Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 6, 2013

The Glazed Conference will seek to bring in all the major players into the discussion including: Top Tier Press and Editors from TechZulu, VentureBeat, ReadWrite, All Things D, The Wall Street Journal, TIME, TechCrunch, Ubergizmo, Examiner among others.

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Conference Press Journal Mobile 77

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I invested in LA-based Gogii , one of the fastest growing, most exciting mobile social networking companies you’ve never heard of and maker of a product called textPlus. Well, we started out a free text messaging platform. I know this category has gotten a lot of press. Why are they doing it on textPlus? People like free.

Gogii 310

Gogii Invest Blogging Startup 310

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 7, 2013

According to SGL, developers can now submit their apps for review and have their press releases and updates distributed on the Stained Glass Labs website, which gives them the quick feedback from other developers and the ability to submit press releases, which are sent to members of the media interested in Google Glass and wearable technologies.

Google 87

Google Technical Review Press Software Review 87

socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2010

Dave told us about how and why he and his co-founders--both previously executives at Twistbox--decided to start their own startup, specifically outside of the mobile industry, and a bit about the product. We've been steeped in mobile content development and publishing. How long has Bccthis been around?

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Email Startup Mobile Ideas 185

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

Andrew was SVP of Mobile at Fox Digital Entertainment which launched the very successful Simpsons online game (curse you for wasting tons of my kids free time!) They had all of their character development started (they showed up mock-ups) and the basic gameplay for Game 1 was through through (but not yet built). And Seriously.

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Funding Technical Review Startup Screening 373

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

What happens when you apply big data and computer science to digest all of that social data being fed into Twitter and other social platforms--and cross match that to location information? If you''re familiar with Shszam, the mobile app which scans and tells you who an artist is, we''ve created something like Shazam for the real world.

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USC Southern California Organization UCLA 236

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2017

By the end of the year, we expect to have ten to twelve different types of insurance available on our platform. We're here to serve, as a technology distribution platform, to help those insurance carriers become digital. I got experience with product development, lots of customer facing experience, and real time analytics.

Southern California 244

Southern California Technical Review Startup Commerce 244

socalTECH

JULY 27, 2015

Where do you fit into the mobile ad market? Since the iPhone in 2007, we are seeing that mobile is taking over, and what we were doing was not as relevant. It was a really bootstrappy type of situation, in an area that generally doesn't get lots of press. Matt Cooper: It's been different, but it hasn't been a bumpy ride.

Hollywood 100

Hollywood HTML Software Review Advertising 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. million users making it considerably larger than some of its peers that have historically received more tech press inches. In the show we talked about why this is important to mobile application developers.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 6, 2014

He points specifically to 1995, two decades ago, when consoles ruled the world and PC games were a tiny subset; but as we’ve seen the many faces of the gaming industry develop, we’re now looking at the wild success of virtual crystals, flight-indept birds; a world where free to play + micro-transaction models sit front and center.

Mobile 93

Mobile Platform Technology Screening 93

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 15, 2012

This was my second TCDisrupt conference, however my first attending as press. The visible press pass label is a people magnet – most people you pass want to talk, discuss, pitch. I received dozens of long emails each day with press releases, pitches, news and information. Most emails were nothing short of a report.

Press 103

Press Email Tips Conference 103

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2013

In today’s mobile hardware environment, that means able to set up meetings, convert text messages to voice, find contact information quickly, and search the Web intelligently for outside info. I believe the current major drive to mobile devices and apps has slowed the progress toward this new semantic environment, but it’s coming.

Web 98

Web Entrepreneur Software Review Google 98

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

This was a chance to blow open the story on their companies, to address a room full of potential investors, mentors, partners, customers, and press. Doorman is the mobile friendly middleman to accept, then redeliver your packages in 1-2 hour windows up to midnight. Honestly though, it was anything but.

Startup 111

Startup Mobile Commerce Education 111

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Compound that by the exponential growth of smart devices from 2011-2013 , we’re looking at a need for rapid development in the next few years. Audi Press Conference. As we hook up our mobile devices to our cars, or use proprietary data systems like On Star, we’re continually feeding our driving data into the cloud.

Mobile 94

Mobile Google Startup Technology 94

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. And that’s why the online video space and YouTube ecosystem has taken one more leap toward its rightful place as next generation video platform.

Media 320

Media CTO Coach CTO Hire Los Angeles 320

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2019

As drivers we look out for them, as pedestrians we might be annoyed if they steer in our way but the riders themselves have developed better norms as happens in all forms of transportation. But what is unique about Bird is that with each generation of scooter platform we launch our unit economics get better and better. They’re not new.

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Santa Monica Venice Competition Software Review 250

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 14, 2014

Matt Weghorst: Cojoin is a data integration platform. We find that there’s all this really specialized software, software as a service, certain platforms, and different places you can do marketing; all of those have their own sets of data. Is it only a web-platform or will there be a mobile-version?

Startup 85

Startup Southern California Mobile Software 85

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Online social game network; make their own games (FarmVille, Mafia Wars, FrontierVille) in addition to allowing third-party developers to access network. Reportedly, Softbank and Zynga have discussed jointly distributing games through Softbank’s mobile-phone service in Japan and other countries. Read more: PaidContent. OTHER DEALS: 1.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

For example, if you’re looking to approach Kleiner Perkins it’s worth knowing that my friend Matt Murphy runs their iFund and therefore is the in-house expert on all things mobile. He knows the history of all of the payment gateways, mobile payment platforms, credit offerings, remittance companies, etc.

Develop 366

Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

Xconomy

OCTOBER 10, 2016

The San Diego angels group also awarded a $10,000 cash prize for second place to Braykion , which has developed a wearable device for hospital caregivers. Founder Jill Bigelow (who is not related to me) said the brace includes a removable heat or ice pack feature that provides increased mobility, mood, and birth satisfaction.

Tech Coast Angels 40

Tech Coast Angels Technical Review San Diego Software Review 40

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2014

The wifi hotspot was developed as their first product – something that would making sharing a fun experience. They’ll tell friends, which helps us get more press and exposure.” . “The founders knew there had to be a simple way to get off the plane and get online.” ” Spreading the Word.

Outsource Development 108

Outsource Development Startup Incubator Press 108

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

In light of a less than savory PR landscape, I saw this event to be an important call to attention to the developements towards the Bitcoin industry for 2014, as well as geographically important gathering of minds and enthusiasts in the space. He then dove into a keynote Q&A with Dan Held , developer of recently acquired Zeroblock LLC.

Startup 104

Startup Venture Capital Draper Invest 104

Xconomy

JULY 1, 2016

The glider-like U2’s development at Kelly Johnson’s famous Lockheed “Skunk Works” in Burbank, CA, had gone into high gear only two years before, leading to a first test flight from a secret field in Nevada in the summer of 1955. The missiles were ready to be launched for their first tests; the third of them launched Sputnik and the Space Age.

Burbank 52

Burbank Demand Design Press 52

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Huge news: Millions of PHP developers can now build mobile apps for iOS and Android — in PHP. Aiming to head off Apple, Microsoft shows off Xbox SmartGlass mobile app and Xbox dashboard update. Motorola Solutions shows off its hands-free mobile computer. Developers. 11 hrs ago. 20 hrs ago. Featured stories.

Southern California 57

Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2011

Any company who develops products reliant on iOS spends weeks crapping their pants before WWDC. The golden rules to live by are: Platforms are channels not businesses. If you put all of your eggs into one platform shame on you, not them. We’re a mobile first company. Focus by extremely talented teams beats breadth.

Google 325

Google Press Marketing Content 325

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 12, 2014

You arrive to the front door and interact with your camera-mobile synced Skybell doorbell. Almost like an open-source process development environment, they’re starting to see which patterns are naturally being used more often than others. Another pressing question: How safe are we in terms of communication security?

Belkin 87

Belkin Startup Acquisition Entertainment 87

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

The following was available: “I kept hearing about startups that raised VC funding, but which hadn’t filed Form Ds (nor issued a press release). SocialVibe – Social media monetization platform that benefits non-profit organizations and social causes. Senior exec team is ex-QPass (mobile payments platform sold to Amdocs).

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Part I, Team) Tact was founded by Chuck Ganapathi , who was formerly the SVP of Products at Salesforce.com having led initiatives like their chat product, CRM and mobile. To watch a young company win 1,000+ seat deals at Global 100 companies at this stage of development has been simply stunning. Why Invest?

Software 105

Software Mobile Artificial Inteligence Oracle 105

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift , a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations. The Importance of Twitter. That is what I Tweeted when I saw DataSift present as a finalist at TC Disrupt last year.

Platform 307

Platform News Startup Invest 307

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

For decades the “layering&# of technology has allowed us to develop IT systems and networks in a specialized way that let’s best-of-breed technology solutions to emerge at each layer of the stack and to allow people with different skill sets to specialize in key areas without having to have competence in every technology arena.

Startup 343

Startup Technical Review S3 Services 343