socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based LifeCrowd (www.lifecrowd.com) unveiled its service to help connect people with real life activities. The firm is initially focusing on the Los Angeles market, and connecting people with fun, interesting classes, activities, and more in the local area.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 9, 2020

Update Antivirus Software . This is where tools like project management software can really help. Even better, many of these software provide other helpful features that can make tracking productivity even easier. Project Management Software. See Reviews. Source: Harvard Business Review.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Companies that have leveraged technology to make the procurement and delivery of food more accessible to more people have been seeing a big surge of business this year, as millions of consumers are encouraged (or outright mandated, due to Covid-19) to socially distance or want to avoid the crowds of physical shopping and eating excursions.

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Technical Review Startup Marketing San Diego 343

InfoChachkie

JUNE 23, 2014

Monitor the activity of the people you want to connect with and find a valid reason to congratulate them. Review the company''s press releases, the recipient''s LinkedIn profile, etc. This can be a blog article that helped you make a particular decision or a link in a Tweet that you found helpful. Congratulations.

Networking 241

Networking Software Review Email Press 241

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2023

Soliciting user-generated online feedback and reviews. Crowdsourcing allows entrepreneurs to bypass the experts and professional investors, to get quick validation and help for efforts that meet the needs of today’s audience. Flash mob activities created for immediate impact.

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Social Media Software Review Course Networking 106

socalTECH

AUGUST 23, 2017

Serial entrepreneurs--those who have started and successfully sold or exited startups in the past--have been outsized contributors to the local technology industry, due to the experience they had in their prior companies. Here's a quick look at just a few of the new companies who are led by serial entrepreneurs from the LA ecosystem.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Simply put, SimpleLegal pro-actively monitors the LinkedIn profiles of its key users. These old-school rivals do not pro-actively track employee turnover at their customers’ organizations and thus they are often caught flat footed when SimpleLegal supplants them. It’s not about helping them use our software.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2019

We have invested in 13 companies out of our Fund 1 so far and are more bullish than ever on the amazing entrepreneurs we are meeting and the companies we are helping them build. Seed activity last quarter continued to trend upward, with 28 companies raising $68M of funding. What was the biggest news for you/your company this year?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

With open source software (LAMP stack) and cloud computing infrastructure it just wasn’t that expensive to get your company going and founders just wanted to raise less money. But I’m no longer an entrepreneur – I’m a VC at a $200 million fund called GRP Ventures , the largest active fund in Southern California.

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Seed Funding Venture Capital Funding Software Review 283

socalTECH

JULY 10, 2017

There's been a revolution in the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the last few years, by both startups and large companies, to help in a large number of areas. Tim Grace: We all get our started at HNC Software in San Diego. That particular company had been applying this kind of software to credit card fraud.

Artificial Inteligence 124

Artificial Inteligence Software Review San Diego .Net 124

Southern California Edison Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

One strategy that can help ensure teams use meeting times efficiently is to notify staff ahead of time about what will be covered in a call so they can prepare ahead of time and waste less time during the meeting trying to get on the same page. Train Your Staff and Offer Skill Improvement Opportunities.

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Product Training Software Review Technical Review 94

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

We actually have a very big Wordpress user base, because of the work we''ve done with Wordpress, contributing code and integrating them into our platform. We saw early on that the cloud as we know it today--utility services, software, and so on--was an entry point to do that, including with hosting. Simon Anderson: It is.

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Software Review Cloud Computing Technical Review Platform 238

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2014

Even if you are looking in all the right places, it helps to know what you are looking for. If you team with a partner who likes sleep until late morning, and reserves the weekend for other activities, the partnership will likely not work. In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.”

Software Review 107

Software Review Entrepreneur CTO Hire Outsource Development 107

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2020

Soliciting user-generated online feedback and reviews. Crowdsourcing allows entrepreneurs to bypass the experts and professional investors, to get quick validation and help for efforts that meet the needs of today’s audience. Flash mob activities created for immediate impact.

Tips 124

Tips Social Media Software Review Course 124

socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2010

billion in venture activity here in Q1, up significantly from around $997M tallied in Q4. Biopharmaceuticals continues to drive the investment totals in Southern California, with $222M in investments; followed by Medical Devices, with $120M in investments, and Software, with $119M. in deals tracked by our database. in a March deal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Even if you are looking in all the right places, it helps to know what you are looking for. If you team with a partner who likes sleep until late morning, and reserves the weekend for other activities, the partnership will likely not work. In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.”

Software Review 103

Software Review Equity CTO Hire Outsource Development 103

socalTECH

JULY 8, 2013

Michael Lum: We were all semi-independently looking at mobile, due to the growth projection and potential there. Instead, our software looks at each impression, and our bidding technology decides which impression to buy. Is that due to your prior experience in this market? We help them to deliver that goal.

Advertising 253

Advertising Mobile OpenX Software Review 253

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 19, 2013

The era of VCs investing in successful consumer Internet startups such as eBay led to a belief system that seemed to permeate many enterprise software startups that hiring sales or implementation people was a bad thing. We only want software revenue.” We prefer to sell software, not get involved with client systems.”

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Startup Sales Software Review Technical Review 403

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Despite what you might think, you are never too old to benefit from the helpful guidance of a mentor. Instead, I worked at a small software startup where I reported directly to the Founder and CEO. Yet, even though we come from very different industries, he has been a tremendous help to me, both personally and professionally.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2011

It really provides the most relevant reviews, because when you're looking for reviews, you want them from someone very similar to you. Johnson: It's different from a traditional white label because if you look at a normal white label, you're just taking the functionality and you're just taking the software.

Content 242

Content Software Review Technical Review Sites 242

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 7, 2013

According to SGL, developers can now submit their apps for review and have their press releases and updates distributed on the Stained Glass Labs website, which gives them the quick feedback from other developers and the ability to submit press releases, which are sent to members of the media interested in Google Glass and wearable technologies.

Google 87

Google Technical Review Press Software Review 87

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

He came to work in our offices at Upfront Ventures as an EIR and immediately began building software to improve how storage was picked up, photographed, scanned and routed to a warehouse. MakeSpace (as he named it) would help you get your excess goods into low-cost warehouses.

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Startup Technical Review Custom Customer 286

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2019

For example, I grew up in IBM when Bill Gates was helping us deliver the first IBM PC. We slowly realized that Microsoft’s value went far beyond his technical contributions, due to his connections with key software developers and relationships with hardware manufacturers who could make the PC revolution universal.

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IBM IBM Ideas Technical Review 87

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2011

Even if you are looking in all the right places, it helps to know what you are looking for. If you team with a partner who likes sleep until late morning, and reserves the weekend for other activities, the partnership will likely not work. In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.”

Software Review 96

Software Review CTO Hire Startup Outsource Development 96

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 25, 2012

Over the past few months Boston Startup School and it’s founders have reviewed hundreds of applications for their first class all while working very hard to get to know each and every candidate. .” -says Shaun Johnson, Co-Founder and COO of Boston Startup School. Something a “corporate” job would not do.) great jobs.

Education 86

Education Startup Software Review Technical Review 86

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

Darren Clark: Our missions is to help small businesses and communities grow. We were very early adopters of Ruby, and have been pretty active in that community. We also have a lot of people with open source perspective, which helps with our technology cred. Yelp and Agie''s List has been fantastic in the reviews path.

Technical Review 223

Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 223

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

My CIO had been ex-CIO at Herbalife, and was an EVP of Software for Disney. We hired the ex-CTO of Sears, and other senior executives out of Disney in software. It was a great software team, and although we were really a tech company, we looked like healthy lifestyle company. Execution is everything. bkuo READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

has unveiled a new smartphone app designed to help people find, hire and manage in-home care for seniors. The app, dubbed HomeHero Connect, supports phone timesheet tracking, daily activity summaries, emergency alerts and automated payments between a user and an independent home caregiver. LinkedIn for Caregivers. More than just care.

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Software Review Technical Review Southern California Summary 77

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

Darren Clark: Our missions is to help small businesses and communities grow. We were very early adopters of Ruby, and have been pretty active in that community. We also have a lot of people with open source perspective, which helps with our technology cred. Yelp and Agie''s List has been fantastic in the reviews path.

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Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 211

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

I think that mindset is useful to remind entrepreneurs that it is a shared journey and capital (whether active or passive) is a part of your success and your ability to access it when you need to and for the amounts you need is a very critical differentiator between successful companies and unsuccessful one. We realized we needed help.

Startup 325

Startup Sales Technical Review Software Review 325

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. Tech Diligence - Consider The Source. Also, I'm curious if you could help us out a little.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

The judges for this must-attend event will be people who can help fund and build your business – and you don’t have to wait for an introduction. Felicia is the cofounder of Black Tech Week, Code Fever, Tribe Cowork and Urban Innovation. Lisha Bell, Deal Flow Lead for Pipeline Angels. Siggi Hindrichs, Principal at Samsung NEXT.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Entrepreneur 70

socalTECH

JULY 21, 2011

Los Angeles-based MomentFeed (www.momentfeed.com) is looking to sort through that data to help marketers better tap into location based, social networking. So, what we do, is bring all of that data together into a unified, comprehensive solution, so they can manage all of that activity and data in one place.

Social Media 248

Social Media Zumbox Media Startup 248

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2010

Even if you are looking in all the right places, it helps to know what you are looking for. If you team with a Gen-Y type who likes to start work in the late morning, and reserves the weekend for other activities, the partnership will likely not work. Most entrepreneurs work long hours and weekends to get the job done.

Software Review 92

Software Review CTO Hire Outsource Development Startup 92

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2014

Today, with the help of the aptly named JOBS act (Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act) and companies like SeedInvest , it has never been easier for companies to gain exposure and enter the investment solicitation process. What companies like SeedInvest and its peers are doing to help connect investors to startups. Taking a Step Back.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2020

From the diagnostic, to the data science to the predictive aspects of the analytic continuum, all of those have historically been different tools, which shows outcomes and negatively impacts the organization due to the need for  manual processes and specialized skillsets for each user who is using these point solutions.

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Southern California Technical Review Platform Organization 140

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2021

Alex Nocifera: We help the enterprise, large brands, working with brands like US Cellular, Panera Bread, Square, Uber, and help them generate demand for their products and services in a local, acute manner. We've probably got the most active seed investors in Los Angeles. What is Field Day? We've got Peter Goldberg.

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Marketing Los Angeles Zag Startup 113