SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A typical day starts with email, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Yammer checks/updates. I frequently work on networking through the social web and building new relationships that will foster knowledge gathering or business growth. We need to spend some time discussing what you do with the social web.

Acquisition 170

Acquisition Customer Custom Ideas 170

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Marshal8e6 , the Orange-based developer of web and email security products, announced today that it has renamed the firm and brand to M86 Security. The firm said the name change comes to "reflect the company's vision," and follows the recent merger of Marshal and 8e6 Technologies, as well as its acquisition of Avinti.

Email 113

Email Web Acquisition Software 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

San Diego- and Los Angeles-based video sharing site veoh Networks has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, according to web site Mashable. Tags: veoh networks merger acquisition bankruptcy failure. Veoh had raised over $67.5M READ MORE>>.

Veoh 172

Veoh SoCalTech Report San Diego 172

Tech.Co

MAY 9, 2024

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Outsource Development 207

Outsource Development Technical Review Research Writing 207

socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2010

Los Angeles-based Mail.com Media Corporation (MMC), which operates the Mail.com email service and portal, as well as its own network of content-focused web sites, said today that it has acquired BGR.com , a mobile/gadget review and news site. Tags: content publishing gadget blog acquisition merger bgr.com mail mail.com.

Blogging 133

Blogging Content News Sites 133

socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Orange-based M86 Security , a developer of web security software, reported today that it has received a U.S. Green as inventors; it appears the patent stems from M86 Security's acquisition of Avinti, a malware detection firm, in March of 2009. Patent for its malware detection technology. Marsden and David E. READ MORE>>.

Patents 133

Patents Email Web Acquisition 133

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2009

Marshal8e6 is a developer of security products for both the Web and email. Tags: marshal8e6 avinti merger acquisition security software. According to Marshal8e6, Avinti's team will be merged into the firm. Avinti is a developer of malware detection technolgoy.

Email 100

Email Web Acquisition Software 100

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Back when we were all trying to figure out the real value of traffic on the web, we investors – and acquiring companies – got a bit crazy with metrics used to value acquisitions and investments. Email readers, continue here.] Great revenue projections from a small user base lead to worries over sustainability.

Metrics 207

Metrics Sites Advertising Web 207

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2015

2014 was the most active year in TVC history as measured by the number of investments/acquisitions/follow-ons/exits we completed. Jeb Spencer is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of TVC Capital, a growth equity firm focused on the investment in and acquisition of mission critical software companies. READ MORE>>.

Capital 100

Capital Cloud Computing Southern California Equity 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Email marketing and cross-channel interactive marketing saas solutions provider ExactTarget has acquired Pardot, a marketing automation provider and iGoDigital, web personalization provider in a move that will revolutionize its marketing platform. The acquisitions are meant to make the firm’s marketing platform better.

Platform 56

Platform Marketing Social Media Web 56

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

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Technical Review 193

Technical Review Software Review Startup Competition 193

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

What's exciting for a restaurant, is they pay us nothing upfront, they pay us cost-per-acquisition, which is really different from the traditional model of paying up front for marketing. How do people get those deals--is this an email or a text? John Delacruz: Right now, people come to our web site and tell us what they want.

Idealab 217

Idealab Pasadena Pasadena Angels Demand 217

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

The idea is that in a world in which companies need to deal with customer support requests from Twitter, Facebook, email, phone, IM, etc. And of course the big question is whether Salesforce.com can out innovate these startups (especially after their acquisition of InStranet ). Collaboration in business starts and ends with email.

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2014

Smartify''s software-as-a-service platform automates all aspects of their digital marketing, across their channels, including mobile, social, email, and web. It''s unique in that we can integrate that into CRM systems, email systems, point-of-sale. What''s your background, and how did you get into this? READ MORE>>.

Marketing 196

Marketing Pasadena Platform Email 196

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2013

We've got less infrastructure, and we're not having to pay hundreds of dollars for consumer acquisition. You earn 10Mb in free data for each person you connect to on the platform, which brings down our acquisition costs. But, the other 80 percent of users, who are using email and web surfing, our entry level will be around $10 a month.

Startup 245

Startup IP Networking Encino 245

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

We've now been operating for five months, and have become the leading web service for mobile fundraising in the country. It's a simple web service, where a customer can log in and can simply create and deploy any level of mobile donation or messaging campaign. It was founded three years ago, and hadn't been succeeding.

Mobile 162

Mobile Web Startup Customer 162

socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2019

Stacy Stubblefield: We do two factor authentication, which basically means we send text messages with the codes you get when you log into a web site or even when you're just registering for a website. We were really focused on customer acquisition. Talk about Telesign and what you do? How did the company start?

Marina Del Rey 113

Marina Del Rey Software Review Startup Incubator 113

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2012

The cost of entry is so low – you can create a web site for almost nothing - and you are on your way to riches with ecommerce, your latest invention, or personal services. Mashable claims there are 150,000 new web sites created per day. Having a web site is necessary, but not sufficient. Content is king of the road. like Google.

Startup 96

Startup Social Media Content Paid Search 96

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Orange, California-based 8e6 Technologies, a supplier of web filtering appliances for the SMB and education market, said Wednesday that it has merged with UK-based Marshal. The new combined firm will offer corporate and Internet email, IM, and other web filtering capability. Financial details of the merger were not disclosed.

Web 100

Web Education Email Technology 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

RedBeacon went on to sell to HomeDepot in what was considered a very successful acquisition on all sides. But Ethan had left by the time of the acquisition. And in a world where we increasingly log in to personal web time at late hours or on our mobile phones that’s no longer good enough. Nice sweep!

CTO Coach 359

CTO Coach Google CTO Hire Yammer 359

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Sometimes, Ill use LinkedIn to contact my network, but mostly I still just go to their profile and email them. When I was looking for speakers for an event last fall on Web 2.0 , LinkedIn was a great way to reach out. When I was looking for speakers for an event last fall on Web 2.0 , LinkedIn was a great way to reach out.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

The cost of entry is so low – you can create a web site for almost nothing - and you are on your way to riches with e-commerce, your latest invention, or personal services. Mashable claims there are 150,000 new web sites created per day. Having a web site is necessary, but not sufficient. Content is king of the road.

Social Media 93

Social Media Content Startup Web 93

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2009

YouMail offers a voice mail service which allows cell phone users to preview their voicemail messages in email or on the web, convert those voicemails to text, and provide personalized phone greetings to callers, depending on who is calling. All of those features are key features of YouMail's service.

Google 100

Google Competition Tech Coast Angels Technical Review 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

We caught up with co-founder Joey Flores on the story behind the company's brush with death, and its recent acquisition by You42, which was announced last week. Joey Flores: Yeah, we spend the earlier part of 2014 exploring acquisition options, because we had a pretty hard time raising money. Joey, thanks for the time today.

Software Review 100

Software Review Startup Metrics Content 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

We have not just engineers, but designers, UI, UX, analytics, product managers, user acquisition, marketing managers, and others. My co-founder and I both had this vision of leveraging mobile and web technology, to make it easier for people to connect to each other in their demographic. Those communities already exist.

Technical Review 140

Technical Review Startup Platform Resource 140

socalTECH

AUGUST 13, 2010

Having followed the firm since its early days as a spinout of USC, we thought we'd talk with CEO Mark Tapling to get the back story behind the acquisition, and where the firm is going form here. What's the story behind the acquisition? Tags: translation language acquisition merger interview weaver tapling mark. READ MORE>>.

Equity 168

Equity Startup Acquisition Funding 168

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 14, 2012

Motorola Mobility with its more than 17,000 patents and the 2004 RAZR in 2004 and the Droid and RAZR MAXX successes at acquisition was not a loss to Google. At purchase Google was to run the unit as separate business but its balance sheet has not been convincing.

Layoffs 63

Layoffs Google Mobile Patents 63

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

We've been quite active, and have had a bunch of acquisitions lately -- including Internet Brands and MySpace -- a total of over 2 billion in acquisition in Southern California. Finally, for entrepreneurs, what's the best way to approach you--email, Twitter, Facebook? They can find me on Twitter, email me, find me on Namesake.

Redpoint 154

Redpoint Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Invest 154

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

eQuibbly is a free web application combining online arbitration and mediation with crowd voting and social network involvement for free, fair and fast justice than the traditional court system. Creates a user profile , posts your dispute, and indicates an email address for the accused. Why eQuibbly. eQuibbly is simple to use.

Email 70

Email Social Network Blogging Venture Capital 70

InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2012

• Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. In order to reasonably assess the size of your addressable market, you must perform a bottoms-up analysis which is based on a number of elemental assumptions. Statue photo by Tony the Misfit on Flickr.

Entrepreneur 272

Entrepreneur Outsource Ideas Technical Review 272

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

<Note: I edited a few comments from Jeff's email, none of which related to our meeting in 2008.> Below is my email to Jim and Kevin, following my debriefing with the VoIP expert, who requested to remain anonymous. The difference is that VoiceXML does not leverage customers' knowledge of web development. > -jeff.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Capital efficient, web-based businesses should have a credible plan to self-sustainability. For instance, whenever someone at your venture saves your company money, send a company-wide email acknowledging their accomplishment. If there happens to be a gas station along the way where you can fill up for a reasonable price, great.

Startup 221

Startup Pricing Entrepreneur Email 221

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Rather than blindly follow this advice, consider measuring your NPS after unpleasant customer interactions, via a web form. For instance, you can facilitate your customers’ ability to provide you with references by giving them an email template they can readily forward. Reciprocity is another well-documented persuasion technique.

.Net 182

.Net Satisfaction Entrepreneur Customer 182

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. He is also an active investor with stakes in companies like Hipmunk, GroupMe, Facebook, Zynga (acquisition stock), and SV Angels. He received a B.S.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Rather than blindly follow this advice, consider measuring your NPS after unpleasant customer interactions, via a web form. For instance, you can facilitate your customers’ ability to provide you with references by giving them an email template they can readily forward. Reciprocity is another well-documented persuasion technique.

.Net 168

.Net Satisfaction Customer Custom 168

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

Anything requiring lead generation and/or customer acquisition I call Matt Coffin. The emails we all get on the AngelList get say something like, “New gaming platform invested in by Dave McClure, Chris Yeh and Jeff Clavier. We all want authorities who are smarter on specific topics than we are.

Guide 293

Guide Funding Venture Capital Technical Review 293

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. After its acquisition by Playdom, he was most recently head of the Acclaim studio and Sr. Gold Sponsor. . mt) Media Temple, Inc.

Idealab 77

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77