socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2013

Uber has faced strong, negative reactions from taxi and other transportation services, which have been lobbying and using local laws to lock the firm out of their local markets. Uber launched its services in Los Angeles in March of 2012, and followed with expansion into San Diego in June of 2012.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

For now, it’s only available in Arizona, although the company plans to expand to other markets such as Texas, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Georgia. There’s Metromile, which launched its personalized pay-per-mile auto insurance in 2012. But of course, it has far fewer customers and is only serving one market.

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Startup Customer Custom Los Angeles 203

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Ross Lipson, the chief executive officer and co-founder of the on-demand marijuana and cannabis delivery service, Dutchie, had thought he was done with the online delivery business. where he’d retired after selling his online food delivery business GrubCanada to JustEat, the European tech-enabled delivery giant, back in 2012.

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Services Venture Capital Startup Los Angeles 259

socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Most controllers out there now are timers, which basically do not react to water demand. Instead, we run a model in the cloud based on the weather and calculate actual water demand, and we adjust the schedule on a daily basis. Irrigation is not generally known as a leading edge market. That''s a big market.

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Demand Startup Southern California Marketing 258

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 25, 2012

Thursday, May 31, 2012 -- The Israel Conference. May 31 and June 1, 2012. The Israel Conference is a fast-paced business conference showcasing the vitality and growth of Israel-facing business through a variety of panels on hot industry topics and trends with world-class speakers and high-quality networking. See [link] (more)

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Conference High Tech Commerce Class 100

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2012

According to the firm, it has shipped four new physical layer transceivers (PHYS) for the 10 Gigabit Ethernet and 40GbE markets for the optical fiber communications market, as well as a new 40G Serial Mux/Demux chipset. Both sets of products are used for data center and enterprise networking. READ MORE>>.

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Product Cloud Computing Sample Conference 140

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 17, 2012

Wednesday, May 23, 2012 -- Amplify Roundtables presents: The Leading Edge Technology Series Join us and connect with technology professionals for an extraordinary evening in Galpins classic car museum! WHAT'S HOT AND WHY? See [link] (more)

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Technology Demand Media Marketing 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 9, 2012

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 -- Mobile Broadband: LTE and Beyond. The need for mobile broadband grows every day, as enterprise use and various applications (especially video) drive demand for high-speed, low-latency data. See [link] (more)

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Mobile Demand Research Marketing 113

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Unlike most university programs that are over architected and underfunded, the TMP evolved organically, based on the demands of its students and input from the local community. This allowed the curriculum to efficiently find its product / market fit. The TMP began in the late 1990''s as a single class inside the Engineering College.

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Santa Barbara Technical Review Startup Venture Capital 258

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

The company is ServiceTitan, and its market… is air conditioners. Founded by Ara Mahdessian and Vahe Kuzoyan in 2012, ServiceTitan is very much an up-and-coming billion-dollar business that’s a family (minded) affair.

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Glendale Los Angeles Startup Technical Review 271

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 1, 2013

As Groupon has evolved, we’ve seen growing demand from our customers for upscale offers and exclusive experiences. The post Groupon Launches Groupon Reserve | Eats Into OpenTable’s Market appeared first on TechZulu. with more cities coming by year end. Up to 40 Percent Discounts on Reservation. Premium Deals.

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Marketing Entertainment Los Angeles Tool 61

InfoChachkie

MARCH 4, 2013

By 2012, total sales exceeded 50 million copies and founding band member Roger Waters was cited by Forbes as the second highest paid musician of the year, pulling in $88 million. Unfortunately, successful musicians seldom have the luxury of market testing their subsequent albums. Pay To Play.

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Startup Cloud Computing RSS Writing 269

socalTECH

JULY 11, 2014

The company is actually relatively new to the LA market. When I got involved with Slickdeals, I decided to tap into the LA market, and tap into my network of talented folks, who could really transform and accelerate the deal business. I was at Overture, then Yahoo, and later People Media, which we sold to Match.com.

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Content Yahoo Los Angeles Sites 212

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Matthijs Keij, CEO FlxOne, is opportunistic that there is demand from firms around the globe. billion in Q2 2012. FlxOne’s combination of high-end technology and real-time advertising expertise is therefore important and will help maximize campaign performance according to Ed Stevens, CEO Global Digital Markets. Take action.

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Advertising Platform Report Technology 86

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Before iROKOtv, Nollywood was almost completely closed to the Diaspora – lovers of Nollywood were always dependent on getting their hands on DVDs from family coming back from Nigeria, or from local market stalls – DVDs which may or may not have been pirated. We found that in Lagos. Is Nigeria’s infrastructure-bandwidth good for iROKOtv?

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Netflix Marketing Technical Review Content 82

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

If you want the full SlideShare deck with many slides not in either post it’s in this link –> The LA Tech Market. Has it begun to mature or is it just better marketed than in was say 5 years ago? Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly.

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Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2012

TALK NYC Heads to SOHO House, Bringing Madison Avenue to West Hollywood on June 13, 2012. State of Content is an unrivaled opportunity to connect and collaborate with today’s leading influencers, executives, and entrepreneurs in the new establishment of advertising, marketing & technology.

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Content Los Angeles West Hollywood Angel 61

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Sam also had a vision as early as 2012 about how MakeSpace would be a large employer of middle-income jobs: The company would hire employees rather than just have contractors and he would lead the effort to ensure they had opportunities for growth and benefits for their families. and we were met with weak demand, slow growth and high costs.

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Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

Eric Greenspan

MAY 19, 2016

I came upon this: On Monday morning, company executives also will announce the launch of a new marketing campaign called “We Make It Work” that highlights the more expansive services of the Geek Squad. We started with Citrix again, but this time, it became obvious to us that the demand was coming from the residential sector.

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IBM IBM Writing Networking 136

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? We have 35 POPs all over the world, in every major market, and we have more than 6,000 customers today. We caught on with the right product, at the right time.

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CTO Hire Content Networking Web 248

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Yet you can never forget the seasonal business cash flow and activity demands that are approaching, so to be prepared – you need to start the planning now. The stock market reached a new all-time high in 2013, and is finally providing some liquidity relief to concerned investors and startups alike. Venture capital firms raised $4.1

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Startup Tips Venture Capital Demand 86

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Fred Wilson supports Montgomery’s view in this thoughtful post on the return of the tech IPO market. He thinks demand for IPOs (from buyers) remains high while supply is low because Sarbanes Oxley amongst other things has made less CEOs want to go public.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Southern California Company 241

socalTECH

AUGUST 1, 2019

Rich Branning is the CEO and co-founder of Sweep (www.sweepcrew.com), a company that handles logistics, maintenance, and other heavy lifting required for on-demand scooter companies like Bird, Lime, and others. I'm originally from Palo Alto, but I graduated from Pepperdine in 2012. What is Sweep all about?

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Pepperdine Startup West Los Angeles Long Beach 124

Eric Greenspan

MAY 9, 2013

My 16 year old was living with his mom this past year as my business of 12 years went under in June of 2012. Instead of demanding he do his work, I jumped in and worked with him. About me: I’m a dad, a social research marketer, customer service champion, closet chef, TEDster. You get what I mean.

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SoCal Southern California IBM IBM 174

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Up 33% this year, according to the Washington Post, online commerce is trending upwards from $175 billion in 2007 to a projection of $335 billion in 2012 (Forrester Research). As customers shift online, retailers have no choice, to not only follow suit, but to adapt to their changing demands.

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Customer Custom Advertising Demand 74

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Up 33% this year, according to the Washington Post, online commerce is trending upwards from $175 billion in 2007 to a projection of $335 billion in 2012 (Forrester Research). As customers shift online, retailers have no choice, to not only follow suit, but to adapt to their changing demands.

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Customer Custom Demand Advertising 72

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses. Brock Pierce is a 10x entrepreneur best known for pioneering the market for digital currency.

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Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

The top five tournaments for “StarCraft 2″ in the month of June 2012 had combined prize-pools of over $150,000. If you said 6 million (as of April 2012), you’d be close, because JustFab is growing by nearly to 500,000 members a month. In 2012, ShoeDazzle jumped from 3 to 13 million members. Brandon Beck – Riot Games.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

They feel very confident they can hit $18 – 20 million in 2012. So assume that in 2012 the company would do $20 million in sales and $2 million in profits (10%) and 2013 they would do sales of $25 million and $4 million in profit (16% net margin) and then slow growth in 2014 to $30 million and $6 million in profit (20% profit).

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Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

Tech.Co

MAY 24, 2017

For some reason, the 2012 Atlantic article, “ Why Women Still Can’t Have It All ,” has always fueled me. My spouse’s work is demanding, but he is an extremely present dad, covers for me during work dinners, and still spends the time to talk to me about how to handle work matters. I wanted the career and the family.

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Class Journal Writing Demand 90

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

We don''t spend a lot of time there, except that we''re active investors and bankers who are affected by what''s happening in the IPO market. That''s why the IPO markets coming back is so critical. David Siemer: More generally, the M&A market is solid. which is still a premier market for the world.

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Southern California SoCal Commerce Invest 124

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

CallFire serves clients in a diverse array of industries, from automotive, education and entertainment, to finance, healthcare, marketing and real estate. In particular, CallFire has answered unusually strong demand coming from political campaigns, the insurance sector and emergency notification.

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Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

In this role, Alex was responsible for developing HostPro’s shared, dedicated and managed businesses with 430 employees in sales, marketing, engineering, and product development. Before co-founding Bitium, Scott was VP of Product for Fastpoint Games, a sports and entertainment gaming company that sold to WePlay in 2012.

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SaaS Cloud Computing CIO Web 92

socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2009

Where is the technology now, and is it on the market yet? We believe that plastic solar cells will be uniquely competitive in windows applications, which we believe will be coming out in 2012, based on our own schedules. Dina Lozofsky: It's not quite there yet. We have the champion efficiency for small cells, at 6.77

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UCLA Technical Review El Monte Startup 159

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2014

OP: It was 2012 when my brother and I took our cousin who was visiting from Poland to go see the movie Hugo. All these efforts were to figure out what it would take to put something like this in the market. OP: Well, right now there is a totally underserved market of language displaced individuals, as I mentioned earlier.

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Startup Entertainment CTO Coach Screening 91

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Batch 15 is a group of scrappy start-ups that explores unusual markets, including postpartum care (Mahmee), underwater robots, airplane maintenance, and even crocheting. Fun Fact: Beeketing is named from Bi (beloved dog of Alice) and Marketing (our interest). On-Demand Lawn Care and Snow Plowing. AngelList: [link].

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Startup Training SaaS Walnut 40

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Loading… Markets. Loading… Market Data. October 5, 2012. In March of last year, Matt Jacobson, head of market development at Facebook, paid $10.9 Another client of Mr. Rappaports, Mich Mathews, formerly the head of marketing for Microsoft. 2012, compared with the same period in 2011.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44