InfoChachkie

AUGUST 29, 2011

If the tech community believes that a certain area is the epicenter of a particular industry, motivated entrepreneurs will start their ventures in such locations, thus reinforcing the geography’s perceived advantageousness. As shown in the following chart, the overwhelming focus of investments during Q1 of 2011 was in later stage companies.

Venture Capital 233

Venture Capital Capital Funding Technical Review 233

Xconomy

AUGUST 9, 2019

—Ezoic, a startup that developed software for web publishers that uses machine learning techniques to personalize layouts and ad placements for site visitors, raised $33 million to further develop its technology. Based in Carlsbad, in northern San Diego County, Ezoic launched its platform in 2011.

San Diego 93

San Diego Artificial Inteligence News Web 93

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2011

The Los Angeles winners of the Deloitte Fast 500 ranking of fastest growing companies was announced last night at an event at Santa Monica's Shutters on the Beach, with 26 companies recognized in the overall 2011 Technology Fast 500, and three "Technology Rising Stars" recognized in the Los Angeles area.

Los Angeles 263

Los Angeles Marina Del Rey Woodland Hills Angel 263

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? . -

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

It’s what life was like as an entrepreneur. I’ve been on the road much of 2012 and part of 2011. But this is nothing like the stress of being an entrepreneur. What’s it really like being an entrepreneur? There is a difference between a Conference Ho and a successful entrepreneur. It’s not.

Blogging 420

Blogging Press Entrepreneur Venture Capital 420

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 10, 2011

Saturday, April 16, 2011 -- Greening Your Ride: Entrepreneurial Opportunities in the Transportation Sector. Our program will explore how entrepreneurs can interact with utilities, government and the private sector to promote innovative ideas to cut traffic congestion, emissions and transportation. Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum.

Enterprise Forum 113

Enterprise Forum CalTech Pasadena Design 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 10, 2011

Saturday, April 16, 2011 -- Greening Your Ride: Entrepreneurial Opportunities in the Transportation Sector. Our program will explore how entrepreneurs can interact with utilities, government and the private sector to promote innovative ideas to cut traffic congestion, emissions and transportation. Caltech/MIT enterprise Forum.

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Enterprise Forum CalTech Entrepreneur Ideas 100

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2016

Phil Hui-Bon-Hoa , the CEO of El Segundo-based Kaleo (www.kaleo.com), is a serial entrepreneur who has previously built and sold four companies, including one acquired by IFILM, and another by Sun Microsystems. This was her pain point, back in our early days in 2011, and at that time, social was starting to become big.

El Segundo 169

El Segundo Southern California Startup CTO Hire 169

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Our target market is entrepreneurs, creatives, and developers. Our services range from basically any platform service to enable an entrepreneur or developer or creative, to get online with a website, or do things like set up a blog. I was hired back in the middle of 2011, and have now been ceo for about two and a half years.

Software Review 238

Software Review Cloud Computing Technical Review Platform 238

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map. Tech startup accelerators dot the landscape, feeding investments into the waiting arms of the nation’s most intelligent and driven entrepreneurs. Adam Miller transformed his company into one of the world’s leading software-as-a-service companies, specifically in the HR world.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

OpenX is profitable, and its ad serving software dominant among online publishers. positions on its site, ranging from software, sales, marketing, to finance. Frank Addante, who founded Rubicon, is a serial entrepreneur who co-founded L90, which was acquired. HauteLook was acquired for $270M in 2011 by Nordstrom.

Technical Review 279

Technical Review Company Companies Southern California 279

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. “How much is that software really worth?

Services 332

Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 1, 2011

That’s how it felt then and a bit how it feels in May 2011. Would Microsoft have been such a powerful global business if IBM had recognized the importance of software as an independent phenomenon from hardware? I hope to offer experiences from being an entrepreneur and being a VC.&#. I started by writing 3-4 times / week.

Startup 391

Startup Blogging Venture Capital Writing 391

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2011

Become a resource for entrepreneurs to have access to the lawyers, accountants, real-estate professionals and other people with whom our entrepreneurs work. Just as we launched a 2010 site they go all 2011 on us! Yet we wanted to be clear that we invest heavily in digital media, mobile & software companies.

UCSD 260

UCSD Invest Startup Design 260

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2011

The era of cheap cloud computing plus open-source software plus digital natives unleashed upon society is creating some truly amazing products that will challenge the way we do business and the way we live our lives. So as I get around the country speaking at college campus in 2010 & 2011 I have been preaching the same theme.

Startup 309

Startup Cloud Computing Venture Capital Marketing 309

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. business entrepreneur investor Maxwell Wessel Silicon Valley startup location'

Startup 102

Startup Technical Review Oracle Entrepreneur 102

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

View the Slideshow A little more than a year ago, amid a resurgence in San Diego’s software sector, Xconomy identified a baker’s dozen of local tech companies to watch in 2016. Tim Rueth, a UC San Diego entrepreneur in residence and member of the EvoNexus selection committee, also screened the list, and offered his perspective.

San Diego 40

San Diego Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Startup 40

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 4, 2011

For those that may be unfamiliar with Idealab, it was founded in 1996 by entrepreneur Bill Gross, Idealab provides a broad range of operational support to its companies, allowing the company management teams to focus on getting to market quickly and cost effectively and to take advantage of the serial start-up experience of the Idealab team.

Idealab 95

Idealab CitySearch Social Media Pasadena 95

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2013

“There are many funds, incubators, and accelerators out there that entrepreneurs can turn to today for general business advice. This is the vision of Data Elite and why I’m excited to be on board,” said Ron Conway. Limited big data funding & incubation.

Netflix 82

Netflix Incubator Class Funding 82

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

In 2011, we built our site, and in 2012, last year, we started getting content. Once you know the space, China really helps entrepreneurs. We use a lot of open source software, and finding tech guys who can read English to keep up with all of the forums is actually more of a challenge than us speaking Chinese. READ MORE>>.

Southern California 170

Southern California Startup SoCal CTO Hire 170

socalTECH

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Jon Ferrara was co-founder of Goldmine software, a huge customer relationship management (CRM) provider which he built into a $100M business in the PC age, and is now working on doing the same thing in the age of the cloud, with another CRM startup, Nimble (www.nimble.com). Congrats on being accepted to Microsoft's Accelerator. Explain that?

Startup 113

Startup Canoga Park Email Google 113

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

The value that is being “added” is often at arms length or via a specialist who interacts with the entrepreneur. But like a Darwinian experiment, the extent to which these gifts are utilized remains entirely up to each individual entrepreneur.

Web Design 103

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall 2011 Judges! A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

This was an audience of mostly first-time entrepreneurs. It is great for entrepreneurs and great for VCs. So here is what I have been telling entrepreneurs privately for the past 6 months. What a bubble means for each entrepreneur. Still, market amnesia by ordinarily rational actors always surprises me. I believe that.

Pricing 309

Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

She has created a successful model to bridge entrepreneurs, investors and the federal government. Today, Joanne works with passionate entrepreneurs who use data assets to disrupt business functions and verticals. Andre is an innovation broker, entrepreneur and advocate for inclusion of minorities and women.

Technical Review 70

Technical Review Startup Software Review Entrepreneur 70

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Founded in the summer of 2011 and their first product out a few weeks ago amSTATS wants to help users to follow fitness events and programs near them and find a great fitness trainer to help them stay fit. For the fitness professional: A simple software solution that streamlines their business operations and keeps clients engaged.

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Startups and entrepreneurs need to be realists. These include chips, computers, software, telecom, and the Internet. An entrepreneur should use advisors to find someone "on the inside" who can make personal introductions to investors. Tags: entrepreneur startups investors venture capital business.

Venture Capital 90

Venture Capital Capital Startup Summary 90

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer 2011 Judges! Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. Sangster is a serial entrepreneur and M&A executive with experience both founding and acquiring businesses. to 9:30 p.m.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 22, 2013

Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur and VC, Karl Mehta has launched Code For India (CFI) to empower the country’s citizens to actively participate in improving their communities. A year before that, Mehta was awarded ‘The Entrepreneur of the Year’ for Northern California by Ernst & Young. Think Local, Hack Global.

Clearstone 79

Clearstone Organization Education Google 79

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2012

By the end of my sophomore year, I decided to go after this full time, and that's when I officially brought on a CTO, Shiv Prakash, and we went at it in the summer of 2011, and the rest is kind of history. We understand this whole effort was actually backed by Sir Richard Branson? Scott Ferreira: Yes, that's correct.

Startup 239

Startup CTO Coach Content Web 239

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

” I mention journalists here because they perpetuate the myth that focusing on profits is ALWAYS the right answer and then I hear many entrepreneurs (and certainly many “normals”) repeating the same mantra. I have had this discussion with many a first-time entrepreneur. It allows you many more exit opportunities.

Startup 418

Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2012

We are focused on the investment in and acquisition of software firms that are generating $2.5M They've grown their businesses through word of mouth more than through a large, established sales organization and they have done that by building a software product that is very well received, and unique in their particular niche market.

Acquisition 168

Acquisition Software Review Technical Review Equity 168

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

We built a Proof of Concept in 2010, went into closed beta in 2011 and opened up to the public in Dec 2012. The idea was pioneered by renowned and award winning high impact serial entrepreneurs, Robert Sussman and Lance Fanaroff. Ernst & Young – World Entrepreneur Awards – FINALIST (Annex 13). When was it launched?

Software Review 92

Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2011

In this installment of TZ Startup Hot Seat we have a chat with Mark O’Sullivan on Vanilla Forums how he came up with the concept and how they plan to revolutionize the industry, and the challenges and rewards of being an entrepreneur. Vanilla is forum software that powers discussions on over 400,000 sites around the world.

Startup 58

Startup Social Media Entrepreneur Framework 58

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

The value that is being “added” is often at arms length or via a specialist who interacts with the entrepreneur. But like a Darwinian experiment, the extent to which these gifts are utilized remains entirely up to each individual entrepreneur.

Web Design 40

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 40

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Five Reasons You Haven’t Launched - Software By Rob , November 10, 2010 Photo by stevendepolo. Clearly it'd be more accurate to say "sometime in Q1 2011." love to find great products and services made by entrepreneurs who are trying to change the world. Who better to answer than the company's engineering lead.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

I obviously don’t have a crystal ball so the economy could fare better than my gut, but here’s why I’m cautious for some time in 2010 or early 2011: Why is the future still so unpredictable? In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 2009.

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Startup Funding Technical Review 269