socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2015

Rexter''s software--which runs across mobile platforms, tablets, and PCs--helps consolidate and manage their contacts from across social networking sites and email, and helps users manage those contacts and activities.

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TechEmpower

MARCH 4, 2024

Post-sale, AI analyzes customer data to improve service and loyalty, making it a cornerstone of modern sales methodologies. TechEmpower has been instrumental in developing chatbots like these, utilizing generative AI to sift through internal documents and user manuals, enabling them to provide precise answers to customer service questions.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

When people talk about “online food delivery” services, chances are that they’ll think of the Uber Eats, Instacarts and Getirs of this world. GrubMarket got its start several years ago as one of many companies looking to provide a more efficient farm-to-table service. software platform. and Canada.

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Startup Platform Software Los Angeles 249

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

A traffic jam of expensive cars lined up to pull into the packed parking lot of MuckerLab for its second graduating class demo day. Tech Coast Angel investor Dale Okuno came out because he believes that MuckerLab attracts better talent because they keep their class size small and focused. And build great business they have.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The firm said the new product allows users to use Amazon's EC2 cloud service to deliver enterprise applications over the public cloud. Manhattan Beach-based Morphlabs , which develops software for managing public and private cloud computing infrastructure, said this week that it has launched a new product called mCloud On-Demand.

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Manhattan Beach Cloud Computing EC2 Platform 140

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Meg shared the perspective that Quibi is targeting a different kind of viewing experience (mobile-only video, which she say is only 10% of the viewing for other streaming services and virtually none during the day) and a different kind of content than what exists currently. monthly subscription (or $8 ad free) for Quibi?

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Content Netflix Platform Mobile 244

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

Subscribe to Chain Reaction on Apple , Spotify or your alternative podcast platform of choice to keep up with us every week. Molecule , a platform where DAOs can back medical research projects, secured $13 million in seed funding led by Northpond Ventures. I don’t even think digital assets [are] an asset class. follow the money.

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Newsletter Platform Capital Marketing 278

socalTECH

MARCH 29, 2017

San Luis Obispo-based MINDBODY , the developer of cloud-based business management software for spas and the wellness services industry, has acquired Lymber Wellness , a startup that provides yield management and pricing software for class and appointment-based businesses. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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Technology Startup Class Pricing 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2015

Techstars Disney Accelerator class of 2015 was announced yesterday. imperson provides an artificial intelligence platform enabling fans to have conversations with their favorite movie and TV characters. StatMuse is developing an artificial intelligence platform to help sports fans explore data using simple, natural language.

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Tech.Co

MAY 18, 2017

The Clipper Corporation is a global distributor and supplier for the food service and consumer products industry. Cloudbreak Health is a unified telemedicine and healthcare solutions provider bringing doctors to patients, services to hospitals, and expertise to infrastructure. Clipper Corporation. Cloudbreak Health, LLC. KabaFusion.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 5, 2022

My company Putta Crown On It has the opportunity to have a place to do classes, promotional shoots and more,” Sykes told TechCrunch via email. TikTok later apologized for what it called a “ technical glitch ,” but Black creators have continued to voice concerns that they’re being suppressed on the platform.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

The business tenants of the sharing economy, with alternative names including collaborative consumption, peer-to-peer economy, or “we-conomy,” always imply these five basic principles and assumptions: Sharing economy platforms create reciprocal economic value. One consequence of the new sharing business model is that goods become services.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 9, 2022

Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but when it comes to getting ahold of an appointment for your hair or another treatment…that’s a different story: The bespoke nature of a lot of the work has meant that a large swathe of the professionals providing these services have stayed offline when it comes to interfacing with customers.

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2011

Santa Monica-based BetterWorks , the startup run by Paige Craig, which is developing a service to help companies manage and offer employee benefits and perks, has upgraded its product features. BetterWorks has developed a system which makes it easy for employers to manage fringe benefits for its employees. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Monica Class Demand Platform 178

socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2015

The Disney Accelerator , held its Demo Day for its second class on Thursday, showing off ten companies to a theater packed full of venture and angel investors. A number of the companies--showing off one huge advantage of being involved in a program run by Disney--announced deals with Disney properties to use their technology and products.

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Artificial Inteligence Class Burbank Software Review 100

TechCrunch LA

JULY 7, 2020

A comfortably middle class background, a supportive family and ready access to care were all available, but still the therapy didn’t take. Beginning with Children’s Hospital Los Angeles , Manatee has started a trial with ten clinicians and fifty families to evaluate the commercial use case for Dipayana’s service.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2019

This was a big year for Crosscut because were finally delivering on our promise of implementing a full-scale investing platform after 11+ years in business. Growing our practice from 3 original partners who would meet at coffee shops into a full institutional investing platform is a constant evolution.

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Southern California News Platform Class 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

CallFire today extended its position as a leading provider of text message and voice apps that help organizations grow, with the launch of a definitive next-generation platform capable of scaling to meet the exploding global demand for advanced cloud telephony features, services and capacity. Opt-in voice broadcast.

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SaaS Platform CTO Hire Class 68

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Today, we're featuring Erik Rannala , founder of MuckerLab , the startup accelerator focused on incubation stage Internet, software, services, and media businesses here in LA. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year? In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world this year?

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Southern California High Tech Activity Platform 259

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The former President of ExactTarget and later chief executive of Salesforce Marketing Cloud has made billions of dollars building products to help support customer service and now he’s back at it again with his latest venture MetaCX. If customers are doing the things i want them to be doing through my product. Midwest rising.

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Chief Technology Officer SaaS Metrics Customer 145

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2021

Move physical products and services into the digital realm. billion people in developing countries to support who need to be moving out of poverty and into industrial and service occupations by 2030. This number almost doubles the number who have already moved into the middle class and urbanized. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Resource Entrepreneur Social Media 162

socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2014

THIS ROLE REQUIRES DEEP EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND RELATIONSHIPS IN THE IT SERVICES, TELECOM, CLOUD AND HOSTING MARKET. Colony Logic is a Los Angeles-based platform technology company that simplifies the overly complex world of profitably selling and supporting Digital products. NO OTHER APPLICANTS WILL BE CONSIDERED.

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SoCalTech SaaS Los Angeles Platform 124

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Now the company is launching a true crime podcast, to tap into another potentially high-growth market, on the iHeartMedia and Apple platforms. Games have attained a first class status as media but we’ve yet to see a crime mystery format game achieve the same success, and Solve is going to right that wrong.”.

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Social Media Media Startup Mobile 131

Tech.Co

OCTOBER 28, 2020

A just-announced partnership between the social giant TikTok and the ecommerce giant Shopify could mint a brand-new class of TikTok-friendly ecommerce stores. The platforms will add additional ecommerce features down the line, though they're a little vague on what those will be. Why It's an Opportunity.

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Help Platform Startup Social Media 150

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Here in LA we ran three programs this year - Techstars Music, the Cedars Sinai Accelerator powered by Techstars, and the inaugural class of Techstars LA, which invests across all verticals. Infrastructure, services and "picks and shovels" tech will be important here. What was the biggest personal lesson you learned from 2017?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2021

One question I often hear from solo entrepreneurs, and she addresses directly, is “How do I set the right price for my services?” Federal, state, and municipal governments are among the largest consumers of entrepreneur and freelance services, but client acquisition costs may be very high. Marty Zwilling.

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Pricing Mentor Entrepreneur News 149

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

“They demonstrate best-in-class expertise with Facebook and Google paid ad platforms. Besides Sense, MuteSix’s former and current clients include companies such as Adidas, Petco, Ring and Theragun, to whom it provides a full range of marketing services, including top-notch direct response videos.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Ideally, this is an existing platform where you already have established the ability to innovate with authenticity, and can afford to give access to others, with the potential to yield greater value later, like the Tesla and IBM examples. FabLab s is an example of a new class of facilities for entrepreneurs to start experimenting early.

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IBM IBM Startup Examples 131

Xconomy

APRIL 17, 2017

San Diego-based TakeLessons set out nine years ago to create a Web-based platform that helped match music students with qualified instructors. Since then, TakeLessons has raised a total of $20 million in venture capital, and expanded into new markets and services. The company’s last VC round in early 2014 raised $7 million.

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Venture Capital San Diego Santa Monica Coach 59

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

The business tenants of the sharing economy, with alternative names including collaborative consumption, peer-to-peer economy, or “we-conomy,” always imply these five basic principles and assumptions: Sharing economy platforms create reciprocal economic value. One consequence of the new sharing business model is that goods become services.

Commerce 98

Commerce Social Media Platform Class 98

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2020

Matt Danna: Boulevard is a platform-as-a-service that we built specifically to help power the next generation of salons and spas. Once we had a prototype and proof-of-concept for our enterprise platform, we then asked friends and family to invest. What is Boulevard? Matt Danna: We bootstrapped it for the first couple of years.

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Startup Platform Software SaaS 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 4, 2009

Come for a discussion on how Cloud Computing can be leveraged to create a new class of solutions that are more connected, dynamic, and can allow business to drive cost down, yet enable unlimited potential services. Cloud computing is a disruptive force that has the potential to change everything, but how do we take advantage of it?

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Cloud Computing Class Platform Services 100

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

I think, to be a great entrepreneur, you have to look at what is missing in the category that you will be playing in the industry, and figure what you can deploy with a little bit of strategy and technology to bring a better service and price. People were not just going to Google, they were looking all over the place.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

And a host of interesting companies in last mile have cropped up to give the Amazon ecosystem some competition, like two companies from the last Techstars LA class - Shipsi and PRZM.

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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.

Startup 202

Startup Platform Networking Services 202

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based LifeCrowd (www.lifecrowd.com) unveiled its service to help connect people with real life activities. The firm is initially focusing on the Los Angeles market, and connecting people with fun, interesting classes, activities, and more in the local area. Who are your other cofounders?

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Startup CTO Coach Activity Software Review 271

socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2019

We spoke with ProGuides founder Sam Wang to better understand what the company does, and why users are joining its service and using its marketplace to find professional video game coaches. Sam Wang: We have a premium business model, where any user can try out the service for free. What does ProGuides do?

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