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4 Articles match "Geni","Santa Monica"
The Latest from the Southern California Tech Central Community
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Monday, August 3, 2009
and David Sacks of Geni/Yammer , who were saying “maybe/no”. Jamie Montgomery–whose business relies on IPOs and M/A–and who already moved his operations mostly out of Santa Monica to San Francisco several years ago, and arguably that market is a larger one for the kind of work he does as an investment banker (though he admits the last few deals he’s done have been neither in Silicon Valley nor Southern California). Last week, one of those never-ending topics of discussion came up at Twiistup on a panel about whether or not Southern California was a good place to put your startup.
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Monday, August 3, 2009
After this was my panel (co-hosted by Christian Gammill who had to leave mid-way to race off to Hawaii to get engaged and by Tony Adam), with Mike Jones (COO of MySpace), David Sacks (founder of Geni and Yammer) and Jamie Montgomery (CEO of tech investment bank Montgomery & Co). The tone of the panel was set by David’s announcement that he was relocating to Silicon Valley (and dragging Geni & Yammer with him). ExpenseBay Wins Showoff
Twiistup 6 has come to an end.
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
Santa Monica-based GumGum , the online startup headed by Ophir Tanz which licenses photos on a CPM basis to online publishers, confirmed it had raised $2.6M Advisors to the firm include David Sacks of Geni (formerly of PayPal) and Vince Thompson (formerly of AOL and Facebook).
"Publishers in a venture round Wednesday, telling socalTECH that the Series A-1 round was led by GRP Partners , with participation by First Round Capital . Tanz said that GRP's Mark Suster will be joining the firm's board along with the funding.
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The Best from the Southern California Tech Central Community
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
When I drill down on that term, you can see why with posts like: Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals Lops A Third Of Company THQ Lays Off 100 Employees, Closes San Diego Office Citrix Cuts 10 Percent; Santa Barbara Hit And it's also interesting to see what geographies are being associated with "Layoffs" more often than others: Layoffs Woodland Hills Layoffs San Diego Layoffs Santa Monica Layoffs Los Angeles I guess this is a sign of the times. The Scott Sanfilippo Interview Media Optimization Firms Are Red Hot In Southern California in 2009
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
Santa Monica-based GumGum , the online startup headed by Ophir Tanz which licenses photos on a CPM basis to online publishers, confirmed it had raised $2.6M Advisors to the firm include David Sacks of Geni (formerly of PayPal) and Vince Thompson (formerly of AOL and Facebook).
"Publishers in a venture round Wednesday, telling socalTECH that the Series A-1 round was led by GRP Partners , with participation by First Round Capital . Tanz said that GRP's Mark Suster will be joining the firm's board along with the funding.
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Monday, August 3, 2009
and David Sacks of Geni/Yammer , who were saying “maybe/no”. Jamie Montgomery–whose business relies on IPOs and M/A–and who already moved his operations mostly out of Santa Monica to San Francisco several years ago, and arguably that market is a larger one for the kind of work he does as an investment banker (though he admits the last few deals he’s done have been neither in Silicon Valley nor Southern California). Last week, one of those never-ending topics of discussion came up at Twiistup on a panel about whether or not Southern California was a good place to put your startup.
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Monday, August 3, 2009
After this was my panel (co-hosted by Christian Gammill who had to leave mid-way to race off to Hawaii to get engaged and by Tony Adam), with Mike Jones (COO of MySpace), David Sacks (founder of Geni and Yammer) and Jamie Montgomery (CEO of tech investment bank Montgomery & Co). The tone of the panel was set by David’s announcement that he was relocating to Silicon Valley (and dragging Geni & Yammer with him). ExpenseBay Wins Showoff
Twiistup 6 has come to an end.
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