SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

The topic is: Betting Your Company On An Internet Platform? A very interesting topic, especially for those of us involved in developing for start-ups. The basic conclusion was that it was a bit premature if you were talking about a serious, funded start-up. application services (security, integration), etc.

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Tech.Co

MAY 16, 2024

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Don Charlton’s heroic journey began with him growing up on government assistance and culminated in his founding The Resumator , one of America''s fastest growing startups. I grew up ridiculously poor. To give you an idea how poor, our kitchen table had three legs. We pushed it in a corner to keep it up.

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socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2020

Smith , the founder of Croquet (www.croquet.io), a new Los Angeles startup which actually has its roots at the very beginning of the modern computing era. The idea is pretty simple. You can spin a coin, pick up an object. In the real world, the idea that what you see is what I see is a central aspect of our experience.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Fast forward to almost exactly one year later, and a lot has changed for the payments and software startup. 4 key areas SaaS startups must address to scale infrastructure for the enterprise. Its platform aims to give SMBs the ability to run their businesses “from building a brand to taking payments and everything in between.”

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TechEmpower

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Are specific technologies or platforms involved in your project? Although noteworthy, working with large corporations differs remarkably from working with startups. Inquisitiveness: Prior to starting the project, you should receive an estimate of the work effort. tew_cta text="Do you have an idea for a software project?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

was the “static&# web. Traditional media companies published their stories on the web. was the 2-way web. So we ended up with “real-time streams&# in Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Blip.FM, etc. So we ended up with “real-time streams&# in Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Blip.FM, etc. So did the media.

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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

Fortunately, the Startup of the Year program aims to make it easier for founders to connect with resources. In 2006, a passion to help startups grew into Tech Cocktail , a company whose mission was to showcased burgeoning companies in bars around the country. The Case Foundation invests in people and ideas that can change the world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2013

If you are the first to deliver this, your startup might be the next Google! This has been a long-time dream of Tim Berners-Lee , the man who (really) invented the World Wide Web. He calls his dream the ‘Semantic Web’ (or Web 3.0), meaning it understands user context. Memorable personality. Marty Zwilling.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2019

We caught up with Pluto TV's co-founder and Chief Growth Officer, Ilya Pozin , to hear about how the company started, and its path to acquisitionas well as to get some tips on startup success. Ilya also founded Coplex, a startup development studio. What's your story and how did you end up founding Pluto TV?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2012

There's been a sudden surge in accelerator in Southern California, looking to help get startups off the ground and funded. To learn more about how the company went from just an idea at an accelerator to a healthy exit, we spoke with founder Eli Portnoy. One of the clients we started working with was TeleNav.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Despite the huge surge of content specifically being developed for the web--and for sites like YouTube--making that content profitable and sustainable continues to be an issue for content creators. Josef Holm: Tubestart is a crowdfunding platform for YouTube creators, web series creators, and for digital video in general.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Under the heading, “The Book On Bezos,” the callout lists ten actionable and impactful nuggets of startup advice. We don’t give up on things easily. We didn’t give up.”. “ If you’re not stubborn, you’ll give up on experiments too soon. We are stubborn on vision. We are flexible on details…. The Two Pizza Rule.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2012

If you're a startup business owner, how do you get to the next step, and build your first product? That's the idea behind a new startup, Fundable , headed by serial entrepreneur Wil Schroter , which allows you to use rewards -- product, company schwag, an even equity -- as a tool to get your startup to the next stage.

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socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

He was also the founder of Wallstrip, which he sold to CBS back in 2007, is an investor in a significant number of web and social media companies. First of all, what's the idea behind StockTwits, for people who haven't used the service? So, we built our own, new and improved version of a microblogging platform.

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Ideas Web Startup Content 248

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2012

For those who haven’t heard of what Startup Weekend is all about, it’s building a company on STEROIDS! Friday Night, people started trickling in at Coloft at 6pm. People were so excited for the weekend, many of who have participated in Startup Weekend before and a few like me, who were there for the first time.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2013

You''ve seen the company''s work in the Superbowl, on television, and on the web, all for big brands--but you might not know it came out of the crowdsourcing efforts of Tongal (www.tongal.com). We caught up with James DeJulio , the company''s President and one of its co-founders, to hear about how the crowdsourced video site works.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

We caught up with Mickie Rosen , the firm's CEO, about the company, its links to Best Buy, and how it was incubated out of Fuse Capital. We set up a digital media fund, which had the goal of investing in new digital media properties, ideas, and concepts. So, we decided our initial focus should be on the mobile platform.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Time sure flies when you’re having fun, or building a startup. Those who are more involved in traditional entertainment are seeing a major shift online which is why an additional one-day seminar was created to coincide with Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood as a partnership called, Idea to Screen.

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StartUp Beat

JUNE 22, 2018

That’s a large part of why he decided to create LawMaker.io , which bills itself as a revolutionary platform that gives those in the U.S. That allows for support to build for popular ideas that are eventually handed over to legislators to propose them as real laws. ” Lawmaker.io ” Lawmaker.io

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socalTECH

APRIL 11, 2013

We caught up with Steven Cox , the company''s CEO, to learn more about the company. Why did you start the company? Steven Cox: I''ve been doing Internet startups since 1998. He mentioned he had a poster up at the local drugstore, but he just couldn''t get anyone to call him. What is TakeLessons?

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

San Diego-based uCast Global (www.ucastglobal.com), backed by Gary Winnick, is looking to tackle that entire area of content distribution, and is led by startup veteran Dr. Kanaan Jemili. We caught up with Kanaan to learn more about uCast Global. Weve also developed technology that allows them to get a really easy start.

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Content Startup Mobile Platform 113

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2011

We caught up with Howard to hear about what Gamzee is all about, and where he thinks the next big thing in games is going to be. Howard Marks: We started our business in April. The reason we started, is that we realized that Facebook would soon be releasing a new version of Facebook based on HTML5. What is Gamzee all about?

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

Last week, Los Angeles-based Stroome (www.stroome.com), a new startup originally spawned out of a project at the USC Annenberg School of Communications, won $200,000 in the 2010 Knight News Challenge. Tom Grasty: Essentially, we started off as a graduate school project at USC. Tell us the story behind Stroome and how it came about?

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Journal USC News Startup 187

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2011

8 business ideas. USC hosted its first Startup Weekend from September 23rd to 25th and it rocked! Then we had the CMO of Startup Weekend, Joey Pomerenke , guide everyone through the Startup Weekend process and then we were off! later, 8 ideas came on top: PitchSpark. 70+ students. One weekend we will never forget.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2014

One new, Los Angeles startup-- Laudville (www.laudville.com)--recently launched its service to try to tackle that huge task, of bringing your content together. Phoebe Scott: I started Laudville, because I consume a lot of entertainment of all kinds. So, I started working on it. What is Laudville? What is Laudville?

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Entertainment Startup Southern California Netflix 206

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. We then spoke about startups.

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 4, 2013

The pride and effort they have placed in building up their business should be reflected through their web presence. With over three billion local search queries in any given month on Google alone, no business can afford not to be on the web. Start out with very simple goals and reassure them that nobody has all the answers.

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Web Design Web Design Sites 58

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2009

I started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute: Tenacity. Every entrepreneur starts with an idea that they believe makes sense. Seemic (now a Twitter client) was originally a video blogging platform. They had signed up Gawker Media and the New York Post. Geni.com beget Yammer.

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TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

We build web and mobile applications, and we've been doing so for a little over fifteen years. Platforms eschew threading and then re-invent threading anew. Anyone who has been around the web development block is going to tell you that they select technologies with some balance between coolness and pragmatism.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2015

You can start a new web site business on the Internet for as little as $100, with cheap smart phone apps, new technology innovations, or tapping the multitude of opportunities brought by capitalizing on our concern for dwindling natural resources. Consider the startup MarkForged , which takes carbon-fiber to a 3D printer.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

To make it easier to find new people and connect with new friends, he thought he's start his own company to help solve that issue. Alex Capecelatro: Hyphos is a social discovery platform. Alex Capecelatro: Hyphos is a social discovery platform. Essentially, we've created a platform to enable that. What is Hyphos?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

What happens when you apply big data and computer science to digest all of that social data being fed into Twitter and other social platforms--and cross match that to location information? We spoke with Ali Khoshgozaran , founder and CEO of the company, to learn more about the startup. What is Tilofy about? How did Tilofy come about?

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2010

Earlier this month, his latest startup, El Segundo-based Morphlabs announced it had raised a Series B funding worth $5.5M. We thought we'd catch back up with Winston to hear about the Morphlabs. It looks like that round will be oversubscribed, so we may up that number. What was the idea behind launching in Japan first?

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socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2011

One of the biggest forces that has emerged in the Internet in recent years has been crowdsourcing, the way the web has empowered users to drive the creation of content and information online. The idea was to allow people to list and rank items, and use that to generate meaningful value as a recommendation engine.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

We had an idea to recapture what we saw was a huge pool of unlimited corporate resources. Kazuhm is recapturing the capacity in those desktops, creating a commercial grade, distributed computing platform based on that capacity. How did the idea for the company come about? Tim O'Neal: This is my second experience in a startup.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

I have started thinking about what the future might look like and I’ve started imagining what I call, “MMOV” or massive multiplayer online video. The problem with the “long tail” content is that only the platform provider (ie YouTube) makes money. Why would it? think Apple. Harlem Shake.

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