SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 4, 2012

Friday, August 10, 2012 -- Harnessing the Persuasive Power of the Interactive Infographic. Designers, developers and marketers alike have taken on the task of wrangling data into consumable - and more importantly action generating - information nuggets and insights.

Guide 113

Guide Design Software Marketing 113

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Gyft has tapped into the $100 billion dollar gift card market by enabling shoppers to manage all of their gift cards from one mobile device. Lit Motors is a San Francisco, CA based company that designs and develops environmentally-conscious transportation solutions. Get your headphones ready, they launch Halloween 2012.

Press 103

Press Email Tips Conference 103

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

How do you get technology developed by researchers deep within a university, and make that visible to to the public? The day ended with live demonstrations of technologies discussed during the event, as well as additional projects under development at USC. It makes for a surprisingly immersive experience.

USC 197

USC Research Training Southern California 197

socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Manrique Brenes: What we''re developed is a smart irrigation controller. Irrigation is not generally known as a leading edge market. Manrique Brenes: We see ourselves in the home automation market, and not as an irrigation company. That''s a big market. How do you get to market? What your product all about?

Demand 258

Demand Startup Southern California Marketing 258

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

DreamHost has a successful track record of incubating technologies in-house and then releasing them to the broader market. In 2012 the company rolled out Inktank, an innovative open source storage solution based on Ceph’s distributed file system, which was subsequently sold to Red Hat for $175 million. Six Reasons Why The Time Is Now.

IBM 100

IBM IBM Networking Software 100

socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2015

For our startup interview this morning, we caught up with Satish Varma , co-founder of Torrance-based Clorder (www.clorder.com), which is developing restaurant ordering software. We were a little early in that market, doing outsourcing, offshore, and managed crowdsourcing. We started our services in August of 2012.

Cornerstone OnDemand 100

Cornerstone OnDemand Startup Social Media Outsource Development 100

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2012

With this fast pace industry the elegant design we see if websites, is sometimes lost in translation. He and his company, Rocksauce, make sure to add high quality design back into each of the apps they create. After directing a film in 2009, I wanted to get back into the design industry.

Design 94

Design Mobile Web Design Outsource Development 94

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Before iROKOtv, Nollywood was almost completely closed to the Diaspora – lovers of Nollywood were always dependent on getting their hands on DVDs from family coming back from Nigeria, or from local market stalls – DVDs which may or may not have been pirated. This is something totally new for Nollywood. How big is the London team?

Netflix 82

Netflix Marketing Technical Review Content 82

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Capitalism is fundamentally about timing, since market competition is about finding opportunities before others. Anyone who has worked in a large company further knows that timing a product launch or a new marketing strategy has more to do with internal politics than reading market forces. When should you start a company?

Venture Capital 202

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Sam also had a vision as early as 2012 about how MakeSpace would be a large employer of middle-income jobs: The company would hire employees rather than just have contractors and he would lead the effort to ensure they had opportunities for growth and benefits for their families. How profitable is my product or service?

Startup 286

Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

The final panels greenlighted will be announced October 15, 2012. The State of Social Marketing. Design and Development. Design and Development. Design and Development. Crossing Beams to Design Compelling Experiences. Design and Development. Diversity and Emerging Markets.

Entertainment 73

Entertainment Startup eBook Outsource Development 73

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

The Model S, primarily assembled at Tesla’s main plant in Fremont, California, wowed pundits and critics so much that it won 2012 Car Of The Year awards from Motor Trend, Automobile Magazine, Yahoo Motors, and more. Moto-X by Motorola: Motorola has been a mainstay in the mobile device market since the days of early flip phones.

Technology 104

Technology Google Mobile Outsource Development 104

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

If you want the full SlideShare deck with many slides not in either post it’s in this link –> The LA Tech Market. Has it begun to mature or is it just better marketed than in was say 5 years ago? Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly.

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

The company was founded in 2012, developed by an all-Trojan team and has already made a big splash with this first-of-its-kind travel website. If the online solutions that exist in the markets today were adequate, that number would be near zero.” At the end of the day, the company aims to make things simple and intuitive.

Competition 104

Competition Startup USC Southern California 104

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 6, 2012

On July 27, 2012 the AT&T Developer Program and Apigee produced the Mobile App Hackathon in Los Angeles, California. Spearheaded by Alex Donn , the event was designed for both technical and non-technical attendees to build apps over the course of a weekend at Io/La , an incubator/co-work space in the heart of Hollywood.

Hollywood 82

Hollywood Mobile HTML JavaScript 82

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

The REACH event will bring together some of gaming’s most influential thinkers, creators, and developers who will guide us through their vision of the next evolution of gaming. At G4, Scot served as VP of Program Editorial and Internet, and developed, Produced, and Hosted G4TV.COM, the network’s interactive talk show.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 76

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

It's a huge development task to develop your own mobile application, connect into Facebook, and create an online ordering system--unless you use the software from ChowNow (www.chownow.com), one of the newest startups to get funding here in Los Angeles. It's designed just for our system. How did you decide to tackle this market?

Mobile 197

Mobile Startup Platform GRP Partners 197

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

In college at the California Institute of Technology, he patented a new loudspeaker design and formed GNP Loudspeakers, Inc. After graduating from college, Bill and his brother Larry started GNP Development, Inc., In 1985, Lotus Development Corporation acquired GNP and Bill became a software entrepreneur at Lotus Development.

Idealab 84

Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 11, 2013

By partnering with Javelin Venture Partners for their $1.25M seed round, they’ll be looking to support future product developments to grow and provide support for international growth. was founded in February 2012 by a team of three passionate music fans. and their user-curated music sharing platform. About Plug.DJ.

Startup 101

Startup Platform Entertainment Sites 101

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

In Spring of 2012, a former colleague at Goldman Sachs suggested she connect with David Zhu, an entrepreneur with an eccentric but compelling background (professional poker player, dropped out of MIT). He’d just finished his third year and had built his own top-performing apps.). Like Zach, he left UCLA to jump in with both feet.

Social Media 106

Social Media Startup Screening Advertising 106

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 9, 2013

As we move forward in design thinking and innovation, the simplicity, purity and intense curiosity of the child mind may very well hold the key to some of the world’s largest problems.” Mikaila Ulmer is the 8 year old owner of BeeSweet Lemonade and 2012 Teenprenereur of the Year Award Recipient.

News 95

News Education Social Network Organization 95

socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2009

Recently, we learned about Solarmer Energy , a spinout of UCLA, which is developing flexible solar panels, and caught up with Woolas Hsieh , President and Founder of the firm and Dina Lozofsky , VP, Corporate Development at the firm to hear more about its emerging technology. Where is the technology now, and is it on the market yet?

UCLA 159

UCLA Technical Review El Monte Startup 159

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Ria Consulting is hosting its 3rd annual Dallas Day of Dot Net on February 8-9, 2013 at Sheraton Market Center in Dallas, Texas. Web API Design Best PracticesThis session will cover the basics of Web API but dig deeper and take attendees past basic CRUD operations on resources and dive into how to create a robust API using Web API.

Training 65

Training Technical Review Technology Software Review 65

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. Applications are now open for the January 2012 program. Leveraging mobile application and online platform.

UCLA 102

UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 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. Applications are now open for the January 2012 program. Gold Sponsor. . Check out Treatsa and send a.

Idealab 77

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

InfoChachkie

MARCH 24, 2016

Shortly thereafter, we began developing apps and websites out of Brent’s garage. Cardenas: As avid followers of politics, we wanted to create something that would have the predictive powers of old-time prediction markets, such as Intrade. Greathouse: You mentioned Intrade, which was shut down by the government in 2012.

Startup 100

Startup Sites Research Santa Barbara 100

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

At KnowledgeBase, he worked with EdgeCast co-founders James, Phil and Lior, and as CEO was involved in all aspects of the company and responsible for its development. Additionally, he has extensive application development, web hosting, and data center build-out and management experience.

SaaS 92

SaaS Cloud Computing CIO Web 92

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 6, 2012

You have security wherever you go because you have become big entrepreneurs and are giving talks all over to up and coming entrepreneurs and app developers. Our team was founded in May 2012 and we released our app on October 8 th , Chicago, IL. Co-founder/developer: Chris Johnson, Computer Science PhD Candidate at MIT.

Template 82

Template Social Media Media Research 82

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 9, 2013

As we move forward in design thinking and innovation, the simplicity, purity and intense curiosity of the child mind may very well hold the key to some of the world’s largest problems.” Mikaila Ulmer is the 8 year old owner of BeeSweet Lemonade and 2012 Teenprenereur of the Year Award Recipient.

News 77

News Education Social Network Organization 77

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 7, 2011

While it won’t be completely exclusive to Google+ (Facebook’s launch will be later in Q1 of 2012), the release is for Google+ gamers only. According to the brand and play style that Kabam has built, their RPG MMO game-style design seeks to engage those looking for a deeper gaming experience.

Google 64

Google Paramount Web 2.0 News 64

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2013

Hence one segment of the opportunity is the need for new database technologies, like Hadoop , a distributed file system originally designed for indexing the Web. I will summarize here some of the key business domains with large opportunities, based on a McKinsey Global Institute study and other sources : Targeted marketing.

Startup 103

Startup Social Media IBM IBM 103

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

In Spring of 2012, a former colleague at Goldman Sachs suggested she connect with David Zhu, an entrepreneur with an eccentric but compelling background (professional poker player, dropped out of MIT). He’d just finished his third year and had built his own top-performing apps.). Like Zach, he left UCLA to jump in with both feet.

Social Media 81

Social Media Startup Screening Advertising 81

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of January 22nd, 2012. CallFire provides Voice and SMS Solutions to over 40,000 customers including political groups, non-profits, insurance agents, small business owners, and marketers. join us in proving there’s more than one place in California to create great technology.

CalTech 79

CalTech Idealab Tech Coast Angels Enterprise Forum 79

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

I represent Gogobot to our devoted user base and develop relationships with hotels, restaurants, social venues, and travel-related businesses. I do this by organizing different types of events every month based on the target markets that I am trying to reach. I have been with Gogobot since March 2012. What is Gogogives?

West Los Angeles 99

West Los Angeles Organization Los Angeles UCLA 99

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 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. Applications are now open for the January 2012 program. Gold Sponsor. . Check out Treatsa and send a.

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology and of the Art Center College of Design. When: Thursday, February 2, 2012 – 7:00 p.m. Directions to the Spotlight: LA Tech Winter 2012. Demeter Interactive is a digital marketing and communications firm based in Los Angeles, California.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

While great strides have been made in the mobile economy, there are still many challenges and opportunities to consider, and much we can learn from the market frontrunners. The entire event is meticulously designed around thought leadership and fostering open discussion between the industry’s leading mobile businesses.

Mobile 71

Mobile Technical Review Platform Startup 71