Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

CreatorUp is the online web series school teaching the next generation of web series creators how to make and market their own new video projects on the web. And our network of filmmaker and entertainment industry colleagues allow us to recruit top teachers who are leaders in the web world. What inspired you?

Web 93

Web USC Course Guide 93

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 18, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : SteelHouse’s Behavioral Commerce platform increases online conversions via targeted incentives based on shopper personality and behavior. Both companies (were) high-volume, scalable web infrastructures…that (has been) applied to the technology we are building.”.

eHarmony 204

eHarmony Media Oracle Commerce 204

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

We also talked about how brands are increasing driving much of their traffic to Facebook and away from their own web pages. Search leverages selective filtering via XMPP versus site indexing; only real-time search player to do so. Network of vertical focused sites: BeachMint, BeachMint, WineMint, etc.; Real-time search engine.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

Tech.Co

MAY 26, 2020

Amazon used its popular affiliate program to spur additional growth, getting reviewers and publishing sites – including us here at Tech.co – to link to Amazon in exchange for a small payout whenever a reader bought something by following that link. The ecommerce site Bookshop offers a book-specific affiliate program.

Technical Review 129

Technical Review Buzzfeed News Networking 129

Frank Addante

AUGUST 22, 2013

At Rubicon Project, we pioneered automation and our technology platform supports all four. RTB is just a protocol – like http is a protocol for the Web; it’s not a market – just like e-commerce sites are not an http company. This gives buyers and sellers full capability to access all inventory and automation efforts.

Advertising 86

Advertising Press Commerce Examples 86

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2011

One of the biggest forces that has emerged in the Internet in recent years has been crowdsourcing, the way the web has empowered users to drive the creation of content and information online. It's a very flexible, open platform, and is pretty open ended. How long has the site been up and running?

Startup 195

Startup Platform Sites Java 195

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2018

However, the company's technology team, Walmart Labs (www.walmartlabs.com)--which said this month that it is planning on major growth in San Diego is responsible for the company's key supply chain technology, online e-commerce site, and much more. We've actually open sourced Test Armada, our open source platform for testing.

San Diego 100

San Diego Southern California Technology Artificial Inteligence 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2018

However, the company's technology team, Walmart Labs (www.walmartlabs.com)--which said this month that it is planning on major growth in San Diego is responsible for the company's key supply chain technology, online e-commerce site, and much more. We've actually open sourced Test Armada, our open source platform for testing.

San Diego 100

San Diego Southern California Technology Artificial Inteligence 100

socalTECH

JULY 25, 2012

One of the things we really wanted to do was address that, and make our platform more flexible and versatile to help artists and others monetize this without having to invest hundreds or thousands of dollars up front. Edward Park: When we first launched, we were a business to consumer service site.

Startup 174

Startup Commerce Web 2.0 Screening 174

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.

Startup 233

Startup Tips Web Platform 233

socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2010

Van Nuys-based Audiolife (www.audiolife.com), a new startup focused on providing e-commerce tools to musicians, recently raised $1M in angel funding. For today's interview, we spoke with Brandon Hance, the firm's founder, about how his startup is helping musicians to sell both digital and physical merchandise on the web.

Van Nuys 191

Van Nuys Tech Coast Angels Startup Web 191

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Having done lots of those, I realized that there was a really great opportunity, from the standpoint of harnessing the higher quality in streaming platforms. I founded NowLive a year ago, dedicated to producing and streaming live, professional events for the web and mobile, and anchored interactive. What's unique about NowLive?

Paramount 187

Paramount Entertainment Hollywood Content 187

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

Lee Essner is formerly a senior exec from WeddingChannel and has much experience in running a successful web property. They have developed a cloud-based platform for merchants to publish to multiple distribution networks, including social, mobile and email. The company’s first offering will be a mobile retail commerce platform.

Company 276

Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

In the move to online commerce, one of the latest areas of interest by online retailers has been the use of online video, to showcase products and provide training and instruction. The specific experience of the consumer is a video instruction guide, which is either on a manufacturer's web site, a retailer's website, or on a smart phone.

Guide 113

Guide Training Platform Product 113

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

People complete a short profile when they register on DinnerDate.com, where they can express interest in other people on the site. It's very low pressure, and allows you to just meet people for a meal, or connect if you've seen someone on the site and liked their profile. What's your background? That's taken lots of fine tuning.

San Diego 264

San Diego Hollywood Mobile eHarmony 264

InfoChachkie

JUNE 22, 2015

People continue to surf the web to gather information when making a considered purchase. This approach of guiding consumers online and then offline ( on/offline ) through the purchasing process represents the future of commerce, whether it is online to a call or online to an in-store visit.

Mobile 100

Mobile Technical Review Google Tool 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2014

The afternoon, with Tech Wildcatters ‘ Gabriella Draney and a handful of still-stealth eCommerce ventures, solidified that the industry of commerce is in Texas. 0, eCommerce platforms: Volusion and BigCommerce (which raised $40M last year with Steve Case). Offline engagement platform EyeQ. Texas and eTail.

Technical Review 71

Technical Review Commerce Yahoo Web 71

socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2017

However, if you think about IT security, all the systems everyone is familiar with, ERP systems, web, and email, and other basic network systems, all those systems that are designed to run companies, my history and background is in securing those platforms. However, industrial security is very different.

Networking 124

Networking Startup Incubator Orange County 124

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 9, 2012

Google Mini, a hardware search appliance for enterprises will be replaced by Google Search Appliance, Google Site Search and Google Commerce Search. Google Talk Chatback a text chat widget for Web publishers allowed websites to embed a Google Talk widget so that they could engage with their visitors.

Google 68

Google Technical Support RSS Web 68

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Competes with HauteLook , RueLaLa (sub of GSI Commerce) , Billion Dollar Babes , ideeli , Glam List. Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. Configurable from desktop-based web-based UI.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2010

Albert previously founded CheapCheapCheap.com, an online coupon and deal finding site, and we thought we'd hear from Albert why he thinks the local, group purchasing market is so interesting, and how he hopes to grow the service beyond just Orange County. What is the site all about? How did DealPerk.com come about?

Orange County 170

Orange County Startup Sites Southern California 170

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

One of the great joys of doing the web series This Week in VC every week is that I get to spend time with great people debating the issues of our day including how our industry is evolving as well as insights into how companies got started, got their initial traction and dealt with adversities. Oh, yeah. Positive feedback feeds the idea.

Startup 286

Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2012

It's an intensely competitive market in developing games for the iPhone and other mobile platforms, with thousands and thousands of titles competing for attention from users. Crickler was originally licensed way back in 2004, because we believed in the title, but the platforms at the time couldn't handle it.

Mobile 216

Mobile Startup Software Review Platform 216

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Stribe offers a plug and play service for instantly creating a social network on any Web site. The other promising startups included: Zoomorama - a zooming application that digs into the details of a site, increasing engagement and conversion rates. The company's main target is e-commerce sites with rich media.

Incubator 40

Incubator Develop Development Social Network 40

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 26, 2016

adult now spends a reported 5 hours and 38 minutes on the web – advances have been made in the way individuals and small businesses operate in the digital world, which will grow even more this year. e-Commerce noise has been replaced with talk of m-Commerce growth. Data Security Concerns Dominate.

Commerce 40

Commerce Mobile Technical Review Google 40

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Knewton – “Online adaptive test prep and virtual classroom platform&# - I love the innovation that is coming from the test prep industry. Tumblr – “Microblogging platform&#. Other deals. Blogging has gone through many iterations. I was an early user of Blogger.com. It sucked. It still does. 5.0mm in Series C.

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

By using SteelHouse, ecommerce sites can use live data to instantly respond to a customer’s wants and needs for stronger transaction values, increased conversion rates, and an overall better customer experience. Their Behavioral Marketing Platform even broke new ground at ad:tech 2011 winning an innovation award.

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

The Bitcoinference served as day 1 of 2 for 500 Startups’ “Commercism” series, with an official agenda that covered industry happenings, social dynamics, and a look into the investment environment. E-Commerce ventures utilizing Bitcoin. Trading platforms. Getting Things Started. Escrow applications.

Startup 104

Startup Venture Capital Draper Invest 104

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Over the past ten years, the rise of the consumer web and the availability of better measurement too. The step by step story of an entrepreneur’s journey from idea to bootstrap web startup from her vi. Your Web Developer Thinks You're an Idiot. Your clients pay you to design and build web sites and app.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2010

Discover the what the future holds for you and this game changing media platform. Should brands offer e-commerce through apps? Presenter: Boris Fridman, CEO, Crisp Wireless 12:15pm: Lunch and Luncheon Keynote Presentation: Mobile-ize Your Business: Opportunity on the Mobile Web : The Internet is mobile. The advertiser?

Mobile 40

Mobile Media Case Study Advertising 40

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

From there, I became the first non-founder employee at an e-commerce startup called BITSource, which was the first electronic software distributor delivering electronic volume software licenses to corporations. We are creating a platform that enables users to play instant games and apps directly on the computer desktop.

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 encouraging an open platform where 3rd parties can make lots of money]. Social Networking in Web 1.0: By the mid-nineties we had the World Wide Web, which gave us a standard way to publish web pages using HTML.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

They were going to bring the Internet to your mobile phones ushering in the era of “m-commerce.&# Gag. I had just returned from living in Japan where I witnessed the hugely successful launch of i-mode by NTT DoCoMo so I knew the potential that the mobile web would ultimately bring, but I saw so many flaws in the launch of WAP.

Brentwood 326

Brentwood Mobile Google Web 326

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

How did they end up with such an irreverent site and what was their objective? Private, flash sales site focused on apparel goods (women, men and children). Competition: Gilt Groupe , Ideeli , RueLaLa (sub of GSI Commerce) , OneKingsLane , department stores like Saks and Neiman Marcus. TechCrunch article. Read more: TechCrunch.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. We provide turnkey digital messaging appliances for enterprises, service providers and software developers to send marketing, e-commerce, CRM and customer service email. Startup 3.0: Be scrappy. ReaXions, Inc.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Email CTO Hire 40

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift , a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations. Real-time information drives commerce. The Importance of Twitter. I might be different if I’m there 1x / year versus 1x month.

Platform 307

Platform News Startup Invest 307