socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2015

There''s been a major, market battle in Los Angeles over the last few years, between on-demand ride services such as Lyft and Uber , not to mention local taxi and transportation companies. One of the players in the battle--Lyft--has just raised $530M more, from Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten. READ MORE>>.

Demand 100

Demand Commerce Competition Mobile 100

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. sidecar delivery deliveries ridesharing ondemand uber ride mobile service food restaurant' Wonder why you are sharing your Sidecar ride with a bouquet of flowers? READ MORE>>.

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles Demand Commerce Startup 100

socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2013

It''s pretty hard to imagine instant search in other context, and on other devices, particularly when it comes to mobile. There are unique problems with mobile, including memory issues, network latency, and typing issues. It''s mobile and mobile apps, but not just mobile apps. You make more typos on your phone.

Technology 216

Technology Google Commerce Southern California 216

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

Catch up by reading the first edition here or check out last week’s edition , which offered the gamut of mobility news from Lyft and Bird to Waymo’s laser bears and cybersecurity. The report notes how e-commerce is pushing this delivery phenomenon forward. Keep it coming. But then scooters came en masse. by 30 percent.

San Fernando 217

San Fernando Los Angeles Commerce News 217

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 26, 2012

The Israel Conference brings together leading innovators and investors High Tech / Entertainment Media / Advertising / Mobile / Content / Gaming / e-Commerce / Energy / Clean Tech / Security / Medical Tech / Consumer Products that are coming out of Israel that are market-making and in demand. See [link] (more)

Conference 113

Conference High Tech Commerce Class 113

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2015

That includes e-commerce retailers, which continue to claim a growing slice of overall retail sales. Although some of the new workers are likely needed to fulfill the one-hour delivery demands of its new Prime Now service, Amazon obviously anticipates yet another strong holiday performance. Focus On The Consumer. Cater To Interest.

Commerce 40

Commerce Sales Pricing Study 40

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 25, 2012

The Israel Conference brings together leading innovators and investors High Tech / Entertainment Media / Advertising / Mobile / Content / Gaming / e-Commerce / Energy / Clean Tech / Security / Medical Tech / Consumer Products that are coming out of Israel that are market-making and in demand. See [link] (more)

Conference 100

Conference High Tech Commerce Class 100

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. The two most important are Pinterst and mobile. We''re mobile first. What was behind the merger?

Commerce 138

Commerce Mobile Startup Product 138

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 11, 2018

“With its patented app demo technology and tools, users will now be able to experience their apps and games on-demand and without an install across various platforms, starting with Google.”. Zweig says that the service is the first from a third party to be directly integrated into a platform like Google’s Play store.

Google 213

Google Los Angeles Southern California Platform 213

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Today, the “device mesh,” as Gartner describes it, has rapidly expanded to include a wide range of end points such as mobile devices, wearables, consumer electronics, and automotive devices. Customer expectations now demand seamless and satisfying user experiences. So much so, that eMarketer forecasts 51.2

Artificial Inteligence 106

Artificial Inteligence Screening Google Customer 106

socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2012

We then take that information and find trends and metadata, and all that content and sharing, and use it to drive e-commerce, and to design and manufacture apparel products. Brian Garrett: The way I describe it, is it's a fashion, media, and commerce company. We intend to sell through direct to consumers using an e-commerce model.

Startup 182

Startup Commerce Design Media 182

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. No human or paper tracking systems are a competitive alternative.

Artificial Inteligence 84

Artificial Inteligence Metrics Commerce Software 84

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 26, 2016

This will also drive mobile usage and the growth of industries such as e-commerce and fintech, with a focus on streamlining and online task management integration tools supporting business use. For the VPN industry specifically, we will see a lot of new providers as the barrier to entry is extremely low, and demand is high.

Commerce 40

Commerce Mobile Technical Review Google 40

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Capitalize on the massive trend and power of mobile. Highlight how your brand supports mobile, for shopping, purchase transactions, usage, and support. Position your products as delivery for on-demand services. For e-commerce solutions, people remember your brand when they see instant delivery.

Social Media 73

Social Media Customer Custom Mobile 73

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2015

You provide the free app in the App Store that gives subscribers mobile access to your service. Complements are products that must be bought together in order to be useful, like apps with mobile phones, and fitness products to go with your fitness app. Make your app support all platforms. Look for value points to control.

Startup 98

Startup Platform Pricing Netflix 98

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

He built & IPOd Demand Media. Of course most of you know SnapChat, Tinder & Whisper and many people immediately associate the success of Los Angeles under the SoLoMo banner (Social, Local, Mobile) and you wouldn’t be wrong. Commerce: What is less known is just how important LA is as a commerce hub.

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Xconomy

JULY 21, 2016

Ford Blakely, who was previously a business and financial consultant with LECG, founded Zingle in 2009 with a stand-alone device for restaurants, coffee shops, and other service businesses that enabled customers to use mobile text messaging for their take-out orders. or forward the query to an appropriate hotel staffer to respond.

Technology 40

Technology Santa Barbara Venture Capital Venice 40

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. The thing is, it's a very demanding audience, even when you're talking about apps that are free with in-app purchases. Even then, users are very demanding.

Mobile 216

Mobile Startup Software Review Platform 216

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Reportedly, Softbank and Zynga have discussed jointly distributing games through Softbank’s mobile-phone service in Japan and other countries. Preliminary details: Social e-commerce site, based around celebrity and influencer-curated recommendations. -DST invested $180mm last fall. Valued at $4bn in April according to filings ( SAI ).

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2014

Others go the way of 12Society , an LA subscription commerce startup with six celebrity sponsors, but still couldn’t get any traction. You must be ready with the right array of retail partners, manufacturing, and distribution arrangements before the demand hits. Prepare to handle endorsement success. Customers are a fickle bunch.

Help 96

Help Startup Entrepreneur Summary 96

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 22, 2016

Costs for advertising on Facebook are increasing, due to high demand, and their profits continue to soar. You could wake up and find your Facebook profile hacked or a social media mobile app providing access to sensitive data on your server. According to emarketer.com , Facebook earns 65.5 That was $15.5 billion in 2015 alone.

Marketing 40

Marketing Social Media Social Network Technical Review 40

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 11, 2021

The link-in-bio business is heating up as more mobile website builders compete for a coveted slice of real estate on a creator’s TikTok, Instagram or Twitter. In addition to a standard tipping tool, Snipfeed allows users to sell digital goods, like on-demand video, e-books, access to livestreams and one-on-one consultations.

Platform 286

Platform Commerce Startup Tool 286

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Everybody is Selling Something: The Arrival of "Me-Commerce". The "old school" models of e-commerce, as dominated by bulky hosted storefron. Entrepreneurism / Monetization e-commerce, monetization, Selling. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization Apps, content, mobile. . Matthew Trifiro, Bixbe & 1000 Markets.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 9, 2011

We are posed as a nimble startup ready to shift with consumer demands. iGottaGuide’s competitors are focused on providing visitors with local insights via mobile applications – but who wants their smartphone to direct them around the Big Apple while on vacation! How do you deal with competitors? The online travel space is crowded.

Startup 63

Startup Guide Entrepreneur Ideas 63

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

It’s getting there – broadband penetration in Nigeria is still small compared to the West, but as demand grows, as the infrastructure is invested in and built, and as broadband costs fall so that the Internet is more accessible to more people, we expect iROKOtv to add even more registered users in Nigeria. We found that in Lagos.

Netflix 82

Netflix Marketing Technical Review Content 82

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

My friends who “grew up” with lifetime careers in General Motors, Exxon Mobil, or even IBM, are now often too embarrassed to even mention it. Customers today demand products and services personalized or tailored to local needs with embedded quality of life services. On the other hand, everyone wants to be an entrepreneur.

Startup 126

Startup Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Offshore 126

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

They were going to bring the Internet to your mobile phones ushering in the era of “m-commerce.&# Gag. I had just returned from living in Japan where I witnessed the hugely successful launch of i-mode by NTT DoCoMo so I knew the potential that the mobile web would ultimately bring, but I saw so many flaws in the launch of WAP.

Brentwood 326

Brentwood Mobile Google Web 326

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Predictive automation that powers modern logistics & commerce. India’s Mobile first eBates and its digital assistant helps consumers find the best savings online. On-Demand Lawn Care and Snow Plowing. Attorney On Demand – Via Video Chat – New App. John is a big whiskey fan. DataCulture, Inc. AngelList: [link].

Startup 40

Startup Training SaaS Walnut 40

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

My friends who “grew up” with lifetime careers in General Motors, Exxon Mobil, or even IBM, are now often too embarrassed to even mention it. Customers today demand products and services personalized or tailored to local needs with embedded quality of life services. On the other hand, everyone wants to be an entrepreneur.

Entrepreneur 87

Entrepreneur Offshore Technical Review Outsource 87

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2017

But then, this is an emotional need every single professes a demand for (not to mention the 40 percent of applicants who are already married). Mobile apps for everything and anything. million mobile apps available to download for iOS devices, and even more for Android devices. Most of these will fail, or never turn a profit.

Ideas 87

Ideas Sites Social Network Startup 87

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

My friends who “grew up” with lifetime careers in General Motors, Exxon Mobil, or even IBM, are now often too embarrassed to even mention it. Customers today demand products and services personalized or tailored to local needs with embedded quality of life services. On the other hand, everyone wants to be an entrepreneur.

Startup 102

Startup Entrepreneur Offshore Technical Review 102

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

My friends who “grew up” with lifetime careers in General Motors, Exxon Mobil, or even IBM, are now often too embarrassed to even mention it. Customers today demand products and services personalized or tailored to local needs with embedded quality of life services. On the other hand, everyone wants to be an entrepreneur.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Offshore Startup Technical Review 105

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

My friends who “grew up” with lifetime careers in General Motors, Exxon Mobil, or even IBM, are now often too embarrassed to even mention it. Customers today demand products and services personalized or tailored to local needs with embedded quality of life services. On the other hand, everyone wants to be an entrepreneur.

Offshore 55

Offshore Technical Review Entrepreneur Outsource 55

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. We were looking for what I call the “6 C’s of Social Networking&# – Communications, connectedness, common experiences, content, commerce & cool experiences (fun!). Social Networking is Becoming Mobile: FourSquare and Skout.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Competition: Gilt Groupe , Ideeli , RueLaLa (sub of GSI Commerce) , OneKingsLane , department stores like Saks and Neiman Marcus. Free experience is web and mobile app-based, has ads, limited skipping, and limited listening time (40 hours/month). Online DSP (demand-side platform) and ad exchange for display advertisers.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Real-time information drives commerce. Location Aware – According to Dick Costolo’s statements at CES, up to 40% of all Tweets are sent via mobile devices, which is a hugely powerful asset for Twitter. Real-time information drives decisions about marketing spend on movie releases. And I feel great about that.

Platform 307

Platform News Startup Invest 307