socalTECH

MAY 13, 2014

GenMark said Mendel joins the company from Active Network, where he had been CFO of the company, up until its sale to Vista Equity. GenMark is a developer of automated, molecular diagnostics testing equipment for detecting disease via DNA screening. genmark diagnostics executive active network healthcare' READ MORE>>.

Screening

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2013

The new feature, the Today Screen, offers up a quick summary of things like birthdays and job changes, top tasks and activities to do today, upcoming deals, reminders, and more. Nimble said the feature is the first in a set of features aimed at helping its users be more organized and productive. READ MORE>>.

Santa Monica

socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2020

The company said its team building activity is run virtually on a web-conferencing platform. The event incorporates mastering skills needed to work on web-conferencing, including screen-sharing, file transfer, and using whiteboards.

Culver City

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Back when video was a tiny patch on the screen. The website says, “StoryBots are brightly colored, infinitely curious little creatures who live in the world beneath our screens. Their mission is to make learning fun for kids — and life easier for parents — by offering personalized eBooks, videos, activity sheets and more.”.

Screening

Berkonomics

AUGUST 2, 2017

I had long-since added a battery backup for my dual-screen monitors and computer. By smoothing the utility’s signal into a very sensitive AC current wave (sine wave), my sensitive equipment and energy star certified electronics are actively protected for the first time. I discovered that this is more than a battery backup.

Software Review

socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2014

Upfront said that Hudson will work on deal sourcing, deal screening, deal support, portfolio analysis, and other similar activities. Hudson has previously served at such firms as Fox Filmed Entertainment and GCA Savvian. Hudson had previously been an Associate at the firm. Upfront Ventures was previously known as GRP Partners.

GRP Partners

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

With Indeed Prime, we have companies actively looking for people with those skills, and in particularly for those top five percent of engineers who have those specialized skills. Can you elaborate a little bit more on the screening aspect of your service? Terence Chiu: We screen people for Indeed Prime in a few different ways.

Los Angeles

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

What you really want to know is which campaigns drove “bottom of funnel activities” such as: Purchases, newsletter signups, subscribers, comments and so forth in the same way you’d be tracking this on Google Analytics for your SEO / SEM campaigns, direct referrals, etc. Here’s a screen shot of my home page on awe.sm.

Marketing

socalTECH

JULY 28, 2020

According to the nonprofit, it has launched a new $5 Million XPRIZE Rapid Covid Testing Competition , which challenges the global community to develop frequent, fast-turnaround, cheap, and easy-to-use screening tests to catch COVID-19 occurrences before they become outbreaks. READ MORE>>.

Competition

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 10, 2014

He also had the clever idea of making my home screen banner on the blog be a visually stunning image from Los Angeles, my home. I appreciate your pro-activeness and your patience with me. If you haven’t seen our new website – you should. Kyle played a major role in this. Thank you again, Jess. What do you think?

Blogging

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

Patrick Kennedy: Our customers are very active using our technology and analytics as a solution to increase the content sales from all kinds of customers. What happened with smart phones, is consumers are buying more and more applications, but a screen can only fit a dozen icons. We're really headed for three screens.

Content

socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2014

Los Angeles-based Stir , the developer of a "smart" connected desk which automatically adjusts to a user''s position and activity, said today that it has connected its desks to the Fitbit. According to Stir, its desk can now automatically send data to a user''s Fitbit dashboard via the desk''s build in Wi-Fi connection.

Screening

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

The Pipeline Fellowship--founded by Natalia Oberti Noguera--says it has been running angel investing bootcamps for women, looking to active more female angel investors. Or, screening out those companies involved in tobacco or alcohol. How does that investment process work? As a mentor, it''s my job to guide them through that process.

Angel

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

The power of large screen real estate. Therefore if your app is geared toward leisure activities (games, communications with friends, etc.) So anybody building “second screen” TV apps or even “primary screen” TV apps needs to think seriously about their tablet strategy independent of their mobile strategy.

Web

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Back when video was a tiny patch on the screen. The website says, “StoryBots are brightly colored, infinitely curious little creatures who live in the world beneath our screens. Their mission is to make learning fun for kids — and life easier for parents — by offering personalized eBooks, videos, activity sheets and more.”.

Screening

socalTECH

APRIL 19, 2013

The largest funding round was for PICS Auditing , which provides screening of contractors, which is in Irvine; the firm raised $35M in funding. Finally, looking at venture capital investors, the most active investors in the region were Siemer Ventures (10 investments); Correlation Ventures (8); Qualcomm Ventures (7), and Avalon Ventures (5).

Southern California

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2012

The site will look at your activity on these sites and the content of what you share. You can partially control your interests via the Subscription page as shown below: This will change over time based on your LinkedIn and twitter activity. You can always visit and manually select interests as well.

CTO Hire

InfoChachkie

JUNE 23, 2014

Prior to the digital age, high-profile people deployed brute force to screen out unsolicited, inbound communications. Sam trusted his Assistant to set his calendar and screen out irrelevant encounters. Monitor the activity of the people you want to connect with and find a valid reason to congratulate them. Old School Charm.

Networking

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

In creating Convoz, I have watched Cham literally dissect every screen interaction, UX navigation, social integration, etc. Along with his co-founder Nsilo Reddick they have been active users in their app and have embodied what is truly unique about Convoz.

Startup

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2015

And the time on my phone in the morning was either time I could have been on the treadmill or at least time I could have been significantly more productive had I come downstairs and gotten on my computer (with bigger screens and a keyboard).

Mobile

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 9, 2020

.” Earlier this year, the company partnered with DoorDash on a similar activation for a concert to raise money for the Boys and Girls Club as part of a broad celebrity effort to raise money to alleviate food insecurity for families affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. and the work with Dr.

Advertising

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2020

Thus you must make positive surprises more frequent, like special lunches or activities, to override the occasional unavoidable bad news. That means it pays to elevate people’s mood at the start of a team effort by using refreshments, good news, or an interactive activity. New life experiences have more impact than reward objects.

News

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Belkin said the new accessories have reflective accents for visibility, and are aimed at being an "essential workout accessory" for hikes, runs, and other fitness activities. READ MORE>>.

Belkin

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

Many “tech companies” now have green screens. They want nightly restaurants, bars, dance clubs, karaoke, or whatever other late night activities are available to those with fewer encumbrances. I see it first hand in Los Angeles where given the growth of YouTube networks the worlds of art & technology are colliding.

Technology

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

Deal screening. Alumni activities. Usually there roles are a combination of: Deal sourcing for partners. Deal support / analysis / quant / legal for deals a partner is seriously considering. Portfolio company support & analysis. Portfolio community building. Industry reviews. VC firm admin. VC firm policy or fund analysis.

Help

socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2021

What we provide can speed diagnosis and reduce a patients level of anxiety, and having the patient actively participating empowers them to make better decisions. The iPad Pro is better, and has a larger screen size, and better audio and acoustics. Our infrastructure ended up in every hospital department. What's next for you?

Platform

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2014

To get on his radar screen. It says that less than 6% of Fortune 500 CEOs are active on Twitter. Fred Wilson is such a popular blogger precisely because he has built a community around his blog posts where people turn up for their morning coffee, chats with friends and a quick chance to build rapport with Fred. Should CEOs be Social?

Social Media

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Angel networks, where high-net-worth individuals come together to screen and vet deals, are the source of much of this funding. In this session, active TCA investors will not only demystify angel investing, but will also provide a solid understanding of the funding process.

Invest

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

AngelList 101 : As you know, AngelList is a platform where angels can invest in semi-screened tech deals. AngelList Syndicates 101: While “AngelList Classic” was ‘each angel for himself’ – syndicates allows an active angel to form a group of like-minded investors to invest together in a deal or deals.

Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2021

You can also follow me on Twitter ] There is no diet or not fitness activity that will help you over the long haul if you don’t have the right mental plan. Suddenly I look at the screen and 45 minutes have passed. I mostly talk about startups, technology & venture capital. But for a few weeks will cover health & fitness.

Coach

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

The mythology of StoryBots, is that they are these little creature who live behind our screens. We also have an activity center, when parents can download printables. Those printables, ironically, get kids off of their computer and from in front of a screen, and instead let them sit at a kitchen table with crayons.

Content

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 24, 2011

Rapidly opening new doors for natural product drug development, cyanobacteria coupled with new screening processes and technology, is allowing for a rich interface of creative research in anticancer and anti-inflammatory activity.

Screening

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

This classy, yet highly functional watch is unique in that it includes a water proof stainless steel face casing, metal band with rubber inserts, Qi battery, patented wireless docking station, patented app portal, Rockin 9 notifications, plus 1.54” HD screen and is powered by the Android 4.2.

Patents

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Every new startup I know dreams of being funded early by one of the 318,000 active Angel investors in the USA alone. Most of these investors are members of Angel groups that have a rigorous filtering and screening process, to select the top 3% and most fundable proposals. Remember the old adage that “investors fund people, not ideas.”

Angel

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Unlike those IM clients with a small (ineffective) footprint, Meebo experience is a website and a full page screen. Because you put ads in front of user for a long time and cover the whole screen Meebo click-rates are very high. Meebo is not like traditional IM clients like ICQ, AIM, or MSN.

Startup

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

Darren Marble: At the core, we are a virtual film studio, that empowers filmmakers to actively build, engage, and monetize their online audience. I was selling products to Live Nation, Demand Media, Kelly Blue Book, Rovi, and the Screen Actors Guild. What is FilmBreak? That's really the core focus for us.

Hollywood

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2017

In the past 5 years we’ve just made a more active effort to reach out to female founders and as we funded some of the brightest and most ambitious ones we met, unsurprisingly you find you start getting a lot more referrals to their female founder friends. We’ve spent most of this time just doing it vs. saying it.

Funding