Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Software products and apps can be quickly wire-framed with free tools such as MockFlow , or even Microsoft Powerpoint to lay out the key screens. Don’t spend your whole development budget, before finding that you need another iteration. You should never outsource the management of your core technology.

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Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

Ostendo Technologies, a Carlsbad, CA-based company founded in 2005 to advance curved screens and other innovative display technologies, has raised $41.8 Ostendo declined my request to talk with CEO Hussein El-Ghoroury about the new funding and about the virtual reality display technology the company has been developing for over a decade.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

One of those is Hollywood-based FilmBreak (www.filmbreak.com), which is applying the world of social networking, media, and the Internet to help film-makers gain access to the analytics and insights they need to better market their films. We're not necessarily the platform to help up-and-comers or amateurs to be successful.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

They had a prominent NorCal investor already so I thought a SoCal lead would make sense – that I could help them in a more hands-on way. I had been competing to win a contract at Thames Water, the largest water company in the UK. They were looking for a collaboration tool to manage all of their large water development projects.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

They had a prominent NorCal investor already so I thought a SoCal lead would make sense – that I could help them in a more hands-on way. I had been competing to win a contract at Thames Water, the largest water company in the UK. They were looking for a collaboration tool to manage all of their large water development projects.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

YouTube today announced its new app for iPhone and iPod touch weeks after its license with Apple to develop and preload the app in the iPhone iPod touch expired. Five Year Contract. The presentations have speaker notes, full-screen mode and can be swiped between slides. Now Available on the App Store. billion From Ads.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2009

If I were writing about the most important attributes of a VC (hmmm) one of the things that would make my list is “ability to spot patterns.&# I see the same things over-and-over again and being able to spot things and compartmentalize them is important – it helps with short-handing analysis and learning. I’m sorry.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 24, 2014

While Lift and Uber allow people to request a pickup and ride from screen tested drivers to transport them and their friends safely to and from their destinations, Buddytruck fills a void that the ride-sharing services are sorely lacking, hauling of items. TZ: What was the development schedule from idea to picking up your first haul?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2009

I had been competing to win a contract at Thames Water, the largest water company in the UK. They were looking for a collaboration tool to manage all of their large water development projects. The initial contract was worth about $500,000 and the whole value of the contract would have been worth a couple of million over the years.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

SXSWi has listed the following information on their site: If you or someone you know is doing amazing work with technology to help their community, nominate them for a chance to win a scholarship to attend SXSW Interactive. Merging of 2nd Screen & TV Everywhere Experiences. Design and Development. Design and Development.

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socalTECH

JULY 22, 2016

For our interview today, we have an interview with Gabe Grifoni , CEO and founder of Rufus Labs (www.getrufus.com), which has has developed an Android-based, wearable device which is aimed at use in the enterprise, warehouses, and factories. Plus, we've hired a new CTO and CRO to help grow the tech and business side.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2012

Dolgoff has a fascinating background--he invented the first LCD projector, he helped inspire Star Trek's Holodeck, and he also is a serial entrepreneur who took his company public on the NASDAQ in the 90's. Gene Dolgoff: After years of research and development, we have developed technology which converts two dimensional video to 3D.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2011

The awareness of the brands helps, particularly as curation is an interesting issue with the App store. Name brand properties are also high on the radar in terms of awareness, and that also definitely helps with discovery as well. The money is going to go towards hiring, better development, and more creative work.

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Steve Reich

AUGUST 9, 2012

But as a community, we have to figure out how Angels can effectively participate in the development of accelerator-based companies. The accelerators are succeeding in generating more companies at the same time that the VC industry is contracting. To help with the capital shortage, we have to tap the Angel community.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Distilling a field of work down to a single sentence describing the core elements helps to innovate and keep ahead of the curve. This idea helps to distill down the most important things to make or sell in a product. An example is the evolution of computer control to screen touches and gestures, versus keys and mice.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies. We want to help them, and will. Thank you @eminutes. . Charlie Capen – Co-founder of HowToBeADad.com.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Distilling a field of work down to a single sentence describing the core elements helps to innovate and keep ahead of the curve. This idea helps to distill down the most important things to make or sell in a product. An example is the evolution of computer control to screen touches and gestures, versus keys and mice.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2016

Distilling a field of work down to a single sentence describing the core elements helps to innovate and keep ahead of the curve. This idea helps to distill down the most important things to make or sell in a product. An example is the evolution of computer control to screen touches and gestures, versus keys and mice.

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Startup Outsource Development Entrepreneur Ideas 57