SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Thursday, November 17, 2011 -- Veterans Economic and Business Development Summit. Department of Veterans Affairs is hosting the largest Southern California conference of its kind, designated to support Veteran-Owned and Service Disabled Veteran Owned and other Small Businesses. See [link] (more)

Riverside

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2010

I think this is a perfect way to think about the world when you’re designing your product / company. Quite honestly I see way too many company pitches that are designed for Techies but I only want to invest in products designed for Normals. Anyway, Chris’s blog got me thinking about Techies and Normals.

Product

Berkonomics

JULY 27, 2017

I internalized this phrase, recalling the many times I had partnered with customers to design new feature-functionality into my hotel computer system back when such systems were brand new to the industry. This week’s insight came from personal experience and from a good friend who advanced the notion of the “teacher-customer” years ago.

Customer

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 6, 2019

Wednesday, June 12, 2019 -- DigiMarCon West 2019 - Digital Marketing Conference and Exhibition. DigiMarCon West 2019 Digital Marketing Conference and Exhibition will be held from June 12th to 13th, 2019 at the luxurious Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel in Los Angeles, California. DigiMarCon West 2019 is your chance to. See [link].

Conference

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 14, 2010

Here’s how it goes: You have a business development group with two people. So they create a task list of all the marketing activities an organization can do: press releases, web site updates, customer case studies, blog posts, daily Tweets, Facebook fan page, attending conferences, etc. Let me give you an example.

Startup

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 18, 2012

’ It’s pretty terrible to have to go to conferences… with people who are talking about… stuff that not only do I know nothing about, but I could give two $hits about.” Business development is sales. Mark’s initial venture had a large marketing budget, which allowed him to attend conferences all over the world.

Entrepreneur

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 6, 2013

Now we’re able to see those imaginations come to life as Stained Glass Labs announces today the first ever wearable technology conference, GLAZED. Industry Experts from Mobile weighing in and interpreting how to Design, Build, and Monetize for success.

Conference

socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2014

What is the biggest thing you''ve learned about the startup business from running these conferences? I get excited when people connect, and I really get excited when someone gets a job referral, or someone finds a designer. Finally, what are some of the new things at the conference this year? It goes both ways.

Santa Monica

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

If you are like us, a huge number of the conference calls you participate in are enabled by a company called FreeConferenceCall.com , which has enabled free conference calls for millions of startups and large businesses alike. But, how can the company offer up free conference calling services, and what''s the story behind the service?

Conference

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2011

Unsocial said it has created a new, location-based business networking tool which allow users to find and network with other people, in real time, at conferences. Apptango, Unsocial's parent firm, is headed by Bruce Brown, and develops and designs mobile applications for clients. Amount of the funding was not announced.

Seed Funding

socalTECH

MAY 22, 2013

Xirrus develops high speed, Wi-Fi equipment designed specifically for deployment in environments like campuses, schools, and conference centers. Xirrus said its products are being used to provide wireless Internet service to patients, as well as access to electronic medical records for its clinical staff. READ MORE>>.

Thousand Oaks

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 6, 2013

Now we’re able to see those imaginations come to life as Stained Glass Labs announces today the first ever wearable technology conference, GLAZED. Industry Experts from Mobile weighing in and interpreting how to Design, Build, and Monetize for success.

Conference

socalTECH

AUGUST 31, 2011

Thousand Oaks-based Xirrus , the developer of wireless access points, reported Tuesday that it has deployed its products at the International Centre in Mississauga, Ontario. Xirrus, whose access points are designed for providing higher bandwidth and density of coverage, said the deployment covers approximately one million square feet.

Thousand Oaks

SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Saturday, December 17, 2011 -- Teens in Tech Conference. The Teens in Tech Conference is about connecting youth and technology with entrepreneurship, startups and the web. We'll achieve just that in front of an audience of young entrepreneurs, developers and designers. See [link] (more)

Conference

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

The author’s focus is the world of architecture and design, but I’m convinced that the principles and strategy outlined are equally important to every new business or entrepreneurial effort: Instill pride. Team members need time, and your support, to attend conferences and professional organizations to stay in touch with colleagues and peers.

Marketing

socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2010

Alex Schneider: We designed the space to be a real creative, collaborative environment. We charge by-the-workstation, it's designed to be really flexible and affordable office space for these startups. Alex Schneider: It all started in 2003, when the city created an economic development fund worth $5M.

Ventura

Tech.Co

APRIL 24, 2015

The SME’s Sillicon Valley chapter is pleased to announce the 10th Annual SME SV Conference held in conjuction with the Design 2 Part Show. Accelerate new product development with lean and compliant approaches. Enjoy 3D printing, laser, and robotics demonstrations.

Los Angeles

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

The firm notably has Atari founder Nolan Bushnell as an advisor and serving as its chief game designer. So I actually started a graphic design company out of college, and got lucky with the web taking off at the right time. Elizabeth Amini: I actually ran into him in 2005, when he was a keynote speaker at a conference.

Study

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2018

The new, content startup founded by Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg and former eBay and Hewlett Packard CEO Meg Whitman , has gotten a new name, Quibi , according to the two at a conference this week. The startup, which had been operating under the name NewTV, is developing "quick bites" of entertainment for mobile platforms.

Hollywood

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 26, 2011

conference , and Wherecamp are largely set around location, hence the word Where in the names. Though TAC meant Total Area Coverage, the name and design were clearly inspired by the communicators on Star Trek. Conference. conference in Santa Clara, California, followed by Wherecamp, just up the road in Palo Alto.

Conference

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2019

San Diego-based antenna developer Taoglas , which develops antennas for the Internet-of-Things and automotive markets, said that it has launched a new line of MIMO LTE antennas, used for indoor distribution antenna systems (iDAS).

San Diego

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

I internalized this phrase, recalling the many times I had partnered with customers to design new feature-functionality into my hotel computer system back when such systems were brand new to the industry. This week’s insight came from personal experience and from a good friend who advanced the notion of the “teacher-customer” years ago.

Customer

socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2011

Jonathan Lehmann: I was awarded the Larry Wolfen Entrepreneurial Spirit Award at UCLA, after getting amazing coaching from Matt Ridenour in our business plan development class. That allowed me to take a summer to develop the new idea, and transform it into a business. Are people really willing to sell their stuff to benefit charities?

UCLA

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 30, 2013

SoCal Code Camp is at it again, getting together an amazing pool of experts to speak in front of fellow developers and developers-in-training here in Los Angeles. This fun conference will have over 85 sessions on various technologies including Web Development, Mobile, Ruby , Javascript and more.

SoCal

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Thus entrepreneurs were able to build prototypes and design new products without the traditional huge prototyping cost. In today’s fast moving market, the basic product development cost and time are critical to survival. Low-cost design and fabrication tools are extremely valuable.

Startup

Berkonomics

MARCH 10, 2010

Email readers continue here.] This is not to bend this insight into a claim that a company should wait to develop new, groundbreaking products and services until a customer asks for them. This insight came from personal experience and from a good friend who advanced the notion of the “teacher-customer” years ago.

Customer

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 8, 2010

Twiistup just announced a new "Ultimate Executive Conference" to be held at a 5-Diamond resort in Dana Point, CA. The Retreat is an exclusive executive level "conference." At the event, we schedule no formal speakers or sessions and instead focus on developing relationships and fostering discussion amongst attendees.

Twiistup

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

CrowdStrike , the developer of endpoint protection software and cybersecurity tools with a big presence in Orange County, is extending its software to Amazon Web Services, the company said today. The announcement was one of several made by CrowdStrike at its annual conference, Fal.Con UNITE, which is being held in San Diego this week.

Orange County

socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2013

Ben Satterfield is the co-founder of TestFlight, an immensely popular piece of software for iOS (and now Android) which lets developers distribute beta copies of their apps to their users. TestFlight recently joined forces with Burstly (www.burstly.com) to create a suite of apps for mobile developers and publishers. What is Burstly?

Startup

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

I’m generally not a believer in too much PR until you have a product built or at least well designed. This is somewhat changing in the world of crowd funding where people actually raise money so that they can build products but at a minimum your product design ought to be complete and ready to execute. It’s a continual process.

Press

socalTECH

AUGUST 22, 2014

Most of that digital media is display, and we have a platform which automates a lot of the optimization decisions, based on a strategy we''ve developed collectively as a media team. It''s 85 percent a service, but we currently have thousands of hours into developing our own platform, and our own proprietary, database application.

Advertising

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

The need for creativity extends well beyond product design. Yet most startups seem to constrain creativity to product design. From left to right I wrote in boxes: talent discovery, content development, production, post-production, distribution, & marketing. I spoke at the NextGen conference last week to a large audience.

Writing

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 26, 2011

conference , and Wherecamp are largely set around location, hence the word Where in the names. Though TAC meant Total Area Coverage, the name and design were clearly inspired by the communicators on Star Trek. Conference. conference in Santa Clara, California, followed by Wherecamp, just up the road in Palo Alto.

Conference

socalTECH

MAY 18, 2009

Thousand Oaks-based Xirrus , a developer of Wi-Fi networking equipment, announced Monday that it has put together a portable, pre-packaged kit which is designed for deploying Wi-Fi into disaster response and temporary events.

Organization

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

Journalists don’t often write stories that talk about, “This cool new company I met at a conference.” So in my opinion you should design your funding story to get wide distribution. I talked about strategies for developing relationships with journalists in this blog post. *.

Startup

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2012

He has it on stage, too, at conferences. The Dave I know is very insightful about marketing, channel management and building developer ecosystems. He had a philosophy that the future competition for startups would be design led and based on data analysis. My pal Dave has blogger Tourette’s. He can’t help himself: He’s Dave.

Startup

Xconomy

JANUARY 8, 2018

The glasses were developed for Amazon by Vuzix , a Rochester, NY -based wearable tech company, and can communicate with Alexa and display information in the wearer’s field of view. Unlike Google’s Glass, which had a small camera on top of a lens, Vuzix’s glasses are designed to resemble typical eyewear, according to media reports.

Commerce