StartUp Beat

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Grigori Mikayelyan was a failed and an aspiring entrepreneur; furnished with a new idea – and determined to make a success of it – he became a Lyft driver to conduct customer research with his passengers. I spoke to him over the phone about his unique approach to developing a company. Restaurants pay $0.50

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Were part of the uCast Global video highway, which is our way of illustrating how content is being driven locally, regionally, and globally, using our platform, but also technology we have integrated and continue to integrate with our partners. We are unique in being an open platform, that allows for all of these variations to happen.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2014

To help them with that, Los Angeles- and San Diego-based Tillster (www.tillster.com), which until recently was known as EMN8, has been developing a wide range of technology in the area. The vision early on was about fundamentally changing the restaurant ordering experience, by developing a more engaging experience on a kiosk.

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socalTECH

JULY 10, 2019

At the end of the day, we help retailers make smarter recommendations to their customers, which leads to better business. Spencer Price: The customer experience with e-commerce has become less and less human, as algorithms on digital platform replace human interaction. The challenge of any AI platform, is to understand that.

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Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

The BB-8 app-enabled Droid had such a global adoption among kids and adults that it was named the number one Star Wars toy of 2015. Epic Games is the creator of Unreal Engine technology, which is used by millions of developers to ship visually stunning, high-quality games and experiences across PC, console, mobile, VR and AR platforms.

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socalTECH

APRIL 22, 2016

We've done that, by bringing some really, cool, awesome curated gifts to our platform, and made it really easy to send those to people in essentially two clicks. The other, interesting part of our platform, is it integrates with all of your contacts. Who are your typical customers? How does Giftagram work? What's next for you?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

For today's interview, we sat down and talked with Mike Whitmire , the CEO and Co-founder of Los Angeles-based FloQast (www.floqast.com), a developer of financial close management software for enterprise accounting. We took it to the market in January of 2015. From a revenue perspective, we've seen 300 percent, year-over-year growth.

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socalTECH

JULY 17, 2019

For today's interview, we talked with Gina Callari , the COO of RelayCars (www.relaycars.com), a unit of a larger company called EVOX Images, which has developed virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) software which lets consumers view and experience automobiles using things like Magic Leap and even just smartphone.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 28, 2016

Very likely, the next five years will witness some exciting new developments in programs designed to address Business Process Management (BPM). As cloud-based architecture continues to develop and evolve, very likely businesses will find additional uses for this helpful feature. Enhanced Platform Mobility.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2015

Thus I recommend that every entrepreneur start blogging in parallel with solution development for the following benefits: Get customer idea feedback before you commit resources. Develop an efficient and effective writing style. Start building your customer community early. Establish visibility and attract funding sources.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Los Angeles-based Enrou (www.enrou.co) thinks it has a way--by connecting people with products that also help support international development and causes, via its own online marketplace. Ann Wang: Enrou is an online, content driven marketplace for products in developing communities around the world. What is Enrou?

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2016

Despite the benefits of developing an app, there are valid reasons why retailers choose not to invest in one. Developing a mobile app can be extremely expensive and some retailers believe it is futile to spend that money if a mobile-optimized site is already in place. MYTH: Development costs are too high.

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socalTECH

JULY 24, 2017

WeMo is a consumer friendly, connected home, Internet-of-Things solution and platform that we developed, to control light switches, connected outlets, plugs where you can monitor your energy, and schedule. Ryan Kim: We had started to develop this technology awhile ago, while we were developing the WeMo platform.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

The number of startups rose in 2015 for the first time in five years, with the largest year-over-year increase in two decades. Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation. Before you bring on partners, develop intellectual property, raise capital, or generate revenues, you need to establish an official business entity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Asking for early-stage money before you have customers and revenue will likely kill your credibility with real investors. Seed-stage, meanwhil e, is technically that critical period when you need funding to do solution- and business-model development, to prove that your new product or service works, before you try to sell it to customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Do your homework to realistically size development, marketing and staffing requirements, and then increase the number by 50 percent. Keep some reserves for a focus on the urgent priorities of strategy, attracting customers and beating competitors, rather than the crisis of the moment. Actively listen to mentor and customer feedback.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Eli Aizenstat: Beatshare is a multimedia messaging platform, where we are bringing music into the heart of the communication space. Barry Lieberman: My backgruond is about 35 years in technology, business development, and sales and marketing. That funding was geared towards development of our product. How did you two connect?

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socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2017

Department of Energy to help develop tools to secure the power grid. However, if you think about IT security, all the systems everyone is familiar with, ERP systems, web, and email, and other basic network systems, all those systems that are designed to run companies, my history and background is in securing those platforms.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Smart startups are already doing it on crowdfunding platforms. Let me summarize the advantages of this to your startup: Immediate real customer feedback. Startups which insist on operating in stealth mode in fear of competitor response miss the more important customer response.

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socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2016

What do you get when you combine a charitable pub crawl, the movie Anchorman, and a software developer randomly hired off Craigslist? But, what we're building now is a social contact platform. It was really just developed for our own needs. Scott Chisolm: Classy started as a fundraising application for nonprofit organization.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The IoT for Cities Summit and Challenge , scheduled for March 10-11, 2015 , in San Francisco will welcome government officials, industry representatives, entrepreneurs, investors and residents to conduct a large-scale listening and idea sharing session.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Twilio has now raised around $235 million, including a July 2015 round totaling $130 million. It also wasn’t clear at the time what types of apps would be built on top of the platform, other than cheaper IVR systems. The difference is that VoiceXML does not leverage customers' knowledge of web development.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Customers know what works well and are frustrated by the lack of innovation in the industry. Auto-interfaces are clunky, and when a lot of these big tech companies IPO’d, a lot of them developed products that were endemic to the car industry – navigation, social graphs, etc. ” THE CAR AS A PRIVATE SPACE.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

We manage user login so businesses can focus on core product and engage customers faster. Fun Fact: Preventing spreadsheet abuse since 2015 – one company at a time. Moveha is a housing platform that helps students find off campus housing and make reservations online. Toys, treats, and training guides customized for your puppy.

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