socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

What our technology platform does, is determines what about a marketer's offers that will matter to the consumer. That allows marketers to drive a significant increase in sales, and a reduction in cost on the back end. That allows marketers to drive a significant increase in sales, and a reduction in cost on the back end.

Yahoo 171

Yahoo Platform Advertising Startup 171

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

And, if you're a social platform, is there a way to monetize all that activity happening on your service? Jordan Glazier: Wildfire has developed a platform for monetizing social messaging. Yet, the ways that enterprises and businesses are monetizing that user interaction is sort of archaic, compared to the evolution of the technology.

San Diego 159

San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Skyler Lucci is co-founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based HeyTutor (www.heytutor.com), a startup which has created an online platform which connects and matches students with in-person tutors. The company recently raised a round of funding from Santa Barbara-based ScOps Venture Capital. The second part, is our matching technology.

Startup 113

Startup Venture Capital Beverly Hills Acquisition 113

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ringrevenue’s call performance marketing platform enables ad networks, agencies, advertisers & publishers to generate more inbound sales calls.”. For businesses like this, finding new ways to drive more of these high-value inbound sales calls is key. Our platform helps them do that.

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2013

This was a situation where we had the opportunity to take on funding, at a point where we could utilize it to scale our technology platform, and to increase our global reach and expand our content, beyond what we'd do normally. We also have sales offices in the UK and in Australia. Why did you decide to take investment now?

Funding 164

Funding Calabasas Course Platform 164

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

a perks platform for small medium businesses. After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. Their focus is green technology. sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.). wonder what that might be?

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

28 from 7pm-10pm in Santa Monica. Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses. Pierce also led the acquisition of Xfire from Viacom.

Startup 111

Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

I review these tenets with my entrepreneurial students at UC Santa Barbara at the beginning of each quarter to reinforce many of the key topics we will cover in the following weeks. Sometimes we measure things and see that in the short term they actually hurt sales. Don’t Chase The Quick Buck.

Tips 279

Tips Startup Framework Custom 279

socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2011

What's the technology behind this? Eric Frankel: We've build a super-fast platform, that lives in the cloud at Amazon. It can literally deliver thousands and thousands of messages, tens of thousands per minute, to every form of platform. Eric Frankel: It was "be careful what you wish for".

Entertainment 159

Entertainment Startup Class Santa Barbara 159

socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2009

Earlier this month, Santa Barbara-based RingRevenue (www.ringrevenue.com) announced that it had raised a round of venture funding. We caught up with the firm's CEO, Jason Spievak, to learn more about the firm's technology, as well as to hear about the company's experienced team, which came out of Callwave.

Advertising 113

Advertising Networking Santa Barbara Startup 113

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. To explore how new technologies impact society.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

Many people are too cautious in sales processes and as a result when they present their solutions they end up sounding milquetoast and undifferentiated from anybody else in the market. I recently wrote about the three rules of sales. In sales we often call these USPs (I wrote about them here: Unique Selling Propositions ).

Sales 150

Sales SaaS Startup Venture Capital 150

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

In college at the California Institute of Technology, he patented a new loudspeaker design and formed GNP Loudspeakers, Inc. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology and of the Art Center College of Design. in Mechanical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology.

Idealab 84

Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84