Citadel Defense Scores $4M Contract
socalTECH
JULY 15, 2021
San Diego-based Citadel Defense, a developer of systems for defending against drone attacks, says it has secured $4M in new government contracts in June.
Smith Micro Buys Business From Circle Media Labs
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
Aliso Viejo-based Smith Micro Software says it has acquired the operator business of Circle Media Labs , a developer of parental control software. in cash, and included customer contracts and a perpetual software license. Smith Micro said the asset deal was worth approximately $13.5M READ MORE>>.
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Kofax: Now Processing More Than 1.1M Mortgages A Year
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
Irvine-based document capture and automation systems developer Kofax announced this morning that it hs products are now being used to process more than 1.1 kofax mortgage document processing mobile capture' million mortgages--or approximately 375 million pages--in the U.S. READ MORE>>.
Kareo Rolls Out Updated Software
socalTECH
APRIL 21, 2015
Irvine-based medical practice management software developer Kareo , led by Dan Rodrigues, said Tuesday that it has launched the next generation of its cloud-based software for outsourced billing.
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How to Find and Hire a Developer
Tech Zulu Event
NOVEMBER 26, 2012
At Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood 2012 Kevin Winston organized a panel called “How to Find and Hire a Developer”. Always have a developer do a test project before hiring them to make sure they deliver quality work. This means selling at least 5-10 customers in advance, before it is even built. Ask for is code samples.
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5 Tips to Becoming a More Customer Centric Organization
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 1, 2009
As organizations we have become more open and I believe this is great for businesses and their customers. We spent time out in the marketplace talking with customers, looking at their solutions, comparing ourselves with our competition and then squirreling ourselves away in our offices designing our next set of features.
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22 Los Angeles Startups You Need to Watch Out For
Tech.Co
MAY 18, 2017
Coolhaus is an architecturally-themed, gourmet dessert company operating a fleet of 10 mobile ice cream trucks and carts around the country. Factual is a location platform that enables personalized and contextually relevant mobile experiences by enriching mobile location signals. Direct Relief. HATCHBEAUTY Products, LLC.
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When Should You Allow Exclusivity in Deals?
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2015
So that we’re speaking the same language I would define “exclusive” as a period in which your company is prohibited from doing business with certain customers or business partners, which is why many incorrectly assume this is necessarily bad. I need to give credit for the topic to PR Malloy who Tweeted me this question.
Porter: Mobile Chores | The Constant Hustle and LA Tech, Interview with CEO Matt Lucido
Tech Zulu Event
DECEMBER 13, 2013
Our mobile phones are capable of doing almost anything these days. App developers are coming up with new ideas daily to make our lives easier. Your chores can be outsourced through Porter. What we are spending money and time on is onboarding customers on one end and on the other end onboarding providers.
socalTECH Jobs: Monday Morning Job Highlights for November 4th, 2013
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 4, 2013
Mobile/Desktop App Developer w/Linux,Flex/Air or IOS Exp. Looking for a place to exercise and grow your talent in software development and work in an environment that values your ideas and strives for excellence? Enterprise Data Technologies, Inc. Director of Operations , Ramprate.
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147 A Chat with Chris Tragos of Jetpack
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 24, 2015
Chris Tragos: Jetpack is an ad platform, which I would describe as the most beautiful, best engaging, and most performant ad product for desktop, mobile, and tablet. The HTML5 platform that we use is also available as a self service tool to customers. We offer up customers a high impact creative which is not bounded by the box.
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Catching Up With Rahul Sonnad, Geodelic
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 27, 2011
Recently, Santa Monica-based Geodelic (www.geodelic.com), the venture backed developer of location-based, mobile apps, has sharpened its focus to provide real-time offers, and has partnered with mobile operators like Verizon and Korean Telecom to offer up its services to those firm's customers. Unlike the U.S.,
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140 TerrAvion’s Eye in the Sky For Growers, And Now, Ranchers
Xconomy
OCTOBER 3, 2016
His San Leandro, CA-based company, TerrAvion , relies on a network of contract pilots to capture weekly shots of his customers’ vineyards, corn fields, and strawberry rows. But as Xconomy’s Bruce Bigelow reported, robotics companies are trying to develop navigation systems that would allow drones to operate autonomously and safely.
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Tech Zulu Event
SEPTEMBER 1, 2011
Emerging Technology: Mobile Engagement: Reaching the Connected Consumer (Miller PR, Avatar Labs). Badges & Beyond – Gamification and Mobile Apps (Mobile Roadie, Soundcloud). Social + Location + Mobile = The Perfect Beer (Untapped). Social + Location + Mobile = The Perfect Beer (Untapped).
How Sendgrid Makes Sure Those App Emails Go Through, With Jim Franklin
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 13, 2012
If you're an application developer, sending emails through your application can be a chore. If you think of Pinterest, one of our customers, every time content is pinned or re-pinned, an email is generated to let users know that is happening. We now send over six billion emails per month on behalf of those customers.
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Q Manning of Rocksauce Studios | Founder Interview
Tech Zulu Event
MARCH 2, 2012
As we know the mobile industry is accelorating at high speeds with no chances of slowing down anytime soon. What inspired you to co-found Rocksauce Studios and get involved in the mobile space? Initially, my desire to go into the mobile space came from my love for design and my weariness with web or print related art.
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Here’s Why We Fell in Love with Draft
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 10, 2015
My partner Greg Bettinelli is an avid sports fan who throughout his career has developed an expert understanding in online ticketing (at eBay has was a champion of the StubHub acquisition) and online marketing. Draft is a Fantasy Sports app designed for the mobile world and the busy lifestyle founded by Jeremy Levine.
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150 Innovating Telecom – Emir Aboulhosn (CEO) of Ready SIM
Tech Zulu Event
JANUARY 8, 2014
” It’s a compelling thought – especially when you consider the alternative: 2 year contracts, overage charges, hours of dealing with customer service reps. The initial company, Roam Mobility Service came to market in January 2012. Sell it as needed and remove the need for long term contracts.
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Kareo: Bringing The Power Of the Cloud to Small Medical Practices
socalTECH
MARCH 26, 2014
We also have a cloud-baesd, billing and practice management solutions, which enables them to manage all of their internal financial processes, and we also have solutions for billing and cloud-based outsourcing of back office tasks. We use a recurring revenue model, where a customer pays us a few hundred dollars on average.
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Entrepreneur Hack: This Remote Team Of 12 Generated $100M
InfoChachkie
MAY 5, 2016
Dan is now CEO of Mobile1st , makers of Mobilizer, the mobile customer experience optimization platform. Early in his career, Dan proved to be a valuable contributor on my GoToMeeting business development team (acquired by Citrix). One way this advantage was evident was with regard to customer service.
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Interview: Benjamin Satterfield, Co-Founder & CEO TestFlight
InfoChachkie
JUNE 30, 2011
Value Prop Twitter Style : TestFlight helps developers build better apps. We developed it for ourselves. TestFlight does simple, elegant, over the air distribution of apps that are in development and haven’t been made available in the App Store yet. In the development world, it is always about patterns.
How FreedomPop's Free Wireless Internet is Disrupting Telecom
socalTECH
JANUARY 28, 2013
That's both voice and data, through a mobile application, and are also now looking to go into homes. We've only got 40-45 people, versus if you look at a Verizon or AT&T, where they have tens of thousands of people having to support their network and provide customer support. Instead, we use the Internet model.
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CallFire Extends Its Leadership in Cloud Telephony With Launch of Next-Gen SaaS Communications Platform
Tech Zulu Event
SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
Built from the ground up using technologies leveraged by Internet giants like Facebook, and the feedback of hundreds of customers over a five-year period, the new CallFire is a cross-datacenter SaaS platform with no single point of failure. The new interface is easy to use and is accessible from anywhere using almost any device.”.
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The Most Important Panel You’ll Ever Attend | SXSW 2012
Tech Zulu Event
FEBRUARY 29, 2012
The Most Important Panel You’ll Ever Attend event will be starring an all-star panel of top entrepreneurs from all sorts of industry offering their success to bring on their first 100 paying customers and 1,000 core fans. The hardest part about being a business owner is how to attract those initial paying customers.
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Lessons Big Companies Should Learn from Entrepreneurs
Jason Nazar
JULY 1, 2016
Add in public company demands, lawsuit targets, & millions of customers to continually satisfy, and you have to have great respect for those doing it well. A smaller set of stakeholders should be empowered to make bolder decisions held accountable by customers instead of surveys. Many times this is a great use of capital resources.
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55 Water Metering Startup Wins Vote for “Best Demo” at EvoNexus Event
Xconomy
OCTOBER 24, 2016
A San Diego civil engineer who has developed an alternative technology for automating the measurement of water flow gave the best presentation at EvoNexus Fall Demo Day, an event that drew nearly 400 entrepreneurs, investors, and supporters late Thursday to Qualcomm’s corporate headquarters. was founded as Catalyst eClinical.).
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SYNCFAB | Connecting Creative Community to Local Manufacturing Businesses
Tech Zulu Event
MAY 12, 2014
Mobilizing all the resources of localized 3D design, 3D printing, traditional manufacturing and input materials for individual custom creations with added benefits of supporting our local economy,” says Jeremy Goodwin, co-founder of SYNCFAB. More technically speaking, SYNCFAB is a technical hybrid 3D print and design solution platform.
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Schlep & Fetch: Delivering Anything and Everything, On Demand
socalTECH
MAY 19, 2015
If you have a retail store and want to provide delivery of flowers to your customers, Schlep and Fetch is an on-demand, plug and play serviec for that. Our readers are very familiar with on-demand mobile apps--but it seems you were up and running even before you had an app. It really makes the customer happier when you do that.
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The Master Checklist of EVERYTHING You Need to Start a Business
Jason Nazar
MAY 2, 2016
Ensure your business name is available on a wide variety of social networking websites in order to develop consistent branding ( KnowEm ). Choose an email system to connect with customers ( Constant Contact , MailChimp , Sendgrid ). Pick a Customer Relationships Management System (CRM). Set up your computer and network.
Can’t Fit Your Cargo, Request a Buddytruk
Tech Zulu Event
DECEMBER 24, 2014
Buddytruck even has the issue of unloading solved as the drivers are contracted to help customers both load and unload their hauls. TZ: What was the development schedule from idea to picking up your first haul? Not having technical backgrounds ourselves, we were fortunate to have friends develop the app in exchange for equity.
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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept
SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
One of the readers asked my opinion around sharing your startup concept: My first question has always been - how do you protect your idea while shopping around for feedback, partners, developers, etc.? Beyond that, I want lots of conversations with experts, users, customers, VCs, partners, etc. Lots of thoughts here. " Ummm.
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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept
SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
One of the readers asked my opinion around sharing your startup concept: My first question has always been - how do you protect your idea while shopping around for feedback, partners, developers, etc.? Beyond that, I want lots of conversations with experts, users, customers, VCs, partners, etc. Lots of thoughts here. " Ummm.
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WESAWIT | Experience Events Through The Eyes of The Crowd
Tech Zulu Event
JUNE 22, 2013
The mobile app and website that allows people to capture and share images and videos of events through social media. He’s the most talented developer we have ever seen. We want to bring the show to life through our mobile app, Facebook app, and on our website. Why did you switch from the mobile ecosystem to the online world?
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94 Interview with William Chow, Mobophiles
socalTECH
JULY 27, 2009
William--who, among prior experience developed Stamps.com's security architecture--sat down with us to explain the firm's products and plans. The New York Times doesn't know that we've mobilized their site--we didn't need to use their server development team to make this work. That means these sites can be mobilized overnight.
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127 Building Your MVP as a Non-Technical Founder
SoCal CTO
FEBRUARY 13, 2013
The second bullet, getting feedback from customers is most often not valid either. Even with these, you will have paper-tested your MVP, but the reality is that customers will not be able to assess the value to them until they actually use it. The real reason to build an MVP is to do early tests of key Startup Metrics for the business.
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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of
SoCal Delicious
MAY 6, 2012
He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005. Michael Schneider – CEO of Mobile Roadie. Michael Schneider is the CEO of Mobile Roadie , the leading self-service mobile app engagement platform. Sizhao “Zao” Yang – COO and Co-founder at BetterWorks.
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Advice for CTO Founders: Don't Let Business Kill the Business
SoCal Delicious
FEBRUARY 24, 2010
BlogTalkRadio Buddy Media Clickable Cloverhill Enterprises Covestor Domdex Global Bay Mobile Tech Zoo Games Invite Media Kinetic Trading Strategies Mashery Mimeo oneforty OrcaOne OrganizedWisdom Recognia Selerity Business Insider Standout Jobs StockTwits TheLadders Ticketfly TLists TubeMogul TweetDeck Zoomino ? So my advice to CTO / Founders?
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5 Popular Freelance Opportunities In This Gig Economy
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Every company and startups needs marketing experts, who are skilled and knowledgeable in the development of marketing programs, content creation, lead generation, and the utilization of social media. Software Development Professional. More and more are scouring LinkedIn for specialists willing to do short-term relationships.
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How To Reinvent Yourself As A Business Startup Today
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 24, 2020
Every company and startups needs marketing experts, who are skilled and knowledgeable in the development of marketing programs, content creation, lead generation, and the utilization of social media. Software Development Professional. More and more are scouring LinkedIn for specialists willing to do short-term relationships.
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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010
SoCal CTO
DECEMBER 1, 2010
Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? No Business Plan Survives First Contact With A Customer – The 5.2 Your First Iteration of an Idea Will Be Wrong.
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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register?
Frank Addante
APRIL 16, 2007
► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ▼ April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Startup 3.0:
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40 Business Professionals Can Be The New Entrepreneurs
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 15, 2015
Every company and startups needs marketing experts, who are skilled and knowledgeable in the development of marketing programs, content creation, lead generation, and the utilization of social media. Software Development Professional. More and more are scouring LinkedIn for specialists willing to do short-term relationships.
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99 Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles
SoCal Delicious
OCTOBER 8, 2012
Developments Blog. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. Gramercy Park Condo Goes Into Contract. In March of last year, Matt Jacobson, head of market development at Facebook, paid $10.9
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44 Services Professionals Join The Entrepreneur Ranks
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 17, 2016
Every company and startups needs marketing experts, who are skilled and knowledgeable in the development of marketing programs, content creation, lead generation, and the utilization of social media. Software Development Professional. More and more are scouring LinkedIn for specialists willing to do short-term relationships.
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