socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? They all depend on EdgeCast to deliver content to their customers, anywhere they are, on any device. We've grown really fast.

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CTO Hire Content Networking Web 248

socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2008

In what looks to be a challenging funding climate for entrepreneurs, we thought it would be interesting to talk to one fund which is still making investments--Saban Ventures (www.saban.com)--a new, digital media focused venture capital fund located in Los Angeles. For those not familiar with Saban Capital, tell us about the fund?

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Capital Southern California Media Venture Capital 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The company provides SAT, ACT, and other similar test preparation courses and related software. I had worked as a tutor for Princeton Review, and Jake for Kaplan. We thought, we could put out a better product than Kaplan or Princeton Review, which would be more compelling, and also would tie in a strong social mission.

Software Review 178

Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2019

Many aspiring entrepreneurs are looking to the Internet as an opportunity to get rich quick, instead of a place where you can start a business you love, for very little capital and minimal technical expertise. Take advantage of software tools to automate routine business functions, like taking and delivering orders.

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Technical Review Case Study Software Review Startup 97

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. I decided well if I am going to be investing in this stuff at least I need to understand what it’s like to have a blog, to be generating content, and it was quite interesting at the very, very beginning.“. Brad’s start in Venture Capital. was starting.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Many aspiring entrepreneurs are looking to the Internet as an opportunity to get rich quick, instead of a place where you can start a business you love, for very little capital and minimal technical expertise. Take advantage of software tools to automate routine business functions, like taking and delivering orders.

Startup 107

Startup Technical Review Case Study Software Review 107

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Idris Manley: Essentially, what we do is we create a global layer for web sites, that supports multiple language content channels. We've created bi-directional, and real-time links between a web site and translation software. In addition to that, we provide the ability of customers to review that with analytics.

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Startup Technical Review Social Network Content 133

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

The conference is run by Jamie Montgomery , one of the local industry's pioneers in venture capital and investment. Jamie is currently also co-founder of March Capital Partners, in addition to running the summit. The LIDAR, the sensors, the software, what's been developed for and by the aerospace industry, JPL, and local universities.

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Technical Review Conference Silver Lake Cornerstone OnDemand 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2013

Many aspiring entrepreneurs are looking to the Internet as an opportunity to get rich quick, instead of a place where you can start a business you love, for very little capital and minimal technical expertise. Take advantage of software tools to automate routine business functions, like taking and delivering orders.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review Case Study 105

Tech.Co

JULY 24, 2017

And if, like us, you spend the first six months of your startup under a rock, your social capital may begin to dry up. If you hired an outstanding front-end software engineer, chances are they are friends with other outstanding software developers. This is someone who has an abundant network comprised of many weak ties.

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Networking Startup Software Review Conference 82

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Venture capital. Matthew Jenusaitis is the CEO of OCTANe , an Orange County startup accelerator whose mission is to connect people and ideas with capital and resources. Whats Hot Menu. what’s hot?

Southern California 57

Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

This was in large part due to the marketing efforts of Jason that created a great top end of the funnel (100+ companies applied) and the herculean efforts of Tyler Crowley who spent days going through all of the submissions and serving up 5 very interesting companies. The second event was in Boulder. Team Pip.io had a very ambitious project.

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Angel Technical Review Software Review Platform 254

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2012

Many aspiring entrepreneurs are looking to the Internet as an opportunity to get rich quick, instead of a place where you can start a business you love, for very little capital and minimal technical expertise. Take advantage of software tools to automate routine business functions, like taking and delivering orders.

Technical Review 99

Technical Review Case Study Startup Software Review 99

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 3rd Brad Feld wrote a one paragraph blog post titled “ Raising Venture Capital &# in which he linked to my blog. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. I don’t plan to write the authoritative venture capital blog, just some anecdotes.

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Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274

socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2008

In what looks to be a challenging funding climate for entrepreneurs, we thought it would be interesting to talk to one fund which is still making investments--Saban Ventures (www.saban.com)--a new, digital media focused venture capital fund located in Los Angeles. Richard Yen: Saban Ventures kicked off early this year. where he is Chairman.

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Southern California Media Venture Capital Invest 100

InfoChachkie

APRIL 28, 2011

They often identify expeditious ways to make money in the early days of their adVentures, which allow them to reduce the amount of capital they must raise from outside investors. Perhaps in part due to its dominant market share, WebEx adopted telecom-style pricing, which effectively penalized their users. 9 Women And A Baby.

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Entrepreneur SaaS Pricing Cloud Computing 225

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

It says that selling an airplane ticket for $500 and getting paid a $5 fees by the airlines (1% gross margin) is not the same thing as selling $500 of software that you built (>90% gross margin). Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital. Let me come back to MakeSpace to show you this point.

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Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

As of the last four months, we've had about 200,000 plus downloads, a bunch of great write ups, and a lot of mom bloggers who have been reviewing the app and writing stories on it. How did you end up in the mobile market from last running an enterprise software firm? We're also raising capital to get the word out in a better way.

Mobile 168

Mobile .Net Pasadena Software Review 168

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Back then were were looking for the same things users look for today – the “6 C’s of Social Networking&# – Communications, connectedness, common experiences, content, commerce & cool experiences. Close shop to try and control monetization and you can only rely on your own internal innovation machine & capital.

Social Network 297

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Web 297

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Thus, avoid link farms, mindless keyword content and similar techniques designed to make your site more Google friendly. As long as you have a well architected site that allows Google to properly spider your content, spend the rest of your time and money focusing on maximizing the remaining marketing tools listed below.

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Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

This Panel is filled with investing super stars who will be going over must have content for all the startups and entrepreneurs out there. Import your content from a Google Maps Account, KML file, or create it from scratch using their content management system. Be sure to tune in at 5:30pm PT. Panel speakers: Paige Craig , aka.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Sit back and enjoy all the great content below and once again thank you all for making this possible :). Import your content from a Google Maps Account, KML file, or create it from scratch using their content management system. However, you know we always bring a little something back just in case. VC/Angel Panel.

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Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

TechZulu & Gadget Review present REACH. Wilson is the President/COO of Paltalk, a profitable leading live social interest/topic & content based video and chat community, with millions of active users a month, cross platforms. Make sure to tune in! Wilson Kriegel - President/COO Paltalk | former CRO of Zynga / OMGPOP.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 76

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2023

The military has long recognized that machine guns are force multipliers for rifles, but businesses have been slow to capitalize on this concept. Soliciting user-generated online feedback and reviews. User generated content that is immediately available to other users is another positive force multiplier.

Social Media 106

Social Media Software Review Course Networking 106

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2016

Ron Spreeuwenberg is the founder of edtech mobile software HiMama , the company has headquarters in Toronto, Canada and Baltimore, MD. As a result, we decided to skip out the middle man and went directly to our customers using social media and content marketing tools. NORTH AMERICA: In Toronto startups fight for new graduates.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Startup Incubator Media 40

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. Five Reasons You Haven’t Launched - Software By Rob , November 10, 2010 Photo by stevendepolo. But I don’t think so. call to arms.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2020

The military has long recognized that machine guns are force multipliers for rifles, but businesses have been slow to capitalize on this concept. Soliciting user-generated online feedback and reviews. User generated content that is immediately available to other users is another positive force multiplier.

Tips 124

Tips Social Media Software Review Course 124

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

Some great content around the intersection of startups and being a Startup CTO in June this year. This continues my series of posts: Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March There was some really great content in June. This pitcher has retired 5 of the last 7 batters."

Startup 175

Startup Venture Capital Slides Blogging 175

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2015

The military has long recognized that machine guns are force multipliers for rifles, but businesses have been slow to capitalize on this concept. Soliciting user-generated online feedback and reviews. User generated content that is immediately available to other users is another positive force multiplier.

Social Media 99

Social Media Software Review Entrepreneur Course 99

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2016

The military has long recognized that machine guns are force multipliers for rifles, but businesses have been slow to capitalize on this concept. Soliciting user-generated online feedback and reviews. User generated content that is immediately available to other users is another positive force multiplier.

Startup 58

Startup Social Media Software Review Entrepreneur 58

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2011

I’ve talked before about problems I see with the US education system in both my post about Peter Thiel’s 20-under-20 initiative and also my review of Waiting for Superman. I know readers of this post aren’t in that demo but that’s what the data says. Full stop. He’s surrounded himself with great people.

Invest 295

Invest Carson Technical Review Education 295

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

We were looking for what I call the “6 C’s of Social Networking&# – Communications, connectedness, common experiences, content, commerce & cool experiences (fun!). They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. It was mostly timing. The Present Era.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Some great content around the intersection of startups and being a Startup CTO in June this year. 5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 I just reviewed several hundred startup pitches for Capital Factory. You're probably making a lot of these errors too. Here’s why.

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217