socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

We had to figure out what would help the other 90 percent build better and more interesting sites. We noticed that many of those sites were not pre-populating the site with content, were not drawing from external channels, and were not starting conversations on Twitter, Facebook, and elsewhere. Is FanMix available now?

Startup 242

Startup CTO Coach Blogging Social Media 242

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2010

Last year’s passé terms that even entrepreneurs cringe at (and the best are embarrassed to lead with) are social network, social media and social games. I recently gave talks at Caltech & Stanford. I hope they are because badges will run their course. I guess “social&# is just soooo last year.

Startup 296

Startup Evite Web Ideas 296

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

We're helping the entrepreneur, leveraging our network, introducing them to people, and helping them think about new products. Materials is as well, and I spend lots of time at UCLA, and Caltech looking at interesting materials. Everyone knows everyone else in LA, and there's a network of people who know other people.

Redpoint 154

Redpoint Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Invest 154

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

It became a theme in my keynote at Caltech on the future of social networking. “The Meebo MiniBar sits on the bottom of your browser and is the social layer connecting people on sites including TV Guide and TMZ. The bar brings chat to the website and sites have seen share rates double using the bar. For Meebo 1.3%

Startup 286

Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Visible networking is turning into a really great opportunity to get to know people better, get to meet new people, and have some interesting conversations. For me, FI was great for networking with Adeo and the other mentors, who are all world class successful entrepreneurs themselves, as well as the other founders in the program.

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

I'm blogging from the CalTech Enterprise Forum. His picture of all of the different elements you have to deal with infrastructure (network, storage, os, db, etc.), Stamps.com - two back-ends - mainline service vs. marketing site. The topic is: Betting Your Company On An Internet Platform? Server and client in Java.

Platform 150

Platform EC2 Java S3 150