socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2017

The world of mobile apps has added serious challenges for software developers, who don't just have to deal with crashes�they have to deal with slow performance, strange hangs, multiple carrier networks, and more. We saw the pains of supporting apps in a live, production environments. Eric Futoran: Embrace.io That was Walter's job.

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Mobile Develop Development Tool 178

socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2017

If you're an NCAA fan, and you've loaded the app for your favorite team, there's a high likelyhood that the app is actually the product of El Segundo-based Hopscotch (www.gohopscotch.com). Hopscotch, led by Laurence Sotsky , has built software which enables sports teams, venues, and others to rapidly create mobile apps for their fans.

Mobile 162

Mobile Platform El Segundo UCLA 162

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Los Angeles-based TeleSign , the provider of two-factor, mobile authentication services and software, said today that it has launched a new product, called TeleSign Smart Verify. The new product provides an API to help with end-user verification and two-factor authentication for both online and mobile apps.

Product 100

Product Southern California Commerce Mobile 100

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Launched by Karen Rodgers O’Neil, a longtime marketing executive, and Daniel Perrone, a serial entrepreneur and technology executive whose previous company, BroadMap, was acquired by Apple; The Shed hopes to take the rental model that Home Depot has turned into a billion dollar business line and take it to the masses. .

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Startup Product Demand Los Angeles 285

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2021

In today’s mobile hardware environment, that means able to set up meetings, convert text messages to voice, find contact information quickly, and search the Web intelligently for outside info. I believe the current major drive to mobile devices and apps has slowed the progress toward this new semantic environment, but it’s coming.

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Web Entrepreneur Software Review Google 152

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

My macro theme was “great entrepreneurs&# who mapped to my belief system about the kind of entrepreneurs I wanted to work with. My background was 8 years of telecoms & mobile and 8 years of cloud computing & SaaS – so these two themes were a given. They recommend up-sells and cross-sells of products.

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Mobile Advertising Media Marketing 329

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Los Angeles-based Gumiyo (www.gumiyo.com) has been developing mobile websites for SMBs and publishers for a number of years, and recently started to offer up self-service tools to make it easy for those customers to create cross-device mobile websites. One product we are launching right now is MySiteAnywhere. million units.

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Mobile Marketing Customer Custom 219

socalTECH

MARCH 15, 2013

Forsblom is now in Los Angeles and San Diego, and reinventing himself with a mobile application company called TenFarms (www.tenfarms.com). Nils Forsblom: TenFarms is a mobile app developer. We build mobile products, not just mobile applications, but products around them. What are TenFarms and PhotoPoll?

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Mobile Southern California Startup Outsource Development 233

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

One of the quickest ways to become an entrepreneur these days is to develop and publish a smartphone app. You provide the free app in the App Store that gives subscribers mobile access to your service. Commoditize complementary products. The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly.

Develop 138

Develop Development Platform Mobile 138

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2015

This is why I loved Brad Feld’s recent post about the “ illusion of product / market fit.” ” This, too, is a must read for any entrepreneur. I have many investments with early traction and I the entrepreneurs I work with must tire of my constantly saying, “Are we really making a difference?

Product 150

Product Startup Metrics Technical Review 150

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2013

It seems like a "no-brainer" -- young girls are among the biggest audiences for mobile games, and there''s a huge subculture of games targeted at iPhone-carrying girls. However, Mobigirl Media (www.mobigirlmedia.com), a new mobile advertising network, is looking to change that by specifically creating an ad network focused on girls.

Mobile 208

Mobile Networking Media Advertising 208

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

and international cities like London, Mexico City, Seoul and Vilnius are building professional social networks for black professionals and blue collar workers, fashion labels, educational tools in augmented reality, kids entertainment, and an interactive entertainment production company. The new batch of startups coming from across the U.S.

Artificial Inteligence 331

Artificial Inteligence Social Network Los Angeles Snapchat 331

socalTECH

AUGUST 15, 2014

Many online business today have a big problem: users are increasingly coming to their websites as mobile users, not desktop users, which means lower ad revenues and conversions. How do you make those mobile users just as profitable as desktop users? All of the sudden, there was a growth in users coming from mobile platforms.

Mobile 124

Mobile Web Artificial Inteligence Technical Review 124

socalTECH

APRIL 18, 2014

So, we were surprised to learn about the backing that Los Angeles-based mobile app provider TRUCKAST (www.truckast.com) has from investor Gary Winnick (who co-founded Global Crossing). We caught up with CEO Todd Davis to learn why the company and its investors think mobile apps for construction are the next big thing. What is Truckast?

Mobile 133

Mobile Startup Oracle Los Angeles 133

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2023

Winning entrepreneurs have long since supplemented conventional print and video “push” marketing with digital online interactive “pull” marketing, and a while back added social-local-mobile ( SoLoMo ) to the mix. Mobile and global are driving all of these in innovative new ways to grow your business.

Marketing 107

Marketing Technical Review Startup Innocal 107

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. This early stage is often called basic research , well before any specific commercially viable products might be envisioned. Commercial product prototypes. Product verification and clinical trials.

Develop 102

Develop Development Product Funding 102

Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Climbing the ranks for our Los Angeles, CA region, Mobile Therapy was one of two semifinal winners. If they come out on top, Mobile Therapy can expect prizes and support from Tech Wildcatters, 500Startups, Consumer Electronics Association, Crowdfunder, Techstars, American Airlines, and more! Habra: Practice, practice, practice.

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Competition Mobile Startup Technical Review 122

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Angel investors and venture capitalists are looking for startups with real products and a proven business model, ready to scale. This early stage is often called basic research , well before any specific commercially viable products might be envisioned. Commercial product prototypes. Product verification and clinical trials.

Resource 102

Resource Ideas Funding Research 102

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 19, 2010

Yesterday I wrote a post about the " Urgency Addiction ” and how many people start important tasks late and then motivate with a huge wave of productivity and inspiration driven by deadlines and commitments to others. “A study by Microsoft showed just how lethal interruptions are to productivity.

Product 301

Product Writing Email Tool 301

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

Today’s customers demand more than a good product; they expect a great customer experience. People love Apple’s whole customer experience, and willingly pay a premium for the product. Much has been written about product design, but designing the total experience from the front rarely happens yet.

Design 105

Design Customer Custom Product 105

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

That great productivity drain that we somehow all buy into. “I would far rather give out my mobile phone number than my email address.” So I ask you – if you’re being reactive to somebody else’s emails are you really being as productive in your company as you could be? ” Brilliant!

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Email Product Startup Writing 314

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2010

I recently wrote a post about avoiding the “ Deferred Life Plan &# and some related thoughts about personal productivity that came from Tim Ferriss’s book, The Four Hour Workweek. I would love to say that I’m the productivity guru. Tim Ferriss gave this extra emphasis in his book.

Product 280

Product Startup Email Technical Review 280

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

I use George Bush vs. Al Gore as allegory and I’ve been using it with entrepreneurs for years to sink in a simple point about how to communicate with the market. Most Silicon Valley tech entrepreneurs I know are more like Al Gore. It is election season. But here’s the thing. They have very accomplished backgrounds.

Entrepreneur 370

Entrepreneur Startup Press Venture Capital 370

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

I originally conceived it as the Top 11 things that I believe “all entrepreneurs need to succeed.&# If it stuck to this theme then I would stand by my top 11. It isn’t a “must&# for me but it’s certainly a huge positive when entrepreneurs have it. Are you launching a mobile application?

Entrepreneur 267

Entrepreneur Startup SaaS San Diego 267

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

These changes can be cultural, like the increasing need to be social, spawning Facebook and a hundred others, or technological, like the explosion of mobile devices around the world. Another example is seeing substitute versions of a product, like eBooks, for a low price displacing hardcover books. New unmet consumer or customer needs.

Entrepreneur 93

Entrepreneur eBook Metrics Examples 93

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

Burstly, a Santa Monica based company, provides an open and free ad management platform that helps mobile application developers better monetize their inventory. He has many of the attributes I look for in an entrepreneur and importantly he has deep domain experience in ad management. The world is going mobile.

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Our interview this morning is with Joel Milne , the CEO of Los Angeles-based RepairSmith (www.repairsmith.com), a startup offering up mobile automobile repair. Milne is a serial entrepreneur, and last had been running ScoreBig. We spoke with Joel about how the company is trying to reinvent the car repair experience.

Mobile 100

Mobile Startup Orange County San Diego 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2014

Many entrepreneurs fantasize about days longer than 24 hours, convinced that their new venture could change the world, if they just had more time. However, this topic is particularly critical to entrepreneurs, who struggle with challenges and crises every day that they didn’t anticipate. Get products out the door and shipped.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Technical Review Email Social Media 105

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2014

One of the business ironies that many entrepreneurs have learned the hard way in the past is that ideas which are truly disruptive carry the highest risk of failure, take the longest to gain traction, and thus are the least likely to get external funding. Great entrepreneurs aren’t just dreamers, they are doers.

Entrepreneur 107

Entrepreneur Startup Cloud Computing Ideas 107

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2014

How an entrepreneur answers this question speaks volumes about their knowledge of business realities, customers, confidence, and their ability to handle investor funding. He or she will assume your comment means there is no market for your product or service, or you haven’t looked. Don’t bash the competition.

Entrepreneur 110

Entrepreneur Competition Patents Resource 110

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

Angel investors and venture capitalists are looking for startups with real products and a proven business model, ready to scale. This early stage is often called basic research , well before any specific commercially viable products might be envisioned. Commercial product prototypes. Product verification and clinical trials.

Help 165

Help Research Startup Funding 165

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2021

One of the business ironies that many entrepreneurs have learned the hard way in the past is that ideas which are truly disruptive carry the highest risk of failure, take the longest to gain traction, and thus are the least likely to get external funding. Great entrepreneurs aren’t just dreamers, they are doers.

Startup 174

Startup Cloud Computing Ideas Entrepreneur 174

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2013

Many entrepreneurs I know don’t realize that the language they learned in the corporate world, or even their recent MBA class, won’t get them ahead in the startup world today. As a reality check, try this quick test of your entrepreneur savvy. As a reality check, try this quick test of your entrepreneur savvy. Gamification.

Entrepreneur 109

Entrepreneur Startup Web Equity 109

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

According to Snap, the third class of the accelerator included Brightly (content, community, and brand recommendations); Charli Cohen (fashion brand); Hardworkers (digital community for blue collar workers); Mogul Millennial (platform for black millennial entrepreneurs); Nuggetverse (plush dog product); SketchAR (AI mobile application that teachers (..)

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Class Venice Los Angeles Equity 127

Tech.Co

MAY 18, 2017

This is evident from the fact that they are owned and run by EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year award finalists in the Greater Los Angeles area. The Clipper Corporation is a global distributor and supplier for the food service and consumer products industry. HATCHBEAUTY Products, LLC. Cloudbreak Health, LLC. KabaFusion.

Los Angeles 217

Los Angeles Angel Startup Outsource Development 217

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Today’s customers demand more than a good product; they expect a great customer experience. People love Apple’s whole customer experience, and willingly pay a premium for the product. Much has been written about product design, but designing the total experience from the front rarely happens yet.

Customer 150

Customer Custom Design Product 150

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2015

Today’s customers demand more than a good product; they expect a great customer experience. People love Apple’s whole customer experience, and willingly pay a premium for the product. Much has been written about product design, but designing the total experience from the front rarely happens yet.

Design 61

Design Product Customer Custom 61