socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2012

HipGeo said its new app is a "complete redesign" of its platform, and is aimed at letting mobile phone users post text, places, and photos of their travels. HipGeo is backed by Morado Venture Partners, the seed fund of ex-Yahoo executives Ash Patel and Michael Marquez, eHarmony's Galen Buckwalter, and San Diego angel investor Bob Bingham.

Blogging 154

Blogging eHarmony Journal Seed Funding 154

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Cheaper devices (Chromebooks and Tablets), better development tools (Unity3d), global distribution platforms (Apple and Google App Stores) and better business models (subscription and freemium) make companies like codeSpark possible. Grant Hosford: In EdTech a wave of innovation is converging in a very exciting way. READ MORE>>.

Education 172

Education eHarmony Southern California Idealab 172

socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2009

Santa Monica-based SharesPost , a new startup out of Scott Painter's BrightHouse incubator, said Tuesday morning that the firm has launched on online platform which will match buyers and sellers of private equity.

Equity 113

Equity CarsDirect Zag Incubator 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Nikhil Jain: Clean Green Guy is an online platform, which allows entrepreneurs and inventors with green business concepts, ideas, and companies connect with investors, financing, and service providers. That's how I came up with the concept of bringing them all together, sort of an eHarmony for green businesses.

Southern California 193

Southern California Startup Sites eHarmony 193

socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2011

Earlier this month, Fullerton-based HipGeo (www.hipgeo.com) announced a $500,000 funding round from Morado Venture Partners, the seed fund of ex-Yahoo executives Ash Patel and Michael Marquez, eHarmony's Galen Buckwalter, and San Diego angel investor Bob Bingham. You might also use it to create another application.

eHarmony 219

eHarmony Seed Funding Yahoo Examples 219

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

The startup--created by Robert Earl (Founder and CEO of Planet Hollywood), Grant Hosford (formerly of eHarmony), and Connell (formerly of Nokia)--is using the Internet to arrange group dates at local restaurants, to connect people in person and offline. We spoke with Andrew about the startup and what it's all about.

San Diego 264

San Diego Hollywood Mobile eHarmony 264

SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. However, Elgg could power 100,000 networks and it would make no difference - there is no revenue stream as we give everything away under a GPL license. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. Dr. Karrer taught Computer Science for eleven years.

Southern California 150

Southern California CTO Coach CTO Hire Social Media 150

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

an enterprise social networking platform provider located in Los Angeles, CA. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. Formerly, he was Managing Director of both Product Management and of Business Development at Los Angeles Times Interactive. Before that, he was VP, Client Strategy at Blast Radius.

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Mark Douglas, Steelhouse President and CEO, is formerly from Oracle and was the VP of Technology at eHarmony. Their Behavioral Marketing Platform even broke new ground at ad:tech 2011 winning an innovation award. Fun Fact: Technology is in their DNA. Incubator: Amplify LA. E-Commerce: Nasty Gal.

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Social Media Venice 111

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

The platform works across messengers, starting with the ubiquitous messenger that exists in 3.2Bn devices: SMS. Was the VP of Technology at eHarmony where he built personality-matching technology. Early 30s: Got really serious about her career and started her company LaunchBit, an adtech platform for SaaS marketers.

Fractional VPE 40

Fractional VPE Entertainment SaaS Social Media 40

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Demand Media is an online media company operating two strategically-linked businesses: an integrated content and social media platform, and registrar solutions. The CitizenNet platform helps you measure, analyze, and automate social media marketing and engagement. What are some examples of successful companies that were started here?

Guide 42

Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

The city has, however, quietly been home to some of the most successful online companies to date, including CitySearch (sold to Ticketmaster for $260 million in 1998), Overture (acquired by Yahoo for $2 billion in 2003), eHarmony and LowerMyBills (bought by Experian for $330 million in 2005). What is happening in L.A.

Los Angeles 50

Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

eHarmony for me fell into that camp. Leverage Existing Platforms or Third Party Products - you want to test your social network, grab Drupal and whip something together, or even just use a hosted service. Simple MVPs get built with less the 3 Programmer Months worth of effort (that's 3 months a single programmer working full-time).

Technical Review 338

Technical Review CTO Hire CTO Coach Software Review 338

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

encouraging an open platform where 3rd parties can make lots of money]. Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected. Yet the number of businesses looking to build on the Facebook platform seems to have increased. They looked unstoppable.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318