This morning, we posted an article from Omid Rahmat — – former CEO of Tom’s Guide — speculating on the future of online content. It’s well worth a read. Omid writes: The shark will have been jumped the day a blogger is valued at over $100 million (I wanted to say $50 million, but apparently, [...]
One of the areas that does not get a lot of attention — at least on the business coverage side of the world — is the strong industry Southern California has in the business of consumer electronics. So, just for kicks, I sat down and put together a list — if you were really into [...]
We’ve made some changes to the front page of socalTECH, to improve usability of the site: I’d love to hear feedback on what you think. First, we’ve moved summaries (and pictures) from the stories to the lefthand news column, instead of just featuring the titles and requiring a click into stories. Second, we’ve added a [...]
I was greeted this morning by an email from a Silicon Valley group, promoting a event in Los Angeles, and was disappointed to read that they were looking to bring “Silicon Valley to the land of silicone.” It was most likely in jest, but I’ve recently been running into entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and others from [...]
Quick notes The Biotech Forum, an effort to connect entrepreneurs and venture capitalists interested in the biotech industry in Los Angeles and Ventura County, and more specifically in the 101 Corridor, is next Thursday, March 27th — the effort is looking to draw from the wealth of industry experience from folks at Amgen and elsewhere [...]
Here’s a great summary of why mainstream media is having so many problems, from an article today in the San Francisco Chronicle: Mainstream media as a whole, the report found, isn’t losing its audience. It just doesn’t know how to get its new online customers – or anyone else who is reading what they’re producing [...]
Despite the strangely giddy startup and venture capital market, I’m hearing from a number of sources about one place the woes of Wall Street are hitting the startup market now: in the willingness of angel investors to invest in companies. I’m hearing that some angel investors — who typically have a great deal of their [...]
As always, we’d like to publicly thank the many sponsors of socalTECH.com for their support of our efforts. First, thanks to Clearstone Ventures, which is the VC sponsor for this blog. We’d also like to thank our site sponsors: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Redpoint Ventures, SVB Silicon Valley Bank, Costello and Sons, CBRE, Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, Safire [...]
I’d like to welcome Tom Taulli, author of The Complete M&A Handbook, and a frequent writer for Forbes and AOL Bloggingstocks, as a occasional contributor to socalTECH. Tom’s first article for us is The Gold Rush of Digital Media Funds, which we posted this morning. We’re planning on publishing regular contributions from Tom, who’s known [...]
With as much talk (and evidence) of a slowdown in the economy, it’s surprising how many recruiters and companies I have run into recently who still have a lot of trouble finding technical staff to fill open positions at their companies. In particular, I find there are lots of companies who are desperate to fill [...]
Thoughts and commentary from Benjamin F. Kuo, publisher of socalTECH.com.
