SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - . - 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? First Principles.

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

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. Simon Anderson: DreamHost offers a web hosting, and now, cloud computing platform and storage. We''re also a domain registrar.

Software Review 238

Software Review Cloud Computing Technical Review Platform 238

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The TechZulu team is coming back to Pubcon this year from November 9-10 to bring you some amazing content from the masters of affiliate marketing, Search and SEO, Social Media, Link building, Advertising, Branding, PR, Analytics and tons more. Your Clients, customers, and especially your competitors will attend. Want to Sponsor?

SEO 64

SEO Advertising Conference Social Media 64

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

We've now been operating for five months, and have become the leading web service for mobile fundraising in the country. What kinds of customers are using your service? We've gotten over 80 paying customers in our five months we've been deployed. Daniel Scalisi: I've been in the mobile market for fifteen years.

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Mobile Web Startup Customer 162

socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2012

end-of-the-year coverage, we've run through our web statistics and figured out which were the. Exits Down in 2011 - One of the most popular stories to be read on the site--perhaps. 2011, showing a reduced number of exits--but more IPOs--in venture backed companies. As part of our. an article was accessed on our publication.

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Southern California Thousand Oaks Incubator SpaceX 211

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

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The TechZulu team is coming back to Pubcon this year from November 9-10 to bring you some amazing content from the masters of affiliate marketing, Search and SEO, Social Media, Link building, Advertising, Branding, PR, Analytics and tons more. Your Clients, customers, and especially your competitors will attend. Want to Sponsor?

SEO 40

SEO Advertising Conference Social Media 40

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Every time they did a distributed, web-based project, they realized they were reinventing the wheel. That system was launched as its own, separate company in late 2011. Over the last few months, we''ve been coming out to the market much more aggressively. However, it tends to work only on a single server, or a single computer.

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Startup Yahoo Software Education 198

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. The feedback was always universal, “that was the most helpful marketing meeting I’ve every had.”

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Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

socalTECH

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Jon Ferrara was co-founder of Goldmine software, a huge customer relationship management (CRM) provider which he built into a $100M business in the PC age, and is now working on doing the same thing in the age of the cloud, with another CRM startup, Nimble (www.nimble.com). That allowed us to deliver a scalable solution for our customers.

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Startup Canoga Park Email Google 113

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 26, 2013

Clicker was acquired by CBS Interactive in March 2011. Before that, Cameron was the Director of Marketing for ACS, a boutique consulting agency that specialized in web strategies. Custom ad deals and partnerships. He loves to surf, ski, ride motorcycles and most other adventurous activities.

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Startup Social Media SEO Santa Monica 105

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. The deal will see Yelp connect more restaurants and bars to customers through online bookings. Yelp will pay approximately $2.2 million by July 24th.

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Class Web Pricing Customer 81

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2013

Steven Sesar: FreedomPop is all about bringing the freemium model to the wireless Internet market, and disrupting the telephone companies. Currently, users pay up front for data packages, and there are inefficiencies in that market. First, for people who haven't yet heard about FreedomPop, talk about what the service is all about?

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Startup IP Networking Encino 245

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# You couldn’t pick up a magazine in the 96-99 timeframe without seeing AOL Keywords advertised everywhere. Social Networking in Web 1.0: The Present Era.

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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

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.

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Startup Web Content Media 97

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.

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Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

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. Paul Breummer, Search Engine Land. A study conducted by Rice University’s Jesse H.

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer 2011 Judges! Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. He sits on several boards and is involved in the virtual worlds, gaming, mobile, media, and healthcare markets.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

But with the introduction of Apple TV, Google TV, the Boxee Box & other initiatives it’s clear that this battle will heat up in 2011. So without my weighing into the pro’s / con’s of this I can say that I believe it will capture a large segment of the market but leave room for “open platforms&# to play a big role.

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Content Google Media Hulu 386

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Marketing: SteelHouse. An ad:tech Innovation Award-winning company, SteelHouse is the technology industry’s real-time marketing solution for online retailers. Their Behavioral Marketing Platform even broke new ground at ad:tech 2011 winning an innovation award. Fun Fact: Technology is in their DNA.

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

DreamHost has a successful track record of incubating technologies in-house and then releasing them to the broader market. To update Marc Andreessen’s widely publicized quote from 2011, “OpenStack Software Defined Networks (SDNs) are eating the world.” The earliest mega-scale web services (e.g., Six Reasons Why The Time Is Now.

IBM 100

IBM IBM Networking Software 100

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

NOT just because they have the best deals on web based business tools. And NOT even because they give until death refunds if a customer is ever dissatisfied with a purchase. He says he cares most about “focusing on customers for life”. Their first few weeks in business we’d have brainstorming sessions on how to market.

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Metrics Email Startup Technical Review 87

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall 2011 Judges! Mike has over 18 years of business development, marketing and management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations. When: Thursday, October 27th, 2011 – 6:00 p.m.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

28 year old Allison Carmen’s Material Mix began operations in June and she says its helping waste and recycling professionals reduce operating expenses and recover investment on inventory via a dynamic, web-based, customer regulated exchange platform with supply chain management tools. Billion Market Opportunity.

San Diego 55

San Diego Education Platform Web 55

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Build your own Startup Death Clock - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , November 1, 2010 A few months ago I created a fun device at WPEngine to focus everyone's attention the most important thing. Clearly it'd be more accurate to say "sometime in Q1 2011." If nothing changes, when will you run out of money?

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. Jim Farley is Ford Motor Company’s group vice president, global marketing, sales and service. Mitch Joel – Marketing Magazine dubbed him the “Rock Star of Digital Marketing” and called him, “one of North America’s leading digital visionaries.”

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Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 75

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 26, 2011

Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of October 16th, 2011. They are dedicated to providing high-availability systems, beautiful user interfaces, furious developer support and unparalleled customer care. As of May 2010, CallFire has over 20,000 customers! Custom ad deals and partnerships.

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Tech Coast Angels Southern California Los Angeles Santa Monica 80

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

It gives music companies a direct pipeline to market their products and services to music fans. Additionally, the site allows lawyers to market their legal services by sharing expert advice and engaging in discussion. Their all new all electric car is set to be released for sale in limited quantities at the end of 2011.

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

If you are talented, of course, you can get funded in any region with enough venture capital and obviously in markets outside of the Valley it is easier to get noticed and get access. But one common theme I’m hearing from there in 2011 is that it’s impossible to recruit. That sets us up nicely for the next phase of the web.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry. Additionally, the database includes on-street meter and sign restrictions in the top 26 US markets. When: Thursday, October 27th, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. As of May 2010, CallFire has over 20,000 customers! Event Details.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The production and marketing of the film (made from a script written by Aaron Sorkin based on the book "Accidental Billionaires" by Ben Mezrich) itself breaks new legal ground in the area of life rights, the First Amendment and Facebook's decision not to accept advertising for the film.

IP 81

IP Social Network Technical Review Networking 81

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. Jim Farley is Ford Motor Company’s group vice president, global marketing, sales and service. Mitch Joel – Marketing Magazine dubbed him the “Rock Star of Digital Marketing” and called him, “one of North America’s leading digital visionaries.”

Los Angeles 49

Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 49

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2011

As Mark states below “Forums are the original social media&# , people sharing information across the web on all sorts of different topics. We put a heavy focus on integration, allowing your community to be deeply embedded into the fabric of your website and the social web. What is the market opportunity?

Startup 58

Startup Social Media Entrepreneur Framework 58

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

For how to market your blog in order to get site visitors I suggest checking out the Marketing Show and if you can attend the next Pub Con it is one the best conferences to learn about getting web traffic. The marketer in you says sell sell sell and the passionate blogger says I just wanna create content my followers will love.

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Blogging Email Writing Sites 83

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Mike has over 18 years of business development, marketing and management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations. Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of October 16th, 2011. Custom ad deals and partnerships.

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Tsavo Idealab Tech Coast Angels Userplane 76

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

TenHands was Incorporated on January 11, 2011 and launched its first alpha service in November of 2011, private beta in April 2011 and open beta in July 2012. where he led the incubated startup to $300m in revenues as the fastest growing Service Provider for Collaboration services to include video, web, and audio.

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Cloud Computing Software Platform Startup 65