socalTECH

JULY 17, 2019

We are across many platforms, and have a whole array of enterprise customers. It's a free app, and works in all of the stores, and is platform agnostic. We actually are the only automotive app developed for Magic Leap, and we're definitely developing for headsets. That said, we do have VR apps.

Sales 124

Sales Research Content Edmunds 124

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

This form of thinking has been unusually true during the current rise of social media platforms, where market share became the primary goal of a company, with revenues and profitability to follow later. Typically, when you bring a VC onboard, you increase the risk, the reward, and the definition of the size for a successful exit.

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Venture Capital Social Media Invest Marketing 156

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

GrubMarket , which provides a B2C platform for consumers to order produce and other food and home items for delivery, and a B2B service where it supplies grocery stores, meal-kit companies and other food tech startups with products that they resell, is today announcing that it has raised $60 million in a Series D round of funding.

Technical Review 343

Technical Review Startup Marketing San Diego 343

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 19, 2018

So it feels like now that we have a great platform in place it’s actually a great time for us to focus on that female customer that’s both a buyer and a seller.”. This year, GOAT will introduce sizing conversion tools for women on the platform, allowing them to easily figure out what men’s size will fit them.

Marketing 203

Marketing Sales Platform Los Angeles 203

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2020

If you run a salon or spa, how do you tackle the challenges of scheduling and your point-of-sale? Matt Danna: Boulevard is a platform-as-a-service that we built specifically to help power the next generation of salons and spas. It provides a comprehensive scheduling and point-of-sale system for those businesses. READ MORE>>.

Startup 100

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 14, 2016

We provide an event and experiential marketing platform. The most obvious, is to drive sales. Before we came to market, there had not been the focus on having the right people at marketing events, that tracking people matters, and including those events as part of the sales funnel. It's a marketing experience.

Sales 100

Sales Santa Monica Startup Orange County 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

By definition?—?I’m Our fund (Upfront Ventures) recently returned >1x an entire $200 million fund just selling small minatory in secondary sales while still holding most of our stock for an ultimate public market exits. The market definition has changed but what we do mostly hasn’t. Are we in a bubble?” of the fund.

Venture Capital 471

Venture Capital Writing Invest Pricing 471

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

“They demonstrate best-in-class expertise with Facebook and Google paid ad platforms. It’s different than working with a group like us that’s trying to optimize every small piece of the funnel, and being accountable for the entire funnel to drive as much sales or revenue. What type of clients do you work with?

Commerce 211

Commerce Content Marketing Startup 211

Tech.Co

MARCH 25, 2022

Another reason could be a steep drop in sales growth rate since the start of the pandemic, when many people suddenly became interested in getting groceries dropped off at their door. It uses a profit-sharing model, so retailers can earn a little more while giving Instacart a new revenue stream that it definitely needs.

Advertising 116

Advertising Tool .Net Google 116

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. Opt-in voice broadcast.

SaaS 68

SaaS Platform CTO Hire Class 68

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

If you are looking to start a new business in any domain, it’s definitely worth your time to check your fit for one of these models: Membership website model. Popular variations of cloud subscription services now include offerings billed as Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

Startup 117

Startup Pricing Customer Custom 117

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

By definition, they liked you and thought they were a good fit for you before their applied. Our platform not only distributes your jobs, but helps with your brand online, and helps candidates move forward to see if they have a great fit with the company. You've got to have great sales enablement.

Content 193

Content Social Network Coach Help 193

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

As it turns out, as we thought about that, we started looking for partners to help us build a platform. It turns out that Technicolor had already been separately developing a platform for digital media distribution. Talk about that platform strategy? That''s how content deals work in Hollywood.

Entertainment 197

Entertainment Netflix Marketing Content 197

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Rachel Payne: FEM is a video discovery platform that provides quality, relevant video recommendations for any website, app, or content network that is seeking to drive more engagement around video. However, I definitely see value in video discovery beyond what''s already been built. What is FEM? Rachel Payne: That''s a great question.

Google 233

Google Content Startup Venice 233

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2020

If you are looking to start a new business in any domain, it’s definitely worth your time to check your fit for one of these models: Membership website model. Popular variations of cloud subscription services now include offerings billed as Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

Startup 168

Startup Customer Custom Netflix 168

InfoChachkie

JUNE 16, 2011

When a platform evolves, at some point the company that built the platform starts to slow down. It definitely works when you consider the intent of the consumer. One of the things we did a few months ago is to extend our analytics platform to really understand who is on Twitter and who is following the people in our network.

Social Media 252

Social Media Platform Media Networking 252

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2020

Part of our team is working on partnerships and sales with big companies like Netflix, Google, and others who require group transportation. Our other co-founder, Pete, was at Microsoft in business development and sales. Group transportation is down because of COVID, and people are not moving and definitely not in groups.

SaaS 113

SaaS Startup Tool Doc 113

socalTECH

JUNE 28, 2013

William Belk: CampaignEQ is a market attribution platform for adertisers. We definitely stand out in that respect. The platform we''ve built lets us run multiple businesses on the platform, whether that''s agency work, lead generation, data sales, and beyond. What is CampaignEQ?

Advertising 203

Advertising CPC Tool Startup 203

Tech.Co

JANUARY 15, 2018

Jen Consalvo and I expanded the national footprint of events, hosted conferences and festivals, created monthly leadership summits, hosted an interactive educational speaker series, wrote a book, and launched a daily news and resource platform with a new brand – Tech.Co. I’ve also shared a few Tech Cocktail and Tech.Co

Media 175

Media News Organization Content 175

Tech.Co

MAY 26, 2020

And even better still, it offers a great deal for the publications who participate in the program, offering a competitive 8% conversion rate and an impressive 10% commission on each sale (more than double Amazon’s 4.5% They’re a huge commerce platform, too, working with 60,000 publishers around the globe. commission).

Technical Review 129

Technical Review Buzzfeed News Networking 129

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

I’ve seen some smaller retailers execute very innovative strategies, such as posting items for sale on Instagram to the first person who emails them. Greathouse : If you woke up and were suddenly the CEO of Pinterest, what changes would you initiate to make it a more effective marketing platform?

Entrepreneur 210

Entrepreneur Commerce Sites Social Network 210

socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2015

Los Angeles-based FameBit (www.famebit.com) has developed a new platform which lets any content creator connect with brands, without the need for an agency or MCN, to help them grow their content and network. We have a 98 percent approval rate on our platform. How big of a following do YouTubers need to use your platform?

Content 100

Content Platform Startup Marketing 100

socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2015

The way we are doing that, is by building a search platform, which allows recruiters to find professionals where they are engaging online. John Jersin: We're building a search platform, similar to how Google crawls the web, picking up information about professionals, and aggregating that together into our search index.

Technology 100

Technology Google Startup Orange County 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

Christopher Webb: ChowNow is a platform for restaurants, focused on online ordering. The platform can be divided into three products. If you look up ChowNow on the app store, you won't find a ChowNow branded app, you'll find hundreds of individual restaurant apps using our platform. One is the mobile app.

Mobile 197

Mobile Startup Platform GRP Partners 197

socalTECH

JULY 8, 2013

Michael Lum: There are definitely a lot of mobile ad networks out there. Michael Lum: Programmatic buying enables an advertiser, using our platform, to bid on impressions on an impression-on-impression basis. Everybody in the industry is learning more and more, on how to reach that audience, and what''s effective there.

Advertising 253

Advertising Mobile OpenX Software Review 253

socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2012

I think we were able to effectively transition, because our technology platform. At the time, our platform allowed us to build our games, and have one game which we could send to multiple devices. That definitely aided in the transition. Speaking of iOS and Android, what's the future of platforms?

Mobile 168

Mobile Java Google Startup 168

socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2010

One of the types of startups we see most of nowadays, are private sale, limited time bargain, and local group buying startups. Albert Ko: Yes, we're definitely looking to expand, although still pretty local. Albert Ko: With social media right now, it's definitely scalable.

Orange County 170

Orange County Startup Sites Southern California 170

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 7, 2012

in sales last year, what he learned from his experience at TechStars, and where he's going with Fanmix. SocialEngine is a white-label, community platform. million in sales last year, with great margins, and it's profitable, with a team of ten people. Alex Benzer: We're definitely looking at taking money later this year.

Startup 242

Startup CTO Coach Blogging Social Media 242

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

I recently did a post for startups on understanding sales people. 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. I don’t believe that one exists.

CTO Hire 400

CTO Hire Fractional VPE Startup Outsource Development 400

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

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 26, 2009

" Kurt has a great background in sales and marketing. and report them to city hall for quick resolution; an opportunity for government to use technology to save money and improve accountability to those they govern; and a positive, collaborative platform for real action. A few in there that I definitely wanted to capture.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Southern California Technology Angel 150

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2013

As the end of the year approaches, it’s a good time for every startup to assess the metrics, technology, and platforms they’re using to manage the business. Sales is simply defined as income from customer purchases of goods and services, minus the cost associated with things like returned or undeliverable merchandise.

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Metrics Technical Review Sales Customer 100

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2009

Ken Hubbard: About a year and a half ago, we spoke to a company called Vircas, which provides high definitive Internet television. They contacted us, asked us what we knew about delivering high definition video, and asked us what we could do for them. We developed a platform for them.

IP 100

IP Networking Startup Platform 100

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. We used that platform to start engaging audiences with movies and that data, and built up. What is the idea behind Moviepilot?

Startup 164

Startup Paramount Netflix Entertainment 164

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

socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2019

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. That definitely applied here, and that's the way it usually works. I think that it's pretty uncommon to go through a sale process, unless it's out of desperation.

Startup 124

Startup Content Demand Netflix 124