InfoChachkie

APRIL 16, 2012

He is credited with pioneering the Lean Startup Movement in 2005 via the publication of his bestselling, Four Steps To The Epiphany. Steve notes that in 2005, when Four Steps was published, conventional wisdom at business schools was that, “Startups are nothing more than a smaller version of a large company. Enter Eric Ries .

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2012

The first email sent out to subscribers links users directly to news stories from around the web. Matt Coffin sold his last firm, LowerMyBills.com, to Experian back in 2005 for over $330M. It's unclear how the new service will link back to the FamilyFinds deals and coupons services. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2011

That would also give them one, unified platform for Facebook on the web, mobile tablet platforms, and so on, so that every time they release a new version of their platform it will work on every mobile phone, whether that was Android, Windows, or Blackberry. Right now, those Facebook apps only work on the web.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Steve Jillings has a long track record of running successful startups in Southern California, ranging from such companies as FrontBridge Technologies (sold to Microsoft in 2005 for over $200M) and Vantage Media (acquired in 2007). Telesign provides authentication services for the largest web companies in the world.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

One of the great joys of doing the web series This Week in VC every week is that I get to spend time with great people debating the issues of our day including how our industry is evolving as well as insights into how companies got started, got their initial traction and dealt with adversities. Oh, yeah. Positive feedback feeds the idea.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Or again here in Consumer Affairs dating back to 2005. I had to put in a bit of web research to uncover an intricate web of ownership that leads to the Avis Budget ownership and worse still up to a well-known private equity group called Apollo. Background. I was home visiting my father in Sacramento. Hiding from something?

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MAY 23, 2012

LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year. hours per day on average, and that’s excluding the other 13 hours a day where we have our mobile devices, our connected TVs, our iPads and Kindles and soon our cars connected to the web. Today we’re online 3.1

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Spark Capital is relatively new to VC (founded in 2005) yet has become one of the hottest new VCs having invested in Twitter, Tumblr, AdMeld, Boxee, KickApps and many more companies. Free experience is web and mobile app-based, has ads, limited skipping, and limited listening time (40 hours/month). Read more: TechCrunch.

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socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2015

According the company, which is led by Paul Gigg, the name change comes as the company has expanded beyond its roots in Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web Services, and now addresses API management, cloud integration, DevOps, and other enterprise software areas. READ MORE>>. devops rename cloud enterprise software akana'

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I first met Ethan in 2005. And in a world where we increasingly log in to personal web time at late hours or on our mobile phones that’s no longer good enough. I was preparing to move back to the US from London after 11 years abroad.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 4, 2011

If you’re a big supporter of indie films or web series you’re probably checking out your favorites on a variety of different sites on the web. has provided a platform since 2005 for indie producers, distributors and advertisers to provide viewers with this kind of content. The folks over at Blip.tv To date, Blip.tv

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2010

One of Southern California's successful, serial entrepreneurs is Winston Damarillo , who founded Gluecode, which he sold to IBM in 2005. A good example of that is the Apache web server, where no one pays for support--they just download it and use it. We thought we'd catch back up with Winston to hear about the Morphlabs.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 6, 2016

According to the company, it has developed "neural technology" which is aimed at altering how humans interact with machines, allowing computers, web and mobile apps, and devices to authenticate and understand the human voice.

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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2010

Last week, San Diego-based provider of web content classification and security services developer BrightCloud was acquired by Webroot , and we thought it would be a great opportunity to talk to founder Quinn Curtis about how the acquisition of his firm came about. Quinn is now VP of Hosted Security Services at Webroot (www.webroot.com).

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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2009

Both Nahm and Kim were at voice-over-IP firm Dialpad, which was acquired by Yahoo in 2005. Phonevite is angel backed, and allows users to record messages via the web or a phone, add phone numbers to send that message to, and schedule a time to send the message.

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socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2009

Los Angeles-based Pluggedin Media , which operates a web site focused on streaming of high quality, music videos in HD and broadcast quality, is looking for a buyer. O'Brien is one of the co-founders of Xdrive, which was sold to AOL in 2005. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2009

Los Angeles-based Pluggedin Media , which operates a web site focused on streaming of high quality, music videos in HD and broadcast quality, is looking for a buyer. O'Brien is one of the co-founders of Xdrive, which was sold to AOL in 2005. READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 2, 2011

Central Desktop was founded in 2005 to provide an easy-to-use, SaaS collaboration solution to the SMB market. "Today, web-collaboration means everything from web-meetings, to video conferencing, to Skype, etc. Article first published as Isaac Garcia – Taking Down Microsoft on Technorati.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2013

Blair Harrison: I sold iFilm to Viacom at the end of 2005, and got out of there at the beginning of 2008. You helped define video on the web with iFilm. To give you an idea, we're indexing over half a billion social posts every day, and over 5 million new videos every single day. How did you get from iFilm to Frequency?

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

So I actually started a graphic design company out of college, and got lucky with the web taking off at the right time. Elizabeth Amini: I actually ran into him in 2005, when he was a keynote speaker at a conference. You don't need a CD, or hardware, it's completely web based. My other, non-marketable skill included philosophy.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2010

billion in 2005, and finally sold again to Google in 2007 for $3.1 For example, I was looking for web hosting, and kept on running into affiliate shills--which is a disease on the internet--where there are people who purport to talk about the best products, but are really pushing whoever is paying them the most money.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

While Google fights on the edges, Amazon is attacking their core - Chris Dixon , May 22, 2010 Google is fighting battles on almost every front: social networking, mobile operating systems, web browsers, office apps, and so on. 8211; are mostly a loss leaders for Google. It’s also the wrong answer. Should I Get My MBA? What should I do?’.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 Was about a billion dollars on the IPO” and “was one of the first web analytics companies. RSS was something that had appeared.” “….I Is that when it became big? was starting.

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 25, 2010

I didn’t know what I was getting into when I started buying live endorsement radio ads back in 2005. What I mean by this is we do radio better by building it around the web, social media and traditional marketing strategies alongside, behind and wrapped around our radio shows. I spent a lot of money on Mark Germain (Mr.

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socalTECH

APRIL 23, 2013

I started Young Turks back in 2002, and then, in 2006 and really towards the end of 2005, started daily web streaming for the show. We''re now the longest daily web show, ever. Back in 2005, we even had Sirius Satellite Radio tell us they''d pay us a quarter million to not do online video.

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socalTECH

JULY 6, 2009

We recently caught up with CEO Jonno Wells to talk about the firm and its expanding network of web sites. Our products are also syndicated into newspapers and web sites around the country. First off, tell us about your network of sites? If I'm not mistaken, your firm has actually been around awhile, hasn't it?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

And Ron Conway has proclaimed that he wants to do up to 40-50 rapid-fire deals in the next 18 months in what is becoming known as the “real time web” (e.g. The success of the iPhone – The success of the iPhone and more importantly the App Store has led to an increase in early-stage VC fundings that mirror the Web 2.0

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

On the web, parents can upload photos of themselves, family members, and friends, and put them into a video alongside the StoryBots, in classic kids songs. Gregg Spiridellis: We were producing viral video hits in 2005. They're available on StoryBots, and on YouTube as well. We also have StoryBots "Starring You" videos.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2011

Not everyone had a spam filter, and lots of companies didn't have a spam filter in place until 2003, 2004, or 2005. Fred Wilson has a pretty good track record on investments he's done in the web space. As spam started to evolve in the late 90's and in the 2000's, it was just a very light problem.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 7, 2013

To understand that assertion, let’s observe how and when Google encroached on each layer of the technology value chain required to access any web service. Web browser – even a functional computer with an OS isn’t enough to access most Google services. Search is just another web application.

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Xconomy

MAY 21, 2019

Sebastian Thrun first made his mark on autonomous vehicle development at the dawn of that industry, when he led a Stanford team whose robot car Stanley won the $2 million DARPA Grand Challenge in 2005 by racing driverless through the Mojave Desert for 132 miles.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 9, 2012

According to Eichner, Google Mini has been an important part of Google’s Enterprise Search offering since its introduction in 2005 and was helpful however it will be discontinued on July 31, 2012. Another service, iGoogle launched in 2005 will be switched off on 1 st November 2013.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

In 2005, Majid coauthored "Data Strategy" a book designed to help streamline information management within organizations. He is known for being able to monetize the social web. Dr. Tony Karrer, CEO/CTO of TechEmpower Dr. Tony Karrer is the CEO/CTO of TechEmpower, a software, web, and eLearning development firm.

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2010

What we've done, is for authentication, we have created a way to have a unique password to give you access to a web site very time. We bought the assets from Vidoop, which was an LLC that was first established in late 2005 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We talked about CAPTCHA, and everyone has to have that on their web site.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Eric Bjorndahl: At the highest level, we're a social networking web site for travelers. The most compelling part of our site is it's possible to find travel buddies online through our web site. Berkeley in 2005, and right after that I started working on the site. What's your brother's background? He graduated from U.C.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

It's analytics around users and visitation on web sites, and it's knowledge of the consumption of photos--for example, GumGum--or video images on the web. In about 2005, I started looking at the local market, and realized that there are not lots of enterprise IT companies here, which is Palomar's focus.

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socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2011

That was five or six years ago, 2005 or so. This last month was really building out the detail of the product, and launching our web site. TechStars and YCombinator really have pioneered the model. If you talk about Paul Graham and David Cohen, they've pivoted to the model there are at now.

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