Ernst & Young moves Palo Alto office to Redwood City
Ernst & Young LLP’s office relocation from Palo Alto to Redwood City will provide its employees a slew of modern amenities, reports the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal. The space, which will house 200 professionals, includes a modern fitness center, volleyball and bocce courts and access to the area’s walking trails. Instead of cubicles, employees will share [...]
Execs from Pepsi, Southwest Airlines and others debate the new media mix
Thirty executives from PepsiCo, Southwest Airlines and leading PR, marketing, advertising and social media firms argued Tuesday that getting the mix right – between news articles, company blogs and sponsored ads – is critical for success in today’s crowded marketplace. The hour-long discussion took place during “The Future of Media: Radical Integration” webinar hosted by Cision. [...]
Los Angeles ranks third nationally for fastest growing private companies
Private companies in the greater Los Angeles region are thriving, according to the recently published “Inc. 500 list” from Inc. magazine which ranks the nation’s fastest growing private companies. Los Angeles ranked third in the nation with 42 companies on the list, just behind Washington, D.C. (50 companies) and New York (43 companies). The industries most represented [...]
Cleantech startup FlexEnergy Inc quadruples size of headquarters as company grows
Due to the rapid expansion of Irvine-based FlexEnergy Inc, the company recently moved its headquarters to a location four times larger, the Orange County Business Journal reports. The additional space will accommodate new hires, corporate executives, and the company’s growing sales, marketing, research and development divisions. FlexEnergy Inc currently employs approximately 120 people and is [...]
San Fernando Valley benefits from increased IPO activity
Judging from the recent initial public offerings of companies like Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Ceres Inc., Inphi Corp. and ReachLocal in the past year, companies in the greater San Fernando Valley are thriving. The region’s IPOs are part of a larger state trend, according to the story “IPOs Raise Region’s Profile” from the August 15 issue of the [...]
OWC’s Tracy Williams to co-moderate LAVA’s ‘PR for Startups’ panel
Successfully marketing your startup to customers and investors can be challenging. The Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA) has put together a panel of experts from the PR world to give entrepreneurs a map on how to navigate the world of public relations. Panelists for “PR for Startups” include IBD’s Brian Deagon, LABJ’s Charlie Crumpley, Truecar.com’s Kasey Soll Pitillo, [...]
FOX 11 special celebrates Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year winners
Fox 11 reporter Christine Devine interviewed a number of Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award winners who discussed doing business in California, tips on starting a business and what it takes to survive in today’s economy. The 30-minute special report on entrepreneurship in California titled “Livin’ the Dream” aired this past Friday. Also [...]
Energy generation, new materials and energy efficiency emerging as attractive sectors
Cleantech IPOs have been few and far between in the past several years, according to a recent article by Xconomy‘s Bruce Bigelow. Yet judging from the companies that have gone public in the first half of 2011, there are specific sectors that are thriving more than others. In total, 11 cleantech companies went public in [...]
FlexEnergy Inc shows digital magazine how it is creating clean, renewable energy
“Future360″ host and producer Sarah Backhouse recently visited FlexEnergy Inc’s Portsmouth, N.H., manufacturing plant to understand how the company is creating clean, renewable energy while cleaning up harmful greenhouse gases. FlexEnergy Inc is the technology developer of the world’s cleanest power platforms. Their core products, the Powerstation and Microturbine, create emissions-free energy from previously unusable waste [...]
