Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

Andrew was SVP of Mobile at Fox Digital Entertainment which launched the very successful Simpsons online game (curse you for wasting tons of my kids free time!) It is what Seriously was designed to do. Andrew & Petri posed a question to me, “If Walt Disney were starting his company today, what kind of company would he build?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Mobile Computing. From tablets to smart phones to the Apple watch, people are increasingly relying on their mobile devices to assist them in managing their lives. Platform as a Service (PaaS). Everyday devices, like Internet soda vending , have an embedded computer allowing full remote reporting and control. Gamification.

Technology 86

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socalTECH

JULY 31, 2013

In the world of mobile app and Internet startups, it''s not that often that you see companies who touch the hardware side of the world get funding nowadays. Kevin Hell: We''re going all the way down to the chip design and production, which is coming out of Asia. We have Renaissance making our chips. Ghz range, in a very unique way.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Nelson Paez : For the past four years, Dreamhammer has been developing a software product called BALLISTA, which is what we refer to as a drone operating system. On top of that, we are making our platform available for third party application developers, similar to the way developers can create software for the iPhone or Google Android.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2015

Mobile Computing. From tablets to smart phones to the Apple watch, people are increasingly relying on their mobile devices to assist them in managing their lives. Platform as a Service (PaaS). Everyday devices, like Internet soda vending , have an embedded computer allowing full remote reporting and control. Gamification.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

has unveiled a new smartphone app designed to help people find, hire and manage in-home care for seniors. It also gives families access to a marketplace of hundreds of experienced caregivers in Southern California, with access to high-definition (HD) video profiles, rigorous background checks, social references and reviews.

Software Review 77

Software Review Technical Review Southern California Summary 77

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Mobile Computing. From tablets to smart phones to the Apple watch, people are increasingly relying on their mobile devices to assist them in managing their lives. Platform as a Service (PaaS). Everyday devices, like Internet soda vending , have an embedded computer allowing full remote reporting and control. Gamification.

Cloud Computing 61

Cloud Computing Startup Social Media Networking 61

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

Mobile Computing. From tablets to smart phones to Google Glass , people are increasingly relying on their mobile devices to assist them in managing their lives. Platform as a Service (PaaS). Everyday devices, like Internet soda vending , have an embedded computer allowing full remote reporting and control. Gamification.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Bedloo is a social media voting platform for those who want to find the right answer in life. We are power users and we are constantly trying to redefine platforms we are frustrated with. That is how Todd and I met, from all the talk of using platforms that frustrates us. Since Bedloo is a social media voting platform.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Ophir references a study that listed a striking statistic: 54% of all ads being shown aren’t actually being seen. LA is home-base for their design, publisher development, engineering, finance, and marketing teams. Let’s talk mobile. So where does Ophir see GumGum as web browsing moves towards mobile?

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Technical Review Advertising Google Screening 76

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Speakers include Scott Hunger, a principal program Manager and Lead on the Azure Application and Platform Team; Richard Campbell, cofounder of Strangeloop Networks, Jeffrey Palermo, CIO of Headspring Systems and many more! In addition, world renowned speakers are invited to discuss the latest trends in technology.

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Training Technical Review Technology Software Review 65

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 14, 2014

Matt Weghorst: Cojoin is a data integration platform. We find that there’s all this really specialized software, software as a service, certain platforms, and different places you can do marketing; all of those have their own sets of data. Is it only a web-platform or will there be a mobile-version?

Startup 85

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 8, 2014

With this in mind, we figured it would be a great opportunity to get a direct look from someone who’s been immersed in the field, and spoke to Chance Barnett, CEO of LA-local investment platform, Crowdfunder. In order to encompass both, they need to build a large platform. ” Platform Focused. CrowdFundX.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

Webtide is designed to be a company which is the expert on using Jetty in companies. We've even seen people running Jetty duringly on a Windows Mobile phone. There's on-demand platforms for accounting, customer relationships, and things like that, and the options in each of those categories have let us have low monthly costs.

IBM 100

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 12, 2016

(Part I, Team) Tact was founded by Chuck Ganapathi , who was formerly the SVP of Products at Salesforce.com having led initiatives like their chat product, CRM and mobile. For six years before that he was at Siebel who was the market leader in CRM before Salesforce, and he has both a masters in product design from Stanford and an MBA.

Software 105

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

For example, if you’re looking to approach Kleiner Perkins it’s worth knowing that my friend Matt Murphy runs their iFund and therefore is the in-house expert on all things mobile. He knows the history of all of the payment gateways, mobile payment platforms, credit offerings, remittance companies, etc.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

They became both a thought leader in the space as well as a beautifully designed product. Do you have an application that helps mobile developers build HTML5 apps? First, you’ll need a platform. It’s much easier to build an audience in social blogging platforms the way you do in Twitter or Facebook.

Blogging 373

Blogging Startup Writing Venture Capital 373

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Video will be inextricably linked to the future of the Internet and consumption between PCs, mobile devices and TVs will merge. That said, Apple will remain a closed system designed to drive media consumption through a closed iTunes system and a take a toll for media distribution. The device itself will have no storage.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

https://medium.com/media/cc969482e7abf6b75d3c0958c8ee409d/href I moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and as a VC who had built his career as a programmer, database designer, program manager, CEO then VP Products at Salesforce, I wanted to build a portfolio of software investments. Wasn’t Jonah worried about “platform risks?”

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