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SpotOn raises $300M at a $3.15B valuation and acquires Appetize

TechCrunch LA

Fast forward to almost exactly one year later, and a lot has changed for the payments and software startup. Since its 2017 inception, SpotOn has been focused on providing software and payments technology to SMBs with an emphasis on restaurants and retail businesses. Image Credits: SpotOn.

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Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – Steve Gilison

SoCal CTO

Steve Gilison worked as a market researcher and product manager at a startup where my company, TechEmpower , did the software / web development. It’s very difficult to communicate the value of my services and it’s even harder to find people/companies looking to outsource their product development to a business guy like myself.

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4 Essential Webpage Elements for Getting Site Visitors to Convert

Tech Zulu Event

Much effort and study has been expended to determine how a web site can better convert its visitors to paying customers. Visitors to the site know exactly what product or service is being offered and what that product or service will do for them. . This happens long before any discussion of price or any discussion of details.

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Web Second, Mobile First

Both Sides of the Table

The world is adopting smart phones and for many young people and many people in the developing world this will be one of their first computing devices. They are location aware, which is important in personalizing the service offering. I would love to see FourSquare double down on web development and market it harder to its user base.

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Interview with Robert Flynn, Aggregage

socalTECH

Back in the early days of LA venture capital, I was first an associate of a fund, and then partner of a fund, Entertainment Media Venture Partners. Entertainment is confusing--we didn't make investments in pure content plays. What we did was we owned television stations, radio stations, cable stations.

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Africa’s Largest and Fastest Growing Social Network | Interview with LAGbook’s Chidi Nwaogu

Tech Zulu Event

These are all great tech people, who have changed the world of computers, internet and software. LAGbook and Facebook offer totally different social services. Myspace is a social entertainment network that suggests new musical acts to you and keeps you updated with new releases of your favourite musical acts. People we admire.

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A Day in the Life of a Product Manager

Tech Zulu Event

The term a gile development is defined, and the panel agreed unanimously that maintaining this mindset is necessary. And consider setting up concierge services to assist users before building out new systems. He has over 10 years of experience designing and developing digital products. Everyone reports updates and obstacles.

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