socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Music Mastermind , which develops software which combines music creation, social gaming, celebrity musicians, and others in its games, said this morning that it has tapped a veteran of Muve Music and Napster as its new CTO. Mitchell also has served at CTO of Napster.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 11, 2020

These days, most of the games developed need to be social, multi-platform and extensible, but there are only a few developers with the expertise to bring those toolsets to the profusion of new games that crop up every year. In the game industry, a game can stay in beta for years as developers work out the kinks.

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TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Enhancing Front-End Product Search We also developed a front-end search tool that revolutionized the way users search for products. Even if certain categories aren't predefined in the database, users still receive relevant product suggestions. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 15, 2021

AvantStay — which has built a platform where it decorates and then lists properties owned by others for people to rent out for vacations or other short-term stays — has raised $160 million in a Series B round of funding. “It has always lagged hotels by a wide margin.

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TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Do you participate in professional development workshops, or perhaps enjoy problem-solving puzzles in your downtime? Product descriptions and listings require tedious editing to make them engaging - especially after the fortieth one. Are you a founder or CEO or head of product? You might be surprised how many there are.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

Because more technology people probably read startup blogs I’m guessing this post will come under more scrutiny. The terms “CTO&# and “VP Engineering&# have such stigmas associated with what they are that I’m sure some people will feel uncomfortable with the definitions I’ve put forward.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 21, 2019

For LG, it’s strategically important to get some applications up on its newly launched 5G subscription network back in Korea, and AmazeVR is already rolling up new content for its VR platform. The company was formed and financed with $6.3 “What we saw as the problem is the content creation itself,” says Lee.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans. Major Phases / Major Features - What are the major features in the major phases for the product?

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans. Major Phases / Major Features - What are the major features in the major phases for the product?

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2013

According to Privlo said the new funding will go to expand on its recently pilot of its platform, which helps match up private lenders and mortgage borrowers. Slavin was previously a developer of real estate in the Los Angeles area, and according to the firm is a managing partner at private equity firm Napias Group. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Remarkably, Canoo has completed the design and engineering of its first model in just 19 months and is preparing its vehicles for production through a contract manufacturer. The skateboard platform can also support dual, front, or rear motor configurations the company said. .

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 9, 2013

I''ve written before about finding Web Development Firms in Los Angeles. I just got an email asking about exactly this: I''m with a new company that needs some software built, but doesn''t need (or have the resources for) a large staff of software developers. Are there particular technologies or platforms involved?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Santa Barbara-based ShipHawk , which is developing a cloud platform to help retailers with logistics automation and shipping, has hired to new executives. The company said it has named Koreen Pagano as Vice President of Product and George Chapman as Vice President of Engineering. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Bitvore has created an intelligence gathering and analysis system--originally developed for secretive intelligence agencies--but is now being used by finance and Wall Street customers to mine data for tracking investments. The company's President, Jeff Curie, was also an executive at Access360, IBM, and SupplyFrame.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Gradient X , the online mobile marketing and advertising technology developer backed by GRP Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, Crosscut Ventures, Founder Collective, Double M Capital, Baroda Ventures, Siemer Ventures, and others, has snapped up some talent from OpenX with its latest hire. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2014

According to TAPP, it will offer up a subscription video platform featuring "thought leaders" in the areas of sports, politics, religion, relationships, entertainment, lifestyle, fashion, and fitness, offering up daily content and subscription-only access to those thought leaders.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. Like many product managers, my background is fairly eclectic. That's where I learned I enjoyed interacting with customers and working with development teams to build and launch products. Tell me a bit about your background.

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socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2019

However, in the technical arena--as a programmer, developer, or software engineer--it's hard to tell from a resume how good you really are. The startup has developed a system which uses information from online forums, source code sharing, technical communities, and the like to help find and rank technical talent.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

New platforms led by YouTube have emerged to change the dynamic of broadcast media — once dominated by the rigid programming of TV — while the internet has enabled new media stars to engage with their audiences in new, high-touch ways. In addition, there are incentives for referring others to the platform.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 19, 2014

Los Angeles-based Sidevision (www.sidevision.com) has developed a set of tools--aimed at content creators, multi-channel networks (MCNs), and others--to help connect online videos with e-commerce. Justin Wu: We integrate with any video platform, such as YouTube, Vimeo, Kaltura, and we''re built on top of an API. How do you do that?

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

CallFire today extended its position as a leading provider of text message and voice apps that help organizations grow, with the launch of a definitive next-generation platform capable of scaling to meet the exploding global demand for advanced cloud telephony features, services and capacity.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

The challenge for those manufacturers is providing a software platform for those devices to run on for the consumers. Neil Malhotra: I'm a Caltech engineering graduate, and started with the Internet with eCompanies with Sky Dayton, leading technology for Icebox. I was then recruited to eMind as CTO, which we sold to Kaplan.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

There are quite a few other Software Development Companies in Southern California working on open source and/or freemium business models. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Social networking sites and microblogs are used not only to build company brands, but to foster productivity; social media tools help build communities around the question, "What are you working on?" Formerly, he was Managing Director of both Product Management and of Business Development at Los Angeles Times Interactive.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 13, 2015

As CTO of Teletrac, I managed operations on two continents for both software and hardware. In the past year, we’ve built a business intelligence platform in the cloud, completely revamped our.NET flagship product and successfully launched 4 revisions of our in-vehicle platform. I was born to handle chaos. -I

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

We are building a robust social gaming platform with a specific focus on sports games. We've started with a robust platform in Facebook, and now we're pushing hard in mobile. The big differentiator here, is the sports game we have gone out to buy or which we've developed are super lightweight. Explain what Wedge Buster is?

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

From a marketing marketing perspective, that allows filmmakers to quickly and easily promote their films through social media and build a fan base, and incentivize fans to support their films by offering access to exclusive content, livestream video chats, and production updates, as an example. Why is this important to filmmakers?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2016

We talked with Eli Aizenstat , the founder and CEO of Beatshare�and still a student--as well as President and longtime technology vet Barry Lieberman about the startup. Photo: Barry Lieberman, President and COO; Eli Aizenstat, Founder & CEO; and Rob Patrick, CTO). That funding was geared towards development of our product.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

We''ve spent the past year and a half working with two of seven board-certified, Neuropsychologists, to develop a strength assessment test, to develop a strength profile for each kid. I was only months into it, and it happened we needed a CTO at the time. Girish pitched me on the idea for Thrively, and I loved the idea.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

In many ways that might be one way to interpret even Facebook where Sheryl stepped in as COO but by all accounts ran much of Facebook for a few years (other than product). So Nick drove strategy & tech from the UK and remained an active board member and CTO of the company. It now seems that Mark is more firmly in control.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2018

We spoke with Dave Fink , CEO and co-founder of Posite, and Jonathan Neddenriep , co-founder and CTO of the company, to learn more. Dave Fink: Postie is a building a technology platform with a mission of making direct mail marketing behave as easily and dynamically as your favorite, programmatic channels. What is Postie?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Greg Memo: I was most recently the general manager of the consumer business organization at Cisco, which developed the Linksys Router. My group ran that organization, all of Cisco''s connected consumer products, or what is usually termed as devices connected to the Internet. What is your product all about?

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2013

We've been a recognized innovation in Southern California, and we're now ramping our development of compelling consumer products, fueled by accelerator services. Second, we're becoming more agile in terms of development. Everything we develop now is responsive web based, and fits onto an iPad, or desktop, or your phone.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

You’ll get sales information from your VP of Sales, marketing information from your VP Marketing, tech information from your CTO and so on. I had long ago ceded the knowledge and responsibility for making the detailed technical recommendations about platforms, databases, hosting solutions, etc.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Enter the light bulb, which was that this was a real opportunity to create a new platform, which can facilitate connecting experts with users. He built their entire publishing and analytics platform, and spent more than four years there before he came to join us to start this. Who are your other cofounders?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I’m super excited to announce that GRP Partners led the investment in Ethan Anderson’s new company MyTime (link has LA-based merchants but will give you a good feel for the product). ” So Ethan went to work as a product manager at Google Video. So I asked Ethan to build his product first and then we would fund.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Taher Scherzay: FavRav is basically a platform that allows small businesses to get a footprint with customers, using the referral network of social media. I have always been in engineering, and was a software developer for some time, and also Director of Engineering. How far is the product? What's the idea behind FavRav?

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