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For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week.
For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week.
One of the largest concentrations of technical talent in Los Angeles is in Glendale, at YP -- staffed with a surprising number of Los Angeles startup vets. Our whole product and technology team is about 500 people. Talk about the technology behind your operations here? What''s your background and how did you end up at YP?
Southern California's Most Popular Tech Stories. LaunchpadLA Opens Up Spring Applications. In our features section: Interview with Blair Harrison of Frequency. 9 Ways socalTECH Can Help You With Your New Year's Resolutions. How to find a startup mentor.
One of the largest concentrations of technical talent in Los Angeles is in Glendale, at YP (www.yp.com) -- staffed with a surprising number of Los Angeles startup vets. Our whole product and technology team is about 500 people. Talk about the technology behind your operations here? Louis and Atlanta.
For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week.
On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). We feature a prominent speaker at every event.
Peter Pham, of Los Angeles technology studio/incubator Science Inc., Los Angeles MiniTime debuted its service this week to help families find reviews and information for their family vacation. SpaceX tests its Grasshoppper, vertical takeoff and landing technology earlier this month. with Mario Andretti. SpaceX Grasshopper.
You may not see it here in Southern California's high tech sector--which has been booming, due to a surge of startup and accelerator activity--but apparently, the technology sector has seen its highest level of layoffs in three years, according to a report today. Image courtesy Bigstock.com READ MORE>>.
For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week.
The MoneyTree report--which is compiled with data from Thomson Reuters--found that so far in 2012, $2.5 invested in that sector; Industrial/Energy firms, which includes a significant number of clean technology companies, had a total of $137.4M billion has been invested in the region via venture capital. In Los Angeles, near $324.2M
Tuesday, October 2, 2012 -- Clean Technology Council Workshop. Can new water recycling technology prevent a water crisis?Carlos Reyes, PE, Director of Resource Conservation, Las Virgenes Municipal Water District reviews new technology that can create a reliable water supply to arid regions. See [link] (more)
The MoneyTree report--which is compiled with data from Thomson Reuters--found that so far in 2012, $2.5 invested in that sector; Industrial/Energy firms, which includes a significant number of clean technology companies, had a total of $137.4M billion has been invested in the region via venture capital. In Los Angeles, near $324.2M
According to a recent Forbes article , UC Santa Barbara''s Technology Management Program offers students a superior startup education over the University of Pennsylvania (home of Wharton), as well Harvard, Northwestern and even its acclaimed southern neighbor, the University of Southern California. Want to be an entrepreneur? Techpreneurs.
I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. So it is unsurprising that an over-funding environment and the commensurate returns hangover would have lasted until about – well – 2012.
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.
seems like an unlikely place to grow one of the next billion-dollar startups in the booming Los Angeles tech ecosystem. Founded by Ara Mahdessian and Vahe Kuzoyan in 2012, ServiceTitan is very much an up-and-coming billion-dollar business that’s a family (minded) affair. The city of Glendale, Calif.
Let’s review all of our existing investments. Not just tech companies but industrials, too. I’ll bet many of them did a review of their “investment pace&# as in – how quickly should we be investing. And don’t think tech will remain immune. On your tech platforms. Cut where needed.
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're here to serve, as a technology distribution platform, to help those insurance carriers become digital.
As more and more tech startups launch vying for the attention of both consumers and investors, founders are figuring out which niche to serve and which industry to disrupt. Launching in 2012, Moreboats.com has been successful in reinventing the market of a mature boating industry.
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.
Thursday, July 19, 2012 -- The Emerging Wireless and Mobile Software Development SIG: Near Field Communications. Near Field Communications is a short range (less than 4cm) technology that enables secure, simple, low bit rate connectivity. It has been in development and slow deployment for a decade. See [link] (more)
Full-service Pinterest marketing and technology startup – HelloSociety recently announced it had driven $30 million in additional sales revenue for its over 350 brand clientele through Pinterest. With 28 Million Users by December 2012 Pinterest commands a huge social network that’s the population of New York City, three and a half times over.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 -- The Emerging Wireless SIG Presents. The Road to Smart Vehicles: An Industry Review of Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications. In an effort to make our roads and vehicles smarter and safer, the FCC allocated an allotment of 75 MHz of spectrum in 5.9
We as a country are suffering from what is known as “ structural unemployment &# where jobs have disappeared from certain segments forever due to technological or structural obsolescence. Either won’t bode well for angels if they’re also hurting on non tech investments. Tags: Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis.
TechZulu & Gadget Review present REACH. A quarterly event series seeking to dive deep into what comes next in technology, and giving you the opportunity to experience it first hand with the gadgets on site. 1 st Street Partners provides strategic management services to technology, entertainment and consumer goods companies.
In the recent surge in interest in the clean technology and energy investment area, we're constantly surprised by the number of startups in the area focused on some aspect of the industry. Let's start on the technology side--can you tell us about the technology, and its origins? It's very simple, from the technical perspective.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 -- The Next Big Thing in Computing and Energy. Moderator: Tom Simonite - Computing Editor, MIT TechnologyReview; Panelists: Lee Krevat - Director, Smart Grid, San Diego Gas and Electric ; Ron Pitt - CEO, EcoDog, Inc.; San Diego MIT Enterprise Forum. Special presentation with guest Tom Simonite.
The event is a 2-day training in.Net, HTML5, Windows 8, Asp.NET MVC and other Microsoft technologies. In addition, world renowned speakers are invited to discuss the latest trends in technology. Ria Consulting is hosting its 3rd annual Dallas Day of Dot Net on February 8-9, 2013 at Sheraton Market Center in Dallas, Texas.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 -- Should you sell or is that a Sell Out? Last year companies like Google, Twitter, Facebook and Salesforce gobbled up a multitude of startups to strengthen their talent and technology strategies. 75% of acquisitions fail due to timing, out clauses, and cultural fit. Dealmaker LA.
HIGHEST DEGREE OBTAINED BY AMERICA'S 400 RICHEST PEOPLE Source: Forbes Magazine, Jan 2012. According to a January 2012 Forbes article, nearly 16% of the 400 most affluent Americans do not have a college degree. When one considers the 400 richest people on the entire planet, the percentage of non-college graduates doubles.
Thursday, April 19, 2012 -- The Emerging Wireless SIG Presents. GHz frequency area while using a wide bandwidth (up to 160 MHz) and advanced MIMO technologies. 5G Is Here - How Will We Test It? The recent introduction of IEEE802.11ac standard poses a new testing challenge. The IEEE802.11ac will consume very high data rates in a 5.2
Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. So it makes me laugh to this day when I talk with a journalist or potential investor in the company and they ask flippantly, “How is MakeSpace a technology company?”
As a CG Supervisor at Hydraulx , Morris led CG on blockbuster hits, 2012, X-Men Wolverine, Fast & the Furious, Bedtime Stories, and Australia. This is a technological innovation of the past decade and perhaps the most extreme case of using the actors ‘nuances.’. Due to the nature of the process, this allows for on-going change.
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Just like the sky scraping investment banks of Wall Street, the technology industry tends to be a sausage party. pitch and technology competition at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, I couldn’t help but feel like it might be a hall of crickets with a few passionate women warming the front row. likely relate to.
One of Urbandig's co-founders, Mike Macadaan -- the former VP of User Experience at MySpace, and creator of the technology conference Twiistup--sat down to talk to us about the company. We've spent the time to find the experts, scouting out the best bloggers and others who know the community, for our reviews.
It performs "duediligence" before it makes "investments" and it measures results as a "return on its investment.". We kicked off Project Impact and 2012, and we’ve been thrilled by the response. Some are using technology in creative ways to customize and enhance the educational experience for students.
Verifying Looking for regular tech news straight to your inbox? What started as a weekend project in 2012 is now a global marketplace that attracted 55.2 Brightwheel is a SaaS childcare management solution that provides technology to preschools. million site visits in October alone. Gumroad homepage.
One of the areas that startups and healthcare investors have turned their attention to in recent years, is leveraging the many advances in technology--wireless, smart phones, software, and more--and applying those to the health area. That division was focused on implementing core technology for the wireless industry.
In a long, convoluted way, the value proposition we bring to the client gives them many different options for lawyers they can choose from, not just based on price, but also based on their profile, experience levels, and client reviews. That''s how we ended up developing this technology, to take that initial step out of the process.
But Friendster’s computer systems couldn’t keep up with the explosive growth (reportedly due to the complexity of the security model set up to control connections, privacy and authenticity of users) so MySpace was hot on the heels and swept up the market in a very rapid ascent. I predict this will come before the end of 2012.
Of course, we can’t eliminate the value of affordable office and meeting space, administrative support services and advanced communications technology to struggling entrepreneurs. Then it’s time for duediligence on the incubators in your area, to see who has the track record and credentials you need. Facilities support.
LED technology is on the trend of becoming the new light bulb, with its high energy efficiency and longer lifespan. LIFX is taking that LED technology and adding a Wi-Fi and RGB light. The tech behind the LIFX bulb gives consumers a money saving and environmental safe product. A review of the LIFX bulb will be out later.
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