socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Like all good players, they figured out they needed more tools to help them out, so they started out a business, and built out a very robust platform for tournaments for Counterstrike and other games. The competitive/skilled gaming model is where players compete in games for points, items, and sometimes for cash.

Competition 154

Competition Acquisition Sites Los Angeles 154

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2015

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. After this connection, you need not share the 30% of all revenue collected by the store platform. Make your app support all platforms. Port every app to all the popular platforms – IOS and Android.

Startup 98

Startup Platform Pricing Netflix 98

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

And, if you're a social platform, is there a way to monetize all that activity happening on your service? Jordan Glazier: Wildfire has developed a platform for monetizing social messaging. That's where I'm spending most of my time, unfortunately or fortunately, depending on how you look at it. How does this work?

San Diego 159

San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2011

I recently spoke with Marten Mickos, the former CEO of MySQL and current CEO of Eucalyptus Systems , the leader in private cloud platforms. Although Eucalyptus is still a relatively small company from a personnel standpoint, it already counts twenty one of the Fortune 100 as it customers. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

Cloud Computing 212

Cloud Computing Santa Barbara Platform Resource 212

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Pull Quote: “If you are smart, competitive, hard working and passionate about what you do you will have the best experience of your life. Could we really build a generalize platform and assemble the data in a cost effective way? Of course, there was so little competition back then so it easier to find uncharted territory.

Entrepreneur 232

Entrepreneur Competition Software Review Course 232

Tech.Co

MARCH 2, 2018

Fortunately, the Kauffman Foundation is dedicated to breaking down barriers, empowering the doers, and opening doors of opportunity to people regardless of race, age or where they come from to achieve uncommon things. I’m proud to say that our Startup of the Year program is one of the most inclusive startup competitions out there.”.

Startup 70

Startup Organization Networking Venture Capital 70

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

Could we really build a generalize platform and assemble the data in a cost effective way? If you are smart, competitive, hard working and passionate about what you do, you will have the best experience of your life. Of course, there was so little competition back then so it easier to find uncharted territory.

Blogging 219

Blogging Entrepreneur Software Review Course 219

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Kazuhm is recapturing the capacity in those desktops, creating a commercial grade, distributed computing platform based on that capacity. I have been fortunate to have a team under me, which had been personally consuming the cloud in enterprise IT, and we always had a mix of cloud and data center resources. Tim O'Neal: Absolutely.

Cloud Computing 133

Cloud Computing Resource Startup Software 133

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

We have a very sophisticated, analytics and software platform that over half the Fortune 50 are now using, to help guide how they invest in marketing and sales activities and investments. Jovian's platform allows us to process and analyze campaigns in-flight, and also provide in-flight course corrections for marketers.

Social Media 235

Social Media Demand Activity Marketing 235

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ringrevenue’s call performance marketing platform enables ad networks, agencies, advertisers & publishers to generate more inbound sales calls.”. At RingRevenue we’ve created a call performance marketing platform that at its core is all about getting more high-value calls to advertisers who want them.

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Can a startup gain a foothold in the competitive market by designing the right UX and user experience to make a job and career site for everyone? We were very fortunate to have some amazing investors, including Aaron Levie, Obvious Corp., Los Angeles-based Workpop (www.workpop.com) thinks so. So that''s a big emphasis for us.

Design 174

Design Sites Cornerstone OnDemand Startup 174

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

They wanted to use the platform we had developed in a class called Mashup Culture. A few months later, we won the USC New Venture Competition. We've been in discussions with news organizations to use the platform, including with large organizations and journalism sites. We hope to have that to market within six months.

Journal 187

Journal USC News Startup 187

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Michael Kleist: Tradesparq is a B2B trade platform. It''s also a dog-eat-dog world over there with the competition. Fortunately our CTO doesn''t have that problem. What is Tradesparq? The crux of it is we help buyers user their network to verify suppliers, primarily in Asia and China, where we started. What''s your big goal now?

Southern California 170

Southern California Startup SoCal CTO Hire 170

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2013

We also did a company in Northern California, Weoutta, which is a consumer app for making future plans, which is built on top of a pretty robust data platform. Although they might have more people in the field up in the Bay Area, there''s more competition for those people. You had quite a bit of success in the past with your startups.

Invest 159

Invest Technology Startup Venture Capital 159

Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Fortunately, for those headed to SXSW, Startup Night SXSW 2018 , presented by the Kauffman Foundation and TechCo, will be filled with investors from a multitude of industries who are looking to discover and fund startups building the latest solutions and tech innovations. Whenever you get the opportunity to talk with an investor, do it.

Technical Review 70

Technical Review Startup Software Review Entrepreneur 70

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

I recall being impressed with Jeff, but I was concerned that he was creating a platform, which often requires a significant amount of capital, takes an extended amount of time to establish and can be subject to margin pressure as the enabling technologies become commoditized. Billion Dollar Consolation Prize?

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

When we discussed the feedback we saw an opportunity to use our backgrounds in search and discovery to help us stand out from the competition. We’re fortunate that our primary investors are also very active Board Members who are working with us closely to build a great product that’s engaging for users. What is your business model?

Organization 90

Organization Content Tool Blogging 90

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Fortunately, the Director of Global Customer Experience at Google, became our first investor, so we could start and figure out the content problem for small and medium businesses. We put all of that into our system, and distribute it among our network through our logistics platform.

Help 133

Help IP Content Google 133

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

He listed all of the product releases that were up coming, the customers that were in the pipeline and where he saw his competition moving. Who’s going to help you with improving your marketing / positioning to become a clear platform category leader like Twilio? Are you going to do all of this? You have too much on your plate.

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 29, 2013

The flik app is a new social video platform developed for the iOS, utilizes short videos for sharing and discovering. Chris and I started to work on developing flik from the web platform into a mobile app where people can share and upload videos. I was fortunate to find great friends who were in the tech business.

Social Media 81

Social Media Startup Media Ideas 81

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

He was fortunate enough to attend three competitions: Atlanta, Sydney and Athens. Moveha is a housing platform that helps students find off campus housing and make reservations online. Fortunately, the team was able to find some solid talent before joining the 500 Family. LawTrades. Moveha Inc. AngelList: [link].

Startup 40

Startup Training SaaS Walnut 40

socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2008

Fortunately, the net effect of the economy for Hydra is good, because more advertisers are talking to customers through Hydra, and we're creating relationships successfully. How's the economy affecting that growth curve? Adam Wicks Walker: It's an interesting market to play in. We wouldn't have the numbers if they weren't.

Advertising 100

Advertising Beverly Hills Networking Customer 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2008

Fortunately, the net effect of the economy for Hydra is good, because more advertisers are talking to customers through Hydra, and we're creating relationships successfully. How's the economy affecting that growth curve? Adam Wicks Walker: It's an interesting market to play in. We wouldn't have the numbers if they weren't.

Advertising 100

Advertising Beverly Hills Networking Customer 100

Frank Addante

MAY 12, 2007

Since India still seems to be the most popular place to outsource, I will give my ratings based only on my experiences (directly and indirectly) on outsourcing to India: Cost (Today = 2; 5 Years Ago = 4): Costs in India have been rising as competition for resources grows. and leaving the architecture of the code and platform to India.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Outsource Software Review Startup 40

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

He went from recruiter to IT manager to technical sales… Then, he did such a great job in sales that we had to build up more infrastructure for our ad-serving and email delivery platform to support the increased demand. Fortunately, again, the company is strong and resilient and we worked through it.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Email CTO Hire 40