socalTECH

MAY 14, 2013

We caught up with founder Evan Britton about how his company has created the top site in the Internet niche of celebrity birthdays, and how that intense focus on a single niche--and user experience- has paid off for the company in terms of user engagement and growth. That was the genesis of the site. It was discouraging.

Google 236

Google Sites Startup Web 236

socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2009

San Diego-based Advantar Laboratories , a provider of contract laboratory services to the drug development industry, has signed an agreement with UK-based firm NextPharma Technologies, a pharmaceutical product development, contract manufacturing, and outsourcing service. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Outsource Development 124

Outsource Development Outsource San Diego Sites 124

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2012

The company's founder and CEO is Sean Broihier , who told us all about the site--and also how. Once you get that profile page, you can upload your beautiful images to our site. So, buyers will come to our site, which has all of these beautiful images from all. building a web site for him. from photographers and artists.

Santa Monica 258

Santa Monica Pricing Sites Sales 258

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Simi Valley-based Xavient Information Systems , a provider of outsourced IT services, has been acquired by TELUS International , the two announced this morning. Xavient has more than 1,800 employees, in sites both in the U.S. The deal--which had been announced in October--was worth an estimated $250M.

Outsource 113

Outsource Acquisition Sites Entrepreneur 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Does that mean job listings on your site, or more? There's been some fall off lately in students selecting computer science and computer engineering majors, much of this due to worries about outsourcing. Yet you say you have issues finding technology majors? So where is the effort now, and what are your next steps?

Startup 206

Startup Technical Review Outsource Yahoo 206

socalTECH

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Laguna Niguel-based Vereco , a hospital and healthcare document management provider and outsourcer, has been acquired by private equity investor Stella Point Capital. Vereco, which was foudned in 2011, provided on-site personnel for hospitals and healthcare systems, offering up managed document services.

Capital 100

Capital Outsource Equity Acquisition 100

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2015

ESI apparently manages over 180 million square feet of facilities at over 2,800 sites throughout the US. cbre environmental systems cleantech merger acquisition realestate energy management outsourced services' ESI was based in Brookfield, Wisconsin. READ MORE>>.

Outsource 100

Outsource Acquisition Los Angeles Services 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Agoura Hills-based inQ, a provider of outsourced web sales services, has renamed itself TouchCommerce, the firm said today. inQ offers web chat services for e-commerce web sites, which helps to close online sales and guide users to select and find products. inQ did not detail reasons for the name change.

Agoura Hills 100

Agoura Hills Agoura Outsource Guide 100

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2014

Companies were saying--we want to outsource these kinds of things, because they''re not our core competency. However, when they went to build out a second, disaster recovery site, they figure out that they had been there and done that, and didn''t want to build another one--they decided to outsource it.

Cloud Computing 217

Cloud Computing Outsource Development Outsource Startup 217

socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2009

Kline is founder of the venture capital firm, and also sites on the baords of NewBridge College, Rayne Corporation, and Cyalume Technologies. CaseStack helps manufacturers, retailers, and distributors to outsource and manage their supply chain and logistics operations. Kline, of Kline Hawkes & Co., to its board.

Santa Monica 100

Santa Monica Outsource Venture Capital Sites 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2014

If you''re a brand or retailer, needing to get online, there are a lot of things to deal with to run your e-commerce business smoothly--everything from your e-commerce site itself, to taking photos of your products, packing and shipping, to digital marketing. Everyone is now pretty much selling direct on apparel sites now.

Commerce 203

Commerce Venture Capital Internet Brands Startup 203

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

You can now skip the mandatory office space rental, with secretary and bookkeeping staff, or outsourcing. Today, productivity is way up, you can do most anything yourself, and you can outsource to contractors with more skill and less cost. Maybe you should start with an online e-commerce site, based on your favorite hobby expertise.

Entrepreneur 162

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Outsource Development 162

socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Los Angeles-baesd Onestop Internet , which provides outsourced fulfillment and technology for brands and their e-commerce efforts, said Wednesday that it has named Denise Wallen-Grant as its new Vice President of Planning, Merchandising, and Allocation. She will be based in New York. READ MORE>>.

Commerce 100

Commerce Outsource Los Angeles Design 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2022

This model facilitates donations to charities and creative projects, and has been around for a long time via sites such as GoFundMe. This model been popular in many countries for years, where banks loans are not available, via sites such as LendingClub and Kiva. Other popular sites for startups, including StartupNation and Startups.co

Funding 141

Funding Startup Outsource Development Satisfaction 141

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2020

This model facilitates donations to charities and creative projects, and has been around for a long time via sites such as GoFundMe. This model been popular in many countries for years, where banks loans are not available, via sites such as LendingClub and Kiva. Other popular sites for startups, including StartupNation and Startups.co

Entrepreneur 129

Entrepreneur Outsource Development Satisfaction Equity 129

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Other countries can provide e-commerce with different business models, outsource manufacturing at low cost, and a huge market for new products. I hear this term every day, wrongly applied to new social media site, or a new productivity tool. The impact of global instability. Truly “disruptive” technologies.

Customer 167

Customer Custom Startup Outsource Development 167

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Now, he ‘outsources’ his investments through John Frankel of Frankel Asset Management. After rejuvenating from the exhausting sale of Quigo, Mike started a ‘boring site’ called Tracked.com that he thought would be a better version of Yahoo! Instead, they began thinking of ideas for a new site entirely.

Google 302

Google Startup Advertising Acquisition 302

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2021

They are not hesitant to engage the crowd through social media and sites like Yelp to drive you from the marketplace. Traditional waterfall development and outsourcing won’t keep up with change. More and more, I see evidence that customers want to be pulled to your company, rather than feel that you are pushing yourself on them.

Customer 173

Customer Custom Social Media Outsource Development 173

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster.

Startup 174

Startup Training Services Writing 174

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

who rely on TriNet for access to outsourced human resources, like their healthcare benefits and workplace policies, were sent an email this week as part of an effort to keep employees “informed and up-to-date on the labor and employment laws that affect you.” This is not a phishing site, but it sure looks like one.

Email 119

Email Sites Outsource Resource 119

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

This model facilitates donations to charities and creative projects, and has been around for a long time via sites such as Rockethub. This model been popular in many countries for years, where banks loans are not available, via sites such as LendingClub and Kiva. Donation good-cause model. Startup equity model. In the U.S.,

Venture Capital 108

Venture Capital Angel Satisfaction Equity 108

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

And strengthen that at the expense of other areas of your enterprise which may easily be outsourced or reduced in scope. And the exercise of researching through search engines, friends, financial sites or trade publications will begin to help you develop a picture of each candidate’s needs and strengths.

Outsource Development 156

Outsource Development Paramount Outsource Research 156

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2022

I continue to be amazed that more than a quarter of new businesses don’t even have a website , and many more don’t pay attention to social media, or monitor feedback on sites like Yelp. At minimum, that requires a modern website, and visibility on relevant social media sites, likely including Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.

Technical Review 142

Technical Review Social Media Conference Customer 142

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Example sites include StartSomeGood and the Facebook Cause page. A good example site, and one of the earliest in this category, is IndieGoGo. This has been popular in many countries for years via sites like LendingClub and Kiva. Sites like IdeaBounty get your ideas off the shelf, and give you the wisdom of the crowds.

Funding 99

Funding Satisfaction Sites Outsource Development 99

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2012

Example sites include StartSomeGood and the Facebook Cause page. A good example site, and one of the earliest in this category, is IndieGoGo. This has been popular in many countries for years via sites like LendingClub and Kiva. Sites like GeniusCrowd get your ideas off the shelf, and give you the wisdom of the crowds.

Funding 96

Funding Satisfaction Sites Outsource Development 96

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Nice to have” sites like Facebook and Twitter look attractive, but they are much higher risk, and a thousand fail for every one that succeeds. Use the Internet to outsource staff. Start with sites like Elance.com and Guru.com for specialized tasks you can’t do yourself. Position yourself as an expert.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Case Study Software Review Startup 124

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Editor's note: we're crossposting a version of this interview between our Rocky Mountain site, techrockies.com, and our Southern California site, socalTECH.com). This is one of those services that when you create a new company, it makes sense to outsource things. What is Sendgrid? The analogy is like a credit score.

Email 157

Email Startup IP Newsletter 157

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2014

We also have a cloud-baesd, billing and practice management solutions, which enables them to manage all of their internal financial processes, and we also have solutions for billing and cloud-based outsourcing of back office tasks. We were small, and had about ten engineers, providing customer solutions for businesses in Southern California.

Startup 160

Startup El Segundo CTO Hire Outsource Development 160

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Offering one more social media site (over 200 already exist on Wikipedia) probably won’t work. Every new business has unexpected pivots and adjustments, and outsourcing is easier to manage. I suggest looking for painful problems to solve, rather than “easier to use” or “nice to have” solutions, for customers with money.

Outsource Development 154

Outsource Development Social Media Software Review Customer 154

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2014

You can now skip the mandatory office space rental, with secretary and bookkeeping staff, or outsourcing. Today, productivity is way up, you can do most anything yourself, and you can outsource to contractors with more skill and less cost. Maybe you should start with an online e-commerce site, based on your favorite hobby expertise.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Commerce 104

SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

He posted on several social networking sites the following message: If you know of a startup company that could benefit from the knowledge, experience, professional network and reputation of a globally recognized technology and innovation leader. see When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

Technical Review 170

Technical Review Technical Advisors CTO Coach Startup 170

socalTECH

MAY 5, 2009

We had the chance to talk with co-founder John Tomich about the funding and the firm, which operates e-commerce sites for fashion brands and others. The company was incorporated in January of 2004, and we provide outsource e-commerce services to organizations, such as brands and retailers.

Venture Capital 113

Venture Capital SEM Commerce SEO 113

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

But in the end we selected David Lin , a superstar who did 4 years at the technology investment banking firm Montgomery & Co and 4 years as Director of Strategy at the comparison shopping site PriceGrabber where he dealt with many operational issues. He’s a star who has a very intuitive feel for technology and … no MBA.

Startup 337

Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2014

These range from extended warranties, to home delivery and setup, to on-site technical support. Process outsourcing services. In businesses, many have found improved efficiencies in outsourcing their payroll, programming, or manufacturing. Product sharing services. I’m sure there are many more just waiting to be found.

Services 101

Services Startup Outsource Technical Support 101

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2023

Other countries can provide e-commerce with different business models, outsource manufacturing at low cost, and a huge market for new products. I hear this term every day, wrongly applied to new social media site, or a new productivity tool. The impact of global instability. Truly “disruptive” technologies.

Ideas 118

Ideas Outsource Development Outsource Course 118

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2021

Of course, they can outsource part of the work or hire employees, but that approach means more time and money to manage the work, which they don’t have. Join online "matchmaking" sites for business partners. The right answer is to find a co-founder with complementary skills.

Startup 126

Startup High Tech Entrepreneur Writing 126

Xconomy

APRIL 3, 2019

Contract research organization Charles River Labs is shutting down its San Diego-area operations, moving the work done there to one of its two Northern California sites.

San Diego 59

San Diego Outsource Development Research Outsource 59