SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Tuesday, November 1, 2011 -- Using Green Building Methods to Lower Energy Bills. Wayne Pendrey will show how technical research and manufacturing experience was used to analyze building design, products and systems for practical use. Clean Technology Council.

Technology Council 100

Technology Council .Net Research Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 2, 2010

Comedic startup site Funny or Die has announced a new design that adds new content and features to the site. The updated design gives fans more comedy, and more kinds of content including themed photo galleries, top 10 lists, and special guest blogs. Funny Or Die will also present its first movie in 2011 as well.

Design 49

Design Paramount Advertising Content 49

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

It's a new world out there for online marketers--users aren't just on their PC anymore, they're surfing the web, buying products, and using services across their tablet(s), desktops, and smartphone. So, how do marketers figure out if you're the same person to better target their ads? READ MORE>>.

Southern California 159

Southern California Advertising Examples Web 159

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2011

From attending the 2nd official Augmented Reality Event (2011) , the AR industry really seems to be getting some traction and moving itself beyond the buzz realm; into something a bit more substantial, seeing an ever-more increasing presence into consumer, commercial, and artistic realms. The winners of this one?

Conference 69

Conference Startup Google Competition 69

socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2012

We will design and manufacture an apparel brand based on the inspiration of collective editors. We then take that information and find trends and metadata, and all that content and sharing, and use it to drive e-commerce, and to design and manufacture apparel products. Explain the idea behind StyleSaint?

Startup 182

Startup Commerce Design Media 182

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 15, 2011

Thursday, April 21, 2011 -- How to Build a Great Internet Company. Jason Nazar will be interviewing different team members of Docstoc to talk about the specific tips and advice on topics such as Product Management and Design, Web Development, BizDev, Content Creation, and much more. Startups Uncensored. See [link] (more)

Company 100

Company Companies Tips Web Development 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

The part of the movement that resonates the most with me (in my words) is that entrepreneurs should keep their capital expenditures really low while they’re experimenting with their product and determining whether there is a large market for what they do. Rinse & repeat. It takes options off of the table. You have a hunch.

Development Team Review 374

Development Team Review Technical Review Startup Resource 374

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

We''ve now reached critical mass in content, and in Asia we''re number three in the amount of information on products and suppliers online. In 2011, we built our site, and in 2012, last year, we started getting content. In 2011, we built our site, and in 2012, last year, we started getting content. Tell us about your backers?

Southern California 170

Southern California Startup SoCal CTO Hire 170

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Some attendees came in a bit later on Sunday as they coded and designed throughout the previous night however everyone was “in the Loft” by mid-morning, along with other guests such as Paige Craig and Francisco Dao ( 50 Kings , Twiistup, and Writer at Fast Company).

Los Angeles 73

Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Those services work on volume, and the designs you can send--and which you receive--are from a limited selection, not at all personalized to the recipient, and for the florist delivering the flowers, provides slim margins and no opportunity to build a customer base. Farbod Shoraka: We started out in the summer of 2011.

Beverly Hills 157

Beverly Hills Technical Review Design Startup 157

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Amplify’s close mentoring is by design. We heard how Jeff transitioned from a start-up founder to an institutional investor when he helped found Amplify towards the end of 2011. Amplify provides seed stage capital to the tune of $50,000 to $150,000 in companies with a viable product that are demonstrating some degree of traction.

Web Design 103

Web Design Social Media Design Seed Funding 103

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer 2011 Judges! He also designed the Farmville iPhone application (top iPhone app), and worked on corporate development deals including Microsoft, Yahoo, Zynga Japan, and Zynga corporate strategy. and has led business analysis & user interface design projects for the U.S.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

spent 2011 raising our seed round, which we used to build our team.and launched the product into beta about a year ago, at the end of 2011. We then spent the first half of 2012 beta testing the product, getting feedback and input to the point where we could start selling it. It's designed just for our system.

Mobile 197

Mobile Startup Platform GRP Partners 197

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Rock Prodigy is Music Prodigy’s pioneer product and is a revolutionary interactive music app powered by patent-pending polyphonic pitch-recognition technology that allows musicians of all skill levels to use any instrument and provide instant performance feedback to accelerate learning. Winning Not By Sheer Luck.

Education 106

Education Startup Technology Patents 106

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2014

Launched in 2011 by Tony Fadell and Matt Rogers, Nest is popular for its Nest Learning Thermostat , one that learns a user’s temperature preferences, which has been also been its top seller. As early as 2011, Fadell and Erik Charlton showed Sergey Brin a video of their early model of the Nest Learning Thermostat.

Google 86

Google Acquisition Resource Social Media 86

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Milk & Honey has had shoes designed by Rachael Ray, Ginnifer Goodwin, Malin Akerman, and Kate Mara amongst others and has appeared in People, Redbook, Inked, Lucky, Bridal Guide, InStyle, Marie Claire, and numerous other publications. The product integrates with Salesforce, Twitter, Zendesk and many other popular SaaS products.

GRP Partners 96

GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Component design – computers need computer chips in order to compute, and computer chips have to be designed by someone. Component production – someone needs to manufacture all of those components. Device design – all of the major computing components – CPU, RAM, connectivity, display, battery, etc.

Google 92

Google Web .Net Yahoo 92

socalTECH

JUNE 10, 2013

Pharmaceutical companies spent $20 billion a year marketing their products to medical offices. Those representatives help educate providers on products, and deliver value to those offices. We came out in 2008, and raised a convertible round from Slater, and did a Series A round from Javelin Ventures at the end of 2011.

Marketing 231

Marketing Software Education Startup 231

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2016

Founded in 2011, Z Supply, LLC has created five women’s fashion brands with a sixth brand and extension into Men’s, launching Spring 2017. I ended up really relating to the nuance and intricacies of product supply and customer demand. That being said, we were getting inundated with inquiries regarding where to find our product.

Sites 100

Sites Sales Santa Barbara Design 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

NastyGal -- which was just about unheard of a year ago -- has rocketed to a over $100M business, driven by women's clothing, shoes, and other products. HauteLook was acquired for $270M in 2011 by Nordstrom. range of software products, and which has offices in Calabasas and Santa Barbara. Edmunds was also one of the companies.

Technical Review 279

Technical Review Company Companies Southern California 279

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Just as we are summed up by the advertising methodologies of the 1950’s as unpredictable and irrational (The Economist, Sex and Advertising, 2011), not only are we both these traits, but also with the power of click-a-mouse comparison shopping we are perhaps pickier, more demanding and less ‘experience’ oriented over product features.

Customer 74

Customer Custom Advertising Demand 74

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

While Google and Facebook will buy “acquihires” (at least as of Dec 2011), many acquirers hate the idea of buying companies that aren’t profitable. They have have raised $2-3 million, built a product that has some amount of market traction and got to annualized revenues of around $1 million. ” The Details.

Startup 418

Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Just as we are summed up by the advertising methodologies of the 1950’s as unpredictable and irrational (The Economist, Sex and Advertising, 2011), not only are we both these traits, but also with the power of click-a-mouse comparison shopping we are perhaps pickier, more demanding and less ‘experience’ oriented over product features.

Customer 72

Customer Custom Demand Advertising 72

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall 2011 Judges! and has led business analysis & user interface design projects for the U.S. It’s a community and work space focused on empowering entrepreneurs, startups, freelancers, programmers, designers, professionals, and all awesome people in general.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Our first set of products started rolling out in May, and are a set of travel guides for children. I sold that company in 2011, and then used the proceeds to start Go Trexx. Samantha Lurey: Our first product shipped in May, and we now have five towns in the market. Samantha Lurey: This is actually my third company.

Guide 232

Guide Framework Mobile Startup 232

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 3, 2011

The broader one’s understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.”. Filmmaker Kirby Ferguson has created a collection of short films which beautifully underscore Mr. Jobs’ definition of creativity (the term beautiful is appropriate here, as the production values are sweet). free weekly Infochachkie articles!

Startup 255

Startup High Tech SaaS .Net 255

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

Greg was the first person to share with me the insights of mobile conversion and why with a simpler product selection and conversion funnel they would get higher conversion on mobile than on the web. In 2011 the company was sold to Nordstrom for $270 million in a deal that has been widely seen as a success for both buyer and seller.

Venture Capital 360

Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

It gives music companies a direct pipeline to market their products and services to music fans. CODA Automotive is a privately held company headquartered in Santa Monica, California that designs, manufactures and sells electric vehicles and lithium-ion battery systems purpose-built for transportation and utility applications.

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Joey Flores, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder at Earbits (a Y Combinator Winter 2011 company). Earbits is a marketing platform for music related products built around interactive radio experiences. When: Thursday, November 10, 2011 – 7-9pm. What value is that investment providing today? Tickets: $10.00

Incubator 64

Incubator Santa Monica Idealab Social Media 64

socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2009

We're doing our development in El Monte, and we think we'll be operational by the beginning of next year, and full scale by the end of 2010, with product launch in 2011. That makes solar panels as a product not competitive at all, if you removed government subsidies. We hopefully will have our first production year in 2011.

UCLA 159

UCLA Technical Review El Monte Startup 159

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 26, 2012

Miselu’s seeks to “innovate products to create the next generation of musical experiences,” according to their statement on their website. Groesche got me intrigued with Miselu’s grand vision so I couldn’t help but ask him for a quick interview on the product: Tell us about presenting the product early at SXSW?

Press 100

Press Ideas Product Activity 100

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Amplify’s close mentoring is by design. We heard how Jeff transitioned from a start-up founder to an institutional investor when he helped found Amplify towards the end of 2011. Amplify provides seed stage capital to the tune of $50,000 to $150,000 in companies with a viable product that are demonstrating some degree of traction.

Web Design 40

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 40

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry. When: Thursday, October 27th, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. The Coloft is a space for entrepreneurs, independents, startups, programmers, designers, professionals, and awesome people in general. Event Details. to 10:30 p.m.

UCLA 102

UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 15, 2011

His firm works to infuse projects with the management, social and production assistance needed to break away from the pack. GroupPrice was recently named in Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top 100 Brilliant Companies for 2011. He is currently also consulting as Social Producer at CBS News for their show What’s Trending.

SEO 85

SEO CTO Coach Conference Social Media 85

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 10, 2012

Bushnell is currently co-founder and chief game designer for Anti-Aging Games. Director of Business Development, WellnessFXZak is fascinated by the cross section of technology, experience design and health. Together with two doctorate scientists, he is currently working on games designed to stimulate the brain. Interview).

Technical Advisors 89

Technical Advisors Design Education Study 89

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Joey Flores, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder at Earbits (a Y Combinator Winter 2011 company). Earbits is a marketing platform for music related products built around interactive radio experiences. When: Thursday, November 10, 2011 – 7-9pm. What value is that investment providing today? Tickets: $10.00

Incubator 40

Incubator Santa Monica Idealab Social Media 40

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 13, 2011

Users range from consumers who are bloggers and/or active on Facebook and Twitter to entertainers who want to share content and better engage with fans, small business owners who want to more effectively share promotions, discounts, contests and products, and big brands who want to generate more awareness and drive traffic. Are you Funded?

Startup 97

Startup Web Content Media 97