SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Google Maps Mobile I recently downloaded Google Maps Mobile for my Treo. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Its works great.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Goleta-based radio frequency filter developer Resonant Inc. Fox founded Park City Capital in 2008, and prior to that served at J.P. Fox founded Park City Capital in 2008, and prior to that served at J.P. said late Thursday that it has appointed Michael Fox, CEO of Park City Capital, to its board of directors. Morgan Securities.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Mobile devices like the iPhone and iPad have completely revolutionized how consumers interact with the online world in the past few years. One of the first companies to see the potential for a mobile application specifically targeted at the enterprise was Roambi (www.roambi.com), which is based in Solana Beach.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 1, 2023

It is not hard to find strands of gold in the carnage left by failed businesses lost when a bubble bursts, such as in 1857, 1902, 1929, 2001 and 2008. We can’t help but be amazed by the rapid developments in artificial intelligence and artificial general intelligence (AGI). Sometimes, innovators enable unfinished visions of others.

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JUNE 4, 2010

Los Angeles-based Burstly , the mobile ad management firm run by Evan Rifkin, said this week that it has added SoftBank Capital and Founder Collective to its Series A funding round. Rifkin was the founder of TagWorld/Flux, which he sold to MTVN in 2008. Rifkin was the founder of TagWorld/Flux, which he sold to MTVN in 2008.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles? About 18 months ago, the entire group began to mention that they were having more difficulty finding good developers. Im part of a CTO group that meets once a month to discuss various topics.

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MARCH 20, 2014

Welltok , a developer of online applications to help employees improve their health--and also help companies manage their health programs--has acquired Mindbloom , a developer of mobile apps for improving your health. billion deal in 2008. Welltok is based in Denver, Mindbloom in Seattle. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 19, 2013

Silicon Valley’s 9+, an accelerator founded by serial entrepreneur and company builder Peter Relan is investing $110,000 into game developers to quit developing games and shift to consumer, mobile, Big Data and wearable apps. 110,000 to quit developing games for wearable apps. 2 million raised. 2 million raised.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Los Angeles-based Recargo , a startup which is developing mobile apps for helping electric vehicle owners find the nearest electric charging stations, said this week that it has acquired PlugInCars.com , an online news and community site focused on electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. Recargo's apps run on both iPhone and Android.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

The rise of couponing in late 2008 coincided with the recession of the late 2000s;” this factor combined with an increased consumer interest in mobile technology and devices led to an unprecedented decline in print media. Statistics from 2008 show that digital couponing has rapidly grown but has yet to outpace paper coupons.

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JUNE 23, 2010

Los Angeles-based Passenger , which develops private, online communities for brands to help them gain insight into their customers, said today that Microsoft Corp. has tapped the firm for Project KIN, a private online community focused on Generation Y and their use of mobile communications. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 23, 2010

Los Angeles-based Total Immersion , the developer of augmented reality software, has snagged another win in the entertainment industry with 'Iron Man 2'. The firm moved its headquarters to LA in 2008. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 2, 2009

Arcadia-based Siimpel Corporation , which is developing MEMs-based components for mobile cameras, announced Monday afternoon that the firm has raised an additional round of investment from LG Innotek. Siimpel develops MEMs modules which are used to design higher quality, mobile phone cameras. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 7, 2011

Todd is now Chief Operating Officer of Marmol Radziner (www.marmol-radziner.com), an architecture and construction company, which recently installed a eco-friendly mobile home park project in Santa Monica which was focused on applying clean and eco-friendly technologies to the pre-fab building market. It's a truly interesting product.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Daniel Scalisi is the CEO of Los Angeles-based MobileCause (www.mobilecause.com), a startup focused on the mobile, nonprofit fundraising area. We've now been operating for five months, and have become the leading web service for mobile fundraising in the country. What is mobile fundraising? Those donations are mobile initiated.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Newbury Park-based Nomadix , a developer of network gateway hardware, is in a major patent infringement offensive. Nomadix said it is seeking damages and injunctions over use of its "fundamental innovations" in mobile computing and network access technology. Ltd, which acquired the firm in 2008. Superclick, Inc.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Carlsbad-based MaxLinear , a developer of RF analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, has filed for an IPO, saying in a filing today that it is looking to raise up to $100M in an IPO on either the Nasdaq Global Market or the New York Stock Exchange. in fiscal 2008. The IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley & Co.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 9, 2020

Cevolini highlighted greater awareness of the smog internal combustion mobility creates and scientific evidence that air pollution exacerbates viruses as factors that could swing more folks to electric. new motorcycles sales didn’t weather the last recession very well, dropping 50% in 2008 and remaining stagnant since. In the U.S.,

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JUNE 25, 2015

Brian Garrett: The fund is really continuing what we started back in 2008. That fund started back in 2008, and those companies are now six or seven years old. We raised $5M in august of 2008, on the belief and conviction that this ecosystem was going to develop. Any change to your investment thesis from your last funds?

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JULY 1, 2010

-Money to be used for hiring and additional product development. A social analytics platform for Facebook app developers and publishers that provides detailed demographic and engagement data. Founded in 2008 in Santa Monica by Ron Goldman (former CRO of shopping.com) and Rahul Sonnad. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008.

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JULY 23, 2014

Always-on connectivity of mobile (164m US smartphone users). When you think about the trends of faster-growing startups due to social networking, credit card enable and mobile first consumers – the reality is that many startups are becoming very large financially before needing to go public. Where are we today? and hasn’t abated.

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APRIL 1, 2010

in a venture round from GRP Partners and Rincon Ventures, for the firm's mobile ad management platform. We caught up with founder Evan Rifkin --who previously founded and sold TagWorld/Flux to MTVN in November of 2008--to learn more about the startup. What is Burstly? Our space is pretty young. We were enamored of the iPhone at Apple.

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JUNE 3, 2010

Users leave messages for each other through BlockChalk mobile app. Mobile gifting service. Brought in new CEO, Russ Reeder in 2008. Founded in 2009 in San Francisco by David Soloff (ex-Lead Architect of Rapt, which was sold to MSFT in 2008). Developer of Appsaurus , a mobile app recommendation engine.

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DECEMBER 2, 2013

In the world of drone aircraft and robots, right now everyone develops their own, on-board operating systems software to run those autonomous systems. Nelson Paez : For the past four years, Dreamhammer has been developing a software product called BALLISTA, which is what we refer to as a drone operating system. That''s a key factor.

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JULY 6, 2015

It works on every Internet-connected computer worldwide, and every mobile phone everywhere. Page Howe: I've been a fan of the domain since 2008 and 2009, having grown up in LA, lived here, and seen the story here through the good and the bad. Explain a little bit about what you're doing with.LA? How did you get involved with.LA?

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AUGUST 27, 2012

It's an intensely competitive market in developing games for the iPhone and other mobile platforms, with thousands and thousands of titles competing for attention from users. How did you get into iPhone development? Having been in this industry for awhile, how has mobile development been different from your prior experience?

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APRIL 28, 2010

Dave told us about how and why he and his co-founders--both previously executives at Twistbox--decided to start their own startup, specifically outside of the mobile industry, and a bit about the product. Dave Waldman: We started quite a while ago, back in almost September of 2008. How long has Bccthis been around?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. Mobile will likely spawn a whole new wave of innovation because it’s pervasive, location aware and always with you.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

The REACH event will bring together some of gaming’s most influential thinkers, creators, and developers who will guide us through their vision of the next evolution of gaming. At G4, Scot served as VP of Program Editorial and Internet, and developed, Produced, and Hosted G4TV.COM, the network’s interactive talk show.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2013

Needless to say, your chances of bumping into Robert Scoble on 6th Street to show him your beta are much slimmer than in 2008 when there were only 9,000 registered attendees. Mike Schwartz, Application Developers Alliance. Mobile technology discussion by Flurry. Relive the moments here. A group discussion from RAPP.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 28, 2021

Facebook, for example, decided in 2008 that its mission was to “help you connect and share with the people in your life.” A prime example of this is a company in our portfolio of investments: Booksy, a popular mobile booking management process in appointment-based businesses.

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MARCH 29, 2012

We also have a mobile platform, which integrates with Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace. What people were able to do there, was they were able to scan a QR code on the shirt with their phone, and that launched a mobile promotion on their phone, and got people to register to vote from their phone. How did you two start the company?

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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. There will be plenty of FREE food and drinks!

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MAY 19, 2010

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Founded in August 2008 in Palo Alto, CA, by Sam Christiansen and Keith Lee.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2012

If you're a web publisher, or even a brand developing your own outreach to customers through a newsletter or microsite, how do you efficiently gather and curate all of the news and information out there? I ran that between 2001 and 2008, and then left to start what has become PublishThis.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 10, 2013

Apple’s App Store launched in 2008 and is already closing in on 50 billion downloads. One way Appallicious is already helping the City of San Francisco better connect with its citizens is the free Rec & Park app, developed in 2012, which utilizes open data to provide information on the city’s many parks. Trailblazing Government 2.0

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APRIL 28, 2010

Zong – mobile payments has been a very hot area over the past couple of years with the success and growth of both Boku and Zong. Boku and Zong focus mostly on mobile payments for virtual goods. It has proven a very successful strategy to get consumers to activate the payment on their mobile phone bill. VC Financings: 1.

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