socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2012

The more we explored business development opportunities, the more it became clear that there was a much broader and synergistic opportunity to combine with what TeleNav was doing. Eli Portnoy: We were definitely not looking at acquisition opportunities. One of the clients we started working with was TeleNav. It was really great.

Startup 225

Startup Acquisition Doc Ideas 225

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2013

How is the changing demographic of web visitors changing how local companies operate? Domeyer recently told us how mobile visitors to the web are dramatically changing how Oversee looks at the market, and are pushing the firm to invest more in technology to adapt to mobile users. We think that's just critical going forward.

Mobile 224

Mobile CTO Hire CPC Web 224

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Building a strong tech industry to rival that of Silicon Valley is definitely no easy feat, but the overall feeling within Cal Tech’s Baxter Hall at last week’s event certainly bodes well for the year. With a scale-able platform ready to expand to different industries (utilities and maintenance services, etc.)

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Idealab Startup Mobile 94

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Hamilton Chan is founder of Los Angeles-based PaperLinks (www.paperlinks.com), a new startup which is developing mobile applications which take advantage of QR codes--the 3D barcodes which are cropping up everywhere--to help users marketers go beyond just linking those codes to web pages, but also to power social applications.

Startup 233

Startup Tips Web Platform 233

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Having done lots of those, I realized that there was a really great opportunity, from the standpoint of harnessing the higher quality in streaming platforms. I founded NowLive a year ago, dedicated to producing and streaming live, professional events for the web and mobile, and anchored interactive. What's unique about NowLive?

Paramount 187

Paramount Entertainment Hollywood Content 187

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

That said, YouTube Network Fullscreen platform is blazing this new trail with 2.5 ” She is redefining how business is taught and using her personal online platform apart from a designated channel platform to do so. .”

Hollywood 100

Hollywood Screening Ideas Entertainment 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

We have developed a tool that takes scientific, validated methodologies from academia, and use that to assess unconscious bias around race, gender, age, and other personality attributes, in the workplace. Michele Ruiz: The only thing I would add, is this is a software-as-a-service solutioneverything is on our online platform.

Content 150

Content Training Education Outsource Development 150

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 6, 2011

DueToDos is a web based business productivity platform that seeks to save you time and increase efficiency whether you’re solo or on a team. Developed one year ago, by cofounder Chase Rief, who came up with the idea for the platform when he was managing 15 employees stashed in different corners of the world.

Email 102

Email Platform Web Summary 102

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2011

One of the biggest forces that has emerged in the Internet in recent years has been crowdsourcing, the way the web has empowered users to drive the creation of content and information online. It's a very flexible, open platform, and is pretty open ended. Right now, we are running targeted ads using ad networks or whatnot.

Startup 195

Startup Platform Sites Java 195

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

The company--which is in the business of operating a content delivery network (CDN) to accelerate the delivery of web graphics, multimedia, applications, and more to end users-- recently disclosed it more than doubled its revenues in 2012, and has grown to over 230 employees--all due to a huge amount of demand for CDN services by its customers.

CTO Hire 248

CTO Hire Content Networking Web 248

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2012

Initially, my desire to go into the mobile space came from my love for design and my weariness with web or print related art. I joined ranks with an Austin App developer, taking the role of Creative Director and setting up their design team and process. After directing a film in 2009, I wanted to get back into the design industry.

Design 94

Design Mobile Web Design Outsource Development 94

TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

.” In our performance consulting work, we often hear variations of the following: “Our web application was running fine with a few hundred users. Web application performance is a broad discipline. Todd Hoff’s comprehensive 2009 blog entry on the costs of latency in web applications is still relevant today.

Web 200

Web Technical Advisors Framework Technical Review 200

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 13, 2011

Webdoc is a web platform that allows you to easily create interactive posts mixing different web contents through a simple and intuitive drag & drop interface. Think YouTube but for creating and virally sharing rich web creations and going beyond broadcast. Think Minority Report meets the web. Are you Funded?

Startup 97

Startup Web Content Media 97

socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2019

Ilya also founded Coplex, a startup development studio. I started a web design company, and ended up going to college in Florida, but kept on running the company on the side. That was the first time I raised any kind of capital, $600,000 in capital, for a social gifting platformback when Facebook was very generous with data.

Startup 124

Startup Content Demand Netflix 124

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

One of the firms launching this week there is Los Angeles-based NativeTung (www.nativetung.com), which is developing tools to help web sites translate and create multilingual versions of their sites. Idris Manley: Essentially, what we do is we create a global layer for web sites, that supports multiple language content channels.

Startup 133

Startup Technical Review Social Network Content 133

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

I called this trend “ Torso TV ” because the “head” of consumption (largest number of views) was dominated by platforms that had massive distribution (think TV stations, radio or retail outlets that sell CDs and DVDs. But when you think about the movement we once called “Web 2.0″ think Apple.

Startup 380

Startup Media Content Platform 380

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2013

Yet, it seems like there''s no easy way to specifically advertise on those games, or a way for those game developers to monetize that audience. It was not working for app developers, because they could not monetize their apps because there was not enough appropriate advertising for them--think dating sites, beer ads.

Mobile 208

Mobile Networking Media Advertising 208

socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2011

For this morning's interview, we spoke with Scot Richardson , CEO of Los Angeles-based LaughStub (www.laughstub.com), which develops software which helps comedy clubs and others manage ticket sales, online marketing, and customer relationship management. Scot Richardson: I'm definitely the business side of the co-founders.

Ticketmaster 140

Ticketmaster CTO Hire Tech Coast Angels Social Media 140

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The company is employing a network of documentary filmmakers and high quality, Hollywood production capability here in Los Angeles to produce small business videos in HD for the web and YouTube. Sam Rogoway: We use YouTube as our hosting platform, for a variety of reasons. Yes, that's definitely one of the reasons. Sam Rogoway.

Networking 150

Networking Search Engine Optimization Product Startup 150

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

Tobi Bauckhage: We are a movie recommendation and discovery platform. Our platform is all about connecting early fans and early audiences with new and upcoming movies, months before a movie comes out. and are now one of the largest media outlets for entertainment on the web and Facebook. What is the idea behind Moviepilot?

Startup 164

Startup Paramount Netflix Entertainment 164

socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2012

There are things like the NCAA, which has not been showing up in fantasy because there was lack of a platform to allow that. My experience is in web development, as well as online branding and marketing, and there's a good match between the two of us. We now have around twelve employees and developers, and we're going strong.

Sites 237

Sites Startup Activity Ideas 237

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 7, 2015

The move was an unprecedented one but definitely business savvy. After all, in order to take advantage of the deal, companies would have to move all of their data to the Google Cloud Platform, and once a cloud provider has a business’s data, it’s much easier to keep them. Whereas Google offered their Nearline Storage at $0.01

Pricing 40

Pricing Cloud Computing Google Services 40

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

SocialEngine is a white-label, community platform. We're definitely Los Angeles natives, but we got the opportunity to do TechStars. We're trying to build a center-of-mass on the East side, to draw talented developers and designers, to recruit more effectively, and reinvest in the local ecosystem.

Startup 242

Startup CTO Coach Blogging Social Media 242

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

As a member of NextSpace I have witnessed Amplify in operation and it is a shop that definitely believes in good rewards stemming from hard work. Consequently, Jeff is a big believer in B to B opportunities or SaaS platforms, like Jeff’s own Leads 360. Unwinding at an Amplify party. Setting up for Eric Garcetti.

Web Design 103

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2016

What do you get when you combine a charitable pub crawl, the movie Anchorman, and a software developer randomly hired off Craigslist? But, what we're building now is a social contact platform. It was really just developed for our own needs. Scott Chisolm: Classy started as a fundraising application for nonprofit organization.

Help 100

Help San Diego Organization Startup 100

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 6, 2011

ImTech: Yup, definitely taller, looks a lot slicker. Really what that means is it’s a platform for people to create (inaudible) robots that can live and work with humans. ImTech: So that naturally leads to the question of development and content. She’s definitely feminine, we designed her aptly. Fred: Right.

Pricing 85

Pricing Platform Santa Monica Software 85

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Solaborate is a blend of great social network platforms, by taking in all the greatest bits and putting it all into one. Solaborate is bringing professionals and companies from the tech industry together and connect them through a new social media platform. There are multiple platforms used to get the job done.

Social Media 92

Social Media Social Network Tool Mobile 92

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Could we really build a generalize platform and assemble the data in a cost effective way? Now, there are hundreds of millions of web sites and hundreds of billions of web pages. We’re also looking at how we could extend our platform into other areas. I think a year ago the size of the undertaking was my biggest concern.

Entrepreneur 232

Entrepreneur Competition Software Review Course 232

InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ranker is a social site/platform for ranking anything, powered by semantic technology that aggregates opinions into ‘wisdom of crowds’ rankings”. However, from my understanding you might actually be the largest consumer website using "semantic web" technology – can you explain how that works? “In

Google 264

Google Organic Search Sites Startup 264

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

Could we really build a generalize platform and assemble the data in a cost effective way? Now, there are hundreds of millions of web sites and hundreds of billions of web pages. We’re also looking at how we could extend our platform into other areas. Are you concerned that the problem FTB attempts to solve is too big?

Blogging 219

Blogging Entrepreneur Software Review Course 219

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Product Development: philosophie. Whether the end goal is a functional business app or a mobile-friendly website, philosophie’s modern, open-source approach to development is sure to get the job done. Their Behavioral Marketing Platform even broke new ground at ad:tech 2011 winning an innovation award.

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

socalTECH

JANUARY 21, 2009

Since the, EQAL has inked a number of deals--the most recent with CBS on the show "Harper's Island"--to develop online shows which take full advantage of the Internet medium. They're the producers behind Jericho, and have had lots of online success, and they definitely understand the value of going online. Frequency is very important.

Hollywood 113

Hollywood Content Paramount Entertainment 113

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

I’ve definitely thought to myself “take me back” multiple times. Well, thanks to a fantastic partnership with the good people at crowd fun ding platform, Indiegogo , we were able to do just that! Savannah Peterson – Shapeaways , the social platform for 3D printing.

Entertainment 99

Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

First, I believe that Seesmic has an excellent product – especially the web version of their product and that having another senior and experienced exec like Loic Le Meur would be great for Twitter. The other thing that Salesforce is genius at is using these seminal events to market success stories of their developers.

Acquisition 287

Acquisition Develop Development Conference 287

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Definitely tune in Wednesday Sept. Social Rewards helps leverage your existing loyalty program and turn it into a distribution platform via social media. Novimap is an online and mobile mapping platform. enables developers to sell cross-platform web-apps that optimize to your mobile device. The Startups.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

We caught up with Webtide to learn more about the firm's open source web server software, Jetty. Adam Lieber: We make a web server called Jetty, which is our centerpiece, and after twelve or thirteen years of hard work is an overnight success. Jetty is a horizontal use components, which is particularly appealing to development teams.

IBM 100

IBM IBM Mission Ventures Venture Capital 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

He’s focused on that sector (not exclusively but predominantly) and therefore has an amazing network at large financial services firms to help you with business development. He knows the history of all of the payment gateways, mobile payment platforms, credit offerings, remittance companies, etc. Neither can any VC.

Develop 366

Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366