socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Hamilton Chan is founder of Los Angeles-based PaperLinks (www.paperlinks.com), a new startup which is developing mobile applications which take advantage of QR codes--the 3D barcodes which are cropping up everywhere--to help users marketers go beyond just linking those codes to web pages, but also to power social applications.

Startup 233

Startup Tips Web Platform 233

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I invested in LA-based Gogii , one of the fastest growing, most exciting mobile social networking companies you’ve never heard of and maker of a product called textPlus. Gogii is the creator of the 36th most downloaded application in the history of the iPhone app store – a product called textPlus. People like free.

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Gogii Invest Blogging Startup 310

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit. Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. Read more: VentureWire (requires login) , Mahalo Profile Page.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2014

I kept thinking that someone would eventually come up with a hub or place you could do everything--a home page, for example, where if you were going on a trip, and you could easily load your iPad full of stuff automatically. We''ve already integrated Twitter and Facebook, and our product is in its earliest MVP, and it''s now out there.

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Entertainment Startup Southern California Netflix 206

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Facebook just hit 1 billion active users globally and that was great but a new social payment application is set to make Facebook users across the world get more from their connections and even allowing companies to sell or receive payments from their pages. As we know, developers always give their product a code name. What is Zunguz?

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Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 23, 2013

GumGum’s goal is to continue educating the market and selling the product – they’re expecting 400% growth next year. By focusing on creating marketing executions that are viewable and engaging in a relevant way, they can ensure their products are in line with content. Implementing image and facial recognition.

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Technical Review Advertising Google Screening 76

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Verizon , Monster Products , MerchLabs , HIRED , Instart Logic , Zeel , Shootly , Move Loot , Microsoft , American Laser Company , Zirx , DoorDash , Drizly. Green Way Labs develops high-performance cleaning products that are 100% non-toxic. Their distribution footprint consists of: Over 400 million Page Likes on Facebook.

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Fractional VPE Entertainment SaaS Social Media 40

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Leverage a feedback platform like Get Satisfaction or UserVoice. In addition to Seth, the core team he pulled together consisted of Elaine, a product person with front-end engineering skills and sharp design sense, and Sandy a back-end server engineer. Feedback means having an obvious way for users to give feedback. I totally agree.

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Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 22, 2016

Industry news was excited, but for how amazing of a product they are, custom Snapchat geofilters have remained stunningly under the radar. So what’s exciting about this new product? This product is literally too good to pass up. The value of your branding impression compared to impressions on any other platform is insanely high.

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Customer Custom Snapchat Design 40

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JULY 16, 2013

But if you want to be able to repeat your success on your next campaign you need to know more about how you drove those clicks: Which social platform were they published on? I’ve tried every product on the market and hadn’t found any other tool that met my needs so to have a chance to ask for what would make me more effective?

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Marketing Technical Review Startup Tool 307

socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2017

Our first product is called Seed, which is a screening test for male infertility. We've translated that into a screening test, which started offering out in October of last year. What's the biggest challenge you've had in bringing this product to market? The other part of it has been thinking about the platform.

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USC Technical Review Startup Southern California 100

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Joey Flores is co-founder and CEO of Earbits , an online radio platform that enables bands, labels and concert promoters to acquire fans, market new releases and promote live events. a perks platform for small and medium sized businesses. Joey Flores – Co-Founder and CEO of Earbits. sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.).

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2016

Let me just put this more clearly for you up front – the vast majority of the Internet is used for porn so every product has this use but you probably just don’t know about it: YouTube, Tumblr, Facebook, FaceTime, Skype and of course be very careful on Google Search without “safe mode” on. This is the dog whistle.

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Snapchat Screening Venture Capital Guide 150