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Vision. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --Accelerator To Exit In 14 Months, With Eli Portnoy of ThinkNear --DogVacay Launches Pack Leader Program --Greentoe Launches Ecommerce Marketplace --NantWorks' Firm Tensorcom Ships Wireless Chip --BuQu Tech Plans Line Of Charging Accessories --Acacia Research Names New VP --Amonix Claims Solar Efficiency Record --Disney Buys Lucasfilm --Rexter Finds Funding To Help Professionals Manage Relationships --BUZZMEDIA Revs Editorial Hires --EverySignal Officially Launches To Filter Out Important Moments --Miro Technologies Acquired By Boeing --BeachFront Media Adds Windows 8 Support --EdgeCast Expands Internationally MARKETPLACE --Turn Your Software App into SaaS in Days! - Nov 1 & 7, La Jolla & Glendale --Binary Pulse Technology Marketing. We Create Demand. --Fetch Recruiting, Inc. --PwC Emerging Company Zone --Ventura Ventures Technology Center (V2TC) - Business Incubator RECENT JOB POSTINGS --Lead Mobile Engineer, Pasadena, Wallaby Financial, Inc. --Lead Data Engineer, Pasadena, Wallaby Financial --SQL Reporting Analyst, Norwalk, Search Solutions --Senior Linux Systems Engineer, Agoura Hills, Search Solutions --Senior Perl Developer, Los Angeles or San Francisco, DreamHost --Junior Security Engineer, Los Angeles or San Francisco, DreamHost RECENT FUNDING EVENTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Accelerator To Exit In 14 Months, With Eli Portnoy of ThinkNear ---- There's been a sudden surge in accelerator in Southern California, looking to help get startups off the ground and funded. But, do they really help? For ThinkNear, it looks like the whole process paid off in less than two years, after the Los Angeles company went from the TechStars accelerator just last June, to a healthy acquisition by TeleNav earlier this month for $22.5M. To learn more about how the company went from just an idea at an accelerator to a healthy exit, we spoke with founder Eli Portnoy. Congrats on the acquisition! How did the acquisition come about? Eli Portnoy: So, we were running campaigns for a bunch of clients, and growing our business. One of the clients (More..) http://bit.ly/SjTy1y --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DogVacay Launches Pack Leader Program ---- DogVacay, the online peer-to-peer marketplace which lets people find and offer up pet sitting services, is recruiting its pet sitters to help market the service with a new program. The Los Angeles startup, which was founded by Aaron and Karine Nissim Hirschhorn, said its new Pack Leader program lets DogVacay hosts promote their services with their own URL and coupon code. The company said hosts can help promote their own home dog boarding business, offer up their own coupons, and more, plus will also pay a bonus to those hosts when people use their services. DogVacay is venture funded by Science Inc., Andreessen Horowitz, First Round Capital, Quest Venture Partners, Baroda Ventures, and a number of angels. Greentoe Launches Ecommerce Marketplace ---- Greentoe.com, a new online e-commerce marketplace, wants to let consumers set their own pricing for electronics products. The Los Angeles tartup said it has launched a site which lets users set their own price on cameras, TV, home audio equipment, and other consumer electronics, letting them propose prices they will pay for those items and letting retailers big on those offers. The new company is led by Joe Marrapodi, who was most recently Vice President of Digital at LBI Entertainment, and also served at Intermix Media, according to his biography. The firm's co-founder is Andrew Kurland, who was previously at Deloitte Consulting. NantWorks' Firm Tensorcom Ships Wireless Chip ---- Tensorcom, one of the companies which is part of NantWorks, the technology development firm owned by billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, said today that it has demonstrated a ultra low power, high speed multi-gigabit wireless chip. The chip, which is aimed at mobile devices, transmits data at 2.5 gigabits per second and only takes 100 miliwatts of power. Nantworks said the new chip is aimed at being used in mobile phones and tablets, and meets WiGig/IEEE 802.11ad requirements. It's unclear when NantWorks took a stake in TensorCom, although a regulatory filing indicates that the company raised $9M in funding from NantWorks in April of 2011. BuQu Tech Plans Line Of Charging Accessories ---- Camarillo-based BuQu Tech, which is a subsidiary of Battery-Biz, said today that it is planning a line of magnetic charging systems to make it easier to charge iOS and Android smartphones. BuQu Tech said its Magnetyze magnetic charging system will allow users to charge their smartphones and eliminate the need for multiple cords and cradles. The firm has rolled out a protective case for the Apple iPhone 4/4S, which also works with a charging stand which the firm says charges that phone using magnetic technology; the company is now planning similar products for the Samsung Galaxy S3, iPhone 5, iPad, and various charging stands and stations for home, in the car, and in various form factors. Acacia Research Names New VP ---- Newport Beach-based Acacia Research, the patent licensing firm, said today that it has named David Witt as Vice President of Acacia Research Group LLC. Witt joins the firm from Texas Instruments, where the company said he was involved in architecture and development of TI's OMAP2, OMAP3, and OMAP4 application processors. Witt has also served at AMD, Analog Devices, VIA Technology and Motorola. Acacia Research acquires and aggressively licenses technology patents. Amonix Claims Solar Efficiency Record ---- Seal Beach-based concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) solar power systems manufacturer Amonix claimed Tuesday that the firm has broken a record in the efficiency of converting sunlight into energy. Amonix said testing by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) found that the firm's systems had an outdoor operating efficiency rating of 33.5%. That beats an earlier record by Amonix of 30.3 percent, the firm said. Amonix said the testing is the highest efficiency ever reported under real-world, operating conditions for a solar PV module. The use of concentrating photovoltaic solar power systems improves the efficiency of solar cells, due to more sunlight reaching those cells; typical non-concentrating solar panels range from 18 to 24 percent, and research (non production) cells have demonstrated much higher efficiency. Disney Buys Lucasfilm ---- Burbank-based The Walt Disney Company has acquired Lucasfilm Ltd., the film company owned by George Lucas, in a deal worth $4.05 billion, Disney said Tuesday afternoon. Disney said it would pay stock and cash for Lucasfilm, with approximately half in cash and 40M in shares. Lucasfilm owns the rights to Star Wars. According to George Lucas, the move came as it was time to "pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers." Disney gains rights to the Star Wars franchise and operating businesses, including live action film production, consumer products, animation, visual effects, and audio post production; Lucasfilm owns Lucasfilm Ltd., LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic, and Skywalker Sound. Rexter Finds Funding To Help Professionals Manage Relationships ---- A new, Altadena-based startup, Rexter, has scored some funding to help it build its software algorithms and tools to help manage a user's professional relationships. The company--co-founded by Andy Wilson (Momentum Venture Partners, Yahoo) and John Slade (Yahoo)--apparently recently raised a round which included Siemer Ventures. Other investors in the company have not been announced. Rexter's advisors notably include Dr. Galen Buckwalter (founder of eHarmony), Kamran Pourzanjani (Pricegrabber), Jim Armstrong (Clearstone Ventures), Ted Meisel (Overture/Elevation Partners), Sean Moriarty (Mayfield/Ticketmaster), Paul Weiskopf (Adobe), Jarl Mohn (Liberty Digital), and Todd Tappin (Gores Group). Wilson and Slade both were at Overture, helping to build up that company before Yahoo acquired the company; Wilson has been applying his operational experience in years since at Momentum helping companies get funded and ramping their business. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=46171 BUZZMEDIA Revs Editorial Hires ---- Los Angeles-based digital media publisher BUZZMEDIA looks to be revving up its hiring on the editorial end of its business, saying Tuesday that it has hired nine staffers across its sites Celebuzz, and SPIN. (More...) http://bit.ly/Rrjv0U EverySignal Officially Launches To Filter Out Important Moments ---- Tired of missing the important moments in that firehose of social updates from your friends? EverySignal, the latest startup out of startup incubator/studio Science, Inc. officially launched Tuesday to tackle that problem. EverySignal said it has created a new service--built on machine learning algorithms and social search software--to help filter out life's most important moments from users' social streams. EverySignal said its service cuts through the clutter and calls attention to "important life moments" in social streams, such as highlighting births, engagements, promotions, a new home, and other moments. EverySignal--which has been in soft launch since September--delivers email notifications to let users know about the important events in their social circle, rather than having to filter through a deluge of social networking updates and data. The firm's CEO and founder is Derek Merrill. Miro Technologies Acquired By Boeing ---- San Diego-based Miro Technologies, a developer of software to manage maintenance, supply chain, and repair for the defense and aerospace industry, has been acquired by Boeing. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Miro becomes part of Boeing's Defense, Space & Security arm. Miro was owned by Newport Beach private equity firm Solis Capital Partners. BeachFront Media Adds Windows 8 Support ---- Burbank-based Beachfront Media, the firm which operates the MeFeedia video discovery site, has upgraded its tools and platform to support Windows 8. The firm said it now supports Windows 8 App creation, deployment, and management via its Beachfront Builder tool. Beachfront Builder is a tool which lets video producers, TV networks, and others create their own custom video applications; the tool is based on Beachfront Builder's work in creating the MeFeedia. MeFeedia renamed itself BeachFront Media back in June, as the company shifted into providing its video technology as a white label solution for other video creators. BeachFront is headed by Frank Sinton. EdgeCast Expands Internationally ---- Santa Monica-based content delivery network operator EdgeCast Networks said Tuesday that it has expanded its global network, opening up new point of presence (PoP) locations in Vienna, Austria, Stockholm, Sweden, and Sao Paulo, Brazil. The firm said the expansion comes to meet "surging" customer demand for its services. The firm said its network is now carrying 4 percent of worldwide Internet traffic. 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LA CEOs, an education and support group for CEOs presents: Sports marketing maverick, Mark Skelly. Mark will share secrets about getting your product or service endorsed by professional leagues and top athletes. Confirmed RSVP is required. This is not a networking event. It is for CEOs only. Service providers will be asked to leave. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22919 November 1, Irvine -- Get to Know MongoDB and What's New in 2.2. Hello everyone, we are extremely excited to announce our first meetup!! Based on your responses and bio’s, we will be having a speaker directly from 10gen!! Antoine Girbal has been with 10gen for almost 2 years and works on the core c++ code and java driver. Antoine will introduce us to MongoDB as well as some of the new features of the 2.2 release!. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22906 November 1, Newport Beach -- OCTANe Firsty. Join the OCTANe community and the Anteater network at Tamarind of London for Firsty on November 1. Network with over 200 people and meet members of the organization that focuses on fueling innovation in the OC and local UCI alumni. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22783 November 1, La Jolla -- Turn Your Software App into SaaS in Days! How do you turn your software application into a fully operational, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), without investing a lot of time, programming resources, and money into the effort? Corent Technology, the emerging leader in Software to SaaS transformation is offering a complimentary and informative breakfast session hosted by IBM at IBM La Jolla office on Nov. 1 and IBM Glendale office Nov 7, both from 8:30-10:00. Corent's software enables practically any Software Application to become a fully operational SaaS in just days with flexibility to run on ANY Cloud including IBM, Azure, Amazon, and Rackspace to name a few. Corent was named the 2012 Cloud Product of the Year at the High Tech Innovation Awards Conference. Whether you are a software vendor or already offering a SaaS solution you will benefit from the information shared at this session. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22923 November 1, Woodland Hills -- Women in Corporate Growth Luncheon. ACG101. Keynote speaker: Noel Irwin Hentschel Chairman and Chief Executive Officer American Tours International (ATI). See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22877 November 2, Santa Barbara -- Startup Weekend Santa Babara. Startup Weekend Santa Barbara is a 54 hour event where entrepreneurs, designers, developers come together to share ideas, form teams, build products, and launch startups. Santa Barbara's second Startup Weekend will be held at Citrix Online. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22834 November 2, Los Angeles -- Marketing ME: Building your book of business by developing YOUR personal Brand . Broads Circle. Join us for this hands-on breakfast workshop specifically geared towards attorneys and accountants to create your strategy for success. Our expert panelists will walk you through crafting your unique message and provide you with tools for implementing your plan. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22822 November 3, Fullerton -- ProductCamp SoCal 2012. ProductCamp SoCal is a free, user-driven, collaborative “unconference” for product managers and marketers in Southern California. A one-day gathering of product folks to share, present, network, learn and discuss.Seehttp://www.productcampsocal.org. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22920 November 3, Irvine -- Family Day at the Beall. Children and families of all ages are invited to enjoy free, hands-on art and science activities at UC Irvine’s Family Day at the Beall. The event offers a “kid-friendly” introduction to new media art relating to the Beall Center’s current exhibit, “DataViz: Information as Art” as well as presentations, music, and more. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22922 November 5, Santa Clarita -- Gary Swart, CEO of oDesk. SCV Meetup. Drawing from what's worked (and what hasn't) for oDesk during the company's rise to becoming the largest global online workplace, Swart will discuss: -What to look for in the best hires to ensure your company's success -How to build the most effective teams -What a good leader owes his organization Among Swart's many tips, he'll cover how most businesses look for the wrong things when hiring, and why companies need to hire different types of talent for each stage of evolution - from the jungle to the dirt road to the highway. Immediately following will be a Q&A to answer all our Startup questions. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22844 November 7, Westlake Village -- How to Grow your Business in Tough Economic Times. Celebrate after Election Day at our Clean Technology Council workshop. Our keynote speaker is Ken Norland. His organization helped create 67,098 new jobs in 2011. Ken will present break though strategies in business planning, staffing and funding…powerful support services you can use at little or no cost…ways to discover opportunities though mentors and advisors. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22885 November 7, Glendale -- Turn Your Software App into SaaS in Days! How do you turn your software application into a fully operational, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), without investing a lot of time, programming resources, and money into the effort? Corent Technology, the emerging leader in Software to SaaS transformation is offering a complimentary and informative breakfast session hosted by IBM at IBM La Jolla office on Nov. 1 and IBM Glendale office Nov 7, both from 8:30-10:00. Corent's software enables practically any Software Application to become a fully operational SaaS in just days with flexibility to run on ANY Cloud including IBM, Azure, Amazon, and Rackspace to name a few. Corent was named the 2012 Cloud Product of the Year at the High Tech Innovation Awards Conference. Whether you are a software vendor or already offering a SaaS solution you will benefit from the information shared at this session. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22924 November 7, Pomona -- Poly Founders Hosts Travelstrings @ Cal Poly Pomona. Join Poly Founders as we host Melanie Gin and the co-founders of Travelstrings for a night of stories, questions, and networking. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22908 November 8, Santa Monica -- Enhancing User Engagement for Faster Growth. Coloft. You’ve developed your product and you’re ready for growth, or so you think. Growth preparation is one of the most important steps at any startup and failing to properly prep for it can have devastating effects. In this class Sean Ellis, the man behind marketing efforts at Dropbox, LogMeIn, Lookout and Xobni, will explain how you can experience faster growth through enhanced user engagement. We’ll be covering fundamentals, best practises, and tools.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22865 November 13, Santa Monica -- All Things D Co-Executive Editor, Kara Swisher - Startups Uncensored #32. This Month's Startups Uncensored will feature a Fireside Chat with All Things Digital Co-Executive Editor, Kara Swisher and Docstoc CEO, Jason Nazar. Kara Swisher started covering digital issues for The Wall Street Journal’s San Francisco bureau in 1997. Her column BoomTown originally appeared on the front page of the Marketplace section and also online at WSJ.comNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22926 November 13, Costa Mesa -- PMI-OC November 2012 Dinner Meeting. Mike Sanders, PMP and IT Manager at Southern California Edison, will discuss multitasking in today’s fast-paced work environment at the Nov. 13, 2012, meeting of the Project Management Institute’s Orange County Chapter. Sanders will discuss how multitasking works, what it can do for you, and what it can do to you. He also will present proven methods and tools to improve task performance and measurements for advanced multitasking or “powertasking.”. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22921 November 13, Santa Monica -- iOS Development. Coloft. Want to learn how to make iOS apps from scratch? If so, this hands-on 4 day training course is for you. This comprehensive course is instructed by veteran iOS expert Justin Junda (more about Justin at the bottom of this page). During the 4 day course (9AM-5PM) you will learn iOS programming through step-by-step instructions and many hands-on exercises. We’ll be using XCode 4. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22866 November 14, Costa Mesa -- Private Equity Buyouts Making a Comeback! OCTANe. Who is doing deals? How are they getting done? And what are the advantages of partnering with the right firms? Please join us as we discuss current M&A activity, hot sectors, deal valuations, the availability of deal financing and the advantages of partnering with a private equity fund. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22784 November 16, Santa Monica -- Next Generation Entrepreneurship & Global Crowdfunding Forum. The Forum is an unprecedented and exclusive gathering of active entrepreneurs, angel investors, VCs, accelerators, and crowdfunding experts. This dynamic and high-powered group will discuss current trends shaping the future of entrepreneurship, and brainstorm around crowdfunding and the best financing solutions for innovative startups and emerging ventures. Please note that the format of the Forum is highly interactive, so we’ve structured the program to be fast-paced, fat-free, and high impact, with no accommodation for long speeches and sleep-inducing PowerPoint presentations. In fact, most of the sessions will move quickly from brief introductions into an active and open dialogue in Q&A format to engage all participants. In short, this should be a lot of fun! Plus we all want to walk away with not only valuable insights and business contacts, but also real actionable solutions that we can use to advance new ventures immediately.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22843 November 16, Santa Monica -- Startup Weekend Los Angeles. Ever wondered what it takes to be an entrepreneur? The professional and personal challenges, the high and lows, the failures and the success? Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. It is the largest community of passionate entrepreneurs with over 400 past events in 100 countries around the world in 2011. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22870 November 17, Pasadena -- TEDxPasadena. Experience an inspirational TED Event focused on creating an invigorating, purposeful life at TEDxPasadena Salon. Following up on our successful inaugural event last Fall, TEDxPasadena presents its first Salon focusing on “Living a Life of Purpose” where we’ll explore the power of possibility for individuals, groups, and communities. TEDxPasadena Salon will address three critical aspects of purpose: INTENT, CHOICE, and FOCUS. This engaging and interactive event will include Live Speakers, TED Talks, and Experiential Events; all addressing the connection between who we are and who we can become. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22918 November 17, Santa Monica -- Startup Weekend Los Angeles. Ever wondered what it takes to be an entrepreneur? The professional and personal challenges, the high and lows, the failures and the success? Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. It is the largest community of passionate entrepreneurs with over 400 past events in 100 countries around the world in 2011. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22871 November 18, Santa Monica -- Startup Weekend Los Angeles. Ever wondered what it takes to be an entrepreneur? The professional and personal challenges, the high and lows, the failures and the success? Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. It is the largest community of passionate entrepreneurs with over 400 past events in 100 countries around the world in 2011. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22872 November 27, Irvine -- Venture Science, UCI Calit2. Moving fundamental research from the lab to the commercial marketplace requires a major team effort that crosses disciplinary boundaries. Nowhere is "venture science" more beneficial than at the intersection of science, medicine and technology. Learn how these bold collaborations are producing innovative solutions to society's challenges. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22912 November 28, Los Angeles -- Startup Venture Summit. For High Growth Startups Seeking Funding or Partners. All Stages Welcome: PreLaunch, Early and Mid Stage. 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