socalTECH

AUGUST 11, 2015

Santa Barbara-based FindTheBest , which got its start offering up lists and ways to compare the merits of a myriad of different things (products, colleges, you name it), has rebranded itself as Graphiq , and has refocused on the visual tools behind FindTheBest's original service. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

APRIL 17, 2017

San Diego-based TakeLessons set out nine years ago to create a Web-based platform that helped match music students with qualified instructors. Since then, TakeLessons has raised a total of $20 million in venture capital, and expanded into new markets and services. The company’s last VC round in early 2014 raised $7 million.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 9, 2019

That opening to biotech startups in 2014 was controversial at the time. Five years ago, the big tech incubator Y Combinator started to welcome life sciences companies into its sizable startup classes, which had previously nurtured entrepreneurs in information technology almost exclusively.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 20, 2014

How much will social media fame cost you in 2014? Not surprisingly, Steve''s tagline for his PR firm is "Content Is The Currency Of The Social Web." Just as tools exist to quickly and cheaply create counterfeit minions, inexpensive services also exist which make it easy to ferret truth from fiction. The Downside.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

Date: Thursday, June 26, 2014. The 200-400 invited guests will range from some of the web most influential Journalists, Bloggers, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram users, founders, VCs, CEOs, captains of industry, early adopters, PR execs and more. Event Details: Where : Cross Campus 1558 10th st, Santa Monica, CA 90401.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Institutional venture capital dispensed thus far in 2014 has been up significantly over the last few years, but is still less than half of the peak hit way back in the year 2000 (over $100 billion). Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. VCs are committed to servicing existing portfolios.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2015

According to Tim Cook at Apple, there were over 9 million registered developers in 2014. Here are some ways we both recommend to beat the odds and thrive in today’s app ecosystem: Sell a digital service through your app. You provide the free app in the App Store that gives subscribers mobile access to your service.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2019

I started a web design company, and ended up going to college in Florida, but kept on running the company on the side. Every single TV service online, from Hulu, to Netflix, and on requires people to search and find content, and really makes people work. Other people have tried to put linear television on the Web.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2015

For example, mobile now has become the formidable new communication channel, posting a year-over-year growth rate of 47 percent in 2014, according to WBR Digital Research. That means your marketing must now include shopping apps, location-based services and mobile wallets. Get beyond push messages to real customer engagement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2014

Should they focus on increasing revenues and profitability, or entice more and more users with free services to increase their valuation. The concept of free goods and services to get you hooked, financed by deep pockets or advertising, seems marginally ethical to many. Most are still confused about the right priority.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

That's the fascinating story behind Los Angeles-based Earbits (www.earbits.com), which offers up a mobile music streaming service focused on discovering both new and talent. understand you actually had shutdown the service, and that the company was essentially at the brink of death? Joey, thanks for the time today.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2014

In the world of many online television, movie, and video sites, scores of music streaming services, and other entertainment content, it''s often a difficult task to find what you really want to watch, listen to, or read. We''ve got a really great group testing it, and we''re excited to add more service next year based on feedback.

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Entertainment Startup Southern California Netflix 206

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Sponsored by VISA Business If you have a unique product or service, and you are not selling it around the world on the Internet, now is the time to start. Here are the key steps for a personal home-based business website selling your consulting service or a few products (as an alternative to eBay): Go online to reserve a website domain name.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2014

Postal Service ; the amount has been increasing each year. Such forums are still the best opportunity for you to meet face-to-face with people who should be interested in your products or services and to display your goods in person. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 4/1/2014. Cold calling. Trade shows.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

In light of a less than savory PR landscape, I saw this event to be an important call to attention to the developements towards the Bitcoin industry for 2014, as well as geographically important gathering of minds and enthusiasts in the space. A snapshot of some of the projects mentioned: International remittance services.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Check out a sample demo of their Google Glass product, due to arrive in 2014 (well, it was due to arrive then). CrunchBase, a self stated free service, (with a publicly filed creative commons license which iterates the “free” usage of their data) is open source, but only on a conditional basis. .

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Google 74

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 8, 2015

In 2014, the budget grew to $4.7 The Sony hack of 2014 shows that even a typically impotent state like North Korea can inflict real damage if motivated to wage an attack. The expenditures reported by the Pentagon have seen continual increases in budgets to protect against cyber warfare attacks. In 2013, the Pentagon had a budget of $3.9

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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

BlackTech Week was created in 2014, and in four short years, they’ve gained over 2700 participants, 150 speakers, and 3 pitch competitions. With accelerator programs for IoT, smart home services, and female founders, Start Co built an impactful organization in the Southeast. BlackTech Week (Miami, FL). Memphis, TN).

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

. —Intel (NASDAQ: INTC ) paid over $400 million in August to acquire Nervana Systems , the two-year-old San Diego startup offering its machine learning technology as a cloud-based service. Webroot withheld terms of the deal.). million in a Series D round of investment capital, according to founder and chairman Tony Farwell.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 22, 2016

The developer also provides rent-free space for a second EvoNexus incubator in University City (about a mile or so from UC San Diego) and a third EvoNexus incubator near UC Irvine that opened at the end of 2014. 101 West Broadway tower in downtown San Diego. In April, a study released by the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp.

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Develop Development San Diego Startup 40

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 26, 2016

adult now spends a reported 5 hours and 38 minutes on the web – advances have been made in the way individuals and small businesses operate in the digital world, which will grow even more this year. In 2014 digital time spent on mobile exceeded that of desktop. The value of being wirelessly connected continues to rise.

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Commerce Mobile Technical Review Google 40

Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

The company became a Wall Street darling when it raised $1 billion-plus through its 2014 IPO, and now claims to have deployed roughly $19 billion in loans since inception. The top-five industries it serves are special trades, general contractors, medical, business services, and trucking. Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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San Diego Help Software Review Funding 40

Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

The company became a Wall Street darling when it raised $1 billion-plus through its 2014 IPO, and now claims to have deployed roughly $19 billion in loans since inception. The top-five industries it serves are special trades, general contractors, medical, business services, and trucking. Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Software Review San Diego Funding Custom 40

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 24, 2014

Again, an intriguing thought to base an entire app and service around this very idea – that the stranger right next to you could very well be your soulmate. Active dating and search is available on all of CupidRadar’s services. Beyond web, their first mobile app was, surprisingly, for Blackberry.

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Startup Mobile Ideas Activity 108

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased about 10 percent, from 280 out of 100,000 adults in the 2014 Startup Activity Index, to 310 out of 100,000 adults in the 2015 Index. 275 IPOs were completed in 2014, topping the 2013 total of 222 by more than 23%. The elements include communications, mobile platforms, and location-based services.

Startup 108

Startup Social Media Entrepreneur Satisfaction 108

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment. Now you can create a web site for almost nothing - and be on your way with your latest invention or personal services. The elements include communications, mobile platforms, and location-based services.

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Startup Entrepreneur Social Media Satisfaction 109

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2013

The challenge is to increase response rates and propagate a single view of the customer, by integrating customer data from multiple Web and social media interactions. Companies need the same service on partner and acquisition candidates, even vendors. Here are ten examples to get your creative juices flowing: Targeted direct marketing.

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Startup Social Media Study Guide 98

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

In Santa Monica, the median price of homes jumped 16% in the first eight months of 2012 compared with 2011, after a 9% decline over the same period the year before, according to Multiple Listing Service data compiled by Paul Habibi, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. WSJ Web Slice. Wall Street Journal.

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