SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. This Panel will explore issues such as: How can companies best utilize social networking media?

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Jackson: CapLinked is actually a collaborative platform, a social platform that connects entrepreneurs and investors. It connects companies with investors, allows investors to forward on referrals to other investors, and once an investment has been made, allows a company to post updates to the site. How do you do that?

Southern California 243

Southern California Entrepreneur Software Review Yammer 243

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Our “hot deal of the week&# turned out to be more of the “hot theme of the week.&# P2P lending networks are revived and brought it a whopping $40 million in investments announced recently. Increasing this is also migrating to social network messaging but email is still king. The build “implicit social networks.&#

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2011

The problem is that they don't live in those CRM tools like they do in Outlook, or on social sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter. What it did uniquely, is it also integrated contacts and communications--all in single platform. What they do in their CRM tools, is they forecast leads, and track trouble tickets. It's not efficient.

Google 216

Google Tool Email Sales 216

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. We also talked a lot about Stickybits (who uses the SimpleGeo platform) and Occipital who has the red-hot RedLaser scanning product. Time will tell.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Seemic (now a Twitter client) was originally a video blogging platform. Geni.com beget Yammer. The next time they came back they had changed their business plan to become a variable rate pricing mechanism for image owners to sell to websites and had created an image-based ad-network platform for remnant photos.

Entrepreneur 291

Entrepreneur Startup Google Yammer 291

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

For decades the “layering&# of technology has allowed us to develop IT systems and networks in a specialized way that let’s best-of-breed technology solutions to emerge at each layer of the stack and to allow people with different skill sets to specialize in key areas without having to have competence in every technology arena.

Startup 343

Startup Technical Review S3 Services 343