socalTECH

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

If you're an application developer, sending emails through your application can be a chore. It turns out it's not just a quick line of code to send an email -- it's also a hassle to make sure that those emails get delivered, that your email isn't classified as spam, and handling all sorts of delivery issues.

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Email Startup IP Newsletter 157

TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

What are some sites or companies in the same space? What functionality would make your company launch-ready? Targets Are you developing a native app and/or a web app? Can you do a hybrid web/native application? Will you validate new members’ email addresses and/or phone numbers? How do you make your money?

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Develop Development Technical Review SEO 520

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Like many of you I read the Is Web Summit a Scam article making the rounds this week. I have attended Web Summits three times – it is not a scam. I even wrote about my experiences attending Web Summit , something I rarely ever write about. That’s why so many people come to DreamForce and so many come to Web Summit.

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Web Conference Technical Review Class 150

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

In the past, if your startup had a website presence, the company was credible by definition. Until the company name is a famous brand, you are the brand. Be consistent is their application, and provide contact information for both phone and email access. Put yourself on the site. People buy from people.

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Web Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising 117

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

If you're a web publisher, or even a brand developing your own outreach to customers through a newsletter or microsite, how do you efficiently gather and curate all of the news and information out there? It's all about what is happening on the realtime web. What's your background, and what is PublishThis all about?

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Web Newsletter Content Startup 237

socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2021

San Diego-based Tealium, which helps companies collect information on their customers, says it has launched a new partnership effort called the Tealium Global Partner Network. According to the company, the effort gives direct access for its clients to partners such as Meta, Google, AWS, Capgemini, Accenture and Publicis Sapient.

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San Diego Google Email Web 113

socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Make It Work , the in-home computer and electronics service and help firm headed by Eric David Greenspan, said this week that it has launched a new web and social media services arm.

Web 154

Web Tech Coast Angels Services Social Media 154

Berkonomics

APRIL 21, 2022

Owned media comes from the databases you own, such as your company’s web site, email newsletters, profiles in social media, or apps you have created requiring registration or download. One of “my” companies learned and grew to spectacular size. What resources do you already own? That was quaint and unique at the time.

Advertising 156

Advertising Media Social Media Newsletter 156

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 17, 2021

When test results are ready, customers get an email with a link to a website to get their results. Trenkle said the company will comply with its legal obligations under state law, but stopped short of explicitly saying if the company plans to notify customers of the vulnerability.

Software Review 205

Software Review Los Angeles Customer Custom 205

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Los Angeles-based Weblife , a developer of secure, employee web browsing software, has been acquired by Proofpoint , in a $66M all cash deal, the companies announced today. Proofpoint said it will use the acquisition to extend its email malware protection to users' personal email accounts.

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Seed Funding Email Venture Capital Los Angeles 138

Berkonomics

JUNE 1, 2023

Leaders and companies that innovate new products, services and methods of delivery are the ones that stand out in a crowded business world, especially when attempting to gain recognition among the throngs of competitors visible on the web. Innovation does not always equal invention. And innovation is what creates value.

Artificial Inteligence 156

Artificial Inteligence UCLA Web Patents 156

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Back when we were all trying to figure out the real value of traffic on the web, investors – and acquiring companies – got a bit crazy with metrics used to value acquisitions and investments. I am an investor and advisor to one such “eyeballs” company. Remember when? Microsoft paid $9.00 AOL paid $40.00

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Metrics Sites Advertising Web 296

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

I was chairman of a company that had been offered an investment by a Fortune 500 company offering to make a strategic investment in our business, which would be capable of driving new demand to the large company through a series of new web services creating a greater need for the large company’s products.

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Outsource Development Invest Conference Training 120

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

Thursday night was the unveiling of the newest batch of Launchpad LA companies. 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. Have a look at the companies below.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

socalTECH

JUNE 10, 2013

In the latest services-meets-smartphone service to launch in the Los Angeles area, a new startup, Naki Laundry , said today that it has launched its service in Santa Monica, letting the tech set use their smartphone or the web to get their laundry cleaned. The company was founded by Shai Kedem. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Monica Marina Del Rey Services Santa Barbara 268

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 15, 2012

If you were caught sending out an email on your Blackberry you had to quickly whip out your iPhone to show that – wait! I was the proud owner of a Psion, founded by the company Bill Gates once famously said he feared more than any other. But over time email became pervasive in our culture. – we all needed email.

Email 386

Email Startup Marketing Competition 386

socalTECH

AUGUST 16, 2017

Santa Monica-based customer relationship management (CRM) software provider Nimble said today that it has linked its software into Microsoft Edge , Microsoft's web browser, to provide access to information on people and businesses within that browser. The company is led by Jon Ferrara.

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Santa Monica Social Network Email Web 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2017

According to a study from network security firm PhishMe , ransomware is delivered by 97% of phishing emails. Detection : identify new threats with “detection points that span all the access vectors (email, Web, Internet points of presence, etc.).”. How can you keep ahead of evolving cyber threats, then?

Email 185

Email Tool Study Examples 185

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2013

The company had been in limited launch in a few select markets since earlier this year. ViaSat''s satellite internet provides unlimited, unmetered access to email and web pages, but bandwidth limits music, streaming media, and chat, starting at $64.99

Email 182

Email Web Media Services 182

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. Maybe we just have too many tools at our disposal.

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Web Social Network Email Networking 74

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Irvine-based M86 Security , a developer of web security gateways and filtering devices, has raised $13.6M Details on the funding have not been announced by the company. in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. READ MORE>>.

Web 145

Web Email Tool Funding 145

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2021

Most entrepreneurs don’t even know how to keep track of what people are saying about them on the web, much less how to respond or remove it. Web reputation management, both business and personal, has become a top priority requirement. You may assert that monitoring the entire Internet space is an impossible problem.

Search Engine Optimization 163

Search Engine Optimization Content Social Network Google 163

Berkonomics

APRIL 20, 2017

Leaders and companies that innovate new products, services and methods of delivery are the ones that stand out in a crowded business world, especially when attempting to gain recognition among the throngs of competitors visible on the web. Innovation is valued by our society, by investors and certainly by consumers.

Artificial Inteligence 256

Artificial Inteligence UCLA Web Patents 256

Berkonomics

APRIL 1, 2021

Think of it: to shop on the web, you must have a card, not a nine- digit routing and bank account number. And it built a billion-dollar market and then some – where the original vision and plan might have restricted the then-small company to a tiny percentage of that. Early market experience can cause a need to pivot.

Resource 156

Resource Research Class News 156

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2018

According to GoGuardian, the new software assesses the content students are creating and interacting with online via web searches, social media, chat, forums, email and online collaboration tools. Pricing on the new software was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Software Social Media Equity Tool 100

Jason Nazar

AUGUST 15, 2013

The 7 Ways to Get (unpaid) Traffic on the Web. “If There are 7 Ways to Get Traffic on the Web, in no weighted order they are: 1.) The Viral Loop / User Email. The web is interconnected, and traffic flows between sites that interlink.The more sites that link to you, the more sustainable traffic you build overtime.

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Web Social Media Content Sites 61

socalTECH

MARCH 13, 2013

The firm said the latest version of its platform is aimed at brands, retailers, media companies, and trade associations, to help them scale their content efforts across digital channels. The software helps those companies publish their own data on their websites, by surfacing fresh content to help engage consumers.

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Content Tool Legalzoom News 171

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

When you raise money from investors you produce information that you are told they want and care about: A fund-raising deck that articulates your company strategy, plans, team, market, competitors and so forth. VCs (and LPs) have a vested interest in having more data, whether they want to invest in your company / firm or not.

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Funding Venture Capital Startup Email 336

socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2014

Los Angeles-based Tillster , which develops digital ordering and engagement platforms used by quick service and fast casual restaurants, said yesterday that it is integrating its tools with mobile marketing company Kahuna. Financial details of the partnership were not disclosed. Kahuna is backed by Sequoia Capital. READ MORE>>.

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Mobile Software Marketing Email 138

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2011

Most entrepreneurs don’t even know how to keep track of what people are saying about them on the web, much less how to respond or remove it. Web reputation management, both business and personal, has become a top priority requirement. You may assert that monitoring the entire Internet space is an impossible problem.

Web 93

Web Search Engine Optimization Content Social Network 93

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

After weeks of StartupDemo submissions we are now ready to announce the participating startup companies for the StartupDemo event being held at Wokano Sept. We took great consideration for every startup company that applied. Codeita is a powerful, easy to use, cloud-based, web development environment. 22, 2010.

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Company Companies Web Evite 106

Tech.Co

JULY 13, 2023

Despite a packed schedule of obnoxious tweeting, lawsuits, and organizing a cage match with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk has found time to launch a new AI company called xAI. Subscribe xAI: What We Know so far xAI, as the company’s website states, has been set up to “understand the true nature of the Universe”.

Artificial Inteligence 115

Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT Generative AI Technical Review 115

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

After my board meeting I had to do an interview with a CFO candidate that one of my portfolio companies asked me to speak with. I then had to review a nefarious IP lawsuit filed against another company and help the CEO figure out whether we should just pay it or join forces with the other companies named and fight it.

Software Review 381

Software Review Startup Email Conference 381

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Santa Monica-based Nimble , the developer of web-based, customer relationship management (CRM) tools, said today that it has launched a new application programming interface (API) and application marketplace. The company said the new API is the first in a family of APIs to help developers create applications using Nimble's platform.

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Santa Monica Platform Email Web 159

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 4, 2011

If you’re a big supporter of indie films or web series you’re probably checking out your favorites on a variety of different sites on the web. Embedded in the page are standard social media buttons like Facebook, Twitter, Disqus and good old fashion email as methods to recommend programming that you like.

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Web Netflix Social Media Product 65

Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 13, 2014

I’ve spent tens of thousands on Facebook ads for my companies and for clients’ I have built and manage many pages. They have the worst customer service of any company I deal with. If you have an issue renaming or merging a page, you get an email that says “denied.” Can you email them?

Social Network 184

Social Network Email Competition Web 184

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

ReachLocal said its new ReachEdge product includes a website, lead management software, and mobile application specifically aimed at converting web site visitors into leads and customers for companies. Pricing on the new tool was not announced.

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ReachLocal Woodland Hills Software Marketing 147