socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2019

One Los Angeles company, ZestFinance (www.zestfinance.com), has been working in this area for a few years. We caught up with Jay Budzik , the CTO of ZestFinance, to better understand how the company is applying machine learning techniques to the world of lending, and what the advantage of machine learning is to that industry.

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence Tool CIO Customer 113

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2018

The second, was investing in relationship management and support. That's a huge different, and we've prioritized that as we've grown the company. On the other end of the spectrum, we have customer success managers and also have account managers. So how big is the company now? Kevin Anderson. It's all in house.

Customer 113

Customer Custom Services Conference 113

socalTECH

JULY 18, 2012

We spoke with Allison Dollar, Chief Strategy Officer at the company and member of the founding team, about what the company's service is all about. If you look at it, it's across the spectrum. What is the SnapCuts service? Allison Dollar: SnapCuts is a digital media marketing platform, which uses social video messaging.

Social Network 246

Social Network Mobile Media Examples 246

socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2016

I wait a split second too long to let the ball out of my hands at the apex of my jump. near term: closing a great hire, raising a new round of funding, consummating a new BD partnerships, closing a sale, etc or longer term: going public, selling the company, etc. 1) I have a hitch (in my jump shot).

Southern California 100

Southern California Entrepreneur News Technology 100

socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2018

Jay Goss: It's a fund focused on early stage companies, Seed or Series A. We're looking for companies that are doing health care. We proactively look for companies in the Los Angeles region, but we're opportunistic, and we'll look anywhere in the country or world. A number of those have been healthcare companies.

Startup 113

Startup Technical Review Software Review Artificial Inteligence 113

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

I made every textbook mistake at my first startup, which is why I believe I was much more effective at my second one. The truth is – there isn’t a “right&# answer so for your company. Where Stealth is Bad – I do meet entrepreneurs who clearly fall on the other side of spectrum and are totally closed.

Marketing 380

Marketing Startup Press Technical Advisors 380

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2016

The reasons companies elect to sell exclusively offline differ, but they often center on managing channel conflict with their retail partners. In addition to the Z Supply brand, which offers comfortable fashion basics, the company has created Black Swan , Others Follow , Rag Poets and White Crow. John Knits.

Sites 100

Sites Sales Santa Barbara Design 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

We recently spoke with CEO Jay Samit , as we wanted to understand what the company was up to nowadays, why it decided to change its name, and how it sees itself fitting into the Internet advertising industry. The firm was was formerly known as SocialVibe, and is backed by Redpoint Ventures, Jafco Ventures, and Pinnacle Ventures.

Advertising 185

Advertising Social Media Startup Media 185

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Companies were getting funded more easily and many more companies were actually being created. You can see Zach James & Rich Raddon who are standing next to a demo table pitching a small, yet-to-be-funded company called MovieClips – now the powerhouse ZEFR. By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically.

Venture Capital 290

Venture Capital Startup Idealab Funding 290

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

The first few people into a startup are on a spectrum of founder vs. early employee. If i is the average outcome for the company with the addition of some new person, then they're worth n such that i = 1/(1 - n). of the company for him. of the company for him. If the company's valuation is $2 million, $90k is 4.5%.

Equity 391

Equity CTO Hire Startup Examples 391

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

I have long advised startup companies that if you don’t control your messaging somebody else will and your potential customers will form impressions of you shaped by somebody else or by nobody at all. Yet as obvious as it is to create messaging for your company, many people don’t consider their personal brands. He took me.

Technical Advisors 385

Technical Advisors Marketing Startup Venture Capital 385

Steve Reich

JUNE 26, 2012

They covered a spectrum from small startups to the ESPN network. Every big company talks about an ecosystem developing around its’ technology, but YouTube is actively building one with its’ Premium Partners. They also released the second edition of the YouTube Creator Playbook , their partner manual.

Southern California 69

Southern California SoCal Content SoCalTech 69

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Because you now have money in the bank, now is not the time to lease a lavish office building, or travel around the world first-class on company business. It is also to your advantage to keep track of how your company performance compares to others in the investor’s portfolio.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Startup Class 96

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2012

This front line team, often called community managers, are the “voice” of your company, and must have authority to make and carry out decisions that can make or break a customer’s experience. A positive result could be a reputation that you put customer relationships first and sales second. Where is your business along this spectrum?

Social Media 91

Social Media Customer Custom Media 91

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2010

Because you now have money in the bank, now is not the time to lease a lavish office building, or travel around the world first-class on company business. It is also to your advantage to keep track of how your company performance compares to others in the investor’s portfolio.

Entrepreneur 92

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Startup Class 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2013

This front line team, often called community managers, are the “voice” of your company, and must have authority to make and carry out decisions that can make or break a customer’s experience. A positive result could be a reputation that you put customer relationships first and sales second. Where is your business along this spectrum?

Social Media 99

Social Media Customer Custom Media 99

From the Venture Trenches

MARCH 28, 2013

I was invited along with Kluge’s CEO, Arturo Perez , to listen to five companies from the class pitch their ideas. Nolan was getting ready to raise money for his company, Revita Ink and I thought his business had a lot of potential. On the other end of the enterprise spectrum, the opposite is true.

Startup 45

Startup LMU Venture Capital Class 45

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

On opposite pages were two ads for two very large companies. The irony is that currently both these onetime best in class companies are now in deep trouble. Both companies were spending big bucks to advertise yet the offer left me cold and I must not be alone in this as both companies have slumping sales.

Customer 72

Customer Custom Blogging Startup 72

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Understand Personality Types – One of the benefits of working for a big company (Accenture) was that we had lots of speakers come in and train us in topics like leadership, creativity, presentations, strategy, etc. We’re not stupid – you’re talking to us like second graders. Most of them sucked. EXPRESSIVES.

Slides 358

Slides Venture Capital Startup Summary 358

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

But a new poll this week shows support has dropped sharply since the summer as drug companies have poured near-record amounts into an anti-61 campaign. At the other end of the spectrum is Shire, with a perfect 96-for-96 record. The companies were expecting a decision by October 30.

Research 40

Research Report Pricing Journal 40

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Hale Boggs: Think of Manatt Digital Media as a one-stop shopping for digital media companies. Peter is an entrepreneur and founded and exited four digital media companies, he is going to be building with us and bringing a capability of advising and consulting digital media from startups to big brands on their digital media strategies.

Los Angeles 84

Los Angeles Media Invest Startup 84

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2008

Rogers is the former GM of Yahoo Music, and sat down with us to talk about the company and his view of the music business and where it is going. Ian Rogers: The company was founded by Peter Gotcher, who founded DigiDesign in the 1980's, which really changed the face and revolutionized digital production.

Media 100

Media Yahoo Startup Tool 100

TechEmpower

APRIL 30, 2013

We have since posted a second round and third round that each include community-contributed updates. These data represent processes per second in response to HTTP requests with keep-alives enabled. On our dedicated hardware, plain Servlets take the lead with over 210,000 requests per second. Show me the winners!

Framework 544

Framework EC2 PHP Java 544

TechEmpower

MARCH 28, 2013

These data represent processes per second in response to HTTP requests with keep-alives enabled. Application performance can be directly mapped to hosting dollars, and for a start-up company in its infancy, hosting costs can be a pain point. On our dedicated hardware, plain Servlets take the lead with over 210,000 requests per second.

Framework 560

Framework EC2 PHP Java 560