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JANUARY 2, 2015

What technologies or things are you looking forward to most in 2015? I''m very interested in seeing how the so-called "marketing cloud" emerges and develops further. but I''m eager to see an emerging company or companies tie the silos together, so that large enterprise customers can utilize a unified marketing cloud offering.

Oracle 100

Oracle Southern California Venture Capital Media 100

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MARCH 9, 2017

In an age where topics like Russian hacking, CIA hacking tools and the stability of the power grid and industrial networks has suddenly become important, there are only a few companies tackling industrial network security directly. Paul Myer: Veracity Industrial Networks is a startup in the industrial network security segment.

Networking 124

Networking Startup Incubator Orange County 124

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MARCH 10, 2017

Robert Blatt: The first stage, in 2013, was really nailing product-market-fit. What we did in 2014-2015 and most of 2016, was to really, really refine the business model, so that we could be a successful company, and not just have a successful product. What's the biggest thing that the company has done since you came on?

Google 127

Google Paid Search Mobile Activity 127

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

At the same time, our technology allows us to get deep insights into the amount of inventory held by each seller on such sites a Amazon, how long that inventory has been on Amazon, and to start putting data together to understand inventory, sales velocity, merchant profiles, and how those are all related, and how the market is fitting together.

Artificial Inteligence 140

Artificial Inteligence Startup Commerce Sales 140

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APRIL 22, 2016

We were incubated and launched in Canada in 2014, and at the end of 2015, we launched in the U.S. We have a fairly broad network and set of folks who are supportive of us there. So, from a market perspective, we think it fits really well. As we continue to expand around that growing team, knowing the market is helpful.

Mobile 100

Mobile Platform Commerce Class 100

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MARCH 16, 2015

Los Angeles-based FameBit (www.famebit.com) has developed a new platform which lets any content creator connect with brands, without the need for an agency or MCN, to help them grow their content and network. David Kierzkowski: We launched into beta in January of 2015, and launched to the public in May. Tell us about FameBit?

Content 100

Content Platform Startup Marketing 100

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MAY 25, 2016

We caught up with Jim Armstrong to learn more about the new fund, areas of interest, his insights into what makes startups successful, and where he thinks the venture market is today. There's also a great network effect happening in the area of industry clouds, and network capitalism, which is not just marketing poof.

Southern California 113

Southern California Capital Funding Invest 113

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

How is this different from a typical content delivery network (CDN)? These large mobile carriers have audiences, but something they dont have content services to attract and retain subscribers to a mobile network. Kaaan Jemili: At uCast, we have a rich solution that encompasses multiple business models around deliver content.

Content 113

Content Startup Mobile Platform 113

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Santa Monica-based Happy Returns (www.happyreturns.com) is solving that issue, with a network of "return bars" it has opened in partnership with physical retailers. We do that through a network of physical locations, which we call Return Bars, all around the country. Returns by mail are really inefficient.

Training 100

Training Customer Custom Software Review 100

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JULY 24, 2017

After about six or seven years of that, in 2015, in the larger WeMo space at CES, we demonstrated something we had been working on. Nothing else we had ever done had garnered this much interest from the outside world, without us putting an investment into marketing and all of that. So, several months after that, we took a step back.

High Tech 176

High Tech Belkin Platform Artificial Inteligence 176

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JULY 28, 2017

That's securing the network, looking at endpoints, and making other security investments across the board, and on such things like mobile device management for mobile phones. In 2015, for example, 60 percent plus of attacks were somehow surrounding the root cause of misuse of stolen credentials. It's the elephant in the room.

IP 100

IP Artificial Inteligence CIO Startup 100