SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 5, 2009

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 -- Hollywood Web Television Meetup. See [link] (more).

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Hollywood Web 100

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JANUARY 9, 2009

Thursday, January 15, 2009 -- Hollywood Web Television Meetup. Tubefilter's Hollywood Web Television Meetup brings together the most dynamic group of professionals in the online entertainment industry.This month's featured speakers are Tosca Musk and Jeff McPherson, creators of Tiki Bar TV. See [link] (more).

Hollywood 100

Hollywood Web Entertainment 100

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JULY 10, 2009

Thursday, July 16, 2009 -- Tubefilter's Hollywood Web Television Meetup brings together the most dynamic group of professionals in the online entertainment industry. See [link] (more).

Hollywood 100

Hollywood Web Entertainment 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 18, 2009

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 -- LA web application developers meetup. Three 15 minute presentations on programming and technology. Blake Mizerany, the creator of SinatraRB. Darren Rush, who built and sold Koders.com. ATandT Interactive speaker. See [link] (more).

Web 100

Web Develop Development Technology 100

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AUGUST 21, 2009

Thursday, August 27, 2009 -- LA Web Hosting Group August Meetup. LA Web Hosting Group has scheduled a Hosting Meet and Greet. This will be an ample opportunity for all of us to introduce ourselves to each other and discuss the topics which we feel are important that pertain to hosting. See [link] (more).

Web 100

Web 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Thursday, September 10, 2009 -- CONNECT Software, Cyber and Web 3.0 CONNECT will showcase the top five IT companies in the region at the inaugural Software, Cyber and Web 3.0 The event will feature entrepreneurs in the areas of digital art, mobile software, cyber security, analytics, Web 3.0, Venture Roundtable.

Web 100

Web Software Mobile Entrepreneur 100

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JULY 21, 2009

Los Angeles-based SheKnows , the online women's media site owned by AtomicOnline, has shown up in the top 10 list of gaining properties, based comScore's latest ranking of web visitors today. SheKnows was ranked number 100 in terms of top web properties.

AtomicOnline 100

AtomicOnline Web Content Media 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Thursday, September 17, 2009 -- Open Web Application Security Project OC Local Chapter Meeting.

Web 100

Web Framework Company Companies 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 9, 2009

Thursday, August 13, 2009 -- Industry Trends, Social Media and Web 2.0 Would you like to learn and understand the most effective ways to get the attention of the hundreds of millions of active social networkers around the world?

Web 2.0 100

Web 2.0 Social Media Web Tool 100

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Berkonomics , November 29, 2010 Rice Alliance IT/Web 2.0 Forum December 9th Lineup - Startup Houston , November 27, 2010 When to step on the gas and go for it?

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

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OCTOBER 28, 2008

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands disclosed Tuesday as part of its earnings report that the firm has purchased two web sites, BensBargains.net, and GrooveJob.com. Separately, Internet Brands said it has secured a $35M revolving line of credit from Silicon Valley Bank, which it plans to use for acquisitions starting in mid-2009.

Internet Brands 100

Internet Brands Web Acquisition Sites 100

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

He is not a technical person, but is somewhat web savvy. And in the case of defining mobile/web/software, there is even more variability in terms of form and format. Minimum Viable Product: a guide , Lessons Learned, Eric Ries, August 3, 2009 10 examples of minimum viable products Minimum Viable Product revisited – the MVP Curve?

Develop 354

Develop Development Technical Review CTO Coach 354

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Clearstone was involved in Apture's Series A in March of 2009. Apture's software was used to turn web pages into an interactive, multimedia experience through a browser add-on; the firm said its technology is going to be used to enhance Google's Chrome browser.

Clearstone 160

Clearstone Santa Monica Google Venture Capital 160

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Because of all of these updates, there is a wealth of real-time information on the web. Google has also taken notice of the real-time web and they have begun to mix real-time results into their engine. So, to get listed on the real-time web, it will be important to have more followers, friends, and associates in your social network.

Web 82

Web Social Network Google Networking 82

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NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Neville Spiteri: We are a digital media startup, building a next generation studio that it is focusing on creating entertainment and web media, that scales to tens of hundreds of thousands of people, and potentially millions around the world. We see the web having untapped potential for creating its own medium for artistic expression.

Cloud Computing 208

Cloud Computing Web Entertainment Media 208

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JULY 30, 2010

in Q2 of 2009. Internet Brands--which has been an aggressive acquirer of web sites--also revealed that it acquired six websites in Q2, for a total of $8.6M. Los Angeles-based Internet Brands reported its results Thursday, saying that the firm saw record revenues in Q2. According to Internet Brands, it had net income of $4.6M

Internet Brands 160

Internet Brands .Net Acquisition Web 160

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

Lee Essner is formerly a senior exec from WeddingChannel and has much experience in running a successful web property. They build web solutions for venues and give them to the venues for free in exchange for keeping their ticket service fees. It is no wonder web content players with large audiences are all inking deals with them now.

Company 276

Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

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JUNE 28, 2011

Los Angeles-based Social Blaze , a provider of web analytics and social media management software, has been acquired by digital agency MartinJAY Digital. Social Blaze was founded in 2009 by Cassie Rice. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

Social Media 133

Social Media Web Los Angeles Acquisition 133

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JANUARY 7, 2010

San Diego-based Websense , a developer of web security products, said Wednesday that it is seeing strong demand for the firm's new Web Security Gateway and appliances, and is also benefiting from currency exchange rates, and upped its guidance range Wednesday. Favorable currency exchange boosted its billings by $4M. READ MORE>>.

Demand 140

Demand Report San Diego Web 140

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

Coming off a very successful exit with Networks in Motion at the end of 2009, 2010 has been a very exciting year for several of my companies, Socialvibe, 2tor, Leadpoint, Webvisible and Impact Radius. Using the social web to fill excess capacity that exists in nearly every business was one of the best uses of the web that I've seen.

Venture Capital 234

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Southern California 234

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Total raised: $83mm; Series B round (July 2009 for $43mm) valued company at $400mm. Configurable from desktop-based web-based UI. Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Time will tell.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 16, 2009

Thursday, October 22, 2009 -- Burn Baby Burn: Is Traditional Licensing of Content Joining the Business Models Torched by New Technology and the Web? What You Need to Know About the New Growth After the Firestorm.

Web 100

Web Content Java IP 100

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JUNE 2, 2011

The Investment Group of Santa Barbara , a venture capital investment group based in Santa Barbara, has invested $4M in funding for a developer of a web-based cloud training software firm, Mindflash , Mindflash said today. The firm said that the Investment Group of Santa Barbara also led its prior $5M funding, which closed in December 2009.

Santa Barbara 145

Santa Barbara Training Venture Capital Invest 145

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

We also talked about how brands are increasing driving much of their traffic to Facebook and away from their own web pages. Self-reported 60mm daily unique as of Dec 2009, games played by 250mm people a month (AppData). Online service offering privacy certification for web sites. This is astounding and myopic in my view.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

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JUNE 3, 2010

Web-based client for user stream data including Twitter (original focus), FaceBook, MySpace, Google Buzz, FourSquare and many others. Founded in 2009 in Los Angeles by Michelle Crames. Provider of real-time data and predictive analytics for web site publishers. Estimated 15mm downloads to date. Mobile gifting service.

Venture Capital 214

Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

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AUGUST 31, 2009

Los Angeles-based Leads360 , which provides web-based, leads management software, announced Monday afternoon that the firm has signed its 4000th client, Jones International University. No details on the financial impact of the new client were released.

Rustic Canyon 133

Rustic Canyon Web Los Angeles Software 133

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JANUARY 27, 2010

According to the Tech Coast Angels' Richard Sudek, Chairman of the TCA, the group is looking to hold bi-monthly mixers which will help entrepreneurs connect with its angel investors, after a successful mixer in late 2009. The angel group also mentioned a web site design as part of its initiatives this year.

Tech Coast Angels 157

Tech Coast Angels Orange County Seed Funding Santa Barbara 157

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Irvine-based Quality Systems , which develops healthcare information systems, said today that it is in an agreement to acquire Opus Healthcare Solutions , a provider of web-based, clinical information systems. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed.

Web 133

Web Acquisition Software Develop 133

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 20, 2009

This is the beginning of a content community that collects and organizes the best content from blogs and web sites. I'm happy to announce the launch of the Los Angeles Tech Content Community. The goal is to create a place where it's relatively easy to find current content and highly relevant content surrounding Los Angeles Technology.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Angel Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 150

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

We had to buy Oracle database licenses, UNIX servers, a Sun Solaris operating system, web servers, load balancers, EMC storage, disk mirrors for redundancy and had to commit to a year-long hosting agreement at places such as Exodus. Linux (instead of UNIX), Apache (web server software), MySQL (instead of Oracle) and PHP.

Venture Capital 334

Venture Capital Software Capital Startup 334

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The group says that so far, from 2009 to 2011, it accepted 23 companies, of which 19 received funding worth a total of $80M; the accelerator said that the nine companies acquired exceeds $60M in proceeds. LaunchpadLA started initially as a mentoring group, but expanded into accelerating and investing in companies in the last few years.

Class 168

Class Startup Web Design Mentor 168

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Six Southern California firms have made Forbes.com's list of 20 of "America's Most Promising Companies 2009", which was released Wednesday.

Southern California 147

Southern California Sherman Oaks SoCal Demand 147

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OCTOBER 28, 2009

Orange-based M86 Security , a developer of web security software, reported today that it has received a U.S. Green as inventors; it appears the patent stems from M86 Security's acquisition of Avinti, a malware detection firm, in March of 2009. Patent for its malware detection technology. Marsden and David E. READ MORE>>.

Patents 133

Patents Email Web Acquisition 133

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

-Recent competitive financings closed by Gilt Groupe ($35mm in 05/2010), OKL (undisclosed value in 12/2009) and Ideeli ($20mm in 12/2009). Metrics: 50mm users (up from 40mm in Dec 2009), -Competition includes: Spotify , Last.fm. Current round: $31.0mm in Series C by Insight Venture Partners (Jeff Lieberman).

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 21, 2009

Saturday, June 27, 2009 -- Digital LA -Tech Rehab @ Citrusbyte. Were teaming up with web development shop Citrusbyte for a FREE tech BBQ pool party for programmers, product managers, web developers, and friends at Citrusbytes web developer mansion in Encino. Summer's here! See [link] (more).

Encino 100

Encino Web Development Web Product 100

socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

"It's been tough to shake people loose from companies," Stuart Macfarlane , CEO of El Segundo-based iChange , explains, saying that the firm is actively looking to hire two to three web developers. Mangers said that it appears that for companies that have survived the storm of 2009 and the economy, things are looking up.

Southern California 246

Southern California Technical Review Playa Del Rey Technology 246

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 16, 2009

Thursday, October 22, 2009 -- Ping Pong and Tech Talk Meetup. Play ping pong, talk about web technology and hang out with us at Yontoo! Who: Local entrepreneurs, web/software developers, bloggers, and anybody else who's interested in playing ping pong and hanging out. See [link] (more).

Web 100

Web Software Development Entrepreneur Software 100