SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 -- Do or Die: How to acquire and retain customers. Acquiring customers is the biggest challenge facing startups today. SEO used to dominate online customer acquisition but now a mix of owned, earned and paid efforts are proving equally effective. Dealmaker Media.

Customer 124

Customer Custom SEO Acquisition 124

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 -- Loving Your Customer: the Art and Science of Social CRM. Social Media Club LA. See [link] (more)

Customer 100

Customer Custom Social Media Media 100

L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Honey Science, which was founded in 2012 to help customers find online shopping deals, made a huge leap from startup to established player in November 2019 when it was acquired for $4 billion in cash from PayPal.

Company 130

Company Companies Customer Custom 130

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 6, 2012

Tuesday, June 12, 2012 -- PMI-OC June 2012 Dinner Meeting. Members of the Web presentation team for Southern California Edisons SmartConnect advanced metering initiative will be recognized as winners of the Project Management Institute Orange County Chapter (PMI-OC) 2012 Project of the Year at a dinner meeting June 12.

PMI 100

PMI Orange County Southern California Web 100

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Los Angeles-based Just says it uses telematics “to reward safe drivers and reduce insurer bias” by looking at factors such as how, when and where customers drive, rather than factors such as ZIP code or marital status as most traditional insurers do. There’s Metromile, which launched its personalized pay-per-mile auto insurance in 2012.

Startup 203

Startup Customer Custom Los Angeles 203

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2012

2012 has been a remarkably interesting year in terms of developments in technology. I'd say the biggest lesson I learned is that entrepreneurs need to have more contact with their customers and consumers upfront to build a better assessment of needs and priorities. You have to listen to your consumers and customers.

Southern California 168

Southern California High Tech SaaS Social Media 168

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Up 33% this year, according to the Washington Post, online commerce is trending upwards from $175 billion in 2007 to a projection of $335 billion in 2012 (Forrester Research). As customers shift online, retailers have no choice, to not only follow suit, but to adapt to their changing demands.

Customer 74

Customer Custom Advertising Demand 74

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2013

01% conversion rate again to the people who clicked over to the website from the YouTube video, that’s 185 new customers, 185 people who would have never thought to google search for a tampon service, who will now be signing up to spend the 15 bucks a month to get tampons delivered to their door. If we apply that.01%

Dollar Shave Club 101

Dollar Shave Club Customer Custom Marketing 101

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Thuzio was founded in 2012 by former NY Giants great Tiki Barber and entrepreneurs Mark Gerson and Jared Augustine, and offers up access to figures in the sports, entertainment, culinary, and business world through interactive events and interviews to businesses.

Entertainment 113

Entertainment Acquisition Los Angeles Sales 113

socalTECH

MAY 12, 2021

The company--which was founded in Australia in 2012--says it will use the funding for US growth, plus national rollout of its platform. The company says its customers include McDonald's and 7-Eleven. The funding was led by Carthona Capital. The company's founders are Matt Elsley and Nick Larkins.

Platform 113

Platform Funding Capital Customer 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Santa Monica-based Nimble is claiming it has seen record growth this quarter, for the company''s customer relationship management tools. times, year-over-year growth in revenues between Q3 2012 and Q3 2012, a 5x increase in users, and signups from over 150 countries. growth saas tools management relationship customer nimble'

Santa Monica 164

Santa Monica SaaS Tool Customer 164

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Up 33% this year, according to the Washington Post, online commerce is trending upwards from $175 billion in 2007 to a projection of $335 billion in 2012 (Forrester Research). As customers shift online, retailers have no choice, to not only follow suit, but to adapt to their changing demands.

Customer 72

Customer Custom Demand Advertising 72

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

With Darkstore, companies like Nike, Adidas and Levis are able to offer same-day delivery to customers by storing their products inside Darkstore’s urban fulfillment centers. While all of the products available on FastAF will come from a Darkstore, not all of the retailers featured in FastAF are Darkstore customers.

Product 236

Product Commerce Los Angeles Demand 236

socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2020

The companys said it acquired the Snake River Tower, which was constructed in 2012. The company said the tower is strategically located close to the center of town and in close proximity to Eastern Oregon University, and that it currently has a "top-tier wireless carrier" as a tenant on the site, with space for additional customers.

Acquisition 113

Acquisition Sites Customer Custom 113

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2019

In an age of ever increasing marketing spend to attract customers, how do you make sure you aren't spending more acquiring a company than they are worth? Los Angeles-based Retina is using machine learning and artificial intelligence to figure out customer lifetime value (CLV) for such businesses as Dollar Shave Club. What is Retina Go?

Dollar Shave Club 113

Dollar Shave Club Artificial Inteligence Customer Custom 113

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2018

The company said that Holmes will lead operational management of the inbound customer queue, customer care, specialty services and supply. BigRentz was founded in 2012. Holmes has been Director of Strategic Partnerships at BigRentz since 2016. BigRentz is backed by Los Angeles private equity investor St. Cloud Capital.

Equity 100

Equity Los Angeles Customer Custom 100

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Fan Appz, a Santa Monica headquartered firm founded in 2010, and a Facebook Preferred Marketing Developer (PMD) today Tuesday launched its Personalized Marketing Platform, a next-generation social media marketing solution set to help firms convert fans into customers and increase repeat purchases by turning good customers into great ones.

Platform 82

Platform Help Customer Custom 82

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Under Hsieh’s leadership, Zappos revolutionized the apparel industry, and e-commerce in general, by being one of the first to prioritize customer satisfaction and service. To build trust in e-commerce with the greater public, his company came up with innovative ideas and fostered new customer behaviors.

Commerce 206

Commerce Statistics Customer Custom 206

socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2019

Vincente Capital acquired ITI in November of 2012. ITI's DMV software is used by departments of motor vehicles to track vehicle registrations, manage the production of and inventory for license plates and driver's licenses, and administer skills and knowledge tests to DMV customers. Financial terms of the sale were not announced.

Capital 133

Capital Technology Equity Los Angeles 133

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Honey was founded in 2012 by George Ruan and Ryan Hudson. PayPal said that the acquisition will "transform the shopping experience" for its consumers and also increase sales and customer engagement for its merchants. Honey now has approximately 17 million monthly active users.

Southern California 133

Southern California Commerce Acquisition .Net 133

socalTECH

MAY 5, 2017

Osurv was founded in 2012, and was led by Jad Meouchy. The company said its tools are used by such brands as Caesars Entertainment and Casio to collect and analyze data from their customers, in real time. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

Equity 124

Equity Entertainment Acquisition Mobile 124

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2013

The point of PUCCKA was to develop a common methodology to make sure our whole team approaches sales with the same mindset and to give us a language to talk with each other about our prospects, as in, “have you identified your customers pain point yet?”. The goal is to get the customer speaking about their organization.

Sales 367

Sales Slides Startup Customer 367

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

The Most Important Panel You’ll Ever Attend event will be starring an all-star panel of top entrepreneurs from all sorts of industry offering their success to bring on their first 100 paying customers and 1,000 core fans. The hardest part about being a business owner is how to attract those initial paying customers.

Mixergy 70

Mixergy Outsource Development Outsource Conference 70

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Despite the fact that JazzHR was a nascent startup in 2012, it boasted an impressive customer […]. A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. The post This Startup Should Have Fired Uber, Tinder, Pinterest, Dropbox, Evernote, Tumblr, HootSuite and Instagram appeared first on John Greathouse.

Startup 88

Startup Customer Custom 88

socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2014

Everbridge said that Vocal has over 1,000 customers over 83 countries, and provided the emergency messaigng system for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Both companies provide emergency notification and incident rsponse, including automated calls and texts, for businesses and government. READ MORE>>.

Glendale 182

Glendale Acquisition Services Customer 182

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2013

Santa Monica-based cloud telephony provider Callfire , which develops cloud-based telephony services used to automate phone calls and voice applications, reported today that it had record growth in 2012. The company said it saw revenue growth of 58 percent for the company. Actual financials were not disclosed by the company. cents per minute.

Santa Monica 173

Santa Monica Statistics Startup Report 173

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

DriveCam , the San Diego startup developing technology which analyzes and tracks the performance of commercial fleet drivers, reported this morning that it has just reached over $100M in 2012 sales. DriveCam said the revenue growth came due to global expansion, strategic partnerships, and continued growth within its customer fleets.

Tech Coast Angels 157

Tech Coast Angels Carson Technical Review San Diego 157

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2012

The competition never stands still, and new opportunities are evolving, based on culture changes in your customers, new technologies, and new problems in the world which need to be solved. Look for competitors that have the same capabilities as you in a different market area, or for different customers. Hire people smarter than you.

Startup 98

Startup Customer Custom Entrepreneur 98

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

MaintenanceNet apparently has been seeing good customer uptake of its software; the firm reported a few weeks ago it had increased its revenue by 115 percent and staffing by 60 percent in 2012. billion in service contracts for its customers last year.

Outsource Development 164

Outsource Development Software Report Sales 164

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

The race to get your SXSWi panel to as many votes as possible so that you will be selected to present at the coming 2012 SXSW. Strategy to Get Your First 100 Paying Customers (bigMETHOD, Mixergy, Appsumo, Zaarly). Its that time again! Can Newspapers Appeal to a Younger Audience. How Are Newsrooms Evolving in the Age of iPad?

Southern California 89

Southern California SoCal Guide Mixergy 89

socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2012

Santa Ana-based SRS Labs , the developer of surround sound and other audio processing technology, said today that Samsung will use its technology in its 2012 6000 series of flat-panel TVs. SRS Labs will provide its SRS TheaterSound HD technology to Samsung's flat panel TV customers. Samsung is an existing customer of SRS.

Customer 138

Customer Custom Technology Develop 138

socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2016

Gatsby said it has launched a new partnership and customer in Helix Sleep , an online personalized mattress company, to launch its product. Gatsby's CEO, Brett Bernstein, co-founded Natural Cravings Healthy Vending (acquired in 2012), and also has served at Box and Honk. READ MORE>>.

Social Media 100

Social Media Los Angeles Tool Customer 100

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

There is nothing more pure than building a product, putting it out in the world and seeing paying customers using your product and in some cases loving it. As companies get this initial customer feedback on their product they start to have to ask harder questions about unit economics: How much does it cost us to acquire a new customer?

Startup 286

Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 15, 2012

Friday, September 21, 2012 -- Lean Startup Machine. Lean Startup Machine is a three-day workshop where attendees use Customer Development and Lean Startup principles to validate an idea for a new product or service. See [link] (more)

Startup 124

Startup Custom Development Ideas Customer 124

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Santa Monica-based content delivery network (CDN) provider EdgeCast said this morning that it doubled its revenues in 2012, and now has more than 225 employees. The firm provides edge network services to help deliver content from such customers as Twitter, Pinterest, Sony, and Hulu to end users.

Steamboat Ventures 240

Steamboat Ventures Santa Monica Hulu Content 240

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Because of your support, TechZulu is able to make this all happen and bring all this amazing content to those who may not be able to make it to CES 2012 this year. They are dedicated to providing high-availability systems, beautiful user interfaces, furious developer support and unparalleled customer care.

Social Media 84

Social Media Newsletter Mobile Startup 84

socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2014

PCM said the new data center will provide Tier II space for managed hosting and cloud IT services, which it provides to its customers. acres of land it purchase back in December of 2012. El Segundo-based PCM , formerly known as PC Mall, said Thursday that it has opened up a new data center in New Albany, Ohio.

El Segundo 138

El Segundo Product Customer Custom 138