socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2012

Los Angeles- and Austin-based GameSalad , which develops software which helps people create iOS, Android, and web games, said Friday that its software now supports Windows 8 application development. The startup--which has been supporting Windows development since May--said its latest version, 0.10.0

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2019

Two of the hottest sectors in the market today for investments and startups are in the area of machine learning/big data and advancements in automotive technology. 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.

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence Startup Commerce Platform 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2020

Yet as I mentor entrepreneurs around the country, it still seems to be one of the least understood approaches to startup funding, with more myths than accredited angels and professional venture capital investors combined. The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return. In the U.S.,

Entrepreneur 129

Entrepreneur Outsource Development Satisfaction Equity 129

socalTECH

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Dreamhammer is one of a number of robotics and drone-related startups here in Southern California. 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. What''s the story behind the company, and how did it start?

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 13, 2012

On Tuesday, July 10, Crowdfunder hosted Crowdstart LA, the first crowdsourced startup contest at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica. The event was sold out, attracting founders, angels, VC’s and future entrepreneurs in the LA Startup Community. Divshot is a tool for web application developers. TradeYa Inc.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

However, most enterprises are overlooking an existing, in-house bank of computing resources--desktops and otherwise idle computers--which could help reduce the costs and give them more control over their cloud computing. They sign up through a web portal, online, and they create a resource pool. Explain what Kazuhm does?

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Cloud Computing Resource Startup Software 133

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

San Diego-based uCast Global (www.ucastglobal.com), backed by Gary Winnick, is looking to tackle that entire area of content distribution, and is led by startup veteran Dr. Kanaan Jemili. We caught up with Kanaan to learn more about uCast Global. Weve also developed technology that allows them to get a really easy start.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Punchcard , the mobile, consumer loyalty application developer backed by Idealab, has swizzled its model significantly today, with the release of a new version of its mobile app for iPhone and Android. The firm's app is geared towards helping local, brick-and-mortar retailers gain repeat customers. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Another topic we debated early in the program was “lean startup” vs. “ fat startup ” where we both took the obvious hedge and said “it depends.” But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit.

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socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2010

We caught up with founder Evan Rifkin --who previously founded and sold TagWorld/Flux to MTVN in November of 2008--to learn more about the startup. We cater to mobile phone developers--right now the iPhone, and coming soon to Android. We let you set up complex rules like that. Evan Rifkin: We started in Q1 of last year.

Startup 164

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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? If engineering got the shaft because “we need 3 more weekends from you to get this release out the door&# … then there better be a solution to make this up to them and to explain your decision.

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Entrepreneur Yahoo Startup Technical Review 330

socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2017

We caught up with Lauren to hear about Hopscotch, and why teams and schools are turning to the company to power their mobile apps. Laurence Sotsky: I started the company about two and a half years ago, with the intent of connecting people to their passions. We got our start in sports, with a ton of mobile applications for sports fans.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

Burstly, a Santa Monica based company, provides an open and free ad management platform that helps mobile application developers better monetize their inventory. So when I started talking with Evan Rifkin almost a year ago about the company he was planning to build, I was intrigued. I’ll explain in detail below.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 19, 2012

MarkedUp , the latest startup out of Santa Monica-based MuckerLab , said this morning that it has begun offering up analytics for developers of both desktop and mobile applications for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.

Tool 221

Tool Santa Monica Mobile Platform 221

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 7, 2013

Today’s announcement will go a long way to help us foster innovation and help entrepreneurs create wearable technologies that will define a new era in tech.”. Over 100 Applications. They have also received over 100 applications for admission since their launch last month with new submissions coming in daily.

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TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

As software developers, we're technophiles, so we enjoy these cycles and quite often find humor listening to the energy spent arguing on either side of issues. Through our fifteen years, we've been charged with helping clients get business done with technology. Does it help our clients sell more widgets or deliver with fewer headaches?

Web 200

Web Platform Technology JavaScript 200

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I can’t help feel a bit of rear-view mirror analysis in all of “VC model is broken” bears in our industry. I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Hamilton Chan is founder of Los Angeles-based PaperLinks (www.paperlinks.com), a new startup which is developing mobile applications which take advantage of QR codes--the 3D barcodes which are cropping up everywhere--to help users marketers go beyond just linking those codes to web pages, but also to power social applications.

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Startup Tips Web Mobile 233

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Likeabilitee (www.likeabilitee.com) has come up with a new, highly visual service which makes it very easy for you to analyze and understand how people are engaging with your social media posts on Facebook. Mark Sylvester: Likeabilitee is a project my partner, KymberleeWeil and I, came up with about a year ago.

Social Media 203

Social Media Startup Tool HTML 203

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Yet as I mentor entrepreneurs around the country, it still seems to be one of the least understood approaches to startup funding, with more myths than accredited angels and professional venture capital investors combined. The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return. In the U.S.,

Venture Capital 108

Venture Capital Angel Equity Satisfaction 108

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The newest equity model was passed into law in early 2012 via the JOBS Act , and still has no scheduled date for availability in the USA, waiting for the rules to be defined by the SEC: Startup equity crowd funding. Don’t confuse any of the models with other popular funding sites for startups, like FundingUniverse and Startups.co.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

They were frustrated that despite having the (monopoly) infrastructure that brought you the Internet, the majority of innovation and profits went to Silicon Valley startups. And they swore they’d never let the application companies do it to them again. So Apple has encouraged application developers to set loose building apps.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

Ultimately to become defensible the client application would want to diversify its “stream&# so would start supporting Facebook, MySpace and perhaps even IM products. I said this many times publicly before it ever started happening with Tweetdeck and Seesmic. Kind of obvious, huh? No, I don’t think so.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2012

The newest model was passed into law recently via the JOBS Act , and won’t even be available until the end of this year or maybe mid-2013 in the USA, while waiting for the rules to be finalized: Startup equity crowd funding. This new model will allow large numbers of “regular” people to invest small amounts each online to fund early startups.

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Funding Satisfaction Sites Outsource Development 96

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

A number of web services has popped up in recent years that has helped cater to people with busy lives. What was the motivation to start Zipments and when did you open for business? What was the motivation to start Zipments and when did you open for business?

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Los Angeles Angel Examples Mobile 79

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 9, 2013

How do we help save these memories that fade over time, and when remembered, bits and pieces are often left out or forgotten? Well don’t just take my word for it, listen to the man that is helping us preserve our family memories in real-time. Well Mike Davis has decided to do something about it, by creating StoryPress.

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Mobile Help Develop Development 67

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

I worked at Userplane, building social applications for sites like MySpace. To better understand the audiences using applications, we built out an analytics system a little over a year ago. We just recently started rolling out ad-related products, like Ad Manager, which is like Google's ad manager with baked-in social targeting.

Social Media 113

Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

I worked at Userplane, building social applications for sites like MySpace. To better understand the audiences using applications, we built out an analytics system a little over a year ago. We just recently started rolling out ad-related products, like Ad Manager, which is like Google's ad manager with baked-in social targeting.

Social Media 100

Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 100

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 15, 2012

Part of this will help you continue defining your feature-set, but it will also help you know what sort of brand you need to create and how you’ll eventually market your application to those users. Think of it as a short story about someone picking up your app and walking through it to get something done.

Marketing 84

Marketing Screening Social Network Startup 84

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

He keynotes leading technology conferences on cloud computing, SOA, enterprise application integration, and enterprise architecture. Alex is a proven web entrepreneur, having led and sold multiple successful startups. As the CTO of SOA Software Alistair is helping to shape and mature the enterprise API and SOA industry.

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SaaS Cloud Computing CIO Web 92