socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2012

In terms of industries, Biotechnology led the investments with $207M invested in the category, followed by Industrial/Energy, with $155.27M, then Medical Devices, with $133.59M in funding. The category of perennial interest in Southern California, Media and Entertainment, only saw $55.3M

Southern California 157

Southern California Orange County San Diego GRP Partners 157

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

Wearables are in fact much more than that, and the category is rapidly expanding thanks to the likes of big Fortune 500 companies, as well as small time startups and crowdfunded projects on Indiegogo. Speakers: Kate Drane – Design Tech & Hardware Lead at Indiegogo. What is a wearable? Date: Thursday, June 26, 2014.

Santa Monica 101

Santa Monica Entertainment Design Research 101

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

It starts with a category being done poorly, reimagining the experience, creating distinctive products and then constantly messaging this to the market. If you tried to shop Amazon for just one of these categories?—?where In certain product categories that means building in features & functionality that isn’t a commodity.

Product 296

Product Course Customer Custom 296

SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 4, 2010

On December 10 find out which innovations will make a worldwide impact in the categories of action and sport technologies, aerospace and security technologies, clean technology, communications and IT, hardware and general technology, life sciences-diagnostics and research tools, life sciences-medical products and software.

San Diego 113

San Diego Research Tool Technology 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2011

We always struggle with what to call the category of the Chumby. Derrick Oien: Originally, people thought of the Chumby as just a hardware device. Derrick Oien: Chumby invented a category. It seems like a simple problem, but if you're inventing a new category, how do you describe your device is a bit of a challenge.

Startup 159

Startup Google San Diego Content 159

Tech.Co

JUNE 1, 2017

“Since 95 percent of mainstream VCs won’t touch the category today, valuations are rational and you face little competition for access – so place your bets before the party gets crowded.”. The Unique Risks. Even with little competition and an unprecedented ROI opportunity, investing in cannabis has its risks.

Invest 75

Invest Competition Training Media 75

Tech.Co

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Merchants can target campaigns by gender, age, user behavior, and video category, with their total cost varying based on merchants' needs and budget. Hardware peripheral support Shopify Basic. On the website side, merchants can add a “TikTok Pixel” to better track TikTok-powered conversions. Cost (paid monthly). Gift cards.

Help 149

Help Platform Startup Social Media 149

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

My partner Steven Dietz is an auto enthusiast and more than just an admirer of amazing cars he has worked around the auto industry for 20 years and backed a couple of billion-dollar startups in the category. True Ventures with hardware startups. Whenever somebody has a car startup I send it straight his way.

Venture Capital 373

Venture Capital Startup Course Entrepreneur 373

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The Now category is rapidly expanding thanks to the likes of big Fortune 500 companies, as well as small time startups and crowdfunded projects on Indiegogo. The evening will be comprised of a variety of gadgets on hand for attendees to experience some of the newest in hardware.

Santa Monica 83

Santa Monica Content Web Technology 83

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Relativity has also completed tests of its avionics architecture and hardware and conducted an analysis of the vehicle’s design and coupled loads. “ The fit here is perfect for rockets and perfect for aerospace categories,” Knauf says of the company’s proprietary 3-D printing technology.

Chief Technology Officer 168

Chief Technology Officer SpaceX Los Angeles Venture Capital 168

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2015

This is a tough one to accomplish, but it has paid off handsomely for the first to win in other categories, such as Amazon Kindle and Netflix. No company has more value control points than Google, which spans advertising, e-commerce, social media, video and mobile, as well as a full suite of hardware products. Be aggressive and alert.

Startup 98

Startup Platform Pricing Netflix 98

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Like all Vitamix hardware, the Automatic Mix’n Machine — winner of numerous restaurant industry 2012 awards — is proudly manufactured in the United States. This communication tool is integrating smart technology with traditional home hardware — and it’s all made in America. into yogurt, soft serve, and milk shakes.

Technology 104

Technology Google Mobile Outsource Development 104

Xconomy

AUGUST 9, 2016

Yes, designing an edge-to-edge display might involve some tough hardware challenges. But my bet is that the seeming slowdown in the iPhone iteration cycle isn’t primarily a hardware issue. What made the original iPhone so groundbreaking was a remarkable convergence of hardware and software innovation. Let me explain.

Software Review 40

Software Review Screening Design Mobile 40

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2010

One, is we're not providing the hardware ourselves. The category of customers we're targeting are building consumer networking equipment, such as routers, gateways, and set-top boxes. So you're selling this to hardware makers? We're in the category of energy monitoring tools. how do you hope to stand out in the market?

Startup 140

Startup OCTANE Outsource Development Google 140

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

We provide primarily enterprise, category, point-, and sit in between the legacy guys and mobile guys. We ended up between the enterprise, legacy point-of-sale products and a lot of mobile players, who just haven't created something to deal with multi-site, enterprise level hardware at the front end. READ MORE>>.

Entertainment 100

Entertainment Sales Mobile Startup 100

socalTECH

MAY 17, 2019

As you know, service providers like Accenture and Dimension Data and Fujitsu Systems and others service hundreds, if not thousands of customers, who are buying services from them to help them manage their IT systems, their hardware, and their software installations and asset management, and so forth. So, it's quite new.

SaaS 113

SaaS Startup Customer Custom 113

socalTECH

JUNE 29, 2009

That's the only category where 2-strokes are still dominant. Bernardo Herzer: Our product is on the shelf around the country, at Home Depot, Sears under the Craftsman brand, powered by Lehr, at Ace Hardware, True Value Hardware Stores, Do it Best hardware Stores, and Myers. That's a significant part of what we're doing.

Southern California 113

Southern California Product Research Pricing 113

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

cheap accessible digital hardware]. consumer companies were enhanced because they coincided with hardware that allowed us to capture more content instantly – namely images and video. This will take a few years but players such as Meebo are already innovating in this category though their toolbar. We all wanted intros.

Social Network 297

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Web 297

socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2012

I started a couple of different manufacturing companies in the home furnishings industry, primarily a manufacturer of products for stores like Ikea, Pottery Barn, Crate & Barrel, and Restoration Hardware. After that, we're going to continue expanding on the home, and other categories in the home. READ MORE>>.

Sales 178

Sales Startup Sites Design 178

socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2013

It''s also the hardware, and we''ll soon be putting out announcement that we can talk about, deploying our technology on handsets and other devices. We already have live, paying customers in several categories. Who are the customers for your technology? Dev Bhatia: You can think of them as lots of different platforms and devices.

Technology 216

Technology Google Commerce Southern California 216

socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2019

We were really passionate about this, and decided to go all-in, and create the next category of transportation company. We came up with this idea, to use electric bicycles, which have a smaller profile than scooters. It's been awesome.

San Diego 113

San Diego Startup Study Los Angeles 113

Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2023

The platform allows users to create custom categories and run reports for improved visibility, and its app even lets users track miles driven on business trips. While QuickBooks Online is solid across the board, it really excels in expense tracking.

Tool 128

Tool Startup Software Review Technical Review 128

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

There''s no business category. So I went to the hardware store. and it was run by some college students up north (at) Stanford. I looked at it because it had. (a) a) cool site of the day (feature). And so I said, ''Well, how do I get at it? how do I put my business on here?'' I''m driving around town with my cell phone.

Startup 223

Startup Yahoo Santa Barbara Slides 223

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

We discussed whether investing in the second largest player in a category makes sense given that Groupon is 10x the revenue, 3.5x If you want to run marketing campaigns you need to know who influences whom and in which product categories and geographies. eCommerce is hot again! the funding and market coverage.

Clearstone 236

Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Tecla Access requires additional hardware, but provides accessibility for people with less mobility through a keyboard and microphone that can attach to a wheelchair. For people suffering from general immobility, these are the perfect free applications. Hamilton CapTel / SoundAMP Lite. Parking Mobility.

Mobile 40

Mobile Pricing Tool Customer 40

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

And I would rather, even before the executive summary, have something to play with (a demo)…” It falls in the category of show don’t tell. And I think that is because the actual challenge of dealing with a lot of this stuff is very software and compute intensive and not sort of hardware trickery.

Venture Capital 288

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

Signaling an overall shift away from costly hardware in favor of affordable cloud-based voice and text messaging services for the commercial and non-profit sectors, CallFire announced that it has surpassed 50,000 users.

Venture Capital 89

Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89

Alon Schwartz

MARCH 25, 2012

We know that a computer is built from parts like a CPU, memory and a Hard disk, which you must have in order for the computer to work, that’s hardware. There are only three categories that still require installation: Anti Virus/Security, Office, and sophisticated games (i.e. Call of Duty). Everything else you can do online.

Web 2.0 74

Web 2.0 Google Doc Software 74

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2009

Vicon became the largest motion capture hardware and software company and our primary markets there were entertainment, computer games, film, and also life sciences and engineering. There's a broad set of categories, and even others we hadn't anticipated. Tell us about the company and how started?

Tool 113

Tool Platform Venture Capital Startup 113

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Categories Deals. No "one more thing" no Foo Fighters, just a ton of new hardware #apple 20 minutes ago. Got A News Tip? send news to tips@pandodaily.com. Pando Daily Home. About PandoDaily. PandoDaily on Twitter. That's it. Think the new products are the only big things happening for Apple today?

UCLA 47

UCLA Invest Startup Class 47

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Today, we support four categories: house cleaning, dry cleaning – pickup and delivery, wash and fold – pickup and delivery, and dog walking. Google Glass, you can call a mobile, wearable hardware. ML: Porter is a really simple consumer app, a one-stop shop for booking your recurring in-home services.

Technical Review 87

Technical Review Mobile Startup Los Angeles 87

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Categories Deals. No "one more thing" no Foo Fighters, just a ton of new hardware #apple 20 minutes ago. Got A News Tip? send news to tips@pandodaily.com. Pando Daily Home. About PandoDaily. PandoDaily on Twitter. That's it. Think the new products are the only big things happening for Apple today?

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Since then, the monthly subscription model has become the norm for a wide range of products and services, from web applications, to hardware, and services of all types. Other obstacles to product adoption are equally onerous, but not so obvious, and in some cases, there are no easy solutions.

Product 86

Product Marketing Education Examples 86

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads Finally, an easier way for Small and Mid-Sized Companies to Run Their Business Applications: IBM Smart Business IBM From the PC to the Internet to every piece of hardware and software in. Forrester Research Googling Google GreenTech Pastures Hardware 2.0 it is the stuff of nightmares.

Web 29

Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

cheap accessible digital hardware]. ones were enhanced because they coincided with hardware that allowed us to capture more content instantly – namely images and video – otherwide Web 2.0 This will take a few years but players such as Meebo are already innovating in this category though their toolbar.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 12, 2021

I was super immersed in the category and working at a fitness company, but found that I did not have a lot of time for fitness myself,” she said. “I I was underwhelmed by some of the apps, which were not premium products and had so many barriers to entry, like expensive bikes or hardware equipment.

Platform 208

Platform Capital Funding Beachbody 208

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

You can think of even your PC as a stack in which the hardware manufacturers handled physical layers, Microsoft handled the OS layer and application companies built higher up in the stack. For every layer if I mention companies please don’t assume that I’m suggesting there aren’t other players in that category.

Startup 343

Startup Technical Review S3 Services 343