SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 22, 2008

Tuesday, October 28, 2008 -- "How Digital Cinema Made It Big" SoCal AMA. Digital cinema is one of the most significant breakthroughs in the movie industry – find out how this new technology made it to the big screen.

Southern California 100

Southern California AMA SoCal Screening 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 13, 2012

Microsoft is set to buy multi-user large display touch screens this summer the firms announced Monday. Microsoft is probably making the costly screens available for the public and embedded with their Windows 8 operating software and some hardware additions. Windows 8 also works well with the PPI screens.

Screening 66

Screening Conference Acquisition Blogging 66

Xconomy

AUGUST 11, 2016

Today, larger mobile screens and touch interfaces are allowing people to do real work—not just e-mail—with the computer they have, wherever they are. Fast-forward to the iPhone and the smartphone explosion in 2008 with the launch of the App Store. inch screen. The app that you use is the one in your pocket.

Product 40

Product Screening Mobile Design 40

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

We did a successful trial in 2008. What happened with smart phones, is consumers are buying more and more applications, but a screen can only fit a dozen icons. What we find, especially in the mobile world, is you've only got one or two screens to get a consumer to make a purchase, before they abandon the visit.

Content 189

Content Screening Mobile Customer 189

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2014

It started in 2008 and once we got everything under control in terms of the manufacturing; many iterations, a lot of know-hows and a lot of tricks to make the retinal projection with the right image quality, bright and see-through. ORA’s unique design with a flip screen offers users two ways to use the smart glass.

Google 89

Google Screening Startup Pricing 89

socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2013

Blair Harrison: I sold iFilm to Viacom at the end of 2005, and got out of there at the beginning of 2008. Blair Harrison: I think the most important thing at the moment, is the end screen experience is one of the most important thing. How did you get from iFilm to Frequency? You helped define video on the web with iFilm.

Social Network 232

Social Network Startup Services Organization 232

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 20, 2012

The company launched its social media management system in 2008, growing to over 4 million users by the start of 2012. Online recruiting tools, such as ZipRecruiter and The Resumator allow employers to screen applicants via qualification surveys and competency quizzes.

SaaS 209

SaaS Tool Startup Screening 209

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2010

A yellow dot with a wide mouth moves across a black screen, weaving through a colored maze of ghosts while chomping even smaller white dots. Like 2009 (and 2008), Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft are pushing their motion-controlled products on an all-too-eager public. Now, forget the joystick.

Screening 58

Screening Platform Product Technology 58

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 6, 2012

Jobscience CEO Ted Elliott said,”It has become common practice for employers and colleges to request access to social media sites and use the information to screen applicants” He added that “Job seekers need to control their social identity and validate what they are willing to share with employers.”

Social Network 61

Social Network Social Media Blogging Screening 61

socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2012

really, that opportunity has only recently been realized fully with Apple in 2008, and later with Google. When iTunes started selling games in 2008, it coincided with one of the biggest market corrections, one of the biggest global economic corrections in our history and in my lifetime. Can you talk about how you managed that?

Mobile 168

Mobile Java Google Startup 168

Both Sides of the Table

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.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 2009. So we loaded up on flat screen TVs, multiple generations of iPods and trips to Hawaii. We spent our future since the equity was artificial. So why the ’09 bounce?

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Startup Funding Technical Review 269

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

He started targeting the ad by location and interest, and the number of potential people he was reaching began decreasing on screen (Facebook tells you dynamically). Steve was was walking through (live) the process of creating a Facebook ad. MongoDB at Etsy - Code as Craft , May 19, 2010 Hi!

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

I was recruited for the role when we were still at AT&T Interactive in October of 2008, by some of my former coworkers at Yahoo, who had already landed here. Before that, I was running product at Spotrunner. I had also spent five years at Overture and Yahoo, going back to the Goto.com days.

Technical Review 223

Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 223

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

I was recruited for the role when we were still at ATT Interactive in October of 2008, by some of my former coworkers at Yahoo, who had already landed here. Before that, I was running product at Spotrunner. I had also spent five years at Overture and Yahoo, going back to the Goto.com days.

Technical Review 211

Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 211

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

We founded the company in 2008, inspired by and around the first iPhone. We realized that what Apple had done, was introduce a completely new way of interacting with computing devices, using touch, a rich, animated UI, and the size of the screen.

Mobile 170

Mobile Oracle Startup Content 170

socalTECH

JANUARY 13, 2012

Kian Saneii: We formally launched in 2009, but I started looking at the market in 2008, to see what applications were out there. It's been fascinating to figure out how this third screen, which we call the smartphone, is going to fit into our society and world. What's the story behind the company?

Software Review 140

Software Review Cloud Computing Startup Technical Review 140

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Recent alliances in both the emergency responder and warehouse space will allow us to deliver a best-in-class solution to help manage teams, workflow, and efficiency through our wide-screen, large battery, full OS, wearable. Co-founded DigiSynd, which was acquired by Disney in 2008. Utility: Envoy Now. Started Disney Interactive Labs.

Fractional VPE 40

Fractional VPE Entertainment SaaS Social Media 40

Frank Addante

JUNE 10, 2007

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. ► October (1) New Video! In our space, 80% of it is open space and the other 20% is 4 offices.

Startup 40

Startup Technical Review Software Review Advertising 40

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

He began developing the business model for scoreAscore.com in October of 2008. Traveling from city to city the Detox Market introduces carefully screened green brands in beauty, fashion and food to the consumer who wants to detoxify their body and living environment. Clark Landry – Internet Entrepreneur and Investor.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

He was raising money initially in the worst market in a decade (we met in 2008), he’s in his mid-40′s, is doing a mom’s site (he has no kids) and he has a JewFro. There is no secret, just a lot of hard work and screening of both startups and investors. We talk about all of this in the video.

Startup 292

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Summary 292

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

It’s your job to find a continued way to stay on the radar screen of the VC. Our 2008 fund looks spectacular. They then lament the fact that the process died shortly thereafter. All sales campaigns are processes that occur over time. You had your great meeting. If it felt great it probably was.

Develop 366

Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

We’re still caught in the “post recession bounce” : What’s happening is that the angel & VC community is still feeling good from having bounced back from the nadir of the famous “ RIP Good Times ” funk that we felt in 2008. We took $2.3

Entrepreneur 298

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 298

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

I asked him what motivated him and he told me, “I started it in 2008 as a project with my daughter helping canvass for Obama. I told this story at our screening of the must-see movie —  Code: Debugging the Gender Gap. I found it moving and inspirational to talk with real voters so I decided to do it again in this important election.”

Startup 150

Startup Los Angeles Help Screening 150