InfoChachkie
APRIL 13, 2015
'A version of this article previously appeared in the Wall Street Journal. Avoid a simple pricing mistake which could sink your startup. The “D” word - Discounts. I buy my cars in December. Why? Because I am cheap and I know that car dealers are incentivized by the manufacturer to hit quarterly and annual sales goals. The rewards are in the form of co-marketing dollars and commission spiffs.
Berkonomics
APRIL 16, 2015
Here’s one for debate around a cup of coffee or a glass of wine. Most innovation occurs when creative people are relaxed and thinking about other things. We all can picture the corporate R&D lab with tens of scientists working at white boards, or over computer models, or with prototypes. And we picture programmers working at their workstations or on their portable notebooks creating great new code.
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socalTECH
APRIL 13, 2015
'Is the world ready for another event management software provider? San Diego''s Events.com (www.events.com) thinks so, saying it is prepared to create a new platformbuilt in the social and mobile agedesigned to help manage all kinds of events, in a way which has been completely overlooked by the incumbent event registration and management providers.
TechCrunch LA
APRIL 16, 2015
In just a few weeks, Shyp co-founder and CEO Kevin Gibbon will join us at Disrupt to chat about the evolution of on-demand services and the impact easier returns could have on e-commerce as a whole. Read More.
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Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 12, 2015
'You have to be extra tough mentally to be an entrepreneur. While thinking about it, I realized that it’s really not that different from the toughness required and trained into America’s elite military force of Navy SEALs, who are known to be cool under fire, able to sense danger before it’s too late, and never give up on achieving their objective. I learned some good lessons along these lines from a recent book “ The Way of the SEAL ,” by Mark Divine.
Tech Zulu Event
APRIL 15, 2015
'We have received several reports of a new type of cybercrime gaining steam over the Internet involving LinkedIn , mystery shopping scammers and university professors. The way it works is thieves are hacking into the LinkedIn accounts of respected university professors and targeting their colleagues and former students with a proposition to earn easy extra cash for market research.
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Tech.Co
APRIL 13, 2015
Software development polyglot and jack of many trades. I spent 10 years making games and joined Originate to build and mentor a great team working on cutting edge technologies.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 11, 2015
'Some people are not cut out to be entrepreneurs. This is a good thing, or the business world would be chaos, with everyone trying to do their own thing. So what about you? How do you know if you should be running your own company, or concentrating on that queue of work that someone else has built for you? I’ve hit this before, but I still hear from too many unhappy entrepreneurs.
Tech Zulu Event
APRIL 16, 2015
'User Experience is one of, if not the most important thing you need to focus on when building your product, app or website. But in my opinion, the UX consultant or UX team may not always have your best interest at heart. Why So Many Skills? Let me explain; To be truly good as a user experience expert you need to understand how to do design, how to code your own designs and if you can, have a basic understanding of how to program.
socalTECH
APRIL 13, 2015
'Are you a photographer, interior designer, event planner, or other creative freelancer? Los Angeles-based Dubb , a new, angel-backed startup, has launched a new, mobile marketplace to help you find customers. According to Dubb, its new, mobile marketplace is aimed at both professional and semi-professionals, and helps creative professionals post listing of their services, and helps buyers browse and search for those services, handling everything from instant chat and payment.
Tech.Co
APRIL 13, 2015
I am battled tested head of technology with many successes under my belt. I am an expert at building practical and scalable software that meets the demands of real world customers. My passion is building impactful software that people use. As CTO of Teletrac, I managed operations on two continents for both software and hardware. In the past year, we’ve built a business intelligence platform in the cloud, completely revamped our.NET flagship product and successfully launched 4 revisions of
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 17, 2015
'Your business can’t be all things to all people, and excel at anything. Every entrepreneur and every business needs a strategy to keep them focused. In fact, in this new world of pervasive interactivity, it’s time to rethink even how to develop a strategy. Strategy used to come from the inside looking out, but now it must come from a dialogue and engagement with constituents.
Tech Zulu Event
APRIL 15, 2015
'Launched in Los Angeles in 2012, early-stage venture capital firm Karlin Ventures has announced a new elite tech fellowship program that will kickoff today. The program will feature four master classes each year, giving groups of 12 to 15 rising industry leaders an opportunity to learn directly from experts on specialized topics in areas such as business development, marketing, engineering, and product management.
socalTECH
APRIL 17, 2015
'Los Angeles-based Fliptu , the developer of social aggregation tools for music and entertainment brands, has raised $1.2M in a seed funding round, the company said Friday. The startup--led by Jeremy Gocke--said the funding came from Scout Ventures, Rick Dalzell (former Amazon CIO), Rich Heise (early Groupon investor), Hivers & Strivers, Kelly Perdew, and other angels.
Tech.Co
APRIL 13, 2015
I’m currently a Co-founder at Connectifier, a talent sourcing startup backed by top VCs. I created and launched Realtime Google Analytics together with three other software engineers. In my 20% time at Google, I created the Google Spreadsheets formula bar and formula highlighting. In high school, I created a guitar tablature site, which received over 1 million page views per month, and I’ve been addicted to the web ever since.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 13, 2015
'Angel investors and venture capitalists are looking for startups with real products and a proven business model, ready to scale. 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. If you need funding for these early stage activities, I have some suggestions on better strategies to follow.
Tech Zulu Event
APRIL 13, 2015
'That’s right folks! We will be streaming live all week from NMX & NAB! So if you didn’t get a chance to take a trip to Las Vegas for NMX & NAB we will be your virtual tether into the show! What’s NMX? If you are unfamiliar with New Media Expo (NMX) its a prolific new media industry conference that offers a diverse array of content – covering social media for business, blog, podcast and video content creation, distribution, and monetization, the latest social networki
socalTECH
APRIL 16, 2015
'Los Angeles-based FreedomPop , which offers up free wireless broadband and voice calling plans--up to a limit--rolled out a new software update over the last week, which it says will let FreedomPop phones switch between VoIP and traditional cellular voice networks. According to FreedomPop, the new software will be an upgrade option, its "Premium Voice" option, via Google Play.
Tech.Co
APRIL 13, 2015
Shelon Douglas, based out of Greater Los Angeles, is known as the Innovation Strategist, Businesspreneur of Influence, Author of ‘Turnkey Your Business Model™ Book Series, and the Creator of the Ownership Circa Model™! Shelon’s previous experience spans a variety of industries and roles with a strong background within the Mortgage and Investment Banking Industry at Capitol Estates International as the CEO/President where she demonstrated records of high achievements.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 12, 2015
'Many of you will know that Twitter unexpectedly cancelled it’s contract to allow DataSift to resell Twitter data to 3rd parties. I read the declarations by industry analysts on Twitter that this was “proof that you can’t build a business on somebody else’s platform” and perhaps DataSift should have known better. This misunderstands the situation so I want to clarify things a bit.
Tech Zulu Event
APRIL 14, 2015
'How many times have you been confused by the contradicting parking signs in L.A.? You know the ones, they go something like this; if it is a full moon on Friday, you can park here for 2.5 hours, as long as you are not in front of a restaurant or see a guy with a patch on his eye standing on the corner. Yeah, purposefully vague. Good news, Fixed , the San Francisco app that helps drivers fight tickets has just launched in Los Angeles after raising an additional $650,000 in seed funding last Febr
socalTECH
APRIL 17, 2015
'Los Angeles-based FastPay , the provider of financing products for ad and media driven companies which is led by Jed Simon, has backed mobile and video advertising products firm Altitude Digital with $30M in financing, Altitude said Thursday. Terms of the financing were not announced. Altitude Digital, which is based in Denver, Colorado, offers up a video ad and mobile, supply side advertising platform.
Tech.Co
APRIL 13, 2015
Rey Pasinli is one of the credit card processing industry’s foremost experts on emerging internet trends and evolving technologies. With nearly fifteen years of industry experience, he has successfully collaborated with over 10,000 internet merchants. As Executive Director of Total Apps Inc., Mr. Pasinli is responsible for identifying and developing emerging web-based technologies to improve the performance of each client’s processing.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 14, 2015
'I was contacted today by Matt Lauzon, the founder of Dunwello , who I had met previously when he was running his startup Gemvara. I always liked Matt and found him to be quite thoughtful so I enjoy when he reaches out. This time it wasn’t pleasant. He was asking me for a simple favor. He wanted me to read some information and if I felt both moved and comfortable he wondered whether I would retweet him.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 15, 2015
'The era of stable lifetime jobs for business professionals within a single company are gone. Companies are rightsized quickly now as markets change rapidly, and business professionals are quick to jump to new opportunities for growth and survival, with no ties to special benefits or pension plans. Thus smart business professionals are rapidly becoming the new entrepreneurs.
socalTECH
APRIL 16, 2015
'The Angel Capital Association , a national association for angel investors, said Wednesday that it has awarded the Luis Villalobos Award to a company, for being the most innovative angel backed company from its members. According to the ACA, it has awarded the special recognition to Ann Arbor, Michigan-based RetroSense Therapeutics, a biotech developing life-enhancing gene therapies to restore vision to patients suffering from blindness.
socalTECH
APRIL 15, 2015
'Los Angeles-based venture capital investor Karlin Ventures is hoping to help develop rising, technology executives--particularly those at the VP level--with a new program it is launching today called Karlin Fellows. According to the firm, the new fellowship program will help mentor vice president level managers of growing LA startup, to help those leaders grow.
socalTECH
APRIL 14, 2015
'Hawthorne-based SpaceX has delivered another payload into space, successfully launching its sixth, commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station Tuesday afternoon. SpaceX successfully launched the Dragon spacecraft into orbit, deploying the vehicle''s solar panels, in preparation for docking with the ISS later this week. SpaceX has not yet reported on the success or failure of its reusable rocket landing test, which it hoped to land on a floating platform in the ocean, however,
socalTECH
APRIL 16, 2015
'Los Angeles-based Tinder , the developer of the immensely popular swipe-left or swipe-right dating app, has just released an update which connects the app directly with Instagram. Tinder said that the integration allows users to scroll through the Instagram profiles of their potential matches, directly within the app. Tinder also has deepened the amount of information you get on matches, showing common social graph connections--if you have any--and also expanded interests you can share with you
socalTECH
APRIL 15, 2015
'Wish you could turn your spare change into a stock portfolio? Well, apparently, you can--thanks to Newport Beach-based Acorns , a new startup which said today that it has raised $23M in a Series C funding round. Acorns offers up iOS, Android, and Amazon apps which automatically round up debit and credit card purchases, and poolls those into an investment account.
socalTECH
APRIL 16, 2015
'Carpinteria-based Procore , the developer of construction project management software led by Craig "Tooey" Courtemanche, said this morning that it has raised $30M in a growth funding round. The funding was led by ICONIQ Capital, and also included existing investor Bessemer Venture Partners. Procore said the funding will go towards accelerating growth of its business.
socalTECH
APRIL 17, 2015
'Santa Monica-based Bitium , the developer of identity and access management software led by Scott Kriz, has rolled out its products in the Google Apps Marketplace, the company said Thursday. Bitium said its products are tightly integrated and work with Google Apps for Work, helping to secure business applications. Bitium is venture backed by Polaris Ventures, Amplify, Resolute VC, Double M Partners, Social Leverage, Karlin Ventures, Lazerow Ventures and Rob Glaser.
socalTECH
APRIL 17, 2015
'Los Angeles-based Upfront Ventures is the lead investor in a developer of a new, heads-up display which connects to your smartphone, projecting messages, information, and more directly on your windshield. According to San Francisco-based Navdy , it raised $20M in its Series A round, bringing it to a total of $33M in funding. Upfront was the lead, with Formation8, Qualcomm Ventures, Promus Ventures, Eniac Ventures and Wareness.io also participating.
socalTECH
APRIL 16, 2015
'Telecommunications company CenturyLink said this week that it has made the first deployment of Bloom Energy''s fuel cells in a multi-tenant data center in Southern California, as a part of the company''s sustainability efforts. Bloom Energy''s equipment converts natural ga and air to generate energy, and offers up cleaner--and usually, cheaper--onsite energy generation for companies.
socalTECH
APRIL 15, 2015
'Pasadena-based Guidance Software has named Patrick Dennis as the company''s new President and CEO, according to the company. Dennis joins Guidance Software from EMC, where he was Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer for EMC''s Cloud Management Division, and also had been Chief Operating Officer for EMC''s Enterprise and Mid-Range Systems Business groups.
socalTECH
APRIL 15, 2015
'Camarillo-based semiconductor developer Semtech said late Tuesday that it has completed a divestiture of its defense and microwave communications infrastructure business. Semtech said it sold its business to Jariet Technologies , in exchange for a minority equity interest in the new company. Semtech had originally planned to divest and shut down its defense and microwave communications business, which it had acquired as part of its buy of Sierra Monolithics in 2009.
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