Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Software products and apps can be quickly wire-framed with free tools such as MockFlow , or even Microsoft Powerpoint to lay out the key screens. In reality, the process of designing, building, and validating a prototype does dramatically reduce the risk, and allows everyone to hone in on the real costs of going into production.

Outsource Development 124

Outsource Development Ideas Tool Outsource 124

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

The power of large screen real estate. I have talked with people in the industry who tell me that mobile movie sites convert ticket sales much higher than desktop websites. BUT … I’ve talked to a number of eCommerce sites that also report much higher conversion rates than standard web. The power of a keyboard.

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Web Mobile Startup Software Review 334

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Erik Caso: I've been designing software for 16 years, and am attracted to difficult problems. I use my desktop when I need the screen real estate or processing power. I would be working on my iMac, and head out to a customer site, but I'd forget to sync things or put those files in Dropbox. What's your background?

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Screening Resource Services Mobile 230

Tech.Co

MARCH 9, 2020

Designate a Work Area . With features designed for checking in and collaborating with teammates, plus capturing good performance and potential performance risks, your employees that are working from home won't feel left out at all. Take a long breakfast, or maybe even go for a walk to get a healthy break from your screen.

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Tips Software Review Study Email 160

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Most of these investors are members of Angel groups that have a rigorous filtering and screening process, to select the top 3% and most fundable proposals. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial Angel screening. Get your Internet domain name and website.

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Angel Screening Summary Startup 104

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 24, 2013

Sleek in design, the HTC One features front-facing speakers. inch full HD (1080p) screen and HTC Sense innovations. HTC BlinkFeed provides customized content and real-time updates streamed live on your home screen. Lynn Walford of Wireless and Mobile News shows it off for us here. Why haven’t we seen more of this??

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Screening Social Media Guide Hollywood 106

socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2014

In the world of many online television, movie, and video sites, scores of music streaming services, and other entertainment content, it''s often a difficult task to find what you really want to watch, listen to, or read. But, by the time you go to all of those sites, you have dozens of tabs open. It''s a very fractured process.

Entertainment 206

Entertainment Startup Southern California Netflix 206

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2012

They’ve even given you the option of recording in two modes, the standard which is great for fast transfer times and another, higher quality that compares to DVD, allowing you and your loved ones to experience precious moments on your big screen. The recipient has no need to create an account or log-in.

Screening 81

Screening Content Startup Email 81

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The Gust Deal Funnel from the last 12 months indicates is that 70% of the interested companies never make it past the initial screening process. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial angel screening. are eliminated during due diligence.

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Invest Angel Technical Review Summary 99

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

It wouldn't be a twenty two minute television show, where you'd site down at some time to watch. The mythology of StoryBots, is that they are these little creature who live behind our screens. They are designed so that parents will love them too. StoryBots is our take on what Sesame Street would be if it were created today.

Content 224

Content Startup Screening Education 224

socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2012

Santa Monica-based Fundable (www.fundable.com) is a newly launched, crowdfunding site which is headed by local entrepreneur Wil Shroter. Recently, an interesting project popped up on the site--a a 2D to 3D conversion project , from the inventor of the original, LCD projector, Gene Dolgoff. There also automatic converters.

Startup 252

Startup Sites Patents Outsource Development 252

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2015

Software products and apps can be quickly wireframed with free tools such as MockFlow , or even Microsoft Powerpoint to lay out the key screens. In reality, the process of designing, building, and validating a prototype does dramatically reduce the risk, and allows everyone to hone in on the real costs of going into production.

Ideas 107

Ideas Outsource Development Startup Tool 107

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

SXSWi has listed the following information on their site: If you or someone you know is doing amazing work with technology to help their community, nominate them for a chance to win a scholarship to attend SXSW Interactive. Merging of 2nd Screen & TV Everywhere Experiences. Design and Development. Design and Development.

Entertainment 73

Entertainment Startup eBook Outsource Development 73

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2013

During this year’s 2013 US Open patrons will be able to request a ride via Uber to and from the tournament sites at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. US Open fans who catch a ride through the Callaway and Uber #MyCallawayDriver partnership will receive a limited edition collector’s coin designed by Callaway Golf.

Software Review 104

Software Review Technical Review Social Media Course 104

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The AngelSoft Deal Funnel from the last 12 months indicates is that 70% of the interested companies never make it past the initial screening process. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial angel screening. are eliminated during due diligence.

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Angel Funding Technical Review Startup 89

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2014

Software products and apps can be quickly wireframed with free tools like MockFlow , or even Microsoft Powerpoint to lay out the key screens. In reality, the process of designing, building, and validating a prototype does dramatically reduce the risk, and allows everyone to hone in on the real costs of going into production.

Outsource Development 105

Outsource Development Startup Ideas Tool 105

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

The design, albeit not intuitive at first, was beautiful and in weird ways very graceful. And they are trying to bake in user adoption into the design of the product. I wrote some answers and then quickly noticed alerts flashing gracefully across the top of the screen. So in a way it has built in game mechanics. New followers.

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Blogging SEO Startup Writing 301

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Software products and apps can be quickly wire-framed with free tools such as MockFlow , or even Microsoft Powerpoint to lay out the key screens. In reality, the process of designing, building, and validating a prototype does dramatically reduce the risk, and allows everyone to hone in on the real costs of going into production.

Ideas 53

Ideas Outsource Development Tool Outsource 53

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

In addition to Seth, the core team he pulled together consisted of Elaine, a product person with front-end engineering skills and sharp design sense, and Sandy a back-end server engineer. Unlike those IM clients with a small (ineffective) footprint, Meebo experience is a website and a full page screen. For Meebo 1.3%

Startup 286

Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. Additionally, the site allows lawyers to market their legal services by sharing expert advice and engaging in discussion. The Spotlight is shining down these amazing LA companies!

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

It wouldn't be a twenty two minute television show, where you'd site down at some time to watch. The mythology of StoryBots, is that they are these little creature who live behind our screens. They are designed so that parents will love them too. StoryBots is our take on what Sesame Street would be if it were created today.

Content 138

Content Startup Screening Education 138

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 25, 2015

As larger, more established rich media providers have struggled to retool for the new mobile media universe, the Jetpack platform was built entirely in Java and HTML5, giving publishers and advertisers the ability to design unique units once and serve them seamlessly across all screens.

Advertising 40

Advertising Media Mobile Buzznet 40

socalTECH

JULY 22, 2016

Rufus Labs is one of a number of hardware startups which have started to proliferate in the community, due to low cost hardware, 3D printing, and crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo. However, that's really a device from the 1800's with a screen, and that didn't seem like the way to go. That's how we got our start.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review CTO Hire 100

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

But the request this time was different: could we urgently help make realistic screen displays for a big Hollywood science fiction movie that was just about to start shooting? But I think having good science content—like, say, good set design—can help elevate a good movie to greatness. We’ve got alien “handwriting”; what does it mean?

Hollywood 81

Hollywood Startup Screening Writing 81

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

RocksBox , a new discovery and sales channel for designer fashion jewelry. Forget the second screen, play and interact with video content today. Rose had no technical skills but learned to code enough to create her own WordPress site and started to test her concept long before she found her CTO and a more refined site was built.

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Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. Crowd Seats is the only Group Buying/Daily Deals site for sports fans. has created a simple to use, online application for your business to create a mobile site and secure its mobile presence.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Cricket Wireless had us design, develop, and operate that platform, which was one of the first subscription music services built into your home. If you don't have a digital interface with your logo on the screen, how do you know if you're listening to Spotify, or Apple,or Pandora, orAmazon?

Startup 113

Startup Artificial Inteligence Content Platform 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Cricket Wireless had us design, develop, and operate that platform, which was one of the first subscription music services built into your home. If you don't have a digital interface with your logo on the screen, how do you know if you're listening to Spotify, or Apple,or Pandora, orAmazon?

Startup 100

Startup Content Platform Artificial Inteligence 100

socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2012

Rob Kramer, the firm's CEO, tells us about the inspiration behind the site, as well as its recent launch of what it calls a cross between Craiglist and Pinterest. There's a screen that we throw a product at you, an image of that product, which lets you "hip it" -- similar to a favorite or like -- or "skip it".

Mobile 157

Mobile Los Angeles Web Southern California 157

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry. It’s a gallery of great entrepreneurship. It’s a toast to those who build and innovate.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2014

In a world with a rash of startup incubators and accelerators, super angels, crowdfunding sites, and more, what''s the relevance of organized angel investments groups? We now have two person teams reaching out to applicant companies, after we do an early screening, weeding out those companies with no change of getting funding from our group.

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Pasadena Angels Pasadena Angel Startup 162

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

They understand that this user type will freely grant Facebook access to share their online activity, whether it is reading the news, listening to a song, or visiting some random site that really has no business engaging with your “friends”. How does Facebook know this? Think about it. But, OpenGraph is an amazing feature of the Internet.

News 104

News Hulu Commerce Sites 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2011

One of the hot new approaches I have seen around the country for assisting startups looking for funding has been “crowd-sourcing” sites ( Kickstarter ) or “crowd-pitching” events ( Funding Universe ). When pitching to consumers, online or offline, the feedback will likely be on features and design.

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Funding Startup Social Media Sample 92

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

They would search through Craigslist and other jobs sites for a film crew and the process of finding people manually was quite cumbersome. We got a very design-centric online portfolio for people to showcase their work like scripts, images, resume, and other things like that. NG: Product design. What were your greatest times?

Content 81

Content Entertainment Startup Los Angeles 81

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2015

This platform takes our web-based technology from the computer screen to the concert experience, as L.E.D. “Having utilized fabrication mixed with lighting design for major brands throughout my career, I can definitely say that this installation is by far the most advanced,” commented GMUNK, Interactive Director for Tool.

Santa Monica 40

Santa Monica Truecar Technology Entertainment 40

socalTECH

JANUARY 13, 2012

How we do that it is we've integrated a breadth of different technologies, and also designed and architected one software platform to manage all of that. If you're familiar with the design firm Ideo, they actually deferred their costs to help us launch our company. That's how I got involved in the health site.

Software Review 140

Software Review Cloud Computing Startup Technical Review 140

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 20, 2015

Google was not descriptive of the company’s initial core competency (search) nor was it particularly easy to pronounce or spell when the site was first launched. Cisco” is descriptive of nothing, offering no hint as to the company’s initial router design and development proficiency. Expertcity was a great name for that business.

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