socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2015

in a funding round. We sat down with Brett Crosby (who founded Urchin Software, the company which became Google Analytics) and Brew Johnson , the co-founders of the company, to learn more about the company and what it's working on. I came up with this idea due to a deep obsession with the mortgage industry.

Southern California 100

Southern California Google Technical Review Manhattan Beach 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

One of the firms launching this week there is Los Angeles-based NativeTung (www.nativetung.com), which is developing tools to help web sites translate and create multilingual versions of their sites. Idris Manley: Essentially, what we do is we create a global layer for web sites, that supports multiple language content channels.

Startup 133

Startup Technical Review Social Network Content 133

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

My firm GRP Partners recently funded a young LA based company named Ad.Ly was the “static&# web. Traditional media companies published their stories on the web. was the 2-way web. Wordpress), video (YouTube), pictures (Flickr), review sites (Yelp) and collaborative content (Wikipedia). So did the media.

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2015

Understanding your vulnerability and understanding the power of those with whom you must do business is a very important part of figuring out as a startup how to fit into the broader ecosystem and the art of statecraft is tremendously important in knowing when and how to project power in sales, recruiting, negotiations, fund raising, etc.

Startup 150

Startup Google Software Review Snapchat 150

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

Most often at the earliest point in the life of a startup, the dominant need is certainly to produce product to get something in the market, get funding, etc. I provided a whole set of questions that I go through with founders before Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything. Accounting?

Fractional CTO 225

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire CTO Coach 225

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 14, 2015

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 February. Apps & Software contest Fixed parking ticket' Fixed claims that 50% of tickets are dismissed when challenged. It’s not everywhere, but it is a start.

Los Angeles 40

Los Angeles Angel Software Review Seed Funding 40

socalTECH

JULY 21, 2011

The firm announced a funding round last week, from DFJ Frontier, DFJ JAIC, Gold Hill Capital, and angel investors Gil Elbaz (Factual), Auren Hoffman (Rapleaf), and Walter Kortschak (Summit Partners), and many others. That, combined with being early on the social web, was the nexus from where MomentFeed came about.

Social Media 248

Social Media Zumbox Media Startup 248

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0

Web 29

Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Clash of the Titans: Google joins Apple, Microsoft in announcing new tablets (and more). Google Plus. MYTH 2: Silicon Valley companies will always have the best shot at funding. Matthew has seen hundreds of startups pitch funding though OCTANe’s LaunchPad program. 20 hrs ago. Editor’s picks. Featured stories.

Southern California 57

Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

CODE=DJII-DJN SYMBOL=FB CODE=DJII-DJN SYMBOL=GOOG CODE=DJII-DJN SYMBOL=I/DRG CODE=DJII-DJN SYMBOL=I/HOM CODE=DJII-DJN SYMBOL=I/ISV CODE=DJII-DJN SYMBOL=I/MED CODE=DJII-DJN SYMBOL=M/TEC CODE=DJII-DJN SYMBOL=MDA.T October 5, 2012.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

The industry had seen unprecedented growth in the past decade due to a combination of factors, one of which was the United States’ economic recession. Due to the combination of these factors, marketers began to more heavily fund digital platforms. With roughly 91% of the population using mobile devices and 26.3%

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

in a venture round for the firm's software recommendation startup. We caught up with co-founder and CEO Darrius Thompson--who was also a co-founder at DivX--to learn more about the startup, the saga behind how the company started, and the funding. Last week, San Diego-based OpenCandy (www.opencandy.com) announced it had raised $3.5M

Software Review 100

Software Review Software Startup Examples 100

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2009

That's what the Cogi service offering is all about--giving you the ability to capture, review, and share the content of your important conversations. I can review it myself, both in audio form, or text form, and share it with others. How's the company funded and backed? You've got to have Cogi in the middle of your call.

Santa Barbara 100

Santa Barbara Startup Software Review Technical Review 100

Xconomy

OCTOBER 3, 2017

3 due to the slow growth of the VR market and a fundraising attempt that fell through. AltspaceVR , one of the forerunners of shared social experiences in virtual reality spaces, has been saved from extinction by Microsoft, which announced Tuesday that it is acquiring the four-year-old company.

Software Review 52

Software Review Startup Services Marketing 52

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Unfortunately we can’t give too much information about how we’re going to monetize DinnDinn, but what we can say is that the dynamics of web 3.0 Any Funding Yet and How Much? At the moment we have not raised any funds yet but we started with Founders Capital. By Kolin on the Google Play store. What Is Your Business Model?

Startup 65

Startup Software Review Ideas Social Network 65

InfoChachkie

APRIL 28, 2011

WebEx was the early leader in web meetings. Perhaps in part due to its dominant market share, WebEx adopted telecom-style pricing, which effectively penalized their users. Cloud computing pioneer RightScale is a prime example of a company which utilized a consultative go-to-market strategy as a means of funding its initial operations.

Entrepreneur 225

Entrepreneur SaaS Pricing Cloud Computing 225

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2011

Investors assume it will only go up with more funding. As a rule, you need to review your burn rate every month, and manage it every day. Another one to avoid cash burn for software development is a contract for percent of future revenue. For obvious reasons, you need to keep your burn rate low.

Startup 92

Startup Outsource Development Development Team Review Equity 92

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

He said, “They need an unbiased view of the fund raising environment because there is too much misinformation and everything seems to be changing fast.&#. I spoke about how Amazon Web Services deserves far more credit for the last 5 years of innovation than it gets credit for and how I believe they spawned the micro-VC category.

Pricing 309

Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. They make it easy to collect investment funds, track ownership, and provide targeted updates to investors. Import your content from a Google Maps Account, KML file, or create it from scratch using their content management system.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. They make it easy to collect investment funds, track ownership, and provide targeted updates to investors. Import your content from a Google Maps Account, KML file, or create it from scratch using their content management system.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Investors assume it will only go up with more funding. As a rule, you need to review your burn rate every month, and manage it every day. Another one to avoid cash burn for software development is a contract for percent of future revenue. Tags: entrepreneur startup angel funding burn rate. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 48

Startup Outsource Development Development Team Review Equity 48

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

We have hundreds, and hundreds of web sites where their ad inventory is being managed by the product. Addressing the other point, of automated tools--led by companies like Google, which allows advertisers to manage their own campaigns--have actually opened up a door to us. That has been in the market since 2004. I got a wakeup call.

Advertising 127

Advertising Startup Sales Tool 127

socalTECH

MAY 27, 2009

Peter Lee: Baroda Ventures is David Bohnett's--the founder of Geocities'--personal investment fund. In terms of sectors, it's going to be Internet, Consumer Internet, Software-as-a-Service--though in that area, not enterprise as a Salesforce, but along the lines of business productivity tools and customer acquisition--and also digital media.

Southern California 113

Southern California Venture Capital Startup SoCal 113

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Those crappy bots not only cost you money because they keep your server busy and increase your bandwidth bill, they actively decrease your advertising revenue because your visitors hit the back button when your page isn’t responsive due to the heavy bot traffic. Or leave the Web, respectively pay the publishers.

Social Media 41

Social Media Develop Development Media 41

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

For example when you operate a WordPress blog, you could code nearly everthing below in your 404 page (consider alternatives ). requestHandler.php [L] Please note that the code above kinda disables the Web server’s error handling. Here are a few ideas how to block rogue (crappy, not behaving, …) Web robots.

SEO 37

SEO IP PHP Blogging 37

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The company recently closed an impressive $19 million in Series B funding led by Sequoia Capital to build out the engineering teams. John Busher, Harry Balls – a humorous site offering reviews and information about mobile apps, primarily indie games. Mobile is a different animal than Web.

Mobile 71

Mobile Technical Review Platform Startup 71

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. Five Reasons You Haven’t Launched - Software By Rob , November 10, 2010 Photo by stevendepolo. So let’s be very specific: let’s assume your dream job is product manager at Google, working on the Analytics product. But I don’t think so.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2011

So I invested in Maker Studios , which is now the 3rd largest producer of Internet video on the web. But its objective is to teach the world web design or to program computers. No, not all of these people will get jobs at hot starts like Facebook, Google or Twitter. Full stop. TreeHouse is also a video company.

Invest 295

Invest Carson Technical Review Education 295

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Chris Devore & Andy Sack have created Founder’s Coop with the goal of funding, incubating & launching more early-stage ventures in Seattle. I re-connected with Andy Liu the founder & CEO of BuddyTV – the largest destination for social TV enthusiasts on the web. or the countless other successful startup firms.

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285