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NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Kazuhm is recapturing the capacity in those desktops, creating a commercial grade, distributed computing platform based on that capacity. With all the complexity of the IT environment, how do you convince customers to add one more piece into this puzzle? Tim O'Neal: There are many compelling elements.

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Cloud Computing Resource Startup Software 133

socalTECH

AUGUST 11, 2011

If you try to use daily deals or directors, or even handouts of fliers for marketing, that only brings customers when you're already busy. What we have done, instead, is figure out when business is slow, and use that as a parameters to create campaigns on their behalf, to drive customers into their stores. The third, is distribution.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

As President of Game Development and Operations at SGN, a leading cross platform game developer and distributor, Josh Yguado is responsible for development, marketing, and operations for all games. From 1997 through 2005, Robin was a marketing executive and general manager at PepsiCo. Custom ad deals and partnerships.

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Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 76

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2010

One of Southern California's successful, serial entrepreneurs is Winston Damarillo , who founded Gluecode, which he sold to IBM in 2005. It enables customers to not worry so much about security in cloud computing, because they can put it behind a firewall, and a way to very efficiently leverage their existing resources better.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 7, 2013

Over the course of 2004 and 2005, we actually merged Be Free and Commission Junction together. . They also had a segment of customers that we hadn't been successful with - (I was there) to really learn. Hey, new company, new people, new platform, this is really a great chance to learn and make ValueClick a better company.

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socalTECH

JULY 18, 2013

Arjan Schutte: The consumer segment we care about is the underbanked, nontraditional customers. Those might be credit products, better alternatives to payday loans, risk management tools, processing platforms for new kinds of payments, and currency that might decrease friction and interchange fees. You''d be surprised how big this is.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

an enterprise social networking platform provider located in Los Angeles, CA. In 2005, Majid coauthored "Data Strategy" a book designed to help streamline information management within organizations. (a Formerly, he was Managing Director of both Product Management and of Business Development at Los Angeles Times Interactive.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 20, 2009

It made me so mad that I would dedicate 2 hours of my Sunday to publicizing it and use this platform to talk about it. Or again here in Consumer Affairs dating back to 2005. My research reveals that this known scam artist company has been duping customers for some time. I hope you’re OK with that. Background.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Derrick Oien: We have a platform we develop, called ANTHEM. The second customer is the social networking sites. Historically, it was something that started to develop before our launch with operators back in 2005, and it now serves as a laboratory for development of our product. Intercasting is backed by $17.5M

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2019

When I got to LA after I graduated from college in 2005, I pursued it full time, and we quickly grew that company to over $5M in revenues a year, without any kind of funding. I saw that, if you build a good product that customers love, that people love to use, how you need to market it, how you need to run that project, and so forth.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

After a year in the market, MakeSpace was growing rapidly and our biggest issue was CAC (customer acquisition costs) relative to payback period (when we get our marketing investment back) and relative to LTV (lifetime value). But that’s harder to build in 2016 than it was in say 2005. That is how great businesses are built.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 4, 2011

has provided a platform since 2005 for indie producers, distributors and advertisers to provide viewers with this kind of content. And the ability for viewers to create custom accounts might be a bit more helpful too. The folks over at Blip.tv They could provide more detailed information about the content producers or the shows.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. It included one firm who I asked not to call Salesforce.com as a reference (they were our largest pilot customer) and in their kindness they called Marc Benioff (the CEO) and asked his opinion. I thought, what would I do if I was trying to sell to a customer.

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Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274

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. All of those three vary by customer, but we're seeing that we're headed towards a mix of service offerings and a mix of licenses between commercial and open source.

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IBM IBM Mission Ventures Venture Capital 100

socalTECH

MARCH 29, 2010

While we participate in a NYSE-like platforms, we utilize those real time auctions to better buy media, and buy media in a better way than what we've done in the past. Marketers use that data, for example, to only sell BMWs to those who can afford it and are their target customer.

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Advertising Startup Media Marketing 157

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2011

Scott Saunders: I spent nearly my entire career on the investment side, and in 2005 switched over to the entrepreneurial side of the world. Ultimately, we expect those to be ad-funded by different advertisers involved in our platform. The firm is backed by a notable list of angel investors, and based in Los Angeles.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2009

We've set out to enable that across any platform, live, during games. Kent also went off to other things, but in 2005 we got awarded that patent. We're working very hard on streamlining that, so it's a finite product and not everything is totally custom. We offer prizes, deliver coupons, and are doing lots of other things.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2009

In 2005/2006, I really saw that the trend was shifting from television to the Internet. You'll be able walk around with and chat with people, and earn points in the in-world currency within the game, but you can't spend that currency on purchasing items for your avatar, customizing your avatar, or your home, until you become a premium member.

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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

The city has, however, quietly been home to some of the most successful online companies to date, including CitySearch (sold to Ticketmaster for $260 million in 1998), Overture (acquired by Yahoo for $2 billion in 2003), eHarmony and LowerMyBills (bought by Experian for $330 million in 2005). Register Now! Be extra productive. Learn more.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Joey Flores is co-founder and CEO of Earbits , an online radio platform that enables bands, labels and concert promoters to acquire fans, market new releases and promote live events. He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005. Joey Flores – Co-Founder and CEO of Earbits.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

The first of question is about qualifying your potential customers aka leads. One thing I observed was that many customers wanted an “on premise” version of our software and were willing to pay extra money for it. We said to customers, “We only sell SaaS and we think that’s the right solution for you.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. He knows the history of all of the payment gateways, mobile payment platforms, credit offerings, remittance companies, etc. If it were a sales campaign to a CMO you would naturally think about having customer references.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

He listed all of the product releases that were up coming, the customers that were in the pipeline and where he saw his competition moving. Who’s going to help you with improving your marketing / positioning to become a clear platform category leader like Twilio? Are you going to do all of this? You have too much on your plate.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

When I started my second company in 2005 we decided to do everything differently. I had been selling large content management systems and storing documents for industrial-scale customers. Many of the biggest customers wanted to be able to physically walk through our data center – how could I give up something so strategic?

Startup 343

Startup Technical Review S3 Services 343

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Around 2001 Jonah was studying at MIT Media Lab and began running experiments in viral stories in an era before smart phones (2007) and before social networks took off (2004–2007) and before YouTube (2005). Jonah was working on his masters thesis and he asked Nike to produce a customized shoe with the word “Sweatshop” on it.

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