From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 4, 2013

A Google survey from July 2012 calculated that more than half the small businesses in the US are still without a basic website. They do not know what they do not know which makes a meaningful conversation with a design agency very challenging. And with 20% of traffic coming from smart phones your site has to be mobile friendly.

Web Design 40

Web Design Web Design Sites 40

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 21, 2012

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 -- Social Media  Beyond Targeted Ads. And youll review the top Social Media sites to understand which ones are best targeted for your market.Panelists: Becky Carroll, Founder, Petra Consulting; Patrick Howell, VP of Product Evolution Design, Neubloc; Anita Cohen-Williams, President, MySearchGuru.

Social Media 113

Social Media Media Research Design 113

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Although it is difficult to directly track the impact of these sites, the expanded exposure from these sites has certainly augmented my overall traffic. Generated > 500 Tweets, from Technorati, BusinessInsider and my site. Worst T-shirt Designs Ever. 2012 And Beyond. All the best in 2012 and beyond….

Newsletter 205

Newsletter Blogging Santa Barbara Content 205

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

In 2011, we built our site, and in 2012, last year, we started getting content. Now, we''re looking at Southern California because there''s lots of talent in the area of design, and we also want to start targeting enterprises here who want to start sourcing products in Asia. Michael Kleist: We started in 2010. READ MORE>>.

Southern California 170

Southern California Startup SoCal CTO Hire 170

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2013

Yet I am amazed to see US Census Bureau data from 2012 that at least 50%, maybe up to 75%, of small businesses still have no presence at all. There are many practical reasons for going to work early on your web site. Two months later they still didn’t have a web site, and didn’t have a customer. Viral marketing needs a website.

Web 99

Web Startup Sites Design 99

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 12, 2013

million new users and 22 million unique page views to its clients’ sites as a result of its effective campaign execution. Our goal is to design effective marketing campaigns that are a natural fit with the Pinterest community and actually enhance the user experience of organic discovery,” Brennan added. million followers.

Sales 101

Sales Technical Review Marketing Technology 101

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

The company was founded in 2012, developed by an all-Trojan team and has already made a big splash with this first-of-its-kind travel website. Travelers can earn the right to become an Ambassador on the site by consistently providing the best content, recommendations, and of course Itineraries. “We

Competition 104

Competition Startup USC Southern California 104

InfoChachkie

MARCH 24, 2016

Fanstasy sports sites DraftKings’ and FanDuel’s popularity has spurred a new-breed of political betting sites. Unlike sites of the past that were deemed illegal, the current crop of election sites appear to well positioned to exploit the unprecedented focus Americans are applying to the 2016 election cycle.

Startup 100

Startup Sites Research Santa Barbara 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

According to Ken McNeely, President – AT&T California the AT&T network kept 99 percent of all Los Angeles-area wireless calls connected in the fourth quarter of 2012. billion Investment. McNeely said,“I’m proud of the investment AT&T continues to make in California. 950 Wireless Network Upgrades.

Invest 68

Invest IP Los Angeles Mobile 68

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 15, 2015

million in seed funding since its founding in 2012. The curated design and photography-driven entertainment site is where GIFs and memes intermingle with stunning photography, video and the ability to purchase in app. Ellis describes himself as a lifelong product guy, and lover of design and photography. I am drawn to it.

Seed Funding 40

Seed Funding Funding Commerce Social Media 40

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 16, 2014

We first interviewed Luc in 2012, just as he was launching the prototype for Miigle. Members can freely browse and explore the site. In 2012 Miigle was just in its beginning stages. How much has the product changed from where it was in 2012 and where it is today? Back then we invested very little in design.

SoCal 104

SoCal Southern California Startup Platform 104

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 4, 2012

There’s plenty of sites that will explain the theory behind gamification, but few that provide that platform like BunchBall. ” Watch the video above as I interview Molly of BunchBall about SXSW 2012, gamification, and the future of motivational gaming models.

Platform 93

Platform Mobile Startup Software 93

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Web API Design Best PracticesThis session will cover the basics of Web API but dig deeper and take attendees past basic CRUD operations on resources and dive into how to create a robust API using Web API. From Startup to Grown-up with Windows Azure Web SitesMany demonstrations exist on how to get started with Windows Azure Web Sites.

Training 65

Training Technical Review Technology Software Review 65

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2012

With this fast pace industry the elegant design we see if websites, is sometimes lost in translation. He and his company, Rocksauce, make sure to add high quality design back into each of the apps they create. After directing a film in 2009, I wanted to get back into the design industry. It simply makes more sense.

Design 94

Design Mobile Web Design Outsource Development 94

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

At Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood 2012 Kevin Winston organized a panel called “How to Find and Hire a Developer”. Try to identify developers that are flexible in their design. A developer should be asking you questions trying to identify how users interact with a site or application.

CTO Hire 81

CTO Hire Outsource Development Develop Development 81

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 11, 2013

is a real-time music discovery site which allows individuals to share music and video links within chatroom style communities. was founded in February 2012 by a team of three passionate music fans. As an early stage user myself from last year, I can attest to the entertainingly addictive quality of their site. About Plug.DJ.

Startup 101

Startup Platform Entertainment Sites 101

socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2015

We thought we found a gap in the market where we could fit in, so we looked at a bunch of the services which were existing in the market, and we designed our own product offering, back in 2012. We started our services in August of 2012. We found out that sites like Eat24 and Grubhub are portals.

Cornerstone OnDemand 100

Cornerstone OnDemand Startup Social Media Outsource Development 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

SXSWi has listed the following information on their site: If you or someone you know is doing amazing work with technology to help their community, nominate them for a chance to win a scholarship to attend SXSW Interactive. The final panels greenlighted will be announced October 15, 2012. Design and Development.

Entertainment 73

Entertainment Startup eBook Outsource Development 73

Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

And, since 2012, just six counties in SoCal have seen their gross domestic product increase from $992 billion to $1.26 To find scalable Ethernet services that can handle increasing demands as you grow, you need to evaluate providers and services on a specific criteria set that’s designed to accommodate growth. trillion. ¹. Start Local.

Southern California 60

Southern California Services Demand SoCal 60

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

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. We launched it in March of 2012, at the National Restaurant Show in Chicago, took a booth, got lots of press, and we've been selling it every since. It's designed just for our system.

Mobile 197

Mobile Startup Platform GRP Partners 197

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. Tracy is knowledgeable enough to talk tech and swap design & product stories with other founders, but she realized early that networking amongst this group and reading and writing in their journals would not bring her more customers.

Startup 363

Startup Entrepreneur SEO Venture Capital 363

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Crowd Seats is the only Group Buying/Daily Deals site for sports fans. has created a simple to use, online application for your business to create a mobile site and secure its mobile presence. The end user, regardless of the mobile device from which the website is being accessed, will see a mobile version of the your site!

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2012

500 Startups add that successful startups don’t just need great coders and designers but require scalable and cost-effective customer acquisition which they help startups at. The program kicked off on October 4, 2012. 33 companies are in this batch. 33 companies are in this batch. With an easy way to order online.

Startup 68

Startup Seed Funding West Los Angeles Class 68

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. To explore how new technologies impact society.

UCLA 102

UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. To explore how new technologies impact society.

Idealab 77

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

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.

Startup 286

Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

socalTECH

JANUARY 13, 2012

How we do that it is we've integrated a breadth of different technologies, and also designed and architected one software platform to manage all of that. If you're familiar with the design firm Ideo, they actually deferred their costs to help us launch our company. That's how I got involved in the health site.

Software Review 140

Software Review Cloud Computing Startup Technical Review 140

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

With over 9 million photo questions posted since October 2012, their users spend 170 minutes a month on the service. RocksBox , a new discovery and sales channel for designer fashion jewelry. GetMeRated , a mobile app where teens and twentysomethings find new friends through photos and chat.

Class 100

Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Monday, August 27th, 2012. Yes, the showbiz gossip site that some prickly readers like to compare to TechCrunch , which I think is meant to be an insult but could be a compliment? Balderdash Developers Log(n) Consultants RelayStrategy Developers Smartsourcing Global Services Epsilon Concepts - LA Web Design Company Developers.

SoCal 77

SoCal Southern California Startup Tips 77

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

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. Prior to joining DWA Chris worked at Activision Blizzard for 13 years, during which time he held a number of role including Executive Producer and Lead Game Designer.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 76

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

LoveIt is a site for individuals and groups to discover, collect, organize and share images they love in public or private collections. We started building LoveIt at the beginning of 2012. While initially built to allow users to import their content from Pinterest to LoveIt, additional sites will be added based on users’ requests.

Organization 90

Organization Content Tool Blogging 90

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. To explore how new technologies impact society.

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2013

12,000 people signed up in the first 48 hours after the Dollar Shave Club video went live in 2012. What these three successful viral videos have in common: Beautifully designed websites that are simple to read with engaging sales copy and a video on the homepage. To keep tabs on YouTube’s rising stars check out the site VidStatsX.

Dollar Shave Club 101

Dollar Shave Club Customer Custom Marketing 101

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

They saw our passion for content, the Diaspora’s thirst for Nollywood movies, the site traffic and our plans to grow the company and we went from there. For only $5 a month, subscribers can access brand new Nollywood movies (made in 2012), streamed in HD. Most popular film on the site? Are you also in London?

Netflix 82

Netflix Marketing Technical Review Content 82

socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2009

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. They can then be incorporated into tents, bags, and clothing as part of a design. That gives attractiveness, and removes some of the stigma that solar panels are ugly.

UCLA 159

UCLA Technical Review El Monte Startup 159

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. Adam Goldenberg’s JustFab is one of the new heavy-hitting membership fashion sites.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

October 5, 2012. In Santa Monica, the median price of homes jumped 16% in the first eight months of 2012 compared with 2011, after a 9% decline over the same period the year before, according to Multiple Listing Service data compiled by Paul Habibi, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. VENICE RISING. County: 0.9%.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44