socalTECH

AUGUST 15, 2014

Los Angeles-based Kixer (www.kixer.com) has figured out one way--which is to connect those mobile users with ads from app developers, who have the opposite problem of trying to boost their user base. Right now, half of Facebook''s revenues comes from app developers getting users to install their products. What is Kixer?

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Mobile Web Artificial Inteligence Technical Review 124

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

.” * I first wrote about the changes to the Venture Capital ecosystem 10 years ago and this still serves as a good primer of how we arrived at 2011, a decade on from the Web 1.0 And the truth is that several entrepreneurs prefer it this way. dot-com bonanza. Seed has become an option factory for many. Seksom Suriyapa ?—?he

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

While the market isn't short of spritely, innovative entrepreneurs, harsh economic headwinds combined with a pullback in investor spending have made it harder than ever for budding businesses to break through. Calendly Calendly is an online scheduling platform popular among business and personal users.

Startup 210

Startup Generative AI Newsletter Tool 210

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

First, I believe that Seesmic has an excellent product – especially the web version of their product and that having another senior and experienced exec like Loic Le Meur would be great for Twitter. The other thing that Salesforce is genius at is using these seminal events to market success stories of their developers.

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Acquisition Develop Development Conference 287

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. I never suggest that entrepreneurs just randomly pitch VCs. He knows the history of all of the payment gateways, mobile payment platforms, credit offerings, remittance companies, etc. Tell a friend! Neither can any VC.

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Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2021

As I have said many times, the cost of entry for an aspiring entrepreneur has never been lower, and the total wealth of opportunities has never been larger. Entrepreneurs have huge opportunities to deliver higher-performance materials at lower cost, like carbon fiber for steel. It’s a higher calling than one more social media platform.

Startup 162

Startup Resource Entrepreneur Social Media 162

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. I think there is also no denying the role that Richard Rosenblatt has played in building the LA tech ecosystem and spawning great entrepreneurs who followed in his footsteps. We see big data storage solutions and processing platforms.

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Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2019

However, in the technical arena--as a programmer, developer, or software engineer--it's hard to tell from a resume how good you really are. The startup has developed a system which uses information from online forums, source code sharing, technical communities, and the like to help find and rank technical talent.

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Sites Startup Tool CTO Hire 240

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Not only has he become the richest man in the world again, leapfrogging a certain Mr Musk, but it has also been revealed that Amazon has quietly acquired ecommerce platform Selz. In fact, ecommerce website builders and platforms have become seriously big business over the last few years. It's been a big week for Jeff Bezos.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 1, 2013

The platform allows investors to do their due diligence on their own time, network with other investors and execute deals with little overhead.” The platform carefully vets every company applicant and only presents less than 2% of opportunities to its investor base. ” Over 650 accredited investors and over 450 companies.

Software Review 69

Software Review Platform Equity Tool 69

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2020

Croquet is developing software for collaborative applications, which has applications in virtual worlds and augmented and virtual reality. The big win is, first of all, since it looks like a single computer to the developer, they just have to program their software as a single computer. David Smith: That's a very good question.

Platform 168

Platform Startup Examples Web 168

Xconomy

AUGUST 9, 2019

—Ezoic, a startup that developed software for web publishers that uses machine learning techniques to personalize layouts and ad placements for site visitors, raised $33 million to further develop its technology. Based in Carlsbad, in northern San Diego County, Ezoic launched its platform in 2011.

San Diego 93

San Diego Artificial Inteligence News Web 93

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud computing provider DreamHost (www.dreamhost.com) raised a big, $30M funding round for the company--the first in the company''s long history. Simon Anderson: DreamHost offers a web hosting, and now, cloud computing platform and storage.

Software Review 238

Software Review Cloud Computing Technical Review Platform 238

socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Despite the huge surge of content specifically being developed for the web--and for sites like YouTube--making that content profitable and sustainable continues to be an issue for content creators. Josef Holm: Tubestart is a crowdfunding platform for YouTube creators, web series creators, and for digital video in general.

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Content Platform Sites Web 231

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 8, 2019

Warren’s plan called for regulators to be appointed to oversee the unwinding of several acquisitions that were critical to the development of the core technology that make Alphabet’s Google and the social media giant Facebook so profitable… and Zappos. One issue is do we need regulation on the full platform companies.

Technical Review 144

Technical Review Startup Chief Technology Officer Social Media 144

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Last fall, Mingly released their first product last fall to help users manage their endless webs of connections. They introduced Mingly for Gmail , a powerful browser plug in that unifies all your social networks into one address book with the ability to set reminders and send messages across different platforms (Twitter, Facebook, etc.)

Web 74

Web Social Network Email Networking 74

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. That's where I learned I enjoyed interacting with customers and working with development teams to build and launch products. We are creating a platform that enables users to play instant games and apps directly on the computer desktop.

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Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Right now, we're working on integrating more data from around the web, and our goal is to really aggregate and curate the information out there. In that sense, we're very independent of Best Buy, because it's all about aggregation and curating information, to become the leading web and mobile digital player in terms of information.

Incubator 239

Incubator Startup Web Technical Review 239

socalTECH

AUGUST 5, 2014

The startups included SideVision , an ecommerce software platform; Portal Entertainment a content development company; Bubbl , a developer of mobile and web-based video editing tools; Wisemetrics , social content publishing; Incoming Media , push notification for video; and Toggle , a developer of HDMI dongles for streaming UltraViolet content.

Media 124

Media Class Hollywood Incubator 124

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

is an HR tech platform that makes it very easy for companies to source diverse talent. Companies can get on the platform and set up a company profile, and post jobs, and source candidates for those jobs. We found that those communities exit on many different platforms, like Slack, GroupMe, Facebook Groups, Google, and elsewhere.

Technical Review 140

Technical Review Startup Platform Resource 140

Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

It is here where innovators, artists, entrepreneurs and more have moved from all around the world to join it's welcoming startup community. On a macro level, one of my main responsibilities is elevating the idea of being an entrepreneur and the importance of entrepreneurs to our economy. Can you tell us more about GFMEDC?

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Screening Mobile Entrepreneur Startup 70

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. Lee Essner is formerly a senior exec from WeddingChannel and has much experience in running a successful web property.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

If you’re an early-stage entrepreneur, technology has served you well. With a focus on impact investing, their efforts to drive social change are based on three key pillars: revolutionizing philanthropy, unleashing entrepreneurs and igniting civic engagement. Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation (Fargo, ND).

Startup 140

Startup Technical Review Competition Software Review 140

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2011

I recently spoke with Marten Mickos, the former CEO of MySQL and current CEO of Eucalyptus Systems , the leader in private cloud platforms. Eucalyptus’ underlying technology was developed at UC Santa Barbara. The most typical use case is a scalable web service. We are the cloud platform, so we form the cloud for you.

Cloud Computing 212

Cloud Computing Santa Barbara Platform Resource 212

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2015

One of the quickest ways to become an entrepreneur these days is to develop and publish a smartphone app. According to Tim Cook at Apple, there were over 9 million registered developers in 2014. After this connection, you need not share the 30% of all revenue collected by the store platform.

Startup 98

Startup Platform Pricing Netflix 98

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

where entrepreneurs share their stories. 63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Free Corporations For First-Time Entrepreneurs. Right now they’re setting up 500 free corporations for first time entrepreneurs. Here are 62 63 Los Angeles entrepreneurs we can be proud of.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Have you ever found yourself in a conversation with developers and found yourself lost or even overwhelmed with new information? In a collaborative effort, Ria Consulting, LLC and Los Angeles Net Developers Group are hosting this event on November 10th, 2012 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California.

JavaScript 93

JavaScript Long Beach Java .Net 93

socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2012

The more we explored business development opportunities, the more it became clear that there was a much broader and synergistic opportunity to combine with what TeleNav was doing. Using the incubator to figure out what we were doing made sense, and it gave us a platform to launch and have some unfair advantage in building out our business.

Startup 225

Startup Acquisition Doc Ideas 225

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

We got lots of traction on the web, and the story was picked up in many places. They wanted to use the platform we had developed in a class called Mashup Culture. We've been in discussions with news organizations to use the platform, including with large organizations and journalism sites. It ran in April of 2008.

Journal 187

Journal USC News Startup 187

socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Nikhil Jain: Clean Green Guy is an online platform, which allows entrepreneurs and inventors with green business concepts, ideas, and companies connect with investors, financing, and service providers. The web site caters only to people in the green space. What is the site all about? We notice you're also head of Artilient Labs.

Southern California 193

Southern California Startup eHarmony Sites 193

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 13, 2011

We discuss the origins of Webdoc and as an entrepreneur how Vincent deals with competitors and the general day to day of being an entrepreneur. Webdoc is a web platform that allows you to easily create interactive posts mixing different web contents through a simple and intuitive drag & drop interface.

Startup 97

Startup Web Content Media 97

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Enter the light bulb, which was that this was a real opportunity to create a new platform, which can facilitate connecting experts with users. He built their entire publishing and analytics platform, and spent more than four years there before he came to join us to start this. Who are your other cofounders?

Startup 271

Startup CTO Coach Activity Software Review 271

Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Habra: Mobile Therapy spent the majority of the time leading up to the initial pitch competition perfecting our platform and ensuring that both the application and the Web dashboard is 100 percent rooted in real science. Did you do anything in particular to rally your fans and clients? This is actually my ninth startup in 20 years.

Competition 122

Competition Mobile Startup Technical Review 122

socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2014

Venice-based Zefr (www.zefr.com) got its start in the content world--licensing movie clips and posting them online--but soon, figured out there was a whole different opportunity in developing software tools to understand exactly what was happening on YouTube. It felt to us, once we got on the platform, that it was a crowded space.

Hollywood 159

Hollywood Help Media Content 159

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

Burstly, a Santa Monica based company, provides an open and free ad management platform that helps mobile application developers better monetize their inventory. He has many of the attributes I look for in an entrepreneur and importantly he has deep domain experience in ad management. I’ll explain in detail below.

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2011

One of the biggest forces that has emerged in the Internet in recent years has been crowdsourcing, the way the web has empowered users to drive the creation of content and information online. Clark Benson: I'm a serial entrepreneur, and have had one prior Internet exit. It's a very flexible, open platform, and is pretty open ended.

Startup 195

Startup Platform Sites Java 195

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2015

The cost of entry for an aspiring entrepreneur has never been lower, and the total wealth of opportunities has never been larger. I have recast these principles here for new entrepreneurs and startups, who thrive on change, to show the wealth of opportunities for them: Substitute new materials for scarce natural resources.

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Startup Resource Entrepreneur Social Media 100