socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2020

In 2020, the pandemic radically changed the customer acquisition process for many consumer-facing industries. We successfully accelerated our product innovation schedule to deliver, in record time, solutions to meet these challenges. million local listings, a record number.

Technical Review 140

Technical Review Software Review Organic Search Startup 140

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2010

What does CatchPoint's software do? Why the need for your software -- aren't there tools out there that do this already? The reason we decided to move into this market was I used to work at DoubleClick. After the Google acquisition of DoubleClick, I decided to build my own company. Mehdi Daoudi: The idea is very simple.

Tool 232

Tool Web Startup Sites 232

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Can a startup gain a foothold in the competitive market by designing the right UX and user experience to make a job and career site for everyone? There''s a huge demand for a limited supply of employees, in particularly, there a large demand for product developers, and there''s a shortage of experienced people. How did you two meet?

Design 174

Design Sites Cornerstone OnDemand Startup 174

socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2011

market has been different, is that the adoption of mobile internet has not been nearly as prevalent. To help it along, we developed some software which makes it easy to create a mobile experience, which corresponds to a QR code you can place on any, real world object. The reason for music, is it's a really aspirational market.

Startup 220

Startup West Hollywood Metrics Entertainment 220

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

The strategy of GigaOm and where they differentiate in the market. An investment doesn’t guarantee your product will suddenly be on the investor’s price sheet. We also talked about how brands are increasing driving much of their traffic to Facebook and away from their own web pages. We talked about Facebook.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

We had more than 700 resumes, short-listed 65, interviewed 16 in one-hour meetings had 6 full-day interviews including a presentation by the candidate on a selected market opportunity and we did 3 finalist dinners to test cultural fit. I then worked in a computer store called Software Centre in high school and college (UCSD).

Startup 337

Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

Xconomy

AUGUST 8, 2016

Qualcomm had worked to develop its Vuforia technology for at least five years before a maturing smartphone market and new economic realities led to the sale. As mobile marketing executive Eric Mugnier recently observed in VentureBeat, “Pokémon Go has amassed more downloads, headlines, revenue, and memes than anyone could have predicted.”.

San Diego 40

San Diego Mobile Examples .Net 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2016

According to most experts , business traction is evidence that somebody really wants your product. It’s business momentum, independent of whether you have a product delivered, proven the business model, or significantly penetrated the opportunity. Visibility increases over time are traction.

Metrics 57

Metrics Funding Startup Customer 57

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

“We all make important, complicated decisions in our life and having accurate, objective data about our choices allow us to find and compare products that meet our needs. Unfortunately, there is so much marketing “noise” and outright scams on the Internet it is difficult to know what to trust.”. How do you stand out?”.

Entrepreneur 232

Entrepreneur Competition Software Review Course 232

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

It's been awhile since we last caught up with Los Angeles-based Language Weaver (www.languageweaver.com), a venture-backed firm which develops language translation software, so we sat down the other day with Mark Tapling , the President and CEO of the firm, to hear more about where the company is nowadays--plus its strategy for growth and an exit.

Software Review 145

Software Review USC Content Tech Coast Angels 145

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

“We all make important, complicated decisions in our life and having accurate, objective data about our choices allow us to find and compare products that meet our needs. Unfortunately, there is so much marketing “noise” and outright scams on the Internet it is difficult to know what to trust.”. How do you stand out?”.

Blogging 219

Blogging Entrepreneur Software Review Course 219

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Verizon , Monster Products , MerchLabs , HIRED , Instart Logic , Zeel , Shootly , Move Loot , Microsoft , American Laser Company , Zirx , DoorDash , Drizly. Green Way Labs develops high-performance cleaning products that are 100% non-toxic. Their distribution footprint consists of: Over 400 million Page Likes on Facebook.

Fractional VPE 40

Fractional VPE Entertainment SaaS Social Media 40

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

Bevy is Emerging as a Leader in Software for Building Virtual Communities?—?with In marketing materials founders often refer to their customer base as a “community”, but there’s a huge gap between having customers and creating a community. Bevy is Emerging as a Leader in Software for Building Virtual Communities?—?with

Software 234

Software Startup Tool Platform 234

Xconomy

JULY 1, 2016

At the gathering, Biden took verbal shots at scofflaw cancer researchers and at drug prices, while the FDA said it would take a shot at restructuring the way it evaluates oncology products. Traded on the London Stock Exchange, its shares held steady while the market went haywire, then climbed all week through Thursday’s close.

Buzzfeed 59

Buzzfeed News Pricing IBM 59

socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2008

This morning, Woodland Hills-based FatTail (www.fattail.com) announced a venture round from Velocity Interactive Group for its software for managing online advertising. We spoke with Ross about the investment, as well as about his experience as VC and his outlook on the market. Thanks for the interview. We're pretty excited about it.

Advertising 100

Advertising Media Startup Woodland Hills 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

For the rest of us, we need a business plan, as well as a product plan. Some of you may be convinced that your product specification communicates the product message even better than a business plan, so why be redundant? Quantify the market opportunity in business terms. You need both to survive.

Product 169

Product Summary Startup Examples 169

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

The idea actually came to him from the Yellow Pages business. He took out an ad in the Yellow Pages (it was the early 80′s, pre Internet), which cost him $1,000 / month for a half-page ad. So the Yellow Page business was always “pay for placement.&#. If it worked in the Yellow Pages, why not on the Internet?

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Simply click on the title of the panel you like and you will be taken to their SXSWi panel picker page. Branding / Marketing / Publicity marketing, PR, publicity. . Software Labs: Petri Dishes for Tech Innovation. Bootstrapping process, product development, Prototyping. . Erik Deutsch, ExcelPR Group.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Adam Miller transformed his company into one of the world’s leading software-as-a-service companies, specifically in the HR world. Given Goldenberg’s Internet marketing prowess, I’m sure JustFab will continue to shape online retail for years to come. Follow PandoDaily: Search. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Joey Flores is co-founder and CEO of Earbits , an online radio platform that enables bands, labels and concert promoters to acquire fans, market new releases and promote live events. He was Director of Online Marketing for Mota Motors, a BusinessWeek Top 50 Most Promising Startup of 2009 and TechCrunch50 finalist.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

If you buy into the argument that a strong board can actually help you then this post will lay out how to help you have more productive meetings by preparing properly in advance. There are too many pages. This is part of a broader series on Board Meetings. It passes the weight test.

Startup 226

Startup Slides Metrics News 226

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut.

Startup 40

Startup Ideas Venture Capital Competition 40

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Mike believes the reason AltaVista didn’t become Google ( despite their market leadership position ) was because they didn’t focus on search. Quigo Lands Overture as Client, Rejects Their Acquisition Offer. So, what Quigo would do is analyze a web page for Overture and tell them what they thought it was about. were doing.

Google 302

Google Startup Advertising Acquisition 302

Frank Addante

JUNE 13, 2006

Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut.

Startup 40

Startup Outsource Development Product Advertising 40

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# You couldn’t pick up a magazine in the 96-99 timeframe without seeing AOL Keywords advertised everywhere. By the mid-nineties we had the World Wide Web, which gave us a standard way to publish web pages using HTML. It was mostly timing.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Frank Addante

MAY 3, 2006

Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Yahoo Email 40

Frank Addante

JULY 10, 2006

Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut.

Startup 40

Startup Technical Review Venture Capital Advertising 40