socalTECH

AUGUST 5, 2020

San Luis Obispo-based software company Off Day Trainer , which operates a remote training and communications software platform for fitness professionals to communicate with their clients, has linked with fellow San Luis Obispo-based Mindbody , the company announced this morning. Financial details of the link were not announced.

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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. The post Dallas Day of.Net | Training and Trends on Microsoft Technologies appeared first on TechZulu.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Although I’m not an aficionado of checklists in general, I really appreciate one he has included for keeping up with the latest technological trends that are reshaping business strategies, which should be the driver for startups to fill in the gaps. Platform as a Service (PaaS). Are you driving the technology, or is it driving you?

Technology 86

Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 86

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Many entrepreneurs who start technology companies are product people, technologists or savvy business people who worked previously for a larger company. That is why they qualify customers really hard and ask the sort of questions that would make us non-sales-trained people squeamish. This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Via also partners with cities and transportation authorities, giving clients access to their platform to deploy their own shuttles. The city of Cupertino, home to Apple, SeaGate Technologies and numerous other software and tech-related companies, is one example of this.

Demand 168

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Educational technology is one field worth examining, even though education hasn’t been a front-burner issue in the final months of the campaign. In the centerpiece of his education platform , Trump would redirect $20 billion in federal education spending to K-12 school choice programs. schools don’t do now.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Office jobs and communication technology have evolved. These and other collaborative communication platforms, such as Slack, have absorbed many former manager responsibilities, including scheduling, summarizing, and follow-up. Giving them a feeling of self-empowered decisions with fewer managers is key to this move.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2011

They are using DealCurrent as the deal platform for all of their clients. We see those three products working together, as features of one platform which both can be used independently, as well as together. So, we took that contest and crowdsourcing platform, and started ArtisticHub. What's the story behind Deal Current?

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Platform Training Software Review Advertising 263

TechCrunch LA

MAY 21, 2019

Propelled by new technologies, new businessmen have been landing in Los Angeles since the invention of the nickelodeon to create a studio that would dominate popular entertainment. Hardware makers have invested billions to improve the technology, and they’d like that money to not go to waste.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 27, 2020

We believe Ordermark’s leading technology platform and innovative virtual restaurant concepts are transforming the restaurant industry,” said Jeff Housenbold, Managing Partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers, in a statement. In some ways, Nextbite couldn’t exist without Ordermark’s delivery aggregation technology.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 17, 2020

“We were really pushing hard as a company, certainly on revenue growth and harvesting all the investments we made in technology and having a clear, near-term view to profitability.” . “In the past three months it’s become clear that this is a moment for drones as an industry,” Burton said.

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socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2013

In the arms race of search technology, only the big guys -- Google, Microsoft -- seem to be able to keep up with all of the innovations in the space. Those devices worked great, but unfortunately, they''re juts not up to speed on the newer innovations in big data and the technology world. Who are the customers for your technology?

Technology 216

Technology Google Commerce Southern California 216

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2022

The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. Use of collaborative and other social media platforms. Both are required to stay competitive. They are now actively recruited for many roles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 10, 2023

Technologists building cool new platforms, just because they can, won’t find investor interest. Show that you have a process to hire, fire, and train others as required. Formalize the use of tools and information technology. This is the first business process that every startup needs, that I wouldn’t expect to find for a hobby.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Originally called Dopamine Labs, the company was founded in 2015 to bring some of the same technologies that social media companies like Facebook used to boost engagement to a broader range of applications. “We can use technology to hook people to unhook them from unhealthy behaviors.”

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

We spoke with Zach about the company and its technology. Zach Zalon: Super Hi-Fi is a platform to help music experience companies, like digital music services, to deliver much more compelling, much higher quality music experiences to their audiences. We ended up building a lot of digital music platforms. What is Super Hi-Fi?

Startup 113

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socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2021

The NSF determined eight to ten years ago that the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants they were funding to academic teams, to commercialize technology, they were losing, because not many academics had the background to understand how to go out and source customers, and did not know how to run a startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2022

Yet VC feedback indicates that even this bias has been declining over time, perhaps due to significant improvements in videoconferencing and other communications technologies. For example, a few years ago the experts were telling SkyBell that they needed to own the whole smart home platform.

Marketing 125

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

We spoke with Zach about the company and its technology. Zack Zalon: Super Hi-Fi is a platform to help music experience companies, like digital music services, to deliver much more compelling, much higher quality music experiences to their audiences. We ended up building a lot of digital music platforms. What is Super Hi-Fi?

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Southern California Edison Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Train Your Staff and Offer Skill Improvement Opportunities. One of the most consistent ways to increase office productivity is periodically training staff on new technology, techniques, and processes to continue building their skills. Not all types of training have to be live, however.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Now, we're investing in our own team, firm, and platform so we can further support those founders. Liquidity and transfer of wealth.

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socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2020

I ended up going to Lockheed Martin as Chief Innovation Officer, doing AR and VR work, creating a virtual framework used for training by the defense department. I realized, as we were building this, this multi-user collaborative platform was so powerful and neat, we should make ti available now, before the full operating system was done.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Los Angeles-based BiasSync (www.biassync.com) was founded by three, very experienced serial entrepreneurs-- Michele Ruiz (broadcast journalism), Robin Richards (CareerArc, Internships.com, NTI Group, MP3), and Dan Gould (former VP of Technology for Tinder). It's clear that Hollywood people speak a different language from technology people.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2015

We have about 350, nationally certified, trainers on the platform, all vetted internally by us, and by our mentor network. The flat rate includes use of those locations during training sessions. We offer six different genres of fitness: Crossfit, strength training, Pilates, boxing, yoga, and stretching.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

This week in Startup Spotlight, we found an affordable cyber security service for small businesses, biometric startup with facial recognition tech for businesses, car care for smart cities, a platform that will reduce the grunt work at marketing agencies, and more. Cybriant (Alpharetta, GA). Any business, small or large is vulnerable today.

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Artificial Inteligence Startup Platform Training 92

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. Use of collaborative and other social media platforms. Both are required to stay competitive. They are now actively recruited for many roles.

Competition 127

Competition Case Study Platform Yahoo 127

socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Two new additions to our portfolio companies stand out in particular: NextCar (Scott Painters latest disruptive LA-based automotive market play) and Transmute (Karyl Fowlers Austin-based supply chain identity and credentialing platform). What are you most looking forward to in the technology/startup world in 2021? READ MORE>>.

Capital 124

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2020

Technologists building cool new platforms, just because they can, won’t find investor interest. Show that you have a process to hire, fire, and train others as required. Formalize the use of tools and information technology. This is the first business process that every startup needs, that I wouldn’t expect to find for a hobby.

Entrepreneur 131

Entrepreneur Outsource Development Startup Competition 131

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2018?

Startup 124

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socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2010

Los Angeles-based Alelo , the USC spinout which uses computer game technology to teach foreign languages, said this week that the firm has been awarded a contract from the Australian Defence Force (ADF). Alelo's games--which are based on a first person shooter platform--are being used by the U.S.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

However, there's a new generation of technology driven startups who are looking to apply software and technology in a way that will change how movies are made, and marketed. We're not necessarily the platform to help up-and-comers or amateurs to be successful. That's great training for the startup world.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

And all the platform stuff. Instead he championed our investment themes into sustainability and food technologies having invested in companies like Apeel Sciences and Ynsect. Marketing, recruiting, building data products & tools, event management, analyzing the portfolio, etc.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

As you might or might not remember, I joined in 2010 with a vision to turn the company into a true technology company, and pivoted the company to ad technology. We started looking to see if we could use technology disrupt the agency business, for companies serving the performance marketing area, the cost-per-sale area.

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Steve Reich

AUGUST 17, 2020

Bankers have a huge asset on their balance sheet that they are not managing: the traffic that flows daily to desktop and mobile Digital banking platforms. And more powerful ad technologies create the opportunity to irritate people more efficiently. The only issue with these technologies is that they take time and effort to implement.

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Technical Review Startup Platform Commerce 59

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Earlier this year, Embodied announced a $22 million round for its personal robotics platform focused on healthcare and wellness, while InVia Robotics collected $20 million for its own take on the robotics industry. Barnehama was tight-lipped about the specifics of the technology that Elementary is using for its robotic stack.

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Los Angeles Angel Artificial Inteligence CalTech 207

socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2018

It's the third party apps that are bringing in the volume, and even if you choose one or two of them, that means you're missing out on 90 percent of the online ordering potential represented by all those platforms. I grew up in the business, working in al lthese different positions, bringing in new technology.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

Because more technology people probably read startup blogs I’m guessing this post will come under more scrutiny. Still, I believe I’m offering an accurate representation of the ideal configuration of the main technology leaders. Your deepest thinkers on technology architecture are seldom good team leaders.

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