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

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 13, 2011

In addition, there is a wealth of data beyond their borders, on the web and social media. This presentation will survey the breadth of BI/Analytics, providing specific examples of how companies have leveraged data to drive performance, excellence and competitive advantage.

AITP 100

AITP Social Media Competition Examples 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 29, 2008

From digital cinematography to color correction, web video production and lighting for film, video and HD: The DV Expo conference program will deliver the strategies, tools, tricks and training you need to succeed in today's highly competitive digital video industry. Tuesday, November 4, 2008 -- Digital Video Expo. See [link] (more).

Conference 100

Conference Training Competition Web 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Friday, November 5, 2010 -- Knowledge Management at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Abstract Bob Payne, Tim Frank, and Mark Britton, will share experiences working knowledge management and web 2.0 projects and processes at Northrop Grumman, Aerospace Systems sector.

Web 2.0 100

Web 2.0 Competition Web Organization 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

With more and more consumers online though, its not enough to have a marketing strategy based on traditional media outlets  you need to have a significant web presence as well. As an entrepreneur, knowing how to use these popular platforms gives you a competitive edge. that generate buzz and drive purchasing decisions.

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Network Media Enterprise Forum 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

I don’t intend either, Burstly has respectable and strong competition. He’s a natural leader, appropriately competitive, very customer focused and a pleasure to work with. The first big wave of this change came from the introduction of the iPhone, which was the first well built mobile device for using the web.

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Fantastic post by Christian Gammill - Startup Delta Force… From a competitive perspective (e.g. all the other folks out there that will try to enter the same market) the barriers have been dropping over the last few years.

Startup 150

Startup SEM IP SEO 150

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Billy Fried: As an active person, with an active family and active friends, I've gone on vacation and searched around for things to do, or looked for things to do on a weekend here in SoCal. We've really set out to solve the problem we saw, which is a vast category of travel information which is not aggregated well on the web.

Activity 164

Activity Startup Sites Web 164

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

The difference is that VoiceXML does not leverage customers' knowledge of web development. Also, you mentioned an interesting rails session that you attended last month about security, and we've been studying Google's web app security guidelines. Similar to VoiceXML, the standard for the past 5-yrs.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Configurable from desktop-based web-based UI. Competition: McAfee , Symantec. If I were a number 3-5 players I’d be looking to exit early while there’s still a lot of enthusiasm for this hot market. Note that I’m not defining who numbers 1,2 are. Time will tell.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2010

Johnson's latest effort is Lunch.com (www.lunch.com), a web site which takes the concepts behind VirtualTourist.com beyond travel, and into lots of other subjects. It was a local, SoCal company right here in Manhattan Beach. There is a lot of competition for reviews/etc. on the web, how do you hope to stand out?

Content 204

Content Startup Sites Manhattan Beach 204

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

The World Wide Web was now being rolled out everywhere and every project was considering its Intranet strategy. I was based in LA and thought there was an interesting angle there – I could be SoCal guy. Initially I thought it was too long of a name for a blog.When I looked at the competition it as AVC.com and Feld.com.

Technical Advisors 385

Technical Advisors Marketing Startup Venture Capital 385

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

While Google fights on the edges, Amazon is attacking their core - Chris Dixon , May 22, 2010 Google is fighting battles on almost every front: social networking, mobile operating systems, web browsers, office apps, and so on. At best I think business plan competitions are a waste of time. 8211; are mostly a loss leaders for Google.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

How do we need to structure the systems to get ahead and stay ahead of the competition? What existing systems will we leverage, what programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, revision control systems, etc.? What are the biggest areas of technical risk? How can we address this risk?

Fractional CTO 225

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire CTO Coach 225

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

TZ’s SXSW A-team, Efren Toscano and Justin Sewell, were invited to join the momentous ride alongside other tech innovators and influencers from the Socal reach to participate with Amtrak’s first ever #AmtrakLive live-tweet and AMA thread – to discuss the highly anticipated Amtrak Residency Program. To the Trade show Floor!

Entertainment 99

Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. He tells us you'll get the following benefits from talking to lots of people: There are lots of benefits to talking to people. You’ll get suggestions for improvements. You’ll discover flaws and hopefully correct them. You’ll learn a lot more about the sector/industry.

Startup 211

Startup IP Ideas Patents 211

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. He tells us you'll get the following benefits from talking to lots of people: There are lots of benefits to talking to people. You’ll get suggestions for improvements. You’ll discover flaws and hopefully correct them. You’ll learn a lot more about the sector/industry.

Startup 198

Startup IP Ideas Patents 198

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. What Apple proved, and what I suspect is the issue with web content, is that monetization was a product problem. There is no competition. Product Friday: Monetizing Content is a Product Problem - This is going to be BIG.

Startup 191

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

AdWords is on Google.com, AdSense is a distributed platform across many different Web sites where if youre a small publisher and you put AdSense on your Web site and someone clicks, you get part of the revenue and Google gets part of the revenue. Okay, thats AdSense. Well, that technology came from an L.A.

Los Angeles 50

Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

SoCal CTO

MAY 4, 2010

Redeye VC , April 13, 2010 Startup Development - SoCal CTO , April 23, 2010 Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering? Ben Casnocha: The Blog , April 15, 2010 Everyone I spoke with loved the idea.

CTO Hire 150

CTO Hire Venture Capital Startup Social Network 150

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. I’d been around the web long enough to remember the dozens of companies before YouTube that tried to create crowdsourced video sites and failed. But I don’t think so.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

How do we need to structure the systems to get ahead and stay ahead of the competition? What existing systems will we leverage, what programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, revision control systems, etc.? What are the biggest areas of technical risk? How can we address this risk?

CTO Coach 231

CTO Coach CTO Hire Outsource Development Develop 231

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

Just because a product has a patent, deep complexity and an obvious competitive advantage does not mean that it can fly by itself into the market. 8 Really Cool Web-Based Tools for Bloggers - Blogtrepreneur | Entrepreneur Blog , June 1, 2010 Looking for cool applications to help you make your blog or site all it can be?

Startup 175

Startup Venture Capital Slides Blogging 175

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Computer scientists call the study of graphs “ network theory ,&# but on the web the word “network&# is used to refer to the websites themselves). No, that IS NOT a competitive advantage - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 12, 2010 This is part 1 of the series: 5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches.

Startup 217

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217