Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2020

You can find dozens more on the Conscious Capitalism web site. The idea has four principles guiding and underlying every business: Higher purpose. Both of these are purpose-driven businesses that boast high growth, high loyalty, and very low employee turnover.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Los Angeles-based Clicker , the online video viewing guide firm backed by Benchmark Capital, JAFCO American Ventures, and Redpoint Ventures, said Tuesday that its iPhone application is now available on the Apple App Store. Tags: clicker video content guide iphone. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 17, 2011

LA Tech Survival Guide A Tale of Two Tech Cities – Silicon Valley vs. Los Angeles Guide to the LA Startup Community Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles Startup Community Posts/Articles Here are some interesting articles and posts on the ecosystem around startups in Los Angeles.

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MAY 17, 2011

LA Tech Survival Guide A Tale of Two Tech Cities – Silicon Valley vs. Los Angeles Guide to the LA Startup Community Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles Startup Community Posts/Articles Here are some interesting articles and posts on the ecosystem around startups in Los Angeles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2011

For some reason, I haven’t heard much about the next generation of the Internet ( Web 3.0 ) lately, which probably means it isn’t happening as fast as everyone predicted. I suspect the real challenge is not the semantic web technology , but new attractive business models from smart entrepreneurs. People on the Web now include everyone.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Los Angeles-based OVGuide , the online video guide site backed by Baroda Ventures, said today that it has acquired Live Matrix , a provider of an online guide to live events on the web. OVGuide offers up an online guide to help users find video content, including movies, TV shows, viral videos, and other videos.

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AUGUST 6, 2010

The new offering takes Demand's sometime controversial process of tailoring web content based on search and other interest of web users, and creating low-cost articles specifically to address that content. The San Francisco Chronicle's SFGate.com is providing information in its "Home Guides" section. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 19, 2010

Los Angeles-based Clicker.com , the online video programming guide firm run by former Ask.com CEO Jim Lanzone, debuted a "big screen" version of its site today at the Google I/O conference. The firm said its new site, Clicker.tv , uses HTML5 to provide a guide which can be navigated with a remote or arrow keys on a big screen television.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2010

Can you believe all the talk these days about Web 3.0? I’ve been doing some research to assess how much of it is reality, since I have to admit that I seem to have missed the clues to the transition to Web 2.0, After some work, I’m still convinced that much of the Web 3.0 People on the Web now include everyone.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Los Angeles-based Clicker Media , the online video guide service funded by Benchmark Capital and Redpoint Ventures, said that it has linked with the University of California, Los Angeles, with a branded version of the service specifically for UCLA students. Tags: clicker television internet content guide ucla school video. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

Glendale-based Mefeedia , the online video guide site headed by Frank Sinton, reported today that it has just hit a total of a billion pageviews on the firm's site. Mefeedia's site helps users find and rate videos and other information on the web.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. The cost of entry for tech startups continues to go down. Twenty years ago, it cost several million dollars to launch an e-commerce startup, which can be done today for a few thousand dollars. The large investment amounts preferred by VCs are no longer needed to launch winners.

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Eric Greenspan

MARCH 11, 2010

I spoke to Rob today guiding him to his very first tweet which he successfully sent about an hour ago. Congrats on the new show Rob and welcome to the Social Web. I’ve known Rob for years, both as a customer and a fellow parent at local schools. The guy asked me ton of questions and soaked it up like a sponge.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

West Hollywood-based Citysearch , the online business guide owned by IAC, said late Friday that it has created a new advertising network called CityGrid. According to Citysearch, the new content and advertising network aggregates advertisers from a number of partners, enhances that content, and distributes that through partner web sites.

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JULY 29, 2010

We've dug through our database of high tech companies, web sites, and startups and found four Southern California companies and web sites looking to cater to that adventure traveler in you. . Hoping to get out of the office before the summer is over? Trying to figure out what/where you will go in August? Adventurelink [ Profile ].

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Los Angeles-based Clicker Media , the firm developing online video programming guides for the Internet, said today that it has raised $11M more in a Series B investment round. Clicker's web site indexes and searches the web for video, providing a structured catalog of programming. Series A funding round, in September.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

CreatorUp is the online web series school teaching the next generation of web series creators how to make and market their own new video projects on the web. And our network of filmmaker and entertainment industry colleagues allow us to recruit top teachers who are leaders in the web world. What inspired you?

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MAY 29, 2013

Los Angeles-based telemedicine startup SnapMD , which is looking to allow doctors and other healthcare providers to help patients via the web, has tapped a local investor for its advisory board. SnapMD said that Brian C.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

We end up using WordPress a lot as the marketing front-end of our web sites. In this talk, we spent most of our time on Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One and how they should be helping you: Specify the right things to be built. WordPress is pretty easy to hack. Third party products are used appropriately.

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AUGUST 30, 2010

San Diego-based ShowUhow , a developer of an online web site focused on video instruction guides for manufacturers and retailers, said today that it has raised $3M in a funding round. The firm said the Series A funding came from Syncom Venture Partners.

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JUNE 29, 2011

According to the two, they are in a three-year partnership, which will provide outdoor enthusiasts with information on recreation locations on REI's website, as well as connect shoppers with gear on Demand's Trails.com web site. Financial details of the collaboration were not disclosed.

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APRIL 2, 2013

Do you have a Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One ? Have you Documented Your MVP for Your Developer s? Have you looked through Things You May Have Forgot in Your MVP and provided answers to these? Don't be fooled by a Common Misunderstanding in Agile Software Development.

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JUNE 23, 2010

The search engine said one of the biggest investments is in entertainment, particularly navigating and finding what you are looking for from content on the web. According to Bing, it has released a new version of its site which focuses on music, gaming, movies, and TV.

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AUGUST 16, 2013

TouchCommerce provides an online, live chat software product which is used by e-commerce sites to engage with consumers on their web site, and also helps guide consumers to products. Maire was formerly the company''s Country Manger in France. The company is led by Internet veteran Bernard Louvat. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

Okay, so now you have it narrowed down and have determined that you need: Part-Time CTO or Technology Advisor to help guide you and close a bit of the Startup Founder Developer Gap , and Equity-Only Cofounder Developer - the first real developer that will work for equity and produce the bulk of the application.

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DECEMBER 31, 2012

end-of-the-year coverage, we've run through our web statistics and figured out which were the. The Complete Guide To Southern California Accelerators and. Incubators, Part I - In February, we put together a guide to the list of (then. What was Southern California's technology community most interested in 2012? As part of our.

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MARCH 4, 2010

For our Insights and Opinions section today, we have this opinion piece by Scott Fox , author of Internet Riches, the best-selling guide to starting a business online, and also e-Riches 2.0: Next Generation Online Marketing Strategies, a new guide to Web 2.0 online marketing strategies.

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OCTOBER 28, 2008

Auto Parts, a online retailer of aftermarket auto parts and accessories, announced today that it has acquired the assets of AutoMD.com, an online auto diagnosis and repair web site. Auto Parts, AutoMD.com helps customers understand what is ailing their vehicles and guides them to solutions to those problems. According to U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

5,544,360--covers how those retailers return searches for products on their web sites, so that users don't see "cannot be found" in the results. According to SpeedTrack, the patent--U.S.

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TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

We recently completed a web-based application that uses a unique algorithm to match professionals with new career opportunities. My time with TFA instilled in me a deep commitment to education, inspiring me to dedicate my life to guiding young minds through the world of mathematics.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

In it he separates web consumers into: Time Rich (more time than money) and Time Poor (more money than time). He tells us: If you’re starting a new internet company, its important to know who your audience is, and to make sure that you don’t let your own experience and that of other Time Poor people guide you wrong.

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OCTOBER 28, 2008

Agoura Hills-based inQ, a provider of outsourced web sales services, has renamed itself TouchCommerce, the firm said today. inQ offers web chat services for e-commerce web sites, which helps to close online sales and guide users to select and find products. inQ did not detail reasons for the name change.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 11, 2017

incubator; and Hulu adds channel guide to live TV web user interface. SpaceX to launch another used rocket; SpringRole, professional reputation management network, rolls out of Science Inc.

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MAY 26, 2009

a publisher of real estate information and web sites. According to RealtyTrac, the deal will allow users on a number of PRMIEDIA web sites to search for foreclosure properties using RealtyTrac's database. The web properties in question include americanhomeguides.com, rentals.com, and rentalhouses.com. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

One of the great joys of doing the web series This Week in VC every week is that I get to spend time with great people debating the issues of our day including how our industry is evolving as well as insights into how companies got started, got their initial traction and dealt with adversities. Oh, yeah. Positive feedback feeds the idea.

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APRIL 11, 2011

If you want something to be shared virally on the web it has to be short.&#. “How-to&# guides work well. Keep it Short – “It’s gotta be short. 30 seconds is good, 60 seconds is worse, 90 seconds is worse, people just do not want to watch long stuff.&# I guess this video won’t go viral, then!

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FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Escondido-based software developer Compendia , a developer of web portal software for the home builders market, has been acquired by Community Investors, Inc. , Compendia, which was founded in 1999, offers up web-based portals that home builders user to present information, warranties, manuals, and other information to home builders.

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