SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 About this Blog Ive been thinking about doing a blog with my thoughts on technology and whats happening in the Los Angeles area technology scene for a while, but it was Ben Kuos recent start of a blog that inspired me to actually go ahead and do it. Thanks Ben.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , the project management software firm run by Isaac Garcia, said today that it has rolled out a new version of its product, Central Desktop 2.0. The firm said the new software provides a redesigned user interface, and new features including online file viewing. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Bushnell announced on his blog that the company has created a five episode mini-series for Best BUy featuring the company, which is described in the videos as a "unique team of mad genius innovators". Bushnell's personal website said that Two Bit Circus is a Los Angeles idea factory focused on software, hardware and machines READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 21, 2013

I recently wrote a blog post in which I pointed out that many investors & advisors discourage enterprise startups from having a professional services (PS) business and I think this is a big mistake. deliver profitable revenue that while on gross margins of 50% vs. software at 85-95% it is still profits to help you cover fixed costs.

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TechEmpower

AUGUST 14, 2023

As noted in Symptoms of a Weak Development Team , this is a symptom of the old software engineering adage: The first 90% of a project takes 90% of the time. Please write us at blog@techempower.com ! Then, a month later, the product is still 90% done. And six weeks later – 90% again! The last 10% takes the other 90%. innovation

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Zingle, a startup whose software is used by hospitality, travel, and retail industries to more easily and quickly connect with their customers via messaging, has been acquired for about $42 million in cash by Medallia, a publicly traded software company in San Francisco. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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MAY 14, 2013

Los Angeles-based content delivery network provider NetDNA is powering a web performance optimization service for WordPress blog owners this morning. NetDNA said that W3 Total Cache , which develops a plug-in for the popular WordPress web publishing software, is using its MaxCDN services to help its customers with optimizing WordPress sites.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. See Five Things Meme as an example.

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MAY 2, 2019

Blueprint Equity managing partners Sheldon Lewis and Bobby Ocampo, 30-somethings who are part of a new generation of investors in San Diego, said Thursday that the firm had invested $6 million in Sunwave, a Florida-based company that makes software for substance abuse treatment centers. Lewis was mostly recently with San.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Los Angeles-based Pringo, which develops white label social networking software for enterprises, said earlier this week that it has launched a beta of its latest version. Pringo's software is used by companies to develop their own online communities.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The software of Portfolium, a San Diego startup that hosts online portfolios for students trying to showcase their achievements to potential employers, is set to join the portfolio of Utah educational software company Instructure. Instructure (NYSE: INST ) has agreed to acquire privately held Portfolium.

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OCTOBER 15, 2019

Irvine-based content moderation software developer WebPurify says it has enhanced its tools with a new tool, which allows its users to automatically detect text in memes and other images in blogs, forums, social media apps, children's sites, in-game chats, and more.

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TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

We'll keep this blog entry short and sweet. New dependency tool that helps organize, unify, and simplify required software (e.g., software such as python2 is now easily loaded/reused without contributor knowledge required). Round 11 of the ongoing Web Framework Benchmarks project is now available! The highlights for Round 11.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2014

El Segundo-based Aggregage , which develops software driven B2B websites and newsletters which aggregate blog and news postings for specific industries, has raised $1M in a convertible note, the company said today. Aggregage''s B2B websites are published in conjunction with trade and professional associations. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 8, 2018

In the eight years since it was founded, Seismic has become a leader in the market for Web-based software used by corporations and other big customers to manage the online marketing materials created to support sales reps in the field.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Medical device maker ResMed has agreed to acquire Minnesota-based MatrixCare, which makes software for long-term care providers, for $750 million. San Diego’s ResMed (NYSE: ticker[[RMD]]) announced its intention to buy the privately held tech company on Monday.

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MAY 15, 2019

Now software startup Tealium, which has about 215 employees at its San Diego headquarters, announced Wednesday it has added $55 million in a Series F financing. San Diego has had plenty of businesses go public in recent years, but most have been life sciences companies.

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MARCH 28, 2018

A healthtech startup founded by two doctors who set out in 2013 to improve the overall management of their respective medical practices is emerging from beta mode Wednesday to offer fellow physicians an office software suite. See below. ]

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JUNE 2, 2010

Santa Monica-based content delivery network provider EdgeCast announced this morning that it has won blogging site Wordpress.com and blog search site Technorati. Tags: hosting blog technorati wordpress edgecast. Financial impact of the deal was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Software startup Cloudbeds recently relocated its 20-odd local employees from a small space in downtown San Diego to an office nearly three times the size in the same neighborhood. The company unveiled the new digs Thursday, about a month after moving in, with a ceremonial ribbon cutting.

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JANUARY 8, 2013

Fanmix , a startup developing "social inbox" software to manage a user's social conversations on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, blogs, comment threads, and elsewhere, has spun out of Los Angeles-based Social Engine , according to Social Engine co-founder and new FanMix head Charlotte Genevier.

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Tech.Co

JULY 29, 2020

In a blog post in May, Google announced it would begin reopening its offices from early July this year. This was only to allow those staff who wanted or needed to come back, and was done on a “limited, rotating basis”, the blog said. Remote Working: What Is Twitter Doing? Remote Working: What is Facebook doing?

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MAY 19, 2014

Incentive is led by Rickard Hansson; the company''s software offers up activity streams, wikis, blogs, and other social apps for companies, which operates behind a company''s firewall or in a private cloud. incentive incentivecorp sweden venture capital social software saas cloud intranet sharing business enterprise'

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JUNE 20, 2013

Sonos , the developer of the user-friendly, multi-room music systems and related software, said this week that it has tied into Hype Machine , a music discovery tool which searches through music blogs to identify the trending songs and artists people are talking about. sonos hype machine music discovery blog' READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 9, 2018

Santa Barbara, California-based ERP software developer QAD has lost its website--and has potentially undergone either mudflow or water intrusion--due to the massive disaster unfolding in Montecito, California. QAD had redirected its main website to its blog site, saying on that site that QAD is experiencing an "unplanned outage".

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Walmart’s tech incubator in Silicon Valley, Store No 8, has acquired Spatialand , a virtual reality software firm, as its third portfolio company. Venice, CA-based Spatialand worked with Walmart on a project last year, an experience that led to the acquisition, according to the blog post. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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APRIL 17, 2012

Pasadena-based X1 Discovery , the electronic discovery offshoot of X1 and Idealab, reported Tuesday that it has launched a fully cloud-deployable version of its software. X1 Discovery said the new product, X1RD, is a "sister product" to the firm's more traditional, software installed X1 Social Discovery application.

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AUGUST 25, 2009

This is part of my blog series “Pitching a VC.&#. I’ve sat through a lot of VC pitches and having been CEO of an enterprise software firm for many years I’ve also sat through many customer meetings with sales teams.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Epic Systems may soon add its name to the list of companies with virtual assistant software that people can give instructions to and get information from. Instead, they’ll be doctors, nurses, and others who use the Verona, WI-based company’s healthcare software to do their jobs. On Tuesday, following founder and CEO .

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AUGUST 23, 2010

Take AVC.com, the blog by Fred Wilson. He wrote a blog post that always stuck with me about how there are regulars on his blog who hang out there a bit like “Cheers&# just having a chat with a metaphorical beer in hand. I picked questions that I had already covered in depth on my blog and answered them in shorter form.

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APRIL 1, 2014

ReachLocal said the new software helps SMBs to drive organic search traffic to their websites. The new product works directly with its new marketing automation software, ReachEdge, and is the first search engine optimization product to come from ReachLocal. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 29, 2013

In a blog post Wednesday, CEO John Patzakis said that X1 hasd recently "enjoyed the support" of a number of investors, who have enabled the company to double down on its support of current customers and focus on development of its next generation search and discovery software. X1 Discovery is one of the companies out of Idealab.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing Great post - 8 Ways The Internet Changed Software Marketing - is an interesting take on how different it is these days to market software. Good stuff. Posted byTony Karrer at 6:58 AM 1 comments: Jon Miller said.

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MARCH 28, 2012

Los Angeles-based MediaPass , the developer of subscription and content monetization software aimed at online publishers, has raised $1.75M more in a Series B funding. MediaPass is headed by Matthew Mitchell, and offers up software which allows online publishers to start charging for their content for users. and Jeff Tinsley of MyLife.

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APRIL 19, 2010

San Diego-based Sorenson Media , a developer of video encoding software, said today that it has been selected by Internet domain and web hosting firm Go Daddy. According to Sorenson Media, its products will be used to power Go Daddy's Quick Blogcast web blogging software for Mac users. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

By definition, you read blogs. If you care about accessing customers, reaching an audience, communicating your vision, influencing people in your industry, marketing your services or just plain engaging in a dialog with others in your industry a blog is a great way to achieve this. People often ask me why I started blogging.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 4, 2018

15Five gets its name from the feedback and coaching process that its software turns into a consistent routine. Employees use the system to make a 15-minute check-in report to their bosses every week. The manager then spends five minutes reviewing the worker’s report and adding items to the online agenda for their next one-on-one meeting.

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