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JUNE 22, 2016

Carlsbad-based Business.com , the online business directory and information site which was most recently in the hands of JMI Equity, has been sold to New York-based content publisher Purch , the two said Wednesday afternoon. Purch said the deal would help it expand into the SMB market. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 17, 2016

Sapho develops software which helps pull together information across hundreds of enterprise apps, and presents them to employees as "micro apps". ElNaggar was in Redpoint's LA offices from 2005 until 2011, and had stints on the boards of Machinima and Hark, among other companies. According to Sapho, it has raised $9.5M

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JANUARY 5, 2011

Tuesday, January 11, 2011 -- CloudCamp Los Angeles. CloudCamp is an unconference where attendees can exchange ideas, knowledge and information in a creative and supporting environment, advancing the current state of cloud computing and related technologies.

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MAY 26, 2011

Wednesday, June 1, 2011 -- TCA Facetime - A free talk roundtable. Provide practical information and valuable face time to help startup CEO. It is a free talk intimate round table style with maximum 15 startup CEOs.

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Venture Capital Startup Help 113

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JANUARY 19, 2011

Thursday, January 20, 2011 -- Los Angeles: Founder Institute Introduction. On Thursday evening, January 20th, the Founder Institute is hosting an informational event in Los Angeles at the offices of Clearstone Venture Partners. Anyone interested in becoming a world-class founder is invited to learn how the Institute can help.

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Los Angeles Angel Clearstone Class 100

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APRIL 27, 2011

Tuesday, May 3, 2011 -- Clean Technology Leaders Conference and Business Mixer. Presentation will review critical pre-requisites, planning and follow-on actions required to help start or grow a successful business. SPEAKER: John Ricardi, President and CEO, HiTech Initiatives. See [link] (more)

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Technical Review Conference Technology Tool 100

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MARCH 25, 2011

Thursday, March 31, 2011 -- Agile in Action is a free, half day learning series to help practicing teams maximize their agile investments and new teams understand where to start. A vendor expo featuring VersionOne, ElectricCloud, Klockwork, and Perforce will follow.

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OCTOBER 21, 2011

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 -- TCA Entrepreneur Mixer. Join Tech Coast Angels members, fellow entrepreneurs, helpful service providers and other active investors and entrepreneurs in a relaxed, informal environment to mix, mingle and discuss new business ideas and how to get funded.

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Tech Coast Angels Entrepreneur Ideas Activity 100

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JULY 7, 2011

Wednesday, July 13, 2011 -- Privacy and Security Regulation: Threat to the Growth and Adoption of Location-Based Services? Many applications provide warnings on download that the application may collect your location among other personal information, but we say OK, and download the app anyway. See [link] (more)

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MARCH 25, 2015

crackdown on illegal online gambling and online poker back in 2011. The reason why, is it takes lots of information to do that--knowing past performance, that sort of thing. In 2011, we watched as there was a whole world of online, illegal gambling being shut down. percent of people will play horse races directly. population.

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Platform Develop Development Mobile 100

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Go Trexx (www.gotrexx.com), which is based in Mission Viejo, think it's by engaging kids with mobile applications which provide background information, helps to build excitement, and gets kids involved in traveling to different destinations. I sold that company in 2011, and then used the proceeds to start Go Trexx.

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Guide Framework Mobile Startup 232

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JUNE 15, 2011

The purpose of Branchout is helping people to network their way to jobs. Instead, I want to look at how they've integrated themselves with Facebook and particularly how they engage users to help viral spread. They ask for a little bit additional information and that's it, you are up and going. That's impressive growth!

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Examples Startup Course Networking 331

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JULY 7, 2015

I myself coined the term ENIFA (everyone now is a f **g angel) in 2011 but it didn’t stick as well as the term Unicorn did. But we’ve gotten the point where ENIFA and they will invest with no information based solely on the name of who else has invested. Information Leaks are a Real Problem. Information leaks.

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Angel Startup Seed Funding Invest 150

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JUNE 15, 2011

The purpose of Branchout is helping people to network their way to jobs. Instead, I want to look at how they've integrated themselves with Facebook and particularly how they engage users to help viral spread. They ask for a little bit additional information and that's it, you are up and going. That's impressive growth!

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Examples Startup Course Networking 323

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Matt sold his last startup, Thriva, to Active Network, and was part of the team that build up Active Network until its successful IPO in 2011. We thought we could add lots of value by servicing that pain, by producing real information for consumers, to help guide them through the process of maintaining and improving their property.

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Startup Guide CTO Hire Organization 133

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MAY 21, 2011

Not really helping you do something better. So as I get around the country speaking at college campus in 2010 & 2011 I have been preaching the same theme. Or like a company I spoke to today, SportsForce , that is helping high-school athletes better prepare to get picked up by college sports teams. Healthcare information?

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Startup Cloud Computing Venture Capital Marketing 309

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MARCH 12, 2013

He shared tons of information about how how they were using marketing to quantitatively make marketing decisions at HauteLook and acquire customers for prices that were far cheaper than similar companies. The feedback was always universal, “that was the most helpful marketing meeting I’ve every had.” Approachable.

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Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

It''s very similar to flowers, in that sense that I was working on a deal selling a flower company, and got lots of background information and understanding of the industry as part of our due diligence. We partner with them, and give them tools to help their business. Farbod Shoraka: We started out in the summer of 2011.

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Beverly Hills Technical Review Design Startup 157

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

In what is a fairly unusual move, last week, Tradesparq (www.tradesparq.com), a Chinese startup in the area of B2B trade information, said it was planning on setting up its operations here in Southern California, as part of an expansion and scaling of the company. Once you know the space, China really helps entrepreneurs.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

We spoke with Christopher Webb, the firm's CEO, to hear about how ChowNow's goal is to make mobile, social orders something any restaurant can afford and implement--and how a new $3M funding round from GRP Partners, Double M Capital, Daher Capital, Karlin Ventures, and Velos Partners is helping it to deliver on its mission.

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Mobile Startup Platform GRP Partners 197

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2012

With all this information laid out in front us there was a massive creation of information overload – laying the grown work for diluted content. We could now not only see content we were aware of but we could discover new content via our friends and their friends. In stepped Zite.

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APRIL 19, 2011

Or read the quick, informative summary below the image! A friend helped him get out of this situation and changed Matt’s life forever. Matt was one of my inspirations behind Launchpad LA (yes, we’re going to have a program in 2011 – news very, very soon). The answer? Something so simple.

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Acquisition Startup Customer Custom 304

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NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The panelists will share their experiences and insights about these programs and investors and offer a wide-range of information to the attendees before ending with a Q & A. Joey Flores, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder at Earbits (a Y Combinator Winter 2011 company). When: Thursday, November 10, 2011 – 7-9pm.

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Incubator Santa Monica Idealab Social Media 64

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FEBRUARY 21, 2012

2011 was an incredibly huge year for us, and 2012 will be the same way. What we do, is we help companies identify who is accessing their sites, and registering for their services. What we do, is we help companies identify who is accessing their sites, and registering for their services. I was introduced to the founders.

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Marina Del Rey Startup IP Examples 238

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JANUARY 14, 2014

The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. ” The most obvious phone call ad unit is what we call a “considered purchase,” which is high price, complex and requires lots of information or lots of choice. There are 2.9 billion email accounts. billion by 2014. Home alarms.

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Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

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JANUARY 14, 2011

We have a very sophisticated, analytics and software platform that over half the Fortune 50 are now using, to help guide how they invest in marketing and sales activities and investments. Essentially, we help them learn how to get more with less, and also how to consider new investments in things like social media, mobile marketing, or video.

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Social Media Demand Activity Marketing 235

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NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Maneesh focuses on the medical information technology markets. He has held senior executive positions with numerous large companies including Matra Space, AP-HP, and the European Commission Information Society. in venture capital and publicly launched in May 2011. Based in Newport Beach, CatchFree has raised $5.5m

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Orange County Miramar Startup Tech Coast Angels 106

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APRIL 23, 2012

With all this information laid out in front us there was a massive creation of information overload – laying the grown work for diluted content. We could now not only see content we were aware of but we could discover new content via our friends and their friends. In stepped Zite.

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Newsletter Content Social Media Startup 56

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JUNE 10, 2013

We spoke with Dan Gilman , President and co-founder of the company, to learn more about the company, it''s market, and why healthcare information technology is such an interesting area for investors. Those representatives help educate providers on products, and deliver value to those offices. What is RxVantage?

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Marketing Software Education Startup 231

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OCTOBER 10, 2010

They provide structure to the valuable social information that emerges, helping them connect with the information they need to plan trips and enjoy richer, more social travel experiences. Also, the new iPad rumored for release in first quarter of 2011 to sport a 7-inch screen and a micro or mini USB port.

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JULY 31, 2012

It has been an incredible journey for me and I could not be prouder of what we accomplished over the past few years helping define Yahoo as a leader in digital media and advertising. Yahoo is an amazing brand and company, and I leave knowing we did all we could to help inform and entertain more than 700 million users each month.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The panelists will share their experiences and insights about these programs and investors and offer a wide-range of information to the attendees before ending with a Q & A. Joey Flores, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder at Earbits (a Y Combinator Winter 2011 company). When: Thursday, November 10, 2011 – 7-9pm.

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Incubator Santa Monica Idealab Social Media 40

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JUNE 5, 2012

Garrett was most recently a venture capitalist at Crosscut Ventures, who helped identify and fund ShoeDazzle--co-founded the company with Beal, a fashion industry insider who was introduced to Garrett by prolific Los Angeles angel investor Paige Craig. You can participate and be editor-in-chief of your own digital stylebook as well.

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Startup Commerce Design Media 182

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FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Babak Nivi is one of the most understated, helpful & important people on the entrepreneur / startup scene in NorCal. I said, “if you can help first-time entrepreneurs get access to investors – that’s golden. 2011 is one big cocktail party all over again. So I feel the need to speak up.

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Venture Capital Writing Blogging Startup 267

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MAY 25, 2012

Scott Ferreira: MySocialCloud helps user manage their online life, through three tools. 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. First off, what is MySocialCloud?

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Startup CTO Coach Content Web 239

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

A number of web services has popped up in recent years that has helped cater to people with busy lives. May 4, 2011 was the official launch date). As a reputation-based marketplace, Zipments customers can review profile information of couriers who bid on their jobs before they select them to perform the job.

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Los Angeles Angel Examples Mobile 79

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 9, 2012

In November 2011, Google’s spring clean saw a number of services shut down like Knol, Friend Connect and Google Wave. 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.

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Google Technical Support RSS Web 68