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JULY 30, 2019

The ArtCenter College of Design , based in Pasadena, and social networking and 3D avatar site IMVU announced on Tuesday that the two have launched a new "studio partnership", which will let students in a course design their own, 3D experience in the IMVU world. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Pallet Alliance provides design and implementation of pallet management programs for large, multi-site manufacturing companies. The two companies said the success of integrating CalAmp's technology with wooden pallets eliminates the need to convert to alternate materials. READ MORE>>.

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TechEmpower

APRIL 22, 2013

We''ve previously posted two rounds of results of benchmarking many web application platforms and frameworks. With that breadth we decided to move the project''s results to a stand-alone site separate from this blog. The community''s response remains strong! Thanks to those contributions, the number of tests has grown to over 50.

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JUNE 8, 2011

In the rush toward the daily deals space, it seems like there is at least one, new, daily deals site created every day. It's an incredibly crowded industry, which not only includes giants like Groupon and LivingSocial, but countless smaller sites, newspapers, and others all looking for a piece of the action. What is Deal Current?

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TechEmpower

JULY 9, 2019

It is acceptable for it to be recomputed by the platform or framework once per second, and cached as a string or byte buffer for the duration of that second. The results web site now includes a dark theme, because dark themes are the new hotness. Several of these are clarifications of requirements for test implementations.

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APRIL 9, 2020

Redland-based geographical information systems (GIS) and mapping software provider Esri has launched a new, online analytics platform it is aiming at the Caribbean community, the company said late Wednesday. According to the company, the new, online portal was built in collaboration with its Caribbean distributor, Spatial Innovision.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Online job and career sites still seem to be in another decade, when it comes to both design--and user friendliness. Can a startup gain a foothold in the competitive market by designing the right UX and user experience to make a job and career site for everyone? Los Angeles-based Workpop (www.workpop.com) thinks so.

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MAY 23, 2012

In what is a huge blow to Silicon Beach, Santa Monica-based BetterWorks , the software-and-technology-meets-employee-perks startup run by Paige Craig, told its users today that it is sunsetting its site on May 31st.

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JULY 6, 2011

Los Angeles-based CapLinked , the online platform for managing fundraising and investor updates started by Eric M. The firm said it has grown the platform's users by over 2,000 percent, year-to-date, taking user accounts from only 2,000 at the beginning of the year, to over 55,000 accounts today.

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JANUARY 31, 2022

Santa Monica-based Arrive, a developer of a technology and reverse logistics services, says it has added resales to its enterprise rental platform. Arrive says it refurbishes, cleans, and grades those returns to be re-sold directly on branded, re-sale e-commerce sites. Arrive is led by CEO and Co-Founder Rachelle Snyder.

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JUNE 7, 2012

Look out, Pinterest -- Pasadena-based LoveIt is looking to unseat the popularity of the photo sharing site, with its new platform, and $6M in funding.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

What are some good examples of similar sites? Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective? Is the whole site SSL/HTTPS, only the login process, or something in between? Does the site need to throttle potential malicious activity? How will you differentiate from these? Any preferences?

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

What are some good examples of similar sites? Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective? Is the whole site SSL/HTTPS, only the login process, or something in between? Does the site need to throttle potential malicious activity? How will you differentiate from these? Any preferences?

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JANUARY 15, 2013

Playsino, which is based in Santa Monica, is a developr of casino focused games, which are available both on mobile platforms and on sites like Facebook. The free-to-play apps are on the Apple iTunes App store. Pierce is a well known investor in online gaming companies and local Southern California startups. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

In 2008, he founded StackOverflow , and it has become the foundation for a question and answer platform called StackExchange. Jeff Atwood is the person responsible for product and user experience across all of their sites. Within a small startup with 3 engineers, everyone will work on all aspects of the site.

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OCTOBER 18, 2016

Los Angeles-based Science 37 , a startup developing a technology platform aimed at enabling clinical trials, said this morning that it has raised $31M in a Series B financing round. The funding was led by Redmile Group, and also included Lux Capital, dRx Capital, and Sanofi Genzyme BioVentures. Science 37 is led by Noah Craft, M.D.,

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DECEMBER 5, 2013

Despite the huge surge of content specifically being developed for the web--and for sites like YouTube--making that content profitable and sustainable continues to be an issue for content creators. Josef Holm: Tubestart is a crowdfunding platform for YouTube creators, web series creators, and for digital video in general.

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APRIL 24, 2019

Shane Bernstein: We're looking at things from a lot of different sites, and using big data to process them. That includes hundreds of thousands of sites on the web today. That lets us compare and contrast users across individual sites, and help rank the talent pool accordingly, and rank them subjectively.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Mov, launched just a few weeks ago, is more than a rebranded eBay or NBA auction site. Athletes wear these game-worn items, and our platform gives them a way to donate and make an impact without any extra time on them and their busy schedules,” Alston said. “We send it as is,” he said. “We

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

I recommend an easier way – using an investment platform like Gust, EquityNet or SeedInvest. Another advantage of online investor and equity crowdfunding platforms is that they will force you to pull together your story and documentation in a more consistent and complete fashion than you might otherwise bother.

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MAY 23, 2012

Santa Monica- and Columbus, Ohio-based Fundable said that it is looking to provide a crowdfunding platform for "serious startups". The site allow early stage startups to gain capital from anyone, using the new JOBS Act to raise money from anyone interested in a startup, and not just professional investors and banks.

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

We spoke with CEO Kai Stubble to hear about how SupperKing is looking to create a service--inspired by collaborative consumption sites like Airbnb--which will let people host meals in their homes for strangers, to get to meet new people, show off your cooking skills, and hopefully make new friends. We turned that into a social platform.

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MARCH 19, 2014

With that app challenge, Esri is offering up to $15,000 in cash prizes for innovative apps developed by users using its ArcGIS platform. President Obama launched a new climate data site yesterday to help communities in climate change preparation -- including a major portion powered by Esri''s mapping technology. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

We spoke with CEO Kai Stubbe to hear about how SupperKing is looking to create a service--inspired by collaborative consumption sites like Airbnb--which will let people host meals in their homes for strangers, to get to meet new people, show off your cooking skills, and hopefully make new friends. We turned that into a social platform.

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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.

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TechEmpower

APRIL 30, 2013

Check out the new stand-alone framework benchmarks site if you are interested in the latest and most accurate data. Authors'' Note: We''re using the word "framework" loosely to refer to platforms, micro-frameworks, and full-stack frameworks. The high-performance Netty platform takes a commanding lead for JSON serialization on EC2.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

It is no secret that Pinterest and other social commerce sites have begun to dial in the commerce equation. These sites (so far) have managed to balance facilitating product discovery and purchase capabilities with users'' desires to entertain and educate themselves without feeling like they are in a marketplace.

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AUGUST 24, 2020

Los Angeles-based Terrakan said today that it has launched an online platform, aimed at helping homeowners and realtors to generate reports, perform listing research, and network with other people. The company is targeting real estate developers and investors, single family buyers, owners, or "flippers", and others with its service.

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MAY 13, 2013

According to Greentoe, it will use the funding for marketing of the site, including a multi-platform advertising campaign across the web, television, and mobile. The funding came from Parker Thompson from 500 Startups/Dave McClure. Size of the funding was not announced.

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MAY 22, 2013

Online business resource site Docstoc is in a big expansion of its services today, with the launch of a brand new service to help businesses connect with products and vendors.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Rachel Payne: FEM is a video discovery platform that provides quality, relevant video recommendations for any website, app, or content network that is seeking to drive more engagement around video. On average, we''re doubling the time on a site where our platform is embedded. What is FEM? The metrics are very solid. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 24, 2014

The company said that its new game, Stellar Speller, is an extension of its flashcard site Cram.com. The new software is free, and also is accessible via mobile platforms. StudyMode said the new came is the second online game released by the company''s Cram.com website. StudyMode is led by Blaine Vess. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 12, 2012

The new service, which is in private beta, uses AngelLists's API and Invested.in's social fundraising platform to drive angel investment deals. said the new service will help companies manage startup pitches, questions and answers to investors, provide term sheets, and close deals directly on their own, custom web site.

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APRIL 2, 2013

Pinterest is the popular visually-driven photo sharing site, which is geared around products and fashion. Well, the firm has transformed itself into Hello Society , a marketing agency for brands this morning, expanding out its offerings from just analytics tools to include a full suite of services around Pinterest.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Los Angeles-based peer-to-peer commercial real estate investment site AssetAvenue said Friday that it has raised $3M in a seed funding round. The startup offers up an online, peer-to-peer lending platform which lets users invest and borrow money to invest in commercial real estate deals. The startup is led by David Manshoory.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Prior to starting PublishThis, I was the General Manager for Edmunds.com, the automotive site here in Santa Monica. We're a content curation platform, software-as-a-service for content, and we are focused on helping companies engage their customer more directly using content. How did you figure out people needed and wanted this?

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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2012

If a fan know they can get their entire brand fix there, rather than having to jump across multiple profiles, multiple social media platform, and networks, that's very compelling. Does this look like a Facebook page, or is this a separate site? Jeremy Gocke: Fliptu is a separate site and community. It was the same issue.

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