Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

If you’re an early-stage entrepreneur, technology has served you well. In 2006, a passion to help startups grew into Tech Cocktail , a company whose mission was to showcased burgeoning companies in bars around the country. The Foundation was created in 1997 by tech pioneers, Jean and Steve Case. Memphis, TN).

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

By 2008 I had gotten more serious about championing companies through our investment process. It was September 2008. The following is a 2-week graph of the end-of-week price of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) in Autumn 2008. Let’s review all of our existing investments. The market had tanked.

Marketing 305

Marketing Venture Capital Funding Technical Review 305

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. These are probably the two sites where I've posted the most reviews. One out of ten of Americans are out of work.

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

TechZulu & Gadget Review present REACH. A quarterly event series seeking to dive deep into what comes next in technology, and giving you the opportunity to experience it first hand with the gadgets on site. 1 st Street Partners provides strategic management services to technology, entertainment and consumer goods companies.

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Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 76

InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2012

The following guest post is from Eric Greenspan, Founder and CEO of MakeItWork, a consumer facing, in-home tech support service. We failed because the economy has drastically fallen since 2008, particularly in the consumer sector. Make It Work sold its services in pre-paid hours, at a discount from our pay-as-you-go pricing.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

In 2005 he was graduated and took a job in South Carolina working for technology company while he started his own web design company on the side. He started another company on the side while he was working during the day at a technology company. As a technologist he felt the US was “ground zero&# for technology innovation.

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Technical Review Startup High Tech Software Review 282

socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2011

We're not talking publicly about that yet, but the idea is to get away from the annual review, away from the quarterly review, and give everyone within and outside a company the ability to recognize people, up and down the chain, for doing great things in the workplace. Beyond that, it's really about real time recognition.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) released their 2008 Q4 MoneyTree Report this evening, reporting that $28.3 billion was invested in 3,808 deals in the fourth quarter of 2008. billion and 407 deals in 2008. The only other sector seeing an increase was IT Services, up 17 percent to $1.8

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Southern California Rustic Canyon Orange County Miramar 100

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I spoke about how Amazon Web Services deserves far more credit for the last 5 years of innovation than it gets credit for and how I believe they spawned the micro-VC category. Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# That’s a fact.

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Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. The SimpleGeo API will provide you access to these services.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

He told me this was a service the BBB provided to its customers since they saved so much money on the same service. When I got there, two complaints were showing, both from 2008. I was saddened to read them as we really are all about EXTREME Customer Service at Make It Work. 2008 Closed Complaints – 2.

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Santa Barbara Technical Advisors Email Technical Review 265

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

“The object is to exploit the convergence of people, information, products, services and places with today’s smartphones and tablets, which drive online orders in addition to purchases from brick-and-mortar stores.”. Statistics from 2008 show that digital couponing has rapidly grown but has yet to outpace paper coupons.

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Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 10, 2013

As fast as life moves, technology moves even faster. Apple’s App Store launched in 2008 and is already closing in on 50 billion downloads. Especially on the local level, and especially when it comes to embracing technology. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”. Ten years ago?

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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. Such is the case with advanced batteries. today (and that excludes the effects of inflation).

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Entrepreneur Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 298

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Just days after launching its credit card payment service, Groupon acquired Savored a leading provider of reservations with more than 1000 top restaurants across the United States using it. This is set to complement Groupon’s efforts in yield management due to its 40 percent discounts for each table. Simplest and Lowest Cost Option.

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Software Review Email Competition Acquisition 64

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 I just reviewed several hundred startup pitches for Capital Factory. Between this blog and reviewing applications to Capital Factory I see hundreds of pitches a year. Most were on paper and video; 20 were invited to pitch in person.

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. In 2008, he founded StackOverflow , and it has become the foundation for a question and answer platform called StackExchange.

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Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2009

Santa Barbara-based Cogi (www.cogi.com) recently launched a phone-based service which allows users to transcribe conference calls and meetings. For readers who haven't heard of Cogi, can you explain what your service does? I can review it myself, both in audio form, or text form, and share it with others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Now you can create a web site for almost nothing - and be on your way with your latest invention or personal services. The elements include communications, mobile platforms, and location-based services. Most now routinely buy startups for new technology and new products. Large corporations have lost their ability to innovate.

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Startup Entrepreneur Social Media Satisfaction 109

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 17, 2012

She is expected to champion for new products and advance its web technology. ’s products will continue to enhance our partnerships with advertisers, technology and media companies, while inspiring and delighting our users. as CEO and Member of the Board of Directors. This might revive Yahoo’s leading properties like Yahoo!

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Yahoo Artificial Inteligence Google Design 51

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Loading… Tech. SIGNIFICANCE PASSING-MENTION. --> Tech Titans Hit the Beach As Silicon Valley moguls go on a home-buying spree in Los Angeles, theyre reshaping the real-estate landscape. The tech industry is going south. Prices are soaring in the beachfront communities tech types favor, and rents in these.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

We have been using LinkedIn for both sourcing recruits and reviewing backgrounds for recruits. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. Its been great to zero in on very specific skillsets.

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Blogging CTO Coach CTO Hire Southern California 150

The Quigley Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Following the tech recession of the early 2000's, business IT investment shrank significantly. But after 5 years of belt tightening, it seemed a new investment cycle for IT was due. Most importantly, the enterprise IT market seemed like a relatively safe bet for the next 2 to 3 years. Sadly, the past few months have shown otherwise.

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Technical Review Blogging Invest Marketing 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

” These are people with whom there is a likely match for your product or service. I get approached about clean tech or biotech periodically – I don’t focus on these. If you’re raising money in Financial Services I’ve never met a more knowledgeable investor than my partner, Brian McLoughlin.

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socalTECH

JULY 23, 2009

Therese Tucker: My background is technology. It's unusual to have a CEO from the technology side, they're usually from sales. Therese Tucker: The reason for the growth, is we're focused a lot on great service. Plus, it makes their auditors and compliance people much happier. Let's talk a little bit about your growth.

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Startup Software Review CTO Hire Oracle 124

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

The technically savvy reader, familiar with my attitude, has already figured out that I’ve read way too many raw logs. Their developers are just too fucking lazy to understand such protocols that every respected service on the Web (search engines…) obeys.

Social Media 41

Social Media Develop Development Media 41

Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

► 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. Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical.

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