Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 10, 2013
'I’ve done a lot of video interviews. This is one of my favorite if not my favorite outright. It’s only 12 minutes long and if you’re a first-time entrepreneur (or second time, frankly) I encourage you to watch it if for nothing else than to get a sense that your struggles are universal. TechCrunch interviewed me and asked me to talk about failure.
socalTECH
AUGUST 16, 2013
'Scott Morrow is an Internet and startup veteran, having run such companies as Oversee.net and ThisNext, and headed up product marketing for IAC/Citysearch. He''s now transforming Luxury Link (www.luxurylink.com), a local luxury vacation travel company, and ramping up the service in a world where online travel marketplaces (HomeAway, AirBNB, and others) have been growing like crazy.
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InfoChachkie
AUGUST 12, 2013
'A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. VidCon''s format facilitates a number of opportunities for fans to connect and interact with their YouTube idols. For the uninitiated, VidCon is a mashup between the Consumer Electronics Show and E! Entertainment. Inspired by ComicCon, VidCon is an annual convention centered around the online video community.
Berkonomics
AUGUST 15, 2013
'From sports car to aircraft to super tanker, successful operation depends upon the pilot’s understanding and urgent timely use of a dashboard. Real time information is critical to real time decision-making, and increasingly in the modern business world, decisions are made by management without extended meetings or discussion with others. And with the rise of modern technology-driven businesses, the same is true of management in the business world.
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Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 16, 2013
'The ultimate compliment that any entrepreneur can get is that they can “see around corners.” This is a statement that they are willing and able (and successful) at projecting market and technology turns, not just straight-line innovations. They have the courage to make bold decisions, often contrary to conventional market research. Steve Jobs of Apple has been maybe the most visible example of this phenomenon, but others often mentioned include Richard Branson (Virgin Group), Joe Costello (Cade
socalTECH
AUGUST 12, 2013
'Not one to be shy about grand visions, technology mogul Elon Musk unveiled his plans this afternoon for Hyperloop , a system for transporting people from Los Angeles to San Francisco in mere minutes, using aluminum pods which are sent at speeds of up to 800 miles per hour between the cities. In plans he released Monday afternoon, Musk said that Hyperloop would transport people between San Francisco and Los Angeles in only 30 minutes, using an elevated track above the I-5.
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Tech Zulu Event
AUGUST 14, 2013
'The online market is a great place to launch a new fashion brand. It allows your products to be available to the international fashion market and an online launch can be done for much less money than opening a traditional brick and mortar store. However, the right e-commerce technology and marketing is necessary to get your brand the exposure it needs to be seen.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 11, 2013
'Every time I challenge a business plan with little or no budget for marketing, I get the answer that they will be using “viral” marketing, which costs nothing. The founder explains that the product is so “buzz-worthy” that usage will spread rapidly through word-of-mouth only, meaning people loving it and recommending it to their friends. First of all, Seth Godin pointed out a few years ago that viral marketing does not equal word-of-mouth.
socalTECH
AUGUST 15, 2013
'The fight between Los Angeles taxicab drivers and services like Lyft and Uber haas just gotten even more interesting, as mobile app developer Flywheel said it has launched in Los Angeles. Flywheel develops a mobile app which lets users hail local taxi companies, track locations, and pay with their smartphone, and says it has launched its service across Los Angeles, starting with Hermosa Beach, Long Beach, San Fernando Valley, and Pasadena.
Jason Nazar
AUGUST 15, 2013
'The 7 Ways to Get (unpaid) Traffic on the Web. “If You Build It…They Will Come”, may work for historical baseball ghosts, but it’s not a strategy you can rely on when starting an internet company.Driving traffic to your website is a formula that can be reverse engineered. Other than paying for traffic with advertising, there are only so many ways to get people to show up at your door.
Tech Zulu Event
AUGUST 13, 2013
'Drivers using ParkMe for Android will now enjoy real-time data for on-street parking complete with on-street spaces and metered parking in a move that will make it easier to find a parking spot in over 30,000 spaces in cities across the country. Starting from San Francisco, Austin, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Manchester and Walnut Creek , drivers will enjoy real-time parking data and see where all the on-street parking is in their city and get up-to-the-minute data on metered spaces.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 15, 2013
'Potential startup founders are always looking for ideas to implement, when they should be looking for problems to solve. Customers pay for solutions, but there is no market for ideas. I’m often approached by people with a “million dollar idea,” but I haven’t seen anyone pay that for one yet. Equally often, I see startups who are on the road to implementing an idea, but haven’t figured out what problem it solves – the business plan waxes on eloquently for 20 pages about how great this product an
socalTECH
AUGUST 12, 2013
'Naki Laundry , the smartphone driven startup which has been offering up pickup, cleaning, and delivery of laundry, has expanded into San Jose, and is looking to expand to San Francisco next month, according to the company. The startup--which currently offers services in Santa Monica, Santa Barbara, and a number of other locations, also said it plans to expand services shortly to Brentwood, Westwood, Beverly Hills and West LA.
socalTECH
AUGUST 15, 2013
'Spokeo , which develops an online, people search engine, has revamped its homepage, saying that it has created new homepages designed for businesses and nonprofits. The people search site said the new options make it easier for business and nonprofit users to search for people for their own purposes; for example, for business users to find new customers, and for nonprofits to find new donors.
socalTECH
AUGUST 12, 2013
'City of Industry-based Newegg , the big online electronics retailer, is making its first foray into the physical, retail market, with a new pop-up store. According to Newegg, it will launch a pop-up store from August 16-18th in Thousand Oaks, California, at The Oaks shopping center. The store is the company''s first, ever pop-up store. Newegg said the pop-up store will feature products from Intel, Samsung, Sony, WD and other companies.
socalTECH
AUGUST 13, 2013
'Santa Barbara-based AnsibleWorks announced today that it has raised $6M in a Series A round, to go towards the company''s open source, IT automation tools. The funding was led by Menlo Ventures. AnsibleWorks was founded by Michael DeHaan, and develops software used for automating IT operations. The company''s CEo is Said Ziouani. Ansible said the funding will go towards product development, sales, and other initiatives.
socalTECH
AUGUST 13, 2013
'Does the world need another photo sharing app? A new, Los Angeles startup, What Went Down , thinks so, and has launched a new app which lets users take photos and share it with friends--but with the twist of letting users add funny captions and hide the identity of who is sharing those photos. The startup said its free app runs on both iOS and Android platforms, and lets users post anonymously, blur out faces, and more.
socalTECH
AUGUST 16, 2013
'Woodland Hills-based Key Information Systems said Friday morning that it has acquired IT colocation and hosting company ISWest. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Key Information Systems is a major, IT systems integrator focused on business continuity, virtualization, security, storage, and other related areas. ISWest is a provider of colocation, cloud services, and connectivity which has a major presence in Los Angeles, Ventura County, and beyond.
socalTECH
AUGUST 16, 2013
'Los Angeles-based SnapMD , the startup helping to connect patients with doctors via cloud-based telemedicine software, has raised $600,000 in a seed funding round, the firm said Thursday. The funding came from Shea Ventures, the venture capital arm of J.F. Shea Company, as well as the Whittier Trust. SnapMD is led by Dave Skibinski, and lets patients consult with doctors using video, audio, and text.
socalTECH
AUGUST 14, 2013
'Los Angeles-based fashion website StyleSaint has raised $4.3M more in a funding round, the company disclosed Wednesday, from General Catalyst Partners and e.Ventures. The startup, which was co-founded by venture capitalist Brian Garrett of Crosscut Ventures and fashion vet Allison Beal, uses input from users on the website to develop limited quantity fashions it sells back to users.
socalTECH
AUGUST 14, 2013
'The coworking trend--which started in part in Southern California and its high tech startup ecosystem--looks to be spreading East, with news this week that NextSpace has raised $500,000 and acquired a Chicago company, to establish its first coworking site outside of California. NextSpace operates two locations in Southern California, including NextSpace @ Amplify along Venice Beach, and NextSpace Los Angeles.
socalTECH
AUGUST 14, 2013
'Ventura-based Internet advertising and real time bidding provider The Trade Desk has opened up a new European office in Hamburg, Germany. According to the company, the new, Central European headquarters for the firm will serve as a sales and business center for clients based in Europe. The Trade Desk already has an office in London. The Trade Desk is headed by online advertising vet Jeff Green, and provides demand side, real-time bidding software for advertising agencies.
socalTECH
AUGUST 13, 2013
'Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud services firm Media Temple says it has upgraded its web hosting services, to make websites run up to six times faster. The company, which is led by Demian Sellfors, said the accelerated performance comes from such upgrades as addition of Google PageSpeed, PHP FastCGI, and use of solid state disk drives on the company''s shared database server.
socalTECH
AUGUST 14, 2013
'Parking apps developer ParkMe has steadily been adding features to its mobile apps, to make it easier for consumers to find hard-to-locate parking spots across major markets. The firm recently updated its Android application to make it even easier to find parking--helping drivers avoid endless circling around the block--by adding on-street parking information in most of the major cities it supports.
socalTECH
AUGUST 13, 2013
'Aliso Viejo-based Arkami , the company behind the MyIDKey Kickstarter project which stores passwords and online IDs on a secure Bluetooth and USB drive, has raised $1.8M in a funding round, the firm said Tuesday. According to Arkami, the funding came from Gordon Clemons, McNeel Capital and Mark Swanson. Arkami was created by technology veterans Tareq Risheq and Mark Thacker, and had originally raised money via Kickstarter for its secure, USB drive.
socalTECH
AUGUST 12, 2013
'What, exactly, does tech mogul Elon Musk have in mind for Hyperloop--which he says will connect San Francisco and Los Angeles is half an hour? Musk said he will unveil the design for Hyperloop at 1:30pm today (Monday), showing off his brand new transportation system which he has previously described as a "cross between a Concorde, a railgun and an air hockey table.
socalTECH
AUGUST 12, 2013
'Los Angeles-based private equity investor Marlin Equity Partners announced this morning that it has acquired 6N Systems , a developer of financial and clinical software aimed at the long-term and post-acute care market. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. According to Marlin Equity Partners, it will merge 6N with SigmaCare, one of its portfolio companies. 6N Systems provides financial billing, order, workflow management, point-of-care documentation, and other software for long term
socalTECH
AUGUST 12, 2013
'Santa Monica-based Entangled Media Corp. , which is behind the younity personal cloud service, announced this morning that it has raised $3.545M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Crosslink Capital, Draper Associates, PROfounders Capital, Lowercase Capital, Michael Birch, Tekton Ventures and Knight & Bishop, along with Kamran Pourzanjani, Brian Lee, Brad Jones, and other local angels.
socalTECH
AUGUST 15, 2013
'It looks like Wi-Fi enabled, smart doorbells are quite the gadget trend, with another crowdsourced company looking to create a Wi-Fi enabled doorbell. iDoorCam yesterday that it has launched a campaign on Indiegogo to fund the development of its Wi-Fi enabled doorbell, which replaces a user''s doorbell with a Wi-Fi enabled product which alerts a user via smartphone that someone''s at their front door. iDoorCam is hoping to raise $100,000 for its project.
socalTECH
AUGUST 15, 2013
'Santa Monica-based YouTube food show producer Tastemade has raised $10M in new funding, the firm said Thursday, led by Raine Ventures and also including Redpoint Ventures. Tastemade is the producer of a number of online, Youtube food and cooking shows, which had been founded by former Demand Media executives. The company''s founders are Larry Fitzgibbon, Steven Kydd and Jose Perez.
socalTECH
AUGUST 14, 2013
'Cash back? Airline miles? How about armor and weapons? Los Angeles-based Riot Games , the maker of the online videogame League of Legends, has scored a big win this week, with a new strategic partnership with American Express. American Express said it will let users earn in-game rewards, by using an American Express prepaid card for both in-game and out of game purchases.
socalTECH
AUGUST 13, 2013
'Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud services firm Media Temple says it has upgraded its web hosting services, to make websites run up to six times faster. The company, which is led by Demian Sellfors, said the accelerated performance comes from such upgrades as addition of Google PageSpeed, PHP FastCGI, and use of solid state disk drives on the company''s shared database server.
socalTECH
AUGUST 12, 2013
'Huntington Beach-based web conferencing software provider AnyMeeting is set to be the first company to support the new, WebRTC real-time communications protocol this week. The firm is announcing this week that it has already deployed WebRTC technology into its web conferencing platform. WebRTC runs on Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, and helps improve real time communications in web browsers--adding support for video and voice chat via a number of building blocks for network, audio, and video
socalTECH
AUGUST 13, 2013
'Sean Percival , the founder of Wittlebee and former MySpace, Tsavo Media, Docstoc, and Mahalo executive, has surfaced at hyperlocal news site Topix as VP of Marketing. Percival, who had been very visible in the Los Angeles technology scene, had left Los Angeles in July seeking new pastures. Percival''s last startup, Wittlebee, had faced a fundraising crunch , which forced Percival out of the company.
socalTECH
AUGUST 16, 2013
'Santa Monica-based customer relationship management software provider Nimble has tied its software with a provider of Twitter analytics, the firm said this week. Nimble said it has integrated SocialBro, a provider of a Twitter management and analysis application, with its tools. Nimble said that the app will help users see who the most influential followers are, who has unfollowed you, and much more.
socalTECH
AUGUST 15, 2013
'San Diego-based Kyriba , which develops treasury management software, has raised $18.2M in a funding round. The funding came from both existing investors as well as new investor Daher Capital. According to the company, the new funding will go towards further developing the company''s software. Kyriba''s software is used to manage cross border bank balances for multinational corporations.
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