SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 10, 2012

I did a presentation recently for a graduate class from The Founder Institute around getting online/mobile products out the door. And it made me come to a new realization: Every early-stage web/mobile/online startup should have at least one technical advisor, probably two. Get an advisor to help supplement where there are gaps.

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OCTOBER 16, 2014

Los Angeles-based Spreeify , the developer of display ad technology which is led by Ruben Dua, has rolled out a new product aimed at the mobile market. server advertising technology display network mobile spreeify' Pricing on the new tool was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 8, 2013

If there were such a thing as a "Dream Team" for mobile advertising, you would be hard pressed not to pick the founding team of Los Angeles-based Gradient X (www.gradientx.com), whose founders include Michael Lum (formerly of OpenX), Brian Baumgart (formerly at Adconion), and Julie Mattern (formerly of Rubicon Project). Why tackle mobile?

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 23, 2019

As part of a new pilot program, Blade has given 200 people in San Francisco and Silicon Valley exclusive access to its mobile app, allowing them to book helicopters, private jets and even seaplanes at a moments notice for $200 per seat, at least.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 4, 2018

market with the help of several Los Angeles-based investors. As you might expect from the name, Freeletics operates its mobile fitness coaching app on a freemium model, with tiered pricing beginning at $11.99 Helping people at scale to solve such a common problem is a tremendous benefit for the person but also for society.”

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socalTECH

AUGUST 1, 2014

However, Redondo Beach-based StaffRanker (www.staffranker.com) has rolled out a system to help those companies better manage what is a notoriously difficult segment of the labor market, which has a lot of turnover and which just doesn''t match existing, corporate performance management systems. It turns out, it''s not so easy.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The company’s mobile application lets users take a photo of any bill and then its artificial intelligence-powered “bill-understanding technology” makes sure it gets paid (after a user has provided payment details, of course). has been an anomaly, with only 3% of bills being paid by a mobile device. In this respect, the U.S.

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socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2017

Local Roots says it is developing technology for its "TerraFarms" to help encourage high quality, locally-grown produce. The startup said it will be using its mobile farm as an educational tool, to inspire consumers about agriculture science and technology. The startup is led by founder and CEO Eric Ellestad.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

The situation is pretty common it got us to riff a bit around how to get programmers to help him build out a proof-of-concept version for his startup. It was a mobile app, so he ideally would find someone who had experience with mobile development or someone who could pick up a mobile framework. Ask for help.

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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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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

It's the age of smartphones and mobile data, where there are now apps gathering an immense amount of information about where we are, what stores we visit, and what we are doing. How do you make sense of all that data and actually help it to drive business decisions? How do you gather all of that mobile behavior information?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Santa Monica-based DogVacay , the online marketplace which helps dog owners find someone to watch their pet when they are away, has added a brand new feature to its iPhone app.

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TechEmpower

MAY 1, 2014

If your favorite framework is showing up as "did not complete" at the bottom of the charts, we''d appreciate your help in correcting that for the next round. As always, thank you to all of the contributes to this project, especially those who helped us address validation errors for this latest round. Busy schedules delayed Round 9.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 26, 2020

“Not only can we help in the development of the swabs, but we can manufacture them ourselves,” says Formlabs chief product officer, David Lakatos. .” Formlabs, which already has a robust business supplying custom-printed surgical-grade healthcare products, is pushing to bring its swabs to market quickly.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Urban Movement Labs and the city of Los Angeles are working on the design and access of “vertiports,” where people can go to fly on an “urban air mobility” aircraft. That flexibility, assuming the Urban Air Mobility Partnership agrees with the strategy, could help Archer meet its 2024 deadline.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Need an app to help you keep track of your favorite places? Santa Monica-based Favrit said this week that it has launched its new app, which helps people save, organize, and share their favorite places. openx iphone mobile sharing discovery social bookmarking favrit' READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

Fortunately, in many attractive business domains, including mobile software, Internet apps and ecommerce, the cost of product development is at an all-time low. 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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JUNE 28, 2021

Santa Monica-based Tapcart, a startup focused on helping Shopify-powered e-commerce brands with mobile apps, has raised $50M in a Series B funding round, the company announed Monday afternoon.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Still, if you've not heard these questions from a developer, they are not helping you as much as they should. How concerned are we about design for mobile? Native mobile apps? Does it need to playback on mobile devices? Do we want to use something like SendGrid in order to help with delivery? Which devices?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Los Angeles-based Perch Mobility, a startup that is developing portable charging "pods" aimed at helping professional chargers and scooter operators to bulk-charge scooters and e-bikes, says it has scored seed funding for its efforts. The company said the funding came from Lorentzen Investments. Size of the funding was not announced.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The partnership with Canoo is the latest example of Hyundai Motor ramping up efforts and investments into electrification, autonomous technology and other futuristic mobility trends, including flying cars. Earlier this month, Hyundai said it would invest $110 million in UK startup Arrival and jointly develop electric commercial vehicles.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Still, if you've not heard these questions from a developer, they are not helping you as much as they should. How concerned are we about design for mobile? Native mobile apps? Does it need to playback on mobile devices? Do we want to use something like SendGrid in order to help with delivery? Which devices?

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 16, 2019

” Kindbody operates a fleet of vans — mobile clinics, rather — where women receive a free blood test for the anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), which helps assess their ovarian egg reserve but cannot conclusively determine a woman’s fertility.

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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2020

Three Los Angeles area companies have been selected to participate in the NASA Urban Mobility Challenge , an effort to help promote the development of the use of multiple, unmanned aircraft all flying in dense urban environments.

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AUGUST 12, 2020

Los Angeles-based TipTags , which develops mapping software, says it has rolled out a new, mobile map-based system to help with the sharing of information about the pandemic.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 15, 2013

The fight between Los Angeles taxicab drivers and services like Lyft and Uber haas just gotten even more interesting, as mobile app developer Flywheel said it has launched in Los Angeles. angeles losangeles launch mobile rideshare ride taxi smartphone sidecar lyft uber flywheel' READ MORE>>.

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MAY 6, 2019

Los Angeles-based AppOnboard says it has begun giving away its codeless app development software, AppOnboard Studio , to help developers create "instant apps" and playable ads, as well as prototypes. AppOnboard has been offering up to the tool to many mobile game developers, to help them offer up game previews. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Pasadena-based discount event ticketing service Goldstar announced this morning that it has launched a new, iOS app to help its members discover events and purchase event tickets. The company works with venues to help fill unsold seats to consumers who might not have been aware of events. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Culver City-based Embrace, a new startup focused on helping companies manage the mobile data they are collecting, has raised $45M in a funding round. According to the company, the Series B funding was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), and also included Greycroft, AV8, and Eniac.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2020

In a bid to push LA into the high tech world of the Jetsons, Mayor Eric Garcetti said on Wednesday that he has kicked off an effort to make Los Angeles an "unmistakable leader on urban air mobility". s transportation network where people can go to fly on an urban air mobility aircraft."

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2014

In fact, many people know I grew up in NorCal and still have a 650 area code on my mobile phone. They produced algorithms and systems that helped to personalize the Internet so that you have a unique experience when you visit individual websites. LA has a serious technology scene. And I’m proud of that, too.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Of course you now book when you want and even choose your restaurant based on availability at the time / day you want and you can book on your mobile phone at 2am or 8pm. Today they announced the mobile version of their product – I’d be grateful if you would download it and give it a spin. It sounds crazy, right?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 6, 2023

The company says it is developing software that analyzes pre-product, mobile application code using artificial intelligence, to help improve mobile performance of apps. The company's founders--David, Daniil, Anna and Maria Liberman--are all siblings who worked at Snap.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

And with mobile you even have the ability to message your users when new content is released which leads to much higher consumptions rates. And ironically many consumer mobile apps are more of hits-driven businesses than video is today. Your “anchor talent” helps attract audiences that in turn want to discover new artists.

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TechEmpower

APRIL 21, 2015

We have received a great deal of Windows help in the past, but we don''t have the internal capacity to keep it current with the evolution of the project. Round 10 does not include Windows tests, but we''d very much welcome any help catching Windows up for the next round. Windows support has again fallen behind. About TechEmpower.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Los Angeles-based Dave , a fintech startup which offers up tools that helps users track their spending and avoid overdraft fees, has raised $50M more in a funding round, according to the company. The funding apparently values Dave at $1 billion. The new funding came from Norwest Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I can’t help feel a bit of rear-view mirror analysis in all of “VC model is broken” bears in our industry. hours per day on average, and that’s excluding the other 13 hours a day where we have our mobile devices, our connected TVs, our iPads and Kindles and soon our cars connected to the web. Mobility really changes everything.

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