socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2010

What we really wanted was, we wanted to own the IP, lock, stock, and barrel, and be able to exploit it on the desktop, on mobile, and on whatever device might come out. Obviously, the other important thing is that now that we have a web-based client, a Gmail application, it will be easier to install than Outlook, if only conceptually.

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Email Startup Mobile Ideas 185

Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2023

Business tools — from customer relationship management ( CRM ) platforms to accounting software — help to save startups time and money by automating key processes and maximizing efficiency. The video conferencing platform welcomes over 300 million daily users, and enjoys some of the best name recognition in the industry — and for good reason.

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Tool Startup Software Review Technical Review 115

socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2009

The way it works today, is a web site might have an affiliate link, people looking for a mortgage or refi will input their info, and hit submit. It used to be that 1-800-dentist or 1-800-flowers number was the brand, but now, once you've been brought into a merchant's web site, you don't care what number is displayed.

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socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2011

If you're an IP holder, if you're Coldplay, you can generate revenue from our innovative digital products, while building your fan base. Eric Frankel: We've build a super-fast platform, that lives in the cloud at Amazon. We go to the web, we go to feature phones, we go to smart phones, we go to land lines, iPads, Droids, and so on.

Entertainment 159

Entertainment Startup Class Santa Barbara 159

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

We've developed a very advanced, voice-over-IP telephony network, which allows outside travel agents to do all of our customer service on commissions, which keeps our fixed costs down, and allows us to scale to thousands of inquiries a day. I developed one of the first booking engines for Sabre's web reservation system, in 1996.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Were part of the uCast Global video highway, which is our way of illustrating how content is being driven locally, regionally, and globally, using our platform, but also technology we have integrated and continue to integrate with our partners. We are unique in being an open platform, that allows for all of these variations to happen.

Content 113

Content Startup Mobile Platform 113

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Who’s going to help you with improving your marketing / positioning to become a clear platform category leader like Twilio? I re-connected with Andy Liu the founder & CEO of BuddyTV – the largest destination for social TV enthusiasts on the web. Are you going to do all of this? You have too much on your plate.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2008

There's been an unusually complex amount of engineering, compared to a web media startup, but that's a good thing. Unlike most web media firms, we've got a real, protectable IP, based on serious computer science, three patents, and five more pending. Venture capital seemed the obvious way to do that.

Entertainment 100

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Every web product ultimately has a bunch of user flows contained within it. There are many many layers of incremental improvements you can make here - but the toughest nut to crack, in the case where your web product is HUGE is that you will be inserting more data into the system than the system can process within a reasonable time.

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Startup IP Email Report 29

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

I had a really fun 20-minute interview with Howard Lindzon of Stock Twits as part of a 5-part series on whether the web is dead. The topic of whether the web is dead was kicked off by Chris Andersen of Wired Magazine in this article. The Internet existed long before the World Wide Web and web browsers were created.

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