socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Jason Calacanis , the CEO of Mahalo, is planning some direct competition to Michael Arrington's technology blog empire, TechCrunch , according to a report today from the Guardian. According to the report, Calacanis is developing a property called Launch , which will focus on deep analysis of companies. AOL was the buyer of TechCrunch.

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Mahalo Web 2.0 Blogging Technical Review 124

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 27, 2013

” If your company was featured there (in the early days of what people called Web 2.0) But the obvious thing dawned on many people – the early-adopter, tech-obsessed readers of TechCrunch at the time were not necessarily the typical users of many company’s products. They want validation.

Blogging 309

Blogging Journal Press Startup 309

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. Social Networking in Web 2.0.

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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Web 297

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2011

I always try hard to make this blog a place where you can learn lessons rather than an advertisement for portfolio companies. He quit the MRF and quietly amassed nearly $100,000 in angel investment to build a company. When I was an entrepreneur I had a term sheet with True Ventures (my second company) and thought highly of them.

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Invest Company Companies Web 2.0 303

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

I’ve had a long-standing rule of thumb in product design, which I call “design for the novice, configure for the pro.&# I started saying this back in 2001/02, long before the era of Web 2.0, We were young, computer literate and interested in learning about or playing with new technologies. Learn from them.

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Design Startup Web 2.0 Tips 325

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Nearly all of the mistakes I made at my first company I fixed by the time of my second company. This is the only mistake I repeated twice and it is a mistake that I see many, many companies make. When you start your company the very first question you need to ask yourself is which kind of customers do you want to serve.

Startup 389

Startup Customer Custom Resource 389

Frank Addante

SEPTEMBER 25, 2006

. ► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ▼ September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0:

Company 40

Company Companies Startup Venture Capital 40

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2009

Eric Sikola is CEO of ExpenseBay (www.expensebay.com), a Los Angeles-based, online, software-as-a-service startup which has created an online application which uses Web 2.0 technology to make submitting expense reports extremely easy. What's your company doing? Who are the types of companies who might need this?

Web 2.0 100

Web 2.0 Startup SaaS Report 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

There’s no doubt (at least anecdotally) that the pace of VC investments in early-stage technology companies has picked up in the past few months. There have been a number of high profile tech IPO s in the recent months including companies such as OpenTable and more recently LogMeIn. – IPO-able in any normal market.

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Venture Capital Marketing Startup Social Network 255

socalTECH

JULY 25, 2012

Edward Park: Our company, Rnddr Labs, is trying to create frictionless merch tools and products. Why did you decide to start your company? And, there are lots of companies not doing this as efficiently or as well. The biggest thing for me, was turning version 2.0 What is Insteegram about? into an empowerment tool.

Startup 174

Startup Commerce Web 2.0 Screening 174

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2012

The two companies are in the early stages of integrating Pathbrite’s next-generation digital portfolio platform with McGraw-Hill Campus™ , which will greatly benefit students and faculty. ” Pathbrite’s technology is providing a smarter, more flexible, and Web 2.0 Pathbrite’s Web 2.0

Education 63

Education Web 2.0 Course Platform 63

Xconomy

MAY 24, 2017

Zesty.io, a San Diego Web development firm, has raised $1.3 million in seed funding to spin out its consulting business, and focus instead on providing its core Web content management technology as a subscription-based software-as-a-service. The company, which now has nine full-time.

Web 71

Web San Diego Seed Funding Web Development 71

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 was starting.

Venture Capital 288

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0

Web 29

Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. Bending over: How to sell to large companies - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 24, 2010 This is a guest post by Steve Hanov , who blogs about programming and startups.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

David has a unique perspective on the Southern California technology environment, having been the COO of PayPal before its acquisition by EBay, and having had the full Silicon Valley experience. You could just sit and add people to your own family tree program, but people hadn't applied Web 2.0-style, It works well for now.

Yammer 133

Yammer Geni Startup Southern California 133

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

One of the recent trends in the technology industry here in Los Angeles is the use of "coworking" spaces--flexible workspaces where companies can rent open office space. If you're running a company, why not just go to an executive suite, or sublease some space? BLANKSPACES (www.blankspaces.com) -- which is on Wilshire Blvd.--is

Startup 100

Startup Web 2.0 Tsavo Userplane 100

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

When I was looking for speakers for an event last fall on Web 2.0 , LinkedIn was a great way to reach out. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. in Computer Science.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 1, 2008

“California is the birthplace of the information technology revolution and the home of the companies that are creating the future course of our information rich society. Not true so much anymore, but from a standpoint of innovation in the technology sector, California continues to flourish. While the growth of Web 2.0

AeA 40

AeA CIO Web 2.0 Technology 40

socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2009

Yesterday, Santa Monica-based SharesPost (www.sharespost.com) launched a new service of particular interest to the venture capital and high tech startup market, a new, online service which facilitates the buying and selling of private company stock. They've built successful companies, but looking at the IPO market they're essentially stuck.

Startup 124

Startup Zag Venture Capital Equity 124

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

My firm GRP Partners recently funded a young LA based company named Ad.Ly that is an “in-stream advertising&# company currently focused on monetizing Twitter. was the “static&# web. Traditional media companies published their stories on the web. was the 2-way web. So did the media. is Sean Rad.

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The show focuses on legal issues surrounding startups, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and emerging technology. Tech Law Tip of the Week: explanation of a frequently-asked IP law question for tech companies. Christina [ [link] ] leads the Intellectual Property & Technology practice at Gagnier Margossian LLP.

IP 81

IP Social Network Technical Review Networking 81

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2011

He shows data that the overwhelming majority of major enterprise in the US is currently adopting or looking to adopt social networking technology. Throughout the 90′s the PC became much more popular in corporate environments, so companies began to replace dumb terminals with PCs. the rest of the time.

Web 355

Web HTML Mobile Social Network 355

Xconomy

JANUARY 11, 2017

They departed in 2015, after selling a majority stake to an investor group led by Accel and Technology Crossover Ventures that reportedly valued GoFundMe at $600 million. The company moved its headquarters to Redwood City when former Groupon chief operating officer Rob. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

Funding 40

Funding San Diego Hollywood Platform 40

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2009

We caught up with Jason and Kurt to hear more about the company. What's the story behind the company and how it started? Kurt and I are pretty Web 2.0 It's really helpful, particularly for companies who don't get social media. We met first through Tyler Crowley at Mahalo, and I invited Jason to speak at MOTM.

Startup 100

Startup Writing Southern California Email 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Big company powerhouses, like IBM and Xerox, took fifty years to make the cycle, but new companies today, in the age of the Internet, often make the cycle in five to ten years, or even less. Lewis explore these culture issues, both national and international, that can make or break your company strategy. Product-line expansion.

Company 75

Company Companies Startup Web 2.0 75

socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2008

Then, we spoke to the firm's founder, Alex Aydin, and discovered that he wasn't just your usual Web 2.0 first time entrepreneur, but had taken a company IPO and ran it as a public firm in the 90's--Prostor--which he eventually sold to Sun Microsystems. Alex Aydin: I've been in the technology sector since 1987.

Startup 100

Startup Sites Marketing Web 2.0 100

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2009

Ruan and Patterson tell us a bit about the service and how it was inspired by Twitter, the company's experience spinning out technology from UC Irvine, and what its plans are now. What was the path from taking the technology from UC Irvine and commercialization it? That was my second startup, a publishing company.

Startup 100

Startup Research UCI Social Network 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

We're always interested in how technology is influencing the business of Hollywood, and recently ran across Los Angeles-based Scripped. Scripped (www.scripped.com) is applying the world of Web 2.0 We spoke with Sunil Rajaraman, CEO and co-founder of the firm, about the company. What's Scripped?

Content 138

Content Writing Software Review Hollywood 138

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2022

Big company powerhouses, like IBM and Xerox, took fifty years to make the cycle, but new companies today, in the age of the Internet, often make the cycle in five to ten years, or even less. Lewis explore these cultural issues, both national and international, that can make or break your company strategy. Product-line expansion.

Startup 142

Startup Web 2.0 IBM IBM 142

Frank Addante

MAY 20, 2007

. ► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0:

Entrepreneur 40

Entrepreneur Blogging Startup Venture Capital 40

Alon Schwartz

MARCH 25, 2012

Not just for consuming content but for sharing content (aka, web 2.0) The question we need to ask is the following: is Microsoft the type of company that, when major challenges arise will make tough choices and come on top? But in the past few years things have changed. and lately for productivity and collaboration.

Web 2.0 74

Web 2.0 Google Doc Software 74

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. event I did last fall.

Blogging 150

Blogging CTO Coach CTO Hire Southern California 150

socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2008

FatTail is really interesting, in that for the last three years or so it's been stealthy and underground, and has perfected some great technology solutions in the area, and is now working with about 500 different publishers. It's something that exists in every company, big or small. Our investments is their first institutional round.

Advertising 100

Advertising Media Startup Woodland Hills 100

Frank Addante

AUGUST 2, 2006

. ► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0:

Entrepreneur 40

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Web 2.0 40

Frank Addante

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

. ▼ November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0:

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Web 2.0 Outsource Development 40

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 31, 2006

. ► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ▼ October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0:

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Advertising Email 40