SoCal CTO

MAY 19, 2010

And it’s not just me, Ben Kuo just posted - Good news for developers (and jobs) We’ve been talking with a lot (and I mean a LOT) of people who are looking for developers in Southern California (Los Angeles and beyond). Update from original - just saw a follow-up post by Ben Kuo - Southern California Technology Jobs Surge.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 16, 2014

We recently sat down with Luc Berlin, co-founder of Miigle, a SoCal startup that has an aggressive global mission to bring entrepreneurs together from around the world. Back then we invested very little in design. The post Miigle Revisited | A SoCal Startup With a Global Mission appeared first on TechZulu.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 28, 2010

Here were some of his particular issues: Most of the firms that come up are actually website design firms not website development firms. Web design typically refers to the process of interface design and graphic design. The result of web design are static pages as graphics or HTML. In fact, after a bit he gave up.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

In SoCal we are also leaders in affiliate marketing (Commission Junction), Internet video (Hulu) and bringing local businesses online (ReachLocal). And of course there was the F-bomb count that Cathy Brooks and I were keeping on Dave … by the end of the panel we had counted 8. But in this case Chamillionaire stole the show.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Of course, I immediately gave him the whole spiel on Visible Networking and Steve was totally game to make our networking visible. Most people think they can do product design. Of course, it's probably harder to find these folks. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to?

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2014

Juan Bruce: My background is in design engineering. I spent a lot of time in Silicon Valley, working for BMW''s technology office, and design firm Ideo. I then went back to Stanford for business school, and ended up coming down here to Southern California to run a design studio for an Ideo competitor, Continuum.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

The University of Southern California is home to many innovative students and companies. Travelers can earn the right to become an Ambassador on the site by consistently providing the best content, recommendations, and of course Itineraries. “We

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

Okay, so now you have it narrowed down and have determined that you need: Part-Time CTO or Technology Advisor to help guide you and close a bit of the Startup Founder Developer Gap , and Equity-Only Cofounder Developer - the first real developer that will work for equity and produce the bulk of the application. Ask them about your concept.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event which focuses on building a web or mobile application which could form the basis of a credible business over the course of a weekend. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event which focuses on building a web or mobile application which could form the basis of a credible business over the course of a weekend. See [link] (more)

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Orange County Startup Course Software Development 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event which focuses on building a web or mobile application which could form the basis of a credible business over the course of a weekend. See [link] (more)

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Orange County Startup Course Software Development 100

socalTECH

MAY 19, 2017

Venice Beach-based Signal Sciences (www.signalsciences.com) has created sofdtware designed for those application developers to help protect those web applications. How it is you were at Etsy, and ended up here in Southern California? In that world, the risk of security holes is huge. How does this look like to those developers?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 30, 2011

This 10-hour course will focus on the fundamentals of solar energy utilization. Concepts on solar energy application in an environment friendly manner and its integration in the design of modern buildings are highlighted. Saturday, February 5, 2011 -- Solar Energy Systems - Solar Energy Fundamentals. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Saturday, November 7, 2009 -- DISTRIBUTION U: A One-Day Crash Course on the New Rules of Marketing and Distribution. While they both regularly do presentations and panels far and wide, this is the first time theyve teamed up to design the course theyve always wanted to give. See [link] (more).

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Marketing Course Design 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

In industry this is known as “yield management” and of course it needs to exist. So the team set out to solve the “chicken or the egg” problem by onboarding > 1,000 high-quality merchants across 50 service categories while going deep in two micro-areas within LA as our test market. So there you have it.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Creative – we’re a place of writers, directors, producers, musicians, costume designers, make-up artists, graphic artists, 3D modelers. And of course a place of idyllic weather, culture and a lifestyle. ” And of course it’s not a true assessment. And do so in real life, too. downtown LA].

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

It’s obvious that we can be too late to these decisions of course. If — and it’s a big if of course — they can do that on the cheap, then why should an LP care at all? South California is also seeing declining seed investment. Some more on metrics design and quantification. To every member of Extra Crunch: thank you.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Rock Prodigy is an intelligent iOS app and offers definitive, interactive, fun beginner guitar course of 150+ lessons/practice exercises with video tutorials through 49-day calendar that you can follow at your own pace. How It Works. it’s like a video game!

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

They hold a strong presence in Southern California, with locations in 30 cities. Her career path was pointing her toward a future in Biotech (she’d also cofounded a biotech company around the time), but one simple introduction recharted her course completely. All inclusive. Face Forward.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 22, 2010

Of course, many of these items will result in more of a filtering algorithm than a matching algorithm. Critical Mass Problem One thing that many startups don’t recognize going into the design of their matching algorithm is the problem of critical mass. And the value of the matching algorithm goes up as you increase the numbers.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

Oh, they didn’t cover that in your Stanford CS course? I know he’s smart but you wouldn’t hire a Javascript developer to do your database design – would you? So it doesn’t have to be a small firm. He mostly covers Southern California. Shame about that pesky FAS 157 ruling.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Draft is a Fantasy Sports app designed for the mobile world and the busy lifestyle founded by Jeremy Levine. A group of friends at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) got together to form a league and also had several members of our client at the time Southern California Gas Company.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

Of course, I have an advantage because I organize the LA CTO Forum. Of course, since you know those questions, you can just collect up the answers and provide them to your developers. Given likely market changes, how will we design and build so that the systems can respond to marketplace changes? Gap closed, right?

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

LavaLab is USC’s first product design incubator program run for students by students. Each semester, we admit an incoming class with some of USC’s most ambitious, talented, and diverse entrepreneurs to allow them to form teams and build products through the course of our program. What is LavaLab/what is the vision? It’s a typical “Aha!”

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

They hold a strong presence in Southern California, with locations in 30 cities. Her career path was pointing her toward a future in Biotech (she’d also cofounded a biotech company around the time), but one simple introduction recharted her course completely. All inclusive. Face Forward.

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Social Media Startup Screening Advertising 81

SoCal CTO

JUNE 15, 2011

Of course, there's a lot more on any kind of application like this to really get things setup, but Branchout has done a good job making that happen incrementally. One thing I liked in the design is how they treated completion of the profile: It's now complete and you just dismiss it from that area. It allows you to easily edit items.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 15, 2011

Of course, there's a lot more on any kind of application like this to really get things setup, but Branchout has done a good job making that happen incrementally. One thing I liked in the design is how they treated completion of the profile: It's now complete and you just dismiss it from that area. It allows you to easily edit items.

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Examples Startup Course Networking 323

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2015

In the last few years, Southern California has been a key market in launching mobile applications and services, due to a huge, mobile-savvy consumer population. So, it''s no surprise that the area--specifically, San Diego--was chosen for the pilot launch of a new service from eBay, called Close5 (www.close5.com),

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San Diego Mobile Marketing Sites 100

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Of course, it's way more complex than just these questions. How concerned are we about design for mobile? Obviously, it's far simpler to aim for browser-based systems and basically aim your design to work okay on mobile devices with some additional effort on the part of the user. It needs to be a conversation. Which devices?

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Of course, it's way more complex than just these questions. How concerned are we about design for mobile? Obviously, it's far simpler to aim for browser-based systems and basically aim your design to work okay on mobile devices with some additional effort on the part of the user. It needs to be a conversation. Which devices?

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SoCal CTO

MAY 13, 2014

Of course, you will want to work out the specifics of how you plan to work together with the advisor once it becomes more formal and adjust accordingly. In Bob’s post, he tells startup founders to get smart on product design, software architecture and development process. That’s great advice.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 11, 2010

I’ve seen that in courses and in design specs many times, and it’s a HORRIBLE IDEA. Of course, improving customer satisfaction is a goal, but the system would drill down to specific issues such as knowledge of store layout. Of course, there’s always lots of question of the specifics – did non-participants care less? –

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 14, 2020

“But, at the core, physical therapy designed for women really means we were looking at women’s anatomy; the hormonal differences that affect women at unique stages in life; and often looking at the very prevalent but overlooked healthcare issues that women experience. .”

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry. Of course, the evening wouldn’t have been complete without our fireside chat with Mike Jones , serial entrepreneur and former CEO of MySpace. Parking In Motion (PIM) is a provider of dynamic and real-time parking data.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 10, 2010

The time has come for us to say goodbye SoCal (temporarily of course) and HELLO Austin! AudioMicro - Are you a composer, publisher, songwriter, musician, independent band, sound designer, or audio engineer? Their products are designed to be powerful, affordable and relevant. Media Temple hosts websites. Big and Small.

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Stickam Technical Review Draper SoCal 71

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 7, 2009

SEO for Startups and Negative Customer Acquisition Costs ) and, of course, the product itself. Questions to Spark Design Discussions Some interesting questions to ask about the user interface beyond the web site: What parts of your product can be effectively accomplished in the other user interface?

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

I need to get you into both the Southern California Tech Central and the B2B Marketing Zone. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to? Of course AO many not count because they're in Northern Cal and not cheap, but return-on-time is high. I'll connect offline on both of those.

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Marketing Social Media Blogging Media 150