socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Director of Research & Analytics , Santa Monica, Adconion Media Group. Web Application Developer , Irvine, GrowMetrix. Web Developer , Calabasas, lynda.com, Inc. Web UX Designer , Carpinteria, lynda.com, inc. Senior Web Developer Software Engineer , Santa Monica, Cars.com.

Southern California 145

Southern California PHP Oversee.net Santa Monica 145

Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2023

RingCentral Startup tool: Web conferencing app Price from: $11.99 If you manage remote or hybrid teams, RingCentral provides the best web conferencing software we've reviewed. Not only does it boast a sleek ergonomic design, but it also X every single feature you'd expect from a top-tier internet phone system. From its 4.3-inch

Tool 128

Tool Startup Software Review Technical Review 128

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 24, 2010

So you have an amazing idea and the back end of your site works flawlessly, but no one wants to use it because it looks like a 5 year old did your site design. For a lot of sites the design can make or break a the success of the website. We all know that most programmers are not the best designers. Elegant.ly Elegant.ly

Design 58

Design Startup Sites Web Development 58

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Yet I am amazed to see from recent data that nearly 36 percent of small businesses today still have no web presence at all. There are many practical reasons for going to work early on your web site. Two months later they still didn’t have a web site, and didn’t have a customer. Viral marketing needs a website.

Web 76

Web Startup Sites Design 76

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

Yet I am amazed to see from a recent survey that nearly half of small businesses today still have no web presence at all. There are many practical reasons for going to work early on your web site. Two months later they still didn’t have a web site, and didn’t have a customer. Viral marketing needs a website.

Web 62

Web Startup Sites Design 62

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2014

Are you a content creator for the web? Juan Bruce: My background is in design engineering. I spent a lot of time in Silicon Valley, working for BMW''s technology office, and design firm Ideo. Most recently, we created a web series. That was my first, deep dive into entertainment.

Downey 215

Downey Content Help Startup 215

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2013

In fact, you need to have at least a prototype web site published several weeks before you expect anyone to find yours, since it takes that amount of time for the web search engine “spiders” to find you and index your content. There are many practical reasons for going to work early on your web site.

Web 99

Web Startup Sites Design 99

socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2010

How do you take a business you started as your own personal web site, and turn it into an online powerhouse, completely bootstrapped, from the little town of Ojai, California--not exactly known as a technology town? Bruce and I met at the Art Center, and that was when I first discovered the web. In our first year in businss, we had $1.7

Startup 242

Startup Web Design Writing Web 242

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

The 200-400 invited guests will range from some of the web most influential Journalists, Bloggers, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram users, founders, VCs, CEOs, captains of industry, early adopters, PR execs and more. Speakers: Kate Drane – Design Tech & Hardware Lead at Indiegogo.

Santa Monica 101

Santa Monica Entertainment Design Research 101

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Should you be buying key words from search engines, building fabulous web content, blasting out e-mail campaigns, or putting all your efforts into viral videos or social media? Research the top digital channels for your business today. Content that works should be relentlessly repurposed, from web site to social media, events, etc.

Marketing 96

Marketing Metrics Social Media Content 96

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

These days, if your startup does not have an Internet web site up and running, you are not ready for business or potential investors. There are many practical reasons for going to work early on your web site. Two months later they still didn’t have a web site, and didn’t have a customer. These are the competitors you can beat!

Customer 90

Customer Custom Web Startup 90

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

Open to potential career pivoters and professionals of all levels, the panel consisted of the following panelists, whom entered their positions from backgrounds ranging from business to engineering to design. Jay Stakelon , VP Product Design, Fullscreen. Web analytics, pretty clear. Steve Belin , Product Manager , Fandango.

Product 87

Product Fandango Design Startup 87

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

The earliest mega-scale web services (e.g., Software Agility – Clouds are designed for frequent moves, adds and changes that can be implemented by a large number of users - requirements that only software-based solutions are agile enough to accommodate.

IBM 100

IBM IBM Networking Software 100

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

The firm notably has Atari founder Nolan Bushnell as an advisor and serving as its chief game designer. So I actually started a graphic design company out of college, and got lucky with the web taking off at the right time. So Nolan is behind the design of the games? My other, non-marketable skill included philosophy.

Study 252

Study Startup Design Tips 252

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2011

They first started in 1994 and are therefore almost as old as the Web itself. Check out this chart from eye-tracking research conducted by the usability guru Jakob Nielsen published in this piece. I’m sure it probably resonants with how most of you read the web. And market research seems to confirm this. Banner Ads.

Advertising 352

Advertising Media Social Media Screening 352

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Steve Gilison worked as a market researcher and product manager at a startup where my company, TechEmpower , did the software / web development. I have about 11 years in the technology sector including roles doing market research, sales and product development. Most people think they can do product design. I can see that.

Los Angeles 179

Los Angeles Product Angel Startup 179

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 7, 2012

Rarely do we come upon a website or web applcaitions that truly sifts through all the junk and curates the most influential and authoritative source to give to useful and value content…not spam. The team behind Champagne, Illinois startup and newly relaunched PickDeck is a solid core of engineers, researchers, and designers with PhDs.

Content 79

Content Startup Web Research 79

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

But the more accurate pollsters may have succeeded by making judgment calls on the design of their polls, rather than by relying on the power of technology. This is a traditional method that proved so unreliable for venerable opinion research firm Gallup that it decided not to conduct polls for the 2016 presidential race.

Technology 91

Technology News USC Social Media 91

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2013

Andy Wilson: Innovate Pasadena is a grassroots effort to engage a cross section of the innovation, design, and entrepreneurship community in this part of Los Angeles, here in Greater Pasadena. Compared to the Westside, we''re more in the research domain. There have been billions of research dollars spend here.

Pasadena 242

Pasadena Santa Monica CalTech Technical Review 242

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2011

Yet recent research indicates that almost half of small business websites are still missing these basics, and thus are essentially dead to the search world. Web sites that haven’t been updated in the last couple of years can’t possibly be alive. Contact related web sites that are well known, to request reciprocal links.

Google 93

Google SEO Search Engine Optimization SEM 93

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 16, 2015

Let me explain; To be truly good as a user experience expert you need to understand how to do design, how to code your own designs and if you can, have a basic understanding of how to program. These guesses are based on experience, user testing, research, personas and knowledge of the industry. Why So Many Skills?

Google 40

Google Design Software Review Education 40

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 9, 2015

ZehnerGroup designs and builds custom websites that scale. Our unique entrepreneurial spirit lends itself perfectly to launching the next great web startup or is generating that fresh spark to create a competitive advantage for a large corporation. Consider us the passionate, experienced, tech-savvy friend you’ve been waiting for.

Culver City 40

Culver City Media Web Design 40

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 20, 2012

Reiss started with service design in the 1980s and thinks a lot of the things done then are the same things that people are doing now. It’s a whole bunch of different things including service design…that are all part of the UX.” ” Some call it service design or experience design or product design.

Social Media 101

Social Media Design Los Angeles Media 101

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Back in April 2014, researchers released a warning that sent ripples throughout both the business world and the internet community. These two protocols are used to help encrypt the internet, web communications like email, and a variety of internet traffic. Part of the strength of nogotofail is its versatility.

Tool 85

Tool Networking Google Web 85

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

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. It’s nice to finally not be in stealth mode!

CTO Coach 359

CTO Coach Google CTO Hire Yammer 359

socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2014

If you look at what Pinterest does for anything design related, it''s not just fashion, it''s not just design, it''s not just DIY, it''s everything. But, in the beginning, in a law firm you''re doing mostly nitty gritty reading and research. They want a place to organize everything, something like a closed system like Pinterest.

Entertainment 206

Entertainment Startup Southern California Netflix 206

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Hank: Seco Sys has developed a range of web services that are dedicated to managing all types of water. Our “everything water” web service, called the HydraCommunity, is designed to allow collaboration between water agencies, water customers, water use equipment, and other water related services.

Startup 105

Startup Technical Review Patents Services 105

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Hank: Seco Sys has developed a range of web services that are dedicated to managing all types of water. Our “everything water” web service, called the HydraCommunity, is designed to allow collaboration between water agencies, water customers, water use equipment, and other water related services.

Startup 119

Startup Technical Review Patents Services 119

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 23, 2012

Moskovitz said,”We plan to use the capital primarily to grow our team: hiring the world’s best designers, engineers, and other contributors is by far the most important thing we do”. Asana is proud to have him on their board to join Andreessen-Horowitz, and Mitch Kapor and other existing investors and invaluable advisors.

Funding 63

Funding Email Web Development Report 63

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

In today’s world, if you don’t have a web site up and running, you will not be perceived as a real company. Investors routinely go to candidate web sites to get a feel for the tone and scope of the company, as well as its maturity and offerings. Get your Internet domain name and website. Build a prototype product.

Angel 104

Angel Screening Summary Startup 104

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

IPPLEX researches and develops pioneering cross-platform applications and services focused on interactive communication – between people and the information, contacts and places they need to access through their mobile phone, PC, and other devices. We have helped many other startups through our carefully designed investment model.

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

The specific experience of the consumer is a video instruction guide, which is either on a manufacturer's web site, a retailer's website, or on a smart phone. Plus, there's lots of overhead to get the technical expertise, facilities around product of video, and to deliver those videos over the web.

Guide 113

Guide Training Platform Product 113

Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

Founded in 2013, digitalundivided leads high potential Black and Latino women founders through the startup pipeline with a focus on knowledge, research and community. They also align with companies such as Amazon web services, IBM, and many others. Watch our video series at SXSW 2018 with The Case Foundation. iFundWomen (New York, NY).

Startup 140

Startup Technical Review Competition Software Review 140

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Phishing emails are designed to impersonate companies or executives to trick users into turning over sensitive information, typically usernames and passwords, so that scammers can log into online services and steal money or data. It was the one of the best phishing emails we’ve seen… that wasn’t.

Email 119

Email Sites Outsource Resource 119

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 16, 2013

The BILA team takes pride in conducting extensive research to prepopulate the directory with company information, with the goal that eventually companies will come and claim their profile and fill in the blanks with the latest up to date info. “There have been some great companies that have been developed out of L.A. To me Built In L.A.

Startup 105

Startup Mentor Entrepreneur Platform 105

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2012

The team needed would consist of at least 1 non-technical business person (me) and 2 or more technical people—designer and developer. I was only able to create a team with non-technical business people and a designer. Business Development (BD) worked on a business plan, market research and customer validation.

Startup 99

Startup Technical Advisors Ideas USC 99

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

In today’s world, if you don’t have a web site up and running, you will not be perceived as a real company. Investors routinely go to candidate web sites to get a feel for the tone and scope of the company, as well as its maturity and offerings. Get your Internet domain name and website. Build a prototype product.

Invest 99

Invest Angel Technical Review Summary 99