Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

The titles were: Mobile First, Web Second. Mobile First, Web Second (continued). I know that they really impacted an entire cohort of startups because every company that was coming to pitch me businesses was (is) saying, “I’m a ‘mobile first’ company.” The power of large screen real estate.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

less than 18 months from when the company was created so I thought it was probably a good time to weigh in on the questions I get asked most frequently and why we’re so excited about Bird. How could Bird really be worth the reported $2 billion valuation that I read about in this press? The company has done zero paid marketing.

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socalTECH

JULY 6, 2016

Los Angeles-based Homee , a startup which helps connects consumers with interior designers, has raised $5M in a Series A funding, the company disclosed on Tuesday. Homee is led by Beatrice Fischel-Bock, and lets you chat with an interior designer about furniture and get other interior design help.

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socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2012

Actually, no thanks to Santa Monica-based Mobile Roadie. Mobile Roadie, headed by Michael Schneider , develops tools that make easy for non-programmers to create their own mobile apps. We sat down with Michael to hear more about his company. Describe what Mobile Roadie does? How did this all come about?

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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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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 3, 2020

NASA and a clutch of startup and established companies are moving forward with plans to transform mobility in urban environments through the Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge. It is designed to allow U.S. There are preliminary technological tests that will take place this year. “We AirMap, Inc., of Santa Monica, California.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Every year, a personal Upfront Summit highlight is getting to sit down with experts in a field I care about. I encourage you to watch the entire 30 minute video (below or here ) both for insights into Quibi and understanding how a leader like Meg thinks about innovation, but I’ll also pull out a few highlights.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 26, 2017

The company, along with its partners at PreistmanGoode also released the design for its passenger Hyperloop capsule at the London Design Festival. Former SpaceX rocket designer Brogan BamBrogan was one of the initial cofounders of Hyperloop One. Hardt Global Mobility.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

When Ethan was considering leaving Google we talked about it. What do we like about OpenTable? And in a world where we increasingly log in to personal web time at late hours or on our mobile phones that’s no longer good enough. I think it’s a beautifully designed site and product. So there you have it.

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socalTECH

MARCH 15, 2013

Forsblom is now in Los Angeles and San Diego, and reinventing himself with a mobile application company called TenFarms (www.tenfarms.com). We sat down with Forsblom to learn more about what he learned from his experience in Finland, and what he's hoping to do here. Nils Forsblom: TenFarms is a mobile app developer.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2012

What does the world have in store for the mobile games market, and how do mobile games developers look at the world? Tell us about Mobile Deluxe and the types of games you develop? Josh Hartwell: We do premium casual games for mobile devices. Talk about how you went from JAMDAT to Mobile Deluxe?

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 16, 2019

” Kindbody operates a fleet of vans — mobile clinics, rather — where women receive a free blood test for the anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), which helps assess their ovarian egg reserve but cannot conclusively determine a woman’s fertility. “We are women designing for women.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

It's a huge development task to develop your own mobile application, connect into Facebook, and create an online ordering system--unless you use the software from ChowNow (www.chownow.com), one of the newest startups to get funding here in Los Angeles. What is ChowNow all about? One is the mobile app.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 30, 2022

Genies is partnering with a handpicked group of creators to design the first set of collections available on the platform, Nigam said. Because each item is an NFT, the original creator gets a cut of the revenue each time that item is resold and owns the intellectual property behind the design , he added. Image Credits: Genies.

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Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Climbing the ranks for our Los Angeles, CA region, Mobile Therapy was one of two semifinal winners. If they come out on top, Mobile Therapy can expect prizes and support from Tech Wildcatters, 500Startups, Consumer Electronics Association, Crowdfunder, Techstars, American Airlines, and more! Habra: Practice, practice, practice.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

There's a big shift happening in online dating, away from websites and profiles, and towards mobile applications. Sean Suhl: In mobile, there are currently two kinds of dating apps. Sean Suhl: We were excited to create a mobile dating experience that hit on three key elements. Suhl's startup--backed by Science Inc.,

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Mobile eHarmony Artificial Inteligence Sites 189

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. Don’t assume that early input is adequate.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Mobile Camp LA will be held on Thursday, October 18th, through a collaborative effort organized by User Groups in the Los Angeles Area including LA-UX, iPhone LA, OC Hackerz, Future Salon Network, Android dev LA and many more. There are about 300 people registered for this event! The post Mobile Camp Los Angeles | Mobilizing L.A.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 26, 2020

In Canada, INKSmith , a startup that was making design and tech tools accessible for kids, has now moved to making face shields and is hiring up to 100 new employees to meet demand. “I “We have about 20 people working on this pretty much as much as they can,” said Markforged chief executive, Gregory Mark.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Mobile devices like the iPhone and iPad have completely revolutionized how consumers interact with the online world in the past few years. One of the first companies to see the potential for a mobile application specifically targeted at the enterprise was Roambi (www.roambi.com), which is based in Solana Beach.

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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. Make user-centered design processes iterative.

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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. We will talk about this next.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2015

In the mobile age, what is the key to connecting and engaging with users, and where does Hollywood''s creative content fit into the mix? According to LA mobile game maker Seriously (www.seriously.com), mobile games are the best way to engage with the mobile generation. We''ve got a situation in the U.S.,

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2015

In the last few years, Southern California has been a key market in launching mobile applications and services, due to a huge, mobile-savvy consumer population. Bart Molenda: Close5 is a mobile based app that makes it very simple to buy and sell, in particular in your area. However, classifies have not yet caught up with mobile.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2015

One of the best ways for increase in business development is to create a more responsive web design. A great website design simply reflects well on your business and the quality of your service. There are many aspects that go into a responsive web design that meets your client’s’ needs. Using a Responsive Sizing Design.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 27, 2020

The company’s entertainment is designed to be interactive with live-streaming, geo-location, live chat, polling, choice-based narratives, 360 viewing, augmented reality, and click through e-commerce, the company said.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2016

As much of the world has shifted to mobile, smartphones are an important way to reach consumers. However, this year many brands still won’t deliver a full mobile experience, which is to say that, in 2016, many retailers still won’t have apps. The report notes that in general, the companies that prioritize mobile had modest budgets.

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Mobile Sites Customer Custom 40

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2013

WTF is she going on about? Remember, it’s about Lines, Not Dots. Didn’t I make myself clear about celebrities & startups ? Showing me designs. She speaks about ethical sourcing of eco-friendly products. But passionate about building businesses. I didn’t ask her for a deck.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The Los Angeles-based mobile game development studio Scopely has become America’s newest unicorn thanks to a $200 million financing which values the company at a whopping $1.4 “Our technology platform is about optimizing free digital experiences for the largest amount of players possible,” Driver says.

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socalTECH

MAY 1, 2013

From the annual search statistics from Google and Bing , it''s clearly information about celebrities. The service says it has more than 30,000 profiles of famous people, with quick facts about them. The design just went live in the last couple of weeks.

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Web Design Santa Monica Statistics Web 182

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2021

As well as phone support, customers expect you to accept mobile messaging, and provide quick responses via social media and multiple Internet websites. Products must be designed for easy support. Designing for support is now as important as designing for low cost, ease of use, and quality.

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Customer Custom Social Media Design 171

socalTECH

APRIL 6, 2015

How do you combine the world of online and mobile apps with the world of community and political decisions and discourse? Every day around us, other people are talking about things that affect us, depending on who we are and where we live, and what our interests are. What is AllSay? How did you end up starting AllSay?

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2012

For those companies looking to venture into the mobile space, there are multiple platforms in market to help accomplish the move. Appcelerator’s Titanium is the only mobile cloud platform to enable fully native-cross platform, mobile app, hybrid and HTML5 web development, from a single codebase.

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Platform Mobile Develop Development 78

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Can a mobile app make creating and designing your space as easy as posting a selfie on Snapchat or Instagram? We send you back a photo with whatever kind of design you have chosen, which we call a �filter�, rendered in your space, and you can buy items from there. How does that work, and what's the purchase part about?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2013

Microsoft throwing money at me to build a mobile app. Skeuomorphic design. FLAT design. But think about it … What made Instagram, Instagram with a B? But ask yourself the harder questions of “why” and test remedies rather than just quickly trying the latest thing you’ve heard about.

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Course Resource Social Media Design 368

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. After about a year of research, the company launched with an initial investment of $1.2 So we’re excited to be building this company in LA.”

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Los Angeles Angel Artificial Inteligence CalTech 207

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Our mobile phones are capable of doing almost anything these days. One guy was a designer, two guys were Ruby engineers, and I included – not an engineer. Over the last two months, the other three that were helping me build Porter, got even more passionate about working full-time. What about the good times? ML: I do.

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Technical Review Mobile Startup Los Angeles 87