Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 11, 2012

Late last year we announced that local Southern California startup Caplinked was launching a worldwide pitch competition for entrepreneurs to present their business ideas to a panel of all-star judges from Idealab, Rincon, and Chris Yeh.

Competition 63

Competition Idealab Southern California Ideas 63

socalTECH

JULY 8, 2010

Here are three, Southern California startup firms--and their competitors--who are engaged in head to head battles to dominate their industry. Whoever wins, these are some of the local firms in interesting markets--and their tough, well-backed head-to-head competition--worth watching. DocStoc vs. Scribd. DocStoc - Profile.

Southern California 124

Southern California Rustic Canyon SoCal Startup 124

socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2013

Idealab-based solar energy startup eSolar has just raised $12.8M Solar power--once the darling of the clean technology industry--has seen an intense shakeout due to extremely low cost competition from Chinese manufacturers. READ MORE>>.

Burbank 178

Burbank Idealab Technical Review Competition 178

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Pasadena-based Evolution Robotics , the robotics technology startup backed by Idealab, said today that it has linked up with a number of retail partners on its Mint Automatic Floor Cleaner--the firm's entree into the household robot market. The robot puts the firm in direct competition with Roomba.

Marketing 185

Marketing Idealab Startup Pasadena 185

socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2014

Los Angeles-based Jukin Media (www.jukinmedia.com) thinks it has figured that out, and instead of trying to create viral videos, has been buying up the rights to those videos--before they really go viral--to create not just a one-hit, viral video wonder, but a sustainable business. Lee Essner: That''s one of the competitive edges we have.

Media 235

Media Content Startup IP 235

socalTECH

MAY 24, 2010

The move does not seem to affect the fortunes of Pasadena-based TweetUp , the new startup headed by Idealab's Bill Gross, as that firm's model does not rely on in-stream ads. However, Twitter's own "Promoted Tweets" feature is direct competition to TweetUp's services.

Idealab 173

Idealab GRP Partners Advertising Pasadena 173

socalTECH

MARCH 7, 2012

The assets of Pasadena-based Energy Innovations are set to go up for auction on March 20th, according to auctioneer Heritage Global Partners, as the firm continues to wind down. Energy Innovations--which had entered the solar market late--was backed by Idealab and Mohr Davidow Ventures. READ MORE>>.

Technical Review 145

Technical Review Idealab High Tech Pasadena 145

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2012

The Los Angeles startup is looking to help connect travelers with local guides and hosts. However, we felt the pain that everywhere you go, particularly on tours, you end up ushered around places by people who are always trying to sell you things. Instead, we ended up at the usual floating markets, the white elephant.

Startup 199

Startup Idealab USC Ideas 199

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Los Angeles-based Ad.ly , the Twitter advertising startup, is further looking to diversify its service from Twitter, saying this week that it has added support for Facebook. The move is similar to a move by fellow Twitter ad startup TweetUp, started by Idealab's Bill Gross, which added Facebook status updates at the end of August.

GRP Partners 191

GRP Partners Advertising Idealab Social Network 191

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2012

Insteegram is a startup that allows you to create amazing and unique t-shirts using your own Instagram photos. 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.

Startup 98

Startup Customer Custom Pricing 98