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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Web Platform Technology JavaScript 200

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 8, 2019

Warren also wanted regulation in place that would block companies making over $25 billion that operate as social media or search platforms or marketplaces from owning companies that also sell services on those marketplaces. One issue is do we need regulation on the full platform companies. — Balaji S. .

Technical Review 144

Technical Review Startup Chief Technology Officer Social Media 144

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

“The rise of couponing in late 2008 coincided with the recession of the late 2000s;” this factor combined with an increased consumer interest in mobile technology and devices led to an unprecedented decline in print media. Due to the combination of these factors, marketers began to more heavily fund digital platforms.

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Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to. Lee Essner is formerly a senior exec from WeddingChannel and has much experience in running a successful web property. We’re excited to work with them.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2012

But, they could not write, and did not know what to write from the travel perspective. Every one of those writers has a byline and a bio, and are paid twice a week at a pretty decent rate for that writing or assignment. They couldn't find enough people to write the content they needed, at the quality they need.

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Demand Media eHow Content 240

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

We''ve also built a data driven platform, that allows us to drive millions of unique visitors to our network of sites every month, covering the banking, credit, and travel and vertical markets. We started looking at the landscape, and as I was getting my MBA at the time, ended up writing the business plan for ConsumerTrack.

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Startup El Segundo Marketing Media 239

socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2010

That very big vision is an open database platform, providing data as a service across different verticals. In order to execute in other verticals, we want to bring in a lot more talent, hiring more engineering talent to bolster our core platform, which does a lot. They're most interested in the place database we're offering.

Artificial Inteligence 203

Artificial Inteligence Century City Web Santa Monica 203

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

I called this trend “ Torso TV ” because the “head” of consumption (largest number of views) was dominated by platforms that had massive distribution (think TV stations, radio or retail outlets that sell CDs and DVDs. But when you think about the movement we once called “Web 2.0″ think Apple.

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Startup Media Content Platform 380

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

The day will include an introduction to Javascipt, Jquery, Knockout JS, HTML5/CSS – Responsive web design, Nodejs, Javascript Patterns and many more!! The following are a few of the expert speakers you will learn from: Nathan Totten , a technical evangelist at Microsoft specializing in Windows Azure, web development, and Node.js.

JavaScript 93

JavaScript Long Beach Java .Net 93

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 14, 2016

Optimal Access recently relaunched as an add on for Firefox that runs on Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. Web pages can even be saved in an offline portal, making it possible to be no further than a click away from your favorite desktop-destinations. Evernote Web Clipper. Find it here: Evernote Web Clipper. Wunderlist.

Web 40

Web Organization Content Writing 40

Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

Beast Mobile (Kirkland, WA). How will Beast Mobile cut down the cost of your ever-increasing cell phone bill? Targeted mobile advertising. These days it seems like a professional is needed to interpret a business’ web analytics. Beast Mode is taking on a new meaning in the startup world.

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Startup Mentor Platform Help 79

socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2020

Curtis is the former publisher of the Robb Report, which he sold back in 2015, and has a long history of operating media companies that have published such titles as Home Office Computing, Home Theater, Mobile Computing, Worth, and many others. Bill Curtis: It's by far the most exciting platform right now. Why podcasting?

Media 150

Media Report Advertising Content 150

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Mobile Web America, Inc. has created a simple to use, online application for your business to create a mobile site and secure its mobile presence. We utilize the content of your existing website and create a mobile version on-the-fly. We write and create our own content for the game. SuperDemo: Bill Gross.

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CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

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. Oh, yeah. Positive feedback feeds the idea.

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Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Coincident has created a platform that will allow storytellers and producers to create robust second screen stories on the fly that incorporate video, images and other web content. Each of these platforms represents a variety of “screens” to view from. People are not simply watching the TV anymore. WOW, right? has accomplished.

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Screening Content CTO Hire Platform 109

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

That's the fascinating story behind Los Angeles-based Earbits (www.earbits.com), which offers up a mobile music streaming service focused on discovering both new and talent. Joey Flores: For starters, we're smart enough not to believe anything until it is in writing. How did you know they were serious?

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Software Review Startup Metrics Content 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Assignmint is a web-based platform to list freelancing work for employers and help writers find the right freelance job for them and standardizes the paperwork between the two parties. Is Assignmint national or a global web-system? The article can take 10 hours to write a good article and the paperwork can take five hours.

Journal 90

Journal Startup Writing Media 90

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : SocialStay is: "An easy to set up & manage mobile platform designed for the hospitality industry. Month by month, the hospitality business is sorting out how mobile plays a role in increasing revenue and driving loyalty. Write it down…. It drives revenue & engages guests."

Startup 233

Startup Design Mobile Social Network 233

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2016

As much of the world has shifted to mobile, smartphones are an important way to reach consumers. However, this year many brands still won’t deliver a full mobile experience, which is to say that, in 2016, many retailers still won’t have apps. The report notes that in general, the companies that prioritize mobile had modest budgets.

Mobile 40

Mobile Sites Customer Custom 40

socalTECH

JULY 27, 2009

William Chow: What Mobophiles has developed is software that solves the two biggest problems the web space right now, which is slow page load--waiting on the web--and no offline access, which is if you don't have connectivity on the web. Microsoft SharePoint is a collaboration platform, typically hosted by an IT department.

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SaaS Web Google Sites 127

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

How do you decide between a raw infrastructure provider or platform service, and how much work do you do yourself and how much should you rely on service providers? PaaS, on the other hand, will provide a development platform (as a service) to create new applications. So how do you figure out where you’ll host it?

SaaS 90

SaaS Framework Resource Google 90

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Instead investors are looking for the next flash sale, private sale, game dynamic, social games that rely on mobile platforms with geo-fenced, location aware offers. I continue to be excited about the Mobile Web (as distinct from the Mobile App). I will write about some of these topics soon.

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Invest Angel Technical Review Venture Capital 299

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2011

An example is one we recently launched with Virgin Mobile and Katy Perry, where we allow people to volunteer to help youth homelessness, track that with our patent-pending cause tracking and rewards systems, and where those volunteers can get tickets to a concert. Employee engagement is something we'll be releasing into our platform shortly.

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Causecast Startup Content Education 222

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Over the past decade we’ve had high-profile exits at many companies that pioneered monetization techniques now used across the web including Commission Junction, Value Click, ShopZilla, Price Grabber, LowerMyBills and a newer breed including Invoca, Burstly, Shift, Rubicon Project, Gravity, Convertro, Retention Science and so forth.

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. a perks platform for small and medium sized businesses. Michael Schneider – CEO of Mobile Roadie.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

Well, thanks to a fantastic partnership with the good people at crowd fun ding platform, Indiegogo , we were able to do just that! James Citron – Outspoken , pioneering the combination of mobile messaging and advertisements. Savannah Peterson – Shapeaways , the social platform for 3D printing.

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Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

We thought it was a real opportunity to bring in some taste-maker editors, who could write specifically for that audience, and break news. It really showed me how you can leverage the power of an online platform for marketers, helping to convince marketers that leveraging the web was a good way to spend and invest their money.

News 173

News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. But I didn’t write it for you; I wrote it for myself. How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter. but: Something is Still Missing.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 encouraging an open platform where 3rd parties can make lots of money]. mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. Social Networking in Web 1.0: cheap accessible digital hardware]. The Past (1985-2002).

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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 28, 2015

It turns out that it works fine how I did it with the web version of Twitter but not with mobile. 1/ Twitter started off positioned as a micro-blogging platform but in the end became more of an RSS reader. It forces clarity of writing & discrete ideas. Do with Tweetstorms & make it truly a microblogging platform!

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Blogging Tool RSS Platform 150

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Write me an e-mail and let me know what youre up to! I’ve been asked a few times recently, “Wow, these analytics you write about are great, but how does a startup begin to bite off the relevant parts? Every web product ultimately has a bunch of user flows contained within it. See the books I recommend to friends.

Startup 29

Startup IP Email Report 29

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

I appreciate the write-up and your continued support of this blog. Because he was particularly attracted to the idea of positioning Quigo in the business of helping retailers with search, Quigo started building sophisticated technology for applied semantics stuff with web pages. Quigo set up a system on specific web pages.

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Google Startup Advertising Acquisition 302

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

First, I believe that Seesmic has an excellent product – especially the web version of their product and that having another senior and experienced exec like Loic Le Meur would be great for Twitter. As people consume Twitter on mobile clients they are almost definitionally not doing so on Twitter.com.

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Acquisition Develop Development Conference 287

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We both felt that the critical reasoning skills and writing skills were critical to our career development. Free experience is web and mobile app-based, has ads, limited skipping, and limited listening time (40 hours/month). Online DSP (demand-side platform) and ad exchange for display advertisers. Read more: TechCrunch.

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Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

That’s convenience when your VC is hoping to write the next $20 million check. In San Diego you have Qualcomm so an entire mobile industry has been spawned. That sets us up nicely for the next phase of the web. In our regions? Fuggetaboutit – show me the money ! And of course you have Hollywood.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

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. I don’t write about LA but I write from LA.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift , a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations. Referral Network – Twitter started as a way to integrate web messaging with text messaging. The Importance of Twitter.

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Platform News Startup Invest 307