizational logos.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 7, 2014

University Affiliation – Both Expertcity’s and Computer Motion’s Founders were former Professors at UC Santa Barbara, which greatly facilitated our intern hiring efforts. An explicitly competitive environment will cause the high-achievers to excel. We typically hired about one third of our interns.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2016

My co-founder Kasey� and I started a boutique agency at the end of our time in college, which was in Santa Barbara. Both of us went to UC Santa Barbara, and were working as nannies there. That means they have extensive experience in child care. I have a background much like many of our sitters now have.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 2, 2011

I gave this talk was given to perspective and current UC Santa Barbara students, hence my references to UCSB’s Technology Management Program (TMP). Self-aware entrepreneurs base their confidence on their experiences, including their various Mini-ventures. Entrepreneurs who have no basis for their confidence are doom to failure.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The concert wasn''t simply about the music, it was a joyous experience shared by thousands of likeminded people. Note: This article was inspired by my friend, Bob Wood, who shared his thoughts regarding Grateful Dead management techniques with my UC Santa Barbara entrepreneurship class.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 4, 2014

Greathouse : Let''s start with a question that will be especially helpful for my UC Santa Barbara students. For example, some people have special destination experience, perhaps Peace Corps that they can parlay into a meaningful and unique travel experience. At that time in travel it was very relevant.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 22, 2013

We had about 20 people who contributed to the book, and some of the stories, like Jenny Lawton''s and Paul and Renee Berberian''s, were not just heartfelt but incredible in terms of peeling off layers of their own personal experiences that really impacted them.”. According to Brad, “We also worked hard to make sure it wasn''t two things.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

In my experience a big part of building a winning team is recognizing who the MVPs are from the start. We each also bring very different career experience and perspectives to the table. As a team, we bring a powerful combination of telephony and performance marketing experience to the table. Be prepared to iterate.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2020

We want to change the culture and framework of the I'm killing it culture of early stage entrepreneurship, where you're expected to hold everything inside, even if you're struggling, and where you don't feel like you have an outlet for the feelings you are experience as you build your business.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 7, 2011

My entrepreneurial students at the University of California, Santa Barbara, often ask my advice regarding their career choices. Although my advice is geared to recent college graduates, it is also applicable to anyone with a boss, irrespective of their age and experience level. " Robert Frost, American Poet.

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