socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Forge Technologies , a developer of software used for managing hourly employees, said this morning that it has acquired Los Angeles-based ShiftMe , a developer of "shift-swapping" apps. As part of the acquisition, Forge Technologies said it is moving its headquarters to Los Angeles.

Technology 113

Technology Los Angeles Acquisition Software 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Hopscotch, led by Laurence Sotsky , has built software which enables sports teams, venues, and others to rapidly create mobile apps for their fans. We caught up with Lauren to hear about Hopscotch, and why teams and schools are turning to the company to power their mobile apps. What is Hopscotch? What do your apps do?

Mobile 162

Mobile Platform El Segundo UCLA 162

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Although I’m not an aficionado of checklists in general, I really appreciate one he has included for keeping up with the latest technological trends that are reshaping business strategies, which should be the driver for startups to fill in the gaps. Mobile Computing. Are you driving the technology, or is it driving you?

Technology 86

Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 86

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

My background was 8 years of telecoms & mobile and 8 years of cloud computing & SaaS – so these two themes were a given. So my strategy was to focus on technology heavy companies who could bring measurability and performance to inefficient parts of the digital media landscape.

Mobile 329

Mobile Advertising Media Marketing 329

TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

” or “Are you developing for desktop, tablet, mobile, or all three?” Do you have a custom algorithm or other technology? Are you targeting desktop, tablet, or mobile? Most new sites need to account for mobile delivery – but on the other hand, not every MVP needs both desktop and mobile versions.

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Develop Development Technical Review SEO 520

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Amplify LA said it found that software-as-a-service (SaaS) was the most funded sector, with a decline in investments in such areas as e-commerce and mobile technology. The group says its tracking found that the average seed round size was $2.2M for the quarter.

Report 133

Report SaaS Los Angeles Commerce 133

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2018

The company said its core customers are in the media and entertainment, mobile gaming, digital media, education, consumer goods, marketing, ecommerce, and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) verticals. READ MORE>>.

Services 133

Services SaaS Los Angeles Education 133

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

It's a huge development task to develop your own mobile application, connect into Facebook, and create an online ordering system--unless you use the software from ChowNow (www.chownow.com), one of the newest startups to get funding here in Los Angeles. One is the mobile app. The platform can be divided into three products.

Mobile 197

Mobile Startup Platform GRP Partners 197

socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2017

Managing Directors: Tx Zhuo and Eva Ho Investment interests: Data, artificial intelligence-enabled technologies, and automation being applied to enterprise software, financial services, marketplace, and digital health. Fika Ventures. Fund size: $40M. HashTagOne. hashtagone.com. Fund size: $20M. Fund size: Not disclosed, but $7.2M

Southern California 138

Southern California Artificial Inteligence Funding SoCal 138

socalTECH

JUNE 29, 2017

Investment interests: Consumer Internet, eCommerce, enterprise software, cloud computing, financial technology, advertising technology. Managing Directors: Jeff Stibel, Kobe Bryant Investment interests: Focus on the convergence of technology, media and data (TMD), as well as in industries such as sports and wellness. Section 32.

Southern California 178

Southern California Venture Capital Artificial Inteligence Capital 178

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

That product right now is on 2,000 publisher websites, it's sold under the SaaS model, and a lot of people on the free, ad-supported version. You can check out Parenting.com, MyWedding.com, ThePennyHoarder.com, all these sites are using Search IQ technology, and it's our own version of inside search. We've been around for quite awhile.

Advertising 203

Advertising Startup Google Commerce 203

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Built from the ground up using technologies leveraged by Internet giants like Facebook, and the feedback of hundreds of customers over a five-year period, the new CallFire is a cross-datacenter SaaS platform with no single point of failure.

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SaaS Platform CTO Hire Class 68

socalTECH

JULY 9, 2015

The second class includes Decisive (SaaS for mobile targeting); EMOTIV (brain monitoring technology); FEM Inc. According to Disney, the second class of the Disney Accelerator includes ten startups, who will participate in a three month mentorship and investment program.

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Class Startup Burbank SaaS 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2020

Photo by Viktor Forgacs on Unsplash I was listening to Dan Primack’s podcast on Pro Rata and he was interviewing Senator Klobucher who is now publicly and vocally speaking out against Uber purchasing Grubhub and has tried to mobilize against this. ChowNow is simply a SaaS enablement product. so, too, are restaurants. Enter ChowNow.

SaaS 242

SaaS Customer Custom Technical Review 242

socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Mindflash counts fellow Santa Barbara technology startup Make It Work, the in-home computer repair firm run by Eric Greenspan, as a customer, as well as franchise College Hunks Hauling Junk, and Mexican mobile telephony firm Finestrella as customers. Tags: mindflash online training small business saas software employee.

Training 133

Training Santa Barbara SaaS Platform 133

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2012

We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world this year? Definitely Software as a Service (SAAS).

Southern California 168

Southern California High Tech SaaS Social Media 168

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

They failed to recognize an inflection point in technological history in which profits would shift from hardware to software. This is manifesting as OS and software licensing revenues are shrinking as cloud-hosted SaaS apps are growing. But in the modern mobile computing era, virtually no two computers share an identical form factor.

Cloud Computing 86

Cloud Computing IBM IBM SaaS 86

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

When it comes to disrupting an industry, Raken founder and CEO Kyle Slager says it would be hard to find a sector that is more resistant to spending money on new technologies than the construction business. As Slager puts it, even bankers and insurers spend more on technology as a percentage of revenue than building contractors.

Sites 79

Sites Mobile Report Invest 79

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2016

Now that just about everyone has a smartphone, how can you use that nearly ubiquitous, mobile access to help improve healthcare? For one�according to Los Angeles startup mPulse Mobile (www.mpulsemobile.com), you can help remind people about their appointments, and make sure they take their prescriptions�along with many other use cases.

Mobile 100

Mobile Southern California Startup Marketing 100

Xconomy

AUGUST 6, 2018

Residents of the three Northern California counties hardest hit by wildfires last year have already learned the importance of tracking the conflagrations that can raze entire neighborhoods—and they’ve sought help from technology.

Technology 69

Technology Help Company Companies 69

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 26, 2018

” “Our technology is really a proof point for emerging and new legislation in California that’s going to require community based monitoring across the entire state,” she adds. I incorporated Aclima 10 years ago and started really working on the technology around 2010. “It’s specific to each fleet.

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Platform Google SaaS Los Angeles 224

socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2018

According to Appetize, it will offer up its cloud-based POS, self-serve, and mobile software to Tropical Smoothie Cafe, which is a franchise that just passed up its 700th store. Appetize offers up its point of sale technology to arenas, stadiums, convention centers, theme parks, campuses, restaurants and retail chains.

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Sales Mobile Software Technology 133

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

I also have some experience in SaaS, video, and those kinds of companies. My partner, Craig, is familiar with mobile and mobility and transportation, and he spent the last couple of years in M&A for Daimler, after we sold his company, RideScout, to them. Kelly Perdew: It's probably culture.

Capital 223

Capital Startup Invest Training 223

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Topics of discussion will be Saas, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2012, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building sensible businesses. He sits on several boards and is involved in the virtual worlds, gaming, mobile, media, and healthcare markets.

Tech Coast Angels 105

Tech Coast Angels Startup Angel Southern California 105

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2015

Although I’m not an aficionado of checklists in general, I really appreciate one he has included for keeping up with the latest technological trends that are reshaping business strategies, which should be the drivers for many startups. See if you understand each of these technologies: Internet of Things. Mobile Computing.

Startup 107

Startup Cloud Computing Social Media Entrepreneur 107

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Tealium, a San-Diego startup that provides online advertising tag management and marketing services for enterprise customers, has raised $35 million in a growth financing deal intended to expand its technology and market reach. It’s about defining your data across the Web and now mobile.”. It’s been about data.

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Customer Custom San Diego JavaScript 40

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Although I’m not an aficionado of checklists in general, I really appreciate one he has included for keeping up with the latest technological trends that are reshaping business strategies, which should be the driver for startups to fill in the gaps. Mobile Computing. Are you driving the technology, or is it driving you?

Cloud Computing 61

Cloud Computing Startup Social Media Networking 61

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

Although I’m not an aficionado of checklists in general, I really appreciate one he has included for keeping up with the latest technological trends that are reshaping business strategies, which should be the drivers for many startups. See if you understand each of these technologies: Internet of Things. Mobile Computing.

Cloud Computing 99

Cloud Computing Social Media Entrepreneur Networking 99

socalTECH

JULY 27, 2009

The New York Times doesn't know that we've mobilized their site--we didn't need to use their server development team to make this work. That means these sites can be mobilized overnight. It seems like there are a lot of mobile sales folks who would find your software useful in that case? A large site will run faster.

SaaS 127

SaaS Web Google Sites 127

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2015

But things can change in technology businesses in very short order when the company is not yet at scale (sub -$50 million in revenue) and getting greedy can be very costly to the funds' returns. Who or what do you think had the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2015? It was truly the year of the Unicorn.

Capital 100

Capital Beverly Hills Artificial Inteligence Equity 100

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 25, 2015

We grew 100% in SaaS revenue year-over-year and 650% over the past three years. If that’s your end goal I couldn’t think of a better leader to take us to that conclusion and I think it could be in the next few years because SaaS companies capable of doing 9 figures of recurring revenue are few and far between.

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Demand SaaS Startup Sales 150

socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2012

Telogis said its product line now includes fleet management, navigation, route optimization and planning, work order management, and mobile integration products. Maptuit's technology will go to bolster the Telogis platform. Telogis said the acquisition is its fifth in the last three years, and will help expand its services.

Acquisition 159

Acquisition Platform Mobile Product 159

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

What we have built, is semantic search technology, which is able to find the most relevant, topical content, and the most socially relevant content, to compliment any content a publisher already has developed for them self. We found that aggregation technology was very keyword driven, and relevancy was not that strong.

Web 237

Web Newsletter Content Startup 237

Steve Reich

OCTOBER 30, 2012

The company builds a SaaS mobile banking platform for community banks. Mobile is important. With the right technology, they can compete with the Megabanks and Wall Street. Tom has had two exits in bank technology. Several members of his Board have very deep experience in the bank technology space.

Startup 65

Startup SaaS Platform .Net 65

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2011

I suspect the real challenge is not the semantic web technology , but new attractive business models from smart entrepreneurs. Mobile smart phones. Many software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications now allow on-demand collaboration. These include: Adapting to mobile, the largest and fastest-growing Web 3.0 are appearing.

Web 95

Web Entrepreneur Doc Examples 95

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses. Babak current serves on the Board of Directors of WiLinx Corporation and Ostendo Technologies.

Startup 111

Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

Xconomy

JUNE 10, 2016

Startup Week San Diego is intended to showcase local startups that are focused on innovation in such areas as Software as a Service (SaaS), consumer Internet, mobile technology, hardware, and defense technology.

San Diego 74

San Diego Guide Tech Coast Angels Startup 74