socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Los Angeles-based AppOnboard , the developer of mobile app demo technology led by Jonathan Zweig, says that it now has such app developers as FoxNext Games, Game Insight, Superheart Studios, Jam City, Huuuge Games, and Simple Habit using its tools.

Technical Review 133

Technical Review Mobile Technology Customer 133

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2021

As a business advisor, I have to recommend even to established companies that they review and revamp their competitive strategy now, even if it appears to be working today. Amazon attracts third-party sellers with tools and processes that make then all winners in the marketplace. These tolerate negative cash flows for growth.

Competition 142

Competition Software Review Social Media Customer 142

InfoChachkie

JULY 7, 2016

Note: I invest almost exclusively in b-to-b software companies. My “no demo” approach is clearly not appropriate when assessing the veracity of investments with a hardware component or with a consumer facing product. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles!

Venture Capital 176

Venture Capital Product Software Review Technical Review 176

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

Both programmers, the two reconnected after doing stints as custom developers during and after college, and then when they were developing tools for their families’ businesses as residential contractors in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale. These kinds of technologies, unlike AI, don’t automate away workers.

Glendale 271

Glendale Los Angeles Startup Technical Review 271

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

“The climate-oriented investment in Biden’s new plan would be roughly ten times what came through ARRA,” wrote Shayle Kann, a partner with the investment firm, Energy Impact Partners. Big data analytics, monitoring and sensing tools, and robotics are also becoming fixtures on the farm.

Startup 229

Startup Technical Review Invest Research 229

TechCrunch LA

JULY 19, 2022

The investment was led by Union Square Ventures and included participation from Eniac Ventures, Human Capital and Flexport. to develop some sweet inventory-planning software. And no matter the tools being used, “it is impossible to completely accurately predict consumer buying behavior.”. “We Syrup Tech bags $6.3M

Product 191

Product Funding Technical Review Equity 191

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 1, 2013

The platform allows investors to do their due diligence on their own time, network with other investors and execute deals with little overhead.” ” Free online tools. It also has free virtual due diligence sessions, investment dashboards, an advanced data room and virtual boardroom features.

Software Review 69

Software Review Platform Equity Tool 69

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2020

For starters Uber itself has had to lay off 27% of its workforce due to the pandemic and has been severely impacted financially from the crisis with no immediate respite in sight. So while many restaurants knew they eventually needed to invest in better order management software, many had been putting it off.

SaaS 242

SaaS Customer Custom Technical Review 242

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

I’m very pleased today to announce that I invested, on behalf of GRP Partners, in Burstly alongside Rincon Venture Partners , an early stage VC in Southern California whith whom we love to work (and were our co-investors on RingRevenue ). Naturally I’m excited about this investment or I wouldn’t have done it.

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

Tech.Co

JANUARY 3, 2020

With these insights you can make informed decisions and boost repeat customers, without having to invest too much money. Field Service Software. Fortunately, field service software is designed to keep track of all this and more, so you can focus on the big picture. Get started with field service software today.

Technical Review 91

Technical Review Software Review Social Media Platform 91

SoCal CTO

APRIL 8, 2010

9 Reasons Why Many Smart People Go Nowhere - Life Beyond Code , March 29, 2010 You would have met many smart people who live a mediocre life. The Exit Disconnect - Ask the Angels , March 25, 2010 I’ll admit to having a bias towards exits and focus my review of a potential investment on the exit potential. There are MANY of them.

Startup 150

Startup Software Review Competition SoCal 150

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

He came to work in our offices at Upfront Ventures as an EIR and immediately began building software to improve how storage was picked up, photographed, scanned and routed to a warehouse. An example of the systems companies build are pricing & revenue management tools to best help to optimize yield.

Startup 286

Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

In the startup world, the former happens when a VC makes a bad investment, and the latter occurs when they miss a great opportunity. In contrast, low-volume, high-conviction investors like Rincon only invests in a handful new companies each year, making it much more costly (in dollars and effort expended) to invest in a loser.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Founded by Alessandro Petrucciani from Italy, Alex Napetschnig from Austria,Baris Tamer from Turkey, Emiliano Saurin from Argentina and Roland Heuger from Germany, Klash App recently closed its first ever investment round and revamped its iOS App which is now online. Klash for iOS was released last fall and had good reviews with a 4.9

Invest 68

Invest Slides Ideas Mobile 68

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The company provides SAT, ACT, and other similar test preparation courses and related software. I had worked as a tutor for Princeton Review, and Jake for Kaplan. We thought, we could put out a better product than Kaplan or Princeton Review, which would be more compelling, and also would tie in a strong social mission.

Software Review 178

Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Jackson, CEO and co-founder of CapLinked (www.caplinked.com), which is developing tools to help entrepreneurs and investors connect. It allows you to share private and confidential information about your company, and have a dialog with your investors, within a walled garden where you can put the documents you need for diligence.

Southern California 243

Southern California Entrepreneur Software Review Yammer 243

socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2011

Los Angeles area entrepreneurs, investors, and startups have gotten to know Paige Craig fairly well over the last few years, as he's made many investments in the local ecosystem. What drove you move from investing to starting up BetterWorks? I wanted to give companies a tool to recruit, retain, and optimize their existing workforce.

Startup 216

Startup Technical Review Software Review Platform 216

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. we are not going to invest. Brad on blogging.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Lisha is a member of Pipeline Angels , a social impact angel investing group focused on women and non-binary femmes, and serves as the Deal Flow lead. At NextGen Venture Partners, Ashley discovers and vets potential investments. Felicia is the cofounder of Black Tech Week, Code Fever, Tribe Cowork and Urban Innovation.

Technical Review 70

Technical Review Startup Software Review Entrepreneur 70

Xconomy

JUNE 23, 2016

Google is making major improvements to Android Studio, while Apple is continuing to invest in Swift and announced Playgrounds, an exciting new way to learn how to program in Swift. Two customer-focused announcements stood out: the reviews API and the customer case studies. Success of the app stores starts with developers.

Artificial Inteligence 55

Artificial Inteligence Google Software Review Case Study 55

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

But on the other hand if you have a product with a very high gross margin (software, virtual goods, etc.) I think many recent companies make the mistake of not investing enough in web products, if they invest anything at all. Try reading a bunch of reviews, checking 5 different restaurants to try and compare the differences.

Web 334

Web Mobile Startup Software Review 334

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

My favorite new software tool is DailyBurn. Problem is – Weight Watchers software TOTALLY SUCKS. Data storage in Twitter is a big problem and tools like CoTweet that solve this are essential). It is really a pleasure to use the tool compared with WW. I’m not that public about my weight.

Technical Review 278

Technical Review Software Review Startup SoCal 278

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Andrew spoke to us about TrackStreet's brand protection software and artificial intelligence efforts. We've had to create a lot of internal training tools, We've created something called Trackstreet University for us and our clients, and we've looked a lot at internal processes. What is TrackStreet? It makes you rethink things.

Artificial Inteligence 140

Artificial Inteligence Startup Commerce Sales 140

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Last year I lost a deal in a company that I wanted to invest in and that I thought I should have won. I’m not looking to invest there – I’m looking to understand the trends, the people, the innovation, the regions and how China can become an integral part of any of my portfolio companies as they scale.

Outsource Development 333

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 333

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Last year I lost a deal in a company that I wanted to invest in and that I thought I should have won. I’m not looking to invest there – I’m looking to understand the trends, the people, the innovation, the regions and how China can become an integral part of any of my portfolio companies as they scale.

Outsource Development 328

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 328

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

You have to understand whether they’re likely to yield revenue growth in the near term OR whether you have access to cheap enough capital to fund your losses until your investments pay off. If you have a market lead then raising capital and making investments now will help you as others enter the market. ” The Details.

Startup 418

Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 15, 2015

Give them all the tools they will need to succeed at your company. If you invest in more training at the beginning of their careers, you’ll need to invest less down the road. Workflow Software. You’ll be amazed at the results you can achieve with workflow software. Business Process Management Software.

SEO 40

SEO Search Engine Optimization Tips Software Review 40

socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2015

So, we built this tool, and started running with three publishers. We each put a couple of thousand each in equity, but since we already had relationships with advertisers and OTAs, and we did our own coding, within three months we had our first iteration launched and we were already making money. READ MORE>>.

Advertising 100

Advertising Startup Software Review Platform 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

For parents, if you're interested in how your kids are doing, you can find out what their schedule is like, what homework is due when, what their grades are, and how they are progressing, plus you can communicate with their teachers. In the meantime, I was getting frustrated with the software being used at my son's school.

Education 124

Education Startup Course Tool 124

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Luckily, I had always been a “hands-on” professional, and I had learned the pragmatics of people leadership, marketing, management tools, and funding. Freelancers can justify their cost based on more direct return on investment calculations at all operational levels. Treat every business as a customer, not a client.

Social Media 56

Social Media Software Review Customer Custom 56

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Late last year, we had the chance to talk with Velocity Interactive's Ross Levinsohn about their investment in Woodland Hills-based FatTail (www.fattail.com). Most tools in the market are focused on the operations side, and post sales--what happens downstream, so publishers can provide proper revenue recognition and billing numbers.

Advertising 127

Advertising Startup Sales Tool 127

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 20, 2012

Goko CEO Ted Griggs said that for long it was only big game companies that had tools for creating and launching social games but Goko was ending that. And we’re also turning all of the tools and services that we’ve created over to developers so that they are empowered to do the same thing.”.

Redpoint 65

Redpoint HTML Funding Company 65

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. See a sample reprint in PDF format. Order a reprint of this article now. October 5, 2012.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

socalTECH

MAY 27, 2009

We caught up with Peter earlier this week to get the background on Baroda, and to talk a little about the firm's investment goals. Peter Lee: Baroda Ventures is David Bohnett's--the founder of Geocities'--personal investment fund. He then invested in about twenty companies, almost all of them in Los Angeles or Southern California.

Southern California 113

Southern California Venture Capital Startup SoCal 113

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

People tend to overvalue past investments when making forward-looking investment decisions. had two occasions recently to review products which had clear market leadership. " The Bible Code predicted the Sept 11 attacks 5,000 years ago." The sunk costs trap. This pitcher has retired 5 of the last 7 batters."

Startup 175

Startup Venture Capital Slides Blogging 175

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2017

due to a less developed financial system, lack of credit tracking, and oftentimes and informal economy. Santa Monica-based Tala , backed by Google Ventures and Lowercase Capital, has developed a tool that allows anyone with a cell phone to build a financial track record, specially for people in emerging markets. I love LA now.

Startup 100

Startup Santa Monica Customer Custom 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2013

I worked in both before leaving to work in a software company at 17. There were online tools to book this stuff but the Internet booking sites were early. I had a business class seat due to status of flying a lot and my family was in economy. My mom bought our family’s first computer and encouraged me to learn it at 13.

Sales 416

Sales Class Training Technical Review 416