Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Rather than enhancing the offering you have, develop and offer new products that capitalize on the customers that you already know well. For example, Facebook added WhatsApp as a cross-platform messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) service to enhance the self-sustaining growth their social media platform before any downturn.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2015

Audiences have moved very quickly to mobile, and I think that mobile is a brilliant platform on which to build a next generation brand. The truth about Helsinki, is it really is the mobile games capital of the world. That''s a great way to build IP for the mobile generation. There is some really fun stuff coming. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Were part of the uCast Global video highway, which is our way of illustrating how content is being driven locally, regionally, and globally, using our platform, but also technology we have integrated and continue to integrate with our partners. We are unique in being an open platform, that allows for all of these variations to happen.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2013

We''ve now branched off to connecting service providers and utilities, providing a home to cloud platform. Greg Memo: What we have, is a platform which securely connects things to the Internet. What our platform does, it is connects them to the cloud and a base service, for energy management, home automation, and media services.

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AUGUST 12, 2019

Vanessa Dawson: The Vinetta Project is an entreneurial ecosystem and deal flow pipeline that works with early stage, female tech founders, and helps them to access both resources and capital for their business. There are more female entrepreneurs thinking big, and raising capital, and having that venture mind set.

Entrepreneur 124

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JULY 10, 2019

in seed funding, from E&A Venture Capital and SOSV. Spencer Price: The customer experience with e-commerce has become less and less human, as algorithms on digital platform replace human interaction. The challenge of any AI platform, is to understand that. The company has raised $1.9M What is Halla?

Pricing 113

Pricing Startup North Hollywood Platform 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2015

To get some insight into the growing world and business of e-sports, we caught up with Clinton Foy , a local venture capital investor at Crosscut Ventures in Los Angeles. At Crosscut, we tend to invest in platforms. Foy�along with a number of partners, including, Brian Lee of Honost Co.; That's what's exciting about this.

Riot Games 100

Riot Games Southern California Invest Mobile 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 17, 2012

Well – he had this awesome platform that was super technical – great IP. But he seemed so beat up and bitter that I doubt he will ever attract more capital. He sought me out in the hallways. He has the “perfect business for me” given my blog commentary. Would I hear him out? He was from Harvard.

Startup 336

Startup Entrepreneur IP Venture Capital 336

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JULY 12, 2013

In its simplest terms, we install OpenStack, plus two years of IP that we''ve developed here at MetaCloud, onto our client''s server, at their data center. Steve Curry: The promise of solutions like VMware, is they address utilization of existing capital and servers. What does MetaCloud do? That worked, to some degree.

CIO 207

CIO Southern California Technical Review Software Review 207

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Paige Craig , currently the most prolific, under-dressed, and most eligible angel in Los Angeles, sourced a hot, young startup called Gendai Games (makers of GameSalad - a platform for rapid development of mobile games). Tags: Raising Venture Capital Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis Term Sheets.

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Venture Capital Pricing Technical Review Startup 286

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APRIL 28, 2010

I have been involved with a number of companies that had raised a large amount of money, and one of the things I really wanted to do, was do something that didn't require a large amount of venture capital--something that we could do with a small, lean team. So, we were toying around with ideas, when the idea behind Bccthis came up.

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Email Startup Mobile Ideas 185

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Who’s going to help you with improving your marketing / positioning to become a clear platform category leader like Twilio? When you think about the success that is Silicon Valley, the unfair advantage is not just the huge amounts of available venture capital. Who can get help get access to their capital? Elder Statesmen.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

He is also the co-founder of Playsino, ExpressCoin (Bitcoin exchange), GoCoin (Bitcoin payment platform), Five Delta, Evertune, GamesTV, Digital Entertainment Network, KnCMiner.cn (Bitcoin Mining), and Robocoin China (Bitcoin ATM). He began his career as a media, entertainment and IP attorney.

Startup 111

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Kelly Tompkins: Yes, in 1998, there was Away.com, iExplore, and there was significant venture capital thrown at that segment. The underlying technology has two and a half years, and four and a half million dollars put into the platform. They all failed, because what they decided to do was be a single, standalone website.

Web 100

Web Altadena Sites Activity 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2008

There has been nine years of university R&D, serious Computer Science work, that we have been able to capitalize on. Unlike most web media firms, we've got a real, protectable IP, based on serious computer science, three patents, and five more pending. However, I've only spent 5 and a half years of the last thirty in venture capital.

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Entertainment Clearstone Venture Capital Media 100

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

November 23, 2010 Entrepreneurs, Using Outsourcing to Obtain Capital Efficiency Needs to be Thought Through to be Effective - Robert Ochtel , June 7, 2010 Teen Entrepreneur, Brian Wong, Youngest Founder to Receive Angel Funding - teenentrepreneurblog.com , October 28, 2010 Build Your Own Silicon Valley?

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