TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

As part of the onboarding process, the app asks both job seekers and employers what they’re looking for - in a text box - while providing a few suggestions in a pop-up. This isn’t just our opinion - our startup metrics prove it! Even with the pop-up suggestions, we saw significant drop-off during user onboarding.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 13, 2011

We had an interesting presentation at the LA CTO Forum by the CTO of a startup who chose Groovy / Grails as the framework for their startup. t prompted a good discussion around how CTOs go about choosing the programming language and framework for their startup. They start with lots of other things.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Aliso Viejo-based software developer ThinkIQ , which is developing software for the manufacturing industry, said today that it has raised $11.6M The company says it is developing a "digital manufacturing platform", which manufacturers use for material traceability and data insights, quality, safety and compliance efforts.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans. SEO for Startups )? What are your key Startup Metrics ? Other types of users?

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans. SEO for Startups )? What are your key Startup Metrics ? Other types of users?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 26, 2019

CrowdStrike , the cloud-based cybersecurity software developer which has substantial operations in Orange County, said today that it has launched a new, early stage investment fund called the Falcon Fund. The new fund will make seed and Series A investments, according to the company.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2014

As part of the effort, Esri also said it has launched a new "Esri Climate Resilience App Challenge", which will challenge developers and startups to create maps and analytics tools to help communities understand, see, and prepare for climate risks. software development prize mapping weather initiative change climate house white esri'

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socalTECH

JANUARY 15, 2020

Los Angeles-based Pepper Financial , a startup led by startup veteran James Borow, recently raised $5.6M to bring better financial management to businesses. The firm said over the holidays that it had raised $5.6M The company said it is creating a "new set of tools" to help businesses grow smarter. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up. However, I’ve now begun questioning how and what an early-stage / startup CTO should be. What worries me a bit is how often I read that startups should hire a developer / hands-on lead developer. Gap closed, right?

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2018

San Diego-based Gryphon Online Safety , a startup that develops a wireless mesh system for home and small businesses, says it has incorporated technology from antivirus software developer ESET into its products. Gryphon is led by CEO John Wu. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 9, 2013

Los Angeles-based social promotions software developer PromoJam has rolled out a brand new tool today, a new visual social marketing product called Promotion Builder and DIY Visual Editor.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Five years ago, when the Los Angeles-based enterprise software startup Replicated first launched, it was one of a number of contenders looking to bring containerized software development tools to businesses. Already, Replicated has four customers who are using its KOTS suite of tools.

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2013

A new, San Diego-based startup, Apmetrix , said yesterday that it has launched a new, software-development kit aimed at providing analytics to videogame developers. Apmetrix said it is developing a real-time, game analytics platform aimed at Android, iOS, and Windows, and eventually consoles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2020

I know that dates me a good bit, but it also shows that I have been hanging around startups for a long time. The honest truth is that I worked directly with him in the early days of Microsoft from my “safe” perch in big IBM, during the startup of the IBM PC. We all start out as regular guys. Enlist community of support.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Fisker Automotive , one of Southern California''s biggest technology startup flameouts in the past decade, appears to getting set to be relaunched as a brand by Chinese automotive maker Wanxiang. Exact relaunch date and availability of the Fisker vehicles has not been announced. billion in funding.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

In the era of Skype, web conferencing tools and collaboration software conventional wisdom says that distributed startup teams can be just as effective as those that are in person. Or more precisely the people espousing the benefits of distributed startups teams are often distributed and therefore self rationalizing it.

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socalTECH

APRIL 18, 2013

Los Angeles-based data startup Factual has a big new partner in its corner this morning, Qualcomm , via Qualcomm Labs. According to Factual and Qualcomm, they are working on combining Qualcomm Labs Gimbal context awareness platform with Factual''s location data platform. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2021

Los Angeles- and Tel-Aviv-based LinearB, a startup developing software used by both Agile and DevOps team for managing their projects, has raised $16M in its Series A funding, the company announced today. The funding was led by Battery Ventures, and also included 83North and Ariel Maislos, plus TechAviv Founder Partners.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2013

If you're an investor who's concerned about the security of your deal data being store on the web, CapLinked , which develops an online platform to help companies manage and close their business transactions, has an answer for you: military-grade security. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2016

Emotient, which was backed by Handbag and Intel Capital, had developed applications for Google Glass and other platforms to be able to tell what a person was feeling based on their facial expression. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2017

The Snapchat analytics software developed by Los Angeles-based Naritiv , a startup producing online content for brands, has been acquired by social media management firm Hootsuite. The announcement was made on Tuesday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

I promised to do this post as a follow-up to the session to provide additional links and information. The real reason to build an MVP is to do early tests of key Startup Metrics for the business. We end up using WordPress a lot as the marketing front-end of our web sites. It had a passionate group of 50 people attending.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Irvine-based startup CloudBasic is one of the startups which launched a product this week at the DEMO conference in Silicon Valley, saying that it has released the CloudBasic Application Platform, a cloud application environment targeted at Microsoft.NET developers and business users. The firm said it was founded in 2008.

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socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2017

The world of mobile apps has added serious challenges for software developers, who don't just have to deal with crashes�they have to deal with slow performance, strange hangs, multiple carrier networks, and more. How are developers doing this today? How did you go from Scopely to starting Embrace.io?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2015

The investments went to One Month , which offers online entrepreneurship classes; Rallyteam , an employee talent networking platform; Strive , which is developing tools to help source qualified software developers; and Workpop , a developer of software to help match employers and job candidates.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

We’re staring to get the hang of how to divide the show up into talking about deals but also talking about issues for entrepreneurs during funding. Nevertheless, if you share too much in your funding process or meet too many VCs expect a certain amount of your ideas to spread around the startup community. They also avoid Reg D.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Taher Scherzay: FavRav is basically a platform that allows small businesses to get a footprint with customers, using the referral network of social media. How did you start the business? All of our friends also were having kids, and so we started calling friends about their recommendations. What's the idea behind FavRav?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Orange County startup Beatshare --backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, Harvard Business School Angels, and Archangels, among others�thinks it's figured out the formula to make music the message in its mobile app. Barry was a lead mentor there at Chapman University's Launch Labs, and we paired up. What is Beatshare?

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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. Or are you starting from scratch? Are there particular technologies or platforms involved? Do you have the functionality defined?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. This ended up developing into Visual Basic for Applications , the strategy for programmability in Microsoft Office.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Kazuhm is recapturing the capacity in those desktops, creating a commercial grade, distributed computing platform based on that capacity. They sign up through a web portal, online, and they create a resource pool. I also spend a chunk of my career in software development, working on enterprise applications.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

He then made an appearance at Andela, a software developer accelerator, which the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative invested $24million in earlier this year. Having one of the wealthiest and most influential man in the world like Zuckerberg make a stop certainly will get more eyes and hopefully more money invested in Nigerian startups.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Mobile/Desktop App Developer w/Linux,Flex/Air or IOS Exp. Looking for a place to exercise and grow your talent in software development and work in an environment that values your ideas and strives for excellence? startup beach silicon angeles employment jobs tech high socaltech' Enterprise Data Technologies, Inc.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2012

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

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

We recently ran into Chris Tragos , one of the co-founders of Jetpack (www.jetpack.net), provider of an online ad platform. We thought we'd talk with Chris about what Jetpack is up to. The HTML5 platform that we use is also available as a self service tool to customers. What is Jetpack, and what do you do?

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TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Platforms eschew threading and then re-invent threading anew. As software developers, we're technophiles, so we enjoy these cycles and quite often find humor listening to the energy spent arguing on either side of issues. Few developers will find themselves at an extreme or precisely in the middle, and we're no exception.

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socalTECH

MAY 16, 2013

A new, Los Angeles startup, Melon , thinks so, and just booted up an effort this week to raise funding for its brainwave-monitoring headband and smartphone app. We caught up with founders Arye Barnehama and Laura Michelle Berman earlier this week to hear more about what Melon is hoping to do with its brain-reading headband.

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