socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Los Angeles-based Retention Science , the developer of big data analytics software for online marketing, announced today that it has launched a new "Retention Score", which it bills as a Klout Score of e-commerce. The score allows online stores to see, at a glance, what their performance is with customer retention.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Los Angeles-based Chromatik , which is developing a web-based, music learning products, took the top honors at the Twiistup Showoff event Thursday night. Judges of the event were Naval Ravikant (Angel List), Scott Sangster (TechCoast Angels), Matt Thompson (Microsoft), Paige Craig (BetterWorks), and Jim Andelman (Rincon Venture Partners).

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2011

Santa Monica-based BetterWorks , the startup run by Paige Craig, which is developing a service to help companies manage and offer employee benefits and perks, has upgraded its product features. BetterWorks has developed a system which makes it easy for employers to manage fringe benefits for its employees. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 18, 2012

The firm, which is developing big data software for helping e-commerce sites to attract and retain customers, said the funding came from Baroda Ventures, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Double M Partners, as well as angels Bong Koh (Lifecrowd), Clark Landry (GraphEffect), Kunal Anand (BBC; MySpace; Gravity), Mike Greenfield (Circle of Moms), Paige Craig, among (..)

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Santa Monica-based BetterWorks , the developer of employee an perks and benefits service which is headed by prolific angel investor Paige Craig, said today that it has launched a new feature called "Bonus Bucks".

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socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2011

Los Angeles-based GameSalad , the developer of software which makes it easy to create iPhone and other iOS games, has named Steve Felter as the new CEO of the company. GameSalad's software allows users to create iPhone games, even if they do not know how to develop software. Felter joins the firm from Disney. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 24, 2012

The firm, headed by Josh Payne, develops a way for web publishers to integrate e-commerce into their websites.

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Draper Seed Funding Commerce Software Development 100

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2010

Los Angeles- and Austin-based Gendai Games , a publisher of iPhone game development software, has raised a round of funding, according to the firm. The funding also included individual investors Paige Craig, Paul Bricalt, Tom McInerney, Josh Resnick, and Mark Suster.

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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. What is Laughstub? Scot Richardson: In a nutshell, we're a WordPress for venues.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2011

ShareSquare recently received a $150,000 seed round of funding form angel investors Paige Craig, John Frankel of ff Assett Management, and Hacker Angels' Jeff Miller and Roy Rodenstein, among others. We caught up with Matthias Galica , the firm's founder, to hear more about the company. However, one way the U.S.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 21, 2011

Development languages varied from team to team. Some experience developers, project managers, and even some designers. Just like Startup Weekend most had never meet their team mates until the day of, and came together to develop a possible prize winning product in eight hours. Development. Product Design.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 21, 2011

They include Brett Markinson of HauteLook, Brian Lee of ShoeDazzle and LegalZoom, Hiten Shah of Kissmetrics, Howard Lindzon of StockTwits and Wallstrip, Paige Craig of BetterWorks, Ryan Steelberg of DMarc, and Tyler Goldman of BUZZMEDIA. Who is assisting MuckerLab with their mentorship ?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

What that may mean is, go find a partner, do a set of mocks, hire a developer, just don't sit on an idea for a long time, because you need momentum. That's the way to develop those relationships. There's also a fantastic set of angel investors here, like Paige Craig, Kamran Pourzanjani, Matt Coffin, Rick Smith, and Michael Jones.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Internally, we look very similar to a tech company, in that we have a development team, go-to-market team, and product people, and the ultimate goal of what we want to accomplish is to create companies that can run independently, with their own management teams. Explain exactly how Zuma Ventures works?

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2012

The team needed would consist of at least 1 non-technical business person (me) and 2 or more technical people—designer and developer. Two of the developers that were going to join me decided to continue on with their idea since they already had a team. There were a few things that made building the team difficult. The Code Wars Team.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

Those with their ideas selected were out on the prowl, looking to recruit the top designer or developer in the room. While everyone developed their products throughout the day, SWLA teams briefly said hi to Marc Nager (StartupWeekend CEO) during a quick Skype call who was down in New Zealand facilitating Startup Weekend.

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socalTECH

JULY 25, 2012

My previous company did production runs for small clothing lines, promos, and trade show giveaways, and one of the things we realized it's such a volume industry, and the technology of screen printing has been around for 10,000 years, developed by the Egyptians and the Chinese. Nothing has really changed over that time.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Paige Craig , currently the most prolific, under-dressed, and most eligible angel in Los Angeles, sourced a hot, young startup called Gendai Games (makers of GameSalad - a platform for rapid development of mobile games).

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

We also had awesome group of mentors that included: David Waxman (Co-founder of PeoplePC, Spot Runner and Firefly Network), Paige Craig (CEO of BetterWorks ), Josh MacAdam (Co-founder/CTO at Ming.ly

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Exceptions exist, such as the highly self-aware Paige Craig, who recently described how he missed out becoming Airbnb's first investor. Thus, he naturally viewed Twilio's toolsets as rudimentary and easy to copy - easy for him and his world-class team of VoIP engineers, but not so easy for the average developer. to Jim, Kevin.

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

In the bay area it’s quite common for the entrepreneurs starting a company to be developers or technologists who can build the first versions of their products. In fact Paige Craig has coined it Silicon Beach. Challenge #1 – Tech Companies are Not Typically Started by Technologists.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Panel speakers: Paige Craig , aka. enables developers to sell cross-platform web-apps that optimize to your mobile device. InVenture has created a market for "micro venture capital," whereby everyday investors can provide expansion capital to developing businesses. VC/Angel Panel. Adrenaline Fueled Angel.

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Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Panel speakers: Paige Craig , aka. enables developers to sell cross-platform web-apps that optimize to your mobile device. InVenture has created a market for "micro venture capital," whereby everyday investors can provide expansion capital to developing businesses. Be sure to tune in at 5:30pm PT.

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Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 11, 2011

Using open source projects, the idea is to create a technical masterpieces that will make the workplace better whether it’s project management, a customer relations management system, a point of sale system, expense reports, bug creation tools, developer tools, and/or a diferent system that no one’s ever heard of.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005. Christopher Brereton is one of the founders and lead guru of PictureHealing , a company that develops community, awareness and support through photo sharing on iPhones. Paige Craig – CEO and Co-Founder of BetterWorks.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2011

You want somebody who can raise $15 million to build out your R&D, business development and sales organizations. I am a strong believer that leadership and team development comes from these daily interactions. You have a part-time lead architect, a part-time developer and a part-time community manager. It was magic.

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