Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

Applied research is still primarily scientific study, seeking to solve practical problems, but doesn’t yet focus on a commercial product. Fortunately, in many attractive business domains, including mobile software, Internet apps and ecommerce, the cost of product development is at an all-time low. Technology pilots.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 21, 2012

Journey is a platform to build data gathering mobile apps much faster than would traditionally have been possible. That is the problem Embark Mobile is set to solve across the world beginning in Africa. Journey was created by our company, Embark Mobile (or “Embark” for short). Why the name? How does it work?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Lufthansa, Swiss Re, T-Mobile and Yum! This program will include an overview of the social business model, social business software and resulting business opportunities that are driving some of the biggest changes in sales and marketing practices in decades. Speaker: Jerry Weitzman, Vice President, Jive Software.

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Xconomy

JULY 24, 2017

The nine-year-old mobile app —from Boston-based parent company FitNow—was early in the field of using smartphones to log workouts and meals , and track progress toward health goals. Now, the makers of Lose It aim to find out.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

We sold Velocloud to Vmware, in the software defined network (SDN) area. Jamie Montgomery: If you study cycles and study economic history, and I've had that privilege, there are short cycles and long cycles. If your company was mobile, or cloud based before, now it has to be AI-enabled. At this point, AI is table stakes.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 10, 2012

All you hear about these days is Mobile. Companies are spending more time and money on their mobile sites than their full-fledged website. It’s hard to even watch a TV commercial without some sort of mobile app shout out. I bet there is a lot that would surprise you about the mobile world. Download Apps From the Web.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Nevertheless, there is nothing wrong with studying and learning from the wisdom and experience of others. Mobile Computing. From tablets to smart phones to the Apple watch, people are increasingly relying on their mobile devices to assist them in managing their lives. Gamification.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 19, 2014

could use it as an enterprise, to allow them to do what they do on social, mobile, and the web more interactive, and have greater interaction with their viewers. Justin Wu: We all met at the University of Washington, and studied computer science. software media warner youtube channel multi content ecommerce sidevision justin'

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2013

In today''s mobile world, SMS has widespread, near ubiquitous adoption, which is great for consumers who want to communicate with their friends and family. By giving them your mobile number, you''ve created a priority channel. If you think about SMS, it''s proliferated very rapidly. That''s what we''re devoted to.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 26, 2018

Aclima , a San Francisco-based company which builds Internet-connected air quality sensors and runs a software platform to analyze the extracted intel, has closed a $24 million Series A to grow the business including by expanding its headcount and securing more fleet partnerships to build out the reach and depth of its pollution maps.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2016

We believe that it is incrementally harder to differentiate on simple Internet products or mobile apps and while great companies are built doing this, our goal as a fund is to try and fund things that can be 100x returns if they work. We’re not Pollyannaish about this. In short, we’re after venture returns.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2018? Personally, my work has shifted 80 percent to my mobile device for work communication, text, email and reading. He grew up in Anchorage, Alaska and is a livelong traveler, runner, skier, and student of yoga and Zen.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2015

Nevertheless, there is nothing wrong with studying and learning from the wisdom and experience of others. Mobile Computing. From tablets to smart phones to the Apple watch, people are increasingly relying on their mobile devices to assist them in managing their lives. Gamification.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 17, 2011

While it’s hard to place a price tag on security and privacy, the consumer study has found in general, 4 out of 5 consumers would spend more online if offered a more secure way to pay. Instead of routing your payments to a debit or credit card, all transactions conveniently show up on your monthly mobile phone bill instead.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Today, we have the thoughts of Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital (www.tvccapital.com), a software focused growth equity fund which just raised a new fund, and has had some great success in the market. Jeb Spencer: For TVC, closing on our new $115 million software focused growth equity fund at the end of last year made for an exciting 2015.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Nevertheless, there is nothing wrong with studying and learning from the wisdom and experience of others. Mobile Computing. From tablets to smart phones to the Apple watch, people are increasingly relying on their mobile devices to assist them in managing their lives. Gamification.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

from Columbia, Rhodes Scholar at Oxford and studied at London School of Economics. He is a smart, dedicated public servant who gets tech. Smart : He was graduated from arguably our top-rated high school (Harvard Westlake), B.A. Gets Tech : Garcetti knows our industry’s issues and can promote jobs and fair legislation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

Nevertheless, there is nothing wrong with studying and learning from the wisdom and experience of others. Mobile Computing. From tablets to smart phones to Google Glass , people are increasingly relying on their mobile devices to assist them in managing their lives. Gamification.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2019

This year we’re in > 100+ cities and 100+ campuses and we’re operational with street teams, better software, better bikes and a more informed ridership. Last year I pointed out that software would help build competitive moats and we’re already seeing that. It really does put things into perspective, doesn’t it?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2012

In the case of Los Angeles-based Laffster (www.laffster.com), you apply software algorithms, science, and research to figure it all out. Before, no one was teaching you how to look at comedic content, how to study it, and how to replicate it. It looks like you're using a mobile-first approach to getting your technology out there?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2011

It's a powerful opportunity to connect people offline with the mobile, online experience. market has been different, is that the adoption of mobile internet has not been nearly as prevalent. However, one way the U.S. In that market, there are literally no ROI metrics. The best metrics are estimated impressions.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

Between the mid nineties until 2007 wireless carriers around the world religiously protected the software that went on to phones and they guarded the end consumer relationship by controlling this software. So the value on the Internet went “up the stack” to portals such as Yahoo!, Excite, MSN and eventually Google.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

Applied research is still primarily scientific study, seeking to solve practical problems, but doesn’t yet focus on a commercial product. Fortunately, in many attractive business domains, including mobile software, Internet apps and ecommerce, the cost of product development is at an all-time low. Technology pilots.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2018

If you are looking to fund a technology study, before any specific commercial product can be considered, you need to focus on relevant large organizations with deep pockets. Fortunately, in many attractive business domains, including mobile software, Internet apps and ecommerce, the cost of product development is at an all-time low.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 5, 2015

Kids can strap on their mini Iron Man “repulsor sleeve” and open their mobile app to learn their mission. A new third-party study commissioned by Disney reveals that parents feel nostalgia for the way they used to play growing up and that they also have a desire to keep their kids active.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

After launching a study to identify how tech hubs work, the leader of a nonprofit consortium created to boost Southern California’s startup ecosystem says he is focusing on three initiatives to supercharge the seven-county SoCal region as a hotbed for innovation.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 17, 2016

A recent study found that 37 percent of employees constantly surf the internet while at work. Keeping Mobile Users Focused at Work. That will carry over to apps and mobile surfing as well as traditional browsing. The best software that can deliver on all of the requirements is blocking software.

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socalTECH

MAY 23, 2017

Our interview this morning is with Jonathan Zweig , the CEO of Los Angeles-based AppOnboard (www.apponboard.com), which has created software which allows mobile app developers--and in particular, mobile game developers--to create demos of those games which can be played without having to download and install those apps.

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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.

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socalTECH

JULY 22, 2019

I have worked as an entrepreneur in mobile gaming and an executive in the entertainment industry, and worked at Yahoo and also as a management consulting. What I love about Los Angeles, is the breadth of industries here, and you can really see how technology and software are eating the world, here in our backyard.

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socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

Jim Armstrong: It's broadly technology, from consumer Internet, to marketplaces, from Internet infrastructure to enterprise software. You'll see we have several enterprise software companies already in the March portfolio. What is the investment focus for this fund? Related to what I said earlier, is you need to think big and broadly.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

And these wearables are here to stay, as the International Data Corporation (IDC) reveals a study that 19.2 If you’re worried about your mobile phone running out of battery every time you’re outside, Minkoff has a leather bracelet for you that also functions as a USB cable to charge your mobile phone. appeared first on TechZulu.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2015

For example, if your new software adds innovative new features and mobile access to a classic offering, you could name and degrade current vendors for their lack of support, or you could highlight your innovative additions over the current market leaders. Use real case studies and customer feedback.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2013

All types of IT expertise will be needed at SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS providers as well as independent software vendors [ISVs],” he said. An IDC study commissioned on behalf of Microsoft has shown that cloud computing will be responsible for creating nearly 14 million new jobs between 2011 and 2015.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. First off the two prezis and then the case study material (i used ERPLY as inspiration). You could just outspend. You could use brute force to get the word out.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

They are also often looking for more cost effective ways to advertise to mobile users. Mobile, social and video are changing consumer behavior and advertising as we know it. There’s lots more info including videos, case studies and more at www.ringrevenue.com. Rincon Venture Partners and GRP Partners ).

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

I first founded two mobile companies before I worked on Alpha Trainer. I saw the mobile ecosystem as a start of my plans for Alpha Trainer. Studies have proven that a strong network of friends that are into fitness, have helped each other become more fit than others. So how did Alpha Trainer all start?

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