TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

A high-performance application (notably, one based on a high-performance platform) will be capable of performing modestly complex algorithmic work on behalf of users without necessarily requiring the construction of a complex system architecture. Meanwhile, Amazon famously claimed 1% fewer sales for each additional 100ms of latency.

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Web Technical Advisors Framework Technical Review 200

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. As of near the end of September 2009, we’re up 46% since the March 9th nadir (yes, I need to find a way to use one of my SAT words ; – ).

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

It was a software platform for allowing advertisers to purchase brand integration (product placements) as a standardized unit through a marketplace. As more consumers were skipping commercials the idea of authentically integrating brands into media seemed obvious to me and ended up informing a lot of my investments in 2009 and 2010.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 15, 2018

MVF was founded in the UK by five friends in 2009, and has driven incredibly fast growth over the past 9 years. Our model evolved over time as the landscape changed, from ticket sales and sponsorships to online advertising, content marketing, and consulting. Today, I’m excited to announce that Tech.Co Most importantly, we like them.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. He has also been a Regional Sales Director and National Account Director for Facebook.

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

I first met Nick Halstead in 2009 when he was running a company called Tweetmeme (the predecessor to DataSift) who had invented the Retweet button and actually helped Twitter develop its early API. And of course we have dozens of other data sources making us a much broader platform than Twitter data.

CTO Hire 309

CTO Hire Organization Google Course 309

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Well, we started out a free text messaging platform. We just happen to have significantly more users than most of the group texting platforms you typically read about. Gogii came in my office in 2009 with three of the most talented founders I had seen. Management, SVP North American Sales and SVP European Publishing.

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Gogii Invest Blogging Startup 310

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

This is the time it takes for a bankruptcy or asset sale to occur. But I’ll judge the angel class of 2009/2010 on a 7-10 year time horizon. Instead investors are looking for the next flash sale, private sale, game dynamic, social games that rely on mobile platforms with geo-fenced, location aware offers.

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socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2010

in a venture round from GRP Partners and Rincon Ventures, for the firm's mobile ad management platform. Evan Rifkin: Basically, we are an open and free ad management platform. You have advertising networks and mediation players, but you don't really have an ad management platform like ours. What is Burstly?

Startup 164

Startup Platform Advertising GRP Partners 164

socalTECH

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Nimble's software connects to your email, social accounts, and more, and helps you track your customers, sales prospects, sales pipeline, and much much more. In addition to adding $10 in sales for every reseller, what was most important was we became the number one ISV in NT Server, SQL Server, and Exchange. Explain that?

Startup 113

Startup Canoga Park Email Google 113

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

The firm says nearly 20% of all brides now shop for or sell a gently used wedding dress online, compared with just 6% in 2009 and they firmly believe Recycled Bride is helping make the sales even more possible. Recycled Bride was founded in 2009 in Santa Monica, CA. What is Recycled Bride? month Recycled Bride Pro account.

Design 84

Design Social Media Sales Sites 84

socalTECH

JULY 21, 2011

Rob Reed: I was doing social media strategy consulting from 2007 until 2009, what I would really characterize as Social Media 1.0. So, that first part is just understanding how to engage, where, what platforms they are engaging on, and what the value of that is. It really helps to shorten our sales cycle significantly.

Social Media 248

Social Media Zumbox Media Startup 248

Xconomy

JULY 21, 2016

Ford Blakely, who was previously a business and financial consultant with LECG, founded Zingle in 2009 with a stand-alone device for restaurants, coffee shops, and other service businesses that enabled customers to use mobile text messaging for their take-out orders. Happy #TBT from our fearless Founder & CEO @fordblakely !

Technology 40

Technology Santa Barbara Venture Capital Venice 40

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

Invoca had grown steadily and consistently since 2009 and by 2015 SaaS companies with scale had become hot – trading at a median of 7.3x forward sales with some as high as 12x sales. forward sales, we hinted at a range north of 5x but “we’d be flexible” and we meant it.

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socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2011

For this morning's interview, we spoke with Scot Richardson , CEO of Los Angeles-based LaughStub (www.laughstub.com), which develops software which helps comedy clubs and others manage ticket sales, online marketing, and customer relationship management. What is Laughstub? So, how long has the company been around? We currently reach 1.3

Ticketmaster 140

Ticketmaster CTO Hire Tech Coast Angels Social Media 140

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Come 2009 we felt really bullish about the future for startups because the froth was gone and so, too, were wantrapreneurs. The people left standing had a compelling vision to build companies and we backed many in 2009. When this period was fresh, in Sept 2009, I wrote a very detailed assessment of what I thought had just happened.

Marketing 305

Marketing Venture Capital Funding Technical Review 305

socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2010

One of the types of startups we see most of nowadays, are private sale, limited time bargain, and local group buying startups. After starting CheapCheapCheap to understand the consumer behavior and trends, I decided to get into the hyperlocal area in 2009. I actually started my web site, CheapCheapCheap, while I was in college.

Orange County 170

Orange County Startup Sites Southern California 170

Tech.Co

JANUARY 15, 2018

MVF was founded in the UK by five friends in 2009, and has driven incredibly fast growth over the past 9 years. Our model evolved over time as the landscape changed, from ticket sales and sponsorships to online advertising, content marketing, and consulting. Today, I’m excited to announce that Tech.Co Most importantly, we like them.

Media 70

Media News Organization Content 70

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

CallFire simplifies telephony, making sophisticated, expensive carrier-class telecom capabilities available through an easy-to-use GUI and API platform, which the company pioneered in 2007. In particular, CallFire has answered unusually strong demand coming from political campaigns, the insurance sector and emergency notification.

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Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89

socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2010

Lunch.com was the platform to do all of that. Johnson: We launched in April of 2009, so it's coming up on almost a year. We spent a lot of time proving out the platform, to see that it works. So, a broader platform like Lunch.com gives a better picture of yourself, and a bigger picture of everyone whose content you're reading.

Content 204

Content Startup Sites Manhattan Beach 204

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

First, I’d like to quote (paraphrase) Brad Feld speaking at Twiistup in LA in 2009, “I keep hearing people in LA talking with a chip on their shoulders about building a tech business here relative to Silicon Valley. You can hire a talented head of marketing, business development, technology and sales.

Company 290

Company Companies Technology Startup 290

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Looking at MySpace and Facebook, their own internal ad sales teams might get a lower CPM, but we find that games and applications sitting in canvas pages are actually getting slightly higher click through rates. We'll do a rev share with those platforms. How do you make money in providing these services?

Social Media 113

Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 113

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2012

Ed Park was one of the first 100k users of Instagram back in early 2009. Park’s platform allowed them to do so. We want to create a platform where we make it super easy for people to make real money.” It will not be industry standard in which your percentage goes down as your sales goes up. Now that’s awesome!

Startup 98

Startup Customer Custom Pricing 98

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Looking at MySpace and Facebook, their own internal ad sales teams might get a lower CPM, but we find that games and applications sitting in canvas pages are actually getting slightly higher click through rates. We'll do a rev share with those platforms. How do you make money in providing these services?

Social Media 100

Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 100

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 was Director of Online Marketing for Mota Motors, a BusinessWeek Top 50 Most Promising Startup of 2009 and TechCrunch50 finalist.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

It is a communication platform. If I’m not mistaken, I may have been the first person to send out an angel “personal intro&# email on AngelList through their new platform when it launched or at least I was one of the first few. Jody self-funded the company and worked from his spare bedroom in February 2009.

Startup 292

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Summary 292

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2011

In 2009, I teamed up with my partner, co-founder Eden Warner. Ultimately, we expect those to be ad-funded by different advertisers involved in our platform. You need great functionality engineres, need a great UI person, and great sales and marketing, plus you need the great investor relationships and ability to raise money.

Startup 197

Startup Ideas Southern California Social Network 197

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Moveha is a housing platform that helps students find off campus housing and make reservations online. Joel worked with Steve Jobs on special projects at Apple and invented the cheapest prosthetic knee on the market, one of the top 50 inventions of 2009 as ranked by Time magazine. Sales Huddle Group. Moveha Inc. SynapseMX.

Startup 40

Startup Training SaaS Walnut 40

Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Lisha works tirelessly to build a platform of advocacy around issues such as tech inclusion, diversity, and education. Amy was named one of the “Bay Area’s Most Influential Women” in 2008 & 2009 by the San Francisco Business Times, and inducted into the “Forever Influential” hall of fame in 2010.

Technical Review 70

Technical Review Startup Software Review Entrepreneur 70

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Bootstrapping enterprise, marketing, Sales. . In 2009 my art blog www.johntunger.com earned $188,138 in gross sales from 205,839 unique visitors. Entrepreneurism / Monetization music, Revenue, Sales. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization business, Sales. . Sales of mobi. Michael Coté, RedMonk. The constrai.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. of the product, file patents, hire a small sales team and launch a marketing program to take StrongMail to market. ► October (1) New Video!

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Email CTO Hire 40

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Will Price , October 11, 2010 Georgians Should Vote No - Force of Good: a blog by Lance Weatherby , October 28, 2010 Free Software for Managing a Lean Startup - Platforms and Networks , January 17, 2010 Purpose Driven Life - Journey of a Serial Entrepreneur , July 26, 2010 Two Decade-Defining Acquisitions?

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378