TechEmpower

MARCH 4, 2024

Focusing on generative AI applications in a select few corporate functions can contribute to a significant portion of the technology's overall impact. In the sphere of software engineering , AI is pivotal for corporate IT by automating coding, optimizing algorithms, and enhancing security to boost efficiency and minimize downtime.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2012

NEOGOV , which has quietly built an enterprise software company supplying human resources software to the government and public sector. A lot of software startups have shied away from serving public institutions, despite a big market, due to concerns about how slow they adopt things.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

It’s not clear that there was big customer demand for some of these products yet entrepreneurs were egged on by VCs to “take the money&# and try and push the market. We technology leaders also make this mistake. It was so tempting for me to throw extra resources at our technology debt for a couple of quarters.

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Development Team Review Technical Review Startup Resource 374

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

Battery isn’t the only marquee investor to find value in ServiceTitan’s business developing software managing day labor. And as Battery Ventures investor Sanjiv Kalevar noted in a blog post last year , the opportunity for software companies serving blue-collar workers is huge.

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Glendale Los Angeles Startup Technical Review 271

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

According to Indeed, the service--specifically targeted at technology talent--will give employers access to a "curated pool" of people, based on coding skills, educaiton, and work experience. Indeed said it specifically launched the service in Los Angeles due to the high demand for techical professionals in the market.

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Technical Review Los Angeles Software Review Angel 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2017

In the early days this is expensive because the logistics & warehouses are amortized over a small customer base but with scale this infrastructure and the technology that drives it becomes a powerful moat and hard for new entrants to compete. years of software development.

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Technical Review Funding Software Review Artificial Inteligence 268

socalTECH

MAY 8, 2019

Playa Vista-based point-of-sale equipment and software provider Appetize says that its recent move to offer up "self-service" kiosks to its customers, has resulted in its customers seeing more spending and demand.

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Services Software Review Technical Review Demand 133

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Companies that have leveraged technology to make the procurement and delivery of food more accessible to more people have been seeing a big surge of business this year, as millions of consumers are encouraged (or outright mandated, due to Covid-19) to socially distance or want to avoid the crowds of physical shopping and eating excursions.

Technical Review 343

Technical Review Startup Marketing San Diego 343

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2011

We actually built that about a year and a half ago, and are bringing that back due to overwhelming demand. In April of 2010, we put up Dealcurent.com, and we started indexing number one on Google for daily deals software. We had our contest software, ArtisticHub, driving some revenue. How do clients license your software?

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Platform Training Software Review Advertising 263

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2014

I always advise software startups to file patents to protect their “secret sauce” from competitors, and to increase their valuation. This patent holding company has charged infringement and demanded royalties from every app developer for the iPhone and Android, for a feature most agree has been in apps for many years.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

Bill Gates once famously said that people tend to overestimate the impact of technology in the 1-year timeframe and underestimate its impact in the 10-year timeframe. But when I read thoughtful pieces on the future of technology I start to imagine where our lives will be in 10 years. My favorite new software tool is DailyBurn.

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Technical Review Software Review Startup SoCal 278

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

It is also a result of pent-up demand. I wonder, though, how much of that is emerging market and how much of the industrialized nation growth is due to stimulus money, which in turn either dries up or forced inflation? My advice : if you’re raising a $750,000 round and you have demand for $1.2 million – take it.

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Venture Capital Startup Funding Technical Review 269

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. In 2005 he was graduated and took a job in South Carolina working for technology company while he started his own web design company on the side. He started another company on the side while he was working during the day at a technology company.

Technical Review 282

Technical Review Startup High Tech Software Review 282

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

For today''s Insights and Opinions section, where we feature contributions from our readers and others in the community, we have Peter Cowen , a veteran of the technology and venture capital industry at Clear Capital Advisors. peter cowen insights opinions subscription essay review economy' READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different. Fast early growth in a market is often eroded when competition gets fierce and prices are forced down due to competition. Let’s consider the following two software companies, both of which have 66% gross margins.

Startup 418

Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

And do I fit as a Part-Time CTO , Technology Advisor , CTO Founder , Acting CTO ? Most of the great software startups that I’ve been involved in have at least one technical co-founder (and many have more than one.) Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Was it a case of needing Homework? Did they have a Weak Development Team ?

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CTO Hire CTO Coach Equity Develop 241

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2020

For starters Uber itself has had to lay off 27% of its workforce due to the pandemic and has been severely impacted financially from the crisis with no immediate respite in sight. Even more likely is eventual technology disruption where drones deliver foods and make it hard for existing car delivery services to compete.

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SaaS Customer Custom Technical Review 242

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2021

Here is an entry-level benchmark for the new software personal assistants: Simple and intuitive communication. Technology environment savvy. Technology environment savvy. A good assistant know how get things done efficiently, recognizing user hardware and software limitations. Memorable personality.

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Web Entrepreneur Software Review Google 152

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

He came to work in our offices at Upfront Ventures as an EIR and immediately began building software to improve how storage was picked up, photographed, scanned and routed to a warehouse. and we were met with weak demand, slow growth and high costs. Sam’s enthusiasm was infectious and his plans were bold. Seriously, this happens.

Startup 286

Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

Berkonomics

JUNE 16, 2016

He is a trusted technology and security consultant and public policy advisory to some of America’s most influential people and organizations. . Many websites are compromised and have been hacked with or set up with embedded nefarious software. By Kevin McDonald. The goal is to “phish” a person into taking actions they shouldn’t.

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Anthem Software Review Email Organization 120

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

People buy companies for 3 primary reasons: 1) they want the management team / talent 2) they want the technology or 3) they want the market traction (revenue, customer base, profits, etc). We told the horror story of the company that originally owned the URL groupon.com and lost it due to not having a trademark. &# A: Yes.

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Venture Capital Capital Startup Pricing 282

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

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Help us understand your technology--is this focused on the automated language translation technology, or on the process of localizing a web site? We've created bi-directional, and real-time links between a web site and translation software. In addition to that, we provide the ability of customers to review that with analytics.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

We're always interested in how technology is influencing the business of Hollywood, and recently ran across Los Angeles-based Scripped. Sunil Rajaraman: We provide free, web-based screenwriting software to aspiring writers and professionals in the community. The software will always be free, but we will sell the content.

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Content Writing Software Review Hollywood 138

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2022

Market your solution and user benefits, not the mysterious technology behind it. There seems to be an insatiable demand from consumers for a better shopping experience, meaning they will pay a premium to a company that can present them a better match in products to their interests, without jeopardizing their good name.

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Customer Custom Technical Review Symantec 137

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.

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Technical Review Software Review Santa Monica Tech Coast Angels 58

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

And with direct traffic making up 71% of Caledly’s total traffic, demand for the scheduling tool is likely to remain strong into 2024. Brightwheel is a SaaS childcare management solution that provides technology to preschools. Calendly calendar screenshot. Brightwheel’s successes aren’t going on unnoticed, either.

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Startup Generative AI Newsletter Tool 194

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

socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2019

Stacy Stubblefield: We do two factor authentication, which basically means we send text messages with the codes you get when you log into a web site or even when you're just registering for a website. Ryan and Stacy co-founded Telesign over 15 years ago along with their co-founder, Darren Berkovitz. Talk about Telesign and what you do?

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Marina Del Rey Software Review Startup Incubator 113

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

It really wouldn’t take much to turn a great technology ecosystem into a truly electric one. In Los Angeles we don’t have “patron technology companies&# that are big enough to matter – we’re still hoping to see them emerge. Consider just how much exposure the Austin community gets every year due to SXSW.

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2023

Design the full stack, not just a new software element. Even here, Elon Musk faced this issue with Tesla, needing a support ecosystem as well as new technology. Even consumers here in the US are demanding a more responsible approach. In Silicon Valley’s classic model, startups must start “asset light.”

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Capital Marketing Ideas Venture Capital 138

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2009

Eric Sikola is CEO of ExpenseBay (www.expensebay.com), a Los Angeles-based, online, software-as-a-service startup which has created an online application which uses Web 2.0 technology to make submitting expense reports extremely easy. finance software such as Wesabe and Mint, and applied it to the corporate expense area.

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Web 2.0 Startup SaaS Report 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2020

Design the full stack, not just a new software element. Even here, Elon Musk faced this issue with Tesla, needing a support ecosystem as well as new technology. Even consumers here in the US are demanding a more responsible approach. In Silicon Valley’s classic model, startups must start “asset light.”

Ideas 124

Ideas Venture Capital Software Review Technical Review 124

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

com) � backed by local investors Rincon Venture Partners and Bonfire Ventures�is helping to solve that problem, with its career pathing software designed for helping employees at large enterprises figure out what's next. Anne Fulton: Fuel50 is a career pathing startup, part of the HR technology landscape. What is Fuel50?

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Help Southern California Startup Technical Review 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? Pundits are mixed on whether FourSquare represents a major technology trend or a fad but undoubtedly it has captured the zeitgeist of the technology elite at this moment in time. No prizes for guessing … there’s ALWAYS a second act in technology.

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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

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.

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Technical Review Startup Mobile Software Review 62

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. Do you need to take the time to learn coding or should you search out a firm to help bring your idea into reality?

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Marketing Startup Software Review Competition 97