socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2011

La Jolla-based SwoopThat , an online comparison search site for textbooks, said today that it has expanded its course search technology on the site, making it easier for students to save on textbooks. Simkin graduated from Harvey Mudd College last year. READ MORE>>.

Services 159

Services Course Class Sites 159

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2018

Sherman Oak-based Payscout , a provider of payment processing services, said on Thursday that it has acquired cloud and mobile software developer Paywire. Paywire develops software which integrates payment processing with third party systems, web sites, hardware, SAP systems, and processors. READ MORE>>.

Sherman Oaks 113

Sherman Oaks Education Acquisition Software Development 113

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Los Angeles-based iSideWith -- founded by Taylor Peck and Nick Boutelier--said today that so far 13 millino voters have used the site to try to narrow down the list of mid term candidates they might vote for in the election. The service also includes a specific page for California voters to help them decide on today''s election.

Guide 153

Guide Education Los Angeles Tool 153

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2013

Los Angeles-based TheBouqs (www.thebouqs.com) thinks so, with its new, cut-to-order online flower delivery service for the iPad generation. There''s no continual upsell like you might encounter on other floral sites. The third part of this is the subscription service we offer. What is the Bouqs? Closing this $1.1M

Services 215

Services Technical Review Startup Pricing 215

socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2014

Carpinteria-based online learning and video education site lynda.com said Tuesday that the company has updated its iOS application, completely re-designing the mobile app for the latest features of the operating system. lynda mobile learning education video courses course' READ MORE>>.

Course 147

Course Education Screening Mobile 147

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Selling services has always been about relationships, but the challenges of building relationships with services clients have exploded. Thus services experiences and relationships tend to be based more and more on new media and technology. Bolton, a distinguished Marketing Educator Award winner at the W.P.

Social Media 98

Social Media Technical Review Media Services 98

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Santa Monica-based Visio Internet , which develops Internet sites for governments, has raised a round of growth capital, according to the company. Vision Internet provides government website development, and says it has nearly 600 government, non-profit and education clients. The funding came from Caltius Equity Partners. READ MORE>>.

Equity 174

Equity Invest Santa Monica Web Development 174

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 16, 2020

When Bümo co-founders Joan Nguyen and Chriselle Lim began planning for the rollout of their business, a combination daycare and co-working space for professional women on the go, they never expected to be offering daycare services virtually. Both Nguyen and Lim are serial entrepreneurs. As the pandemic began to spread across the U.S.

Los Angeles 167

Los Angeles Class Angel Social Media 167

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2012

The new site offers educational articles and other information aboud HVAC services, and will generate leads for local businesses. The firm said the new site is part of a series of vertical, industry-specific sites it is launching to generate leads. READ MORE>>.

Marketing 147

Marketing Education Advertising Sites 147

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2016

Selling services has always been about relationships, but the challenges of building relationships with services clients have exploded. Thus services experiences and relationships tend to be based more and more on new media and technology. Bolton, a distinguished Marketing Educator Award winner at the W.P.

Services 54

Services Social Media Technical Review Media 54

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Los Angeles-based Telesign , which provides phone verification and two-factor authentication services to major online service providers, said it is helping to back the White House's Lock Down Your Login initiative. The initiative aims to encourage Americans to better protect their online accounts, by moving them beyond passwords.

Education 100

Education Google Examples Los Angeles 100

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

Chaotic Moon Studios is based in Austin, TExas, and provides mobile development services to companies such as Fox, Pizza Hut, General Mills, Microsoft, Dell, CBS, and Disney. READ MORE>>.

Beverly Hills 185

Beverly Hills Mobile Invest Develop 185

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Usually these are revenue-generating e-commerce sites, or have the potential to be revenue-generating. Even if the goods and services are changing hands as gifts, or the revenue motive exists only to make services sustainable, the economic value is evident. There is value in the “idling capacity” of all assets.

Resource 126

Resource Commerce Social Media Platform 126

socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2014

Lynda.com , the online video education site which offers up a large library of video tutorials in computer software, business skills, design, and other areas, is in a big expansion today, saying that it has started offering up its products in Southeast Asia.

Web Design 157

Web Design Course Startup Design 157

socalTECH

MAY 16, 2012

Looking to help voters educate themselves better on the candidates, and the issues, Taylor Peck and Nick Boutelier came up with iSideWith (www.isidewith.com), a cleverly built site which lets users input their opinions on issues important to them, and helps the compare and match their answer with the positions of all of the candidates in the race.

Education 201

Education Sites Startup News 201

socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2013

com , the online site run by Santa Monica's Docstoc which helps businesses file for business licenses, has expanded its services to DBA forms, the company said today. License123.com READ MORE>>.

Template 159

Template Santa Monica Education Course 159

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2023

Maybe we haven’t seen the results yet, but there are thousands of startup opportunities to offer new alternatives and services, to replace those destroyed by the crisis. I hear this term every day, wrongly applied to new social media site, or a new productivity tool. Some kind of natural or man-made disaster.

Ideas 118

Ideas Outsource Development Outsource Course 118

socalTECH

MAY 16, 2012

Looking to help voters educate themselves better on the candidates, and the issues, Taylor Peck and Nick Boutleier came up with iSideWith (www.isidewith.com), a cleverly built site which lets users input their opinions on issues important to them, and helps the compare and match their answer with the positions of all of the candidates in the race.

Education 171

Education Sites Startup News 171

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

San Diego-based My Web Lockers is launching a new file sharing service today--targeted at K-12 schools. The site said that the new service will make it "easier and more affordable" for schools to use the Internet to store projects such as homework and class assignments.

Web 138

Web Education San Diego Class 138

socalTECH

JULY 26, 2012

million records to the database as part of that effort, which also includes information on medical affiliations, gender, languages spoken, and education. Factual said that the new data will be used by such launch partners as Doctors.com, a healthcare site which matches consumers with healthcare providers.

Education 140

Education Los Angeles Sites Services 140

socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2010

According to loanDepot.com, the new site will help consumers to research real estate loans, providing education, loan processing, up-to-date mortgage rates, and other related services. The firm did not disclose financial details behind the deal, which was brokered by Milestone Capital.

Equity 157

Equity Education Research Capital 157

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Maybe we haven’t seen the results yet, but there are thousands of startup opportunities to offer new alternatives and services, to replace those destroyed by the crisis. I hear this term every day, wrongly applied to new social media site, or a new productivity tool. Some kind of natural or man-made disaster.

Custom 167

Custom Customer Startup Outsource Development 167

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Establishing a brand, providing service with trust and a reputation for value, is critical. Don’t expect to rely totally on social media, word of mouth, or a personal web site. You need to be thinking about how you can capitalize on sharing in your business area, and adding new business models and services to facilitate these changes.

Platform 145

Platform Startup Social Media Custom 145

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

It is no secret that Pinterest and other social commerce sites have begun to dial in the commerce equation. These sites (so far) have managed to balance facilitating product discovery and purchase capabilities with users'' desires to entertain and educate themselves without feeling like they are in a marketplace.

Entrepreneur 210

Entrepreneur Commerce Sites Social Network 210

socalTECH

AUGUST 11, 2009

A patent lawsuit against educational software provider Blackboard , which was spawned by the acquisition of Sherman Oaks-based NTI Group last year, has been settled, according to Texas-based TechRadium. TechRadium said the move would allow each company to continue to provide mass notification technology and services to clients.

Patents 153

Patents Sherman Oaks Blogging Education 153

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 29, 2011

Thursday, August 4, 2011 -- LA CEOs, an education and support group for CEOs presents: Free Traffic From the Search Engines Do you have a beautiful startup or established website for the world to see. but no one is visiting your site? This event is limited to CEOs only, no service providers. See [link] (more)

SEO 100

SEO Commerce Blogging Education 100

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

Usually these are revenue-generating e-commerce sites, or have the potential to be revenue-generating. Even if the goods and services are changing hands as gifts, or the revenue motive exists only to make services sustainable, the economic value is evident. There is value in the “idling capacity” of all assets.

Commerce 98

Commerce Social Media Platform Class 98

socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2008

Guidance, which provides services for building ecommerce web sites, said that Caltech's IRC. which provides an online catalog of executive education courses, used the firm for a web site overhaul. Guidance also provide services for such customers as Foot Locker, Relax the Back, and the Salvation Army.

Marina Del Rey 100

Marina Del Rey CalTech Web Education 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2008

Guidance, which provides services for building ecommerce web sites, said that Caltech's IRC. which provides an online catalog of executive education courses, used the firm for a web site overhaul. Guidance also provide services for such customers as Foot Locker, Relax the Back, and the Salvation Army.

Marina Del Rey 100

Marina Del Rey CalTech Software Web 100

Eric Greenspan

APRIL 22, 2013

There are over 4,500 influential Mommy Bloggers covering topics from pregnancy to child raising to education. Each of these “moms” spend their days researching products and services that may benefit their respective audience. Some write about relationships and others about sex. I declined but I was intrigued just the same.

Help 154

Help Social Media Sample Writing 154

socalTECH

MAY 28, 2013

However, rather than travel services, it''s for products. The way it works, is you go to our site, find the product through either search, a dropdown menu, or filters, and you can find the products you want. That''s why we wanted to make a service which enables consumers to name their own price. My dream is, why not online?

Pricing 273

Pricing Product Help Sales 273

socalTECH

APRIL 11, 2013

There are now a large number of online, peer-to-peer marketplaces which all aim at one thing; helping connecting people with others, so that they can offer their services or goods (a room for rent, a ride, a vacation timeshare, a dog sitter, etc.) Over time, that service provider gets a quality score.

Startup 260

Startup Education Study Ideas 260

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2022

This is media exposure from a neutral third-party, such as an unpaid news story on your product or service to highlight innovations or social value. Marketing media content from real customers in real time is now commonplace via sites like Yelp, Foursquare, and online reviews. Real customers.

Marketing 127

Marketing Framework Social Media Media 127

socalTECH

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Pasadena-based Cramster , the online homework help site started by Aaron Hawkey, Robert Angarita and Kaveh Golabi, has been acquired by Chegg , Chegg announced today. Chegg said the acquisition will add to Chegg's textbook rental and course planning services. Chegg said Cramster has more than one million members on the site.

Pasadena 221

Pasadena Course Sites Acquisition 221

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Alex Benzer: We're building SocialEngine in parallel, and working on a new, software-as-service version. We had to figure out what would help the other 90 percent build better and more interesting sites. That's why we built FanMix, to solve our own problem, and help our SocialEngine customers to promote their own sites.

Startup 242

Startup CTO Coach Blogging Social Media 242

socalTECH

JULY 14, 2016

There are plenty of sites which you can point to which are real estate or rental vertical search engines, but Nestigator is trying to instead turn that into a more collaborative process than you've seen in the past. We're a national service, with around three million listings, and we refresh one or two times a day.

Sites 100

Sites Startup Education Custom 100

socalTECH

JULY 14, 2016

Three are plenty of sites which you can point to which are real estate or rental vertical search engines, but Nestigator is trying to instead make that into a more collaborative process than you've seen in the past. We're a national service, with around three million listings, and we refresh one or two times a day.

Sites 100

Sites Startup Education Custom 100