socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

LaunchpadLA, which is among a number of startup accelerators which have emerged over the past few years and turned Los Angeles into one of the hottest startup markets in the nation, offers up $100,000 in an investment, free office space for four months, and access to mentors.

Class 168

Class Startup Web Design Mentor 168

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud computing provider DreamHost (www.dreamhost.com) raised a big, $30M funding round for the company--the first in the company''s long history. The company- now has around $50M in recurring annual revenues. Simon Anderson: DreamHost was founded 16 years ago.

Software Review 238

Software Review Cloud Computing Technical Review Platform 238

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Tuesday, September 13, 2011 -- PR for Startups. LAVA.Successfully marketing your startup to customers and investors can be challenging. Get tips on mastering social media and earning coverage for your company in the press and on the web. What do you do if you build a website and all you hear are crickets?

Startup 124

Startup LAVA Social Media Tips 124

socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2012

end-of-the-year coverage, we've run through our web statistics and figured out which were the. in the company's efforts to start a commercial space tourism industry. in the company's efforts to start a commercial space tourism industry. Exits Down in 2011 - One of the most popular stories to be read on the site--perhaps.

Southern California 211

Southern California Thousand Oaks Incubator SpaceX 211

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2013

We caught up with founder Evan Britton about how his company has created the top site in the Internet niche of celebrity birthdays, and how that intense focus on a single niche--and user experience- has paid off for the company in terms of user engagement and growth. Evan Britton: I''m an Internet market guru.

Google 236

Google Sites Startup Web 236

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

He shared tons of information about how how they were using marketing to quantitatively make marketing decisions at HauteLook and acquire customers for prices that were far cheaper than similar companies. So I started introducing him to portfolio companies. On each subsequent meeting I’d learn a little bit more.

Venture Capital 360

Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2013

Providers make their pricing model transparent and easily available on the web, so it’s simple to calculate the cost savings of the cloud. The job market, too, will feel a significant impact from cloud computing technology. The post Future of The Cloud is Bright | Just Ask the Market appeared first on TechZulu.

Cloud Computing 85

Cloud Computing Marketing CIO Organization 85

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

The Spotlight is shining down these amazing LA companies! And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Winners: Spotlight Companies. It gives music companies a direct pipeline to market their products and services to music fans. Spotlight: LA Tech Summer SuperDemo is all electric car company CODA.

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

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. And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Companies: Spotlight Companies. When: Thursday, October 27th, 2011 – 7:00 p.m.

UCLA 102

UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Those who didn’t get a ticket in time, turned to Zaarly where tickets sold on the SUW “grey-market” for up to $450 per ticket (this being up for discussion with potential upcoming policy changes). Everyone joined back at Coloft at 9:00 AM the following morning and worked hard throughout the day.

Los Angeles 73

Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

A number of companies in the portfolio delivered very strong operating results in 2010, which is exciting. Also, we had an investment in a company that went public this year, BroadSoft, which is one of 2010's best-performing IPOs. 1) Mobile web. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year? 2010 was very good to us.

Technical Review 160

Technical Review Southern California Cloud Computing Venture Capital 160

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Daniel Scalisi: MobileCause is actually a company we acquired, and reorganized in January. We've now been operating for five months, and have become the leading web service for mobile fundraising in the country. Daniel Scalisi: I've been in the mobile market for fifteen years. What attracted you to this particular business?

Mobile 162

Mobile Web Startup Customer 162

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Employers also have a hard time looking for viable candidates for their company. Pablo joins TechZulu and talks about Proven, job markets, and the future of mobile. We clearly went through some difficult transitions in the company. The company almost died. Then we rescued it from nothing around the end of 2011.

Mobile 86

Mobile Marketing Writing Startup 86

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

We caught up with CEO Ian Miller to learn about the company and its NoSQL database, and its roots here in applications built for companies like Yahoo and CBS. Ian Miller: FatCloud is a data management and software platform company with a NoSQL database. That system was launched as its own, separate company in late 2011.

Startup 198

Startup Yahoo Software Education 198

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 26, 2013

Cameron has consulted to clients such as MTV, Del Taco, Samsung, HP, and many other companies large and small. Clicker was acquired by CBS Interactive in March 2011. He is also a former Founding Partner of Performa Media, a performance-based lead generation company with a successful exit in 2010.

Startup 105

Startup Social Media SEO Santa Monica 105

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

TechZulu gets some questions answered for all you marketing folks out there. Patrick Starzan is the Vice President of Marketing and Business development at Funny or Die. He is a marketing professional with over 8 years of extensive online and social media marketing experience. What’s been your biggest success?

Sites 61

Sites Marketing Social Media Tips 61

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Iroko Patners had , a souring relationship with YouTube, Google Ads Words, Amazon Web Services even though the movie streaming firm had about eight million YouTube streams a month, with a $1 million revenue run-rate in 2011. Why Africa in terms of why did we set the company up there? What’s the business model? Profitable?

Netflix 82

Netflix Marketing Technical Review Content 82

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

They have seen one side of a market where many of us have seen the ebb and flow multiple times. Still, market amnesia by ordinarily rational actors always surprises me. I believe a bubble occurs when a market is willing to pay greater than intrinsic value for an asset class. I spoke about a lot of things during the keynote.

Pricing 309

Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 18, 2013

Yelp, the company that connects consumers with great local businesses, has acquired SeatMe, a web and iPad-app based restaurant and nightlife reservation service. Yelp will pay approximately $2.2 million by July 24th. Yelp will pay approximately $2.2 million by July 24th.

Class 81

Class Web Pricing Customer 81

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2013

No fly by night startup -- the company is backed by the founders of Skype -- we talked with COO Stephen Sesar about how FreedomPop can provide free wireless Internet, the firm's expansion plans, and how the company hopes to turn the telecom industry on its head. We're able to create some margin off pay-as-you-go.

Startup 245

Startup IP Networking Encino 245

socalTECH

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Most recently, Nimble was accepted into Microsoft's Accelerator, aimed at taking companies and scaling them through Microsoft relationships. We caught up with Jon about the company's entry into Microsoft's Accelerator, and also got his thoughts on how the world is different this time around for his latest CRM startup.

Startup 113

Startup Canoga Park Email Google 113

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2011

One of the biggest forces that has emerged in the Internet in recent years has been crowdsourcing, the way the web has empowered users to drive the creation of content and information online. I sold that company, eCRUSH, which operated espin.com, to Hearst at the end of 2006. What's the story behind Ranker?

Startup 195

Startup Platform Sites Java 195

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Amplify’s portfolio companies are schooled on every challenge they need to master in order to achieve success. All the companies that graduate from the accelerator’s program work from the same office and can literally reach out and touch their investors at any time. Jeff looks for these same qualities in the companies he backs.

Web Design 103

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2012

It's an intensely competitive market in developing games for the iPhone and other mobile platforms, with thousands and thousands of titles competing for attention from users. In 2010, we sold the game assets and name PlayScreen, which we had acquired, and formed a new company with some solid financial and technology guys.

Mobile 216

Mobile Startup Software Review Platform 216

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 13, 2011

Webdoc is a web platform that allows you to easily create interactive posts mixing different web contents through a simple and intuitive drag & drop interface. Think YouTube but for creating and virally sharing rich web creations and going beyond broadcast. Think Minority Report meets the web. Give Us the Fast Pitch.

Startup 97

Startup Web Content Media 97

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Will Zell (CEO) is based in Columbus, OH, and is an Empact100 entrepreneur who was honored at The White House in 2011. His main company Providence Holdings has invested in real estate and several small businesses. Two great companies! Who are the founders/ background? He also attended The Ohio State University.

Mentor 94

Mentor Platform Social Network Chief Technology Officer 94

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Maneesh works with Miramar portfolio companies to identify growth drivers, potential business partners and evaluate prospective investment opportunities. Maneesh focuses on the medical information technology markets. in venture capital and publicly launched in May 2011. He joined Miramar in 2006. Sean Ellis.

Orange County 106

Orange County Miramar Startup Tech Coast Angels 106

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

Excellent companies being submitted and most of which I wish could all be part of this amazing night. So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer 2011 Judges! He is also an active investor with stakes in companies like Hipmunk, GroupMe, Facebook, Zynga (acquisition stock), and SV Angels. He received a B.S.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

In April 2011, the Association of Coupon Professionals held an Industry Conference in Atlanta to address the present and future state of couponing. Due to the combination of these factors, marketers began to more heavily fund digital platforms. The benefits “digital interactions” have and continue to offer coupon companies are vast.

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

DreamHost has a successful track record of incubating technologies in-house and then releasing them to the broader market. In 2012 the company rolled out Inktank, an innovative open source storage solution based on Ceph’s distributed file system, which was subsequently sold to Red Hat for $175 million. Six Reasons Why The Time Is Now.

IBM 100

IBM IBM Networking Software 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. But having different funds available for different stages of one’s company is actually a really good thing. DEAL OF THE WEEK: Gilt Groupe – We both admired this company.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Their roster of success includes numerous pioneering tech companies, many of which continue to be industry leaders today — Overture, BillMeLater, CitySearch, and more. Fun Fact: A team from OKCupid works out of the space, as well as a few of the best civic-focused tech companies in LA. Marketing: SteelHouse.

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

The Spotlight: LA Tech Fall is garnering some excellent companies being submitted and most of which I wish could all be part of this amazing night. So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall 2011 Judges! OrangicStartup’s is a company that helps Internet startups start. He is a recognized leader in the Voice 2.0

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. Shani Higgins joined Technorati in 2007 to lead strategy and day to day operations for the company¹s advertising sales, business development and the Technorati Media advertising network. Jace Hall is the President and founder of HDFILMS INC.

Los Angeles 75

Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 75

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Think about how many images are on the web. Photos that are prime real estate and have never been monetized before, until one very ambitious Silicon Beach startup, GumGum , recognized the opportunity and created the first and largest in-image advertising platform, and an entirely new market. Millions, billions, trillions?

Advertising 98

Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98

socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2009

Where is the technology now, and is it on the market yet? We're doing our development in El Monte, and we think we'll be operational by the beginning of next year, and full scale by the end of 2010, with product launch in 2011. How did this go from technology in a lab at UCLA, to a company?

UCLA 159

UCLA Technical Review El Monte Startup 159

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

NOT just because they have the best deals on web based business tools. NOT because the founder of the company has an established credibility working for both Facebook and MINT when those companies were in infancy. He told us how important it is to empower our team to make decisions that will help achieve company goals.

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Metrics Email Startup Technical Review 87