SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 23, 2019

Thursday, January 24, 2019 -- TCVN Program: Customer Development. The four tracks are: Legal, Execution, Finance, and Marketing and will consist of a series of five, consecutive monthly programs designed to give the entrepreneur a comprehensive overview of each area. TCVN now features four educational tracks in four specific areas.

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TCVN Custom Development Custom Customer 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Amazon Studios , the media and production arm of Amazon.com, said Thursday that it has greenlighted five children's shows as part of its Amazon Prime studio efforts.

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Southern California Content Media Services 166

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Los Angeles-based Scopely , the mobile monetization service headed by Walter Driver, has signed on five mobile games developers today, saying it has added Double Fine Productions, Big Cave Games, High Line Games, Rocket Jump Games, and Zupcat Games to its new Developer Network.

Mobile 159

Mobile Anthem Networking Los Angeles 159

Xconomy

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Five years ago, the big tech incubator Y Combinator started to welcome life sciences companies into its sizable startup classes, which had previously nurtured entrepreneurs in information technology almost exclusively. That opening to biotech startups in 2014 was controversial at the time.

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Incubator Class Artificial Inteligence Startup 108

Xconomy

MARCH 13, 2020

The UC San Diego Health System has developed a diagnostic test that can determine whether a patient has contracted the novel coronavirus in about eight hours. UCSD Health, one of five academic medical centers within the 10-campus University of California system, started using the test Tuesday to diagnose patients, it said.

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San Diego Outsource Development UCSD Develop 135

socalTECH

MARCH 23, 2018

The XPRIZE Foundation , the Los Angeles nonprofit which helps run prize-based competitions to help solve the world's problems, said it has named five finalists in the $1.75M Water Abundance XPRIZE --its prize which is aimed at encouraging the development of technology which can extract water from merely thin air. READ MORE>>.

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Competition Los Angeles Help Technology 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2013

We've compiled a list of five of the startups that are revolutionizing some part of music, based here in Southern California. All of these startups are applying technology (software development and algorithms) to some aspect of music and the music business. All musicians are always practicing and learning, to improve their art.

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Southern California Startup Sherman Oaks Venice 254

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2021

In my many years of experience in business, and recent work as a mentor to entrepreneurs, I have seen the business world change, and can relate well to his five success practices paraphrased here: Build the team from people with a shared obsession. For team members, the ongoing challenge is figuring out what not to do.

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Class Develop Development Startup 155

socalTECH

MAY 29, 2013

the SoCal effort by Internet giant Amazon.com to develop and produce its own, original content, said this morning that it has given the green light to five series. Amazon Studios.

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Santa Monica SoCal Southern California Hollywood 157

socalTECH

JULY 30, 2012

Newport Beach-based JustEnough Software , which develops software for managing inventory, reported a win with pre-teen retailer Five Below this morning. JustEnough said Five Below will use its for merchandise financial planning. Financial details of the win were not announced by the company. READ MORE>>.

Software 124

Software Report Develop Development 124

Berkonomics

MARCH 15, 2012

In the creation of a new enterprise, there are five principal risks to be addressed by the entrepreneur. Professional investors will probe these five risk areas and make the decision to invest based upon comfort with each. And fifth: Competitive risk.

Outsource Development 200

Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 200

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Amazon.com , which has been investing in developing content out of its Los Angeles-based Amazon Studios arm, has scored five Emmy awards for its original content series, Transparent.

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Content Los Angeles Sales Invest 100

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 11, 2020

These days, most of the games developed need to be social, multi-platform and extensible, but there are only a few developers with the expertise to bring those toolsets to the profusion of new games that crop up every year. In the game industry, a game can stay in beta for years as developers work out the kinks.

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Riot Games Develop Development Company 135

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Santa Monica-based auto information site Edmunds.com is extending its outreach to third party software developers, and is offering up affiliate payments of five dollars per new car lead generated by its API partners, the company said this week. edmunds automotive information software developers' READ MORE>>.

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Software Development Edmunds Software Develop 140

socalTECH

AUGUST 22, 2012

Los Angeles-based BlackLine Systems , the developer of financial close software used by companies to automate balance sheet reconciliation for companies, is in a major expansion, saying today that it has opened up offices in five cities worldwide.

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Los Angeles Software Angel Develop 133

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2014

Here are five of the gifts--all from Southern California high tech companies--we wish we could have gotten wrapped in a present this year. Oculus Rift Development Kit 2. Did you get all of the high tech gifts you wanted under your Christmas tree, Hanukkah, or your other favorite holiday? 3D Robotics X8+ Drone.

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High Tech Playa Del Rey Belkin Santa Barbara 170

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Five years ago, when the Los Angeles-based enterprise software startup Replicated first launched, it was one of a number of contenders looking to bring containerized software development tools to businesses. Already, Replicated has four customers who are using its KOTS suite of tools.

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Tool Develop Development Software Development 113

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Cohen goes on to point to twenty-five non-cash items that the CEO could have used to narrow and eliminate the gap, many of them untaxed perks worth more than face value because of the employee’s tax savings. Email readers, continue here…] One of the items on Cohen’s list of twenty-five was stock options.

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Examples Guide Education Course 156

socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Venice-based Amplify LA (www.amplify.la) is celebrating its fifth anniversary as a startup accelerator here in the Los Angeles area � one of the few in the area to have survived in more or less original form after the launch of a number of startup incubators and accelerators five years ago. Congrats on your five year anniversary!

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Startup Entrepreneur Funding Incubator 100

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Mark noted that even if an entrepreneur does not become a master developer, by simply understanding the software development process, they will be a more effective startup leader. However, as you develop your Minimal Viable Product , heed Voltaire, who once said, "The perfect is the enemy of the good."

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Tips Startup IP Santa Barbara 275

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 8, 2016

I develop people, and they know/appreciate that. I once tried to focus on a single type of business, on the advice of a business development guy. Most people I know have had extremely bad experiences with offshore development. I support them in moving on. That’s a big win. Huge mistake.

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Offshore Examples Software Email 120

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Dave’s Note: William Fisher is CEO of Quicksilver Software, a software and Internet game development company in Southern California. I develop people, and they know/appreciate that. I once tried to focus on a single type of business, on the advice of a business development guy. Guest Post by William Fisher. Huge mistake.

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Offshore Examples Southern California Email 189

Berkonomics

JULY 6, 2023

The technique, “OST” (objective, strategies, and tactics), is a very good way to organize your effort to find guideposts and then develop metrics to measure progress. Penetrate the Fortune 500 with at least five active accounts within two years. What is a strategy? Aren’t these just goals? Yet each is measurable if achieved.

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Organization Metrics Demand Resource 156

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Those tools—artificial intelligence and machine learning, respectively—have been around for decades, but in recent years have become faster and cheaper, accelerating their use by those in the business of discovering and developing new drugs. Andreessen Horowitz, also.

Artificial Inteligence 144

Artificial Inteligence Seed Funding Tool Startup 144

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

According to my experience and a this Motley Fool article, the challenge is very real, with around half of all new businesses no longer existing after five years. My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs, like online web sites and smart phone apps.

Startup 87

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 87

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Here are the top five ways technology has impacted us this year. . “Cognitive computing,” artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced data analytics are evolving companies’ understanding of their customers in game-changing ways. The Device-Agnostic Customer Experience. So much so, that eMarketer forecasts 51.2

Artificial Inteligence 106

Artificial Inteligence Screening Google Custom 106

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2012

I believe you can be much more productive, as well as a more effective leader, if you approach most meetings as mentoring opportunities, and limit them to five minutes. I have used this approach with high-tech roles, like software design, as well as business development roles. Respect discussion confidentiality.

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Mentor Product High Tech Coach 91

Berkonomics

JUNE 18, 2015

Making such predictions is a skill that can be developed, and here’s one method of doing so. There are five basic kinds of internal risks than a business faces over time. If you could predict a crisis within your business before its occurrence, wouldn’t you move to prevent or reduce its impact?

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Competition Marketing Class Product 120

socalTECH

DECEMBER 21, 2011

San Diego-based SweetLabs , the developer of the Pokki desktop app environment, said yesterday that it has linked with social games developer Kabam , to bring that firm's social games to the desktop. SwwetLabs' Pokki provides an app-like environment for PCs.

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Develop Development San Diego Advertising 140

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

New research has found that San Francisco and London have become two of the world’s leading hubs for VC investment into tech solutions that address one or more of the 17 UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), more commonly referred to as “Impact Tech” They are followed by Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, Shanghai and Beijing.

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Venture Capital Press Invest Research 357

socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2017

The world of mobile apps has added serious challenges for software developers, who don't just have to deal with crashes�they have to deal with slow performance, strange hangs, multiple carrier networks, and more. How are developers doing this today? I was about five years into Scopely, and I could tell I was getting antsy.

Mobile 178

Mobile Develop Development Tool 178

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Aliso Viejo-based artificial intelligence software developer BrainChip says it is opening up a new software development center in Hyderabad, India, which it says will provide software and firmware development for its systems-on-a-chip technology. READ MORE>>.

Artificial Inteligence 150

Artificial Inteligence Software Development Software Engineering Software 150

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2010

Five, Southern California firms are among companies who are splitting up $62M in government funding for the research, development, and demonstration of concentrating solar power systems, according to an announcement by the U.S. for its development of thermal storage systems for energy storage. Department of Energy.

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Canoga Park Research Southern California Chatsworth 186

SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Wednesday, December 7, 2011 -- Developing and Publishing Freetoplay MMOs: From A to Z. Five experts from across their organization will provide an end-to-end solution for developing and publishing Freetoplay games. Center for Computer Games and Virtual Worlds. Email: venita@ics.uci.edu.

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Develop Development Email Organization 100

Xconomy

JUNE 28, 2018

A week after seven biotechs went public, setting a new record for the Nasdaq , five more life sciences companies have joined the club. Neon is one of a number of companies developing specific types of. Neon Therapeutics (NASDAQ: NTGN ) was up first, raising $100 million in an IPO late Tuesday night. The Cambridge, MA, company sold 6.25

Develop 56

Develop Development Company Companies 56

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

First, few startups can use that much money today with all the virtual services available and increasingly inexpensive methods of development, prototyping and marketing. I cannot tell you how many times I have seen executive summaries of business plans in which the entrepreneur seeks $5,000,000 to build the business.

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Startup Invest Summary Resource 120

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Amazon sent cities across North America into a frenzy Thursday after announcing plans to build a second headquarters outside of Seattle, bringing with it tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic development benefits. Amazon will pick the city in 2018.

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Commerce Develop Development Software Development 76