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NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Los Angeles-based Fan Appz , which is headed by Jon Siegal, said today that it has launched a new social media marketing product. The firm said its Personalized Marketing Platform is aimed at brand, to help them turn their fans into customers. and also served at IBM and other companies. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 31, 2020

The honest truth is that I worked directly with him in the early days of Microsoft from my “safe” perch in big IBM, during the startup of the IBM PC. Bill Gates ran the technical show, but Steve Ballmer never let him forget the marketing and business side of the equation. Market vision, focus, and opportunity.

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JULY 27, 2016

Beverly Hills-based Influential , a developer of influencer marketing software, has raised $5M in a Series A funding, according to the company. The company says it has now raised a total of $9M. The company says its clients include Hershey's, Coca-Cola Company, NBC Universal, Nestle, General Mills and Sony Pictures.

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AUGUST 17, 2009

San Diego-based EMN8 , a developer of self-service, restaurant kiosks, said Monday that the firm is in a agreement with IBM, where the two will jointly manufacture, market, and support its products. EMN8 said it will transition production of its OrderM8 4000 kiosk hardware to IBM. EMN8 is backed by GRP Partners, Sid R.

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OCTOBER 19, 2012

San Diego-based SmartDrive Systems , the developer of technology for tracking the driving performance in corporate fleets, said today that it has namd Choo Kim-Isgitt as its new VP of Marketing. Kim-Isgitt joins the firm from M86 Security, where she was responsible for corporate marketing. She also has served at Websense and IBM.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Los Angeles-based Mojix , a developer of RFID readers, reported earlier this week that it has inked a distribution agreement with IBM in Japan. Mojix, which is headed by Ramin Sadr, has developed RFID technology based on technology and techniques originally honed at JPL/NASA for deep space communications.

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APRIL 2, 2014

How can marketers make better decisions and get better results from their online marketing? Pasadena-based Smartify (www.getsmartify.com)''s CEO, Carla Bourque , recently talked to us about the company''s online marketing platform, and how it differentiates itself from a lot of other competitors in the market.

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JUNE 24, 2013

One that he particularly struggled with was "word-of-mouth marketing,”which he consistently referred to as "mouth-to-mouth marketing." We adopted his phrasing and made it our mission to devise creative, mouth-to-mouth marketing initiatives. I now realize why guerrilla marketing is not for the timid. we sure do.

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MARCH 15, 2010

Cole as the firm's Vice President of Marketing. Cole was most recently VP of Marketing for Websense, and also served for over 25 years at IBM. Pasadena-based Guidance Software , a developer of forensics software for digital investigations of computers, said today that it has hired Leo J.

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JANUARY 28, 2022

The company said the new funding will go to build out its exec team, for enhancing its market presence, and technology development. NVISIONx develops enterprise software, used to find and defensibly purge files that have no business value, to help to reduce data risks.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Anderson as Chief Marketing Officer, the firm said today. BeyondTrust said that Anderson joins the firm from SIderean Software, and also served at Avamar Technologies, IBM Tivoli, Access360, HNC Software, and FileNet. Agoura Hills-based BeyondTrust , a developer of security software, has added Brian T.

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OCTOBER 2, 2020

LuPriore is CEo and co-founder of Wujitech, a mobile software and analytics company focused on personal development; LuPriore previously also was at Asyst Technologies as interim CEO, and also has served at IBM. Burvill was most recently President, Business Markets, at Verizon Communications. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

There has been an explosion of useful applications on the market to aid with everything from diagnosing application performance monitoring to checking your cholesterol levels. The post Hacking for Good: IBM Launches Hackathon to Aid Disaster Relief appeared first on TechZulu. Hacking for good matters.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2015

Entrepreneurs and startups often ask if they should select only social media for marketing, or stick with digital media, or just count on traditional media. Social media as a marketing tool is here to stay, and is now widely accepted. Traditional marketing is sales-focused, one-way push. Focus first on the social media trinity.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

According to Factual, the new products are aimed at enterprises and marketers in Europe, to help them better understand, reach, and engage consumers. Webster previously was at IBM Watson Advertising (formerly The Weather Company), where he had been Managing Director and VP of EMEA for nearly 10 years.

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AUGUST 9, 2017

According to Docupace, it has named James Caulkins as Chief Revenue Officer, and Rickey Bijlani as Director of Marketing. Caulkins previously served at IBM, Sunguard Availability Services, and Salesforce, and also was co-founder of EcoNation Transportation Services.

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DECEMBER 23, 2017

Entrepreneurs and startups often ask if they should select only social media for marketing, or stick with digital media, or just count on traditional media. Social media as a marketing tool is here to stay, and is now widely accepted. Traditional marketing is sales-focused, one-way push. Focus first on the social media trinity.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 24, 2013

One that he particularly struggled with was "word-of-mouth marketing,”which he consistently referred to as "mouth-to-mouth marketing." We adopted his phrasing and made it our mission to devise creative, mouth-to-mouth marketing initiatives. I now realize why guerrilla marketing is not for the timid. we sure do.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2009

William Taylor as vice president of marketing. Most recently, XIFIN said, Zaniboni was CFO of AviaraDx, while Taylor served as vice president of marketing and corporate development for Acclerys Inc. The company said it has hired Steve Zaniboni as chief financial officer and R.

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DECEMBER 1, 2013

Entrepreneurs and startups often ask if they should use social media for marketing, digital media, or traditional media. The place to start today is if your company only uses traditional media for marketing, or no marketing. The place to start today is if your company only uses traditional media for marketing, or no marketing.

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MARCH 7, 2017

Newport Beach-based Lantern Credit , a fintech startup focused on the consumer credit market, said this morning that it has acquired a set of software used for machine learning. Lantern Credit said Korns previously has served at such companies as IBM, Tymshare Transaction Services, Xerox Imaging and Investment Science. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 8, 2018

San Diego-based Inseego , which develops mobile products for the enterprise and other markets, said on Monday afternoon that it has named Rick Harris as Senior Vice President, Enterprise Sales for the Americas. Inseego said Harris has more than 20 years of experience in the enterprise sales area.

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JUNE 21, 2016

Mobile Roadie , the mobile app creation and marketing software developer--which was recently acquired by Intellectsoft--said it has named Gino Padua as its new Chief Executive Officer, and Vova Soroka as its new Chief Technology Officer. Mobile Roadie was acquired by Intellectsoft in October of last year. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 24, 2017

Los Angeles-based influencer marketing software developer Influential says it has named Michael Lin as its new dual CFO and COO. Lin was previously CFO at Mavenlink and Cake, and also served at Gehry Technologies and Fast Search and Transfer. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 30, 2021

I was reading an old article written by marketing guru Seth Godin a while back where he mentions that “it takes about six years of hard work to become an overnight success”. Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. He later changed the name to Facebook.

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OCTOBER 21, 2015

Tealium also has launched a local language version of its products for the market. The company said it has appointed Andy Clark as its new General Manager of Asia Pacific; Clark previously served at Limelight Networks, Crossbeam Systems, RightNow Technologies, and IBM. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 28, 2018

Tech firms like IBM have been pitching the advantages of cloud computing for Hollywood since 2010, but it’s only recently that companies have begun courting the entertainment industry in earnest. For instance, Microsoft bought Avere Systems in January, and Google picked up Anvato in 2016 to woo entertainment companies.

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MAY 5, 2017

Johnson was most recently SVP of Sales, Marketing, and Client Development at FacilitySource, and also had served at IBM and Xerox. Los Angeles-based TaskUs , which provides business process outsourcing, said this week that it has named Jarrod Johnson as Senior Vice President of Sales. Johnson will be based in Dallas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2022

You will be pivoting your business in your lifetime, whether you are a new startup, or a mature company like Motorola or IBM. You can even give it a more elegant name, like “market-focused reinvention,” but it won’t be graceful if you don’t take the lead. Real change demands new goals based on new market realities. Sherry, Jr.,

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AUGUST 7, 2012

Los Angeles-based Inktank , the developer of the open source, distributed storage software Ceph, is expanding its executive tem today, saying that it has hired James Duncan as its new CTO, Russell Kojima as VP Professional Services, and Debbie Moynihan as VP Marketing.

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MARCH 18, 2014

Bitvore said one of its first products, Bitvore for Munis, helps investment banks and hedge funds looking for an information advantage in municipal bond markets. Pikover is an angel investor, with dozens of local startup investments; he was also co-founder of Xylan (IPO, $2B acquisition) and Access 360 (acquisition by IBM).

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

Entrepreneurs and startups often ask if they should use social media for marketing, digital media, or traditional media. The place to start today is if your company only uses traditional media for marketing, or no marketing. The place to start today is if your company only uses traditional media for marketing, or no marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Examples of great companies that have achieved longevity, by initiating major changes, include American Express (originally express mail), IBM (tabulating and computer hardware), and J.P. Companies follow each other rather than the market. No company can afford to lose the agility, flexibility, and innovation of a startup.

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OCTOBER 16, 2013

Irvine-based online directory and digital marketing provider Local Corporation said this morning that it has appointed Joe Lindsay as its new Vice President of Technology. Local said that Lindsay will focus on mobile development and the company''s Krillion local shopping platform.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Syncsort develops Hadoop and other big data integration software for the mainframe market. Syncsort is based in Woodcliff, New Jersey, and offers up Apache Hadoop, Splunk, Apache Spark, and other analytics software for the IBM z Systems mainframe and other systems. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

Kleiner Perkins , one of the most storied franchises in venture capital, has already invested much of the $600 million it raised last year and is now going back out to the market to raise its 19th fund, according to multiple sources. We went out to market to LPs. Kleiner Perkins partner Ilya Fushman. “We We got a lot of interest.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Los Angeles-based MarketShare , the provider of marketing analytics run by Wes Nichols, said this week that it has expanded its international operations in both the EMEA and Japan. Carlsson joins from IBM Global Services, and Tomomatsu joins from Yahoo! Carlsson joins from IBM Global Services, and Tomomatsu joins from Yahoo!

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