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Deloitte LLP (http://www.deloitte.com/us/technology). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --How Tradesy Makes Selling Women's Clothing Simple, with Tracy DiNunzio --Santa Monica Tech Community Grows, As Another Tech Law Firm Sets Up Shop --Brand Affinity Technologies Buys Printroom's Fan Photography Business --TigerText Hits 250 Healthcare Customers --RightScale Adds New Customers --RewardTag Helps Users Recover Lost Devices --Aperio Acquisition Completes --International Rectifier Gets $100M In Credit Facility MARKETPLACE --Turn Your Software App into SaaS in Days! - Nov 1 & 7, La Jolla & Glendale --Safire Partners Executive Search --Ventura Ventures Technology Center (V2TC) - Business Incubator --PwC Emerging Company Zone RECENT JOB POSTINGS --Senior Perl Developer, Los Angeles or San Francisco, DreamHost --Junior Security Engineer, Los Angeles or San Francisco, DreamHost --Software Tech Support Lead, Santa Barbara, SnapComms, Inc. --Python Data Engineer , Santa Monica, Enervee --Linux System Administrator, Marina del Rey, TeleSign.com --Database Administrator, Marina del Rey, TeleSign.com RECENT FUNDING EVENTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- How Tradesy Makes Selling Women's Clothing Simple, with Tracy DiNunzio ---- If you're a woman with unwanted--but fashionable--clothing in your closet, which you wish you could sell, what's the easiest way to sell it? It might just be Tradesy (www.tradesy.com), a brand new service which lets women sell their unwanted clothing via a mobile app or website--and even takes care of dealing with shipping and returns. The site is the brainchild of Tracy DiNunzio, who took her experience running RecycledBride.com and is now applying the same concept to women's clothing. Tracy tells us how she bootstrapped her business by renting out both her bedrooms and sleeping on the couch--funding the startup via Airbnb--and is now scaling out the business with a new round of venture capital. What is Tradesy? Tracy DiNunzio: Tradesy is a peer-to-peer, fashion marketplace for women. We are making it safer and (More...) http://bit.ly/RY93eH --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Santa Monica Tech Community Grows, As Another Tech Law Firm Sets Up Shop ---- High tech startups--and the service providers who serve the industry--are continuing to cluster along Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade, as Stubbs, Alderton & Markiles LLP, one of the Los Angeles legal firms focused on the high tech market, announced a grand opening date for a new office on the 3rd Street Promenade. (More...) http://bit.ly/SkYxAO Brand Affinity Technologies Buys Printroom's Fan Photography Business ---- Irvine-based Brand Affinity Technologies, the latest startup from the Steelberg brothers, said Thursday that it has acquired the fan photography business of Printroom. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Printroom's Fan Photography business provides photo keepsakes -- photos on the field, sports team photo mouse pads, and more -- for the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, NCAA sports teams, and other customers. Brand Affinity Technologies (BAT) was founded by Ryan and Chad Steelberg, who sold their last company, dMarc, to Google in 2006; the two also founded AdForce (sold to CMGi) and 2CAN Media (also sold to CMGi). TigerText Hits 250 Healthcare Customers ---- Santa Monica-based text messaging provider TigerText reported Thursday that it now has more than 250 healthcare facilities using its HIPAA compliant messaging platform. The firm, which provides secure text messaging for enterprise customers, says it more than doubled its customers in the last three months due to demand from the healthcare industry. TigerText's text messaging services are encrypted and HIPAA compliant. The company is venture backed by Easton Capital and New Science Ventures. RightScale Adds New Customers ---- Santa Barbara-based cloud deployment software developer RightScale said Thursday that it has added three new customers, bringing its total number of software-as-a-service providers to more than 100. The firm said that Progress, Pearson Education, and Resumator are using its products to deploy and manage their software-as-a-service applications for customers in cloud environments. Impact of hte various deals was not disclosed. RightScale's software is used by software-as-a-service companies to manage updates and deployment of their software into the cloud. RightScale's products work in public, private, and hybrid cloud environments. RewardTag Helps Users Recover Lost Devices ---- If you've ever lost a cell phone, camera, or other electronic device, you know how hard it is to find it again--and how low the odds are of actually having a stranger find it and return it to you. A Hermosa Beach startup, RewardTag is looking to solve that problem, by letting users reward people who return those lost devices to the owner. The service allows owners of a device to offer up any reward amount -- and even adjust that reward -- to encourage returns on those devices, via a special ID number and sticker you place on your devices. The tags are available for purchase via the firm's website, and RewardTag also has a deal with Logitech to include those RewardTags on its line of Ultimate Ears ear buds. RewardTag, which is headed by Brian Nichols, recently revamped and relaunched its site. Aperio Acquisition Completes ---- The acquisition of Vista, California-based Aperio by German firm Leica Biosystems has completed, the firms said Thursday. Aperio, a maker of digital pathology and slide digitization systems, and Leica had announced the deal on August 21st. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Aperio was venture backed by HLM Venture Partners, Galen Partners, Advanced Technology Ventures, Acadia Woods Partners and BlackRock Alternative Advisors. International Rectifier Gets $100M In Credit Facility ---- El Segundo-based integrated circuit maker International Rectifier said this morning that it has raised $100M in four year, senior unsecured credit facility. The funding came from a group of lenders led by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, along with JP Morgan Chase Bank NA, HSBC Bank USA, National Association and Bank of the West. The company said the facility will go towards working capital, acquisition, stock repurchases, and other general corporate use. The facility is at an interest rate of LIBOR plus 1.25 percent. 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Network with capital sources, advisors, deal makers and 100 entrepreneurs seeking capital & counsel. DEAL DISPLAYtm showcases atttractive firms needing growth capital. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22737 October 29, Santa Monica -- Digital LA - Digital BOO! Hackoween Party. Join us for our big annual Halloween costume bash! Wear your fave Internet themed costume, cuz we're also celebrating the Birthday of the Internet. Yes, the Internet was born in LA on this day when a UCLA researcher first sent an info packet to Stanford in 1969. http://digitalboo.eventbrite.co. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22913 October 30, Santa Barbara -- Demystifying Social Marketing. WITI. We invite you to join us for an enticing event on one of today’s hottest topics: Social Media and Marketing! Ever been confused about Social Marketing? Wondered if your plan was effective or not? Been unable to keep up with the rapid changes in Social Marketing? Lorin and Tom will first wipe away all the noise and confusions associated with social and Internet marketing. Then they will look at why you should put a social and Internet marketing plan in place for yourself or your business right away. Finally they will look at how you can build a plan and strategy that can be implemented quickly, efficiently and affordably. You will walk away from this session with a whole new perspective on social and Internet marketing, its importance and how it can be practically implemented with great results. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22874 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, 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 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, 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 -- 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, 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. 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