SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 16, 2009

Thursday, January 22, 2009 -- The Conversion Forum: Proven methods for increasing your site's registrations, leads, sales and other conversions. See [link] (more).

Mixergy 100

Mixergy Sales Sites 100

socalTECH

APRIL 22, 2009

Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies , an aerospace and electronics firm, announced Wednesday that the firm has cut six percent of its North American workforce, eliminated salary increases, cut employee stock option awards, and will also close or relocate five of its operating sites, as it looks to cut expenses.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Thousand Oaks Technology Layoffs 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. The “private sale” market phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Time will tell.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

The firm says nearly 20% of all brides now shop for or sell a gently used wedding dress online, compared with just 6% in 2009 and they firmly believe Recycled Bride is helping make the sales even more possible. Recycled Bride was founded in 2009 in Santa Monica, CA. What is Recycled Bride? How does Recycle Bride work?

Design 84

Design Social Media Sales Sites 84

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Fair trade is becoming more common, but many of the sites that offer those goods follow a for-profit business model and only a handful follow the non-profit road. Stacey Horowitz, Founder of SFAC, started the non-profit business from a trip to Peru in 2009. Since its 2010 launch, SFAC tripled their sales and growth.

Social Media 87

Social Media Sites Organization Help 87

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. He has also been a Regional Sales Director and National Account Director for Facebook.

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2010

One of the types of startups we see most of nowadays, are private sale, limited time bargain, and local group buying startups. What is the site all about? I originally started a local coupon site for my Irvine neighborhood, CheapIrvine, where we were distributing 15,000 coupons a month. How did DealPerk.com come about?

Orange County 170

Orange County Startup Sites Southern California 170

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. We are launching a music vertical, which is very similar to our comedy site.

Ticketmaster 140

Ticketmaster CTO Hire Tech Coast Angels Social Media 140

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

WillYouTrend.com is a site set out on the mission to inspire us all to be great, influential people. Put your digital audio content up for sale with AudioMicro, simply and securely. is the leading live video site on the Web, enabling users to create real-time connections with others around the world.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Stickam Web Conference 40

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. But at the highest level they’ve created a marketplace for “flash&# sales. And of course we had, TheMan. with the clips.

Company 276

Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2010

Johnson's latest effort is Lunch.com (www.lunch.com), a web site which takes the concepts behind VirtualTourist.com beyond travel, and into lots of other subjects. Johnson: We launched in April of 2009, so it's coming up on almost a year. That's how we're differentiating the site. We wanted to get out of travel, into everything.

Content 204

Content Startup Sites Manhattan Beach 204

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2013

We caught up with founder and CEO Erik Adams to hear more about what is startup is up to, and how it''s trying to use the crowdsourcing site Indiegogo to raise money for its startup. Finally, I started pushing the idea, like a vacuum cleaner sales men, showing it to retailers and vendors, and it finally caught on. What is Deka Sounds?

Startup 241

Startup Slides Orange County Design 241

socalTECH

JULY 21, 2011

Rob Reed: I was doing social media strategy consulting from 2007 until 2009, what I would really characterize as Social Media 1.0. For the first time, that social media activity is actually taking place at the point of sale. It really helps to shorten our sales cycle significantly. We'll also be ramping sales, as well.

Social Media 248

Social Media Zumbox Media Startup 248

socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2011

We really started operations towards the middle of 2009. Do you sell those games through your site, or do you sell through partners? You can help by donating, but you can also go to our site, and buy what we think is going to be the best prices in the world for both new and used stuff. How long has the organization been around?

Pricing 183

Pricing Help Startup Sites 183

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2012

The site also helps maximize the value of items for sale with a proprietary pricing recommendation engine that reflects what buyers are likely to pay. The site isn’t limited to high-end designer clothing or curated vintage finds (though there’s plenty of both).

Pricing 71

Pricing Mobile Sales Sites 71

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2011

What if you could go to a web site and find all the recipes you could make today, with just the ingredients you already have in your kitchen? Another series of searches on Google Patents and the US Patent Office site and Free Patents Online is in order at this point. I’m going to start a website to offer this service!”

Ideas 94

Ideas Patents Startup Google 94

socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

We were founded in 2009 by Mark Suster from GRP Partners. We don't get excited about derivative businesses, like yet another daily deal site, or another niche flash sales site. For readers, LaunchpadLA is all about? Sam Teller: Launchpad is an accelerator in Santa Monica.

Class 261

Class Mentor Startup Santa Monica 261

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2013

Years before Hello Flo’s “The Camp Gyno” video existed, in 2009, Orabrush, a tongue cleaner company, was setting the precedent for what would be how to make a million dollars in ecommerce sales utilizing YouTube marketing. To keep tabs on YouTube’s rising stars check out the site VidStatsX. Videos are under 2 minutes.

Dollar Shave Club 101

Dollar Shave Club Customer Custom Marketing 101

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

We completed that agreement in 2009, and were taking the original Urenco design, and began to manufacturer that design. This was deployed at some customer sites, was it not? We had been responsible for all of the equipment, construction sites, and all in New York City, and it it's been a big task.

Design 138

Design Training Southern California Outsource Development 138

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. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. Tech support is sales. You could just outspend. You could use brute force to get the word out. Yep, that sounds lowly.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Then, they use the old fashioned scare tactic that if you don’t become a member, people will not be able to find you on their site and will become concerned about doing business with an unaccredited firm. Anyhow, I replied and asked who pays who here and found that First Data pays Chad a commission for his sales. Please advise.

Santa Barbara 265

Santa Barbara Technical Advisors Email Technical Review 265

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. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

MyShape 150

MyShape CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire 150

socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2010

They need to not just track clicks, but also to track downloads, and the conversion they are getting from that, and to compare that eCPM for those sales versus the eCPM for the ad networks. I've been in the ad network business, helping Adconian, and know the web site publishing world.

Startup 164

Startup Platform Advertising GRP Partners 164

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

I worked at Userplane, building social applications for sites like MySpace. We also just recently launched a standard API, which allows any social networking site to use our analytics code. The platforms will be using it to serve ads into their ecosystem, essentially allowing their ad sales teams to sell into their impressions.

Social Media 113

Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2011

In 1999, there were 486 IPOs nationwide; just 10 years later, in 2009, there were only 63. Rightly or wrongly, public ownership often lends prestige and credibility to the company in its sales efforts, general public relations, and the execution of its future strategies. The market is moving back up, but slowly. Do you have the horses?

Social Media 89

Social Media Media Draper Startup 89

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

I worked at Userplane, building social applications for sites like MySpace. We also just recently launched a standard API, which allows any social networking site to use our analytics code. The platforms will be using it to serve ads into their ecosystem, essentially allowing their ad sales teams to sell into their impressions.

Social Media 100

Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Shani Higgins joined Technorati in 2007 to lead strategy and day to day operations for the company¹s advertising sales, business development and the Technorati Media advertising network. Jim Farley is Ford Motor Company’s group vice president, global marketing, sales and service.

Los Angeles 75

Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 75

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2010

Whether you are trying to close a sale, open a business, or overcome an obstacle in your life, PCMA will get you through anything! I found the concept of closing escapes many, so I’ve written a book (scheduled out this year) “Close The Damn Sale.” I choose to live by “Positive Closing Mental Attitude (PMCA)!” Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 95

Entrepreneur Startup Ideas Sales 95

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. Recognize that investors come from unlikely places.

Tips 100

Tips Capital Tech Coast Angels Screening 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Shani Higgins joined Technorati in 2007 to lead strategy and day to day operations for the company¹s advertising sales, business development and the Technorati Media advertising network. Jim Farley is Ford Motor Company’s group vice president, global marketing, sales and service.

Los Angeles 49

Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 49

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2012

Ed Park was one of the first 100k users of Instagram back in early 2009. It’s almost a subconscious connection vs. all other media sites. It will not be industry standard in which your percentage goes down as your sales goes up. Now that’s awesome! It’s a breath of fresh air. People stopped worrying about social status.”.

Startup 98

Startup Customer Custom Pricing 98

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Charlie Capen is co-founder of HowToBeADad.com , an entertainment site and dad blog for “parents, soon-to-be parents and people who have no desire to procreate, whatsoever.” The site features running commentary and visual diagrams on the idiosyncrasies of fatherhood, parenting missteps and his own adjustment to having children.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

How did they end up with such an irreverent site and what was their objective? Private, flash sales site focused on apparel goods (women, men and children). Metrics: 2.5mm members, 1,000 brands, 2,500 sale events to-date. Metrics: 2.5mm members, 1,000 brands, 2,500 sale events to-date. Read more: TechCrunch.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Meanwhile, Amazon famously claimed 1% fewer sales for each additional 100ms of latency. And retail sites are not alone; all sites will silently lose visitors who are made to wait. Todd Hoff’s comprehensive 2009 blog entry on the costs of latency in web applications is still relevant today. Framework Benchmarks.

Web 200

Web Technical Advisors Framework Technical Review 200

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Joel worked with Steve Jobs on special projects at Apple and invented the cheapest prosthetic knee on the market, one of the top 50 inventions of 2009 as ranked by Time magazine. Sales Huddle Group. A service that helps journalists discover what’s happening before it becomes news by unlocking company information from public data sites.

Startup 40

Startup Training SaaS Walnut 40

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 19, 2006

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. At Starting Point (Startup 1.0) , an Internet search engine, I would put links up on the site to announce new ideas. Within weeks, we shortened our sales cycle.

Startup 40

Startup Ideas Venture Capital Competition 40

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Bootstrapping enterprise, marketing, Sales. . Your clients pay you to design and build web sites and app. In 2009 my art blog www.johntunger.com earned $188,138 in gross sales from 205,839 unique visitors. Make Millions: Re-Invent Global Sites for Local Markets. Entrepreneurism / Monetization business, Sales. .

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69