SoCal CTO

JANUARY 20, 2009

This is the beginning of a content community that collects and organizes the best content from blogs and web sites. The bottom line is that Los Angeles Tech is trying to help find and navigate that content. I'm happy to announce the launch of the Los Angeles Tech Content Community. To be clear Los Angeles Tech is a jump off point.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 -- How To Use Social Media To Extend Your Brand.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Time will tell.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

1) Mobile web. Mobile app downloads went from 300mm in 2009 to 5 billion in 2010, Android ad impressions up over 2,000% as two examples. The current incarnation of the mobile web changes what the Internet IS to users, and the manner in which it is incorporated into their lives. (2) I'll list three, not necessarily in order. (1)

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Pablo joins TechZulu and talks about Proven, job markets, and the future of mobile. Pablo Fuentes: It first started in 2009 when I was in business school originally. We were doing this one product called “Small Business Hires”, similar to the employer app we launched today, all web-based. What led you to make Proven?

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socalTECH

JULY 21, 2011

With the rise of location-based check-ins from Foursquare, Gowalla, Facebook, Twitter, and others, there's suddenly lots more data that marketers want to parse through to make sense of how consumers are interacting with their brands. First off, where does MomentFeed fit into the location based marketing market?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

He’s also candid, humble and helpful. Web-based client for user stream data including Twitter (original focus), FaceBook, MySpace, Google Buzz, FourSquare and many others. Founded in 2009 in Los Angeles by Michelle Crames. Provider of real-time data and predictive analytics for web site publishers. Company still in beta.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

The strategy of GigaOm and where they differentiate in the market. We talked about the negative effect of Apple’s closed system attitude but how that will be a gift to the market because Apple’s cracking of the operator hegemony has forced the industry to innovate. We talked about Facebook. DST invested $180mm last fall.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). The 7th International System-on-Chip (SoC) Conference, Exhibit & Workshops (www.SoCconference.com) - November 4 & 5, 2009 - Radisson Hotel Newport Beach. VentureNet 2009 (www.venturenet.org) - October 7, Costa Mesa.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Here is a quick list of just a few: With more than four decades of success, the International CES reaches across global markets, connects the industry and enables CE innovations to grow and thrive. The emergence of a new era of technologies, collectively known as Web 3.0, Also known as the semantic web or linked data, web 3.0

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 8, 2009

This kind of a simple model also helps: Define the early proof points for the company. Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp, Sept 2009) View more documents from Dave McClure. The other thing that I think he's really done well is his look at value of different marketing channels. We need to make sure we have these numbers.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Palm (acquired by HP ) – In our interview we talked about how transformational mobile computing is and why it’s different than web computing (e.g. Hyper-local, flash marketing platform connecting consumers with local business offers; super majority of offers are restaurant and personal services; competitor to Groupon.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). www.SoCconference.com ) - November 4 & 5, 2009 - Radisson Hotel Newport Beach. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network. Thanks in particular to: Sponsors. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com).

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socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2010

For today's interview, we spoke with Brandon Hance, the firm's founder, about how his startup is helping musicians to sell both digital and physical merchandise on the web. Is this installed software, or web technology? Brandon Hance: It's all web-based technology, and software we've build in-house.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

However, most enterprises are overlooking an existing, in-house bank of computing resources--desktops and otherwise idle computers--which could help reduce the costs and give them more control over their cloud computing. They sign up through a web portal, online, and they create a resource pool. Explain what Kazuhm does?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Disclosure: we helped build the system that is behind these.) ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Just about every Startup at some point and especially if you do not have a designer, is going to need icons to help spruce up those websites. Before Iconfinder I was working as a web designer and front-end developer, next to studying computer science and business administration. It’s basically Google for icons.

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socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2011

For this morning's interview, we spoke with Scot Richardson , CEO of Los Angeles-based LaughStub (www.laughstub.com), which develops software which helps comedy clubs and others manage ticket sales, online marketing, and customer relationship management. For anyone that small, Ticketmaster doesn't make sense. We currently reach 1.3

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Nimble's software connects to your email, social accounts, and more, and helps you track your customers, sales prospects, sales pipeline, and much much more. Microsoft didn't have a network OS, until Novell built a market for it, and ate Novell with NT Server. They now dominate the market. That brings us to Microsoft.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

Maybe its because Im 66", but I think most clothes shopping really stinks and when was the last time that a sales person was actually helpful. Having help narrowing choices is what its going to be about going forward. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

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socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2010

Albert previously founded CheapCheapCheap.com, an online coupon and deal finding site, and we thought we'd hear from Albert why he thinks the local, group purchasing market is so interesting, and how he hopes to grow the service beyond just Orange County. I actually started my web site, CheapCheapCheap, while I was in college.

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StartUp Beat

JANUARY 24, 2018

The low employment rates, says the Autism Speaks foundation , reflect a nationwide lack of vocational training and support services helping students with autism transition from secondary school into employment. We want to engage these teens, we want to help them think about their own futures.”. Geeking out with Tech Kids Unlimited.

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socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2009

OneCubicle helps you build a career, through a jobs page, jobs listings, career advice, micro transactions for resume help, and an upcoming celebrity mentor feature. I recently opened up a company, Champion Media, providing entertainment branding, marketing, and public relations for Gen Y brands.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

What can they do for funding, where can they go for help? ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

And 450 million licenses of Windows 7 were sold since its launch in 2009, making it the fastest-growing operating system ever, and showing us that Windows is going to keep controlling the OS market share. Bing Powered search now controls 30% of the search engine market share. 3. It’s not just about Windows.

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socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). PowerMark www.thepowermarkgroup.com , Southern California's premier full-service marketing and. customer relationship marketing programs designed to preserve your core revenue. April 24, 2009. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com).

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socalTECH

MAY 7, 2012

Sean Broihier: We are an online art marketplace, and help living artists and photographers sell prints of their artwork. and photographer is an online web presence and an order fulfillment partner. AS I was working my engineering job, I got obsessed with programming and building a business for the web. things of that nature.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

We typically do not ask entrepreneurs to visit our offices in Santa Barbara, but Jeff wanted to meet with Kevin, an investor in our Fund who helped us vet opportunities and occasionally invested alongside of us. The difference is that VoiceXML does not leverage customers' knowledge of web development. billion). . <Note:

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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 covered the topic again in June 2009 titled Invent, Invent, Invent. Once you start censoring the Web, you restrict the ability to imagine and innovate. Crazy, huh? Her response?

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

28 year old Allison Carmen’s Material Mix began operations in June and she says its helping waste and recycling professionals reduce operating expenses and recover investment on inventory via a dynamic, web-based, customer regulated exchange platform with supply chain management tools. Billion Market Opportunity.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 9, 2011

Last year, venture capitalists and angels who co-invested with them placed $7 billion into seed and early-stage deals, an 11 percent increase from 2009, according to the most recent PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report. Let investors help you refine your pitch. It’s hard to know just yet.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2019

Stacy Stubblefield: We do two factor authentication, which basically means we send text messages with the codes you get when you log into a web site or even when you're just registering for a website. We'd always go into client meetings asking: how can we help you? Talk about Telesign and what you do? How did the company start?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

to help bloggers and blog readers with comments. Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 Ive not found that much use for LinkedIn to help my blogging, but Im starting to think about this. Maybe this meme will help. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. event I did last fall.

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socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2010

Had it now been for the application ecosystem that developed, and had someone not bridged the fragmentation in the mobile market, we wouldn't have started the company. We became enamored of the iPhone and its apps, and saw how fast the market was moving, and it appeared to us that the tools out there were not build for app developers.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

It came about, because we saw a gap in the market around entertainment news written for the 18-34 consumer segment. collapsed and the stock market was crashing, when I chose to leave a steady, paying full time job to go to HitFix. We didn't see anyone else in the market doing what we wanted to do on the entertainment side.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. "Authentic" is dead - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 3, 2010 It's time to retire the following phrases. You could just outspend. Enjoyed this post? The Application.

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