TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 24, 2019

Google, of course, is interested in bringing these workloads to its cloud and it has made a concerted effort to bring the Hollywood studios to its Cloud Platform. That includes the launch of its Los Angeles cloud region last year, as well as its acquisition of the Zync cloud renderer back in 2014.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 19, 2021

Earlier this month, Los Angeles became the latest city to task its various departments with prepping a feasibility study for deploying new software and monitoring technologies to better account for its carbon footprint. Los Angeles has tried to address its carbon footprint in the past, but the efforts weren’t very successful.

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socalTECH

JUNE 10, 2015

Lee Schneider is the author of a new book, Chronicle of a Startup Town: Los Angeles , which delves into the people and reasons on why Los Angeles has become one of the epicenters of the startup and technology industry. We have aerospace, we have medical technology, and of course we have media communications.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

This is the fourth article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). Markets like these are very kind to angel investors because you get taken out early and see a nice pop on your investment. This is the same with angel investing. How’d that work out?

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Inverted Software

JUNE 15, 2018

At Inverted Software we often help our clients manage offshore and onshore development teams. Our proprietary processes and unique experience helps us evaluate and correct software development practices that have proven inefficient and instill practices that insure productivity and success. Inverted Software. Conclusion.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Venture capitalists (VCs) have long been seen as the top of the pyramid for startup funding sources, but in fact angel investors now fund over twice as many companies, according to a classic Crunchbase article. Individual angel investors and crowdfunding have been adding to the momentum, some say exceeding VCs in total amount invested.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Venture capitalists (VCs) have long been seen as the top of the pyramid for startup funding sources, but in fact angel investors now fund over 60 times as many companies, according the Center for Venture Research. Individual angel investors have been filling the gap, and now match VCs in total amount invested.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Steve Gilison worked as a market researcher and product manager at a startup where my company, TechEmpower , did the software / web development. Of course, I immediately gave him the whole spiel on Visible Networking and Steve was totally game to make our networking visible. Of course, it's probably harder to find these folks.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Developing skills-based online courses and credentials is the easy part. The hard part is getting employers to pay attention.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Of course, when I started thinking about Visible Networking , I immediately went to Cliff to check in to see how he's doing and to get his feedback, thoughts and ideas on the concept. I moved into writing software to analyze audience data, and wrote a lot of computer graphics software. Great stuff. Marketing 2.0

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Los Angeles-based Alelo , which develops computer-aided training and simulation for the U.S. Alelo said its new cultural awareness training courses help the U.S. Alelo said its new cultural awareness training courses help the U.S. Financial details of the new contracts were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

We have global opportunities from these trends but of course also big challenges. Of course we can’t. There are of course many Seed VCs who take board seats, don’t over-commit to too many deals and try to help with “company building” activities to help at a company’s vulnerable foundations. Hot, Flat & Crowded.”

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 30, 2019

In a previous life, John Underkoffler spent his days in Los Angeles dreaming up all of the possible ways men and machines would interact as a science adviser on films like Minority Report. The first bolt in the quiver of tools that Underkoffler began building out over the course of 15 years spent at MIT’s Media Lab was Mezzanine.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 11, 2021

Healthvana , a health tech startup that began with a specific focus on providing patient information digitally for individuals living with HIV, is helping Los Angeles County roll out mobile vaccination records for COVID-19 using Apple’s Wallet technology. “We look and feel like Instagram.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Los Angeles-based Alelo , which develops game-based, role playing simulations and teaching technology, says that it has partnered with the USC Institute for Creative Technologies , to co-develop disruptive learning technology.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 24, 2022

At launch, Niantic’s head of product for mapping Tory Smith said that San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles, New York, London and Tokyo are the most densely mapped. Then, those short video snippets of real-world locations are validated by developers, which is then processed to become part of the AR map of the world.

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socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2017

Los Angeles-based electric vehicle manufacturer Faraday Future announced on Monday that it is planning to run its FF 91 vehicle at the upcoming Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, as it looks to provide transparency to its testing progress. The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb has been running since 1916, and challenges vehicles to a 12.42

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2021

Make sure the inspiration that launched your vision isn’t lost in the course of a pivot or market change. Of course, you may need to realign that vision to your team, your investors, and all the other players. Then you have to face the reality that it’s time for new systems, software, or vendor contracts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

Venture capitalists (VCs) have long been seen as the top of the pyramid for startup funding sources, but in fact angel investors now fund over twice as many companies, according the Crunchbase. Individual angel investors and crowdfunding have been adding to the momentum, some say exceeding VCs in total amount invested.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Los Angeles-based Revolution Prep , a provider of test preparation software and services, said today that it has raised $15M in a financing round. Revolution Prep provides SAT and ACT courses, private tutoring, and K12 software. Tags: revolution prep education test software services. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 29, 2020

The firm, which underwent a significant restructuring over the last two years, went on an investment tear over the course of 2019 as new partners went out to build up a new portfolio for the firm — almost of a whole cloth. Companies are raising some angel money or Y Combinator money.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Angel investors, like me, have long figured out that asking to see the prototype is a quick way to separate the ‘wannabes’ from serious players. Software products and apps can be quickly wire-framed with free tools such as MockFlow , or even Microsoft Powerpoint to lay out the key screens. Reduce the time to production and rollout.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

We’ve had an explosion of alternate sources of financing from crowd-sourcing, angels, accelerators, incubators, corporates, corporate incubators. Consumers buying through smart phones, travelers using the new, shared economy and businesses replacing old software with modern cloud-based solutions. It has been a good run.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

Of course when you think about it it’s kind of obvious but when people make snap judgments about information they hear about companies or read about in the press they often don’t take the time to start to consider the details. The Nature of Revenue Matters Of course revenue alone won’t tell you enough. Not necessarily.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

I never took a business course, never wrote a business plan, and never raised any outside capital. I had to be successful at my new software company. An earthquake struck Los Angeles. Frank Peters made his money writing software for Wall Street. Frank speaks and networks at angel events around the world.

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socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2011

For our Insights and Opinions section today, Jeff Solomon , co-founder of Los Angeles leads software firm Leads360 , explores in Come On, Man! Of course that backfired. Has starting a business without any kind of business model become trendy again? And what does that mean? What Is Your Business?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

By Bob La Loggia, CEO StormSource Software I enjoy the ride on a good commercial airline flight. It is being temporarily taken off course the whole trip. And, each time the elements take it off course, it corrects and gets back on the right path. You’ll be blown off course every day. Success requires all of these.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 10, 2017

Many of the start-ups my various angel funds have financed died a slow death, not because of poor concept but because of poor execution, wasting fixed overhead and draining the financial resources from the company coffers. But we investors often allow too little slack in our estimates as well.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Those services — and the company’s growing business among small and medium-sized suppliers to the construction industry — brought the Austin-based company to the attention of Fifth Wall Ventures , the Los Angeles based investment firm whose limited partners are among the biggest construction companies in the world.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

I told her that I believed America’s best asset – driven initially from software innovation mindset in the San Francisco Bay Area and media innovation driven from Los Angeles – was our willingness to accept failure. Of course the naysayers are out again. Of course not. I’d love even 0.5%

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 6, 2020

There were, of course, those who used the opportunity to make a marketing push or pitch a story. As part of the program, up to 30-minute rides will be free for members of critical workforces through April 30 in Austin, Denver, Los Angeles, the Washington D.C. The response was overwhelming. I’m seeking something different.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The latest to launch is an at-home test for urinary tract infections from the Los Angeles-based startup Scanwell Health. Companies continue to refine digital diagnostic tools for in-home healthcare at a rapid clip. The company was founded by Stephen Chen, who literally grew up in the diagnostics testing business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2023

Of course, their answer is that the second intends to get to market faster, but every engine has limits regardless the fuel applied. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Los Angeles-based BiasSync (www.biassync.com) was founded by three, very experienced serial entrepreneurs-- Michele Ruiz (broadcast journalism), Robin Richards (CareerArc, Internships.com, NTI Group, MP3), and Dan Gould (former VP of Technology for Tinder). That's what we do over the course of our two year contract.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. Of course, we all realize that this approach will take longer, and could jeopardize both roles if not managed effectively.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Angel investors, like me, have long figured out that asking to see the prototype is a quick way to separate the ‘wannabes’ from serious players. Software products and apps can be quickly wire-framed with free tools such as MockFlow , or even Microsoft Powerpoint to lay out the key screens. Reduce the time to production and rollout.

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