Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2013

deliver profitable revenue that while on gross margins of 50% vs. software at 85-95% it is still profits to help you cover fixed costs. You don’t want to run the risk that having a PS business that takes your eye of off the ball of growing a large software business. That is the software business. rollout support.

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socalTECH

MARCH 7, 2019

Pasadena-based ObEN , which develops avatar technology and software, is powering a new, personalized, AI-driven medical health assistance app, the company said this week, being developed by the MedStar Health Research Institute. The app uses "Tara", an intelligence avatar created using ObEN's technology.

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socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2018

The CompTIA's study includes not just workers in the technology industry itself, but those working IT support, network engineering, software development and related roles. The group's study also includes both professional working for technology companies, but others in organizations in other industry sectors.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women have made great inroads into the tech world in recent years, but there remains a long way to go before we reach a truly equitable state of affairs in workforce numbers, remuneration and product development. That number is expected to double to 500 next year, Schwab said.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

Yet I still get too many business plans that clearly are looking for money to do research and development (R&D) on a new and unproven technology. Applied research is still primarily scientific study, seeking to solve practical problems, but doesn’t yet focus on a commercial product. Technology pilots. Business commercialization.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 14, 2015

It turns out, there are lots of benefits to learning the logical thinking behind software coding, according to Grant Hosford , the founder of Pasadena-based codeSpark (www.codespark.org). We caught up with Grant to learn more about The Foos and his quest to use the principles of software programming to help kids learn.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 20, 2008

Friday, September 26, 2008 -- "Lean-Agile: Case Studies from Amazon.com and Profitline" SDSIC. More companies are adopting revolutionary new processes known collectively as Lean (reduce waste, improve quality, and time-to-market) and Agile (Scrum, XP) methodologies to develop and deliver the software their customers want, when they want it.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2019

The company’s software integrates with ServiceNow, BMC, Jira, Cherwell and Workday, among others. For co-founder and chief product officer Dan Turchin, the company is the culmination of decades of work spent developing tools for human resources and employee services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2018

As an advisor to new business owners, and an occasional angel investor, I see new business proposals daily, many seeking investors to fund early research and development (R&D) of a new product idea. Funding new product research and development is just too risky, with a large time delay before any return is likely.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

According to my experience and a classic Gompers and Lerner study, the challenge is very real, with a majority of new ventures that don't attract investors failing within the first three years. Software apps that once required a 10-person team can now be done with the Lean Development methodology by two people in a couple of months.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Santa Monica-based cloud-based learning and human capital management software developer Cornerstone OnDemand is aiming to make it easier for employers to help their people learn the skills they need to survive in the "workplace of tomorrow", through a link with think tank Institute for the Future. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 22, 2016

Santa Monica-based Champion Technology Company , a developer of cybersecurity software, has named Jess Richter as Chief Revenue Officer, and David Aucsmith and Michael Kluse both as as Senior Advisors. Champion Technology is developing cybersecurity automation and orchestration software. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Yet I still get too many business plans that clearly are looking for money to do research and development (R&D) on a new and unproven technology. Applied research is still primarily scientific study, seeking to solve practical problems, but doesn’t yet focus on a commercial product. Technology pilots. Business commercialization.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In my search for guidance on modern business leadership studies, both scientific and actual case studies, I was impressed with a new book, “ Head and Heart: The Art of Modern Leadership ,” by Dr. Kirstin Ferguson. Develop self-awareness of your triggers. She brings a strong background in business with her academic credentials.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2018

FactoryFour , a startup which developing software to enable custom production of industrial goods, has raised $5M in a Series A funding, and set up shop in Culver City. The startup's Series A funding was led by August Capital, and also included existing investor Refactor Capital.

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socalTECH

MAY 4, 2018

Playa Vista-based Science 37 , the venture backed startup which is developing technology to allow pharmaceutical companies to conduct clinical trials at patients' homes, has linked with pharmaceuticals firm UBC.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 22, 2016

The developer also provides rent-free space for a second EvoNexus incubator in University City (about a mile or so from UC San Diego) and a third EvoNexus incubator near UC Irvine that opened at the end of 2014. In April, a study released by the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 19, 2021

Earlier this month, Los Angeles became the latest city to task its various departments with prepping a feasibility study for deploying new software and monitoring technologies to better account for its carbon footprint. Los Angeles has tried to address its carbon footprint in the past, but the efforts weren’t very successful.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

Nevertheless, there is nothing wrong with studying and learning from the wisdom and experience of others. There are already a variety of cloud computing solutions available for common business usage, including the following: Software as a Service (SaaS). Business Process as a Service (BPaaS). Gamification.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

This probably isn’t news to developers, but it was news to me when I found out many tech companies still use slave-master language. A new poll from the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies found that it’s going to be a close election. Human Capital will soon be available as a weekly newsletter. You can sign up here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

Yet I still get too many business plans that clearly are looking for money to do research and development (R&D) on a new and unproven technology. Applied research is still primarily scientific study, seeking to solve practical problems, but doesn’t yet focus on a commercial product. Technology pilots. Business commercialization.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2011

IconFinder provides high quality icons for webdesigners and developers in an easy and efficient way. Before Iconfinder I was working as a web designer and front-end developer, next to studying computer science and business administration. Steffen was working in another startup called 1Calendar and studying as well.

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Xconomy

JUNE 23, 2016

San Diego’s cybersecurity workforce has grown by nearly 15 percent over the past two years, according to a study released today by the Cyber Center of Excellence, a nonprofit industry group created to boost cybersecurity jobs and technologies in the region. The center also asked the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp.

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socalTECH

MAY 16, 2013

You can secure it on your head, and use it during exercise, athletics, working in your office, or studying in the library. We take a look at that activity, and have developed algorithms with top partners to turn make that measurable. Where did the hardware expertise come from for developing the headband? He''s out of MIT.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 9, 2019

Beta Bionics, a startup developing a medical device that monitors and manages blood sugar levels in diabetes patients, has closed $63 million to back late-stage clinical tests of its AI-powered technology. The cash tops off a Series B round of funding announced last year. Beta Bionics’s device is designed to mimic the role of.

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Tech.Co

JULY 27, 2016

Fortunately, study after study has shown that IT professionals and computer science graduates are going home with the biggest paychecks on a regular basis. The key to creating software engineers that are capable and effective in their roles is to teach more than coding. Finding a job can be hard.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Software Secretaries. In 1952, 100 years after Lovelace’s death, Dr. Grace Hopper developed the first compiler. Grace Hopper developed the first compiler. Software coding was initially considered "woman's work," as it involved typing the commands onto punchcards, which was akin to taking dictation via a typewriter.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 26, 2018

Aclima , a San Francisco-based company which builds Internet-connected air quality sensors and runs a software platform to analyze the extracted intel, has closed a $24 million Series A to grow the business including by expanding its headcount and securing more fleet partnerships to build out the reach and depth of its pollution maps.

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Southern California Edison Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Studies show that natural light has a positive effect on mental health, productivity, and job satisfaction. Don’t forget the plants—studies show the presence of greenery can also increase productivity by around 15%. Revamp Office Conditions. Reduce the Amount of Unnecessary Meetings.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Adopting Lean-Agile software philosophies and development methodologies involves requires that internal organizations and roles change. Find out what drove these organizations to change the way they organized around defining, developing and delivering software and what they learned along the way. See [link] (more).

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

Thus I was pleased to see my own insights covered in a new book, “ Why Startups Fail ,” by Tom Eisenmann, a Harvard Business School professor, who has mentored many more entrepreneurs, and authored more than a hundred HBS case studies from real-world startups. Even non-profits need income to run a business.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

For more than 30-years, Bill Gates has been at the pinnacle of the software industry. "The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. They also internalize their professional failures while externalizing their team’s successes.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 19, 2014

Los Angeles-based Sidevision (www.sidevision.com) has developed a set of tools--aimed at content creators, multi-channel networks (MCNs), and others--to help connect online videos with e-commerce. This year, after working with Team Downey, and several other accelerators, our idea became more developed. We helped them at an early stage.

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socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2020

Carey Ransom: The way I think about it, is it is really the culmination of almost two decades of software and technology company building and investing. I spent a considerable amount of time studying other studio models, and really trying to understand what they were solving for, what was working, and what wasn't. What is OC4?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Nevertheless, there is nothing wrong with studying and learning from the wisdom and experience of others. There are already a variety of cloud computing solutions available for common business usage, including the following: Software as a Service (SaaS). Business Process as a Service (BPaaS). Gamification.

Technology 86

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Working with a team of technologists, Chen built a software product that can provide the same analysis of a test kit using a smartphone’s camera and an app that would have been performed in a brick and mortar diagnostics testing facility. “We’ve taken that standalone box and moved it to the smartphone.”

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I then worked in a computer store called Software Centre in high school and college (UCSD). I helped program my college’s recruiting office’s software system. My first job after college was as a developer at Andersen Consulting. I tell people regularly that I only invest in companies where the DNA is software.

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