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DECEMBER 29, 2020

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. Over the last 10 years or so, businesses have used disconnected point tools to do different parts of the analytic process. We'll be posting these throughout the next two weeks.

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Southern California Technical Review Platform Organization 140

socalTECH

MAY 22, 2009

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SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon IP 100

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Google Maps Mobile I recently downloaded Google Maps Mobile for my Treo. Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S.

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Google Mobile CTO Coach Southern California 150

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Interesting Model for University President Saw a post by Paul Kedrosky pointing us to Graeme Thickins on How Stanford Does It. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. in Computer Science.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Startup 150

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 About this Blog Ive been thinking about doing a blog with my thoughts on technology and whats happening in the Los Angeles area technology scene for a while, but it was Ben Kuos recent start of a blog that inspired me to actually go ahead and do it. Thanks Ben.

Blogging 150

Blogging CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire 150

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Cal Lutheran Center for Enterpreneurship. Tom White, Director of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator. join us at our November Entrepreneur Speaker Series event where Tom White, Director of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator at CSUN, will reveal the secrets to “Disrupt Your Market to Grow Big and Grow Fast.”

Marketing 100

Marketing Incubator Los Angeles Pricing 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2019

They get all modern equipment and tools, and get to interact directly with customers, and be part of a tech company reinventing car repair. This is probably one of the best, and most exciting positions available for mechanics in the industry, so we are attracting the top guys for the industry to come work for us. READ MORE>>.

Mobile 100

Mobile Startup Orange County San Diego 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Over the last few years, there''s been an explosion in startup accelerators in Southern California, and in particular along "Silicon Beach" on the Los Angeles westside. An idea, prototype, customers, where? A prototype is one, but it could also be customer acquisition testing they''ve done. There''s many forms of data.

Incubator 187

Incubator Southern California Startup Ideas 187

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles? Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. in Computer Science.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles CTO Hire CTO Coach Develop 150

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 27, 2007 Stanford Podcasts - eHarmony - Greg Waldorf I was just pointed to a set of great podcasts done by Stanford B-School and particularly, I just listed to the podcast by eHarmonys Greg Waldorf. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

eHarmony 150

eHarmony CTO Coach CTO Hire Southern California 150

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Less Neglect helps companies reduce churn, upsell users, and increase customer acquisition rates. There are a couple of companies that have already done fundraising whereas at a normal incubator non of them would have even started.”. The product integrates with Salesforce, Twitter, Zendesk and many other popular SaaS products.

GRP Partners 96

GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Challenge of Predicting Winners I just read a bit on the payout to YouTube from the Google Acquisition ( Internet News , CNN ). Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. in Computer Science.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Where LinkedIn Works for Me Ive been a long time user of LinkedIn , but only recently have started getting the benefits I always expected. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. in Computer Science.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

We spoke with Behzad last week about the fund, his experience at Cross Campus, and how the two intersect with the local tech community here in Southern California. He was interested in finding a way to connect their business school with Southern California's ecosystem, with startups, and seed investing, and was looking for ideas.

El Segundo 100

El Segundo Southern California Startup Santa Monica 100

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

We sat down for an hour to talk about why what GaiKai built was able to overcome its much better funded rival and to dispel the myth that great engineering teams don’t exist in Southern California. I’d hate to frame Nate’s answer into a key phrase so it’s better to watch that section of the video.

Rustic Canyon 279

Rustic Canyon Venture Capital Southern California Userplane 279

socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2017

A lot of the challenge is in human resources that understands that technology, however, we live in Southern California, which has some of the best universities in the country in that area. So those resources have been fantastic. So doing that R&D is challenging. We have had to innovate and invent that hardware.

Startup 100

Startup Southern California UCLA Incubator 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2016

This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. Michael Jones: Earny, a bot that tracks purchases, files and redeems price protection/adjustment claims automatically for customers. This reflection comes from Michael Jones of Science, Inc.

Dollar Shave Club 100

Dollar Shave Club Southern California Pricing News 100

socalTECH

JULY 22, 2019

Matt Kozlov: We created this program, because there has been lots of recent advances in the growth of the commercial, military, and civil space economy here in our backyard in Southern California. I've done all kinds of different things across many different sectors across Southern California.

Southern California 124

Southern California Startup Entrepreneur Los Angeles 124

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

All in a room at the University of Southern California Silicon Beach Event on September 18th, 2013. Pelv-Ice is a pelvic support device for post-partum mothers and a recent winner of the Accelerating Innovating Mentoring (AIM) 2013 incubator and pitch competition. Over $50,000 in prize money. Filled with innovation.

USC 98

USC Cornerstone OnDemand Southern California Netflix 98

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, February 23, 2007 Events and Networking in Los Angeles One of the issues I discussed in Innovation and Geography was that the geography and traffic in Los Angeles generally makes it more difficult for networking. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Networking CTO Coach Angel 150

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NOVEMBER 19, 2012

One of the fastest growing startups in Southern California in recent years was Hautelook, which went from just an ideas to a huge, $270M acquisition by Nordstrom only X years later. I've been engaged in about thirty startups, anywhere from in incubators, being an angel investor, to leading the charge.

Southern California 200

Southern California Startup Customer Custom 200

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

We caught Rahul in a more serious conversation, and spoke to him about his venture funded, location-based information startup and what it's up to, as well as got the story behind the firm's incubation at Clearstone Ventures. Rahul Sonnad: We did a seed round with Clearstone Ventures, that incubated us in their Santa Monica office.

Clearstone 124

Clearstone Incubator HTML Twiistup 124

socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2012

There's been a sudden surge in accelerator in Southern California, looking to help get startups off the ground and funded. We can point the customer directly in that GPS all the way to a retail location or advertisers. We had more customers, and more repeating. But, do they really help? It was really great.

Startup 225

Startup Acquisition Doc Ideas 225

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Southern California has seen a surge in accelerators and incubators looking to spawn new startups in the region. Neil Malhotra: These software platforms require 24/7 operations, they require customer support teams, and require a cross platform application suite. That takes a lot of resources to manage and develop.

Startup 164

Startup Platform Southern California CalTech 164

Xconomy

AUGUST 22, 2016

In downtown San Diego, a private real estate company best known for its master-planned communities in suburban Southern California has posed some existential questions for regional tech hubs looking to build their own startup ecosystems. We’ve changed the way we view our customers, from landlord-tenant to more of a partnership.”

Develop 40

Develop Development San Diego Startup 40

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

The University of Southern California is home to many innovative students and companies. It was a finalist in Marshall ’s New Venture Seed Competition and it has earned a place within IncubatriX, a startup Incubator through USC’s Grief School of Entrepreneurship, which currently houses over a dozen USC startups.

Competition 104

Competition Startup USC Southern California 104

socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

We need to see a company which has already verified their use cases, has customers, has some form of revenue, or something that shows us that they can differentiate themselves, plus have the right team. But, can you really get out there and get customers, and get those customers to repeat orders?

Seed Funding 220

Seed Funding Santa Monica Funding Startup 220

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2011

This site aggregates and filters content from thought leaders who talk about topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others.

Content 175

Content Startup Social Media IP 175

Steve Reich

MARCH 30, 2012

As you may have gathered from my blog, I’ve spent the last couple of months visiting with companies and incubators. One of the founders wrote a Python script that sent out custom emails to a list they had developed. The emails were so tailored, that many merchants called back to thank them for the personal attention.

Incubator 91

Incubator Web Entrepreneur Santa Barbara 91

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

The panel is comprised of Southern California’s Top VC’s, Angels, and Startup Accelerator founders. OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. Custom ad deals and partnerships.

Tech Coast Angels 105

Tech Coast Angels Startup Angel Southern California 105

socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2013

They were very small shcools--he went to Cate, which is inland from Ventura in the Santa Barbara area, and I went to The Thacher School, and we both ended up at the University of Southern California. Form there, we got interest from incubators, angel investors, and venture capital. We thought--there has got to be another way.

Coach 252

Coach USC Statistics Startup 252

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. Incubator: Amplify LA. Fun Fact: Technology is in their DNA. Events: Digital LA / Silicon Beach Fest.

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Southern California has had its share of new startup accelerators launch in the last few months, however, few people here have actually experienced an accelerator firsthand. We have about 8500 customers there, but only a small percentage have built great communities that took off, and the rest floundered.

Startup 242

Startup CTO Coach Blogging Social Media 242

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

That's where I learned I enjoyed interacting with customers and working with development teams to build and launch products. In some ways it is similar to early stage incubators such as Y Combinator, although FI is even earlier stage, focusing on developing the founders themselves as entrepreneurs as opposed to actual companies.

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

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MAY 8, 2015

Zorik Gordon: We incubated this at ReachLocal, and spun it out in February of last year. We learned an unbelievable amount on how to acquire customers, what issues there were, what the dynamic was in each of these markets. What's the story behind Serviz? A little less than a year ago, we relaunched it live in Los Angeles as Serviz.

Services 100

Services ReachLocal Demand Startup 100

socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2012

One of the most original, subscription startups to come out of Southern California's tech accelerator boom emerged last week, looking to disrupt not just another retail sector or e-commerce category, but something else entirely: the airline industry. The startup incubator actually found us. Wade Eyerly: They are incredible.

Startup 240

Startup Mentor Technical Review Santa Barbara 240