TechCrunch LA

JULY 19, 2022

Today, when you start a brand, your first hire is probably someone to build out your Shopify site. They’ve also had suppliers sell perishable goods as well — a vendor sold 80,000 dates on the platform a month ago. “We’re Ghost is not alone in developing technology focused on inventory. Last week, Syrup Tech raised $6.3

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2011

X1 Discovery said today that it has launched a new, electronic discovery software called X1 Social Discovery, which is specifically aimed at helping computer forensics professionals address social media content. X1 Discovery said it will be releasing its software on October 18th, priced at $945 per seat annually.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Simon Anderson: DreamHost offers a web hosting, and now, cloud computing platform and storage. Our services range from basically any platform service to enable an entrepreneur or developer or creative, to get online with a website, or do things like set up a blog. Our target market is entrepreneurs, creatives, and developers.

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Software Review Cloud Computing Technical Review Platform 238

Tech.Co

JANUARY 3, 2020

However, as a business owner, you know that resting on your laurels can be dangerous, which is why staying up to date with the latest business technology is a necessity. Field Service Software. Fortunately, field service software is designed to keep track of all this and more, so you can focus on the big picture.

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Technical Review Software Review Social Media Platform 91

socalTECH

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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Platform Training Software Review Advertising 263

socalTECH

MARCH 15, 2016

Designers go on to our platform, post a production projet, and contratosr and factories bid on those projects. Based on ratings, reviews, and price, designers are able to hire a factory or contractor from our platform. Our uusers can use ratings and reviews, to know if they are working with high quality manufacturers.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2011

Johnson, announced a move to allow other sites to host and show content via a new Lunch Network effort. It really provides the most relevant reviews, because when you're looking for reviews, you want them from someone very similar to you. Today, Lunch.com (www.lunch.com), the startup headed by J.R. We caught up with J.R.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The event is a 2-day training in.Net, HTML5, Windows 8, Asp.NET MVC and other Microsoft technologies. In addition, world renowned speakers are invited to discuss the latest trends in technology. From Startup to Grown-up with Windows Azure Web SitesMany demonstrations exist on how to get started with Windows Azure Web Sites.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

TechZulu & Gadget Review present REACH. A quarterly event series seeking to dive deep into what comes next in technology, and giving you the opportunity to experience it first hand with the gadgets on site. He also leads mergers and acquisitions and ran the acquisitions of SGN, MindJolt and HallPass Media.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 12, 2013

Full-service Pinterest marketing and technology startup – HelloSociety recently announced it had driven $30 million in additional sales revenue for its over 350 brand clientele through Pinterest. million new users and 22 million unique page views to its clients’ sites as a result of its effective campaign execution. million followers.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

TechZulu & Gadget Review present REACH. A quarterly event series seeking to dive deep into what comes next in technology, and giving you the opportunity to experience it first hand with the gadgets on site. 1 st Street Partners provides strategic management services to technology, entertainment and consumer goods companies.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 9, 2013

I just got an email asking about exactly this: I''m with a new company that needs some software built, but doesn''t need (or have the resources for) a large staff of software developers. Are there particular technologies or platforms involved? Have they used the technologies that are involved in your project?

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socalTECH

JULY 8, 2013

Michael Lum: We were all semi-independently looking at mobile, due to the growth projection and potential there. Michael Lum: Programmatic buying enables an advertiser, using our platform, to bid on impressions on an impression-on-impression basis. You don''t have to buy every impression on an app or site. Why tackle mobile?

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Advertising Mobile OpenX Software Review 253

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

The company was founded by Bong Koh, a former EIR at Prism VentureWorks and venture capitalist at Advanced Technology Ventures; he also co-founded ibeatyou. We've only been working on the site for May, June, July, and August, and it's a brand new endeavor for us. You, as an entrepreneur, are expected to go though due diligence.

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Startup CTO Coach Activity Software Review 271

socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2015

Ross Weber: ClickTripz is an advertising platform for travel advertisers. What''s different about your platform that more general advertising platforms? Ross Weber: We''re not here to replace ad platforms like Google Adsense. What''s the story behind the company? How did you guys start the company? Ross Weber: In the U.S.,

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Advertising Startup Software Review Platform 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 13, 2012

One of the areas that startups and healthcare investors have turned their attention to in recent years, is leveraging the many advances in technology--wireless, smart phones, software, and more--and applying those to the health area. We spoke with CEO Kian Saneii to learn more about the firm. What's the story behind the company?

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Software Review Cloud Computing Startup Technical Review 140

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

One of the firms launching this week there is Los Angeles-based NativeTung (www.nativetung.com), which is developing tools to help web sites translate and create multilingual versions of their sites. Idris Manley: Essentially, what we do is we create a global layer for web sites, that supports multiple language content channels.

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Startup Technical Review Social Network Content 133

socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2013

How''d you come up with the idea for the site? I kind of fell into it, after a period of diligence on the idea, and realizing it was a big opportunity. Ethan Senturia: If you''re a company, you can come to our site, give us a call, or shoot us an email. The site itself is the most efficient way to create a request.

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Startup Software Review Entrepreneur Equity 247

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

Could we really build a generalize platform and assemble the data in a cost effective way? We are now harnessing the ‘social’ aspect of the system where businesses and consumers begin to contribute to the data by adding or updating products listings as well as rate and review products.”. I am obsessed with technology.

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Blogging Entrepreneur Software Review Course 219

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

The industry had seen unprecedented growth in the past decade due to a combination of factors, one of which was the United States’ economic recession. Due to the combination of these factors, marketers began to more heavily fund digital platforms. Problems Daily Deal Couponing Presented for Business Owners.

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socalTECH

JULY 22, 2016

Rufus Labs is one of a number of hardware startups which have started to proliferate in the community, due to low cost hardware, 3D printing, and crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo. Gabe Grifoni: At Rufus Labs, we are focused heavily on building wearables and technology in a wearable platform for the enterprise.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Could we really build a generalize platform and assemble the data in a cost effective way? We are now harnessing the ‘social’ aspect of the system where businesses and consumers begin to contribute to the data by adding or updating products listings as well as rate and review products.”. I am obsessed with technology.

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Entrepreneur Competition Software Review Course 232

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

We're always interested in how technology is influencing the business of Hollywood, and recently ran across Los Angeles-based Scripped. Sunil Rajaraman: We provide free, web-based screenwriting software to aspiring writers and professionals in the community. What's the business model behind the site--everything is free?

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Content Writing Software Review Hollywood 138

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. This Spotlight takes place Thursday, July 14, at The California Institute of Technology (CalTech). Their focus is green technology. It’s a gallery of great entrepreneurship.

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socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2009

Rob Farrow is one of the co-founders of Chi.mp , a new startup which is getting set to launch a service to allow users to manage their profiles across the many sites on the Internet. We had a concept around creating a platform, using open standards, to resolve lots of the issues surrounding social networking and the issues of identity.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2012

It's an intensely competitive market in developing games for the iPhone and other mobile platforms, with thousands and thousands of titles competing for attention from users. In 2010, we sold the game assets and name PlayScreen, which we had acquired, and formed a new company with some solid financial and technology guys.

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Mobile Startup Software Review Platform 216

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.

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Startup Technical Review S3 Services 343

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

I was an early user of Quora and like all new technologies they take a bit of playing with them for a while, discussing them with others and reflecting on them to let them sink in. Only later did I realize that this was part of Dharmesh Shah’s larger blog and that the software was based on the popular “stack overflow&# software.

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Blogging SEO Startup Writing 301

socalTECH

JULY 21, 2011

That was really my first experience working with a technology that was merging the digital and physical worlds. That might be check-ins, that might be photos, reviews, likes, all of those things are in one place. That, combined with being early on the social web, was the nexus from where MomentFeed came about.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0

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Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

so compelling (other than the fact that the CEO Sean Rad is a great young technology leader and his advisers – Brian Norgard , Dan Gould and Evan Rifkin - are some of the guys I respect most in the LA tech market.). Wordpress), video (YouTube), pictures (Flickr), review sites (Yelp) and collaborative content (Wikipedia).

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Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2012

From the phone in your pocket to the television hanging on your wall, apps have penetrated technology and they aren’t going anywhere. Smart technology doesn’t work without clever software to make it useful. Do you need to take the time to learn coding or should you search out a firm to help bring your idea into reality?

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Marketing Startup Software Review Competition 97

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

The intent of our Spotlight events is always simple: to provide a live platform to showcase the very companies that our driving our tech/start up industry, to show our hometown investors a handful of worthwhile companies, and to give other founders some inspiration and innovation for their own companies. Bill received his B.S.

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Technical Review Idealab Startup Mobile 94

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

encouraging an open platform where 3rd parties can make lots of money]. Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected. Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? in terms of time spent on the sites.

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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2008

What kinds of companies are you looking to invest in, when you say digital media--content, technology, or both? But we're also technology focused, looking primarily at consumer facing software and services firms in digital media. Richard Yen: We're fairly broad in respect to digital media.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2008

What kinds of companies are you looking to invest in, when you say digital media--content, technology, or both? But we're also technology focused, looking primarily at consumer facing software and services firms in digital media. Richard Yen: We're fairly broad in respect to digital media.

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Capital Southern California Media Venture Capital 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

12,000 apps currently on the platform. John Busher, Harry Balls – a humorous site offering reviews and information about mobile apps, primarily indie games. In this interview, Simon says it’s crucial to focus on your product, especially in a mobile world where the App Store reviews are all you have.

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