Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

The titles were: Mobile First, Web Second. Mobile First, Web Second (continued). I know that they really impacted an entire cohort of startups because every company that was coming to pitch me businesses was (is) saying, “I’m a ‘mobile first’ company.” The power of large screen real estate.

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Web Mobile Startup Software Review 334

socalTECH

AUGUST 23, 2017

LA's technology startup industry has saw a surge in new companies and efforts from its serial entrepreneurs in the last few months. Here's a quick look at just a few of the new companies who are led by serial entrepreneurs from the LA ecosystem. Entering Startup image courtesy Mike @ flickr. Ground Control. AppOnboard.

Entrepreneur 113

Entrepreneur Company Companies Technical Review 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2021

Here is an entry-level benchmark for the new software personal assistants: Simple and intuitive communication. A good assistant know how get things done efficiently, recognizing user hardware and software limitations. Siri is a step in this direction, but still has very limited learning and context sensing abilities.

Web 152

Web Entrepreneur Software Review Google 152

socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Hopscotch, led by Laurence Sotsky , has built software which enables sports teams, venues, and others to rapidly create mobile apps for their fans. We caught up with Lauren to hear about Hopscotch, and why teams and schools are turning to the company to power their mobile apps. What is Hopscotch? What do your apps do?

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Mobile Platform El Segundo UCLA 162

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 21, 2011

Wednesday, April 27, 2011 -- Demo Night / Happy Hour. Come join us for happy hour drinks and tech nerdery. There are quite a few startups and apps coming out of LA that are gaining traction very quickly. Let's find out more about them!! See [link] (more)

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socalTECH

MAY 9, 2019

For our interview this morning, we caught up with Alonso Vargas , the CTO and co-founder of Runtriz (www.runtriz.com), a Los Angeles company which has been powering the mobile apps and experiences for Radisson, Best Western, a lot of boutique brands. Why would someone use your software, rather than go build their own?

Mobile 113

Mobile Startup Platform Web 113

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?

Mobile 233

Mobile Southern California Startup Outsource Development 233

socalTECH

JUNE 7, 2019

We've recently started a new feature--video interviews of local entrepreneurs, investors, and others in Southern California's technology community! Abner tells us about his startup and what it's doing.

Southern California 124

Southern California Mobile Entrepreneur Software 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

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. Just because it’s online doesn’t mean it’s not software.

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Entrepreneur Startup Press Venture Capital 370

socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2013

How do you keep up with everything that''s happening with your favorite interests, brands, and personalities on your mobile phone? Yapert raised a funding round a few weeks ago from the Tech Coast Angels, Desert Angeles, and Pasadena Angels for its mobile apps, which consolidates news and information about your favorite interests.

Mobile 159

Mobile Startup Entertainment Tech Coast Angels 159

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

A common request I get while mentoring entrepreneurs is for a copy of the startup checklist they need to follow, in order to build a successful new business. His checklists cover everything from building a vision, to consistently delivering results, for entrepreneurs up to mature business executives. Mobile Computing.

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Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 133

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies. “There’s something going on in LA.”

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Truecar 376

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Daryl Bernstein , RightSignature (Santa Barbara, software). Dev Bhatia , SRCH2 (Irvine, search engine software). Josh Brooks , OnTheRunTech.com dba Post Cards On The Run (Los Angeles, mobile apps). Sean Callahan , SlimSurveys (San Diego, mobile apps). Greg Cohn , Burner (Los Angeles, mobile app).

Southern California 279

Southern California SoCalTech Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 279

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2018

One of Southern California's promising startup entrepreneurs, Jason G. Crilly had most recently been the CTO of RYSE UP, a startup in Los Angeles which calls itself the "American Idol for Mobile", which e co-founded with Nathan Chandra. Crilly passed away last weekend.

CTO Coach 185

CTO Coach Southern California Santa Monica Mentor 185

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 16, 2014

Mobile first wasn’t even a theory; it was grounds for psychiatric evaluation. In Silicon Beach, we aren’t simply embracing this mobile future, we’re feverishly working to shape it. This was abundantly clear to me when I attended the latest Mobile Monday Silicon Beach gathering, better known as “MoMo” earlier this week.

Mobile 100

Mobile Commerce IP Platform 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Los Angeles-based CHeckAlt , the mobile check deposit startup let by Shai Stern, has scored a win at a Colorado credit union. According to Pikes Peak Credit Union, which serves Colorado Springs, it has tapped into CheckAlt, iParse, and CU Wireless for mobile deposit capture. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

Mobile 153

Mobile Los Angeles Software Entrepreneur 153

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

AUGUST 15, 2014

Los Angeles-based CheckAlt , the developer of payment processing technology led by serial entrepreneur Shai Stern, said this week that it has signed on four new credit union customers for its mobile deposit technology. software financial banking payment mobile union credit checkalt' READ MORE>>.

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Custom Customer Mobile Los Angeles 153

socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2017

Are you an entrepreneur, looking for capital here in Southern California? It's turning out to be a great time for entrepreneurs looking for funding in the region, with not only high profile exits of such companies as Snap Inc., but a bunch of new, early stage investors looking to seed or fund the next big tech success story.

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Southern California Artificial Inteligence Funding SoCal 138

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Thursday, September 10, 2009 -- CONNECT Software, Cyber and Web 3.0 CONNECT will showcase the top five IT companies in the region at the inaugural Software, Cyber and Web 3.0 The event will feature entrepreneurs in the areas of digital art, mobile software, cyber security, analytics, Web 3.0, Venture Roundtable.

Web 100

Web Software Mobile Entrepreneur 100

socalTECH

MAY 22, 2019

For our interview this morning, we talked with David Wood , the Founder and CEO of Eventene (www.eventene.com), an early stage startup, bootstrapped startup developing event management software. David Wood: We make event planning software for social organizations. What does Eventene do? How long has the app been available?

Startup 212

Startup Evite Organization Software 212

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

While all forms of technology research and development will always be required, entrepreneurs need to understand that the funding for these efforts comes from many different sources, depending on the stage. Developers are using powerful technology tools to build mobile apps and websites for a few thousand, rather than millions of dollars.

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Resource Ideas Funding Research 102

Steve Reich

MAY 12, 2013

I’ve recently joined Malauzai Software, a developer of Mobile Banking Apps for Community Banks and Credit Unions, as their Chief Sales Officer. One hot new deliverable is Picture Pay–a new feature that lets consumers pay bills by simply taking a photo of the bill with their mobile device. Entrepreneurs mobile apps'

Mobile 63

Mobile SaaS Platform Education 63

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? That’s OK.

Entrepreneur 267

Entrepreneur Startup SaaS ASP 267

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Mogul Millennial — this Dallas-based company is a digital media platform for black entrepreneurs and corporate leaders. SketchAR — this Lithuanian company is developing an AI-based mobile app for teaching drawing using augmented reality.

Artificial Inteligence 331

Artificial Inteligence Social Network Los Angeles Snapchat 331

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2016

For a software startup, a patent can be the intellectual property providing the key competitive advantage, or it can be an expensive non-defensible bureaucratic nightmare -- or both. Some argue to simply eliminate software patents, while others put their hopes in U.S. Patent offices can’t keep up with software technology.

Patents 53

Patents Software Review Software Technical Advisors 53

InfoChachkie

MAY 5, 2016

Given TimeHop’s failed experiment, I was especially intrigued when I learned that a team of a dozen remote entrepreneurs hack the typical corporate structure and creates a company that generated nearly $100 million in revenue. Dan Engel, Co-Founder and former CEO of FastSpring, is a highly successful serial entrepreneur. FastSpring.

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Entrepreneur Santa Barbara Email Outsource Development 100

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Google Maps Mobile I recently downloaded Google Maps Mobile for my Treo. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Its works great.

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Google Mobile CTO Coach Southern California 150

Xconomy

JUNE 21, 2016

Six San Diego business risk-takers have been inducted into the pantheon of EY Entrepreneurs of the Year, joining over 10,000 people around the world who have been honored over the last 30 years by the multinational professional services firm. The winners are: — Life Sciences: BioLegend CEO Gene Lay. The company has provided about $1.4

San Diego 57

San Diego Entrepreneur Startup Mobile 57

socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2014

Los Angeles-based CheckAlt , the provider of remote deposit capture and e-check services, mobile payment, and other related services, has added three credit unions as customers, the company said this week. CheckAlt is led by Shai Stern, a serial entrepreneur who has a significant number of finance-related startups in the Los Angeles area.

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Los Angeles Mobile Software Entrepreneur 138

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Company co-founder Jonathan Zweig has already had one hit as a Los Angeles-based entrepreneur. Zweig was one of the architects behind the success of AdColony, a startup which sold to Opera Software in 2014 for $350 million. As part of its new pitch, the company is offering a 30-day free trial for any App Store Demo.

Google 213

Google Los Angeles Southern California Platform 213

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. READ MORE>>.

Product 100

Product Southern California Commerce Mobile 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Los Angeles-based Burstly , the developer of app analytics and testing software, has quietly been acquired by Apple. Rifkin is a serial entrepreneurs, having succesfully sold his prior firm --TagWorld/Social Project--to MTV. burstly apple merger acquisition evan rifkin tagworld testflight testing tools apps mobile' READ MORE>>.

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GRP Partners Tool Acquisition Mobile 147

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Angel City Data has deployed over 2,000 custom desktop, web and mobile software solutions for clients such as Apple, Disney, Warner Bros., Join us as David shares his founder success journey as an entrepreneur with advice for other founders, and his thoughts on what's next in the world of enterprise technology.

Burbank 100

Burbank Angel CalTech USC 100

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. Coolhaus is an architecturally-themed, gourmet dessert company operating a fleet of 10 mobile ice cream trucks and carts around the country. Direct Relief. HATCHBEAUTY Products, LLC.

Los Angeles 220

Los Angeles Angel Startup Outsource Development 220

socalTECH

JUNE 29, 2017

Investment interests: Consumer Internet, eCommerce, enterprise software, cloud computing, financial technology, advertising technology. Managing Director: Kelly Perdew Investment interests: Direct to consumer and consumer focused Internet, Saas, video, mobile, mobility, transportation, and in particular founders with a military background.

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Southern California Venture Capital Capital Artificial Inteligence 178