Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

Burstly, a Santa Monica based company, provides an open and free ad management platform that helps mobile application developers better monetize their inventory. The first big wave of this change came from the introduction of the iPhone, which was the first well built mobile device for using the web. The world is going mobile.

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Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2013

With travel on the hackers’ brains and technology at their fingertips, these geeks are going to get knee deep in some code! The following is a list of the weekend’s agenda: Saturday: 10AM - Kickoff event with breakfast, networking, and developer dating which leads into idea pitches and team formation. Speakers listed below.

Software Review 79

Software Review Technical Review Ideas Conference 79

socalTECH

AUGUST 1, 2014

George Collado: It''s employee management software. It''s too cumbersome, and most of the products are 360 reviews, corporate management type products, which are too expensive. In an industry which has a turnover ratio of about nine months, most companies do these one year reviews which don''t make any sense.

Help 223

Help Hermosa Beach Technical Review Redondo Beach 223

socalTECH

JULY 27, 2015

There's been a huge debate over the future of Adobe's Flash raging over the last month, as both Google and Mozilla disabled Flash due to security holes and other issues. Where do you fit into the mobile ad market? Since the iPhone in 2007, we are seeing that mobile is taking over, and what we were doing was not as relevant.

Hollywood 100

Hollywood HTML Software Review Advertising 100

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 27, 2012

. “In order to create a successful new company, you have to find an idea that. (1) How many ideas like that are left? ” He gives a nice little 6-minute video interview on Bloomberg reinforcing these ideas. We once thought Microsoft was a monopoly on the Internet due to IE. Where David is Totally Right.

Technical Review 299

Technical Review Venture Capital Yammer Google 299

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

In the world of online, mobile, and social games, there are now petabytes of data being collected by companies on what users are doing in those games--and trying to make sense of all that information. It''s a very successful research team, with over eighty peer-reviewed articles we''ve published. Explain what Ninja Metrics is doing?

Metrics 166

Metrics Software Review Research Startup 166

Xconomy

AUGUST 9, 2016

Apple’s iPhone 7 is due out next month. And what does this portend for the future of mobile interfaces? Planes have evolved on the inside through the addition of features like all-glass cockpits and fly-by-wire software. Maybe, before phones can get smarter, software engineers have to get smarter. Let me explain.

Software Review 40

Software Review Screening Design Mobile 40

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

m-Via does financial remittances using mobile phones for people from the US to Mexico. The product was rebuilt and launched as Salesforce Ideas (and if memory serves it was also called the Ideas Exchange). I know that their are independent software companies now focused on this like UserVoice and Get Satisfaction.

Organization 280

Organization Customer Custom Tips 280

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 14, 2012

You’ve taken care of the 1) product, 2) marketing, 3) overall experience (to garner positive reviews), but then what? How do you guarantee a simply favorable review versus a regularly returning loyal customer? It enables businesses to get a better idea of who their customers are and how to get them to return.

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Software Review Idealab Pasadena Customer 95

Xconomy

MARCH 20, 2018

Mythic, based in both Redwood City, CA, and Austin, TX, is one of the upstart companies benefiting from a surge of investing in the chip-making field, where the growing computational demands due to the use of AI are creating an opening for young entrepreneurs with out-of-the-box ideas.

Artificial Inteligence 77

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Venture Capital Software Review 77

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

In the world of online, mobile, and social games, there are now petabytes of data being collected by companies on what users are doing in those games--and trying to make sense of all that information. It''s a very successful research team, with over eighty peer-reviewed articles we''ve published. Explain what Ninja Metrics is doing?

Metrics 113

Metrics Software Review Research Startup 113

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

In the world of online, mobile, and social games, there are now petabytes of data being collected by companies on what users are doing in those games--and trying to make sense of all that information. It''s a very successful research team, with over eighty peer-reviewed articles we''ve published. Explain what Ninja Metrics is doing?

Metrics 100

Metrics Software Review Research Startup 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2013

Here is an entry-level benchmark for the new software personal assistants: Simple and intuitive communication. A good assistant know how get things done efficiently, recognizing user hardware and software limitations. Of course, many are still fighting it as well, due to privacy concerns. Technology environment savvy.

Web 98

Web Entrepreneur Software Review Google 98

socalTECH

AUGUST 21, 2015

We caught up with co-founder Ray Christian to hear about how the app--which would make Cyrano de Bergerac proud-- came about, and why the startup thinks it's the next thing in mobile dating. What's the idea behind Textpertapp? How'd you come up with the idea? We've also been submitting this to app review sites.

Startup 100

Startup Technical Review Help Ideas 100

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

View the Slideshow A little more than a year ago, amid a resurgence in San Diego’s software sector, Xconomy identified a baker’s dozen of local tech companies to watch in 2016. The idea was to feature early stage companies in the region that have not attracted much attention or raised a substantial amount of startup capital.

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San Diego Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Startup 40

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Huge news: Millions of PHP developers can now build mobile apps for iOS and Android — in PHP. Aiming to head off Apple, Microsoft shows off Xbox SmartGlass mobile app and Xbox dashboard update. Motorola Solutions shows off its hands-free mobile computer. Live at the Apple Event: iPad Mini (and more?). 11 hrs ago.

Southern California 57

Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 14, 2012

You’ve taken care of the 1) product, 2) marketing, 3) overall experience (to garner positive reviews), but then what? How do you guarantee a simply favorable review versus a regularly returning loyal customer? It enables businesses to get a better idea of who their customers are and how to get them to return.

Software Review 61

Software Review Idealab Pasadena Customer 61

socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

For our interview today, we caught up with Al Eisaian , CEO of Pasadena-based IconApps (www.iconapps.com), which is developing mobile applications for the iPhone market. Al Eisaian: IconApps is built around simplifying people's lives through mobile technology. We caught up with Al recently to hear about his latest startup. READ MORE>>.

Mobile 168

Mobile .Net Pasadena Software Review 168

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Klash offers a web and mobile platform that lets people challenge and dare their friends for fun, honor and actual rewards, said the investment round will help it make an awesome product for the public and also help distribute it to the masses this year. Klash for iOS was released last fall and had good reviews with a 4.9 Great Idea.

Invest 68

Invest Slides Ideas Mobile 68

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2017

Our interview this morning is with Jonathan Zweig , the CEO of Los Angeles-based AppOnboard (www.apponboard.com), which has created software which allows mobile app developers--and in particular, mobile game developers--to create demos of those games which can be played without having to download and install those apps.

Startup 113

Startup Southern California UCLA Technical Review 113

Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Lisha served a lengthy tenure fulfilling multiple roles at Wells Fargo, most recently as VP of Consumer Financial Services, where she led the mobile payments strategy and implementation for the credit card business. She began her career as an engineer at Cisco Systems and later cofounded a mobile gaming company.

Technical Review 70

Technical Review Startup Software Review Entrepreneur 70

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 4, 2013

As far for Android, you have to be careful of making an app for the mobile phone or the tablet. Mobile has been increasing the amount of information we get. So what future does that instill for us when it comes to using mobile devices and desktops/laptops? AM: The hardest time was finding the perfect idea.

Startup 106

Startup Design Mobile Software Review 106

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2012

Smart technology doesn’t work without clever software to make it useful. Do you need to wait until you have an idea that’s never been done before? Do you need to take the time to learn coding or should you search out a firm to help bring your idea into reality? What matters most is your execution of that idea.

Marketing 97

Marketing Startup Software Review Competition 97

InfoChachkie

JUNE 20, 2011

Due to their lack of practical experience, this delegation/efficiency tradeoff is especially acute with respect to hiring Interns. In several cases, we eventually productized summer Intern projects, including a mobile version of GoToMyPC which we called PocketView. I discuss specific tactics to facilitate such delegation HERE.

Startup 244

Startup Software Review Technical Review Class 244

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Another issue, was that once the product was designed, we would take our project plan, print it out, and put it on the wall, but inevitably when we were designing a new handset or a new feature for a mobile handset, someone would get sick, new tasks were added, and all that wouldn't get added to the plan. You can just download and use it.

Startup 100

Startup Software Review Technical Review Software 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 24, 2013

We’d like to think the successful testing was a result of diligence in our communication and persistence with our test users, but in reality we were just lucky to have the perfect test group. The testing phase of developing our iPhone app, flik , has lead to enormous strides in honing our product. How was the group assembled?

Networking 93

Networking Product Startup Software Review 93

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2017

due to a less developed financial system, lack of credit tracking, and oftentimes and informal economy. We've developed software, which seamlessly brings that information in, and it's really accurate, valid information. What kind of information are you able to assess using just a mobile phone?

Startup 100

Startup Santa Monica Customer Custom 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. While Facebook was built on the idea that all our information was private and shared only between friend (before they changed this after the fact), Twitter was born under the idea that most of the information shared there was open and viewable by anybody.

Social Network 297

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Web 297

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 11, 2011

The best part about being a writer who covers startups is seeing revolutionary ideas take shape from their infancy. PayDivvy provides a smarter way to manage bills by allowing you to pay, send and share bills…simply and socially…via web or mobile. by %, by $ amount).

Conference 96

Conference Orange County Technical Review Software Review 96

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 23, 2012

Once you’ve decided on an idea to move forward with, you’re ready to start deciphering the data you’ve compiled on the existing competition and choosing what to do with your own app. You should cull this list to the best of the best, those that have a large number of high ratings and gushing reviews. The Hook Brings You back.

Marketing 84

Marketing Software Review Tips Competition 84

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 26, 2012

The idea was getting mature and by end of June we had the first version. Palomino has 12 years experience in the mobile industry and the firm’s’ creative mind. At Ioui Apps we believe in the idea of creating a new interaction system for social networks. Gabi is nearly eight months old. So, you are the founder and CEO?

Social Network 89

Social Network Startup CTO Coach Social Media 89

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 26, 2013

You simply can’t miss Lyft’s cars driving around the city due to its clever marketing ploy of placing big, pink “ carstaches ” on the grill of each car in their fleet. The overarching idea is based upon the well-known problems facing the economy and the environment – a constraint of resources.

Google 92

Google Technical Review Santa Monica Framework 92

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Novimap is an online and mobile mapping platform. enables developers to sell cross-platform web-apps that optimize to your mobile device. By allowing friends to collaborate during the planning process using a mobile app or SMS, Volly takes the burden of organizing casual gatherings off of one person.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 24, 2014

TZ: What was the development schedule from idea to picking up your first haul? Is this due to the insurance policy, lack of customer base or just on ensuring timely pickup and delivery?). Applications Apps & Software iOS iPhone Mobile Startups Buddytruk moving new apps peer-to-peer ride sharing' We wish them well.

FAQ 98

FAQ Startup Technical Review Santa Monica 98

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Novimap is an online and mobile mapping platform. enables developers to sell cross-platform web-apps that optimize to your mobile device. By allowing friends to collaborate during the planning process using a mobile app or SMS, Volly takes the burden of organizing casual gatherings off of one person.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

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 A better social Web on mobile devices. Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0

Web 29

Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Adam Miller transformed his company into one of the world’s leading software-as-a-service companies, specifically in the HR world. Here’s a man with all the brains of a Silicon Valley engineer and all the big ideas and known-how of an LA entrepreneur. magazine and the LA Business Journal. Gil Elbaz – Factual. billion in shares.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75