InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 10, 2012

The lessons learned by Divshot confirm that obtaining, and more importantly maintaining, visibility on the front page of a major social news site results from the congruence of three factors: audience, timing and engagement. No matter how you end up on the front page of a major news site, getting there is just the first step.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 19, 2010

I’m seeing and hearing that it’s becoming tough finding good developers again, at least here in Los Angeles. On Friday, at the LA CTO Forum , I heard from a couple of CTOs having trouble finding good developers. My company, TechEmpower , recently added a few top notch developers, but it wasn’t easy to find just the right people.

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socalTECH

JUNE 24, 2010

For our Insights and Opinions section today, we have a contribution from Jason Nazar, co-founder and CEO of Santa Monica-based Docstoc , an online site for sharing and finding professional documents. I often get asked for advice on Business Development. Read the rest of Jason's 10 Tips for Better Business Development.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 30, 2020

Email readers, continue here…] So, how do you regain that enthusiasm for what is best for you and for the company? Don’t let interruptions from emails, phone calls and people at the door interfere with this focused effort. Then spend the rest of the day developing strategies and tactics to get you there.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Los Angeles-based FreedomSpeaks.com an online web site focused on political social networking, said Tuesday that it has launched a new application programming interface (API) targeted at helping developers tap into information about publicly elected officials. READ MORE>>

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Santa Monica-based customer relationship management (CRM) software developer Nimble is looking to bolster its customer base in the nonprofit sector, saying that it has started to offer a 30 percent discount on its service to nonprofits, for life.

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Tech.Co

JULY 13, 2023

Verifying Get the latest tech news, straight to your inbox Don't miss out on the top business tech news with Tech.co's weekly highlights reel Please fill in your name Please fill in your email Please verify before subscribing. The one-page site includes very little information other than a list of current team members, all of whom are male.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2011

BeautyMint , the online commerce-and-celebrity site that was announced by BeachMint and celebrity Jessica Simpson, is getting set to launch Monday, according to emails to potential users of the site. BeachMint announced the site September 8th. The company is venture backed by Scale Venture Partners and Lightbank.

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socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2010

Los Angeles-based Break Media , the online operator of a network of sites focused on men, announced Friday morning that it has launched a new division focused on CPA, performance marketing. Break Media said that Apogee Media Network will focus on customer acquisition, email marketing, and social media for advertisers, on a CPA-basis.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Email readers, continue here.] A wise board and management would take their own hint and strengthen that core, whether it is your development team, your geographic dominance or other trait. You can list companies you know, have contacts within, or that fit your industry segment. Think of those who might need what you have to offer.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Los Angeles-based Nimble , the developer of cloud-based, customer relationship management (CRM) and contact management tools, has hired a new VP of Engineering, the company said today. Nimble's online tool helps users track their personal contacts and interactions across email, real life, and social sites. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2010

Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace has acquired Threadbox , a developer of email messaging software, according to Threadbox. Tags: myspace threadbox email software messaging merger acquisition. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Rumors of the acquisition had first been reported in July.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The company provides and manages 1,000 electric vehicle charging sites through its EV Connect network. As part of the round, Mitsui and EV Connect have agreed to develop new business models around EV charging infrastructure. EV Connect has a two-tiered approach. ” .

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Los Angeles-based KnotPic , a new online web site, said today that it has launched a new service to allow users to share their wedding photo albums. The site--developed by Maximilian & Co.--said The site did not say if there are any size limits on its new service. KnotPic lists the cost of the new service at $29.00

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 9, 2013

I also expanded the syndication of my articles to mainstream sites, such as TechCrunch, Inc. Exposure on these sites more than doubled my readership from 2011. Unfortuately, link-bait titles generate a disproporionate number of views on mainstream sites in which readers decide which articles to explore based solely on their titles.

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socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2015

Altadena-based Rexter , the developer of real time contact and relationship management software led by technology veteran Andy Wilson, has been named one of the fourteen companies in the upcoming Microsoft Digital Work Accelerator.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Flinja , the startup developing an online marketplace for freelance college students and alumni, has launched to the wider world, after graduating from the StartEngine startup accelerator in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2021

Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on paid search results (appear on the first page of search results, despite low SEO rank). For sites displaying the ads, this is called pay per click (PPC). Cost per action (CPA).

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 19, 2022

Today, when you start a brand, your first hire is probably someone to build out your Shopify site. Ghost is not alone in developing technology focused on inventory. to develop some sweet inventory-planning software. “That salesperson would have had relationships with all the different release valves for inventory.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

I've recently received several emails from people looking for a technical cofounder for their startup. Here's an example of that kind of email. Make sure you go through the 32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder. Do you have dollars to pay for development? Get to know the developers.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Craigslist and other listing sites leaves millions of buyers to find all kinds of goods and services. Like a virtual yard sale and a bulletin board combined, listing sites can connect everyone within a vicinity for a specific deal. Safety and trust are the primary concerns for buyers and sellers on listing sites.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2010

San Diego-based Confident Technologies , the new startup which is using image authentication technology originally developed by Vidoop, has rolled out its image-based CAPTCHA tools, the firm said this week. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

Santa Monica-based Nimble , the developer of cloud-based, customer contact management software headed by former Goldmine founder Jon Ferrara, said this week that it has been doubling its month over month revenue since launching its paid platform, and now has over 40,000 registered users. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2012

We were not making a gambling site, but using those to prove your knowledge, using fantasy currency to show your confidence in your picks. However, we wanted to the site to be completely free, and we don't take credit cards, and we're not a gambling site. How does the site work for a user? It's all completely fun.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Especially for their stage of development. The idea is that in a world in which companies need to deal with customer support requests from Twitter, Facebook, email, phone, IM, etc. Collaboration in business starts and ends with email. In business you spend your life in email. Because email works! Enter Xobni.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 9, 2012

Despite the snarky rumors that Google’s content development program was poorly managed at its outset (e.g., Before the creation of YouTube networks, a handful of leading YouTubers were generating over $100,000 in revenue per year, simply by running run-of-site YouTube ads. Share and Enjoy.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 6, 2013

Email readers, continue here.] So, how do you regain that enthusiasm for what is best for you and for the company? Don’t let interruptions from emails, phone calls and people at the door interfere with this focused effort. Then call a strategic planning session, off site, for you, your board, your advisors, and direct reports.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Patrick Starzan is the Vice President of Marketing and Business development at Funny or Die. Patrick is the man behind all the marketing aspects of what could be called one of the funniest sites on the web. How do you market the Funniest site on the internet? Funny Or Die doesn’t do any advertising.

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socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2011

For this morning's interview, we spoke with Scot Richardson , CEO of Los Angeles-based LaughStub (www.laughstub.com), which develops software which helps comedy clubs and others manage ticket sales, online marketing, and customer relationship management. We are launching a music vertical, which is very similar to our comedy site.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 6, 2020

I will repeat my appeal from last week: Maybe you’re a startup founder, a safety driver at an autonomous vehicle developer, a venture capitalist, engineer or gig economy worker. Please reach out and email me at kirsten.korosec@techcrunch.com to share thoughts, opinions or tips or send a direct message to @kirstenkorosec.

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Tech.Co

JULY 25, 2017

With content management systems like WordPress , getting a site up and running is no big deal. A contact form is one of the first interactive elements that most novice bloggers learn to use on their site. Nowadays, you’ll never run out of choices when it comes to contact form plugins that can easily be integrated into your site.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 5, 2020

With a community forum, along with its aims to offer easily accessible and readable annual reports (you can view reports for 2017, 2018 and 2019 on its site), Monzo champions transparency. This transparency has been at the forefront of Monzo since its inception, having reached out to its users to help test, develop and improve.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

San Diego-based Independa , a startup developing products to help senior citizens live independently longer via technology, said this week that it has received a second round of seed funding, and launched its products. Amount and source of the funding was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2011

Santa Monica-based Mahalo , the online human-curated news and search site headed by Jason Calacanis, has cut 10 percent of its staff, according to reports. Citing an email sent to Mahalo's "Guides", who develop content for Mahalo, the report said that, so far, the Google changes have led to a "significant dip" in traffic and revenues.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

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. And if it asks for their email address try to find it on their site or blog. Reach out to people you want to meet.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Sign up to Tech.co's weekly newsletter today Please fill in your name Please fill in your email Subscribe By signing up to receive our newsletter, you agree to our Privacy Policy. million site visits in October alone. Verifying Looking for regular tech news straight to your inbox? You can unsubscribe at any time. Gumroad homepage.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2009

Aliso Viejo-based Memeo , which develops consumer backup and synchronization software, announced Wednesday that it has launched a new product for transferring files between business partners and colleagues. per 2GB of data sent. per 2GB of data sent. Memo is venture backed by G51 Capital and Foundry Group. READ MORE>>.

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