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OCTOBER 6, 2017

If you're an NCAA fan, and you've loaded the app for your favorite team, there's a high likelyhood that the app is actually the product of El Segundo-based Hopscotch (www.gohopscotch.com). We caught up with Lauren to hear about Hopscotch, and why teams and schools are turning to the company to power their mobile apps.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2020

According to a recent article on Thrinacia , there are now aver 600 crowdfunding platforms in existence, currently estimated to add more than $89 billion to the economy at a compound growth rate of 17% from 2019 to 2022. Product pre-order model. Product pre-order model. In the U.S.,

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socalTECH

MAY 19, 2017

In today's world of web application development, speed is everything. Developers are now turning out code and releasing it live to the world in near real time--what is called DevOps and Agile development. How did you start the company? In that world, the risk of security holes is huge. What is Signal Sciences?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 2, 2013

We spoke with Dreamhammer''s CEO, Nelson Paez , about the company''s software and its vision for a interoperable operating system for drones and robots. Nelson Paez : For the past four years, Dreamhammer has been developing a software product called BALLISTA, which is what we refer to as a drone operating system.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Kanaan Jemili: uCast Global is a digital media company that is looking at creating a scalable global solution for online video. We are unique in being an open platform, that allows for all of these variations to happen. The second thing, is instead of being just a platform, we also have content partners pre-integrated.

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MARCH 12, 2019

At the intersection of those two is Los Angeles-based Connected Travel (www.connectedtravel.com), the startup which is behind Honda's Drive Drive platform. We caught up with founder and CEO Bryan Biniak to hear more about the company and what Connected Travel is doing. We had an advanced application development and innovation team.

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socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2010

in a venture round from GRP Partners and Rincon Ventures, for the firm's mobile ad management platform. Evan Rifkin: Basically, we are an open and free ad management platform. We cater to mobile phone developers--right now the iPhone, and coming soon to Android. Are you now deploying your products in applications?

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

We caught up with CEO Ian Miller to learn about the company and its NoSQL database, and its roots here in applications built for companies like Yahoo and CBS. Ian Miller: FatCloud is a data management and software platform company with a NoSQL database. What exactly is FatCloud?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

According to articles on Entrepreneur last year, there are now almost 1,000 crowdfunding platforms in existence, currently estimated to add more than $65 billion and 270,000 jobs to the economy. Product pre-order model. Product pre-order model. In Europe, other investors can buy equity, with platforms such as Seedrs.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

If you're a large, enterprise company, in recent years, cloud computing has become an increasingly large--and expensive--piece of your information technology (IT) mix. Enterprise cloud budgets are growing astronomically as companies adopt many cloud techniques. How did the idea for the company come about?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. But having different funds available for different stages of one’s company is actually a really good thing. DEAL OF THE WEEK: Gilt Groupe – We both admired this company.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 7, 2013

Apart from the app directory, SGL has also created a Press Release publishing tool for developers to upload their docs during the submission process easily, making it even better for SGL to send it to its network of industry connection. Over 100 Applications.

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Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Habra: Mobile Therapy spent the majority of the time leading up to the initial pitch competition perfecting our platform and ensuring that both the application and the Web dashboard is 100 percent rooted in real science. We spent our first year designing the product with our world-renowned science team.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Last week, Los Angeles-based FastPay (www.fastpaypartners.com) announced a round of funding and its services for providing advanced payment to online publishers, application developers, and game developers. We spoke with Jed Simon the firm's CEO and founder, about the company. Where are you in terms of company launch?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

This presents an opportunity for people, businesses, and brands who have products in the real world and in retail storefronts, packaging, and advertisements, allowing people to get additional information from what they are already seeing out there. Hamilton Chan: We provide a platform where brands can go and create a QR code.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

My firm GRP Partners recently funded a young LA based company named Ad.Ly that is an “in-stream advertising&# company currently focused on monetizing Twitter. Traditional media companies published their stories on the web. It creates free innovation on your platform that drives user growth and engagement.

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Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2012

He and his company, Rocksauce, make sure to add high quality design back into each of the apps they create. Once art had left my team, I had no control over the final product and it was creating too much tension. What makes Rocksauce Studios different from other mobile app development companies?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

As companies figure out a way to monetize social media, one of the areas which has been lacking is a way to measure the impact and effectiveness of social media advertising. Ian Swanson: Sometrics is a social analytics and advertising company. I worked at Userplane, building social applications for sites like MySpace.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

As companies figure out a way to monetize social media, one of the areas which has been lacking is a way to measure the impact and effectiveness of social media advertising. Ian Swanson: Sometrics is a social analytics and advertising company. I worked at Userplane, building social applications for sites like MySpace.

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Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 100

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

The company’s co-founders have a background in mobile application development and together built the first mobile app for one of the largest overnight delivery companies in the United States. We are a logistics platform that enables three things: 1. How does Zipments differ from other services, such as TaskRabbit?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

But like lemmings, every company in the market rushed to proclaim they were launching WAP versions of their products. Before you let me have it let me say I am a FanBoy of Apple products. I can’t be more of a FanBay of their products. It is expensive for software companies to build for heterogeneous environments.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

I said in the following video that I thought Twitter would by Seesmic , the company that makes one of the most popular Twitter clients. (If you’re interested you can watch my comments by fast forwarding to minute 31.25 But wait, aren’t you the guy who invested in Ad.ly, the in-stream advertising company?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2010

How much do we bail out companies that were culpable of helping create our woes and what moral hazards does this create? Companies are the same. Bad leaders want to be loved too much and their companies (or countries) suffer. Not making hard choices in terms of organizational structure or product direction.

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