Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Coming hot off the coat tail of earlier this year’s Startup Weekend LA where Zaarly launched, this LASW was nothing less than amazing and as someone put, one of the best tech events in LA they had ever been to. With the pitching energy escalating in the room, regular pitches began short after.

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 -- Digital Lounge Mixer. Network with Startups, Digital Media, Entertainment, Music, Marketing, Advertising, Web Services and Apps, Mobile Business Owners, Professional Services, Entrepreneurs, Investors and Corporations. See [link] (more)

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Entertainment Advertising Web Mobile 100

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Smart matching offline connections startup, At The Pool , has today launched a mobile app that is set to reinvent the way people connect and interact. Founded in 2011 by twenty-five year old Alex Capecelatro , At The Pool serves over 3.5 Social networking isn’t social. million people in over 100 countries.

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Mobile Social Network Examples Organization 92

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Pablo joins TechZulu and talks about Proven, job markets, and the future of mobile. TechZulu: Let’s start off with an obvious question. Pablo Fuentes: It first started in 2009 when I was in business school originally. Then we rescued it from nothing around the end of 2011. What led you to make Proven?

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Mobile Marketing Writing Startup 86

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Daniel Scalisi is the CEO of Los Angeles-based MobileCause (www.mobilecause.com), a startup focused on the mobile, nonprofit fundraising area. What's your startup all about? We've now been operating for five months, and have become the leading web service for mobile fundraising in the country.

Mobile 162

Mobile Web Startup Customer 162

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

He had joined a young startup in LA called HauteLook and was interested in getting to know the local tech community. Greg was the first person to share with me the insights of mobile conversion and why with a simpler product selection and conversion funnel they would get higher conversion on mobile than on the web.

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Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Today’s startup innovators come from about six hours south of Silicon Valley. Fun Fact: One of the most prominent figures from their firm, Mark Suster t, runs a blog startups follow religiously. Their Behavioral Marketing Platform even broke new ground at ad:tech 2011 winning an innovation award. Silicon Valley?

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Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Over 500 startups applied last quarter to Launchpad LA’s accelerator, but only eight were chosen. Meet the Graduates: · Connectifier, which connects recruiters to potential job candidates, consists of 4 ex-Google employees and local angel investor, Terrence Yang, has dubbed Connectifier one of the best startups of 2012.

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GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2013

If you're FreedomPop , the Encino-based startup, you start by offering up free 4G wireless data access, and then expand to offer free, voice-over-IP services, along with home-based wireless Internet services. That's both voice and data, through a mobile application, and are also now looking to go into homes.

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Startup IP Networking Encino 245

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Another topic we debated early in the program was “lean startup” vs. “ fat startup ” where we both took the obvious hedge and said “it depends.” But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit. Time will tell.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

One of the startups in that area--born out of a.NET development organization here in Los Angeles--is FatCloud (www.fatcloud.com), which develops a NoSQL database which ties directly into Microsoft''s SQL Server database. Every time they did a distributed, web-based project, they realized they were reinventing the wheel.

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Startup Yahoo Software Education 198

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

popped up consistently in an informal (and highly non-scientific poll) of a number of readers, executive recruiters, and others in the Los Angeles area, who cited growth, brand, profitability, and other factors in their suggestions to us of the top companies. the "startup culture" at the company as among reasons to work for the company.

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Technical Review Company Companies Southern California 279

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Steve Jillings has a long track record of running successful startups in Southern California, ranging from such companies as FrontBridge Technologies (sold to Microsoft in 2005 for over $200M) and Vantage Media (acquired in 2007). To learn more, we caught up with Steve. Every other hand goes down, and ours stays up.

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Marina Del Rey Startup IP Examples 238

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

1) Mobile web. Mobile app downloads went from 300mm in 2009 to 5 billion in 2010, Android ad impressions up over 2,000% as two examples. The current incarnation of the mobile web changes what the Internet IS to users, and the manner in which it is incorporated into their lives. (2)

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Technical Review Southern California Cloud Computing Venture Capital 160

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 13, 2011

In this installment of TZ Startup Hot Seat we chat with Vincent Borel Co-Founder of Webdoc. 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 Minority Report meets the web. What is coming up next?

Startup 97

Startup Web Content Media 97

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

The idea was to feature early stage companies in the region that have not attracted much attention or raised a substantial amount of startup capital. I started with a list of companies already screened by the San Diego Venture Group’s annual venture summit, and consulted with investors and startup mentors to refine the list.

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San Diego Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Startup 40

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. My partner, who led to this, is Sherri Cuono, started working on real, online casinos, and is in Oregon. Talk about your other titles?

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Mobile Startup Software Review Platform 216

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2012

It started as basic as signing up for a newsletter from your favorite site to customizing a profile to display particular topics. With other mobile apps your usually at the grace of what’s in your feed and only that. Then we took a giant leap with social media integration. In stepped Zite.

Newsletter 79

Newsletter Content Social Media Startup 79

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. He is a recognized leader in the Voice 2.0

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

A number of web services has popped up in recent years that has helped cater to people with busy lives. Zipments is a web service that connects your delivery needs with couriers in your area. What was the motivation to start Zipments and when did you open for business? May 4, 2011 was the official launch date).

Los Angeles 79

Los Angeles Angel Examples Mobile 79

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. Mobile accounts for 25% of their traffic.

Advertising 98

Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2012

It started as basic as signing up for a newsletter from your favorite site to customizing a profile to display particular topics. With other mobile apps your usually at the grace of what’s in your feed and only that. Then we took a giant leap with social media integration. In stepped Zite.

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Newsletter Content Social Media Startup 56

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. Dinesh’s passion is developing VoIP-driven startups and creating unique online growth strategies.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Previously she worked for GigaOM, where she reported on startups and Silicon Valley. The San Francisco Bay Area is still the epicenter when it comes to tech, and Los Angeles has indeed been heating up as a startup hub in recent years. Hyperlinks and images must be manually coded using html mark-up. 2011 Holiday.

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SoCal Southern California Startup Tips 77

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2014

Google’s acquisition of Nest gives the the co-founders an early exit and resources to up their hardware game. Two years ago Google bought Motorola Mobility to make its leap into the smartphone space, and just recently bought robot maker Boston Dynamics. Google EnergySense. Nest is not Google’s first hardware acquisition.

Google 86

Google Acquisition Resource Social Media 86

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

We want to provide our audience with not only amazing presenting startups/newly released products (submissions still open Apply Here ) but also outstanding people that can help you grow as an entrepreneur and lead a successful business. Mike continues to be actively involved with early-stage start-ups as an investor, advisor and board member.

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Tsavo Idealab Tech Coast Angels Userplane 76

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Huge news: Millions of PHP developers can now build mobile apps for iOS and Android — in PHP. 10 New York City startups we’re crazy about. Aiming to head off Apple, Microsoft shows off Xbox SmartGlass mobile app and Xbox dashboard update. Apple event rumor round-up: iPad Mini, iPad 3.5, 11 hrs ago. 20 hrs ago.

Southern California 57

Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

Xconomy

MAY 14, 2019

Founded in 2011, the company adapted traditional data security safeguards by monitoring not only computers in customer data centers but also the laptops, smartphones and other devices that employees increasingly use outside the workplace.

Company 46

Company Companies Networking Software 46

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.

Cloud Computing 65

Cloud Computing Software Platform Startup 65

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The show focuses on legal issues surrounding startups, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and emerging technology. About The Show: TZLaw Segments are: News You Can Use: a weekly roundup of top tech law headlines and analysis geared towards lean startups. reputation rating websites and advising technology startups.

IP 81

IP Social Network Technical Review Networking 81

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Leveraging mobile application and online platform. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. When: Thursday, October 27th, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. Event Details. to 10:30 p.m.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

LawPivot is a legal Q&A website enabling companies, especially startups, to confidentially receive crowdsourced legal answers from highly qualified lawyers for a fraction of the cost. Their all new all electric car is set to be released for sale in limited quantities at the end of 2011. When: Thursday, July 14th, 2011 – 6:00 p.m.

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CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

By far the most popular post on this blog is 32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder. It was originally written in 2011 and has had amazing staying power. While I’ve updated it a few times, it continues to get at important questions that startup founders need to be asking. What do they do?

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Startup SEO CTO Coach Web 150

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Right now they’re setting up 500 free corporations for first time entrepreneurs. He was Director of Online Marketing for Mota Motors, a BusinessWeek Top 50 Most Promising Startup of 2009 and TechCrunch50 finalist. Cyrus Farudi is an American entrepreneur who co-founded Flipswap, Inc in 2004 and Capsule in 2011.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. The number of startups being created has increased by an order of magnitude. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin! Today’s Normalization.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

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. TechZulu caught up with Mr. Jason Njoku and he had this to say; When was Iroko partners launched?

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Netflix Marketing Technical Review Content 82

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. 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. Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ?

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175