Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

What you might not realize is that the adorable droid was the brain child of Sphero, a robotics and digital technology company and an alumni to the Disney Accelerator program. “This year, more than ever, we are working with companies with the potential to help define the future of media and entertainment together with Disney.”

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2014

Here are five of the gifts--all from Southern California high tech companies--we wish we could have gotten wrapped in a present this year. your GoPro Hero--anywhere you want, for the ultimate aerial photography and video platform, with up to 15 minute flight time and live, on-screen control and piloting. 3D Robotics X8+ Drone.

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Southern California Edison Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Malicious attackers perceive tech startups as vulnerable, valuable targets: startups often have fewer infrastructure protections and smaller IT teams than their more established counterparts, and multiple connections to larger companies with lucrative data. . In the past year, 42% of small businesses experienced a cyberattack. Data Breaches.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

The Spotlight is shining down these amazing LA companies! For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Winners: Spotlight Companies.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2017

We chatted with Alan about the company, the process of taking a new, genetic test to market, and his experience taking research from the University of Southern California and University of Utah and commercializing that research. Alan Horsager: We are an epigenetics data company. How did you decide to turn this into a company?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

We are often asked how companies get funded, why VCs make the decisions we make and what we’re looking for in entrepreneurs. On August 26th I had an equally effusive intro from Ynon Kreiz, also a friend, trusted source and also the CEO of portfolio company Maker Studios. But I’m guessing the narrative is similar elsewhere.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. SuperDemo: Bill Gross.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

We spoke with Zach about the company and its technology. Zach Zalon: Super Hi-Fi is a platform to help music experience companies, like digital music services, to deliver much more compelling, much higher quality music experiences to their audiences. We ended up building a lot of digital music platforms.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

We spoke with Zach about the company and its technology. Zack Zalon: Super Hi-Fi is a platform to help music experience companies, like digital music services, to deliver much more compelling, much higher quality music experiences to their audiences. We ended up building a lot of digital music platforms.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Throughout the 90′s the PC became much more popular in corporate environments, so companies began to replace dumb terminals with PCs. It’s central standard was HTML (hyper text markup language) that described how we would show data on computer screens. But for software developers like my company the web was a blessing.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 11, 2016

Today, larger mobile screens and touch interfaces are allowing people to do real work—not just e-mail—with the computer they have, wherever they are. The screens were still pretty small in those early years, the iPad arrived in 2010, and with it a bigger touch canvas to do real work. inch screen. But First iPad.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2012

We use AWS too, and those companies are able to use resources created for cloud storage and processing. Erik Caso: I've been designing software for 16 years, and am attracted to difficult problems. I use my desktop when I need the screen real estate or processing power. Can you provide some more details on how that works?

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Tech.Co

MARCH 9, 2020

Designate a Work Area . With features designed for checking in and collaborating with teammates, plus capturing good performance and potential performance risks, your employees that are working from home won't feel left out at all. Take a long breakfast, or maybe even go for a walk to get a healthy break from your screen.

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socalTECH

JULY 25, 2016

Avantika Shahi: We are a home search platform. I've been a buyer, an agent, and broker, and have gone through lots of different platforms, mediums, and sites, and it's hard to get a comprehensive picture of a home or neighborhood, without going to lots of different sites. How are you funding the company? What is Haus all about?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I invested in LA-based Gogii , one of the fastest growing, most exciting mobile social networking companies you’ve never heard of and maker of a product called textPlus. I quietly watched their success from the sidelines and kept spending time with and telling the CEO, Scott Lahman, that I wanted to invest in his next company.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2009

We spoke with the firm's CEO and co-founder, John Hanna : How'd you end up starting the company, and what is FunnelSource all about? John Hanna: I'm from the Bay Area, and spent twenty years working for multiple, venture backed companies. I needed a change, and wanted to start a new company, and came to L.A.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 31, 2019

CES, short for Consumer Electronic Show , is the world's largest consumer tech event, and an opportunity for companies to show their latest innovations at the start of the year. Despite the toy-like appearance of TomBot, it was actually designed with seniors in mind, to offer companionship to the elderly suffering from dementia.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 25, 2015

But that’s changing with a new crop of rich media platforms disrupting the ecosystem with new mobile and non-standard rich media ad formats, one of which – Jetpack – is located right here in Santa Monica. The company is privately held and has received no venture funding to date. The possibilities are truly limitless.”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Then it’s time to innovate through the channels or platforms that are relevant. Look to the movie screen to see what you won’t soon forget. Several companies, including Mastercard, Coca-Cola, and Doritos have let customers build commercials and design contests, with big rewards for the customer and for the company.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

However, mobile devices have not only revolutionized the world of the consumer--they've also made inroads into the corporate market, changing how companies provide access to important information and data to their partners and employees. We founded the company in 2008, inspired by and around the first iPhone.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 14, 2016

We spoke with co-founder Ryan Costello about Santa Monica-based Event Farm (www.eventfarm.com), on how its software technology is being used to power high end, VIP events for large companies. Ryan Costello: We're a software company. We provide an event and experiential marketing platform. How did you start the company?

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

The large gathering of top investors spilled out of the office into the surrounding sidewalk and swelled with buzz and speculation of what the 10 newly formed companies had to offer. Okuno has been investing in Los Angeles startups for the past three years after selling his own company E-Z Data. Or maybe a goldmine. Founded by L.A.’s

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socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2012

What's the story behind the company? Rob Kramer: My partner and I had been developing apps and platforms for year, and had been Craiglist and eBay users, but only reluctantly. There's a screen that we throw a product at you, an image of that product, which lets you "hip it" -- similar to a favorite or like -- or "skip it".

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 16, 2016

When companies weren’t working on new models – Tesla is so hard at work on the Model 3 that it didn’t have much of a presence at CES at all – they were unveiling their latest electric cars and concepts destined to undergo product development. This year, CES showed us that 2016 is truly the year of the electric vehicle.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

I believe that Twiistup is now a platform from which to grow and highlight what is uniquely LA. There are now a second generation of entrepreneurs and companies that have learned from their last successes and are producing great new companies like TopSpin Media , Sometrics and GumGum. Much of this was highlighted at Twiistup.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 13, 2012

Kian Saneii: What we have is a platform that helps all sorts of channel partners, including family members, assisted living facilities, home care and home health providers, and even insurance companies, help the elderly to stay home longer and more comfortably. What's the story behind the company? READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

As quintessential ultrabooks , Chromebooks are designed to be extra-light and easy to move around. This is great for open floor offices, collaboration, travel, and other things that new companies often find necessary as they build their brand. Another point to remember is that these lightweight laptops tend to skimp on specs.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Josh Hartwell: We officially incorporate in 2003, though we started laying groundwork for the company in 2002. I think we were able to effectively transition, because our technology platform. At the time, our platform allowed us to build our games, and have one game which we could send to multiple devices.

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socalTECH

JULY 22, 2016

Gabe Grifoni: At Rufus Labs, we are focused heavily on building wearables and technology in a wearable platform for the enterprise. That not only helps companies with things such as insurance and worker's comp, but from a more human standpoint, employees are not getting injured by vehicles such as forklifts.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 23, 2013

It’s a promotional video for a technology company. We’re no strangers to GumGum ( we’ve covered their company before ) and they’re a huge part of Silicon Beach’s roster of startup highlights. Ophir gives us a quick refresher into the company’s core competencies. ” Wait, what?

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

has unveiled a new smartphone app designed to help people find, hire and manage in-home care for seniors. At its recent launch, HomeHero had hundreds of caregivers, each pre-screened and subject to a rigorous certification process that includes an in-person interview, entrance exam and background check.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2015

Utilizing technological innovations spun out of the renowned MIT Media Labs and visual artistry by GMUNK , TrueCar is melding the company’s data analysis and visualization abilities with new, entertainment technology. This platform takes our web-based technology from the computer screen to the concert experience, as L.E.D.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

” while watching the screen and registering nothing. Enter Vidzey , the in-video shopping platform that seamlessly combines media, entertainment and e-commerce. I’m staring at my screen, and there they were. ” Article 1 discussed the digital revolution and how companies like Netflix and Hulu were taking over.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

One of the great joys of doing the web series This Week in VC every week is that I get to spend time with great people debating the issues of our day including how our industry is evolving as well as insights into how companies got started, got their initial traction and dealt with adversities. I’m used to that refrain.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2012

The company has experienced substantial user growth since their launch early this year. Park had a screen-printing business in 2004, starting with his own $4,000 investment. His company was one of the first in the industry that made it easy for anyone to start their own clothing line all from a website.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Auto-interfaces are clunky, and when a lot of these big tech companies IPO’d, a lot of them developed products that were endemic to the car industry – navigation, social graphs, etc. Now, we’re at a point where large tech companies with huge R&D budgets are working directly with automakers to make functionality safe.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2014

myLINGO is the first product of her company Oladas, Inc., Explain to our readers why you started your company, and why you created your app myLINGO. You have the headphones in your ears and you listen to the whole track, the dialogue, surround special effects, and music tracks as you are watching the movie on the screen.

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