Tech.Co

MAY 26, 2020

Jeff Bezos didn't get to be the world's richest man by writing a lot of checks, and one recent way to keep Amazon's profits healthy has been to cut its affiliate commissions scheme. A host of bloggers and publishers are seeing their revenues massively dented, from tiny BBQ grill review sites to the hugest media organizations around.

Technical Review 129

Technical Review Buzzfeed News Networking 129

socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2011

Well, Los Angeles-based KarmaGoat (www.karmagoat.com) has figured out a way to help people get rid of those unwanted items they have--and provide those proceeds to charity. I developed the idea over the summer, articulated the vision, drew out the site, and then teamed up with other students at UCLA and started developing KarmaGoat.

UCLA 256

UCLA Startup Ideas Help 256

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

In 2018, it had found itself at the center of controversy when the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce froze $21.6 According to Robertson, despite employing the help of experts, she has been unable to access these funds stored on the cold wallet. Why did Cotton write his will two weeks before he died? Bitcoin Gold: 35,230.42779.

News 159

News Customer Custom Commerce 159

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

In writing anything positive about any of the companies I’m not suggesting that it means that I prefer them to any of their competitors. Also, some of the deals I write about I have actually seen as part of their fund raising process. SendGrid helps improve delivery. Really!). Enter Xobni. 5.0mm in Series C.

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Forget visits to random restaurants, myfab5 uses the power of the crowd to help you search for the best restaurant in town. Founded by Omeid Seirafi-Pour , Calvin Schemanski and John Gulbronson they aim to help users find fabulous restaurants in their cities. What is myfab5? myfab5 is a platform that reinvents the restaurant review.

Software Review 79

Software Review Technical Review Writing Startup 79

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2011

Chris Dixon is one of my favorite people in tech and writes one of the few blogs I read religiously. He believes that Hunch is great for e-commerce because it can help to remedy the “cold start problem,” as the product is great with taking a sparse amount of information and coming up with a targeted recommendation.

Technical Review 281

Technical Review Venture Capital Startup Artificial Inteligence 281

socalTECH

MAY 20, 2016

Enter Santa Monica's Digitzs (www.digitzs.com), , which has an all star set of advisors and investors, including Kevin Harrington (the original "Shark" on Shark Tank), and which is developing technology to help those platforms take payments. It's all on his site, and we provision things in real time, so that he can process payments.

Platform 113

Platform Startup Ticketmaster Writing 113

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Over time we’ll continue to build out the applications – helping make the entire web more social.&#. What I’ve learned about Sequoia is that when you’re straightforward about the facts they just try to help. They help make rational decisions. Once you have traction people want to help and see you succeed.

Startup 286

Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2010

All this, and Hill wasn’t even writing about the entrepreneurs who founded and run businesses in the “exotic erotic” category. Developments in content creation, communications delivery, e-commerce, and security each underwent a trial by fire within the porn industry.

Entrepreneur 93

Entrepreneur Sites Technology Commerce 93

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We both felt that the critical reasoning skills and writing skills were critical to our career development. How did they end up with such an irreverent site and what was their objective? Private, flash sales site focused on apparel goods (women, men and children). Mo & I both have double majors with one being finance / econ.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Last week, Savings.com , the online coupon site based in Los Angeles, made a big move into the world of grocery store coupons, from its existing business providing coupon codes and deals for the online world. We had been working on how to get them focused on online deals and e-commerce, and less on groceries.

Mobile 140

Mobile Sales Startup Sites 140

socalTECH

JULY 23, 2012

There are job boards for resumes, and sites like LinkedIn to network and connect with each other, and they do have recommendations, but what they lack is the scoring element. Then, I can contact them through the site. Right now, there is no dedicated place online that you can go to. That score is completely, 100 percent confidential.

CTO Hire 147

CTO Hire Startup Sites Technical Review 147

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2017

Corrie speaks from years of experience helping executives improve their position in large enterprises, as well as in small companies. Every Chamber of Commerce, educational organization, and many business organizations are looking for people who are willing to share some special expertise, skills, or interests.

Startup 55

Startup Organization Newsletter Content 55

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to. We want to give our brightest new startups the connections and interactions they need to help streamline success. with the clips.

Company 276

Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2011

Jeff Zwelling is the co-founder of Convertro (www.convertro.com), a Los Angeles company focused on helping companies track how their marketing efforts are leading to sales conversions. Jeff Zwelling: Today, we have lots of e-commerce and online subscription customers. There are lots of e-commerce companies.

Startup 210

Startup Marketing Customer Custom 210

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Aspiring creators learn by connecting with top web filmmakers and YouTubers on a topics specific to the web: developing a web series, producing web series, writing for genres like comedy & sci-fi, directing, editing, camera, Kickstarter funding, show hosting, distribution, and marketing. What inspired you? How unique are you from them?

Web 93

Web USC Course Guide 93

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Finally, DataSift has an enormous about of historical data already stored we we can help you go back and retrieve some older data for analytical purposes. As a former hedge fund guy, Roger immediately saw the value in helping companies better sift through the masses of data; often to gain better insights into financial information.

Platform 307

Platform News Startup Invest 307

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

billion to Yahoo, we did CitySearch, we invested in the largest travel site in Europe, called LastMinute.com, and also CyberSource--a number of very early stage, Internet companies. We'll even write a half a million check. The objective is to provide more mentoring for startups, and actually getting in and helping them.

GRP Partners 157

GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

We were looking for what I call the “6 C’s of Social Networking&# – Communications, connectedness, common experiences, content, commerce & cool experiences (fun!). in terms of time spent on the sites. I’m going to write a whole post on BothSid.es We connected for the same reasons you do today.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318