Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

At fifteen, I started a recording business that would pay my way through college, a business that I’d take public in a limited IPO years after, before getting into the computer software business in its infancy. Our two important drivers of innovation. For us, I believe it was two important things.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 14, 2014

As a side note, we returned to market with the application as a software-only product without artificial intelligence and without some features, reduced the price from $150,000 to $8,000, and had a subsequent hit on our hands. Email readers, continue here.] Best possible press: too early to market.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 21, 2021

But Sarandos doubled down on his defense of the special, writing an internal email that “content on screen doesn’t directly translate to real-world harm.” Netflix Senior Software Engineer Terra Field, who is transgender, tweeted a viral thread about the Chappelle special. Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images).

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

But for some strange reason they make you file your progress on fund raising, which is the widely picked up by the press. I like to speak about this topic with first-time wantrapreneurs because if you read the tech press every day you’d get the impression that it all glamor. But it’s hard to know that from the press.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Please fill in your email. The Palo Alto-based company uses emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technology to tackle pressing questions in cancer care. Founded in 2021, Skio is a software startup that makes it easier for brands on Shopify to sell subscriptions. Looking for regular tech news straight to your inbox?

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 5, 2022

My company Putta Crown On It has the opportunity to have a place to do classes, promotional shoots and more,” Sykes told TechCrunch via email. When asked about their reaction to the damning Triller investigation, Collab Crew emailed TechCrunch a statement , but declined to disclose if or how its members were impacted.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 25, 2011

You need star power of entrepreneurs surrounded by star power angels & VCs who in turn get tons of press from adoring journalists who are insiders amongst this crowd of tech cognoscenti. But when you produce on Internet you can test your content in the same way that Silicon Valley firms test early versions of their software.

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StartUp Beat

MARCH 29, 2018

The press released added that Bessemer Venture Partners partner Bob Goodman will be joining Electric as a partner. With a real-time chat, these business owners can get immediate help on any consultations they need regarding their software and tools. Electric is pioneering IT support for the modern office,” Goodman said.

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socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2010

Dave Waldman , CEO and Founder of Los Angeles-based Bccthis (www.Bccthis.com), a startup looking to add additional functionality and private messaging into both corporate emails and Twitter messages. The concept behind Bccthis is sending a private message within a group email and group message.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 31, 2013

At fifteen, I started a recording business that would pay my way through college, a business that I’d take public in a limited IPO years after, before getting into the computer software business in its infancy. What drove my brother and me to perform, to risk so much, to skirt bankruptcy, to press on again and again?

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

It was a surprise knowing these start ups have spent $1000s for the chance to be noticed by the right influencer, whether it be a venture capitalist, early adopter or the press. So why exchange a multitude of scheduling emails and be late for the interview, or even worse, flake. My time is valuable and so is yours. 4 Don’t take time.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 1, 2013

How did a small, open source software company from Finland capture billions in market share from Oracle? On the following Monday, Marten was besieged by the tech press. Alluding to the company's dolphin logo, Marten told the press, "'Trying to kill MySQL by buying InnoDB is like trying to kill a dolphin by drinking the ocean.'

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Berkonomics

APRIL 13, 2010

As my enterprise computer software company which produced innovative lodging systems for hotels and resorts grew quickly, we found ourselves straining to keep up with the hiring and training of good customer support representatives, a critical part of the equation then and still so today in the 24 hour environment of hotel front desk operations.

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socalTECH

MAY 24, 2011

I had requests from friends to put them on an email, or give them a calendar reminder when a band was playing, and one thing led to another, and I started the site. We have done lots of social media campaigns, and we have really collected with the music ecosystem, such as labels, bands, venues, press, management, and street teams.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Southern California--despite the lack of huge, name brand firms-- has a significant number of enterprise software companies, of which Network Automation is just one. We can take all those search results, put them into a spreadsheet, and automatically email it to interested parties. Since then, we've had a very strong growth record.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

However Gmail is only private email conversations. Alex Benzer: We're building SocialEngine in parallel, and working on a new, software-as-service version. The other reason for building it, is LA is crapped on all the time from a press perspective and entrepreneur perspective. How did you and Charlotte get into software?

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 8, 2010

Death By Competitive Analysis - Steve Blank , March 1, 2010 Trading emails with a startup CEO building an iPhone app, I asked him why potential customers would buy his product. The 10 Most Tempting Software Startup Categories - OnStartups , March 1, 2010 I’ve been in the software startup business for a long time.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2011

To help it along, we developed some software which makes it easy to create a mobile experience, which corresponds to a QR code you can place on any, real world object. When you scan those codes, you're able to see a trailer on your handset, and get an email to download a deleted scene. However, one way the U.S.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

What we are talking about is a spectrum of how you restrict early communications around your business: Who you will talk to including the public / press / etc. Entrepreneur: Following is an email describing my idea. The reality is that Stealth is defined differently in each case. False Confidence.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

But it seemed strange to me that we would openly talk about stuff rather than waiting for a big announcement to the press. Customers, press and the market responded positively. ‘ Here are some steps in the Inside Out organization. My Dad uses email – he still doesn’t understand the ‘forward’ button.&#.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

What we are talking about is a spectrum of how you restrict early communications around your business: Who you will talk to including the public / press / etc. Entrepreneur: Following is an email describing my idea. The reality is that Stealth is defined differently in each case. False Confidence.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 22, 2018

Access control, as a whole, hasn't evolved over forty years, and we're bringing technology like the mobile cloud and software in the cloud, to create really disruptive innovation to how businesses respond to customers. We launched nine weeks ago, with great attention and press, and we're now getting an onslaught of inbound interest.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2009

Sean is looking to locate his startup in the area, so we sat down with Sean to learn more about the company's software, as well as what brought him to the Los Angeles area. We build web software that improves the ability of people to manage their networks. The software really has three technology components.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Eighteen months ago, when MAKE IT IN LA's launch from Mayor's Garcetti's office was featured in a White House press release, we announced an audacious goal of reaching 1,000 entrepreneurs with our programming by the end of this year. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that particularly caught your eye in 2017?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

o Huge on PR, “Be Everywhere” is his motto – fly to NY, proactively everywhere he could get press. o Early on they hired 3 people from ACT software at once (more team hiring) on staff and supplement it with Agency (in LA worked with First Communications – good). To make PR big you need to find a way to “make news”.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2014

Let your smart home turn it off without you needing to finally remember and then press a button on your phone. Attach an email trigger to your smart Philips Hue light bulb. Apps & Software CES Events Gadgets Belkin Hue Internet of Things IoT Phillips Schlage Smart Hubs Wemo' What will IoT 1.0/2.0 appeared first on TechZulu.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Part of the success of Hue lies in Philips’ early decision to provide a Software Development Kit (SDK), meaning there are now over 200 third-party iOS , Android , and even a few Windows Phone, apps that control your lighting in ways you never dreamed possible. Blink when you get an email from a certain person. It is also very simple.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2011

A sleep/power button on the top and finally a single button on the right side of the phone can be pressed to quickly enter the phone’s “3D Space” application. I was able to get tons of stuff done using productive apps, sent emails, Facebooked and Tweeted all without experiencing any delays. Froyo) but there is an Android 2.3

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2014

You’ll want to have what’s called a ‘ soft launch ‘ and a ‘ hard launch ‘ What this means is, in a soft launch tell specific people, (your friends and family), you’ll be launching a campaign for this amazing project — email your close network the date when the campaign will be going live.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Audi Press Conference. And as much as we can deny it, most of us will text, answer emails and calls, and navigate with our phones. With some big announcements offered at CCE, Airbiquity has just been named as Nissan’s official partner for mobile integration software, starting with the 2014 Altima.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming(Waite Group Press, 1996). Although Catalyst folded with the dot-com crash, Ries continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com, leading efforts in agile software development and user-generated content. .

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Off to the Races StrongMail is a digital messaging infrastructure software company.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 19, 2006

StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. StrongMail is proven to be the fastest, easiest and most reliable solution for email delivery.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2010

Imagine if you had to release your software daily in order to keep your job or to have the traffic numbers you need to earn your paycheck. Not talking to the press is a bit like a politician saying they don’t want to talk to the press because they’d rather save that time for drafting legislation.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

He’s been steadily emailing me for the past 18 months with ideas for local entrepreneurs I “have to meet&# and has been egging me on to spend more time in Seattle. They can then direct staff, allocate budgets, talk to the press, connect you with politicians and attend events. He’s why I came this week.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2009

The moderator asked the question, “if an entrepreneur writes an email to a VC and doesn’t hear back what should they do?&# This VC responded, “Move on. If you fold at the first un-returned email what hope to you have as an entrepreneur? There were also press and other senior executives from the sector.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

But in these years I learned how to sell software – necessity is the mother of all invention. I learned how to get press coverage when we were no longer “hot.&# I learned how to manage costs effectively. But in our first year of sales (and those were really shitty years to be selling software) we sold $2.1

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