SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. So let’s be very specific: let’s assume your dream job is product manager at Google, working on the Analytics product.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

TechEmpower

MARCH 28, 2013

About What we do Portfolio People Blog Contact. Authors Note: Were using the word "framework" loosely to refer to platforms, micro-frameworks, and full-stack frameworks. Simulating production environments. Our goal is to approximate a sensible production deployment as accurately as possible. March 28, 2013. Since Vert.x

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Framework EC2 PHP Java 560

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2011

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the proliferation of starutps in the past 2 years. The era of cheap cloud computing plus open-source software plus digital natives unleashed upon society is creating some truly amazing products that will challenge the way we do business and the way we live our lives. Then you stop.

Startup 309

Startup Cloud Computing Venture Capital Marketing 309

TechEmpower

APRIL 30, 2013

Authors'' Note: We''re using the word "framework" loosely to refer to platforms, micro-frameworks, and full-stack frameworks. Simulating production environments. For this exercise, we aimed to configure every framework according to the best practices for production deployments gleaned from documentation and popular community opinion.

Framework 544

Framework EC2 PHP Java 544

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Why all the fuss about the Twitter firehose? I started announcing my Twitter thesis back in 2011 (still serves as a useful read today). Implicit Indicator (what can you infer about me). But here’s the thing I love the most about DataSift and why we never would have considered selling for anything like $200 million.

Social Media 358

Social Media Yammer Invest Organization 358

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

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 6, 2012

Chris Anderson wrote a really influential book some years ago called “ The Long Tail ” that shaped how many people think about emerging Internet markets. It was especially influential in my mind in thinking about media. That couldn’t happen without the advent of lower cost production & distribution.

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Media Netflix Content Hulu 302

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2016

We spoke with Phil about his new company, which is backed by OMERS Ventures, Saturn Partners, Karlin Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Double M Partners and Greycroft Partners. We're trying to save companies money, and increase the productivity of employees. For Kaleo, it's all about how we're spending our cash. What is Kaleo?

El Segundo 169

El Segundo Southern California Startup CTO Hire 169

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

1% click through rate and Facebook manages to be about half as good as that. Teens fueled that growth when in 2011 12% of teens reported using Twitter. Brands need influencers working on their behalf because they provide the third-party credibility and social proof that validates their products. Banner ads routinely average a.1%

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Social Media Media Marketing Platform 100

TechEmpower

MAY 17, 2013

We have posted Round 5 of our ongoing project measuring the performance of web application frameworks and platforms. We outfitted the early-2011 vintage i7 workstation we are using as a database server in our dedicated-hardware tests with a Samsung 840 Pro solid state disk in preparation for running our new database updates test.

Framework 524

Framework EC2 Web Writing 524

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

The part of the movement that resonates the most with me (in my words) is that entrepreneurs should keep their capital expenditures really low while they’re experimenting with their product and determining whether there is a large market for what they do. Rinse & repeat. It takes options off of the table. You have a hunch.

Development Team Review 374

Development Team Review Technical Review Startup Resource 374

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

In the intro section of the show we talked a lot about why VC funds are becoming smaller again and where Greycroft fits. We also talked about the emergence of New York City as the “hot” new area of entrepreneurship, VC and innovation driven by the quantification of the online advertising industry. OTHER DEALS: 1.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

I first met Greg about 4 years ago or so. 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 began talking to him about joining the fund. So we talked about his joining.

Venture Capital 360

Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

socalTECH

JUNE 10, 2013

Pharmaceutical companies spent $20 billion a year marketing their products to medical offices. We spoke with Dan Gilman , President and co-founder of the company, to learn more about the company, it''s market, and why healthcare information technology is such an interesting area for investors. What is RxVantage?

Marketing 231

Marketing Software Education Startup 231

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2013

How do you go about trying to completely disrupt the entire telecom industry? 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.

Startup 245

Startup IP Networking Encino 245

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2015

Much has been written about the trends on the customer side, but I find less specific guidance on the changes which are impacting the way we interact with peers at work. Reward shorter hours of high productivity. Peer pressure keeps productivity standards high. Encourage people to work where and when they are most productive.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Yammer Case Study Study 102

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

VentureBeat | News About Tech, Money and Innovation. 10 New York City startups we’re crazy about. 5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California. I assumed that the people of Los Angeles were disingenuous attention whores and didn’t know anything about technology.”. Whats Hot Menu. what’s hot?

Southern California 57

Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

However, for us, it''s more about empowering the local florist. It''s all about empowering the florists, and have them show up on local results. We''ve been growing our community, and florists have been raving about it, so much that we''ve grown naturally without any outbound marketing. They have to pay for placement.

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Beverly Hills Technical Review Design Startup 157

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2011

How Ranker came about, is I love to make lists. It's a very flexible, open platform, and is pretty open ended. We're not yet marketing or selling direct to advertisers, because we're really focused on growing and honing our platform. Our growth has been steady from month-to-month, and has just started to ramp up heavily in 2011.

Startup 195

Startup Platform Sites Java 195

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Dana Settle & I are hosting a dinner tonight (10/20/10) with some of the biggest companies in entertainment to talk about the future of television, film & digital media. 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. Enter Google.

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Content Google Media Hulu 386

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

We caught up with co-founder Michael Kleist , to learn more about the startup, its roots in China and international trade, as well as learn more about the startup experience in China--and why having a presence in Southern California is important to the company. Michael Kleist: Tradesparq is a B2B trade platform.

Southern California 170

Southern California Startup SoCal CTO Hire 170

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. Talk about your other titles? William Volk: One of our other real big hits is Bocce Ball, which was our first Playscreen title in January of 2011.

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Mobile Startup Software Review Platform 216

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2014

Much has been written about the trends on the customer side, but I find less specific guidance on the changes which are impacting the way we interact with peers at work. Reward shorter hours of high productivity. Peer pressure keeps productivity standards high. Encourage people to work where and when they are most productive.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Yammer 104

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc.

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

InfoChachkie

JULY 30, 2012

I always enjoy a great guerilla marketing story, such as TestFlight’s use of T-shirts and Tacos to gain Steve Jobs’ attention at Apple’s 2011 developers’ conference. Thus, I was inspired when I heard about the impact collaboration-in-the-cloud innovator Central Desktop made at the April 2012 San Francisco ad:tech conference.

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Marketing Conference RSS Angel 209

socalTECH

OCTOBER 17, 2017

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. Tell us a bit about what you're hoping to do there? We built the first, networkable contact management product, Goldmine, to run on top of Novell.

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Startup Canoga Park Email Google 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

We have a very sophisticated, analytics and software platform that over half the Fortune 50 are now using, to help guide how they invest in marketing and sales activities and investments. Jovian's platform allows us to process and analyze campaigns in-flight, and also provide in-flight course corrections for marketers.

Social Media 235

Social Media Demand Activity Marketing 235

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

In 2011 Hello Music became the fastest growing musician-focused company in the U.S ” Hello Music has successfully created a new ecosystem and platform for musicians. About Hello Music. Hello Music is the first centralized marketplace and platform for musicians. About Elevator Labs.

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Los Angeles Platform Media Activity 64

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Thinking about applying to or ever wondered what its like taking part of an accelerator or incubation program? The panelists will share their experiences and insights about these programs and investors and offer a wide-range of information to the attendees before ending with a Q & A. When: Thursday, November 10, 2011 – 7-9pm.

Incubator 64

Incubator Santa Monica Idealab Social Media 64

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2014

Launched in 2011 by Tony Fadell and Matt Rogers, Nest is popular for its Nest Learning Thermostat , one that learns a user’s temperature preferences, which has been also been its top seller. As early as 2011, Fadell and Erik Charlton showed Sergey Brin a video of their early model of the Nest Learning Thermostat. .

Google 86

Google Acquisition Resource Social Media 86

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

is already well above the dot.com bubble of 15 years ago, although we have slipped a bit this year from the high point of 320 new entrepreneurs out of 100,000 adults in 2011. According to David Rose , CEO of Gust, venture capital investors funded about 1500 startups last year, with Angel investors backing over 50,000 more.

Startup 109

Startup Entrepreneur Social Media Satisfaction 109

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

As I sit here writing this, I can’t help but think how excited I am about our future. Launched in July of 2006, Twitter was a platform that experienced consistent and steady growth for many years. They hit the coveted one million user milestone and within two years a billion tweets had been sent on the platform.

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Platform Startup News Content 40

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

I recently wrote a post about the open nature of Twitter and why I’m long on its future. I know it’s easier to write “horse race&# stories about who’s signing up more users, raising more funding or who’s “hot&# lately. This election will be about jobs. They’re an open feed.

Social Media 274

Social Media Google Media Startup 274

socalTECH

JANUARY 13, 2012

We spoke with CEO Kian Saneii to learn more about the firm. Talk about what your products are used for? How we do that it is we've integrated a breadth of different technologies, and also designed and architected one software platform to manage all of that. Can you talk a bit about your recent funding round?

Software Review 140

Software Review Cloud Computing Startup Technical Review 140

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 15, 2011

His firm works to infuse projects with the management, social and production assistance needed to break away from the pack. Matt will speak about social media analytics and ROI, and how conversation is not enough without conversion. GroupPrice was recently named in Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top 100 Brilliant Companies for 2011.

SEO 85

SEO CTO Coach Conference Social Media 85

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2010

PAC-Man grew to become a cultural icon, a game that would change the face of gaming, spawning new versions for nearly every platform released during last 30 years. At E3 2010 , it’s all about how you move your body, or at least that’s what the big three keep telling us. You’re in for a fantastic 2010-2011 gaming year.

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Screening Platform Product Technology 58

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Thinking about applying to or ever wondered what its like taking part of an accelerator or incubation program? The panelists will share their experiences and insights about these programs and investors and offer a wide-range of information to the attendees before ending with a Q & A. When: Thursday, November 10, 2011 – 7-9pm.

Incubator 40

Incubator Santa Monica Idealab Social Media 40