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MARCH 22, 2018

Recognizing the tens of billions of dollars that the Southern Californian region leaves on the table, because it hasn’t taken its rightful place in the American technology industry, a new group called the Alliance for Southern California Innovation has just released a report to analyze how SoCal can work to assume its pole position.

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). What have been your experiences in the past 6 months?

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NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Clovis Oncology, based in Colorado, is expected to price its IPO this week, according to the NASDAQ's expected IPO calendar. Two Southern California venture firms are among the investors who are awaiting an expected IPO of Clovis Oncology , a developer of cancer drugs, this week. percent of the company.

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MAY 8, 2009

Thursday, May 14, 2009 -- Caltech Executive Education: Strategic Pricing. Learn how to develop pricing tactics to increase profits and position against competitors, assess pricing opportunities, capture value, understand the implications of product and market life cycles, and determine how and when to stem price erosion.

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JULY 22, 2010

Southern California appears to be on a IPO roll this month, with the pricing of Monrovia-based Green Dot 's IPO last night and expected trading today, following the successful IPO of Beverly Hills-based RealD last Friday.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

EXEC lets users input their ZIP code, specify how many bedrooms and bathrooms they want cleaned, get a price for cleaning, and then schedule a cleaning. EXEC is led by Justin Kan, best known for Justin.TV, and lets people get quotes for house cleaning through a simple online form. The service parallels, almost exactly, the steps at Pathjoy.

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OCTOBER 17, 2009

Entrepreneurs want less cash because they want to control dilution and preserve exit options at lower prices. In SoCal we have great operators like Klaus Schauser , John Greathouse , Matt Coffin , Kamran Pourzanjani and others. Chris talks in his blog post about your A round pricing being lower if you have a VC seed investor.

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OCTOBER 31, 2008

Thursday, November 6, 2008 -- "Recession-proof Pricing Strategies for a Multi-platform World" Technology Council. Each delivery platform requires a different pricing model that attempts to maximize profits, but also impacts the company's infrastructure, channel, and competitive positioning.

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MAY 18, 2012

Despite the huge interest in Facebook's IPO--the firm priced at $38.00 As Mountain View-based social networking site Facebook hits the market today, in what is the largest tech initial public offering in history, one question is if it will spur what has, so far, been a lackluster IPO market for Southern California technology firms.

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MARCH 1, 2010

My experiments in lean pricing - Venture Hacks , February 16, 2010 Ash Maurya, a lean entrepreneur who runs a bootstrapped startup called CloudFire, discusses pricing issues for first versions (Minimum Viable Product – MVP). This post looks at the implementation details of HTML 5 video. where Tony Wright suggests charging right now.

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JULY 11, 2010

We know prices of deals, compensation, who’s doing well / poorly, etc. I once mentioned this idea to a fellow SoCal VC when I told him I wanted a CIC in LA and he said, “Co-location is dead. I believe that first-time entrepreneurs also benefit hugely from working in close proximity to other companies.

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MARCH 6, 2017

Takl said it offers up pre-set prices for a number of in-home small jobs and chores, and has signed up more than 5,000 local home services providers in the area to offer up their services via its app.

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AUGUST 7, 2019

Tuesday, August 13, 2019 -- Preccelerator Workshop: Priced to Grow - Building for Sustainable Growth. Join our session to challenge perceptions of pricing - what it is and is not - and begin laying the groundwork to integrate pricing into your company's growth strategy that drives sustainable business goals. See [link] (more)

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MARCH 3, 2010

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 -- Innovation: Commercializing Medical Services using an Advanced Pricing Model. We will kick off the Growth Strategy Series with the topic of Innovation: Commercializing Medical Services using an Advanced Pricing Model. See [link] (more).

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NOVEMBER 18, 2008

On Thursday November 20, you will have all those opportunities and more - at amazing prices. Join members and friends of SoCal AMA for "Happy Hour at The Edison". Thursday, November 20, 2008 -- Happy Hour at The Edison. Your day is just around the corner! See [link] (more).

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OCTOBER 8, 2015

Cytomx priced its IPO at $12.00 The company was around $14.48, up 20% from its IPO price, mid-day on Wall Street. per share last night, raising $80M for the company, and had surged as high as $17.02 in morning trading.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

Rowe Price, and also included Amazon, Ford Motor Company, and BlackRock. Rivian , the electric truck maker which has offices in both Irvine and Carson, California, has raised a huge, $1.3 billion funding round, the company said on Monday. The funding was a fourth round for the company, which has now raised a total of more than $2.85

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JUNE 4, 2019

Riley in 2016; United Online had acquired FTD back in 2008, as it looked to leverage a high stock price multiple to acquire FTD's steady revenue stream and diversify its revenues from the then declining dial-up Internet access business. FTD acquired San Diego's ProFlowers in 2014, paying $430M for the online flower and gift delivery service.

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AUGUST 25, 2016

Although Amazon.com is not yet offering up pricing information or purchase ability, the move is the first indication that Amazon.com might be considering more offerings in the area of automotive parts and perhaps vehicles themselves.

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JANUARY 16, 2010

And the starting price for WW is $18 / month … DailyBurn is free. Unfortunately it seems that it was back-ordered due to strong demand with rumors of it selling for astronomical prices on eBay. Tags: SoCal Stuff Tech Market Analysis. It is really a pleasure to use the tool compared with WW.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Panel discussions include: The Big Impact of Big Data; SoCal Rockstars You Don�t Know �But Will; Cybersecurity: The Shadow Under the Cloud; The Analytics that Drive Your Venture�s Valuation. Register and use PROMO CODE: SocalTECH100off for $100 off ticket price. Register today! Contact: nh@clearcapitaladvisors.com.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Everbridge , a developer of emergency notification tools which was founded and still has major operations in both Glendale and Pasadena, has had an IPO, raising $90M for the company and marking another major, SoCal linked technology startup exit in what has been a busy year for deals. per share, after pricing at $12.00 and $13.00

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. Contact Scott Herson for an overview, pricing and information at herson@joyent.com or 949-861-1069. (www.pitchtheangels.com) Join Tech Coast Angels members and other start up investors at the 5th Annual Los Angeles Fast Pitch Competition. Don't miss it!

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MARCH 17, 2012

PDMA SoCal. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to estimate market size, competitive market share, how many potential customers are there, and price points. Tuesday, March 20, 2012 -- Competitive Intelligence: 007 Market Intel. It's Monday morning. He announces, "Let's build a gold-plated widget!"

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NOVEMBER 25, 2010

They had a prominent NorCal investor already so I thought a SoCal lead would make sense – that I could help them in a more hands-on way. There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo! They had agreed!

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NOVEMBER 25, 2010

They had a prominent NorCal investor already so I thought a SoCal lead would make sense – that I could help them in a more hands-on way. There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo! They had agreed!

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JANUARY 11, 2014

” Sean is somebody widely respected in Silicon Valley (although he now lives in SoCal) for having helped many early-stage companies go through major growth periods by quantitatively testing features with audiences to help diagnose what led to growth. Well, you have to do that, too. I endorse the growth hacking culture on teams.

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DECEMBER 28, 2017

I continue to be surprised by some clever SoCal entrepreneurs who are creating out-of-the box companies that are opportunistic and reflect our markets ingenuity. We are seeing SaaS companies more and more are competing against other SaaS companies and experiencing more churn, price resistance and customer demand for customization.

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MARCH 9, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Some very interesting graphics including this heat map: Very cool visualization tool!

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MARCH 20, 2007

Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo.

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MARCH 5, 2007

One of his companies - Gluecode - was sold to IBM for a pretty good price. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. There are quite a few other Software Development Companies in Southern California working on open source and/or freemium business models.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 About this Blog Ive been thinking about doing a blog with my thoughts on technology and whats happening in the Los Angeles area technology scene for a while, but it was Ben Kuos recent start of a blog that inspired me to actually go ahead and do it. Thanks Ben.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Interesting Model for University President Saw a post by Paul Kedrosky pointing us to Graeme Thickins on How Stanford Does It. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Google Maps Mobile I recently downloaded Google Maps Mobile for my Treo. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Its works great. And there was a big surprise. It includes traffic!

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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. Good stuff. Posted byTony Karrer at 6:58 AM 1 comments: Jon Miller said.

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MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Kevin Federline Search Engine Just saw a post - Sleep with a pop star, get your own branded search engine. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. talking about Prodeges Search with Kevin Site - [link].

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles? Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Im part of a CTO group that meets once a month to discuss various topics.

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