socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2013

In today''s mobile world, SMS has widespread, near ubiquitous adoption, which is great for consumers who want to communicate with their friends and family. By giving them your mobile number, you''ve created a priority channel. They realized you can''t have that kind of information out there lying on people''s mobile devices.

Yammer 229

Yammer Startup Mobile Organization 229

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Part I, Team) Tact was founded by Chuck Ganapathi , who was formerly the SVP of Products at Salesforce.com having led initiatives like their chat product, CRM and mobile. To watch a young company win 1,000+ seat deals at Global 100 companies at this stage of development has been simply stunning. Why Invest?

Software 105

Software Mobile Artificial Inteligence Oracle 105

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

RedBeacon was the 3rd winner (year 1: Yammer, year 2: Mint.com) – not bad company. Because I knew that Ethan was on to a powerful idea and one in which he had developed huge competence and domain knowledge in. The company was called Red Beacon. I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan. Nice sweep!

CTO Coach 359

CTO Coach Google CTO Hire Yammer 359

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 22, 2013

The QuipaLoop can operate across one or many physical networks and is easily deployed on mobile devices as well as traditional laptop or desktop computers. Unlike a physical network, the loop is a non-addressable virtual overlay that is secured by self-authenticating, trusted devices. Series A Round.

Yammer 72

Yammer Journal Networking Software 72

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. Helps content publishers and advertisers launch campaigns that develop viral distribution attributes and therefore gain “buzz.”. In the show we talked about why this is important to mobile application developers.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

For decades the “layering&# of technology has allowed us to develop IT systems and networks in a specialized way that let’s best-of-breed technology solutions to emerge at each layer of the stack and to allow people with different skill sets to specialize in key areas without having to have competence in every technology arena.

Startup 343

Startup Technical Review S3 Services 343