socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
Our interview this morning is with David Sacks, CEO of Geni.com, an online family tree and social networking site, as well as Yammer, the instant messaging startup spun out of Geni.com at TechCrunch50. We sat down with David to catch up on what Geni and Yammer are doing, plus got his insights into entrepreneurship and the Paypal mystique.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 24, 2013
To solve that issue, Santa Monica-based TigerText (www.tigertext.com) has been developing smartphone applications which replace SMS, and provide companies with the ability to control, delete, encrypt, and otherwise gain control of the messaging between their employees. We spoke with CEO Brad Brooks to learn more about the company.
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Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 21, 2010
In writing anything positive about any of the companies I’m not suggesting that it means that I prefer them to any of their competitors. I just cover the companies that were funded that week. The idea is that in a world in which companies need to deal with customer support requests from Twitter, Facebook, email, phone, IM, etc.
Frank Addante
OCTOBER 24, 2012
Sanebox (Email Organization) : Service that uses algorithms to organize your email into what’s important and what’s not. YouMail (Voicemail Automation): Voicemail service that transcribes your voicemail into text and sends you an email and/or text message. Tips: Get everyone in your company to use it. Tips: Trust it.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
I’m super excited to announce that GRP Partners led the investment in Ethan Anderson’s new company MyTime (link has LA-based merchants but will give you a good feel for the product). BuildOnline (the company I founded) has just announcement plans to be more aggressive in growing in the US. Let me not bury the lede.
socalTECH
JUNE 21, 2011
Unfortunately, despite the wealth of Internet based tools for email management, web-based sales management tools, and more, contact tracking has been mostly an afterthought in the Internet age. He's again set his sights on contact management with a new company, based in Santa Monica, called Nimble (www.nimble.com). That's a problem.
Eric Greenspan
OCTOBER 29, 2009
If you’ve ever received an email from me, you’d know that I always sign my emails with “to the moon.&# Borrowed from the Honeymooners, I’m shooting for the moon in my business venture. It’s a fun company, but customer acquisition is the biggest challenge we face. This week has been amazing.
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