socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2011

I sometimes feel that the Silicon Valley culture and we as technologists more broadly can breed monoculture in our approach to entrepreneurship, problem solving, market analysis and technology solutions. It was an enterprise 2.0 panel at the dawn of what people began calling web 2.0..

Web 2.0 124

Web 2.0 GRP Partners Blogging Web 124

Xconomy

MAY 15, 2017

The company, which operates a network of online markets for outsourcing biomedical research services and supplies, has raised $24 million in a new round of venture funding. Founding CEO Kevin Lustig said Scientist.com will use the additional cash to expand its operations.

Outsource 79

Outsource Marketing Research Web 79

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

socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Thin Line--formed in partnership with LA's Wavemaker Partners--is hoping to take advantage of the growth in the clean technology market to find startups able to tapping into those now established markets, without the huge investment requirements of those first wave of clean technology companies. Lots has changed since 2009.

Invest 113

Invest Capital Venture Capital Idealab 113

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 27, 2013

6 or 7 years ago when TechCrunch was at its peak market share (they are still strong but many more tech blogs have also popped up) there was a term for getting covered there called “the TechCrunch bounce.” ” If your company was featured there (in the early days of what people called Web 2.0)

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.

Social Network 297

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Web 297

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 8, 2009

This is a great presentation and one that I'm going to point out to startup / early stage company CEOs. This kind of a simple model also helps: Define the early proof points for the company. The other thing that I think he's really done well is his look at value of different marketing channels. Great stuff.

Metrics 225

Metrics Startup Web 2.0 Slides 225

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? We caught up with James Segil , the firm's President, to hear the story behind that big growth at the company. We've grown really fast.

CTO Hire 248

CTO Hire Content Networking Web 248

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Just ask the people who poured money into once “hot&# companies like RazorGator or Friendster. I like to invest where I have a personally strong connection with the entrepreneur and/or a strong intuition on the market from prior experience. I have talked extensively about “social proof&# in fund raising in the past.

Invest 288

Invest Angel Web 2.0 SEO 288

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, Even in 2010 I think most companies err too much on the side of complexity. lean startups or even the advent of AJAX.

Design 325

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

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 The firm has taken the ease-of-use, interconnectivity, and other features we take granted from modern Web 2.0 What's your company doing?

Web 2.0 100

Web 2.0 Startup SaaS Report 100

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. The Deal – I instantly loved the idea for the application, the market and Dustin’s vision. I still do.

Invest 303

Invest Company Companies Web 2.0 303

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

It means the “ torso TV ” consumption patterns will be more important than the head or the long tail for the next era of media companies. You should only worry about this if you’re a large, traditional media company with fat margins. I first wanted to invest in this trend by backing a company called Filmaka.

Startup 380

Startup Media Content Platform 380

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 7, 2011

This is the first major exclusive game launch Kabam or any other major gaming company on Google+ and not on Facebook. According to an announcement at a recent Web 2.0 It’s some pretty major news at it signifies an interesting list of milestones in the social gaming industry: 1.

Google 64

Google Paramount Web 2.0 News 64

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. 30% is the market opportunity.

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

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. Explain how your service works? The way we do that, is through bulletin boards.

Startup 124

Startup Zag Venture Capital Equity 124

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. Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you.

Company 40

Company Companies Startup Venture Capital 40

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2011

It isn’t open in either its standards or in the way that applications are marketed and distributed. Throughout the 90′s the PC became much more popular in corporate environments, so companies began to replace dumb terminals with PCs. But for software developers like my company the web was a blessing.

Web 355

Web HTML Mobile Social Network 355

Jason Nazar

NOVEMBER 23, 2008

I’ve spent the last year running a tech company based in Santa Monica , CA and I’ve spent countless weeks in the Bay meeting with hundreds of tech founders. Some of the Entrepreneurs in the Bay I’ve learned the most from are: Greg Tseng – smartest person I’ve ever met about user viral marketing and A/B testing.

Los Angeles 107

Los Angeles Angel Web 2.0 Web 107

Alon Schwartz

MARCH 25, 2012

Now, that is a nice market to have. A market Check Mate. Not just for consuming content but for sharing content (aka, web 2.0) With less than 45% browser market share and dropping Microsoft is not even situated to control the browser market. But in the past few years things have changed. I believe so.

Web 2.0 74

Web 2.0 Google Doc Software 74

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

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. Sunil Rajaraman: We provide free, web-based screenwriting software to aspiring writers and professionals in the community. We'd always talked about starting a company together.

Content 138

Content Writing Software Review Hollywood 138

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. When I recently was looking to find people who had experience with using social networks to reach people for what might be considered guerilla marketing efforts, again LinkedIn worked great.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

"Authentic" is dead - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 3, 2010 It's time to retire the following phrases. 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

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 A deep dive into the Foundry Group investment philosophy including an interesting discussion of their investing Themes. “… our lens is: Internet Software Companies anywhere in the U.S. Was about a billion dollars on the IPO” and “was one of the first web analytics companies.

Venture Capital 288

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 10, 2012

McDonald’s IPOed 46 years ago with a market cap today of over $100 billion, why? Google’s current market cap sits at just over $200 billion (Yahoo! When I was running my digital marketing firm I was constantly in corporate meetings. Worded a bit more starkly by Benjamin Franklin: “Time is money.” For we live in speed.

Startup 76

Startup Social Media Content Web 2.0 76

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. I started designing web sites, at a rudimentary level, right out of college, in 1997.

Startup 100

Startup Writing Southern California Email 100

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. It was at the heydey of both the housing and mortgage market.

Startup 100

Startup Sites Marketing Web 2.0 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

There is no shame in being an exec at a company or whatever.&#. Every one of these events (with names changed) has happened to companies I’ve worked at or closely with. My SVP of Sales & Marketing quit 30 minutes before an important board meeting. Long hours. Time away from family. Low salary. High stress.

Entrepreneur 384

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Ideas 384

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? We have Sometrics, which is kind of a search technology for Web 2.0,

Startup 100

Startup Web 2.0 Userplane Tsavo 100

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

socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2008

We spoke with Ross about the investment, as well as about his experience as VC and his outlook on the market. It's something that exists in every company, big or small. When you are running a big company--or any company, big or small--frankly, you end up spending less and less time close to the product.

Advertising 100

Advertising Media Startup Woodland Hills 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2015

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.

Startup 98

Startup Marketing Web 2.0 IBM 98

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Tech Law Tip of the Week: explanation of a frequently-asked IP law question for tech companies. Working with artists, Web TV writers and producers, Internet companies and mobile application developers, Gagnier provides digital strategy advising to clients who are often times navigating uncharted legal territory.

IP 81

IP Social Network Technical Review Networking 81

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. event I did last fall.

Blogging 150

Blogging CTO Coach CTO Hire Southern California 150

Jason Nazar

AUGUST 15, 2013

Helpful Resources for Getting Traffic from Partnerships : : Web 2.0 Turn your users into your marketers, it’s the more legit cousin of multi level marketing. Distribution Deals. Helpful Resources for Getting Traffic from Refreshing Content : : How to Write Great Blog Content from Problogger. Conclusion.

Web 61

Web Social Media Content Sites 61

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 AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. AOL controlled the services, taxed companies to access users and decided what was good or bad. So what changed that ushered in the new era that was officially dubbed Web 2.0?

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318