socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Dinesh Ravishankar: CallFire is a platform that allows businesses to automate their conversations with their customers. Dinesh Ravishankar: We were doing software development for various companies in Southern California, out of my condo in West LA. What is CallFire? How did you end up in this market?

West Los Angeles 176

West Los Angeles Customer Custom Tool 176

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 3, 2010

See a mobile software app developed live, from scratch, using both the iPhone SDK and the Android SDK. Targeted at software managers, software project leaders, and software developers, you'll quickly understand the tools, interfaces, and techniques used for software development on these two mobile platforms.

Mobile 100

Mobile Software Development Tool Platform 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 -- 10th International System-on-Chip (SoC) Conference and Exhibit. See [link] (more)

Conference 113

Conference IP Design Research 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Thursday, October 25, 2012 -- 10th International System-on-Chip (SoC) Conference and Exhibit. See [link] (more)

Conference 113

Conference IP Design Research 113

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

This weekend, February 22-24th, will be your chance to attend UCLA Anderson School of Management’s 42 hour Developers Contest, hosted at ROC in Santa Monica. and more to bring a true hack-a-thon to Silicon Beach, helping substantiate Southern California’s thriving Tech Community.

UCLA 88

UCLA Yahoo Southern California Santa Monica 88

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Leverage Existing Platforms or Third Party Products - you want to test your social network, grab Drupal and whip something together, or even just use a hosted service. Paper Prototype or a Smoke and Mirrors Prototype - you can just build something on paper or even just one that you can click through and get a lot of the feedback you need.

Technical Review 338

Technical Review CTO Hire CTO Coach Software Review 338

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

After months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry. Leveraging mobile application and online platform.

UCLA 102

UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 24, 2008

Thursday, October 30, 2008 -- Microsoft Professional Developers Conference. PDC is the definitive Microsoft event for software developers and architects focused on the future of the Microsoft platform. See [link].

Conference 100

Conference Develop Development Software Development 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 23, 2008

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 -- Microsoft Professional Developers Conference. PDC is the definitive Microsoft event for software developers and architects focused on the future of the Microsoft platform. See [link].

Conference 100

Conference Develop Development Software Development 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 22, 2008

Tuesday, October 28, 2008 -- Microsoft Professional Developers Conference. PDC is the definitive Microsoft event for software developers and architects focused on the future of the Microsoft platform. See [link].

Conference 100

Conference Develop Development Software Development 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Monday, October 27, 2008 -- Microsoft Professional Developers Conference. PDC is the definitive Microsoft event for software developers and architects focused on the future of the Microsoft platform. See [link].

Conference 100

Conference Develop Development Software Development 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Taher tells us about his journey from Silicon Valley to Southern California, the inspiration behind the site, and where he hopes to take the business next. Taher Scherzay: FavRav is basically a platform that allows small businesses to get a footprint with customers, using the referral network of social media.

Startup 193

Startup Newsletter Customer Custom 193

socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2016

What do you get when you combine a charitable pub crawl, the movie Anchorman, and a software developer randomly hired off Craigslist? In the case of San Diego's Classy (www.classy.org), you get an extremely popular piece of software-as-a-service to help you manage a nonprofit and its fundraising efforts.

Help 100

Help San Diego Organization Startup 100

SoCal CTO

JUNE 13, 2011

Some common themes from the discussion: Know Where You Are Going Before you can possibly make a choice around language and framework you need to ask all the important questions that are talked about in Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything and Startup CTO or Developer.

Framework 330

Framework Startup Java PHP 330

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2014

We were small, and had about ten engineers, providing customer solutions for businesses in Southern California. You started on the Internet/consumer side with Scour, how''d you end up on the enterprise/corporate software side of things? Dan Rodrigues: It was a a really interesting transition I made.

Startup 160

Startup El Segundo CTO Hire Outsource Development 160

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Please join us in congratulating this quarter’s Spotlight companies: Earbits is an online radio platform where artists, labels and concert promoters bid for airtime on a per-song-played basis, and use the exposure to sell their music, event tickets and more. CitySourced is a real time mobile civic engagement platform.

Idealab 77

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

SoCal CTO

APRIL 9, 2013

I just got an email asking about exactly this: I''m with a new company that needs some software built, but doesn''t need (or have the resources for) a large staff of software developers. So here are some thoughts on selecting the right firm. Are there particular technologies or platforms involved?

Web Development 204

Web Development Web Develop Development 204

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Platform – are there pre-existing technical platform decisions that must be considered? Team – is there or will there be multiple segments in the development team? If so, are specific software development processes necessary? Site Management - what will be needed in terms of site management?

Develop 396

Develop Development Startup SEO 396

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Platform – are there pre-existing technical platform decisions that must be considered? Team – is there or will there be multiple segments in the development team? If so, are specific software development processes necessary? Site Management - what will be needed in terms of site management?

Develop 384

Develop Development Startup SEO 384

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Please join us in congratulating this quarter’s Spotlight companies: Earbits is an online radio platform where artists, labels and concert promoters bid for airtime on a per-song-played basis, and use the exposure to sell their music, event tickets and more. CitySourced is a real time mobile civic engagement platform.

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

Founder Developer Gap I’m assuming that the founders understand what they generally want to do with the business and where the product should be going. I provided a whole set of questions that I go through with founders before Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything. Accounting?

Fractional CTO 225

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire CTO Coach 225

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

One of the big, open source successes in both Southern California and the software world was Gluecode Software , which was based in Los Angeles and acquired by IBM in 2005. Certainly, the use of common components will speed software development, as people realize it's not necessary to reinvent the wheel.

IBM 100

IBM IBM Mission Ventures Venture Capital 100