SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 6, 2010

Saturday, June 12, 2010 -- Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Software: Start-ups in the Cloud  Challenges and Opportunities. The global cloud computing market is expected to grow at a compounded annual rate of 28 percent from $47 billion in 2008 to $126 billion by 2012, according to IBM based on various market estimates.

Startup 100

Startup Enterprise Forum Cloud Computing CalTech 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

In what is a fairly unusual move, last week, Tradesparq (www.tradesparq.com), a Chinese startup in the area of B2B trade information, said it was planning on setting up its operations here in Southern California, as part of an expansion and scaling of the company. Michael Kleist: Tradesparq is a B2B trade platform.

Southern California 170

Southern California Startup SoCal CTO Hire 170

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 28, 2018

This week, both Microsoft and Google made moves to woo Hollywood to their cloud computing platforms in the latest act of the unfolding drama over who will win the multi-billion dollar business of the entertainment industry as it moves to the cloud. in Los Angeles. “That worldwide reach is very important,” Grignon said.

Hollywood 254

Hollywood Cloud Computing Netflix Google 254

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JANUARY 2, 2014

But, how do you start? The old way was difficult, time consuming, and often expensive; referrals, calling up lawyers, going through initial consultations. We spoke with Michael Chasin, the company''s co-founder, about the startup. You put your project up, and shortly thereafter, you get price quotes from lawyers.

Help 240

Help Startup CTO Hire Pricing 240

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2013

The space for startups is more crowded than ever. First of all, it’s now international, so you have startups from every country in the world competing for your customer’s attention and their business. Even the Google search engine crawlers may take up to two weeks to find you. Using the platform to expand your reach.

Platform 105

Platform Entrepreneur Startup Social Media 105

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. So I started introducing him to portfolio companies. When I think about what defines us as a VC I think: Operationally knowledgeable / strong startup competence. The guy has knowledge. So why Greg and why now?

Venture Capital 360

Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

Creating awareness for your brand and products is one of the lifebloods of technology startups yet in a world where so many companies are being created it becomes difficult to rise above the noise. ” Here’s what I mean … Let’s start with what it takes for a journalist to want to write a story.

Marketing 389

Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

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. Christopher Webb: ChowNow is a startup here in LA, and it's a few years old.

Mobile 197

Mobile Startup Platform GRP Partners 197

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. LA By The Numbers. But even this is changing.

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The sign up page for the event is here & there is limited availability. 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. you’re not following him? ” Sure.

News 324

News Web Email Startup 324

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2012

For those companies looking to venture into the mobile space, there are multiple platforms in market to help accomplish the move. However not all those platforms can provide companies with all tools needed. These awards have added to a succession of accolades Appcelerator has earned in 2012.

Platform 78

Platform Mobile Develop Development 78

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

encouraging an open platform where 3rd parties can make lots of money]. It was an online community like CompuServe and eventually started offering people dial-up access to the Internet for a monthly fee. We started uploading images of ourselves to our blogs. Why did Twitter emerge despite Facebook’s dominance?

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2013

Just before the holidays, we caught up with Blair Harrison , founder of Frequency (www.frequency.com), a personal video service which lets consumers watch video from the Internet on any of their devices. We caught up with Blair to learn more about his new startup, and why he thinks we need Frequency. What is Frequency?

Social Network 232

Social Network Startup Services Organization 232

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 16, 2014

We recently sat down with Luc Berlin, co-founder of Miigle, a SoCal startup that has an aggressive global mission to bring entrepreneurs together from around the world. We first interviewed Luc in 2012, just as he was launching the prototype for Miigle. The quintessential problem that every startup has is one of visibility.

SoCal 104

SoCal Southern California Startup Platform 104

TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

A layperson would be excused to think that in 2012, questions about how to store data on computers have been worked out. So long, in fact, that layers of conventional thinking have been built up. Data is automatically duplicated according to tunable rules so that we don't panic (severely) when a server blows up.

Platform 228

Platform Startup High Tech Develop 228

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Since the recent recession, and at least partially sparked by it, I’m seeing a real resurgence of entrepreneurial spirit, and more startup activity than ever before. It still adds up to over 20 million non-employer businesses out there today, with more starting every day. No wonder 90% of the successful startups still bootstrap.

Startup 109

Startup Entrepreneur Social Media Satisfaction 109

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Monday, February 20, 2012 -- SCV Startup #4: How I Built a Wildly Successful Gaming Companyby Wingin' It. Way Forward has created games for all gaming platforms (iOS, Playstation, Wii, XBox, and more) and includes titles such as Centipede, Aliens, and Blood Rayne. Guest Speaker: Voldi Way. Last month we heard from the VC side.

Company 113

Company Companies Startup Venture Capital 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Nanxi Liu: We started the company in the summer of 2012, with five totally random people. Explain how five strangers all ended up starting a company together, exactly? I met with david after he flew up to meet me from Los Angeles. However, it costs anywhere from $7,000 to $20,000 to start using those products.

Social Media 178

Social Media Media Startup Culver City 178

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. We started in travel insurance, which was our first entry into the market, and have expanded from there.

Southern California 244

Southern California Technical Review Startup Commerce 244

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2015

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). Thus investing in startups should always be approached as a low odds game. Neither does David S.

Startup 106

Startup Angel .Net Entrepreneur 106

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2014

Our first post over the holidays is from Howard Marks --who co-founded Activision--and recently founded startup accelerator StartEngine, and who has been very active in encouraging the technology industry in Los Angeles. After investing in 60 startups, we realized that the biggest pain point was to help them raise the first $1M in financing.

Activision 191

Activision Southern California Los Angeles Capital 191

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Wednesday, February 8, 2012 -- LA Billions - Data Warehousing for Ambitious Young Startups. We are extremely lucky to have a handful of thought leaders in the data warehousing space present about their platforms and also talk about the dramatic growth in the data storage space.

Startup 100

Startup Platform Product 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Supperking ([link] a newly launched startup, is hoping that one of those ways will be over a home cooked meal you discover over the phone's iPhone application. Kai Stubble: SupperKing is basically the first platform that enables a peer-to-peer, in-home dining experience. How'd you come up with the idea for SupperKing?

Platform 250

Platform Mobile UCLA Sites 250

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

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. Google started as a place where you came to be taken via links to other people’s websites. They’re an open feed. Google was duuumb. That’s the Google lesson.

Social Media 274

Social Media Google Media Startup 274

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 4, 2012

Tuesday, July 10, 2012 -- LAVA Annual Meeting. This 27th Annual Meeting of the Los Angeles Venture Association will be hosted by the LAVA Mobile SIG. See [link] (more)

LAVA 113

LAVA Startup Mobile Report 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Supperking ([link] a newly launched startup, is hoping that one of those ways will be over a home cooked meal you discover over the phone's iPhone application. Kai Stubbe: SupperKing is basically the first platform that enables a peer-to-peer, in-home dining experience. How'd you come up with the idea for SupperKing?

Platform 247

Platform Mobile UCLA Sites 247

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. Ynon & I first discussed Maker in early 2012. Ynon started as shareholder, board member & advisor and switches to full-time executive.

Media 320

Media CTO Coach CTO Hire Los Angeles 320

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2014 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Tuesday Jan. We will have a line up of amazing panelist who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2014. The panel is comprised of Southern California’s Top VC’s, Angels, and Startup Accelerator founders.

Startup 111

Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

I started showing my partners more deals that I found interesting and doing loads of analysis on the future of markets I thought were ripe for disruption. Come 2009 we felt really bullish about the future for startups because the froth was gone and so, too, were wantrapreneurs. I have always believed that TV was ripe for disruption.

Marketing 305

Marketing Venture Capital Funding Technical Review 305

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2014

Today, with the help of the aptly named JOBS act (Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act) and companies like SeedInvest , it has never been easier for companies to gain exposure and enter the investment solicitation process. What companies like SeedInvest and its peers are doing to help connect investors to startups. 116,105,000.

Invest 100

Invest Startup Technical Review Software Review 100

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Analytics and optimization startup, FlxOne , aims to deliver insights and actions for real-time advertising by use of cloud-based infrastructure and data crunching to deliver insights and actions, making it the first platform to optimize performance automatically. billion, up from $8.7 billion in Q2 2012.

Advertising 86

Advertising Platform Report Technology 86

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2017

Mayor Eric Garcetti at Upfront Summit, February 2017 I first sat down with then councilman Eric Garcetti on the Ides of March 2012 — almost 5 years ago exactly. He was running to be the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles and he outlined his vision to “open up the city government to technology and innovation” if he were elected.

Riot Games 191

Riot Games Los Angeles Technical Review Venture Capital 191

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? We caught up with James Segil , the firm's President, to hear the story behind that big growth at the company. We've grown really fast.

CTO Hire 248

CTO Hire Content Networking Web 248

SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 15, 2012

Friday, December 21, 2012 -- AngelLaunch Holiday Party. Angel Launch produces events connecting entrepeneurs and investors in Los Angeles and San Francisco area.

Entertainment 113

Entertainment Web Los Angeles Media 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 6, 2012

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 -- Startup UCLA Presents: Julia Lam, early Facebook employee: "Focus On What Matters: Skills to Make You Successful in Startupland" We're raised to think the working world revolves around high GPAs and climbing the career ladder, but not in the startup world. See [link].

UCLA 113

UCLA Tips Platform Startup 113

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

In order to support all of these teams, there are several on-campus startup competitions every year, from the Silicon Beach USC competition to the New Venture Seed Competition, with prize funds to help build the companies. The post HipTraveler | Taking Startup Competitions by Storm appeared first on TechZulu.

Competition 104

Competition Startup USC Southern California 104

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2014

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). billion collected in 2012. No one know which startups are not going to fail.

Invest 111

Invest Angel Funding Startup 111