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FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has signed another contract with satellite constellation operator Iridium Communications , for the launch of as many as five additional satellites for its satellite network. Separately, the next launch by SpaceX appears to be from Florida, of a NASA payload to the International Space Station. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Topping the list for Southern California was EdgeCast Networks , the content delivery network headed by Alex Kazerani, which showed an astounding five year growth rate of 21406%. Next was San Diego's Neurocrine Biosciences , with 6225% growth rate at number 30; then ServiceNow , also in San Diego, with 4873% growth.

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Marina Del Rey Southern California San Diego Santa Barbara 264

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NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Among the highest ranked in the annual program was OpenX Software , based in Pasadena, which had a 44,075% five year growth rate, which was ranked at number 5 in the nation, based on its fiscal revenue growth rate from 2008 to 2012. Of those 500, there were at least 60 Southern California companies in the rankings.

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MARCH 13, 2015

Santa Barbara-based Ice Energy , a developer of energy storage technology, reports that it has scored a win with Riverside Public Utilities. According to Ice Energy, it has signed a five-year contract to provide 5 megawatts of thermal energy storage, using its systems.

Riverside 100

Riverside Santa Barbara Outsource Development Report 100

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APRIL 8, 2015

That apparently is no problem if you own the whole home music systems from Santa Barbara-based Sonos , which says it is now up to a total of 60 different music streaming services that connect to its hardware. Want to stream music from your favorite, online music streaming service to your house?

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Services Santa Barbara Product 100

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OCTOBER 21, 2011

Just in time for Halloween, Santa Barbara-based zuuka , the firm behind the iStoryTime line of interactive books for the iPhone, said it has launched a title called Five Little Pumpkins , which it says is the first interactive title for Apple's iBook app. technology. zuuka was founded by Graham Farrar.

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Santa Barbara Technology 176

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Occam Networks said today that it has won five members of the Western Illinois Video (WIV) Group as customers. Occam said the five, who are all working on providing advanced video services to their customers, are using its Occam BLC 6000. Financial details of the win were not disclosed.

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Networking Santa Barbara Customer Custom 145

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JULY 19, 2011

The firm--which already has a number of electronic signature patent lawsuits in motion--said it has brought an infringement suit, claiming that EchoSign is infringing on five of uts United States patents. RPost sued Santa Barbara-based RightSignature and fellow electronic signature firm DocuSign in June over the same patents.

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Patents Santa Barbara News Web 164

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

The highest ranking firms on the overall Technology Fast 500 from the area were Santa Barbara-based FastSpring , a developer of software e-commerce tools headed by Dan Engel , which was ranked at number 13 nationally with 17,468% revenue growth from 2006 to 2010.

Los Angeles 263

Los Angeles Marina Del Rey Woodland Hills Angel 263

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JANUARY 27, 2010

Two, Southern California charities are among the charities who are receiving grants from JPMorgan Chase in a promotion on Facebook, Chase said today.

Santa Barbara 154

Santa Barbara Southern California San Diego Funding 154

InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2014

It was a rather hapless soul who was seeking my help networking within Santa Barbara''s startup community. Yes”, I replied, “we worked together for five years.” 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.

Networking 232

Networking Santa Barbara Research Blogging 232

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JULY 22, 2010

Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman, the DOE will award up to $122M over five years to a team which will develop "revolutionary methods" to generate fuel directly from sunlight.

CalTech 176

CalTech Santa Barbara San Diego Pasadena 176

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AUGUST 13, 2009

The Department of Energy (DOE) said this week that it has awarded $377M in funding for 46, Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) focused on reducing dependence on imported oil and to curtail greenhouse gas emissions, including a center at the University of California, Santa Barbara , and one at the University of Southern California.

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USC Research Santa Barbara Southern California 140

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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. In this video Jim Andelman explores venture capital investing and the emergence of capital efficient businesses. Bio: Jim Andelman, co-founder and General Partner of Rincon Venture Partner.

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Invest Santa Barbara Venture Capital Capital 124

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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. You’re The Average Of The Five People You Spend The Most Time With” Jim Rohn, Motivational Speaker. A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes.

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Santa Barbara Ideas Entertainment Education 113

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

When I drill down on that term, you can see why with posts like: Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals Lops A Third Of Company THQ Lays Off 100 Employees, Closes San Diego Office Citrix Cuts 10 Percent; Santa Barbara Hit And it's also interesting to see what geographies are being associated with "Layoffs" more often than others: Layoffs Woodland Hills Layoffs (..)

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Layoffs Woodland Hills Southern California Orange County 159

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 9, 2013

In 2012,I added video from my UC Santa Barbara speakers, including Mark Templeon, CEO of Citrix; Kerri Pollard, President of Commission Junction; and Marten Mickos, CEO of Eucalyptus. Five Trick Questions Every Entrepreneur Should Answer Before Asking For Money. > Greetings loyal readers. > 14,200 views on Forbes.

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Social Media Tips Santa Barbara RSS 187

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JANUARY 29, 2020

What's interesting, is you have four or maybe five, institutionally backed, seed funds in LA, and maybe ten others. Our first fund was in 2008, and we made five or six initial investments in our portfolio headed straight into the Lehman collapse and our first recession. I think there's plenty of money and opportunities for a Series A.

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Invest Framework Coach Startup 113

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Brian Coryat, Founder and CEO of Local Market Launch and former Founder and CEO of ValueClick (NASDAQ: VCLK) recently winged his talk at UC Santa Barbara''s Distinguished Lecture Series. Three, four hours, five hours every day, I''d find a link here, a link there, a link somewhere else. And that''s what I did.

Startup 223

Startup Yahoo Santa Barbara Slides 223

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MAY 5, 2016

I asked TaxJar’s Co-Founder and CEO, Mark Faggiano to list five reasons his decentralized venture has flourished. Dan shared his entrepreneurial insights with my UC Santa Barbara students, including the manner in which he built a virtual organization. Note: I am an investor in TaxJar via Rincon Venture Partners.).

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Entrepreneur Santa Barbara Email Outsource Development 100

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JANUARY 12, 2010

Five Dollars And Two Hours. Santa Barbara Foundation. A number of years ago, I was honored to join the Santa Barbara Foundation’s Katherine Harvey Fellows. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for. free weekly Infochachkie articles! To learn about Ms.

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Santa Barbara Class Ideas Organization 191

SoCal Delicious

APRIL 5, 2010

The five people inaugurated into this year’s hall of fame are dynamic leaders who have shaped the tri-county region in unprecedented ways. • Michael Towbes is the Santa Barbara area’s most successful developer and owner of the Montecito Bank & Trust. His son, Rod, today continues in the TOLD Corp.

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Santa Barbara Thousand Oaks Oracle Ventura 53

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MAY 25, 2018

In five short years, they’ve helped build 52 companies, raised 25 million in investments and reached over 2000 founders. “[It] THE SANDBOX & StartupSB (Santa Barbara, CA). We continue to look for opportunities for Santa Barbara area startups outside of our region.

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Startup Technical Review Competition Software Review 140

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 15, 2011

I just got off the phone with someone who wanted my help getting networked into the Santa Barbara business community. Yes”, I replied, “I worked with him for five years as a senior executive.”. Little did I know when the call began, that it would end up being the worst networking call in which I have ever partaken.

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Networking Blogging Santa Barbara Startup 231

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2012

Michael Pfau (Santa Barbara … Reicker Pfau). It is simply a stunning announcement of investment in this community and taking the future of the LA technology scene in a serious way that I haven’t seen in my five years since returning to LA (I lived here in the early 90′s as well). Don Lee (LA … LKP).

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Venture Capital Startup Los Angeles GRP Partners 299

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APRIL 25, 2011

I have used Guy’s previous book, The Art Of The Start (Art ), in my UC Santa Barbara New Venture Creation class for the past five years. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! Fan, Not A Fan Boy. Quarter-after-quarter, it has inspired and enlightened my students.

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Technical Review Blogging Class Entrepreneur 279

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APRIL 21, 2013

You can watch Sarah tell her compelling story in the following 15-minute excerpt from her recent UC Santa Barbara talk. Five Tips For Emerging Entrepreneurs. Sarah then discussed five areas of advice. I want to have payroll set up in five months.'' For me, the thought of failure was almost unbearable.

Networking 214

Networking Startup Santa Barbara RSS 214

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 18, 2012

As part of UC Santa Barbara’s Distinguished Lecture Series, serial entrepreneur and noted venture capitalist Mark Suster recently shared his advice with a large crowd of emerging entrepreneurs. In the last six weeks, I have been pitched by five entrepreneurs under 20. The youngest was 15. He’s pretty talented.

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Entrepreneur Startup Conference Santa Barbara 272

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MARCH 9, 2019

As a Professor at UC Santa Barbara , I constantly battle Hollywood’s stereotype of the rapacious, maniacal businessperson, by teaching my students that Honesty is a competitive advantage.

Startup 100

Startup Netflix Entrepreneur Metrics 100

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Jason Lehmbeck: The core crew here has been innovating in search for the last five years. They're a local team out of Santa Barbara. Since launching, we've been able to get a leading retailer--one of the top five retailers in the nation--onto the platform, with full engagement.

Yahoo 171

Yahoo Platform Advertising Startup 171

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I grew up in Los Angeles and went to undergrad at UC Santa Barbara, graduating in 2003 with Honors in Economics. While at UC Santa Barbara, I started a café which served over 1100 dorm residents. I spent five years getting the multimedia minor at Loyola Marymount to happen. Tell me a bit about your background.

Startup 150

Startup SEO Pepperdine Blogging 150

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JULY 13, 2009

We just did a deal with Rincon Ventures on a deal in Santa Barbara, and we're partnering with other firms on deals, and we'd like to see more. Outside of Google, they've been one of the most successful companies over the last five or six years, in my opinion. That's been a great validation for the industry.

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GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Santa Barbara, who sent us a couple of projects she has found, and we're already gotten one of our group going up to look at that technology, because our member has very relevant experience in this area, and has determined that the technology is valuable. At USC, there's probably five or six different touchpoints.

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Networking Research Startup USC 215

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APRIL 27, 2009

We've opened an office in Los Angeles, and continue to maintain one in Santa Barbara. He's in Santa Barbara. One great thing about Frank, is someone we got to work with for four or five years before he became a partner. It's $55 million, which is two times the size of the first fund. We say it's organic growth.

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Santa Barbara Entrepreneur Funding Invest 124

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NOVEMBER 23, 2015

We typically do not ask entrepreneurs to visit our offices in Santa Barbara, but Jeff wanted to meet with Kevin, an investor in our Fund who helped us vet opportunities and occasionally invested alongside of us. The net was that 's app is too sophisticated for the five verbs. <Note: billion) and ISS (sold to IBM $1.3

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Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

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JUNE 20, 2011

“If I had to, I could clean out my desk in five minutes… and nobody would ever know I’d ever been here. Integrate With University – both Expertcity’s and Computer Motion’s Founders were former Professors at UC Santa Barbara, which augmented our Intern hiring efforts. And I’d forget too.”.

Startup 244

Startup Software Review Technical Review Class 244

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JULY 14, 2011

8 ) Click-to-call has been around for years, yet RingRevenue has secured non-exclusive relationships with the five largest affiliate networks. 2) A handful of uniformed people from the Bay Area and beyond still believe that you cannot build a world-class tech company in Santa Barbara, despite our numerous successes over the past 15-years.

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Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209