Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2015

Much has been written about product design, but designing the total experience from the front rarely happens yet. In a new book, “ X: The Experience When Business Meets Design ,” Brian Solis details how to design the whole experience, rather than just the product. Keep users engaged throughout design and development.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Irvine-based content moderation software developer WebPurify says it has enhanced its tools with a new tool, which allows its users to automatically detect text in memes and other images in blogs, forums, social media apps, children's sites, in-game chats, and more. Pricing on the new tool, which is now in limited beta, was not announced.

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DECEMBER 12, 2018

Los Angeles-based Happiest Baby , the developer of a "smart" crib which automatically soothes babies to sleep, depending on their activity level and fussiness, has raised $23M in Series B funding, the company said this morning.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2022

That means making sure the right people are hired, trained, and in the right place at the right time. Creativity and innovation are applied to increasing output and lowering costs rather than solution design and building a viable business model. Spend real time on people development and succession planning.

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socalTECH

MARCH 29, 2013

Inktank , the developer and support provider for the open source, Ceph distributed storage software, said this week that it has linked with open source professional service firm hastexo. Hastexo is based in Austria. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2020

The proposal sets out four big initiatives, including zero-emissions vehicle manufacturing, assembly and adoption; zero-emissions infrastructure investments; commitments to public transit investments; workforce development; and job training.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2023

As a popular strategist in the areas of customer experience design and innovation, Webb knows. Train customer-facing team to collaborate with customers. Internal training and policies are not adequate to create great customer experiences. Integrate and blend all elements of your customer experience.

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2016

Calabasas-based Ixia , the developer of network testing hardware and software, said it has launched a new partner program. The partnership program also provides strategy and design workshops, solution integration and support, training, and other sales related benefits, according to the company. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

MAY 25, 2017

Assign our development manager to localize design and oversee the needed enhancements to our product and support materials for each new territory. Train and transfer technology to each new distributor within 90 days of signing. EMEA, Asia, Latin America.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 27, 2020

While most of the restaurant concepts have been developed internally, Ordermark isn’t above the occasional celebrity sponsorship. “The way that Ordermark’s technology is designed, not only can we aggregate online orders into the device, but we can aggregate multiple brands into the device.”

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

How do you get technology developed by researchers deep within a university, and make that visible to to the public? The day ended with live demonstrations of technologies discussed during the event, as well as additional projects under development at USC. Another standout was the Emergent Leader Immersive Training Environment.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The event is a 2-day training in.Net, HTML5, Windows 8, Asp.NET MVC and other Microsoft technologies. Web API Design Best PracticesThis session will cover the basics of Web API but dig deeper and take attendees past basic CRUD operations on resources and dive into how to create a robust API using Web API.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2021

Gardena-based toy maker Educational Insights said this morning that it has launched a new product, a "coding robot" which is designed to help kids learn how to write their own software. According to the company, its new robot, Artie Max, helps kids learn five coding languages (Blockly, Snap!,

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2012

Mojave-based XCOR Aerospace , one of the Southern California companies developing space vehicles, said that it has named a General Sales Agent for the firm's space tourism flights. XCOR said it will focus on development of its spaceships, with SXC focusing on ticket sales, training missions and astronaut relations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

As a popular strategist in the areas of customer experience design and innovation, Webb knows. Train customer-facing team to collaborate with customers. Internal training and policies are not adequate to create great customer experiences. Integrate and blend all elements of your customer experience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2020

That means making sure the right people are hired, trained, and in the right place at the right time. Creativity and innovation are applied to increasing output and lowering costs rather than solution design and building a viable business model. Spend real time on people development and succession planning.

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TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Enhancing Front-End Product Search We also developed a front-end search tool that revolutionized the way users search for products. Moreover, LLMs come equipped with an extensive knowledge base derived from the vast amounts of data they've been trained on.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 30, 2013

SoCal Code Camp is at it again, getting together an amazing pool of experts to speak in front of fellow developers and developers-in-training here in Los Angeles. This fun conference will have over 85 sessions on various technologies including Web Development, Mobile, Ruby , Javascript and more.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2022

They have the ability to recognize a market need, the skills to design and implement a solution, and the drive to start a business from that solution. At best, they hire “helpers” rather than help, and are too busy to train the helpers. By definition, most entrepreneurs are thought leaders. It all comes from within themselves.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 10, 2012

When I started my first tech company in 1999 I had pretty good tech chops and had led teams but had very little exposure to many other things that matter in a startup including sales, marketing & business development. And for which I was sure were designed to screw me. And most of us start with zero training.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2010

Irvine-based EON Reality , a developer of interactive 3D software, said Wednesday afternoon that it has teamed up with NEC Display Solutions to sell a product to schools for virtual learning and training. No details of the deal with NEC were disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Elementary Robotics was co-founded by Bill Gross, the brains behind an increasingly resurgent Idealab incubator, and Arye Barnehama, a former head of design at the augmented reality startup DAQRI. “Los Angeles is a great place for this, because we have a close relationship with Caltech and JPL,” according to Gross. ”

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. A Biden presidency doesn’t need a Green New Deal to make progress on climate change. ” Climate resiliency .

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2011

We were crowd sourcing artists and design. We provide the software platform, and if a client needs some custom design we can quote them on creative and setup, or they can handle it on their own. Our project manager, a couple of our advisors, and a couple of our sales people, our head of business development--we're all from Active.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

It allows startups to rent virtualized servers and associated services needed to develop, test, and run applications. This refers to the use of game thinking and software design mechanics to make it more effective and friendly for people to engage with technology. Business Process as a Service (BPaaS).

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Today Upfront Ventures is announcing that we’ve backed Rebecca Kantar ’s startup Imbellus , a company designed to assess human potential and ultimately change the way we teach children. Inevitably as a society we began “teaching to the tests” and we design curricula around proficiency in these basic skills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2022

As a business advisor and investor in new startups, I see how difficult it is to make any process work, no matter how well designed, if the team is dysfunctional. A primary focus on process leads to highly structured training classes, leaving little room for personal career development. Of course, some balance is required.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 6, 2016

has a vision for developing the kind of technology that could some day be used to operate self-driving cars. stands to gain valuable experience toward the development of autonomous, machine-learning systems and self-driving cars. two years ago as vice president of marketing and product development. San Diego’s Brain Corp.

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socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2010

Diploma in Innovation, which is designed to complement Ph.D. students training with practical skills and "creative perspectives" to see how their academic expertise intersects with societal needs. The University of Southern California is announcing today that it has rolled out a new program specifically at helping its Ph.D.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

For example, your quality problem may well have both design as well as manufacturing elements. On tough issues, I recommend the use of brainstorming with colleagues, to expand your efforts, and develop a half-dozen alternatives. Provide training and tools to upgrade solution skills. Then pick the best one.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Los Angeles-based Alelo , the USC spinout which is developing language learning systems based on video games, disclosed this week that the firm has been selected as a prime contractor by the U.S. Alelo said that it was selected by the U.S. Size of the deal and other details were not released.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

As a popular strategist in the areas of customer experience design and innovation, Webb knows. Train customer-facing team to collaborate with customers. Internal training and policies are not adequate to create great customer experiences. Integrate and blend all elements of your customer experience.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 16, 2010

A variety of pressures are creating a dramatic change in the engine that will power the automobile in the future, the fuel that will be used to power the engine, and the design of the power train.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Los Angeles-based Enrou (www.enrou.co) thinks it has a way--by connecting people with products that also help support international development and causes, via its own online marketplace. Ann Wang: Enrou is an online, content driven marketplace for products in developing communities around the world. What is Enrou?

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 9, 2020

As an EV venture, Energica is located in the famed Italian motor valley and positions itself similar to its neighbors — Lamborghini, Ducati, Ferrari — in offering a merger of sleek design and elite performance. She flags the manufacturer’s racing connection as something that will continue to give Energica an edge in product development.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

I’m generally not a believer in too much PR until you have a product built or at least well designed. This is somewhat changing in the world of crowd funding where people actually raise money so that they can build products but at a minimum your product design ought to be complete and ready to execute. It’s a continual process.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Oculus has pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into funding VR content, and while the headset market is still small, developers have built plenty of games and experiences. By training employees with VR, there’s the potential to more accurately simulate key scenarios and push people towards good choices. The Social Experiment.

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