Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

For me Silicon Beach doesn’t quite encapsulate the wonderful, dynamic, creative, large, thriving community that is the 13 million proud Angelinos any more than Silicon Alley captures the bustling 2012 community of New York City. ZestCash, founded by Douglas Merrill, former CIO of Google [Hollywood]. I was a former entrepreneur.

Startup 304

Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Ryan Blair: As you know, I sold ViSalus back in 2012, but ended up buying it back in 2014, and then we sold the company to a public company. I want to invest in entrepreneurs that have the capacity to be number one at whatever they are doing, and do it within our skill base, which is direct-to-consumer. I love entrepreneurs.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review 100

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

Featuring panelists from SOA Software , Edgecast and Bitium , we’ll discuss: Top priorities and challenges for today’s CIO. The rise of the social enterprise and Chief Digital Officer – what it means for the CIO. Alex is a proven web entrepreneur, having led and sold multiple successful startups. Alex Kazerani.

SaaS 92

SaaS Cloud Computing CIO Web 92

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2013

One of my friends, the CIO of a large healthcare system, did a study with Verizon of their facility, and found that there were 3 million SMS messages sent in a month. We''ll probably finish this year with a subscriber base which has increased about 7x to 8x from the end of 2012. Brad Brooks: This is my second time around for a company.

Yammer 229

Yammer Startup Mobile Organization 229

Xconomy

JUNE 30, 2016

Healthtech entrepreneur Parker Hinshaw and his wife Jean Balgrosky said they intended to take a step back when they founded Bootstrap Incubation near San Diego in the fall of 2012. They came to San Diego in 1996, when Scripps Health hired Balgrosky as CIO and senior vice president.

San Diego 67

San Diego CIO Incubator Startup 67

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. African ICT Achiever Awards – Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Year – WINNER multiple times (Annex.13).

Software Review 92

Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92