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85 Articles match "2008","Santa Monica"
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Thursday, March 4, 2010
Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand reported strong 2009 performance, saying Thursday afternoon that the firm had a 64 percent growth in its client base in 2009, and an 83 percent increase in users from December 2008. The firm also said it had a strong Q4, with client booking up 66 percent from Q4 of 2008. The firm said it now has 3.3 million users of its service, which is used for learning and talent management in companies.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Last month, Santa Monica-based ThisNext announced that it was acquiring Stylehive, an online site focused on fashion and beauty. commerce was relatively flat in 2008 and 2009, but if you look at the lifestyle category, the biggest growing area within lifestyle was sports and outdoors. As part of that move, the firm created a parent firm called Curatemedia (www.curatemedia.com), to oversee ThisNext, Stylehive, and other efforts. We sat down with Scott Morrow President of Curatemedia, to hear more about the firm's strategy and the thinking behind the acquisition and new
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
gid=17912753952 , twitter.com/thursdaylunch Self-description: "If you are ever in Santa Monica on a Thursday, join us for lunch on the 3rd Street Promenade. Interested first timers, please contact Eric Hammond so you're not a stranger when you show up. " Frequency/Location: Thursdays at Noon / "Meet on the Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade just South of Santa Monica Blvd." Weekly updates! Please let me know if know of other items to add, or if you have any feedback on events. There's a promising new weekly morning networking event unlike any
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Sunday, November 23, 2008
ve spent the last year running a tech company based in Santa Monica , CA and I’ve spent countless weeks in the Bay meeting with hundreds of tech founders. Is there a difference between tech startups in Silicon Valley vs. Los Angeles? Most emphatically, Yes !
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Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Wednesday, December 3, 2008 -- Santa Monica High Speed Networking. See http://www.networkingforprofessionals.com/eventlistings.php?event=HSNLA... event=HSNLA... mor
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 -- Santa Monica High Speed Networking. See http://www.networkingforprofessionals.com/eventlistings.php?event=HSNLA... event=HSNLA... mor
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Saturday, August 30, 2008
Google’s free “Analytics” and “Optimizer” services were the hot topics Thursday night in Santa Monica.
The were happy to host about 60 people at the Doubletree Hotel in Santa Monica for networking, dinner, and education .
Some estimate The latest TCOSC event featured 2 expert speakers: James Tipton from Google and Corey Koberg of Webshare Design (an authorized Google consulting firm).
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
I'm hoping to figure out a way to spark a meet-up around SEO / SEM in Santa Monica / West Los Angeles / South Ba I went to a meetup yesterday that was on the topic of Internet Marketing / SEO / SEM. The meeting had a decent case study and some pretty good discussion around the room of different tools that you might consider using. Then the organizer went into a 20 minute
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Monday, December 29, 2008
Thursday, January 15, 2008 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Cost: Santa Monica Public Library (Auditorium) 601 Santa Monica Blvd.
Santa Santa Monica, CA 90401
As planned, I’ll be hosting monthly presentations/conversations each month throughout 2009 on different topics for entrepreneurs.
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Monday, October 13, 2008
Santa Monica-based DECA, a venture-backed, digital entertainment studio, said this morning that it has become the exclusive business and production partners for teen brand SMOSH, a leading provider of humorous videos on YouTube. According to DECA, it will provide financing, ad sales, marketing, distribution, and provide other business operations for SMOSH, which was created by Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox. DECA said that SMOSH has over 555,000 subscribers on YouTube, in addition to operating its own web site.
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Saturday, June 14, 2008
At the CTO Group that I organize in Santa Monica, we've had lots of discussions around this. I'm blogging from the CalTech Enterprise Forum . The topic is: Betting Your Company On An Internet Platform? A very interesting topic, especially for those of us involved in developing for start-ups. The basic conclusion was that it was a bit premature if you were talking about a serious, funded start-up.
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Monday, October 20, 2008
PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association released their Q3 2008 venture capital numbers over the weekend, finding that Southern California companies raised nearly $751 in funding during the quarter. The biggest deals for the quarter were Santa Monica-based SolarReserve , which raised $140M in a clean technology funding; Irvine-based electric automaker Fisker Automotive , which scored $65M; San Diego-based renewable petrochemical maker Sapphire Energy with $35M, and a nearly $35M funding of Laguna Hills-based
According to the MoneyTree Report, based on data from Thomson Reuters, Los Angeles companies led the region with $385.6M
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Thursday, October 30, 2008
Friday, October 31, 2008 -- Docstoc Halloween Open House. In honor of Halloween and our One Year Anniversary, we're putting on an open house at the Docstoc Office in Santa Monica, California. See http://www.jasonnazar.com/2008/10/29/docstoc-halloween-open-house-1031-3-6pm/... mor
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