SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Luckily, some of the folks at TechEmpower just posted Think about Performance Before Building a Web Application. To get us started and to grossly oversimplify performance, conceptually we can think about the system as consisting of the following elements that I’ll refer to throughout the post. There may be lots of pages.

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Startup SEO CTO Coach Web 150

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

Greg was the first person to share with me the insights of mobile conversion and why with a simpler product selection and conversion funnel they would get higher conversion on mobile than on the web. I made some reference calls. On each subsequent meeting I’d learn a little bit more. So we talked about his joining.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

1) Mobile web. Mobile app downloads went from 300mm in 2009 to 5 billion in 2010, Android ad impressions up over 2,000% as two examples. The current incarnation of the mobile web changes what the Internet IS to users, and the manner in which it is incorporated into their lives. (2)

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socalTECH

MARCH 13, 2009

The bracket game will allow users to predict the winners of all of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament games, starting with Game 1 on Thursday, March 19th, and also will feature insights from basketball players, tournament news from FOXSports.com, mobile alerts, rankings, and more. READ MORE>>.

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News Web Los Angeles Mobile 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Think of web vs. mobile. I’ve sat on ad tech boards with board members who clearly knew little about impressions, fill rates, CTRs, RTB, eCPMs or the difficulties & opportunities of embedded mobile SDKs vs. HTML5. The best way – of course – is to reference check. Traditional software vs. SaaS.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2008

According to the firm, it will make its technology available via a program called PortableYou, to enable third parties to integrate the technology into video games, virtual worlds, web sites, mobile applications, and more.

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Tech Coast Angels Mission Ventures Sample Pasadena 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Hilariously simple tutorials, gaming, Windows 8 real-time, Windows Azure as a virtually unlimited scaling mechanism, and of course, awesome web and mobile possibilities are just a few of the examples you’ll see demonstrated. Despite what you read in the media HTML5 web applications can be extremely powerful and engaging.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Part I, Team) Tact was founded by Chuck Ganapathi , who was formerly the SVP of Products at Salesforce.com having led initiatives like their chat product, CRM and mobile. Here’s how they did it … Mobile First —  It is now well understood that “mobile first” dominated the consumer Internet and we take this for granted.

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Software Mobile Artificial Inteligence Oracle 105

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

How concerned are we about design for mobile? Native mobile apps? Obviously, it's far simpler to aim for browser-based systems and basically aim your design to work okay on mobile devices with some additional effort on the part of the user. Refer a friend? Does it need to playback on mobile devices? Which devices?

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Develop Development Startup SEO 396

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

How concerned are we about design for mobile? Native mobile apps? Obviously, it's far simpler to aim for browser-based systems and basically aim your design to work okay on mobile devices with some additional effort on the part of the user. Refer a friend? Does it need to playback on mobile devices? Which devices?

Develop 384

Develop Development Startup SEO 384

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

I would see this many times of the next decade where I learned that nearly every part of the web that involved monetization was immediately gamed and arms races emerged between platforms to combat abuse and people looking for a quick buck. In fact, the platforms weren’t always so quick to crack down as many of them benefitted financially.

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Buzzfeed Media Content News 210

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

I’m starting to spend my time evaluating companies that can help brands simultaneously build within the fortress but also maintain social value in the open web. I’m hoping that HTML5 + mobile will lead them down a more open path. On the open web. With an open link that refers you there. See you then.

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Social Media Google Media Startup 274

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Customer conversations are easy today, through responding to customers on social media, web live chats, and interactive applications on mobile devices. They don’t realize that customers today are looking for relationships, meaning two-way conversations with your business. They ignore all else as just plain noise.

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Marketing Examples Startup Custom 91

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 20, 2011

You get all the basic functionality of the mobile web version but the native application adds push notifications, photo uploading and the ability to create Huddles. Mainly the inability to reshare posts, you cannot “like&# comments and you cannot refer to usernames from within the app (similar to @replies on Twitter).

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Google Screening Startup Mobile 67

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

I sometimes refer to this field as “intent-based advertising&# because the reason it has been so successful is that the person who typed in the search term has expressed an “intent&# to find information on that category. .&# The theory is simple: our attention is moving from search to stream. Early evidence is good.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 13, 2010

One of the topics that came up in my post Mobile Internet Apple Facebook was around open vs. closed platforms. A lot of value is derived through being able to reach out in order to convert, retain, refer, etc. This issue comes up at the start of almost every new startup company in a variety of forms. Take a look at Startup Metrics.

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Google Startup Yahoo Email 292

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

We seem to receive lots of pitches from companies looking to attack the mobile market with their mobile software applications, but few who have deployed on-deck with carriers. What exactly are your mobile social networking applications? We see a lot of off-deck, mobile social networking firms. Derrick Oien: Absolutely.

Social Network 113

Social Network Anthem Mobile Java 113

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 14, 2014

Is it only a web-platform or will there be a mobile-version? So mobile is a huge part of it. You aren’t going to make a mobile-centric app right now? Tablet and mobile are a huge part of that. Tablet and mobile are a huge part of that. What’s your take on the mobile ecosystem in the future?

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Startup Southern California Mobile Software 85

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Ophir references a study that listed a striking statistic: 54% of all ads being shown aren’t actually being seen. Let’s talk mobile. So where does Ophir see GumGum as web browsing moves towards mobile? ” Ophir continues to talk about the mobile industry in general. Beyond mobile.

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Technical Review Advertising Google Screening 76

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

For example, if you’re looking to approach Kleiner Perkins it’s worth knowing that my friend Matt Murphy runs their iFund and therefore is the in-house expert on all things mobile. He knows the history of all of the payment gateways, mobile payment platforms, credit offerings, remittance companies, etc. Press the flesh.

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Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2013

Providers make their pricing model transparent and easily available on the web, so it’s simple to calculate the cost savings of the cloud. He references CIO Bernard Golden’s argument, made in The IT Jobs Cloud Computing Will Create , that while some roles may disappear altogether, others will remain, but in much less demand.

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Cloud Computing Marketing CIO Organization 85

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

For us, digital media means consumer Internet, online advertising, mobile, gaming, and most importantly--this is Rick and my background--next generation infrastructure to support consumption of this media. That said, and most venture guys say this, but I'll say it again--it is best to have a warm introduction and to be referred in.

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Southern California Startup Palomar Rustic Canyon 153

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

"We are doing something in mobile advertising." The reality is that Stealth is defined differently in each case. Startups that come to me and ask me to sign an NDA in order to get Free Startup CTO Consulting really are missing it. And getting into a discussion but not being able to tell me about your business also hurts you.

Startup 211

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Video will be inextricably linked to the future of the Internet and consumption between PCs, mobile devices and TVs will merge. Just as in the mobile battle when Apple goes closed it creates an opportunity for somebody that is substantively open. Imagine how much mobile telco money still exists in meat & potatoes.

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Content Google Media Hulu 386

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

"We are doing something in mobile advertising." The reality is that Stealth is defined differently in each case. Startups that come to me and ask me to sign an NDA in order to get Free Startup CTO Consulting really are missing it. And getting into a discussion but not being able to tell me about your business also hurts you.

Startup 198

Startup IP Ideas Patents 198

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

We caught up with Webtide to learn more about the firm's open source web server software, Jetty. Adam Lieber: We make a web server called Jetty, which is our centerpiece, and after twelve or thirteen years of hard work is an overnight success. We've even seen people running Jetty duringly on a Windows Mobile phone.

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IBM IBM Mission Ventures Venture Capital 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Currencies only began in earnest about 2,500 years ago and ever since have been a great enabler of democracy and social mobility, not the other way around. The crypto in cryptocurrency is of course referring to cryptography on the ability to encrypt your transactions so they can’t be modified after they have been written to the blockchain.

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Course Startup Framework Marketing 280

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 12, 2014

You arrive to the front door and interact with your camera-mobile synced Skybell doorbell. They refer to the concept of “customer ownership” and provide examples. And you can only get so much data from smartphones and web services. Robert Poor, VP Marketing & Chief Science Officer at weMonitor.

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Belkin Startup Acquisition Entertainment 87

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

The asymmetric follower model where we also follow news, celebrities and senior executives at companies is one of the reasons people often refer to this as an “interest graph&# because it is an expression of what I care about. Referral Network – Twitter started as a way to integrate web messaging with text messaging.

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