SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

It is surprising to find out about what both web designers and marketers often miss, which are key ingredients of what your audience can see and not see on the website. Usability and user experience tests are an excellent way of discovering why your site is not performing like you thought it would.

Case Study 100

Case Study Web Design Study Web 100

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

There's nothing particularly unique about what Selz does. To put it simply, Amazon is getting instant access to a market it used to operate in. That's not bad but it's miles off market leader Shopify which boasts millions of customers. A good alternative to BigCommerce with better web design.

News 136

News Acquisition Platform Sales 136

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Mogreet explained the benefits of using pictures and videos in text messaging campaigns and late in March the entire co-working space was turned into a gallery with about fifteen different artist’s on display. About two months ago I had the pleasure of sitting down with Jeff Solomon, along with my partner, Arturo Perez.

Web Design 103

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2010

Two days ago I wrote about Quora. But my post today is not about Quora, it’s about an answer that I wrote on Quora. Power Users – These are the people you’re likely asking about. They are passionate about a topic (like this one for me!) We all get benefit regardless of our roles. Don’t.

Technical Review 294

Technical Review Writing Content Sites 294

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. I started a web design company, and ended up going to college in Florida, but kept on running the company on the side.

Startup 124

Startup Content Demand Netflix 124

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Just about every Startup at some point and especially if you do not have a designer, is going to need icons to help spruce up those websites. Before Iconfinder I was working as a web designer and front-end developer, next to studying computer science and business administration. It’s basically Google for icons.

Design 65

Design Web Design Google Develop 65

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 22, 2012

Their Bundle categories consist of Music apps, Mac Productivity, Web Design and more. The courses include, app building, web development, Online Entrepreneurship and much more. A huge benefit for developers trying to gain a place in the market. We hope to see more companies follow this model in the near future.

Software 84

Software Web Design Pricing Course 84

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Tell us a bit about lynda.com’s mission and how it has impacted strategic decisions, such as raising outside funding, entering new markets, etc. 8 ) I love the fact that you literally “wrote the book” on web design, because it was a book you wanted to read and it didn’t yet exist.

Entrepreneur 245

Entrepreneur Training Startup Web 245

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Tell us a bit about lynda.com’s mission and how it has impacted strategic decisions, such as raising outside funding, entering new markets, etc. 8 ) I love the fact that you literally “wrote the book” on web design, because it was a book you wanted to read and it didn’t yet exist.

Entrepreneur 245

Entrepreneur Training Startup Web 245

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

The company of eight was engaged in web design, hot at the time. And here were over a million users, with no apparent value to the web designers, except as a community of friends with similar interests. I promised to come see him at his office the very next week.

Sales 149

Sales Web Design Web Entrepreneur 149

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Plus, he told us a little bit about how he's helping to build a mini cluster of technology companies in the Silverlake area. Ultimately, we're build tools for marketers on top of that. We have about 8500 customers there, but only a small percentage have built great communities that took off, and the rest floundered.

Startup 242

Startup CTO Coach Blogging Social Media 242

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Mogreet explained the benefits of using pictures and videos in text messaging campaigns and late in March the entire co-working space was turned into a gallery with about fifteen different artist’s on display. About two months ago I had the pleasure of sitting down with Jeff Solomon, along with my partner, Arturo Perez.

Web Design 40

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 40

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. Two weeks after Brad’s post I was at the 140 Conference in LA and I held open office hours for any entrepreneur who wanted to spend 15 minutes talking with a VC about their business.

Technical Review 282

Technical Review Startup High Tech Software Review 282

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2012

I joined ranks with an Austin App developer, taking the role of Creative Director and setting up their design team and process. After about 10 months, however, I wasn’t happy with their vision for projects or their clients. Lastly, I think the push on Reponsive Web Design is going to really take off this year.

Design 94

Design Mobile Web Design Outsource Development 94

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

In 1995, Lynda wrote one of the first books on web design, Designing Web Graphics. The success of her initial book established her as a thought leader and made it clear that a sizable market existed to educate non-technical enthusiasts about the then-emerging Internet. [04:29] 10:10] “I completely failed.

Sales 113

Sales Education Startup Class 113

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

I was reading an article by Robert Scoble earlier today about how amazing Spotify and some other news app are on Facebook, and how awesome frictionless sharing is for the Internet. Think about it. They can find out more about their friends and connections than ever before! I openly can’t stand OpenGraph. What is OpenGraph?

News 104

News Hulu Commerce Sites 104

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

This all got me thinking about a post on how to best work with lawyers. When to get a lawyer - If you plan to be a venture or angel backed technology company (what I mostly write about) the best time to start meeting and getting to know lawyers is long before you ever start your company. Shame about that pesky FAS 157 ruling.

Startup 318

Startup IP Southern California Entrepreneur 318

Frank Addante

MAY 8, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! We loved our graphs… we were very excited about how our user base and traffic were growing very quickly.

Startup 40

Startup Advertising Web Design Venture Capital 40

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Branding / Marketing / Publicity marketing, PR, publicity. . We'll use all the panel members' experiences to tell a "how to story" about bootstrapping to million. Why cater to a market that makes you eat ramen when you can slap on a suit and get budget for sushi? Bootstrapping enterprise, marketing, Sales. .

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2011

I will talk much more about Internet TV in a future post. But its objective is to teach the world web design or to program computers. I’ve talked before about problems I see with the US education system in both my post about Peter Thiel’s 20-under-20 initiative and also my review of Waiting for Superman.

Invest 295

Invest Carson Technical Review Education 295

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 I just reviewed several hundred startup pitches for Capital Factory. The “official” date is June 9 th , 2006 — for those that are curious about such things). Most were on paper and video; 20 were invited to pitch in person. Here’s why.

Startup 217

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217