InfoChachkie

AUGUST 10, 2010

Intellectual Property (IP) is an ugly thing at a startup. However, to a Big Dumb Company (BDC), a startup’s IP is a thing of beauty. How can IP be worthless to a startup yet very worthwhile to a BDC? Because IP has intrinsic value, but only in the right hands. Yet, it does nothing to help you execute your business model.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

There’s a line of thinking in Silicon Valley that you should build product businesses rather than services businesses. They have created two internal technology “products&# and wanted to figure out how they could turn their services business into a product business that could be financed. They wanted advice.

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Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

InfoChachkie

MARCH 3, 2011

In the spirit of the “land grab” mentality of the day, we emphasized usage of our screen sharing technology with no thought applied to how we would convert such users into paying customers. In the summer of 1999, Expertcity (creator of GoToMyPC and GoToMeeting, acquired by Citrix) released a free service called BuddyHelp.

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Customer Custom Technical Support Startup 162

socalTECH

AUGUST 26, 2019

For this morning's interview with an entrepreneur, we spoke with Thomas Russell , the Ceo and co-founder of ETC Solar (www.etc-solar.com), a Los Angeles startup developing technology to improve the efficiency and cost of solar cells. Where did the technology from ETC Solar come from? How long have you been working on this technology?

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CalTech Outsource Development IP Marketing 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies. Deloitte (www.deloitte.com/us/technology). Technology. Think Glendale.

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Southern California IP Orange County Glendale 140

socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2009

Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies. Technology. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies.

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SoCalTech Orange County Southern California IP 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 13, 2010

(QuIC), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm, said today that it has acquired iSkoot Technologies Inc. iSkoot Technologies includes substantially all of the assets of San Francisco-based iSkoot, a developer of social networking and Skype-compatible voice-over-IP software for mobile phones.

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Social Network Software Review Technical Review IP 157

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2018

In this age of constant market evolution and new technology, there is no such thing as a static business that is self-sustaining. Specific measures that go beyond the traditional linear thinking include the following: Develop new products for your existing segment. Too many businesses only think of new products when in crisis mode.

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Examples IP Acquisition Social Media 99

socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2010

Pasadena-based FastSoft , the Caltech spinout which develops web acceleration software, said today that it has released a version of its products aimed at Internet retailers and web properties. FastSoft develops software which optimized the TCP/IP protocol to accelerate page downloads. READ MORE>>.

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Web Miramar CalTech IP 150

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

PT as they kick off the new weekly tech law show "TechZulu Law" with a discussion with IP attorney Denise Grayson, who portrays the attorney of Eduardo Saverin in the film about the early days of Facebook, "The Social Network.". The show focuses on legal issues surrounding startups, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and emerging technology.

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IP Social Network Technical Review Networking 81

socalTECH

JULY 24, 2009

Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies. Technology. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies.

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SoCalTech Orange County Southern California Westlake Village 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

Building direct customer relationships with viewers (who want to tune into your channels). You don’t exactly get to make the margin you might like but as a candy bar supplier you need to be there to build awareness of your product with consumers if you want to be a large, mass-market product. Sound interesting?

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Networking Media Content Customer 366

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Thanks to all of our sponsors, who make our coverage of Southern California's technology industry possible: Sponsors. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Technology.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies. Technology. Deloitte (www.deloitte.com/us/technology). Think Glendale.

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Advertising Southern California IP VentureNet 113

socalTECH

MAY 22, 2009

Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies. Technology. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies.

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SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon IP 100

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

However, his first-hand knowledge of how software is created, tested and commercialized facilitated his execution of Microsoft’s initial strategy, in which it leveraged its operating system to create a suite of business productivity solutions. Banana IP. "Intellectual I am not suggesting you spurn product excellence.

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Tips Startup IP Santa Barbara 275

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2010

Last week, San Diego-based Confident Technologies (www.confidenttechnologies.com) announced that it had acquired the assets of Vidoop, and created a company focused on security and authentication of users. Let's start with the products. What does Confident Technologies do? That might be a car, boat, or an airplane.

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Technology Web Sites Orange County 124

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2018

For this morning's interview, we caught up with Elizabeth Cholawsky , the new CEO of Santa Barbara-based HG Data (www.hgdata.com), which develops software which helps marketers and salespeople understand the "technology stack" of their potential customers and prospects. How'd you end up at HG Data? So, I cam on board.

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Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2023

Business tools — from customer relationship management ( CRM ) platforms to accounting software — help to save startups time and money by automating key processes and maximizing efficiency. Best Communication Tools for Startups Communication tools refer to any type of technology that helps businesses stay connected.

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Tool Startup Software Review Technical Review 126

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

What we specialize in, is the way we deliver this content in a seamless way, in high quality, with the latest technology available. We build products and services tied to mobile carriers. Inside that solution, we have technologies like artificial intelligence, data analytics ,and security for streaming machines, and so forth.

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2012

The other thing we see there, is we don't want to compete with our customers. The other thing we do is continue to invest in products and build really new, innovative technology in the markets we already serve. I'll give you an example, when we did wireless, it was very important to get wireless technology into company.

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Acquisition IP Networking Marketing 173

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

It seems that every week, a new, Voice-over-IP provider firm surfaces in the market, either providing PBX services, voicemail, or other similar services. What is your VoIP service all about, and how is this different from what seems to be lots of Voice over IP service providers? Cliff Rees: We're a software as a solutions company.

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IP Pasadena Angels Pasadena Los Angeles 165

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Clearly in an enterprise customer this is unlikely. We will have to build (or buy) technology in this area.” So as much as it sucks to hear, “We don’t have budget (or interest) in your product” it’s far better to hear it early and move on to your next qualified lead. It’s too strategic.

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socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2014

We have a team of people and technology which scours the Internet, and looks for videos we like and think would be a perfect fit for our Youtube channels. We find the content they want, and we user our technology and people to service the show. It comes back to the technology we''ve built, and the team we''ve built.

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Media Content Startup IP 235

socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2013

My group ran that organization, all of Cisco''s connected consumer products, or what is usually termed as devices connected to the Internet. You may not have heard of us, because we started in Europe with our products. We had looked at a couple of different markets, and one was in the clean technology space.

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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 customer is really struggling to regain their lost humanity.

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Pricing Startup North Hollywood Platform 113

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

The telecommunications firm says people in Los Angeles increasingly depend on mobile Internet connections for communication, entertainment and productivity at work, at home and everywhere. Toebben added that this investment by AT&T will help more people and businesses stay connected in today’s fast-moving technological world.

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Invest IP Los Angeles Mobile 68

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2016

Los Angeles-based Netki (www.netki.com) is addressing that complexity, with a product called WalletNames, which replaces those long, complex, easy to confuse strings with easy to remember, domain-like text strings. What is Netki's product all about? Right now, wallet addresses are 32-bit, alphanumeric, case sensitive strings.

Startup 100

Startup IP CTO Coach Allegis 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2013

They envision a stable environment after that point, and may have convinced themselves that they will be safer and happier with a livable income, maintaining a loyal but flat customer base. Don’t count on your IP to save you. Your products quickly become outdated. Employees stop innovating. Your income drops.

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Entrepreneur Slides IP Technology 105

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

They envision a stable environment after that point, and may have convinced themselves that they will be safer and happier with a livable income, maintaining a loyal but flat customer base. Don’t count on your IP to save you. Your products quickly become outdated. Employees stop innovating. Your income drops.

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Startup Slides Entrepreneur IP 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 30, 2012

All too many startups are founded simply on the basis of a new and exciting technology invented by an industrious technologist. The right approach is to start by solving a problem causing real pain to a large number of customers willing to pay real money for a solution. Intellectual property (IP). Scalability.

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Startup Competition IP Patents 99

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

They have have raised $2-3 million, built a product that has some amount of market traction and got to annualized revenues of around $1 million. If you had huge customer growth but just didn’t focus on revenue that’s a different story. Is it one product line or multiple? If you don’t, somebody else WILL!”

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Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2011

If you think it’s location-based services / find out where your friends are at while you’re out – let’s talk about whether we need to incorporate that into our product. I use technology precisely to try and develop an intuitive feel about what will work and what won’t” The management team got it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2011

They envision a stable environment after that point, and may have convinced themselves that they will be safer and happier with a livable income, maintaining a loyal but flat customer base. Don’t count on your IP to save you. Your products quickly become outdated. Employees stop innovating. Your income drops.

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Entrepreneur Slides IP Technology 95

socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2011

To address the need for more affordable webinars, services like DimDim (acquired by Salesforce.com earlier this month), and Huntington Beach-based Freebinar (www.freebinar.com) have been offering up free webinar products to users. I ended up building a lot of their technology, but unfortunately, they ran out of funding. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Coast Angels Web Screening Pasadena Angels 178

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2009

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. About four to five months after that, we decided to go ahead and put it into a chassis, and see if we could come up with an actual product.

IP 100

IP Networking Startup Platform 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

One of the largest areas of Southern California's technology base is in the wireless and communications market. I think that more and more, the operators understand that they need advanced, intelligent technology to make it work. We asked lots of questions, to validate the technology and understand the pain point.

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Networking Startup Software Tips 153