Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Last fall, Mingly released their first product last fall to help users manage their endless webs of connections. Dubbed Mingly for Web and MyPeople , the suite of products (including Mingly for Gmail) are powdered by the company’s Social Interaction Mapping (SIM) Engine. Finally, some solid relief.

Web 74

Web Social Network Email Networking 74

SoCal CTO

APRIL 2, 2012

And that should be the focus of the founders -- to find the special fit that will make your company take off. When I talk with early-stage companies, often the discussion starts with them asking me about Hiring a CTO for Your Startup , or Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup or How to Find Programmers for Your Startup.

CTO Hire 205

CTO Hire Outsource Development CTO Coach Develop 205

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

If you don’t need these common resources, but need specialized technology services, you should look for technology parks and research facilities, often sponsored by leading companies in specific technologies, like Intel Capital and Google Ventures (GV). That’s about the same ratio that angel investors claim.

Organization 92

Organization Incubator Startup Resource 92

socalTECH

APRIL 18, 2013

Can the web teach you how to play the piano? Quincy Jones --the famed composer and record producer--thinks so, and has co-founded a new company aimed at helping anyone learn to play the piano on their home computer. a month for access to high definition video tutorials from Jones, David Sides, and others.

Education 203

Education Southern California Content Web 203

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 31, 2015

Owned media comes from the databases you own, such as your company’s web site, email. Expand your definition of advertising to include four, not just two methods of finding your potential customers. Happy New Year from Dave and BERKONOMICS.

Social Media 120

Social Media Newsletter Advertising Media 120

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Greatness finds one definition in management’s ability to “pivot,” or change the plan in reaction to its early response from the marketplace. Think of it: to shop on the web, you must have a card, not a nine digit routing and bank account number. Plans don’t often work as devised. Finding your ideal niche Positioning'

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Class Resource Email Examples 176

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

If you don’t need these common resources, but need specialized technology services, you should look for technology parks and research facilities, often sponsored by leading companies in specific technologies, like Intel Capital and Google Ventures (GV). That’s about the same ratio that angel investors claim.

Resource 159

Resource Startup Incubator Seed Funding 159

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2010

Rosenblatt, who confirmed the firm has revenues of around $200M and is profitable, responded to a question from GigaOm's Om Malik on a panel saying that the firm is definitely thinking about an exit at some point. Rosenblatt had suggested earlier this year at the Web 2.0 conference the firm was looking at exit optioins. READ MORE>>.

Demand 168

Demand Media Web 2.0 Twiistup 168

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

We caught up with Michele and Dan to better understand why they founded the company, and why this market was such an interest to them. Michele Ruiz: BiasSync provides a solution for companies, state and federal agencies, school districts, and organizations to assess and manage unconscious bias in the workplace. What is BiasSync?

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Content Training Education Outsource Development 150

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Now you can do it for free, or a few hundred dollars, with one of the many web building tools available, like Shopify or Weebly. Almost anyone can start a company today on a shoestring budget, following these cost-cutting recommendations: Establish a solid legal structure for your business.

Entrepreneur 162

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Outsource Development 162

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

The company--which is in the business of operating a content delivery network (CDN) to accelerate the delivery of web graphics, multimedia, applications, and more to end users-- recently disclosed it more than doubled its revenues in 2012, and has grown to over 230 employees--all due to a huge amount of demand for CDN services by its customers.

CTO Hire 248

CTO Hire Content Networking Web 248

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 9, 2009

I just had an all-too common conversation with the founder of a startup who had spent more than a year working with a software development company who had produced a mess. What's the User Interface Beyond the Web Site ? Iterate until you have a stable definition. I always take a very different approach in early conversations.

Software Development 292

Software Development Develop Development Startup 292

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2011

In the case of SmartyPants Vitamins (www.wearesmartypants.com), it's at the core of the company. However, I saw that the people building traditional products were still not familiar with the social web. All of our competitors are focused on being on shelves, and they don't get the web in any meaningful way. Gordon Gould: Yes.

Web 225

Web Social Media SEO Media 225

Tech.Co

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Claude is definitely one of the most impressive chatbots to be launched in the last 12 months. In this guide, you'll learn exactly what Claude is, how it works, and all about its parent company, Anthropic. Anthropic is an AI startup company based in San Francisco, California. Want to browse the web privately? ?

ChatGPT 139

ChatGPT Artificial Inteligence Training Startup 139

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

He was also the founder of Wallstrip, which he sold to CBS back in 2007, is an investor in a significant number of web and social media companies. They didn't buy it because of the financial content, they did it for the web video expertise. Through Howards investment in betaworks, he also owns early shares in Twitter.

Ideas 248

Ideas Web Startup Content 248

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2013

How is the changing demographic of web visitors changing how local companies operate? We recently chatted with Debra Domeyer , CEO of Oversee.net (www.oversee.net), a Los Angeles company which provides both domain monetization and runs vertical, consumer lead generation and marketing sites, to hear about the company.

Mobile 224

Mobile CTO Hire CPC Web 224

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

I remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0 There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0 Ajax was the new buzzword and many companies went overboard. Unfortunately this was reinforced by the many conferences that rushed to espouse the benefits of Web 2.0

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Web 2.0 Venture Capital Web Technical Review 334

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2013

We caught up with founder Evan Britton about how his company has created the top site in the Internet niche of celebrity birthdays, and how that intense focus on a single niche--and user experience- has paid off for the company in terms of user engagement and growth. I love the web and love Internet marketing.

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Google Sites Startup Web 236

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud computing provider DreamHost (www.dreamhost.com) raised a big, $30M funding round for the company--the first in the company''s long history. The company- now has around $50M in recurring annual revenues. Simon Anderson: DreamHost was founded 16 years ago.

Software Review 238

Software Review Cloud Computing Technical Review Platform 238

socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2012

For ThinkNear , it looks like the whole process paid off in less than two years, after the Los Angeles company went from the TechStars accelerator just last June, to a healthy acquisition by TeleNav earlier this month for $22.5M. Eli Portnoy: We were definitely not looking at acquisition opportunities.

Startup 225

Startup Acquisition Doc Ideas 225

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 14, 2009

If you have solid web skills and a few years experience, either with a commercial company or running your own legit projects, there are dozens of companies in L.A. I’ll give you equity in the company.” That said, it definitely is difficult to find really good startup software developers. They haven’t.

Software Development 150

Software Development Develop Development Software 150

socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2019

We caught up with Pluto TV's co-founder and Chief Growth Officer, Ilya Pozin , to hear about how the company started, and its path to acquisitionas well as to get some tips on startup success. I had always kind of been a computer nerd, and had been starting companies in high school. Why it is you were successful, where they weren't?

Startup 124

Startup Content Demand Netflix 124

InfoChachkie

APRIL 16, 2012

No matter how much you think you know about Steve’s lean startup philosophy, Eric Ries’ contributions to the movement, or the methodologies by which companies have put lean startup tenets into practice, I am confident you will be enlightened and entertained by Steve’s frank and insightful remarks. . If you find one, you become a company.

Startup 229

Startup Class Press Custom Development 229

socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2012

They can discover that event in the app, or soon, on our web platform, say--hey, this looks cool, the last event has some great pictures, looks like this might be fun--and they can buy tickets. Companies like Airbnb have been super successful. After our next round of funding, we'll definitely be developing an Android app as well.

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Platform Mobile UCLA Sites 250

socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2012

They can discover that event in the app, or soon, on our web platform, say--hey, this looks cool, the last event has some great pictures, looks like this might be fun--and they can buy tickets. Companies like Airbnb have been super successful. After our next round of funding, we'll definitely be developing an Android app as well.

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Platform Mobile UCLA Sites 247

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Building a strong tech industry to rival that of Silicon Valley is definitely no easy feat, but the overall feeling within Cal Tech’s Baxter Hall at last week’s event certainly bodes well for the year. Crowd Seats came up first to give their two minute breakdown of the company.

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Idealab Startup Mobile 94

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2015

While every state has a slightly different definition of nexus, it is generally defined as, "a physical presence, employee, or products stored in the state." You may be thinking, "Certainly Congress contemplated thresholds that will absolve small companies from such overheated intensive tax calculations." Sounds reasonable, right?

Sales 100

Sales Customer Custom Metrics 100

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

This is going to be fairly specific to the company. Definitely take a look at he suggests you balance the choices. Again, relying on StartupRoar this time looking at NDA for Startups , I found some good stuff that you should definitely go through in more detail. Definitely read the whole thing. How Stealthy Should You Be?

Startup 211

Startup IP Ideas Patents 211

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2010

One of my most important messages was if you’re sitting around dreaming about creating an innovative startup don’t start by reading TechCrunch and thinking about how you’re going to copy all of today’s innovative companies. And Siebel on your desktop is not the same as Salesforce.com on the web. My view.

Startup 296

Startup Evite Web Ideas 296

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2011

A while back I emphasized how important is to have a company website these days ( Publish Your Website Or Customers Won’t Find You ). Unless someone searches for your company by name, it won’t show up in the first few pages of any search results. Web sites that haven’t been updated in the last couple of years can’t possibly be alive.

Google 93

Google SEO Search Engine Optimization SEM 93

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

This is going to be fairly specific to the company. Definitely take a look at he suggests you balance the choices. Again, relying on StartupRoar this time looking at NDA for Startups , I found some good stuff that you should definitely go through in more detail. Definitely read the whole thing. How Stealthy Should You Be?

Startup 198

Startup IP Ideas Patents 198

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Hamilton Chan is founder of Los Angeles-based PaperLinks (www.paperlinks.com), a new startup which is developing mobile applications which take advantage of QR codes--the 3D barcodes which are cropping up everywhere--to help users marketers go beyond just linking those codes to web pages, but also to power social applications.

Startup 233

Startup Tips Web Platform 233

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Or you want to know about whether you have the right Web Development Company. And this last one is why I tell every startup founder: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have a Technical Advisor. Maybe you have questions about the types of developers you need and even whether you need a Startup CTO or Developer or both.

CTO Coach 211

CTO Coach Startup Web Guide 211

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

But, in running it now for the second half of January, the keyword that popped to the top was: Layoffs And this is definitely a sign of the times.

Layoffs 159

Layoffs Woodland Hills Southern California Orange County 159

socalTECH

JULY 5, 2017

It's fairly unusual to see an apparel company with venture backing, and particularly unusual to see one with the strong lineup of investors that LA-based Jaanuu (www.jaanuu.com) has behind the company. I moved down here to work as a large, $10 billion private equity fund with Ron Burkle, at Yucaipa Companies.

Web 2.0 100

Web 2.0 Equity Legalzoom Capital 100

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

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

If you don’t need these common resources, but need specialized technology services, you should look for technology parks and research facilities, often sponsored by leading companies in specific technologies, like Intel Capital and Google Ventures (GV). That’s about the same ratio that angel investors claim.

Incubator 87

Incubator Startup Resource Seed Funding 87