SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 16, 2010

Thursday, April 22, 2010 -- CommNexus Presents: Build Native Mobile Apps Using Your Web Skills. Appcelerators Titanium platform translates your hard won web skills into native mobile applications that perform and look just like they were written in Objective-C [iPhone] or Java [Android]  but using your JavaScript, HTML, and CSS skills.

Web 100

Web Mobile HTML JavaScript 100

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2010

The analysts at Morgan Stanley have produced a report that’s quite good reading on some of the major trends concerning mobile web. And it’s interesting that while they talk about the impact of Facebook, they don’t quite seem to recognize the impact of Web 2.0, I’m not so sure that a bet on Facebook as the platform is a good one.

Mobile 204

Mobile Slides Web 2.0 Social Network 204

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

SoCal tech and life science companies are scaling faster than at any point in history. But its even better news for the regional SoCal innovation ecosystem. These data points provide yet more evidence that SoCal has become one of the most profound technology ecosystems in the United States.

Southern California 133

Southern California SoCal Culver City Venture Capital 133

SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. I understand his frustration. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

Southern California 150

Southern California CTO Coach CTO Hire Social Media 150

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

SoCal CTO

MAY 4, 2010

Redeye VC , April 13, 2010 Startup Development - SoCal CTO , April 23, 2010 Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering? Some great posts from April 2010 that talk to me in terms of being a CTO at a Startup. Ben Casnocha: The Blog , April 15, 2010 Everyone I spoke with loved the idea.

CTO Hire 150

CTO Hire Venture Capital Startup Social Network 150

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

1) Mobile web. The current incarnation of the mobile web changes what the Internet IS to users, and the manner in which it is incorporated into their lives. (2) This incredible wave of capital-efficient web-based businesses launches is due in no small part to the lower cost of entry provided by cloud-based offerings.

Technical Review 160

Technical Review Southern California Cloud Computing Venture Capital 160

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Leverage Existing Platforms or Third Party Products - you want to test your social network, grab Drupal and whip something together, or even just use a hosted service. We end up using WordPress a lot as the marketing front-end of our web sites. WordPress is pretty easy to hack. Third party products are used appropriately.

Technical Review 338

Technical Review CTO Hire CTO Coach Software Review 338

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2017

We're partnering with the biggest insurance brands, including Nationwide, and many, many others�25 different insurance companies�and taking their insurance policies and selling them in a unified way, making it available to consumers via iOS and Android apps and the web. We're on the journey to let people buy all of their insurance online.

Southern California 244

Southern California Technical Review Startup Commerce 244

socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2010

Johnson's latest effort is Lunch.com (www.lunch.com), a web site which takes the concepts behind VirtualTourist.com beyond travel, and into lots of other subjects. It was a local, SoCal company right here in Manhattan Beach. Lunch.com was the platform to do all of that. on the web, how do you hope to stand out?

Content 204

Content Startup Sites Manhattan Beach 204

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Beyond simple web analytics, what is needed? Platform – are there pre-existing technical platform decisions that must be considered? Analytics/Metrics - what are the key startup metrics that you will need to track? Are there specific metrics needed for future funding rounds or for operations? Administer users? Dump out data?

Develop 396

Develop Development Startup SEO 396

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Brian Garrett: It's analytics, it's delivery platforms, it's optimization of technology facilitating compression to delivery of video. It's analytics around users and visitation on web sites, and it's knowledge of the consumption of photos--for example, GumGum--or video images on the web. What do you mean by infrastructure?

Southern California 153

Southern California Startup Palomar Rustic Canyon 153

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Beyond simple web analytics, what is needed? Platform – are there pre-existing technical platform decisions that must be considered? Analytics/Metrics - what are the key startup metrics that you will need to track? Are there specific metrics needed for future funding rounds or for operations? Administer users? Dump out data?

Develop 384

Develop Development Startup SEO 384

SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 15, 2012

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Investors, startups, Internet and web enable ventures, games, web services, mobile, apps, Internet enabled services, platforms, consumer electronics, software, hardware, entertainment and media, digital media, broadband and web services, entertainment,, finance, life science, enterprise, clean tech.

Entertainment 113

Entertainment Web Los Angeles Media 113

SoCal CTO

JULY 19, 2016

I’ve had lots of conversations with fellow CTOs about the TechEmpower Web Framework Benchmarks. As part of this release we are making ASP.NET leaner, more modular, cross-platform, and cloud optimized. We’re introducing the new Kestrel web server that runs within your IIS host or behind another host process.

TechEmpower 150

TechEmpower Framework Startup Web 150

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

With more and more consumers online though, its not enough to have a marketing strategy based on traditional media outlets  you need to have a significant web presence as well. Blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and other social platforms can be low-cost marketing tools (great for anyone in this economic climate!)

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Network Media Enterprise Forum 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2018

My team is responsible for building tools to help improve the online customer experience, whether that's through native apps, devices, or the web. We have our own A/B testing platform, and my team is responsible for that solution for desktop and native apps, not only for Walmart.com, but also online groceries and the market.

San Diego 100

San Diego Southern California Technology Artificial Inteligence 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2018

My team is responsible for building tools to help improve the online customer experience, whether that's through native apps, devices, or the web. We have our own A/B testing platform, and my team is responsible for that solution for desktop and native apps, not only for Walmart.com, but also online groceries and the market.

San Diego 100

San Diego Southern California Technology Artificial Inteligence 100

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 13, 2010

One of the topics that came up in my post Mobile Internet Apple Facebook was around open vs. closed platforms. The 10 Commandments of Facebook Connect 10 Impressive New Implementations of Facebook Connect Is the web establishment overlooking the opportunities of the open social web? Identity Wars: Google & Yahoo!

Google 292

Google Startup Yahoo Email 292

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

Any SoCal entrepreneur raising early-stage money should put Rincon on their short list. The emails we all get on the AngelList get say something like, “New gaming platform invested in by Dave McClure, Chris Yeh and Jeff Clavier. John gave me the book after I spoke at his entrepreneurship class at UCSB.

Guide 293

Guide Funding Venture Capital Technical Review 293

SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 6, 2016

Join us in Santa Monica for a sneak peek of AirMap’s brand new platform, APIs, and SDK for drones, apps for iOS and Android, and Web. Friday, August 12, 2016 -- AirMap Developer Conference and Launch Party. The sky’s the limit when it comes to the potential for unmanned aircraft. Space is limited. RSVP to attend. See [link] (more)

Conference 100

Conference Develop Development Santa Monica 100

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2013

Shervin Talieh, founder and CEO of Drumbi , an OC-based startup, is one of the bright tech stars in Orange County who is disrupting telephony through the creation of an innovative communications platform. Drumbi is a web-assisted phone call program by which data is collected through data channels rather than voice channels.

Orange County 97

Orange County Tech Coast Angels Southern California SoCal 97

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2009

Eric Hovanec: We're a distribution and revenue platform for specialty lodging providers, including vacation rentals, condominium hotels--anything that isn't a hotel. We've got a software-as-a-service platform that handles all of that for them--all they have to do is hand the guest the key. Our platform allows that.

Startup 113

Startup Platform Clearstone Content 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 7, 2012

Tablets and a multitude of new platforms will gradually replace paper. The Web, not the local bookstore or movie theater, will be the place where most people get most of their content. Are You Read to Morph with It? All content is being digitized: movies, books, TV, news, music, games. Downloads will replace most physical media.

Content 100

Content News Web Platform 100

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

an enterprise social networking platform provider located in Los Angeles, CA. He is known for being able to monetize the social web. Dr. Tony Karrer, CEO/CTO of TechEmpower Dr. Tony Karrer is the CEO/CTO of TechEmpower, a software, web, and eLearning development firm. Before that, he was VP, Client Strategy at Blast Radius.

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

You can go to Mogreet.com or go to our wireless web site, at wap.mogreet.com , or use your cell phone on any number of carriers, such as AT&T, Verizon, etc. We've also got Black Diamon, a local SoCAl fund, which is also leading the round. To use Mogreet as a video distribution platform is a no-brainer.

Mogreet 133

Mogreet Paramount Entertainment Mobile 133

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

We are creating a platform that enables users to play instant games and apps directly on the computer desktop. Fascinating that you are going against the trend of trying to make everything a web application. because I would like KlickFu to remain primarily a SoCal company and success story! What are you working on now?

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

What existing systems will we leverage, what programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, revision control systems, etc.? How can we address this risk? What technology research is required? What technologies will we use? What other kinds of systems will we likely need? Accounting?

Fractional CTO 225

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire CTO Coach 225

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

I recall being impressed with Jeff, but I was concerned that he was creating a platform, which often requires a significant amount of capital, takes an extended amount of time to establish and can be subject to margin pressure as the enabling technologies become commoditized. Similar to VoiceXML, the standard for the past 5-yrs.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

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

Web 29

Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

used in a very wide range of both web and mobile services, from Foursquare, to Yelp, to LivingSocial. SendGrid has seen massive growth and adoption, as thousands of web developers have discovered that the company--which has major. Forum , says "New platforms are very interesting to CTOs. The firm's software is now being.

Southern California 66

Southern California Software Artificial Inteligence Companies 66

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Play In Motion – Play In Motion is developing a social mobile location-based platform for casual gaming. TravelStrings – TravelStrings is an online platform for building and sharing travel stories.

UCLA 47

UCLA Invest Startup Class 47

SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

The topic is: Betting Your Company On An Internet Platform? However, these platforms could be interesting for prototype and pilot solutions. The other conclusion was that you need to have a migration path from the platform. Must design your application differently to live on top of the platform. It's funny.

Platform 150

Platform EC2 Java S3 150

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

AdWords is on Google.com, AdSense is a distributed platform across many different Web sites where if youre a small publisher and you put AdSense on your Web site and someone clicks, you get part of the revenue and Google gets part of the revenue. Okay, thats AdSense. Well, that technology came from an L.A.

Los Angeles 50

Los Angeles Companies Company Angel 50

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Every web product ultimately has a bunch of user flows contained within it. There are many many layers of incremental improvements you can make here - but the toughest nut to crack, in the case where your web product is HUGE is that you will be inserting more data into the system than the system can process within a reasonable time.

Startup 29

Startup IP Email Report 29

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. I’d been around the web long enough to remember the dozens of companies before YouTube that tried to create crowdsourced video sites and failed. But I don’t think so.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

TZ’s SXSW A-team, Efren Toscano and Justin Sewell, were invited to join the momentous ride alongside other tech innovators and influencers from the Socal reach to participate with Amtrak’s first ever #AmtrakLive live-tweet and AMA thread – to discuss the highly anticipated Amtrak Residency Program.

Entertainment 99

Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99