SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 29, 2010

From GoogleTV to iTunes and YouTube to the rise of social networks to e-book readers to cloud computing and free software, the worlds of newspapers, books, music, platform games, film, television and even software have seen the sales of physical media such as DVDs plummet.

Content 100

Content Technology Council TCOSC Cloud Computing 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

Facebook has created an environment where millions of people can hold billions of conversations with people and companies, transforming how people expect to interact with each other and the world. Cloud computing: the death of dedicated infrastructure. Data enable: use metrics and measurements.

Startup 106

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 106

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2019

From meager beginnings selling books online back in 1994, Amazon is currently the largest e-commerce retailer and cloud computing platform in the world, and now dominates even the giant Walmart. Institute deep metrics measuring all aspects of the customer experience. Everyone wants to grow and innovate like Amazon these days.

Commerce 89

Commerce Artificial Inteligence Cloud Computing Platform 89

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Facebook has created an environment where millions of people can hold billions of conversations with people and companies, transforming how people expect to interact with each other and the world. Cloud computing: the death of dedicated infrastructure. Data enable: use metrics and measurements.

Startup 55

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 55

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2014

Facebook has created an environment where millions of people can hold billions of conversations with people and companies, transforming how people expect to interact with each other and the world. Cloud computing: the death of dedicated infrastructure. Data enable: use metrics and measurements.

Startup 99

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 99

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

If you want to understand the software trend that drove the creation of the seed-stage VC phenomenon I wrote about it that linked blog post but in short: cloud computing drove down the cost to create startups enabling a new category of investor. But not many others. The amount of money we save for follow-ons is called “reserves.”

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Startup Invest Cloud Computing 150

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

A mis-hire at the outset of your company can irreversibly alter the trajectory of your corporate culture. Some people are internally focused, and if they reach critical mass, they can tip the whole company.”. The most junior person in the company can win an argument with the most senior person with regard to a fact-based decision.

Tips 279

Tips Startup Framework Customer 279

socalTECH

JULY 10, 2019

The company has raised $1.9M We spoke with CEO and co-founder Spencer Price to learn more about the company. Spencer Price: Halla is the only software company to dynamically profile human tastes so we can help people make better choices. We're an AI company that works at the intersection of personalization and food.

Pricing 113

Pricing Startup North Hollywood Platform 113

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 22, 2016

How can your company best benefit from social networking ads in 2016? Heightened Security – While cloud computing, global e-commerce technologies, and mobile marketing has made it a wide open marketplace, these same technologies also increase the risks of being hacked or attacked from anywhere in the world. That was $15.5

Marketing 40

Marketing Social Media Social Network Technical Review 40

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. From this we have seen a commensurate boom in the number of startup companies. But on micro level, over-funding also creates performance problems for specific companies. The Exit Problem.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347