I love this survey question that TechCrunch asked their readers, undoubtedly prepping a proposal for their advertisers (you have to answer ONE of those, at least, to get to the next question, btw). I think we’ll have to add it to our own list (substitute our pubs for TechCrunch in the appropriate places). Q.15 Why [...]
For any entrepreneurs lurking here, I’ve got some tickets to VentureNet I am giving away. Just email or otherwise contact me, particularly if you’re an early stage startup who wished they were presenting but didn’t make the cut, etc. It’s a great opportunity to meet others in the community, see some pitches, and do some [...]
Not getting enough of Jason Nazar, founder of Santa Monica-based DocStoc, at his many Startups Uncensored events recently? Nazar gets the spotlight, pitching Kara Swisher in this video.
Not too many people I talk to realize that online e-commerce firm NewEgg is one of Southern California’s own, based in the City of Industry. Well, NewEgg is now also the latest IPO filing in Southern California, saying today in a filing with the SEC that it is looking to raise up to $175M in [...]
There’s been a lot of news on the electric car front in the last few weeks, including today’s announcement that Irvine-based Fisker Automotive is the recipient of a $528.7M loan from the Department of Energy to help it bootstrap its production. Other recipients of government money here are Ford, Nissan, and Tesla Motors. In a [...]
Seems like a week for “hey look SoCal has a tech industry” articles. Today, in eWeek: San Diego Is A Rising Star For Clean Energy, Technology Jobs.
Hey, look! TheDeal just noticed all of the tech companies in the San Fernando Valley. I think this is one of the first articles (not from our own coverage over the last ten+ years) actually noticing the tech industry along the 101 corridor. Writing in “The state of Calabasas”: Calabasas and its neighbors suggest a [...]
One argument I hear quite frequently–usually from venture capitalists from Silicon Valley–that one of Southern California’s advantages is at the intersection of entertainment and technology. Interestingly enough, as a daily observer of the startup world here I don’t find quite as many technology-plus-Hollywood startups around. Yes, you run into content startups (online video / production [...]
One of the common complaints I hear (whether valid or not) from Silicon Valley folks talking about Southern California startups, is that they aren’t as visionary, are more focused on making money, and not nearly as revolutionary as the latest hot-company-of-the-week in Palo Alto. I don’t agree (not being that close to the water cooler [...]
It’s clear that traditional publishers seem to be headed the way of the dinosaur, between declining readership, loss of advertisers, and an unwieldy cost structure. But, they aren’t helping much on their online efforts. In some bizarre logic, I’ve seen more and more newspapers, industry publications (CNET seems particularly bad in this regard), and magazines [...]
Thoughts and commentary from Benjamin F. Kuo, publisher of socalTECH.com.
