Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

Other people were convinced including Kleiner Perkins who lead their $30 million fund raising in 2012 (they had previously also invested in 2011). I almost don’t want to tell you because I love the product and would love for them to stay under the radar screen from investors. So why not offer this service to startups at cost?

Cornerstone OnDemand 303

Cornerstone OnDemand Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup 303

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). ” The large social media screen is Enplug, five iterations later. Focus on Value, Not Advertising. All inclusive. Face Forward.

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Social Media Startup Screening Advertising 106

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 15, 2012

The firm this week launched a new feature for the 2012 BMW 7 Series, dubbed the Dragon Drive! The voice technology enables a driver to dictate a phone call, an email or SMS, edit it or read (listen) and respond to emails and SMS texts received without the touch of a button or touch screen. Driver’s speech into email or SMS.

Email 61

Email Technical Review Software Review Mobile 61

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

Some quick data that I pulled from EmailisNotDead.com (mid 2012). The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. People don’t want to speak to customer service reps. I don’t want to speak to customer service reps!! There are 2.9 billion email accounts. Not so fast.

Email 339

Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

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). ” The large social media screen is Enplug, five iterations later. Focus on Value, Not Advertising. All inclusive. Face Forward.

Social Media 81

Social Media Startup Screening Advertising 81

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

ZunguZ is a global social payment platform that integrates deeply into the social graph of Facebook and financial service providers. We built a Proof of Concept in 2010, went into closed beta in 2011 and opened up to the public in Dec 2012. We don’t offer banking services, but we do refer our users to banks that work with us.

Software Review 92

Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Monday, August 27th, 2012. It’s not because the statuesque pair wants to give Armie Hammer a run for his money on the silver screen. Balderdash Developers Log(n) Consultants RelayStrategy Developers Smartsourcing Global Services Epsilon Concepts - LA Web Design Company Developers. Terms Of Service. Colleen Taylor.

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SoCal Southern California Startup Tips 77

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

The last group, on the technical side, is platform data services. We had a fair amount of corporate services which had all been supplied by AT&T, so we had to create our own infrastructure team. Our ad delivery team built the Overture ad server, and they''re building that here. When did the split with AT&T happen?

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Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 223

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

The last group, on the technical side, is platform data services. We had a fair amount of corporate services which had all been supplied by At&T, so we had to create our own infrastructure team. Our ad delivery team built the Overture ad server, and they''re building that here. When did the split with AT&T happen?

Technical Review 211

Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 211

InfoChachkie

APRIL 14, 2014

We have a rigorous screening process, and we only fund the very best programs that are able to quantify their impact. We build partnerships with top-notch companies like Accenture, Bain & Company, CareerBuilder and Latham & Watkins that provide pro bono advisory services to our portfolio organizations.

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Organization Startup Technical Review Invest 199

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 11, 2012

Touch Screen. Location Services. MotoCast™, Google Mobile Services, Google Talk™. It also boast 4.3-inch inch Super AMOLED Advanced display and with Dupont KEVLAR fiber, a scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass display and a force field of water-repellent nanoparticles. A dual-core 1.2 GHz processor and 4G LTE speeds.

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Entrepreneur Google Software Review Yahoo 64

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. 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. SuperDemo: Bill Gross.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

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. You define the data structures that your app requires, and then the layout and logic of its various screens.

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Mobile Platform JavaScript Web 65

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 19, 2012

The numbers really tell the stories of the power of the television twitter combo; there were 155 million Tweets generated during the 2012 Olympics generating 11 billion impressions. His main takeaways were that there are various analytic services for social TV but there is no standardization between them.

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Conference Beverly Hills Social Media Media 78

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. With over 9 million photo questions posted since October 2012, their users spend 170 minutes a month on the service.

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Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

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.

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Startup Product Sites Tool 107

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. Mingle is a networking service that uses location to discover and create relevant connections. Applications are now open for the January 2012 program. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 13, 2011

While CES 2011 was all about the tablets, I believe 2012 will definitely be the year of mobile as Android friendly manufacturers look to continually one-up the iPhone 4S , whose debut received a slightly lackluster critic welcome. I already like the idea of having 500GB vs 5GB readily available to me a lot more).

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San Diego Mobile Startup Cloud Computing 65

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

trillion out of our homes and spent 2/3rds of it on flat screen TVs, trips to Hawaii, time shares, Apple products and everything else we couldn’t afford. This spells further unemployment, cuts in services and a further retrenchment in middle-class spending and housing prices. We took $2.3

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Entrepreneur Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 298

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Laura Brashier is the founder of 2date4love , an online dating service for singles who are unable to have sexual intercourse but still want to find love. Idea Mensch. where entrepreneurs share their stories. Subscribe to RSS. Subscribe to RSS.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78