socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2013

If you're FreedomPop , the Encino-based startup, you start by offering up free 4G wireless data access, and then expand to offer free, voice-over-IP services, along with home-based wireless Internet services. Our customer support is in-house, and we have a light-touch customer support model, and we don't have to manage a massive network.

Startup 245

Startup IP Networking Encino 245

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Were part of the uCast Global video highway, which is our way of illustrating how content is being driven locally, regionally, and globally, using our platform, but also technology we have integrated and continue to integrate with our partners. We are unique in being an open platform, that allows for all of these variations to happen.

Content 113

Content Startup Mobile Platform 113

Xconomy

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Companies must learn to become ecosystem drivers – even if only for a subset of their customers – in order to survive. A distinguishing feature of this model is that they are the destination in their space for a subset of their customers. And these companies have deep knowledge of their customers through data.

Organization 91

Organization Customer Custom Study 91

socalTECH

JULY 10, 2019

At the end of the day, we help retailers make smarter recommendations to their customers, which leads to better business. Spencer Price: The customer experience with e-commerce has become less and less human, as algorithms on digital platform replace human interaction. The challenge of any AI platform, is to understand that.

Pricing 113

Pricing Startup North Hollywood Platform 113

socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2012

We have one, major original IP game in development, and a couple of weeks ago we announced a publishing deal with Zynga to publish our new game on Facebook and Zynga's own platform. Michael Witz: We've been building smaller, lightweight games on the Facebook platform since early 2008. How did that happen?

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IP PHP Design Startup 217

socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2014

We''re taking that content, and publishing it on our licensing platform, which is much like a Getty Images for video. One of those, is content we know from our licensing customers is the kind of content they are interested in. going to put it on their channel on Youtube, or maybe their website platform.

Media 235

Media Content Startup IP 235

socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2013

We''ve now branched off to connecting service providers and utilities, providing a home to cloud platform. Greg Memo: What we have, is a platform which securely connects things to the Internet. What our platform does, it is connects them to the cloud and a base service, for energy management, home automation, and media services.

Startup 202

Startup Platform Networking Services 202

socalTECH

JULY 9, 2012

The other thing we see there, is we don't want to compete with our customers. They are IP acquisitions with some amount of channel and product, and are really meant as an IP acquisition into our core platform. The third piece, is our sales force and customers, who give us good feedback.

Acquisition 173

Acquisition IP Networking Marketing 173

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

Its primary goal is to focus on identifying what is truly driving demand, analytically, so that our customers can optimize their activities. 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.

Social Media 235

Social Media Demand Activity Marketing 235

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

Crowdfunding is the hot new vehicle for raising money to support your entrepreneurial efforts, with over 1,250 website platforms around the world to help you, according to a 2015 industry report. Crowdfunding platforms don’t have the facilities to handle non-disclosure agreements that you might expect from every professional investor.

Technical Review 58

Technical Review Platform Entrepreneur Funding 58

socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2011

Freebinar gives them a solution that includes screen sharing, voice over IP audio, broadcast, conference calling, and allow you to meet with as many as 150 people at the same time. I immediately was recruited out into another company in webcasting, CTM Marketing Group, building out their platform for them. Thanks, and good luck!

Tech Coast Angels 178

Tech Coast Angels Web Screening Pasadena Angels 178

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

However, just to clarify, our customers are actually the network equipment vendors. Yan Hui: On one hand, our software, because it is sitting on the protocol stack, is pretty platform independent and platform agnostic. What we wanted to do, was focus on the high IP content, where there is a high barrier to entry.

Networking 153

Networking Startup Software Tips 153

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2009

We developed a platform for them. We knew what the baseline was, so we went ahead and put together a hybrid platform, using some off the shelf technology, and some of our own technology, and gave it to them. Instead of three or four weeks, three days later, we were able to watch streaming video over the Internet form our platform.

IP 100

IP Networking Startup Platform 100

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Tony Karrer, CEO/CTO of TechEmpower Speaker Bios: Jason Oberfest, Senior Vice President, Business Development of MySpace Jason Oberfest is Senior Vice President, Business Development at MySpace, as well as SVP and GM, MySpace Open Platform. an enterprise social networking platform provider located in Los Angeles, CA.

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2013

Can tapping the power of the crowd not only help you find customers and help fund your project, but also help you shape your startup idea and find funding? Once we have formed a company, that company can use our platform for crowdfunding. Most of the time, startups don''t know that those patents and IP are there.

Ideas 178

Ideas Patents Funding Startup 178

socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2011

It literally lets them talk to their customers in a never-before way, on a one-on-one basis. Based on those three inspirations, I wanted to build a company that allows brands and celebrities to speak to their customer in a unique manner. Eric Frankel: We've build a super-fast platform, that lives in the cloud at Amazon.

Entertainment 159

Entertainment Startup Class Santa Barbara 159

socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2009

That affiliate passes that to the advertiser, and minutes or hours later will call the potential customer back at their phone number. Because of a combination of factors--the wrong number, the person is no longer there, etc--only half of those result in a successful reconnect with a potential customer. It's invisible to the visitor.

Advertising 113

Advertising Networking Santa Barbara Startup 113

socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2010

Some of our most important customers and targets are device manufacturers and big brands, who are trying to differentiate themselves on mobile devices. What we really wanted was, we wanted to own the IP, lock, stock, and barrel, and be able to exploit it on the desktop, on mobile, and on whatever device might come out.

Email 185

Email Startup Mobile Ideas 185

socalTECH

JULY 12, 2013

In its simplest terms, we install OpenStack, plus two years of IP that we''ve developed here at MetaCloud, onto our client''s server, at their data center. We are also pushing out updates all the time to our customers. One of our customers has 6,500 separate and distinct applications. What does MetaCloud do?

CIO 207

CIO Southern California Technical Review Software Review 207

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

He is also the co-founder of Playsino, ExpressCoin (Bitcoin exchange), GoCoin (Bitcoin payment platform), Five Delta, Evertune, GamesTV, Digital Entertainment Network, KnCMiner.cn (Bitcoin Mining), and Robocoin China (Bitcoin ATM). He began his career as a media, entertainment and IP attorney. Custom ad deals and partnerships.

Startup 111

Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Paige Craig , currently the most prolific, under-dressed, and most eligible angel in Los Angeles, sourced a hot, young startup called Gendai Games (makers of GameSalad - a platform for rapid development of mobile games). if you need advice on how to find / work with startup lawyers cheaply click that link).

Venture Capital 286

Venture Capital Pricing Technical Review Startup 286

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Their idea was to catch enough consumers to scale, but they didn't understand the cost of acquisition, of finding customers, marketing, and advertising. The underlying technology has two and a half years, and four and a half million dollars put into the platform. Thanks for the interview, and good luck!

Web 100

Web Altadena Sites Activity 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Unlike most web media firms, we've got a real, protectable IP, based on serious computer science, three patents, and five more pending. We are also going to work on user generated content tools, which will allow users who are not looking to make money to enable their own media, receive actors, and do their own customization.

Entertainment 100

Entertainment Clearstone Venture Capital Media 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The start of the argument is that you need to separate using the Internet into “infrastructure & cloud services&# (basically the protocols of the Internet such as HTTP, TCP/IP, SMTP, etc. + Over time brands will realize that marketing into a closed system isn’t good for their long-term customer relationships.

Web 300

Web HTML SMTP Google 300

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

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

- SoCal CTO , January 13, 2010 5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 9 Reasons Why Many Smart People Go Nowhere - Life Beyond Code , March 29, 2010 No Accounting For Startups - Steve Blank , February 22, 2010 Startup Advice In Exactly Three Words - #StartupTriplets - OnStartups , January (..)

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378