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. Remember when? Bringing us to today – Viewers or profit? Revenue experiments (and failures). How about charging by the bite (not byte)?

Metrics 296

Metrics Sites Advertising Web 296

socalTECH

MAY 24, 2013

San Diego-based Givit is powering the Mozilla Firefox Flicks competition, the companies said this morning, with Givit providing its iPhone capturing, editing, and sharing tools to Mozilla''s contest. iphone mobile contest video mozilla givit flicks firefox' Financial details of the deals were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

San Diego 124

San Diego Competition Mobile Web 124

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. You provide the free app in the App Store that gives subscribers mobile access to your service. This freemium model has been used for years by web apps. Make your app support all platforms. Build your own marketplace platform.

Mobile 126

Mobile Develop Development Platform 126

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.

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Startup Tips Web Platform 233

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

According to PatientPop, its new tool--the PatientPop Competitive Scanner --helps businesses compare their business growth to the top three competitors in their local market. PatientPop is venture backed by Leerink Transformation Partners (LTP); the company raised a big, $75M funding round from Leerink back in October.

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Tool Santa Monica Competition Google 133

socalTECH

MAY 15, 2013

The new design comes as many in the industry have pointed to a new, competitive era, due to the rise of mobile platforms, tablets, and a move away from the traditional, desktop web experience where eHarmony made its mark.

eHarmony 178

eHarmony Malibu Santa Monica Design 178

Tech.Co

JANUARY 26, 2024

There are just five days left to enter the digital detox competition set up by Icelandic Yogurt company Siggi’s Dairy, which has pledged to give selected contestants $10,000 to spend an entire month “detoxing” without a smartphone or social media. Want to browse the web privately? ? Or appear as if you're in another country?

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Company Companies Social Media Writing 226

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

Web-based client for user stream data including Twitter (original focus), FaceBook, MySpace, Google Buzz, FourSquare and many others. Users leave messages for each other through BlockChalk mobile app. Mobile gifting service. Provider of real-time data and predictive analytics for web site publishers. OTHER DEALS: 1.

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Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

We also talked about how brands are increasing driving much of their traffic to Facebook and away from their own web pages. Reportedly, Softbank and Zynga have discussed jointly distributing games through Softbank’s mobile-phone service in Japan and other countries. Online service offering privacy certification for web sites.

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Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Back when we were all trying to figure out the real value of traffic on the web, we investors – and acquiring companies – got a bit crazy with metrics used to value acquisitions and investments. That is the quandary which entrepreneurs face today in building models for new companies around a web presence.

Metrics 207

Metrics Sites Advertising Web 207

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

They have a mobile app and I felt like it crashed too much for my liking. All applications crash and this is especially true in the nascent mobile world where dealing with device types, OS’s & networks adds one hell of a configuration management problem. If you have multiple versions of your product, how many are web vs. mobile?

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Metrics Startup SEO Customer 346

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

CleanWeb Hackathons are weekend programming competitions taking place in major cities around the globe. The CleanWeb Hackathon will be coming to Los Angeles for the first time starting Friday Nov.

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Los Angeles Angel USC Competition 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

CleanWeb Hackathons are weekend programming competitions taking place in major cities around the globe. The CleanWeb Hackathon will be coming to Los Angeles for the first time starting Friday Nov.

Los Angeles 113

Los Angeles Angel USC Competition 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 10, 2012

CleanWeb Hackathons are weekend programming competitions taking place in major cities around the globe. The CleanWeb Hackathon will be coming to Los Angeles for the first time starting Friday Nov.

Los Angeles 113

Los Angeles Angel USC Competition 113

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Competition: Chegg (has raised $144 in debt and equity)—estimated by Steven Carpenter ( TechCrunch ) to be 10x more unique visitors than BookRenter (during peak book renting seasons) with nearly $140mm in revenues for 2010. -New Metrics: 50mm users (up from 40mm in Dec 2009), -Competition includes: Spotify , Last.fm.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 9, 2013

2020 seems like a decade away into space, however Motreal-based reelyActive, the winner os Startup World Competition , is doing just this. The Montreal-based startup beat 15 entrepreneurs from Europe, Africa, North/South America to emerge top at the competition held at Parisoma co-working space. Hyperlocal context. Internet of things.

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Competition Startup Social Media Software 83

Berkonomics

MARCH 23, 2023

The principal drivers of this re-imagination are the hyper-growth of the mobile Internet, consumer-controlled commerce, the rise of big data, and “globality.” And now we have made the largest cycle of all – the move to mobile Internet computing. Mobile commerce is up 552% in one year (measuring cyber-Mondays).

Mobile 156

Mobile Commerce Software Review Yammer 156

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

That allows our media buying team an dour content team to make moves, to buy more inventory on the web, and drive more traffic on the website, with the whole goal of bringing in more consumers and acquiring more customers for our clients. The world here is constantly changing -- particularly with shifts to mobile, Google algorithms, etc. -

Startup 239

Startup El Segundo Marketing Media 239

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Los Angeles-based online advertising technology provider OpenX says this morning that it has been selected by Townhall Media , to help supply "header bidding" for Townnhall's mobile and web properties. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed.

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OpenX Media News Advertising 100

Xconomy

JULY 31, 2017

It’s been a long time since tech’s biggest companies could be sorted into discrete buckets according to the products they pioneered—-Google, the search software giant; Apple, the computer and mobile device innovator; e-commerce leader Amazon; business software stalwart Microsoft; and social media engine Facebook. A diagram of the current.

Competition 64

Competition Social Media Web Commerce 64

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

In the same year they won Business Insider’s Startup competition. And in a world where we increasingly log in to personal web time at late hours or on our mobile phones that’s no longer good enough. I was standing with him when he won the TechCrunch 50 award. Nice sweep!

CTO Coach 359

CTO Coach Google CTO Hire Yammer 359

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 11, 2021

The link-in-bio business is heating up as more mobile website builders compete for a coveted slice of real estate on a creator’s TikTok, Instagram or Twitter.

Platform 286

Platform Commerce Startup Tool 286

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

It’s insanely competitive to get into our industry so most have degrees from institutions like Stanford, Harvard, Wharton and University of Chicago (blatant plug ;-). Think of web vs. mobile. VCs, how to select a VC, etc.) and I realized that without years of experience it is tough to answer this question.

Venture Capital 364

Venture Capital Coach Writing SaaS 364

TechEmpower

APRIL 21, 2015

Competition for the top position in the JSON-serialization test within the Peak environment has heated up so much that Round 10 sees a more than 100% increase in the top performance versus Round 9 (2.2M We provide web and mobile application development services and are passionate about application performance. versus 1.05M).

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Framework EC2 TechEmpower Java 200

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. In the show we talked about why this is important to mobile application developers. Configurable from desktop-based web-based UI. Time will tell.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

They help find talented film makers globally, enter them into competitions and advance the best of them toward winners that get to produce full-length films. But when you think about the movement we once called “Web 2.0″ But when you think about the movement we once called “Web 2.0″ Is this real?

Startup 380

Startup Media Content Platform 380

Xconomy

MARCH 25, 2018

A San Diego software development team with an idea for an emergency mobile app that it said would be faster than calling 911 is headed this week to US Ignite’s Application Summit in Kansas City, MO. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

San Diego 74

San Diego Mobile Competition Software Development 74

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2011

In general, we seem to be building too many positive re-enforcement systems on the web. And that has had me thinking about the tech sector and how dismissive both startup teams & VCs can be about both their competition and the “hot” companies in any sector. How about “agree” and “disagree” buttons?

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Startup Press Writing News 313

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

If you''re familiar with Shszam, the mobile app which scans and tells you who an artist is, we''ve created something like Shazam for the real world. Ali Khoshgozaran: Before we started the company, me and my partner had participated in the USC Viterbi startup competition. How did Tilofy come about? We''re in four major U.S.

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USC Southern California Organization UCLA 236

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. You provide the free app in the App Store that gives subscribers mobile access to your service. This freemium model has been used for years by web apps. Make your app support all platforms. Build your own marketplace platform.

Develop 138

Develop Development Platform Mobile 138

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 21, 2012

Journey is a platform to build data gathering mobile apps much faster than would traditionally have been possible. That is the problem Embark Mobile is set to solve across the world beginning in Africa. Journey was created by our company, Embark Mobile (or “Embark” for short). Why the name? How does it work?

Mobile 65

Mobile Platform JavaScript Web 65

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2013

That's both voice and data, through a mobile application, and are also now looking to go into homes. But, the other 80 percent of users, who are using email and web surfing, our entry level will be around $10 a month. We're not going to be the perfect model for people who are streaming huge amounts of video, and using Netflix all day.

Startup 245

Startup IP Networking Encino 245

socalTECH

DECEMBER 21, 2012

SGN is the social and mobile gaming developer headed by former MySpace founder Chris Dewolfe. Josh Yguado: We're the leading developer and publisher of cross-platform, social and mobile games. Is it all mobile now? As you mention, mobile is in an amazing groth phase. Josh Yguado: That's a good question.

Platform 147

Platform Mobile Startup Develop 147

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2012

As we know the mobile industry is accelorating at high speeds with no chances of slowing down anytime soon. What inspired you to co-found Rocksauce Studios and get involved in the mobile space? Initially, my desire to go into the mobile space came from my love for design and my weariness with web or print related art.

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Design Mobile Web Design Outsource Development 94

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 4, 2012

Gamification fuels that drive and brings the competition to technology. We see it in web applications, mobile apps, project management tools, etc. BunchBall’s Nitro, delivers a comprehensive set of game mechanics for websites, social communities, and mobile applications. billion actions each month.

Platform 93

Platform Mobile Startup Software 93

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

It’s hard to get people to take a risk at a startup or for a reasonable salary with all this competition. In San Diego you have Qualcomm so an entire mobile industry has been spawned. That sets us up nicely for the next phase of the web. It’s fucking hard hiring right now.&#. And of course you have Hollywood.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Frank Addante

AUGUST 22, 2013

The answer is simple: devices, Internet access, Web sites and mobile apps are getting faster. And ad decisions need to happen faster than a Web site, or mobile app, loading. At Rubicon Project, we’ve engineered the world’s first real-time cloud computing technology. Innovation & Engineering'

Advertising 79

Advertising Cloud Computing Web Technical Review 79