socalTECH

MAY 20, 2010

Long Beach-based Apriso , a privately held firm developing manufacturing software, said today that it saw "strong customer growth" in the quarter from manufacturers in the solar, fuel cell, and battery industries. Apriso reported its customers now include Boston-Power, Chevrolet Volt, Isuzu, and NGK Spark Plug Co.

Brentwood 133

Brentwood Long Beach Venture Capital Software 133

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2022

On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Arizona or a similar location. Exposure to customers, incumbents, and competitors all drive success. Being close to your customers, your vendors, or even your competitors can make all the difference. It’s just the first of many.

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Technical Review Oracle Software Review Ideas 123

socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2009

Tanner said the funding is part of the firm's development of technology to intercept rocket, artillery, and mortar threats for ARDEC. Tanner Research scored its initial contract for the technology in 2006.

Outsource Development 124

Outsource Development Research Monrovia IBM 124

socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2019

There's a new opportunity in clean technology investments, according to venture capitalist Aaron Fyke , the head of a new, Pasadena-based venture capital investment fund, Thin Line Capital (www.thinlinecapital.com). I'm also interested in technology companies, in data analytics, and low CAPEX hardware.

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Invest Capital Venture Capital Idealab 113

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2010

Last week, San Diego-based Confident Technologies (www.confidenttechnologies.com) announced that it had acquired the assets of Vidoop, and created a company focused on security and authentication of users. What does Confident Technologies do? The Confident authentication suite of software, which also includes out of band technology.

Technology 124

Technology Web Sites Orange County 124

socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2017

We focus on digital transformation and customer experience. Technology is transforming every aspect of business, and our technology is one piece of the puzzle that helps them get there. When you start doing that, you create an offering that can be purchased by more customers, and that becomes easier to maintain for us.

Diamond Bar 169

Diamond Bar Customer Custom Organization 169

socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2008

El Segundo-based iRise has signed on automotive giant General Motors as a customer for its application simulation software, the firm said Tuesday. According to iRise, General Motors is deploying its visual modeling technology as part of developing new IT systems at the company. Financial impact of the customer win was not disclosed.

El Segundo 113

El Segundo Outsource Development Outsource Software 113

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

percent of the domestic market in 2006 but watched that slip to 8.4 For instance, Empire Today , the national shop-at-home carpet and flooring company, has used Invoca''s solution to power marketing partners'' call-based campaigns, increasing its marketing reach and delivering thousands of additional inbound customer calls each month.

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Technical Support Marketing Advertising SaaS 250

socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2011

Last week, El Segundo-based Accordent Technologies , a developer of webcasting and presentation services and software, was acquired by Polycom, in a $50M deal. They had been slowly building their technology and growing customers, and it was a very much break-even type of business. They were big names--Fortune 500 customers.

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Capital Hermosa Beach El Segundo Invest 168

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Arizona or a similar location. Exposure to customers, incumbents, and competitors all drive success. Being close to your customers, your vendors, or even your competitors can make all the difference. It’s just the first of many.

Startup 97

Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 97

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I thought the analogy was preposterous back in 2006-2007 but it has become obvious. In the summer of 2006 over a cup of Peet’s Coffee, you told me about this new thing called “cloud computing” and that you were trying to come up with a creative way to incorporate it into the curriculum of your upcoming UCSB Computer Science class.

Cloud Computing 188

Cloud Computing Santa Barbara EC2 Startup 188

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

I remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0 It should talk about how many customers you think you will acquire and how much you’ll charge for your product. Do you really want to spent $100k building a product to discover through Customer Development that the market is too small?

Web 2.0 334

Web 2.0 Venture Capital Web Technical Review 334

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

If you don’t know Montgomery & Co it is one of the premier technology & media focused investment banks in the country (and as Michael corrected me they also have a strong Healthcare / Med tech practice). The Montgomery Conference : one of the top technology events of the annual calendar in the United States and held every March.

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Venture Capital Mission Ventures Capital Help 242

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses. Mr. Csathy’s career spans Internet, music, motion pictures/video, live entertainment, and technology.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. in Computer Science.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Invest CTO Coach Southern California 150

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

We had scrambled to get a product to market, built our first website, rapidly hired a technology team, raised our seed round of capital ($1.5 We instructed customers about how eCommerce was going to change their future. It kind of reminds me a bit of how “social media experts&# are talking to customers today).

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Startup Venture Capital Press Journal 310

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 13, 2012

. “By joining Microsoft, we will be able to take advantage of the tremendous momentum of the Microsoft Office Division, tightly interoperate with its products, and deliver this technology to a very broad set of customers.” The PPI screens too have a huge market potential.

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Screening Conference Acquisition Blogging 66

socalTECH

AUGUST 22, 2018

Access control, as a whole, hasn't evolved over forty years, and we're bringing technology like the mobile cloud and software in the cloud, to create really disruptive innovation to how businesses respond to customers. We then started Edgecast in 2006. There are a bunch of different constituents who are customers.

Startup 100

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Tech.Co

APRIL 24, 2018

Being one small company amongst the sea of thousands of startups vying for customers, capital, and talent, the way to get noticed above the crowd, connect with that next big partner, and raise some capital is to throw your hat in the ring to compete at Startup of the Year. Diversity and Inclusion Matters. It’s time to get noticed!

Startup 70

Startup Competition Google Capital 70

Xconomy

OCTOBER 16, 2016

After raising $30 million, San Diego-based Certona said it is moving to accelerate its product development, expand its sales and marketing team, and improve its client services as an e-commerce technology vendor. The differentiator is going to be customer experience.”. It wasn’t about raising multiple rounds and burning jet fuel.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence Commerce San Diego Web 40

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Phoenix or a similar location. Exposure to customers, incumbents, and competitors all drive success. Being close to your customers, your vendors, or even your competitors can make all the difference. It’s just the first of many.

Startup 109

Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 109

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2009

The underpinning of the technology is much more complex than that, of course, and we've been building this for awhile. We started in 2006, with an in-venue trial at the Alamo Bowl, where we gave out prizes and coupons. Jose daVeiga: In 2006, we started developing the concept, consisting of a PA announcement and a Jumbotrom image.

Patents 179

Patents CarsDirect Sites Pomona 179

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2017

On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Arizona or a similar location. Exposure to customers, incumbents, and competitors all drive success. Being close to your customers, your vendors, or even your competitors can make all the difference. It’s just the first of many.

Sites 59

Sites Startup Technical Review Oracle 59

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Founded in London in 2006, the Hub is a global network of social enterprises with each individual chapter acting as a gathering place for innovation, technology, creativity, and positive change. An ad:tech Innovation Award-winning company, SteelHouse is the technology industry’s real-time marketing solution for online retailers.

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Phoenix or a similar location. Exposure to customers, incumbents, and competitors all drive success. Being close to your customers, your vendors, or even your competitors can make all the difference. It’s just the first of many.

Startup 102

Startup Technical Review Oracle Entrepreneur 102

socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Southern California's technology community--despite all of the recent excitement around Silicon Beach--continues to be underserved in terms of capital, with a lack of venture capital funds (with money), and other private technology investors. to $10M in revenues and are tracking towards profitability.

Acquisition 168

Acquisition Software Review Technical Review Equity 168

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 3, 2014

Back in 2006, the city set out to build a municipal Wi-Fi network for its citizens. But a severe lack of interest from customers prompted the city’s original communications partner to pull away from the project. “The road to failure is often paved with good intentions,” famed writer Samuel Johnson might have said.

Riverside 91

Riverside Technical Review Los Angeles Networking 91

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. It included one firm who I asked not to call Salesforce.com as a reference (they were our largest pilot customer) and in their kindness they called Marc Benioff (the CEO) and asked his opinion.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Ramin Sadr is CEO of Los Angeles-based Mojix (www.mojix.com), a firm which is taking experience originally garnered by the firm's technology team in developing -- of all things -- deep space probes for NASA, and has been applying that to the RFID market. Our technology is a million times better compared to the previous technology generation.

Technical Review 113

Technical Review Innocal Technology Software Review 113

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

This should not be confused with raising too much money as many companies did in 2006-08. High burn-rates fueled by over investment – One of the most damning things that happened to the start-up markets in 97-00 and 05-08 was the overfunding of technology companies. So we have almost no triage problem. The deal was done in late 2007.

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Venture Capital Startup Invest Funding 263

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property. But everything has intrinsic value.

Pricing 309

Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

I personally enjoy traveling, and looking at the space from a technology automation perspective. I backburnered the concept until 2006, and in May of 2006 put the business together. The underlying technology has two and a half years, and four and a half million dollars put into the platform.

Web 100

Web Altadena Sites Activity 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2010

We were literally on the cusp of launching our prpoduct, and all of our work and money to date had gone into getting the innovative technology out of Caltech, exploring the marketplace, and making sure the product features matched with the demand of the market, which it clearly did. Sharon Stevenson: That's correct.

Startup 185

Startup Southern California Ideas Research 185

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Once you’ve been around for a few years, attracted some great people, landed real, paying customers and raised venture capital you’ve likely got a talented team around you. In your case this might simply be a VP of Sales or Customer Support for multiple locations. You’re suddenly free to focus your energies elsewhere.

Venture Capital 319

Venture Capital Startup Sales Customer 319

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

Back in 2006/07 when I sold my company and then worked at Salesforce.com there were very few options in SF for technology folk to build their careers at big, growing companies. Technology innovation doesn’t occur in a vacuum. And sci-fi writers are but one example of the way society impacts technology. And writers!

Technology 313

Technology Rustic Canyon Cloud Computing Beverly Hills 313

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Where did the technology come from? Zare'' Baghdasarian: This technology was funded by the Department of Homeland Security, the Army Research Lab, and the Department of Defense. It was started at the University of Southern California in 2006-2007.

Research 100

Research Patents USC Software 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

ESPN, Forbes, AOL were customers. Since 2006 they have added offices outside of Boston including Menlo Park, Europe, and China. They had a great team and interesting technologies. Mike built a white label product that let large publishers leverage text based ads by building their own marketplace rather than using Ad Words.

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Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265