SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 31, 2008

Thursday, November 6, 2008 -- "Recession-proof Pricing Strategies for a Multi-platform World" Technology Council. Today's technology companies increasingly must deliver products on multiple platforms to satisfy customer demand and competitive pressures.

Pricing 100

Pricing Technology Council Framework Platform 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Founded in August 2008 in Palo Alto, CA, by Sam Christiansen and Keith Lee.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 6, 2010

The global cloud computing market is expected to grow at a compounded annual rate of 28 percent from $47 billion in 2008 to $126 billion by 2012, according to IBM based on various market estimates. Keynote Speaker: Peter Coffee, Director of Platform Research,Salesforce.com. Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. See [link] (more).

Startup 100

Startup Enterprise Forum Cloud Computing CalTech 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Thursday, September 25, 2008 -- "Trends in Digital Distribution: Production, Distribution and Advertising" CommNexus. This event explores how production, distribution and advertising have evolved from past business models to support digital content distribution on new media platforms.

Advertising 100

Advertising Product IP Content 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

We closed our fund in August of 2008. Brian Garrett: It's analytics, it's delivery platforms, it's optimization of technology facilitating compression to delivery of video. We started seeing deals like Intermix, LowerMyBills, Rent.com, Shopzilla--all of these successes started in SoCal--who had not raised money from local investors.

Southern California 153

Southern California Startup Palomar Rustic Canyon 153

SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

However, Elgg could power 100,000 networks and it would make no difference - there is no revenue stream as we give everything away under a GPL license. I understand his frustration. You create something that has value and gets traction and yet youve created it in a way that the software is considered "free."

Southern California 150

Southern California CTO Coach CTO Hire Social Media 150

socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2010

It was a local, SoCal company right here in Manhattan Beach. We sold it in July of 2008, to Expedia. Lunch.com was the platform to do all of that. We spent a lot of time proving out the platform, to see that it works. Lunch.com is based in Los Angeles. What's the story behind Lunch.com? So what is Lunch.com about?

Content 204

Content Startup Sites Manhattan Beach 204

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

an enterprise social networking platform provider located in Los Angeles, CA. Yammer was launched on stage at TechCrunch 50 on September 8, 2008 and won Best in Show. Formerly, he was Managing Director of both Product Management and of Business Development at Los Angeles Times Interactive.

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Demand Media is an online media company operating two strategically-linked businesses: an integrated content and social media platform, and registrar solutions. The CitizenNet platform helps you measure, analyze, and automate social media marketing and engagement. As of June 2008 Jason is now CEO and Founder of Mahalo, Inc. ,

Guide 42

Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42

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. a perks platform for small and medium sized businesses. Joey Flores – Co-Founder and CEO of Earbits. sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.).

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Where it might look something like: 1000, profile.photo.update, 1, 9:30AM 3/14/2008. September 18th, 2008 at 8:00 am. « Open mobile platforms and Facebook developer refugees. Virtual Goods Summit 2008 + last week’s Twitter links » Add New Comment. Archives Select Month September 2008 (14).

Startup 29

Startup IP Email Report 29

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. In 2008, we couldn’t find a technical co-founder for Yipit. The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. You got it.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

They ignore/disrespect the platform. You Shouldn’t Have to Pay to Talk To Your Own Customers - Austin Startup , July 12, 2010 Andy Meadows is the founder and CEO of Bearhug , an Austin-based customer engagement platform launching today. If not, don’t give up the day job just yet,&# Andy concludes. What do you think?

Startup 217

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217