SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 31, 2012

This class is designed to teach you how to drive more traffic to your web site and increase sales, by using tools suited for anyone! Thursday, September 6, 2012 -- Intro to Search Engine Optimization. Coloft Academy. What is Search Engine Optimization?

Search Engine Optimization 113

Search Engine Optimization Class Web Advertising 113

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 4, 2013

At City Yoga the other day our instructor, Anthony Benenati began the class by reciting the 5 Yoga Sutras known as Kleshas or stains that prevent students from achieving enlightenment. The Kleshas, Anthony told the class, are: Ignorance, Ego, Attachment, Aversion and Fear of losing one’s sense of self. Raga – Attachment.

Web Design 58

Web Design Web Design Sites 58

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

CreatorUp is the online web series school teaching the next generation of web series creators how to make and market their own new video projects on the web. And our network of filmmaker and entertainment industry colleagues allow us to recruit top teachers who are leaders in the web world. What inspired you?

Web 93

Web USC Course Guide 93

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Most colleges have now added classes in entrepreneurship to include the necessary business focus to technical majors that usually drive innovative ideas. Build a web site and incorporate while in school. Make a summer internship your best learning class.

Entrepreneur 157

Entrepreneur Mentor Class Resource 157

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 12, 2012

YOU GOT THEM TO YOUR SITE, BUT THEN WHAT? Live Site Reviews to Improve User Experience. It is surprising to find out about what both web designers and marketers often miss, which are key ingredients of what your audience can see and not see on the website. This can make or break your website.

TechBiz 100

TechBiz Web Design Class Sites 100

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 4, 2013

At City Yoga the other day our instructor, Anthony Benenati began the class by reciting the 5 Yoga Sutras known as Kleshas or stains that prevent students from achieving enlightenment. The Kleshas, Anthony told the class, are: Ignorance, Ego, Attachment, Aversion and Fear of losing one’s sense of self. Raga – Attachment.

Web Design 40

Web Design Web Design Sites 40

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

eduFire , an startup which offers online video classes, apparently has relocated to Menlo Park from Santa Monica, after raising $1.3M The firm's web site now lists Menlo Park as its headquarters, after it raised funding from Battery Ventures, Western Technology Investment, and angel Gokul Rajaram. in a Series A funding.

Funding 140

Funding Santa Monica Education Class 140

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2021

Today you can start a new web site business for as little as $100, produce cheap smart phone apps, or lead the effort to tap the multitude of opportunities brought by capitalizing on our concern for dwindling natural resources. This number almost doubles the number who have already moved into the middle class and urbanized.

Startup 162

Startup Resource Entrepreneur Social Media 162

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 9, 2011

You got them to your site, but then what? It is surprising to find out about what both web designers and marketers often miss, which are key ingredients of what your audience can see and not see on the website. TechBiz Connection has assembled a world-class panel of usability experts to review and critique your websites LIVE.

TechBiz 100

TechBiz Web Design Class Web 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Los Angeles-based GumGum , which helps web publishers license celebrity and other photos, has rolled out a new Image Toolbar feature for the firm's service, the firm said today. Tanz said that the Toolbar is already running on 450 publisher sites, and that it is seeing around 125 million impressions a month for the toolbar.

GRP Partners 150

GRP Partners Internet Brands Advertising Class 150

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2010

For people who haven't visited SciVee, what's the site about? The next major change that we see, is now that they're online, they're becoming more web based, and adding things like rich media. They got an NSF grant, and basically started up the original web site, as a video web site.

Journal 124

Journal Technical Review UCSD Web 124

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

For this morning's interview, we talked with Noah Auerhahn , President of San Diego-based Extrabux (www.extrabux.com), an online site focused on providing consumers with comparison shopping combined with discount offers. For people who haven't heard of ExtraBux, what is the site all about? Noah, thanks for the interview.

USC 207

USC CPC Sites Startup 207

socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2010

How do you take a business you started as your own personal web site, and turn it into an online powerhouse, completely bootstrapped, from the little town of Ojai, California--not exactly known as a technology town? Bruce and I met at the Art Center, and that was when I first discovered the web. That's how we really started.

Startup 242

Startup Web Design Writing Web 242

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

We got lots of traction on the web, and the story was picked up in many places. They wanted to use the platform we had developed in a class called Mashup Culture. There are lots of video sharing and editing sites and services--what's the key difference here, and what have people found is the most interesting thing here?

Journal 187

Journal USC News Startup 187

socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Daniel Altman: We recently were in the fall class of MuckerLab. From research and working with IAC, was saw that more than fifty percent of the videos online are web humor and comedy. As you can see in the LA landscape, there are already a tremendous number of YouTube channels, sites like FunnyOrDie, and CollegeHumor.

Content 230

Content News Startup Research 230

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 20, 2009

But I’m also sending this to a couple of class-action lawyers. Frank Abagnale has lent his name to this unethical company (he’s the guy featured in “Catch Me if You Can.&# ) I note that the company is happy to put Frank’s mug on their website but not any of the management team on either site.

Marketing 263

Marketing Startup Education Class 263

socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2010

Albert previously founded CheapCheapCheap.com, an online coupon and deal finding site, and we thought we'd hear from Albert why he thinks the local, group purchasing market is so interesting, and how he hopes to grow the service beyond just Orange County. What is the site all about? How did DealPerk.com come about?

Orange County 170

Orange County Startup Sites Southern California 170

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2011

The most typical use case is a scalable web service. They have a number of mini-websites that they run for various products and campaigns and they cannot know which of those sites will need resources at any given point. You can manage across AWS (Amazon Web Services) and Eucalyptus, for instance.”.

Cloud Computing 212

Cloud Computing Santa Barbara Platform Resource 212

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

This morning, Knowledge Genie (www.myknowledgegenie.com) launched a new web site that helps experts and authors publish online information to the web. People can come to the site, pay you directly, and we provide them with access to your genie, and away they go. It has links to supporting web site and resources.

Geni 100

Geni Web Guide Platform 100

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

We're the only site that is specialized in people over the age of 35 in that area. How did you end up starting the site? So I actually started a graphic design company out of college, and got lucky with the web taking off at the right time. You don't need a CD, or hardware, it's completely web based.

Study 252

Study Startup Design Tips 252

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Entangled Media , one of the startups out of the current class at MuckerLab , has developed Younity (www.getyounity.com), a service which hopes to do just that--make your files available from anywhere. Erik Caso: Enterprises like to use things like Amazon Web Services. And how do you make sure you can access those files from anywhere?

Screening 230

Screening Resource Services Mobile 230

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

People looking for an African safari, philanthropic opportunities, Doctors Without Borders, learning a second language, or going to a music festival for the first time, can connect with AdventureLink via any channel--whether that is a local travel agency, through a major online travel site, or through AdventureLink.com.

Web 100

Web Altadena Sites Activity 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

The firm is initially focusing on the Los Angeles market, and connecting people with fun, interesting classes, activities, and more in the local area. We've only been working on the site for May, June, July, and August, and it's a brand new endeavor for us.

Startup 271

Startup CTO Coach Activity Software Review 271

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2013

Many entrepreneurs I know don’t realize that the language they learned in the corporate world, or even their recent MBA class, won’t get them ahead in the startup world today. Social mobile web. Responsive web technology that re-sizes text and images to fit any screen is the norm with new websites. Minimum Viable Product (MVP).

Entrepreneur 109

Entrepreneur Startup Web Equity 109

socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2010

Robin's latest startup is Internships.com (www.internships.com), an online site focused on aggregating internship opportunities and providing resources to potential interns. They just can't reach into the class of freshmen, sophomores, or juniors to help companies get better candidates. How long has the site been up?

Startup 223

Startup Content Sites CTO Coach 223

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2015

You can start a new web site business on the Internet for as little as $100, with cheap smart phone apps, new technology innovations, or tapping the multitude of opportunities brought by capitalizing on our concern for dwindling natural resources. A key fact for both startups and existing businesses is that we have more than 2.5

Startup 100

Startup Resource Entrepreneur Social Media 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2018

Today you can start a new web site business for as little as $100, produce cheap smart phone apps, or lead the effort to tap the multitude of opportunities brought by capitalizing on our concern for dwindling natural resources. This number almost doubles the number who have already moved into the middle class and urbanized.

Resource 66

Resource Entrepreneur Social Media Startup 66

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

It was a great chance for the class to interact with the community in LA. Lee Essner is formerly a senior exec from WeddingChannel and has much experience in running a successful web property. They build web solutions for venues and give them to the venues for free in exchange for keeping their ticket service fees.

Company 276

Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

I have vanity urls setup at just about every site on the web. After our meeting, I offered to allow Lisa to use Make It Work’s HQ for her upcoming classes on public speaking. I’ve jumped on the bandwagon, big time! I love Namechk.com for this. Just this week I met @MarshaCollier, the author of over 25 books on eBay.

Social Network 180

Social Network Networking Yahoo Social Media 180

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Leverage: with teachers not having to have in-person classes you can build a more cost-effective model and teaching can be targeted more to your individual needs. Tynt Multimedia “Online tool that allows content sites to control copy-paste activity on their web sites.&# For starters I LOVE the idea for this product.

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

socalTECH

JANUARY 15, 2009

Our startup interview this morning is with Josh Stomel , founder of ResumeBucket (www.resumebucket.com), a new web site that is focused on helping people share their resumes with the world. Stomel--who is bootstrapping the startup from his recruiting firm, NeoHire--explained the site to us. What's the idea behind the site?

Startup 140

Startup Yahoo Sites Oversee.net 140

socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2011

Unfortunately, despite the wealth of Internet based tools for email management, web-based sales management tools, and more, contact tracking has been mostly an afterthought in the Internet age. Jon describes how he's creating a "next generation", web-based contact manager which takes into account the social nature of the web today.

Google 216

Google Tool Email Sales 216

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

However, we think there are probably enough great companies and entrepreneurs in Southern California to full up the classes. Erik Rannala: The application process is open as of today, and we have applications on our web site. The first class will start in late January and run for three months. READ MORE>>.

Technical Advisors 176

Technical Advisors Startup Southern California Los Angeles 176

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

He didn’t tell it in the video but, ever the entrepreneur, Scott started a business to take couples up on a “mile high club&# flight on airplanes as a way of getting all of his miles logged to get his next class of airplane license that required a certain number of hours logged. a fbFund winner. Competitors: Omniture , Webtrends.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

I have vanity urls setup at just about every site on the web. After our meeting, I offered to allow Lisa to use Make It Work’s HQ for her upcoming classes on public speaking. I’ve jumped on the bandwagon, big time! I love Namechk.com for this. Just this week I met @MarshaCollier, the author of over 25 books on eBay.

Social Network 196

Social Network Networking Social Media Yahoo 196

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

This was the first in her string of web properties. Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. She floundered a bit working with contractors before finally settling on an agency to build her first site for $20,000. How’s that for an ex painter?

Startup 363

Startup Entrepreneur SEO Venture Capital 363

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 23, 2014

The network produces its own videos in-house, featuring a notable network of expert yogis, chefs, trainers and fitness instructors, and also curates a selection of the best videos from around the Web. Grokker category managers also actively curate a selection of the best videos on each topic available from other Web sources.

Help 87

Help Content Activity Networking 87