File this under one more thing you really ought to know as a startup: don’t invest in auction rate bonds. For those who aren’t familiar with them, auction rates are a type of long term bond which are sold via a dutch auction by investment banks. They are typically used by companies to manage their [...]
There’s been more than enough written on the public launch of the NBC/News Corp. venture Hulu today, and perhaps I’m in the minority; but looking over the titles streaming out of Hulu, I’m suddenly realizing that network television lost me long ago. Out of the dozens of TV shows available — either as episodes, or [...]
Looking for a job at a high tech company here? It looks like there’s plenty of demand–here’s some of the latest Southern California technology jobs on our job board: Director of Network Operations, inQ, Agoura Hills Director of Search Engine Optimization, Santa Monica Web Development Lead, Practice Technologies Associate, Momentum Venture Management Our job board [...]
The latest report from the NVCA has ranked the Los Angeles area as among the top areas for 10 year growth in venture investments, citing the change from 1997 to 2007 in terms of companies and dollars invested in the area. That growth–which only includes Los Angeles, and does not include Orange County or San [...]
Gary Augusta, CEO of OCTANe, the Orange County-based organization focused on bolstering the county’s high tech industry, has just launched his own blog. Augusta writes: What will I write about? Well it will MOSTLY be about various issues related to entrepreneurship, capital, university, medical devices, digital technology, finance, clean and green tech, innovation, communications and [...]
Yet another venture firm has turned their eyes toward the new media sector, with the latest — Saban Capital — hiring VantagePoint’s Craig Cooper to head up new media investing in Southern California. Cooper said the fund “will scour the U.S. and international markets for opportunities across all investment stages” in an interview with the [...]
One of the helpful angel investor groups here in the region has recently opened up a new blog, focused on providing useful advice to entrepreneurs. The group has launched Ask The Angels. Pasadena Angel Joe Platnick describes the blog: Each week one (or more) of our team members will be writing about a topic of [...]
Forbes has just posted their list of the World’s richest billionaires. Southern California’s contribution from the technology industry: #462, John Tu ($2.5B) – founder of Fountain Valley-based memory manufacturer Kingston Technology #553, Alfred Mann ($2.2B) – founder of Medtronic, PaceSetter, Minimed, and MannKind. #652 Henry Samueli ($1.9B), co-founder of Broadcom #677 Henry Nicholas III ($1.8B), [...]
Michael Robertson — founder of controversial MP3.com, along with such firms as SIPphone and Linspire (formerly Lindows) — has a new, and again controversial, quest–rallying against sending students to college. Robertson details his bone against going to college in a post on why he believes not everyone should go to college. Robertson is no stranger [...]
Southern California appears to be the new frontier — or at least the newest center of attention — for high tech and digital media startups. In the last week, there’s been widespread coverage — in both new media and (countless) blog sites, as well as major news outlets like the Wall Street Journal, New York [...]
Thoughts and commentary from Benjamin F. Kuo, publisher of socalTECH.com.
