TechCrunch LA

MARCH 5, 2020

The Austin launch, which kicks off the week before the city’s SXSW music, tech, film and comedy festival begins, marks the official rollout of the Scoot Mopeds. ” The Scoot Mopeds will join a bevy of shared mobility vehicles that are already on Austin’s city streets. ”

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 9, 2020

There could be more demand for electric vehicles post COVID-19 crisis, believes Energica founder Livia Cevolini. One of those is greater demand for EVs after the pandemic. Before the health crisis shutdown most of Italy, Energica had already seen larger demand for its high-performance e-motos, with a price range of $17,000 to $23,000.

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Technical Review Competition Demand Sales 277

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

seems like an unlikely place to grow one of the next billion-dollar startups in the booming Los Angeles tech ecosystem. These more basic needs can be solved with seemingly simple technologies—software for billing, scheduling, navigation and many other business workflows. The city of Glendale, Calif.

Glendale 271

Glendale Los Angeles Startup Technical Review 271

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

It is also a result of pent-up demand. Consumer spending is 70% of the economy and will continue to be stretched – We can look all we want at tech innovation, VC funding cycles and hot M&A deals, but ultimately growth and therefore investment must be underpinned by revenue. but the truer number of underemployed is a whopping 16.8%!

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Venture Capital Startup Funding Technical Review 269

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

If you’re a technology startup you need to excel at product, of course. While many tech startups do this intuitively (say, SnapChat thinking it would be much better if our photos out partying disappeared) it still happens. What about mobile? It’s worth a quick read. My argument is pretty simple.

Marketing 379

Marketing Startup SEM SEO 379

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. It really wouldn’t take much to turn a great technology ecosystem into a truly electric one. You need to have passionate tech entrepreneurs who want to build businesses locally. The ingredients are all here.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Tech.Co

AUGUST 27, 2017

It’s not about checking off as many technology trends, it is about finding useful and valuable trends that align with your goals and strategy for the rest of the year. Blockchain Technology. The Harvard Business Review recommends two low-risk applications of blockchain technology that startups can try. Productivity Tools.

Technical Review 62

Technical Review Startup Mobile Software Review 62

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2020

Maven had paused service due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The car-sharing service has struggled for months, long before COVID-19 upended the “shared” mobility sector. Maven had already suspended its consumer car-sharing and a peer-to-peer service due to COVID-19. GM’s experiment with car sharing is over.

Los Angeles 215

Los Angeles Technical Review Email Services 215

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Apparently with a physical storefront where it can convince customers of the wonders of on-demand mobility. Update: TechCrunch has confirmed Lime’s plans for the store, and that the deal to build it came through Lime’s investor Fifth Wall Ventures that arranges partnerships between tech companies and real estate developers.

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Santa Monica Startup Technical Review Education 221

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2020

Photo by Viktor Forgacs on Unsplash I was listening to Dan Primack’s podcast on Pro Rata and he was interviewing Senator Klobucher who is now publicly and vocally speaking out against Uber purchasing Grubhub and has tried to mobilize against this. they just put up with the food delivery company fees. Covid-19 has changed all of that.

SaaS 242

SaaS Customer Custom Technical Review 242

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. Social Networking is Becoming Mobile: FourSquare and Skout. The trend that is unfolding before our eyes is that Social Networking is now becoming mobile and that adds new dimensions to how we use social networks. The Past (1985-2002).

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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2013

round changes things for us, and will let us invest in infrastructure, build our team, invest in media, and also invest in technology to better leverage our spend on media. However, our users and target audience are really the younger, web-savvy, college educated, and very technologically comfortable consumers. Closing this $1.1M

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Services Technical Review Startup Pricing 215

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

While this reaction to such a valuation is understandable, to anybody who has seen the meteoric rise in consumer demand and actual revenue the valuation is much less surprising and may turn out to be quite conservative. As I like to tell people who ask about Bird, “consumers have literally voted with their feet.” Is Bird really defensible?

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Santa Monica Funding Startup Course 256

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2021

Technology environment savvy. In today’s mobile hardware environment, that means able to set up meetings, convert text messages to voice, find contact information quickly, and search the Web intelligently for outside info. Of course, many are still fighting it as well, due to privacy concerns.

Web 152

Web Entrepreneur Software Review Google 152

Xconomy

MARCH 20, 2018

Mythic , which last year unveiled its novel computer chip designed for artificial intelligence, announced today that it has raised $40 million in a Series B fundraising round led by the venture capital arm of Japanese telecom and tech giant SoftBank.

Artificial Inteligence 77

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Venture Capital Software Review 77

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Silicon Valley, in a proverbial hornet’s nest of legal intrigue has been buzzing with one of the biggest (and possibly unsettling) displays of indian giving that the tech world has seen this year. pulls assumably free and public data from the CrunchBase database to provide a mobile accessible directory of contacts and company info.

Technical Review 74

Technical Review Startup Software Review Google 74

socalTECH

MAY 8, 2015

In a world awash with on-demand startups, Los Angeles-based Serviz (www.serviz.com) stands out--not because of the market segment it is tackling, but because it was founded by two, very experienced serial entrepreneurs-- Zorik Gordon and Michael Kline. Our vision is really to become the premier provider of on-demand home services.

Services 100

Services ReachLocal Demand Startup 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

My friends who “grew up” with lifetime careers in General Motors, Exxon Mobil, or even IBM, are now often too embarrassed to even mention it. Internal corporate processes thwart innovation due to inherent inefficiencies of scale, high overhead, and the risk of impact on the corporate bottom line.

Startup 126

Startup Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Offshore 126

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2013

Technology environment savvy. In today’s mobile hardware environment, that means able to set up meetings, convert text messages to voice, find contact information quickly, and search the Web intelligently for outside info. Of course, many are still fighting it as well, due to privacy concerns.

Web 98

Web Entrepreneur Software Review Google 98

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Stewart Roberts , President of Orange County of Tech Coast Angels. Novimap is an online and mobile mapping platform. enables developers to sell cross-platform web-apps that optimize to your mobile device. Demand Media is a leading online media company that informs, entertains and connects millions of people every day.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

My friends who “grew up” with lifetime careers in General Motors, Exxon Mobil, or even IBM, are now often too embarrassed to even mention it. Internal corporate processes thwart innovation due to inherent inefficiencies of scale, high overhead, and the risk of impact on the corporate bottom line.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Offshore Startup Technical Review 105

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2016

While the epicenter of tech innovation is undeniably Silicon Valley, a tide of new hubs emerging across the globe are gaining recognition. Ron Spreeuwenberg is the founder of edtech mobile software HiMama , the company has headquarters in Toronto, Canada and Baltimore, MD. Financial technology here is years behind the U.S.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Startup Incubator Media 40

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

My friends who “grew up” with lifetime careers in General Motors, Exxon Mobil, or even IBM, are now often too embarrassed to even mention it. Internal corporate processes thwart innovation due to inherent inefficiencies of scale, high overhead, and the risk of impact on the corporate bottom line.

Startup 102

Startup Entrepreneur Offshore Technical Review 102

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Stewart Roberts , President of Orange County of Tech Coast Angels. Novimap is an online and mobile mapping platform. enables developers to sell cross-platform web-apps that optimize to your mobile device. Demand Media is a leading online media company that informs, entertains and connects millions of people every day.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

It’s getting there – broadband penetration in Nigeria is still small compared to the West, but as demand grows, as the infrastructure is invested in and built, and as broadband costs fall so that the Internet is more accessible to more people, we expect iROKOtv to add even more registered users in Nigeria. We found that in Lagos.

Netflix 82

Netflix Marketing Technical Review Content 82

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2017

Our interview this morning is with Jonathan Zweig , the CEO of Los Angeles-based AppOnboard (www.apponboard.com), which has created software which allows mobile app developers--and in particular, mobile game developers--to create demos of those games which can be played without having to download and install those apps.

Startup 113

Startup Southern California UCLA Technical Review 113

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

My friends who “grew up” with lifetime careers in General Motors, Exxon Mobil, or even IBM, are now often too embarrassed to even mention it. Internal corporate processes thwart innovation due to inherent inefficiencies of scale, high overhead, and the risk of impact on the corporate bottom line.

Entrepreneur 87

Entrepreneur Offshore Technical Review Outsource 87

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

10 Ways To Be Your Own Boss - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , June 18, 2010 The folks at Behance and Cool Hunting asked me to talk at their 99% Conference a couple months ago. Creating Incremental Strategic Value - Ask the Angels , June 17, 2010 We can easily overlook the level of demand pull when we are assessing strategic value.

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Startup Venture Capital Slides Blogging 175

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2012

From the phone in your pocket to the television hanging on your wall, apps have penetrated technology and they aren’t going anywhere. Smart technology doesn’t work without clever software to make it useful. Niche apps can usually demand a higher price point because there isn’t much competition out there. But where do you start?

Marketing 97

Marketing Startup Software Review Competition 97

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 22, 2016

Costs for advertising on Facebook are increasing, due to high demand, and their profits continue to soar. You could wake up and find your Facebook profile hacked or a social media mobile app providing access to sensitive data on your server. According to emarketer.com , Facebook earns 65.5 That was $15.5 billion in 2015 alone.

Marketing 40

Marketing Social Media Social Network Technical Review 40

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 26, 2016

This will also drive mobile usage and the growth of industries such as e-commerce and fintech, with a focus on streamlining and online task management integration tools supporting business use. For the VPN industry specifically, we will see a lot of new providers as the barrier to entry is extremely low, and demand is high.

Commerce 40

Commerce Mobile Technical Review Google 40

Southern California Edison Blog

JANUARY 15, 2019

The telecommunications industry is under increasing pressure as customers demand high speeds and data transport, as well as implementing big data initiatives for their businesses. To keep up with demands, carriers are investing billions of dollar in infrastructure and service enhancements to help them grow. Wireless Infrastructure.

Southern California 55

Southern California SoCal Help Services 55

Southern California Edison Blog

JANUARY 2, 2019

Customers are demanding denser coverage and higher speeds in expanding areas. T-Mobile and Sprint, for example, invested billions of dollars in 2017 to bring 5G service to customers in the US by 2019.¹. Review Wireless Backhaul Capabilities. The telecom industry is rapidly transforming. Evaluate Infrastructure Variety.

Networking 45

Networking Southern California Demand .Net 45

Tech.Co

JANUARY 10, 2018

In the Harvard Business Review Female Economy 2009 report, women purchasing power was predicted to control about $28 trillion in annual global consumer spending, if not more. There’s so much noise telling women it’s hard to be a female in tech. “Focusing on emotion is key when communicating with female customers.

Tips 70

Tips Custom Customer Dollar Shave Club 70

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

My friends who “grew up” with lifetime careers in General Motors, Exxon Mobil, or even IBM, are now often too embarrassed to even mention it. Internal corporate processes thwart innovation due to inherent inefficiencies of scale, high overhead, and the risk of impact on the corporate bottom line.

Offshore 55

Offshore Technical Review Entrepreneur Outsource 55

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Sponsorship on the website – we have business owners asking to advertise on our site – this was never our intention – but due to demand, looking at building this into the platform. We also plan to introduce a premium profile – with onsite advertising for the subscriber – due to demand from our users.

Advertising 79

Advertising Services Social Network Startup 79

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 6, 2016

I’m currently wearing a plain white t-shirt, which feels like the epitome of irony due in no small part to YoShirt’s colorful mission. It is currently the largest and fastest growing create-on-demand mobile app in customization sector. The apparel app allows users to turn photos into designs for clothing as they see fit.

Custom 40

Custom Customer Design Software Review 40