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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
based companies. Companies researched and applications sent. gid=2070410 Self-description: "Bootstrap 2-2 is a new way of creating growth in careers and companies, and innovating the job search and recruiting process. Cost: Free Review: Events have speakers and representatives from companies. This is will be a continually updating post. I'll be creating additional lists for educational, chamber of commerce, etc. Organizational representatives: please contact me directly for updates, etc. Attendees: If you have review comments I'd be happy to consider them.
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Saturday, January 16, 2010
Here are 4 areas / companies that I’m excited about:
If you have an iPhone you can scan the UPC code on the food you eat and they will be entered directly into DailyBurn done through a partnership with a company called Occipital . No got so excited about this company that I reached out to the CEO to enquire about fund raising. Then Bill Gates once famously said that people tend to overestimate the impact of technology in the 1-year timeframe and underestimate its impact in the 10-year timeframe. That’s That’s always stuck with me.
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Friday, January 16, 2009
The old model of buying impressions or clicks and hoping for conversions to sales is GONE for the sophisticated online marketing companies. Here are 4 companies using optimization technology to build competitive advantages in their respective spaces: Magnify360 - Landing page optimization using predictive data analysis Adisn - Display advertising optimization for advertisers Rubicon Project - Publisher ad network optimization Oversee.net – Domain parking ad network optimization Stay tuned for a list of large publisher advertising networks in
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Have you ever asked yourself why VC's or angel investors don't have the ability to sell short (hedge losses) against every private company investment in which 90% go out of business. If VC firms could hedge there would be no job or wealth creation by companies who actually add value to society. VC firms get paid to take risk and are rewarded by 10% of their companies making 10X+ returns. The Civil War II has begun but this time it’s not the North versus the South. This Civil War is about money under management in the financial services industry and it’s the West Coast
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007
b) history of success; and c) abundance of start-up companies (so if one fails there is another to jump on). willing to go work for startup companies. Will associates this with the fact that people who have great (or even bad) jobs with companies that are farther along don't want to leave. Being On Ben Kuo's blog, he posted about Entrepreneurs in Southern California and pointed to a post by Will Johnson, a Southern California entrepreneur and blogger. Will's post talks about lack of interest in working for startups here in Southern California, saying: ..we
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009
As part of doing that, I've had the opportunity to interact with a wide variety of different chief technical officers from different kinds of companies over those years. This is a private group of CTOs who are responsible for software development within their companies. But where do the software development companies in Southern California congregate? Part of the reason is that when I look at the CTOs, I've helped organize the Los Angeles CTO Forum for almost 10 years. They are generally the senior most person responsible for custom software development, database
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Case presentations feature companies in emerging technology areas reviewing their business plans with expert panelists. We will share our experiences of why we were let off, what companies are hiring, and the "buzz words" that specific hiring managers want to hear. Aside from the usual imbibing, commiseration and fun that every pink slip party brings, headhunters, direct-hire companies, and recruiting firms will also on-hand to learn a little bit more about This is will be a continually updating post. I'll be creating additional lists for educational , chamber of commerce, etc.
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Monday, March 17, 2008
think hard working publishers and agencies will be rewarded and we will soon see lots of companies like the Rubicon Project and Gorilla Nation. Google's new Ad Manager technology will soon enable premium ad banners to be sold directly to advertisers by publishers and when the clicks are used up on the premium ads it will revert automatically to use Google Adsense. This is a brilliant move and will further accelerate the gap between premium content and generic publishers who don't provide any unique content value.
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Wednesday, 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). We meet to discuss trends in the industry and to find ways to work together to help with SoCal deal syndication – somethings that happens automatically on Sand Hill Road in NorCal due to proximity.
Montgomery & Co Projects Deal Volume to Grow by 167% in Just 2 Years with No End to Growth in Sight
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
He also consults companies in Asia.
I have been looking at a South Korean online start-up and am blown away by the innovation in this company relative to the online models I see in the US. It Tags: SoCal Stuff Start-up Advice VC Industr I run a monthly meeting called the VCA that represents the majority of Southern California venture capital firms. My My goal is to bring in informative speakers who stretch our collectively thinking on topics that will influence our investment strategies and use it as a way for us to share our experiences in ways that I hope benefit the
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