Berkonomics

APRIL 9, 2020

And these are indeed strange times, especially if you haven’t lived through 2000-2002 and 2007-2008 recessions and difficulty in finding money from banks and investors. If the total annual potential is 100,000 units, the slower cycle to market just cost the company two thirds of a year in the product’s profits.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Lovell Minnick Partners , a private equity investor which has one of its offices in Los Angeles, has acquired a majority of SRS Acquiom , a provider of technology-enabled services for the mergers and acquisition (M&A) market. SRS Acquiom was founded in 2007, and is based in Denver, with an office in Los Angeles, among other cities.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ringrevenue’s call performance marketing platform enables ad networks, agencies, advertisers & publishers to generate more inbound sales calls.”. In today’s market, so much focus is placed on transacting business online. 10) Rob, why does the world need RingRevenue? . “In

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing Great post - 8 Ways The Internet Changed Software Marketing - is an interesting take on how different it is these days to market software. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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JANUARY 25, 2017

San Diego-based Ad-Juster , a developer of automated reconciliation and reporting software for the digital ad market, was recently acquired by Chinese investor Innotech Capitals. Ad-Juster was founded in 2007, and was led by Mike Lewis. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Amazon.com is in a bid to take a share of the Los Angeles market for local referrals for handymen and service providers, as Los Angeles continues to be a major launch market for on-demand, services marketplaces. READ MORE>>. amazon local service referral citygrid serviz handybook pathjoy'

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Be Green Packaging , a designer of sustainable, compostable, and recyclable packaging for the consumer packaged goods market, has been acquired by private equity investor Riverside Company. Be Green Packaging was founded in 2007, and was co-founded by Ron Blitzer and Robert Richman. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Los Angeles-based Oversee.net , the domain name and Internet marketing firm, has sold off its Moniker and SnapNames units, to KeyDrive S.A. According to Oversee, the sale helps it to focus on its core monetization and vertical markets division. Oversee.net had acquired Moniker in January of 2008, and SnapNames in June of 2007.

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socalTECH

JULY 23, 2019

HireAHelper was founded in 2007, and offers up a marketplace to compare quotes from local movers on both moving and moving services. Porch said that HireAHelper's 75 employees will joing the company's existing headcount of more than 800 employees, and that HireAHelper will remain in its location in Oceanside.

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socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2015

Los Angeles-based online advertising technology developer Rubicon Project has apparently just hits its one year anniversary on the public markets, saying today that it will be ringing the NYSE closing bell this afternoon. Addante founded Rubicon Project in 2007. READ MORE>>.

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Advertising Acquisition Los Angeles Technology 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Nimble--which develops web-based, social contact management software--said the Outlook connection comes via Phi-solutions, which connects Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010 contacts into rich social profiles on Nimble. Nimble said it now has integrated with nearly 40 software tools.

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socalTECH

JULY 3, 2014

Griggs had been CFO of j2 Global since 2007 , when she took over from Turicchi. j2 Global owns a wide range of electronic fax, email, cloud services, online backup, email marketing, and other services, in addition to owning publisher Ziff Davis. Turicchi has previously served as CFO of j2 Global. READ MORE>>. j2global executive'

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Thin Line--formed in partnership with LA's Wavemaker Partners--is hoping to take advantage of the growth in the clean technology market to find startups able to tapping into those now established markets, without the huge investment requirements of those first wave of clean technology companies. Markets were not yet built out.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 13, 2020

But in these days of fast failures, of COVID-based markets drying up, and with the knowledge that 50% of all startups fail anyway within a few years of formation, there is a lot of learning to be had out there. Did you miss the chance to pivot based upon rapid market changes?” “Did Yes, it works both ways. Including cash.

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socalTECH

MAY 28, 2014

Interestingly enough, New Matter is the second, 3D printing startup to come out of Idealab; back in 2007, Idealab spawned out another, low cost, 3D printer company, Desktop Factory, which ultimately did not make it to market. Financial details of the new funding for New Matter was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Los Angeles-based Oversee.net , the operator of domain monetization and Internet marketing sites, said Friday that Moniker founder Monte Cahn will be leaving the firm. Cahn has been at Oversee since December of 2007, when Oversee.net acquired Moniker.

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socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2013

MakerBot was developing low cost, 3-D printers for hobbyists to create their own, 3D printed objects--precisely the market that Desktop Factory had been pursuing. However, Desktop Factory had pioneered 3D printing way back in 2007 , before the recent obsession and craze over 3D printed objects.

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socalTECH

JULY 26, 2011

California is currently leading in terms of the number of IPO registrations, as the IPO market has reached a new high, according to a report released today. billion in deals, the highest since the financial crisis started in late 2007. California had 25 companies in registration as of Q2, with eight companies in Southern California.

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socalTECH

JUNE 22, 2016

Purch said the deal would help it expand into the SMB market. Donnelly in 2007 by Jake Winebaum, turned over to Dex.com after the sale, and eventually shut down, but restarted after a purchase by JMI Equity and Resource Nation in 2011. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Business.com was headed by Tony Uphoff.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

San Diego-based micro messaging service StockTwits , which allows fans of the financial markets to exchange stock tips, interact with others, discuss companies, and more, said this week that it has updated its iPhone app. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2020

What you probably don’t realize is that the term disruptive brings its own set of baggage, implying to investors extra high risk, high market building costs, and a long slow ramp before payback. De Beers produced industrial diamonds, but found a market as well in engagement rings. Focus on a large opportunity in a low-growth market.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2011

San Diego-based Covario , the search engine optimization and search engine marketing software firm headed by Russ Mann, revealed this week that it has secured its first patent from the U.S. The firm filed the patent in March of 2007, and it was granted earlier this week on January 25th. Patent and Trademark Office.

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SEO Patents Search Engine Optimization San Diego 189

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2020

He did note that in the four markets where the company has gone live since launching its business in January 2019 — San Diego, Los Angeles, the Inland Empire , and Sacramento — has yielded an annualized revenue run rate of over $400 million in gross merchandise value (the total value of home sales transacted on its platform).

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2010

Los Angeles-based CyberDefender , the PC security, antivirus, and antispyware firm headed by Gary Guseinov, is headed to the NASDAQ Global Market, the firm said today, after getting approval to move from the OTCBB. CyberDefender went public via an SB-2 back in 2007. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 6, 2012

Pasadena-based Guidance Software , the developer of computer forensics and e-discovery software, said this morning that it has named Daniel Lim as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, and Alex Adrianopoulos as Vice President of Marketing.

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Software Oracle Pasadena Marketing 133

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Slacker has a long list of competitors, ranging from Spotify to Rdio, to Pandora, all of which are looking to grab a chunk of the online music streaming market. The makeover is the first major redesign of the site's logo since its launch back in 2007. View Slacker's video about its service in our video section. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Email marketing and cross-channel interactive marketing saas solutions provider ExactTarget has acquired Pardot, a marketing automation provider and iGoDigital, web personalization provider in a move that will revolutionize its marketing platform. Pardot to Redefine Marketing Automation. Over 100million in Cash.

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Platform Marketing Social Media Web 56

Eric Greenspan

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

In 2007, my company negotiated an unprecedented marketing agreement with Verizon to sell their FiOS and in turn their technicians in the field would refer Make It Work services to their customers. As a fellow TEDster recently said, “I want to correct something i just said. Being wrong does feel like something.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Business.com had been the latest success for Southern California entrepreneur Jake Weinbaum, who built the firm from a domain name into a firm with over $50M in revenues in 2007. Tags: business business.com shutdown employment jobs donnelley local search marketing yellow pages advertisement. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2010

According to Dow Jones, those eight IPOs matched the same number of IPOs throughout all of 2009, and made it the most active quarter for venture-backed company IPOs since Q4 of 2007. The firms that did make it to the markets this year, however, had a long wait: Dow Jones reported that it took a median of 10.4

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Interestingly enough, New Matter--whose chairman is Idealab''s Bill Gross--is the second time around on a 3D printing startup for Idealab, which was before its time with personal 3D printer company Desktop Factory, which it started bringing to market in 2007, but eventually sold to 3D Systems in 2009, well before the current 3D printing craze.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 16, 2012

Skimlinks is an affiliate marketing tool that allows website publishers to readily monetize their online content. I know Coull intimately, as it recently purchased RevUpNet , an online media agency which I Co-Founded with Ben Kiblinger in 2007. In 2007, Microsoft loudly proclaimed the creation of clickable video ads.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Nova Development will provide both development and marketing of the title, including integrating the retail boxed software with Ancestry.com's current online products. Nova Development was acquired by Avanquest in 2007. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Talk about the market, when you say you're outside Google and Bing, explain what that means? I sold that business in late 2007, right before the debt crisis, and sold it to a public company in Australia. Marketing dollars start to go away in any difficult economy. Our core competency was in the search space.

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Advertising Startup Google Commerce 203

socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2010

The online, flash sales market for fashion is looking to a bit more crowded this week for Los Angeles-based HauteLook , as Amazon.com said that it had acquired BuyVIP.com. BuyVIP.com is a Spanish operator of a fashion and lifestyle site, which serves the European market with flash fashion sales, similar to HauteLook. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 26, 2010

Irvine-based ClariPhy Communications , a developer of mixed signal, digital signal processing semiconductors for the optical market, announced this morning that it has raised $24M in a Series C funding round. Oclaro is using ClariPhy's technology in the 100G Coherent Long Haul and Ultra Long Haul market.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

But any entrepreneurs raising capital should keep in mind that this opening of the markets could possibly be temporary. Why did the VC markets freeze so quickly? Market downturn – We all know that investors move in herds. But imagine a VC that did 12 deals per year in 2006, 2007 & 2008. Short answer – yes.

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