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(http://www.fetchrecruiting.com) Technical Recruiting for LA based Startups and High-Growth Companies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --Insights and Opinions: Storytelling and Startup Fundraising --Internet On The Go Takes On Mobile Internet Access --MINDBODY Raises $35M --Dollar Shave Club Gets $9.8M For Subscription Razor Service --Science Inc.'s New TripleThread Brings Work Style To Men --On-Ramp Wireless Names Kevin Hell As President, CEO --GRP Partners Hits $148.6M In New Fund, GRP IV --ServiceNow Files For Secondary IPO Offering --Arborbridge Helps International Students With Test Prep --Video: Darth Vader Goes To Disneyland --SendGrid Ties Into Azure Store --Thesan Pharmaceuticals Raises $16M 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 --Pixelgate.net - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Insights and Opinions: Storytelling and Startup Fundraising ---- You've got your elevator pitch, but how much are you really engaging potential investors? For our Insights and Opinions section this morning, Steve Reich tells why it's as important to tell the whole story of your startup to close the deal with investors. Every startup has an elevator pitch, but what comes next? Do potential investors' eyes glaze over when you get beyond the quick, punchy one liner and try to REALLY describe your company? Successful fundraisers tell a complete, engaging story and close the deal. (More...) http://bit.ly/SfaSUW --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet On The Go Takes On Mobile Internet Access ---- A new service from Los Angeles-based TruConnect Mobile is looking to provide mobile Internet access to Walmart customers. The new service, Internet on the Go, let users purchase bandwidth through refillable, pre-paid cards at Walmart. According to TrueConnect, the new wireless broadband Internet service will give users mobile broadband access on a re-fillable data plan, which rolls over data from month to month with no set expiration date. The new data plans costs $10 for 500Mb of data, $25 for 1.5 GB, and $45 for 4 GB. The service requires users to buy a MiFi 2200 mobile hotspot to access its network. The new service uses the 4G network of Sprint, and supports any Wi-Fi capable device, including laptops, iPhone, Android, and other devices. The company said refills for the service are exclusively available through Walmart stores and Walmart.com; the company said the plan does not include any activation fees or overage charges. MINDBODY Raises $35M ---- San Luis Obispo-based MINDBODY has raised a big, $35M venture capital round this morning, led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), along with Catalyst Investors (Catalyst) and Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP). MINDBODY provides online, software-as-a-service which lets health, wellness, and beauty businesses manage their businesses, including everything from e-commerce, payment processing, marketing, to staffing and scheduling. MINDBODY, which is headed by Rick Stollmeyer, is also backed by the Pasadena Angels and Tech Coast Angels, which were first to put their backing behind the company. As part of the funding, MINDBODY said that Norm Fogelsong of IVP has joined the company's board of directors. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=46422 Dollar Shave Club Gets $9.8M For Subscription Razor Service ---- Dollar Shave Club, the subscription razor delivery service headed by Michael Dubin, has raised $9.8M in a Series A funding. The round was led by Venrock, and also included Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Forerunner Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Shasta Ventures, and Felicis Ventures. As part of the funding, the company said that David Pakman of Venrock joins the company's board of directors. Dollar Shave Club is one of the company's spawned out of Science, Inc., and burst onto the scene earlier this year with a highly viral, campy video with Dubin touting the company's razor blades. The company offers up monthly, subscription delivery of razor blades for men. Dollar Shave Club is based in Venice. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=46421 Science Inc.'s New TripleThread Brings Work Style To Men ---- The latest startup out of Los Angeles-based startup studio/incubator Science, Inc. launched today, aiming initially at providing men with work-appropriate clothes delivered monthly. The startup, TripleThread, said it has launched a new service called Fourth and Grand, which figures out a customer's style and delivers a shipment of fashionable shirts, ties, pants, sweaters, and other accessories every month. The service is the first from TripleThread, which is aiming its service at brick and mortar retailers looking to offer services to consumers at home. TripleThread--headed by Allan Jones--said its is looking to provide those brick and mortar retailers with an "entirely new revenue channel" and to help those retailers acquire traffic. The new venture out of Science Inc. follows the subscription and fashion theme of the incubator's prior ventures; Science Inc.--headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones--is also behind such services as Wittlebee, Dollar Shave Club, and Uncovet. On-Ramp Wireless Names Kevin Hell As President, CEO ---- San Diego-based wireless communications module developer On-Ramp Wireless announced Wednesday that Kevin Hell, the former CEO of DivX, has joined the company as President and CEO. Hell headed by DivX until its acquisition by Sonic Solutions in October of 2010, and most recently was chairman of the EvoNexus startup incubator run by CommNexus. Hell sits on the boards of Hold-Free Networks, Perminova, Inc, MicroPower Technologies and Pixon Imaging, Inc. On Ramp Wireless recently raised a significant amount of funding from Energy Technology Ventures, the venture capital m which is a joint venture of GE, NRG Energy, and ConocoPhilips. The firm's wireless communications technology is being targeted at connecting devices into the smart grid. GRP Partners Hits $148.6M In New Fund, GRP IV ---- GRP Partners, the venture capital firm managed by Steven Dietz, Brian McLoughlin, Yves Sisteron, and Mark Suster, seems to be making good progress on its newest fund, GRP IV, according to a regulatory filing from the firm filed Wednesday. The regulatory filing indicates GRP has raised $148.6M in committments for the $200M fund, which is still open to investors. GRP Partners has managed some high profile exits -- the latest looking to be an IPO at Qualys in September--and also in an investor in such companies as TrueCar, Maker Studios, Factual, Gradient X, TextPlus, and others. The firm also has had good exits at such companies as BillMeLater and HealthDataInsights. ServiceNow Files For Secondary IPO Offering ---- San Diego-based ServiceNow is looking to sell $300M in a secondary IPO offering, according to a filing made by the company Wednesday. The firm said it will not receive any proceeds from the sale by the selling stockholders. ServiceNow went public in June, pricing at $18.00 per share; the firm is now trading around $30.65 per share on the NYSE as NOW. The firm's major stockhoders are JMI Equity (44.64% ownership) and Sequoia Capital (19.68%). The secondary is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Securities, Barclays, Credit Suisse, UBS Investment Bank, Pacific Crest Securities, and Wells Fargo Securities. ServiceNow is a provider of IT automation software. Arborbridge Helps International Students With Test Prep ---- Hoping to help foreign students better prepare themselves to get into U.S. colleges, a new, Santa Monica startup, ArborBridge, has recently begun to ramp up its online tutoring service for the standardized SAT and ACT tests. Arborbridge, founded by Tim Urban and Andrew Finn, connects those foreign students with one-on-one, live online SAT and ACT test preparation help from tutors. The company recently bolstered its efforts, hiring a new Director of International Business Development, Josh Stephens, and Director of Instruction, Kate Ballard-Rosa. Stephens was previously at Application Boot Camp, an admissions workshop firm, and Ballard-Rosa was offering up tutoring on ArborBridge (and also boasts a perfect, 2400 point score on the SAT herself). ArborBridge said that it began its services because foreign students have the same problem as American students do in getting into schools here, but that they have limited access to the elite, test-prep programs available here in the United States. http://www.arborbridge.com Video: Darth Vader Goes To Disneyland ---- If you're Darth Vader, what do you do now that you are owned by Walt Disney Co.? A video just released by Walt Disney Parks imagines the result. (Burbank-based Walt Disney bought LucasFilm, the company started by George Lucas and which owns Star Wars, for $4.05 billion Tuesday). http://www.socaltech.com/video_darth_vader_goes_to_disneyland/s-0045966.html SendGrid Ties Into Azure Store ---- SendGrid, the provider of email infrastructure for application developers which has operations in Anaheim, said Wednesday that it has launched on the new Windows Azure Store. SendGrid said it would offer its email infrastructure management services through Microsoft's new store, which is aimed at application developers using Windows Azure, to help them connect into third party technology. SendGrid--whose three founders met at UC Riverside--handles transactional email delivery for application providers. The firm is based in Boulder, Colorado, but has major operations in Southern California, where the company's three founders reside. SendGrid is backed by Foundry Group, Highway 12 Ventures, and Bessemer Venture Partners. Thesan Pharmaceuticals Raises $16M ---- San Diego-based Thesan Pharmaceuticals said yesterday that it has raised $16M in a Series A round, for the firm's developing of treatments for dermatological disorders. The firm said the funding was co-led by Novo Ventures and Novartis Venture Funds. Thesan is headed by Gordon Foulkes, and said it has licensed its products from the University of California, Irvine, out of the laboratory of Professor Daniele Piomelli, who is Louise Turner Arnold Chair of Neurosciences at UCI. Foulkes is the former CEO of Excaliard Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Pfizer) and also served at RiverVest Ventures. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=45277 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARKETPLACE Reach 10000+ readers for 5 days for $250 Post your marketplace ad at: http://www.socaltech.com/postad.html ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- Turn Your Software App into SaaS in Days! - Nov 1 & 7, La Jolla & Glendale 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? 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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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