Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. So it is unsurprising that an over-funding environment and the commensurate returns hangover would have lasted until about – well – 2012.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 4, 2013

A Google survey from July 2012 calculated that more than half the small businesses in the US are still without a basic website. The pride and effort they have placed in building up their business should be reflected through their web presence. Asmita’s are challenging for a web designer; anyway you move you will be damned.

Web Design 40

Web Design Web Design Sites 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2013

Customers go there to check on the details of your offerings and verify that you are not a scam, investors look there to check out your management and sales approach, and suppliers expect to find contact information. There are many practical reasons for going to work early on your web site. The website can be a source of revenue.

Web 99

Web Startup Sites Design 99

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

While everyone developed their products throughout the day, SWLA teams briefly said hi to Marc Nager (StartupWeekend CEO) during a quick Skype call who was down in New Zealand facilitating Startup Weekend. The 1st place winner was SnazzyRoom, an online styling tool for mixing and matching items on the web ( SnazzyRoom.com ).

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Startup Mahalo Technical Review Idealab 66

socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2015

We caught up with Satish to learn more about the company and its products. We are an online ordering platform, that helps restaurants enhance their web presence and the profitability of their brand. I have been working on the business side of the product at Motorola, and worked there for over ten years. What is Clorder?

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Cornerstone OnDemand Startup Social Media Outsource Development 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2014

The companyin the spirit of Nestis hoping that consumers will help drive adoption of its product, which it expects to ship in January. We spoke with founder Manrique Brenes --a veteran of such companies as Skype and Cisco--to hear about Blossom''s products, plus its link to such companies at Vizio. What your product all about?

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Demand Startup Southern California Marketing 258

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

In a collaborative effort, Ria Consulting, LLC and Los Angeles Net Developers Group are hosting this event on November 10th, 2012 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California. Jason Beres , VP of Product Management, Community, and Developer Evangeleism art eh VP of Product Management, Community and Evangelism.

JavaScript 93

JavaScript Long Beach Java .Net 93

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

Alex is a proven web entrepreneur, having led and sold multiple successful startups. Prior to co-founding EdgeCast, he was a co-founder, chairman and CEO of KnowledgeBase, a hosted enterprise knowledge management company with many Fortune 1000 customers. Alex Kazerani. Chairman & CEO at Edgecast. Scott Kriz. CEO at Bitium.

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SaaS Cloud Computing CIO Web 92

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2017

The insurance industry today is one of the last industries to fully jump into adopting technology for offering up their products, says Wayne Slavin , CEO and founder of SURE (www.sureapp.com), and just needs some help in getting there. What kind of insurance are you offering now through those apps and the web?

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Southern California Technical Review Startup Commerce 244

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2013

According to the most recent study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, there were approximately 514,000 new businesses created per month in the US in 2012. The days when you could launch your business with a new web site, and the phone would begin to ring, are long gone. Building your home base with personal and product traction.

Platform 105

Platform Entrepreneur Startup Social Media 105

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

At Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood 2012 Kevin Winston organized a panel called “How to Find and Hire a Developer”. One method to negotiate a lower rate or no cost to have a developerwork with you > Pre sell your product. One method to negotiate a lower rate or no cost to have a developerwork with you > Pre sell your product.

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CTO Hire Outsource Development Develop Development 81

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 30, 2012

According to a January 2012 article in Forbes Magazine , nearly 16% of the 400 most affluent Americans do not have a college degree. But it's also about operations and customer relationships." Innovation is commonly associated with either the introduction of new products or new features added to existing products.

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Tips Startup Entrepreneur Santa Barbara 247

Xconomy

OCTOBER 16, 2016

After raising $30 million, San Diego-based Certona said it is moving to accelerate its product development, expand its sales and marketing team, and improve its client services as an e-commerce technology vendor. The differentiator is going to be customer experience.”.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence Commerce San Diego Web 40

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2011

It is intended for product & tech people – mostly people who want to build cool stuff on the Twitter platform and it will showcase some really cool stuff that has been built on Twitter. Who are you on the web? It’s almost like the web equivalent of Facebook Connect. Historically you are your email address.

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News Web Email Startup 324

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

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

This was the first in her string of web properties. Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. She focused on her customer. The premise is that you should blog for your customers, suppliers and ecosystem – not for your peers. She’s infectious.”

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Startup Entrepreneur SEO Venture Capital 363

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 20, 2012

The loss in productivity involved in transitioning a struggling employee out an organization, coupled with the time required to conduct a subsequent job search, can cripple a small company’s ability to achieve its strategic objectives. Job Syndication And Customized Job Boards. Social Job Sharing And Referral Begging.

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SaaS Tool Startup Screening 209

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

What if you could go to a web site and find all the recipes you could make today, with just the ingredients you already have in your kitchen? Hopefully, you will find, with your favorite search engine, something like the “ Cooking Sauces & Food Seasonings Market Report 2012.” Real customer pain and money.

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Ideas Patents Startup Google 97

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. It was perfect timing since in 2012 GRP raised its fourth fund bringing our total assets managed to nearly $1 billion. Approachable.

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Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 23, 2014

That was 2012. The network produces its own videos in-house, featuring a notable network of expert yogis, chefs, trainers and fitness instructors, and also curates a selection of the best videos from around the Web. I founded Grokker in 2012. Think of Grokker as a way to organize your personal health.

Help 87

Help Content Activity Networking 87

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Unfortunately, the proven model of Creator Driven cartoons didn’t ultimately benefit the creators and Nickelodeon soon started its own studio and took over production of Ren and Stimpy. In 2012, he discovered Kickstarter and and direct communication with the fans. Custom ad deals and partnerships.

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Startup Web Mentor Los Angeles 111

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

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. Less Neglect helps companies reduce churn, upsell users, and increase customer acquisition rates.

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GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2012

You can find a dozen more on the Conscious Capitalism web site. Recognizing the interdependent nature of life and the human foundations and business, a business needs to create value with and for its various stakeholders (customers, employees, vendors, investors, communities, etc.). Stakeholder orientation. Conscious leadership.

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Capital Entrepreneur Guide Startup 99

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Mobile Web America, Inc. Everything happens in the browser (no software to download) and the finished product looks amazing on large screens! When: Thursday, February 2, 2012 – 7:00 p.m. Directions to the Spotlight: LA Tech Winter 2012. It’s a clutter-free, haggle-free, hassle-free solution to self storage. Event Details.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 9, 2015

ZehnerGroup designs and builds custom websites that scale. Our unique entrepreneurial spirit lends itself perfectly to launching the next great web startup or is generating that fresh spark to create a competitive advantage for a large corporation. Praedicat is an independent corporation launched in March 2012. Praedicat, Inc.

Culver City 40

Culver City Media Web Design 40

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2012

Initially, my desire to go into the mobile space came from my love for design and my weariness with web or print related art. Once art had left my team, I had no control over the final product and it was creating too much tension. Lastly, I think the push on Reponsive Web Design is going to really take off this year.

Design 94

Design Mobile Web Design Outsource Development 94

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The English/International version of the platform was launched in January 2012. Right from the beginning, we also partnered with a young web development agency for development and technical consulting – they are now more than business partners, they are friends and part of the team. 2012 has been the year of internationalization.

Networking 71

Networking Help Social Media Platform 71

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

I’ve been an avid user of Plug.DJ’s music discovery site since early 2012, have discovered a ton of music there (which, by the way, I’m still listening to today) and originally covered their $1.25M in seed-round funding from Javelin Venture Partners. was founded in February 2012 by a team of passionate music fans.

Startup 107

Startup Product Sites Tool 107

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 21, 2012

The names “Embark” and “Journey” relate to how our products are used by companies who have distributed workforces that go out to all sorts of places “in the field” where they provide services. Why the name? Journey was created by our company, Embark Mobile (or “Embark” for short).

Mobile 65

Mobile Platform JavaScript Web 65

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

MuckerLab has already secured its reputation as one of the hottest startup accelerators in town with a particular emphasis on product for incubation-stage software, services and media ventures. The further along the product is the better — because it shows commitment and the skills to execute. They focus on quality and experience.

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Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

From devising a tweet length pitch to having an easy to remember name, each branding opportunity is a touch point for a new customer to be attracted to what you have to offer. In order to prepare for TechCrunch Disrupt 2012 I reviewed company bios via the official site and read taglines that said “cool” rather than what the company does.

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Press Startup Technical Review Email 97

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

“The object is to exploit the convergence of people, information, products, services and places with today’s smartphones and tablets, which drive online orders in addition to purchases from brick-and-mortar stores.”. It has been predicted that this method will continue to increase in popularity in 2012. Getting Mobile-Ready.

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

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. They are dedicated to providing high-availability systems, beautiful user interfaces, furious developer support and unparalleled customer care.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

In high school, he founded Solar Devices, a firm that sold plans and kits for solar energy products. which made a natural language product for Lotus 1-2-3 called HAL. Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of January 22, 2012. When: Thursday, February 2, 2012 – 7:00 p.m. Event Details. to 10:00 p.m.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

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. Applications are now open for the January 2012 program. is a web hosting and virtualization service provider headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Idealab 77

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

CallFire’s business model focuses on providing complete application solutions to businesses, while its open API enables applications to be customized in virtually any fashion. CallFire technology is already playing a prominent role in 2012 political races across the spectrum.

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Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Check out the inaugural Startup UCLA companies, as self-described, below: Accelsor – Accelsor simplifies custom website creation into a single step by eliminating the prototyping and coding stages. PuddleWorks – PuddleWorks is developing interactive mobile games and leveraging these products and capabilities to develop a powerful franchise.

UCLA 47

UCLA Invest Startup Class 47