TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

So for example, when you’re ordering food at a game or concert, Appetize’s technology makes it easier to pay in a variety of contactless ways through point of sale (POS) devices, self-service kiosks, handheld devices, online ordering, mobile web and API integrations. Image Credits: SpotOn. This is a rocketship that we are excited to be on.”

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 16, 2018

Over the years, I have often heard the complaint from CEO friends that they have become so swamped by the demands of their growing businesses that they feel themselves further and further from the center of their industry, no longer at the forefront of information and competitive development. The risk of the daily routine.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Today, thanks to the Cloud, it is literally possible to have an idea for a new business one morning, and have that business up and running the next day. Resources from server space and database storage to sophisticated software are all available on demand to anyone with little more than a Web connection and a credit card.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2022

Trust your own insights, and if you have to ask for business ideas from others, I recommend that you stay where you are until you’re certain of your own idea and solution. In business, there will always be someone out there with more money, a better location, or more resources, ready to take your idea and squeeze you out.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Anyone can build a new web site, or publish a smartphone app for a few thousand dollars, but getting market penetration requires a lot more. As an angel investor, I quickly look behind the idea or solution, to gauge the mindset and the leadership capabilities of the entrepreneur.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2013

You''ve seen the company''s work in the Superbowl, on television, and on the web, all for big brands--but you might not know it came out of the crowdsourcing efforts of Tongal (www.tongal.com). Say, if you''re making a TV commercial or web video, each project unfolds over phases, so anyone, regardless of their skill, can participate.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2019

I started a web design company, and ended up going to college in Florida, but kept on running the company on the side. Pluto TV was one of those ideas I had when I was sitting with my daughter, looking for YouTube videos for her. That's when it clicked for me, realizing that for some reason, everything online is on-demand.

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TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

We recently completed a web-based application that uses a unique algorithm to match professionals with new career opportunities. An empty textbox, demanding to be filled with a concise, compelling summary to impress potential employers is daunting. Fill it with the right words, and your dream job could be right around the corner.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2019

Image via Jisc As an advisor to startups and entrepreneurs, I often hear the myth that all new businesses must start with a great idea. I believe the best entrepreneurs start by finding a large opportunity, and only then use good ideas to capitalize on that opportunity. It takes a real selling opportunity to sustain a business idea.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

As inflation rates spiral and consumer demand takes a hit, business owners are forced to be more mindful of their bottom lines than ever. Want to browse the web privately? ? There's no denying that 2024 is a challenging year to run a business. Or appear as if you're in another country?

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Xconomy

MARCH 20, 2018

Mythic, based in both Redwood City, CA, and Austin, TX, is one of the upstart companies benefiting from a surge of investing in the chip-making field, where the growing computational demands due to the use of AI are creating an opening for young entrepreneurs with out-of-the-box ideas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2022

I think you will find that most investors will relate to the following strategy for keeping the right perspective and getting the profit versus growth balance right: Pick an idea that has the potential to make money. When their deep pockets went empty, Facebook stepped in, but demanded revenue from ads. So let’s take a look.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2019

At Amazon, Jeff Bezos leads a relentless drive to invent dramatic new ways to delight customers, not waiting for customer demands or competitors to show the way. Contrary to popular belief, I’m convinced that business success is more of function of the right people, rather than the right idea. The cost of being late is hard to recover.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2010

In any case, what we have, is a product that basically patterns itself on the Amazon Web Services platform and API, and stays compatible with Amazon, which allows the management of virtualizes resources so that they can be operated as a cloud platform. What was the idea behind launching in Japan first? There's really big demand.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Mark tells us: there is a lot of demand for developers right here in L.A. If you have solid web skills and a few years experience, either with a commercial company or running your own legit projects, there are dozens of companies in L.A. Just saw a great post by Mark Geller - Developers wanted… in Los Angeles, U.S.A.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2012

Attempt To License An Idea. Rationale: My idea is so mind-blowingly fantastic, I can sit back and collect licensing fees while someone else does all the work required to turn my idea into a successful business. Fallacy: Ideas are worthless, while skillful execution is priceless.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2017

As an advisor to startups and entrepreneurs, I often hear the myth that all new businesses must start with a great idea. I believe the best entrepreneurs start by finding a large opportunity, and only then use good ideas to capitalize on that opportunity. It takes a real selling opportunity to sustain a business idea.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Anyone can build a new web site, or publish a smartphone app for a few thousand dollars, but getting market penetration requires a lot more. As an angel investor, I quickly look behind the idea or solution, to gauge the mindset and the leadership capabilities of the entrepreneur.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

8:17 How did you decide to go with either shrinkwrap or web only product? 27:45 Eric: The thing that is supposed to fail fast is your bad ideas, not your company. 57: 00 How do you rectify company mission and customer demand. Most people are working on failing ideas. 00:45 Intro to Eric. 11:00 Mark on over-hyping PR.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

industry investors rather than VCs) a good idea for entrepreneurs. We also talked about how brands are increasing driving much of their traffic to Facebook and away from their own web pages. Online service offering privacy certification for web sites. Offers cloud-based web analytics software provider. 406 Ventures.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

He had an idea for a startup that would help consumers better book service jobs and would take on Service Magic, which he believed had a business model that could be disrupted. Because I knew that Ethan was on to a powerful idea and one in which he had developed huge competence and domain knowledge in. He was seeking $500k.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Anyone can build a new web site, or publish a smartphone app for a few thousand dollars, but getting market penetration requires a lot more. As an Angel investor, I quickly look behind the idea or solution, to gauge the mindset and the leadership capabilities of the entrepreneur.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

We now have a team of nine engineers and scientists, with experience from companies like IBM, Demand Media, and Google, all part of our core engineering team. We''re also using web articles and other data sources, and cross referencing those with location information. Ali Khoshgozaran: That''s a great question.

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socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2010

For today's interview, we spoke with Brandon Hance, the firm's founder, about how his startup is helping musicians to sell both digital and physical merchandise on the web. What's the idea behind Audiolife? We've got a suite of on-demand, manufacturing tools which means they never have to spend money upfront.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

And I tried to evaluate the idea and figure out: What did the founder really need here? For me to do either of these, I certainly need to really believe in the idea and it has to be something that won’t consume all of my time. How To Find A Programmer To Build Your Startup Idea Another option is sweat equity.

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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

Fouad and I had this idea to allow people to interact with sound bites and audio clips. Rather than taking their hard work and just leveraging it on the web, the pitch is--we'll do this work for you, put reams and reams more metadata around a given movie, sound bite, TV show episode, or video game. What's the story behind Hark?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Scripped (www.scripped.com) is applying the world of Web 2.0 Sunil Rajaraman: We provide free, web-based screenwriting software to aspiring writers and professionals in the community. One is that any producer of a short video on the web, or any producer of any content, can use out to find their desired content. What's Scripped?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2010

We were literally on the cusp of launching our prpoduct, and all of our work and money to date had gone into getting the innovative technology out of Caltech, exploring the marketplace, and making sure the product features matched with the demand of the market, which it clearly did. Is there a market? That's not necessarily time well spend.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2019

I think you will find that most investors will relate to the following strategy for keeping the right perspective and getting the profit versus growth balance right: Pick an idea that has the potential to make money. When their deep pockets went empty, Facebook stepped in, but demanded revenue from ads. So let’s take a look.

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Snapchat Startup Course Yahoo 74

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 26, 2010

Back by popular demand Schmoozd 3 is set for this Thursday, July 29th 6-10 PM at Wokano in Santa Monica, CA. Have a great idea and product but need that extra boost of CTO juice to really get it going. For those who have not been to one of the previous events, schmoozd is known for the very high caliber of their attendees.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

We give a huge Thank You to the following sponsors: Demand Media is a leading online media company that informs, entertains and connects millions of people every day. Founded in 2006, Demand Media is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA with offices in Bellevue, WA, Austin, TX, New York, NY and London, UK. Together they do amazing things.

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socalTECH

MAY 27, 2010

For this morning's interview, we have an interview with Kieve Huffman , the co-founder of Dather (www.dather.com), a new Los Angeles startup which has created a tool which helps to aggregate social networking web sites and media. About a year ago, my business partner, Scott Boyd, came to me with the idea for Dather, which he had for awhile.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

People are demanding more and more experiential opportunities out of their leisure holidays. It's the first year that baby boomers have been eligible for retirement benefits, and there are people with discretionary income, even in these economic conditions, who are demanding these experiences. For the most part, tour operators love it.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

I have vanity urls setup at just about every site on the web. We will collaborate on ideas and projects. We created Superfriends, a group of local entrepreneurs that will gather to share ideas and help each other grow personally and professionally. I’ve jumped on the bandwagon, big time! I love Namechk.com for this.

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Social Network Networking Social Media Yahoo 196

InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

Rationale: My idea is so mind-blowingly fantastic that I must immediately spend a small fortune to protect it before I perform any market validation. Fallacy: AdVentures tend to evolve once you begin speaking with pesky customers and demanding partners. 3) Attempt To License An Idea. 3) Attempt To License An Idea.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2012

If your business doesn’t connect with your customers, individually and as a community, demanding customers will not only ignore you, but will actively keep other customers away. Join in conversations with customers who are already shaping brand perception and sharing their ideas and opinions on the Web.

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Customer Custom Networking Entrepreneur 93

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

When he had the idea for his company, he didn’t write a long business plan or try to raise money to hire an agency to build a website for him. He just pounded out design and code for a few weeks and got Plancast up on the web and users adopting his product right away. It’s a chicken and egg problem.

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