socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2015

It might be because on demand ride service Sidecar has expanded its new Deliveries service to Los Angeles, where it combines both rides and delivery of packages. Wonder why you are sharing your Sidecar ride with a bouquet of flowers? READ MORE>>. sidecar delivery deliveries ridesharing ondemand uber ride mobile service food restaurant'

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Los Angeles Demand Commerce Startup 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2013

The eight startups are pitching their investors to startups at CrossCampus in Santa Monica this afternoon.

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Santa Monica Startup Activision Commerce 178

TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

An empty textbox, demanding to be filled with a concise, compelling summary to impress potential employers is daunting. Do you participate in professional development workshops, or perhaps enjoy problem-solving puzzles in your downtime? Fill it with the right words, and your dream job could be right around the corner.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2022

These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. Bring customers and stakeholders into the innovation process to share the risk and reward of development. They may not have noticed the wave of “open businesses,” spawned by the Internet and social media.

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Organization Social Media Examples Customer 126

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

This week we’ll focus on the city of Austin, gain insight into Uber’s spending habits, do a little scooter number crunching, the Tesla Model Y, and the so-called “race” — an overused and inaccurate term — to develop autonomous vehicles. The report notes how e-commerce is pushing this delivery phenomenon forward.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Pitching app developers with a new way to convert app browsers into actual customers, AppOnboard has raised $15 million in a new round of funding, the company said. Now Zweig is back again… this time pitching app developers a tool that can help convert browsers into buyers for new applications in app stores around the world.

Google 213

Google Los Angeles Southern California Platform 213

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The latest investment is being used to finance the acquisition of another company in the space — Appetize, a digital and mobile commerce payments platform for enterprises such as sports and entertainment venues, theme parks and zoos. With the new capital, SpotOn has raised $628 million since its inception.

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Technical Review Software Review Invest Acquisition 296

socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2013

It''s not just mobile, it''s also e-commerce. With e-commerce, it''s a whole separate value proposition. The conversion rates go up, when e-commerce sites deploy instant search. We had met about a year ago at an Irvine Chamber of Commerce event. There''s already an existing demand, which was created by Google.

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Technology Google Commerce Southern California 216

TechCrunch LA

MAY 3, 2022

Obviously, there’s a huge demand for it, and it shouldn’t be this difficult to access high-quality convenient hair solutions.”. Upgrade’s e-commerce marketplace has two sides: one that enables consumers to choose a vetted stylist and have their wig colored or customized based on their desired look. Remember Mary J.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2022

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. An expanding customer base demands better support. I’m not talking here about a small pivot. Management overhead and skills required go up.

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Startup Pricing Cloud Computing Customer 106

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Amazon previously operated a service called Amazon Webstore which was “a complete commerce platform” that enabled “companies to leverage Amazon technology and expertise in building and managing their direct-to-consumer business.” But Amazon faces a serious problem: Consumer demand is changing.

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socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp. Getting lots of notice--and controversy--at Demand Media for its use of writers to create content specifically to attract web traffic. com, and was CEO of Vivendi Universal Net USA.

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Southern California Entrepreneur SoCal Mahalo 228

socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Earlier this week, P.S. XO (formerly Moonfrye), the e-commerce company founded by Soleil Moon Frye and Kara Nortman, announced a merger with toy and crafting brand Seedling (www.seedling.com), which was founded by Phoebe Hayman. We have an impulse activity line, combined with a party line as well, and the products developed by P.S. XO.

Commerce 138

Commerce Mobile Startup Product 138

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

While a laptop or computer’s keyboard lends itself to the relative complexity of completing a transaction – entering text details and navigating between form fields – with technology improvements in mobile commerce this is changing. Customer expectations now demand seamless and satisfying user experiences.

Artificial Inteligence 106

Artificial Inteligence Screening Google Customer 106

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2020

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. An expanding customer base demands better support. I’m not talking here about a small pivot. Management overhead and skills required go up.

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Pricing Cloud Computing Customer Custom 123

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

He built & IPOd Demand Media. We don’t seem to get credit as a community for SpaceX or recognition as one of the fastest growing communities for commerce: Honest Company & JustFab. Commerce: What is less known is just how important LA is as a commerce hub. He built & sold iMall in Internet 1.0

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Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

For example, most e-commerce platforms today offer millions of products, with a changing mix daily and a changing market, such that it’s virtually impossible to manually predict a strategy for mapping customer demographics to products displayed online. The efficiency gain is tremendous. Get data flowing, and machines talking to each other.

Artificial Inteligence 84

Artificial Inteligence Metrics Commerce Software 84

socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2009

Venice, California-based Topspin , a developer of software focused on helping musicians market and distribute their work, launched an upgrade to its product Wednesday at the SXSW festival. The company has previously rolled out the software in a limited released with David Byrne and Brian Eno, among others.

Software 100

Software Marketing Redpoint Venice 100

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2011

We actually built that about a year and a half ago, and are bringing that back due to overwhelming demand. Our project manager, a couple of our advisors, and a couple of our sales people, our head of business development--we're all from Active. Jimmy Hendricks: We want Deal Current to be a brand name as a social commerce suite.

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Platform Training Software Review Advertising 263

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

This second annual fest brings together technology leaders, startup CEOs, investors, Hollywood studio executives, entrepreneurs, developers, students and more to celebrate LA’s dynamic technology industries with panels, workshops, hackathon, mixers, and a start-up showcase spotlighting 40 local startups. and launching at Silicon Beach Fest.

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GRP Partners MyLife Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 88

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2019

These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. Bring customers and stakeholders into the innovation process to share the risk and reward of development. They may not have noticed the wave of “open businesses,” spawned by the Internet and social media.

Organization 52

Organization Social Media Examples Customer 52

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2015

One of the quickest ways to become an entrepreneur these days is to develop and publish a smartphone app. According to Tim Cook at Apple, there were over 9 million registered developers in 2014. If you want to drive up the demand for your core product, one smart tactic is to drive down the price of all complementary products.

Startup 98

Startup Platform Pricing Netflix 98

socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2017

Department of Energy to help develop tools to secure the power grid. OT networks had a parallel development track with IT systems, but had primarily been focused on industrial applications. We also have a development office in Atlanta, where most of our developers sit. Thanks for the time today. more) READ MORE>>.

Networking 124

Networking Startup Incubator Orange County 124

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2015

These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. Bring customers and stakeholders into the innovation process to share the risk and reward of development. They may not have noticed the wave of “open businesses,” spawned by the Internet and social media.

Startup 99

Startup Organization Social Media Customer 99

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. Bring customers and stakeholders into the innovation process to share the risk and reward of development. They may not have noticed the wave of “open businesses,” spawned by the Internet and social media.

Organization 57

Organization Social Media Customer Custom 57

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Online social game network; make their own games (FarmVille, Mafia Wars, FrontierVille) in addition to allowing third-party developers to access network. Preliminary details: Social e-commerce site, based around celebrity and influencer-curated recommendations. Read more: PaidContent. OTHER DEALS: 1. Total Raised: $366mm.

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Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2014

These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. Bring customers and stakeholders into the innovation process to share the risk and reward of development. They may not have noticed the wave of “open businesses,” spawned by the Internet and social media.

Organization 93

Organization Social Media Customer Custom 93

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Position your products as delivery for on-demand services. For e-commerce solutions, people remember your brand when they see instant delivery. These days, developing branding by gut feel alone is not effective. Characterize your brand as one that builds relationships through personalized products that provide service.

Social Media 73

Social Media Customer Custom Mobile 73

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Up 33% this year, according to the Washington Post, online commerce is trending upwards from $175 billion in 2007 to a projection of $335 billion in 2012 (Forrester Research). As customers shift online, retailers have no choice, to not only follow suit, but to adapt to their changing demands.

Customer 74

Customer Custom Advertising Demand 74

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. An expanding customer base demands better support. I’m not talking here about a small pivot. Management overhead and skills required go up.

Startup 116

Startup Pricing Cloud Computing Customer 116

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce. Develop a marketing strategy specific to this media. Don’t use the same message on Twitter you developed for email blasts and postcard blitzes.

Social Media 106

Social Media Media Startup Social Network 106

Tech.Co

JANUARY 9, 2018

In a study by the US Department of Commerce , women in STEM jobs earn 33 percent more money than women in non-STEM positions. It is here that Arlington Economic Development (AED) has joined with CES 2018 and will host the Startup Arlington Lounge (booth #50463) at Eureka Park to showcase some of their top startups.

Artificial Inteligence 70

Artificial Inteligence Startup Product Cloud Computing 70

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce. Develop a marketing strategy specific to this media. Don’t use the same message on Twitter you developed for email blasts and postcard blitzes.

Social Media 115

Social Media Media Startup Social Network 115

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2012

It's an intensely competitive market in developing games for the iPhone and other mobile platforms, with thousands and thousands of titles competing for attention from users. How did you get into iPhone development? The thing is, it's a very demanding audience, even when you're talking about apps that are free with in-app purchases.

Mobile 216

Mobile Startup Software Review Platform 216

socalTECH

JULY 10, 2019

Spencer Price: The customer experience with e-commerce has become less and less human, as algorithms on digital platform replace human interaction. What we set out to do was develop something that we could use to solve that problem for ourselves, using personalized recommendation technology for food. Food is the perfect example.

Pricing 113

Pricing Startup North Hollywood Platform 113

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. An expanding customer base demands better support. I’m not talking here about a small pivot. Management overhead and skills required go up.

Pricing 105

Pricing Cloud Computing Customer Custom 105

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 15, 2016

Four entrepreneurs share their observations and predictions for the machine revolution; exploring the advancements in tech with a crossover into finance, education, e-commerce and art. The effects of this mean reduced demand for financial personal services, and a rise of the data scientist. E-COMMERCE. Javed Hussain, Alif Baa.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Education Commerce 40