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Product Development

SoCal Tech Calendar

Thursday, June 14, 2012 -- Software Product Development - How to Triple Your Likelihood of Success. Product development has always been challenging. Software products, while being easier to mold and perfect, offer additional set of management and technical challenges. The industry average rate of success is only 29%.

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Mojix Selected By BP

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based passive RFID tracking technology provider Mojix said last week that it has been selected by BP , for a $7 billion, offshore drilling project. Mojix said it will provide its technology for an oil platform product in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland. BP is using the Mojix STAR 3000 System.

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Teledyne Signs Oil and Gas Deal

socalTECH

hHousand Oaks-based electronics and instrumentation firm Teledyne Technologies announced this morning that its Teledyne Oil & Gas group has scored a three year agreement with FMC Technologies, to provide interconnect and sensing products and services for FMC's offshore oil and gas business.

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Welcome To The New Wave Of Opportunities And Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

They have become a by-product of innovation rather than the cause of it: Conglomerates grew from industrialization, not innovation. Existing technologies have been “commoditized” globally. Many countries have learned to make products cheaper and better. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm.

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The Power of “In Person” – Why Distributed Teams are Less Effective

Both Sides of the Table

The CEO weighs in with his perspectives, the head of product management disputes his conclusions and the marketing VP has a different take. The sales rep that brings back news from the front line that is shared with the office adds to our collective knowledge about customer needs, product design flaws or partnership opportunities.

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6 Due Diligence Concerns Before Outside Contracting

Startup Professionals Musings

Leading edge technology software and manufacturing require constant course corrections and iterative restarts. It’s hard to write a detailed specification on an evolving new service, process, or product that embodies your core competency. But customers are not looking yet another homogeneous product or service, so be careful.

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Five ways we are surviving long term

Berkonomics

” Recently visited one Fortune 500 company, for example, because our producer on a previous product was very happy with us and wanted her bosses to consider using our team. Interestingly, we’ve won a number of deals by being the not–offshore alternative. That’s a big win. Fourth is embracing change.

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