socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Venture and angel investing has long been considered a man''s world--with domination of the industry, executives, financiers, and others by men, with only a few exceptions. The Pipeline Fellowship--founded by Natalia Oberti Noguera--says it has been running angel investing bootcamps for women, looking to active more female angel investors.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

For this morning's interview, we thought we'd talk with Los Angeles-based Sidebar (www.sidebar.com), a venture backed startup in the mobile space, to learn more about what they are up to. Patrick Kennedy: Sidebar is a company that was founded to bring consumers personalized content, focused on mobile delivery of that content.

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Content Screening Mobile Customer 189

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The theme for Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood is startups and Hollywood, featuring leaders from movie studios, music labels, agencies, and startups in entertainment – how Hollywood studios are investing and working with startups, and how Silicon Beach startups are making entertainment businesses. See you there!

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Hollywood Screening Ideas Entertainment 100

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 23, 2019

I vividly recall a meeting at Siebel to explore a potential partnership by which Siebel would sell our GoToAssist screen sharing technology to its customers. Vertical Software To Mobile First. Rather, the software companies I’ve invested in, such as JazzHR , TaxJar and SimpleLegal , compete with Web 1.0

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SaaS Software Artificial Inteligence ASP 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

For Wedge Buster (www.wedgebuster.com), you do it by pulling together a huge collection of sports-related social and mobile games. round from the NFL's Drew Brees, skating's Rob Dyrdek, and a number of local venture and angel investors to create what the company hopes is the dominant provider of social and mobile sports game.

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Mobile Platform Startup Examples 248

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Back in 2013, Google reported that 90 percent of multiple device owners switch between screens to complete tasks, using an average of three different combinations every day. Through screen mirroring, users have greater flexibility over how they view – and share – content. So much so, that eMarketer forecasts 51.2

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Artificial Inteligence Screening Google Customer 106

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). Much more data in the full post. Not so fast. Google knows it.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2013

We spoke with CEO and founder Ben Katz about the company''s prepaid debit cards and mobile apps (featuring such brands as The Walking Dead, The Three Stooges, Star Trek, and Garfield), and more. We think the future of payments is in the palm of someone''s hand, in the form of their mobile phone. What is Card.com? How are you different?

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Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

” For startups entering program they receive investment capital, access to coworking space at Disney’s creative campus and mentor support and guidance from top Disney executives, entrepreneurs, investors and other notable business leaders from the entertainment and technology communities, and have a Demo Day at the campus.

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Artificial Inteligence Startup Entertainment Press 108

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Is there a screening process or criteria for firms to use the facilities? Kevin Hell: Yes, we have a selection committee, comprised of folks who are venture capitalists and also have been in the investment arm of large companies. We though that because of the demographic and the excitement level, that would be a great idea.

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Incubator San Diego Technical Review Development Team Review 212

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2015

You’ll want to make sure that your website looks good on desktop computers, tablets, and mobile device screens. This can be a challenge for designers, since the amount of whitespace and the sizing of text can be tricky to control across different screens. One of the most popular options for solving this problem is a grid design.

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Web Design Web Design Develop 40

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 6, 2014

From investments and business, Robin Kaminsky , Entrepreneur in Residence at Rustin Canyon Partners, and former EVP of Publishing at Activision. Robin Kaminsky, who’s spent extensive time in the investment and business world, says no. Gaming (especially mobile) is an inherently social experience. Social Gaming.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Consumer spending is 70% of the economy and will continue to be stretched – We can look all we want at tech innovation, VC funding cycles and hot M&A deals, but ultimately growth and therefore investment must be underpinned by revenue. So we loaded up on flat screen TVs, multiple generations of iPods and trips to Hawaii.

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Venture Capital Startup Funding Technical Review 269

socalTECH

JULY 28, 2017

In a world where there seems likes there is a major, security breach every day, where usernames and passwords are just not enough because they keep getting stolen, and where hackers have even started to hijack people's mobile phones to break into accounts, what do you do? It's a pretty high level issue.

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IP Artificial Inteligence CIO Startup 100

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2011

There are two ways you can use the app -- you can either play your iPad like it is a real instrument, by strumming the touch screen. Investors were really excited, and in the weeks following we took investment meeting after investment meeting. Seventy percent of the people we met with invested in the company.

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Media Education Google Startup 267

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2012

As Google starts offering more consumer products (read: mobile devices) I assure you they will find ways to take customer service calls from you. This is consistent with data I see from RingRevenue , a company in which I invested and sit on the board. But What About Mobile? And what form of ad unit totally KILLS it on mobile?

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Mobile Technical Review Google Screening 311

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 5, 2013

I also heard a lot of chatter about increasing the area’s overall investment in infrastructure, including fiber, which is highly critical to the region as a whole. People don’t just solely watch TV nowadays; they multitask with a handful of screens. DVDs are dying and streaming is on the rise. But it is the L.A.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Companies that have invested in drone technology has seen stock prices climb quickly with no signs of slowing. The remote for the Typhoon, has its own screen, which allows you to fly for an afternoon without worrying about burning out your phone’s battery. This drone relies heavily on a mobile phone or iPad. Accessories.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

In a short, densley packed timeline, our panel of industry experts discussed the fine line topics of wearables technology, bitcoin, SaaS, cloud, mobile gaming, and social markets. Speakers listed: Brock Pierce – Digital currency pioneer investing in Bitcoin, games, and online gambling businesses; Clearstone Global Gaming Fund.

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Startup Google Education Venture Capital 95

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Hamilton Chan is founder of Los Angeles-based PaperLinks (www.paperlinks.com), a new startup which is developing mobile applications which take advantage of QR codes--the 3D barcodes which are cropping up everywhere--to help users marketers go beyond just linking those codes to web pages, but also to power social applications.

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Startup Tips Web Platform 233

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

“I would far rather give out my mobile phone number than my email address.” I had a pre breakfast with a CEO of a company in which I invested talking about his next fund raising round. Separately, in the morning I called a seed-stage investor in NY and talked to him about investing in one of my companies. Operations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2013

Sites like KickStarter have for years offered rewards and pre-sales for crowd investments, but real equity won’t be legalized until sometime this year for people other than accredited investors. Social mobile web. Responsive web technology that re-sizes text and images to fit any screen is the norm with new websites.

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Entrepreneur Startup Web Equity 109

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Mark then talked about Crittercism, a mobile feedback solution. Seth also spoke about not accepting investment until after gaining traction. Unlike those IM clients with a small (ineffective) footprint, Meebo experience is a website and a full page screen. What is your mobile strategy?

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Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

I first wanted to invest in this trend by backing a company called Filmaka. I didn’t end up investing but I always loved the concept. Media in an age of: low-cost capture from mobile devices. It will always be a milestone in the Internet, YouTube, Twitter, Mobile world etched in my memory. And that of my two boys.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

I started with a list of companies already screened by the San Diego Venture Group’s annual venture summit, and consulted with investors and startup mentors to refine the list. million in a Series D round of investment capital, according to founder and chairman Tony Farwell.

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San Diego Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Startup 40

socalTECH

JULY 25, 2012

Users of the Instagram mobile application--which runs on iPhone and Android--are familiar with how that app has become one of the key ways people socialize and share their life with others, all via the service's photo sharing and comments. Edward Park: My background is screen printing and production.

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Startup Commerce Web 2.0 Screening 174

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

Okuno has been investing in Los Angeles startups for the past three years after selling his own company E-Z Data. Okuno said, “I have invested in over 40 startups almost always in the six-figure range.” He is looking to find more. GetMeRated , a mobile app where teens and twentysomethings find new friends through photos and chat.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

He started targeting the ad by location and interest, and the number of potential people he was reaching began decreasing on screen (Facebook tells you dynamically). friend of mine asked me to chat with a startup he’d invested in. Steve was was walking through (live) the process of creating a Facebook ad. Here’s why. I know I do.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Today is the day Solaborate is publicly launching a beta-version of their platform on the web with an iOS and Android mobile apps for those on the road. You also have a mobile version of Solaborate launching. Where do you see social media and mobile going? LB: I think the importance of mobile is you want to stay connected.

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Social Media Social Network Tool Mobile 92

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Luckily we have been able to self-fund our operation so far and we haven’t taken any outside investments. The bigger screen, the better. 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.

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Startup Design Mobile Software Review 106

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 24, 2014

And with that, you’ve skipped over the arduous process of pre-screening every stranger at the bar you’re at. CupidRadar’s unique offer is to have both a traditional log-in site and mobile apps in order to provide both active and passive dating experiences. Here’s your chance to connect.

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Startup Mobile Ideas Activity 108

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. In the show we talked about why this is important to mobile application developers. Jelli - I went on record saying that I wanted to invest and that I think this company will create a big success. OTHER DEALS: 1.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 19, 2012

For the past week, I’ve been graced by the mobile-Gods with the new Nokia flagship cellphone, the Lumia 900. With a flick of the thumb, powering the screen on is mindless, and the volume toggle is smooth. My immediate impression was, “what the heck is it with this awful blue color?” The Hardware.

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Google Netflix Mobile Screening 77

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. Xavor invest through our dependable consulting services. We have helped many other startups through our carefully designed investment model. It’s a gallery of great entrepreneurship.

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CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

Darren Clark: It was officially May 9 of 2012, when David and I and others within YP and AT&T decided that given where we were with AT&T, their core focus on wireless, we should figure out how to take the business out of AT&T, so that we would not be constrained on our investments, and we could go after markets in a more strategic way.

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Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 223

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

An example of that, is we have a product in alpha in a couple of our markets, where, in real time, a user can fill out a form and it goes out to the top five service providers who we already have vetted and screened. It''s interesting to look into the user behavior when you allow them to go out anonymously via mobile.

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Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 211

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

That users get the PIN code, enters it into the registration screen, and if they typed in the right code, they can complete registration and get access to all of what a service provider gives them. He called me and said--this is a company you might be interested in, maybe taking a board seat, or co-investing in, or helping them get funded.

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Marina Del Rey Startup IP Examples 238