TechEmpower

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Is user interface and graphic design a necessity? You'll discover firms that are prolific in design/interface and light on development, and vice versa. This article will primarily focus on locating and evaluating development companies, rather than design firms. tew_cta text="Do you have an idea for a software project?

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 3, 2012

His talk was especially intriguing, as he attended UCSB, but dropped out to start a clothing design company. In this 8-minute video excerpt from his recent talk, Seth describes the practical, hands-on methodology that he uses on a day-to-day basis to identify and vet his entrepreneurial ideas. Chaos By Design.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Thursday, September 20, 2012 -- 12 Ideas for Stronger Website Engagement. Karen Marchetti from Response FX will take you through the 12 hottest ideas to drive stronger prospect and customer engagement across your web "Content Hubs". TCOSC Marketing and Sales Executives Society. See [link].

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 29, 2022

From their book, “Designing for Growth,” they iterate a four-question matrix, each with steps for creation through launch. Can we rapid prototype this idea into a product and try it out on potential customers? Then let’s design it so it will wow. Empathize –learn about the audience for whom you are designing.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 24, 2011

I continually face the challenge of designing and building registration / sign-up pages on a wide variety of different web sites and mobile applications. Design Challenge In this particular web site, we needed to get the user's email (and password). At first it seems like this should be pretty easy to design - think again.

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 9, 2013

There’s great ideas everywhere. My idea is to never plant anything you can’t eat. The time is ripe for the next generation keyboard idea. Keyboard idea 1. The need for autocorrect will plummet if the keys were designed to fit our hand. Keyboard idea 2. Here’s a couple of mine: 1.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 8, 2018

As Mr. Johnson points out, big ideas generally result from the collision of many small hunches. In isolation, a particular hunch may be worthless, but when combined with other ideas, at the right time, the result can be a game-changing innovation. Chaos By Design . Seth notes that, “Ideas are a lot like exercising.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 15, 2012

Tuesday, August 21, 2012 -- IP Law: Protect Your Killer Idea, or Get Killed. This workshop is designed to teach entrepreneurs the practical implications of protecting intellectual property. Protecting IP is crucial to the success of your business. But, how do you do it? And what happens if you?re re careless?

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

I internalized this phrase, recalling the many times I had partnered with customers to design new feature-functionality into my hotel computer system back when such systems were brand new to the industry. This week’s insight came from personal experience and from a good friend who advanced the notion of the “teacher-customer” years ago.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Ideas are a dime a dozen, but the inspiration to drive a great business is a lot harder to find. As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I often get asked for next sure-fire idea. I have to tell them that anyone can find ideas, but only you as a person can find the passion to transform one into a successful business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2015

These days, everyone wants to be an entrepreneur, pitching their latest and greatest new idea, and looking for someone to give them money. Talk is cheap, but entrepreneurs who show you a working model of their idea know how to execute. Many ideas I hear sound great, but I have no idea if they can be implemented.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 9, 2009

Wednesday, August 12, 2009 -- Elegance By Design. May author of "In Pursuit of Excellence: Why the Best Ideas Have Something Missing". This event will feature guest speaker Mathew E. See [link] (more).

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Online job and career sites still seem to be in another decade, when it comes to both design--and user friendliness. Can a startup gain a foothold in the competitive market by designing the right UX and user experience to make a job and career site for everyone? Starting on the employer side first, we put a big emphasis on design.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 9, 2020

“I had an app idea but no real idea how to executive it. Dev shops were too expensive and on the verge of predatory, and cookie cutter builders don’t address the designs I had in mind,” Redman said. I’m non-technical, meaning I can’t code. ” Image Credits: Chris Ede / Getty Images.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 24, 2020

Its goal is to give hypebeasts a chance to collect virtual versions of their physical objects of desire and win points to maybe buy the gear they crave, while also providing a showcase where brands can discover new design talent to make the next generation of cult collaborations and launch careers. View this post on Instagram.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 22, 2019

Sarah Paiji had the idea to launch the eco-friendly refillable cleaning supply retailer Blueland after hearing about the abundance of microplastics in the water she was using to dilute her child’s baby formula. Blueland also wasn’t Paiji’s first choice for a new startup idea.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Much has been written about product design, but designing the total experience from the front rarely happens yet. In the classic book, “ X: The Experience When Business Meets Design ,” Brian Solis details how to design the whole experience, rather than just the product. Make user-centered design processes iterative.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2017

In case you haven’t noticed it, the rapid evolution of do-it-yourself (DIY) facilities for developers, including 3-D printers, SketchUp and makerspaces such as TechShop , have scaled down the cost of prototypes and hardware design by an order of magnitude. Quick low-cost design and fabrication alternatives are extremely valuable.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Many entrepreneurs have a passion and an idea, or even invent a new product, but are never able to execute to the point of creating a startup. Thus, in my view, entrepreneurship is an evolution of an idea through a series of developmental stages, culminating in a self-sustaining business. Startup and development stage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2013

On the other hand, if you intend to patent an idea, you need a signed confidentiality agreement from everyone knowing details, or you will legally lose patent rights. That doesn’t mean you can’t talk in general terms about your idea, and even pitch to investors. It’s the people that count anyway, not the idea. Trade secrets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2021

Elon Musk with Tesla and SpaceX may be the most current example of this phenomenon, but others often mentioned include Richard Branson (Virgin Group), Joe Costello (Cadence Design), and Howard Schultz (Starbucks). Strive for breathtaking design, as well as function. Design is not just about making things look pretty.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 4, 2008

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 -- User Experience Design and Innovation. Based on recent research, the Voice of the Customer is proven to be the most efficient and effective technique for generating profitable ideas for new products and services. A PDMA and IIR Co-Sponsored Best Practices Event.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 -- User Experience Design and Innovation. Based on recent research, the Voice of the Customer is proven to be the most efficient and effective technique for generating profitable ideas for new products and services. A PDMA and IIR Co-Sponsored Best Practices Event.

Design 100

Design Research Organization Ideas 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 2, 2008

Monday, December 8, 2008 -- User Experience Design and Innovation. Based on recent research, the Voice of the Customer is proven to be the most efficient and effective technique for generating profitable ideas for new products and services. A PDMA and IIR Co-Sponsored Best Practices Event.

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Design Research Organization Ideas 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Most designers, at least the ones I know, hate to network and rarely do it. The key to networking in the tech world is you do not need to be the best in the world, you just need to be passionate, willing to learn and in a lot of cases be the best designer or developer that people know. Reach out to people you want to meet.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

These days, everyone wants to be an entrepreneur, pitching their latest and greatest new idea, and looking for someone to give them money. Talk is cheap, but entrepreneurs who show you a working model of their idea know how to execute. Many ideas I hear sound great, but I have no idea if they can be implemented.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Thus entrepreneurs were able to build prototypes and design new products without the traditional huge prototyping cost. Here are some key positives from an entrepreneur perspective: Shorten the time and cost from idea to prototype. Low-cost design and fabrication tools are extremely valuable.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 16, 2023

Using our relationships to speed adaption One of the best indicators of future success for an entrepreneur and an early-stage idea is the quality and depth of great relationships with industry veterans or technology gurus, or experienced successful business leaders. Coaches have seen your movie before.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

The dynamism of web design ascertains that trends should keep varying to the better with changing times. The changes are usually due to improvements in previous designs to suit current tastes and preferences. The introduction of live photos on latest mobile phones has lead to cinemagraphs coming into the forefront of designers minds.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2013

We''ve put a spin on this, where you can use your own personalization or custom designs for your own Bluetooth headset, just like you would create a personalized case for your smartphone. Where''d the idea for the company come from? I had the idea that instead of a gray box, it would be great to change that to a beautiful flower.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 2, 2017

This year’s event will bring together developers, designers, and creators to hack innovative and disruptive entertainment solutions. You bring the innovative ideas and designs and we'll bring the tech to help you transform them into apps in just 24 hours.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2021

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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socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2019

According to XPRIZE, the concept for a new XPRIZE--from the Charter Communities XPRIZE team--won the top prize among 50 XPRIZE designs that were proposed during the gathering. XPRIZE did not say if it intends to take the idea proposed by Pharrell and turn it into an actual prize.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

So, I’ve developed the three-step dance in order to help form a repeatable method of how to create a great company from an early idea. Even if you know it all – wouldn’t it be an excellent plan to try your idea out on enough actual or potential customers to measure reasonable feedback? And if so, what was the response?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2023

It all starts with a customer perspective to uncover problems and frustrations, and then design solutions from the customer backward. The next step to breakthroughs for entrepreneurs is to take advantage of the powerful digital tools available to foster innovation and ideas, like Qmarkets and BrightIdea.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

West Hollywood-based Hutch has launched a new mobile app, designed to help people with a new space immediately get ideas on how to remake them into the exact style they love--and helps to connect those users to shops to help fill that space with the right furniture for that style. Fischel-Bock said the app is targeted at millennials.

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