socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

"It's been tough to shake people loose from companies," Stuart Macfarlane , CEO of El Segundo-based iChange , explains, saying that the firm is actively looking to hire two to three web developers. Mangers said Webvisible today has slightly under 300 employees, and hopes to have slightly under 500 employees by the end of the year.

Southern California

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Palm (acquired by HP ) – In our interview we talked about how transformational mobile computing is and why it’s different than web computing (e.g. Read more: HP Press Release , VentureBeat on P&L Sponsor Todd Bradley , TechCrunch follow-up. Segment One: Jim’s background and Clearstone’s investment strategy.

Clearstone

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2008

Santa Monica-based business search engine and directory firm Business.com said Friday that it has launched a new, open source software application focused on data warehousing. According to Business.com, the new software--"CloudBase"--is a spinout of technology developed for the firm internally for web log analysis. READ MORE>>

Tool

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Southern California--despite the lack of huge, name brand firms-- has a significant number of enterprise software companies, of which Network Automation is just one. Though straight through processing is a trading problem, it can also be adapted to an ERP system, or order entry, or virtually any interaction with an application or web site.

Networking

Xconomy

AUGUST 3, 2017

ScoreStream, a San Diego area startup providing a crowdsourced social media platform for reporting high school sports scores, said Thursday it has agreed to distribute high school game scores under a new collaboration agreement with The Associated Press.

Web

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 27, 2012

We once thought nobody could unseat Google since all inbound traffic to the web came from them. Talent – in a world where startup founders are rewarded handsomely for taking risks of building their own startup companies and where the press shines a brighter light on them, much of the early-stage company traction will come from startups.

Technical Review

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry. Contrary to some press reporting, the boom in startups, the creation of accelerators and seed funds as well as the deserved popularity of AngelList do not signal doom for our industry.

Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I re-connected with Andy Liu the founder & CEO of BuddyTV – the largest destination for social TV enthusiasts on the web. A key deal not only helps you raise venture capital but it can help attract employees, garner press attention, help with product focus & importantly drive customer adoption and/or revenue.

Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

While you may be able to offer a price & terms for your service and not ever negotiate (especially if you’re an Internet company that sells cheaply to small businesses over the web and without onsite support & service) – you’ll still likely have to negotiate on business development deals. And not that I blame them.

Development Team Review

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2010

It's a pretty established, mature market, which has existed since the beginning of the printing press, but has evolved forward for hundreds of years and has been going through a lot of changes in the last twenty years. They got an NSF grant, and basically started up the original web site, as a video web site.

Journal

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Alex Benzer: We're building SocialEngine in parallel, and working on a new, software-as-service version. The other reason for building it, is LA is crapped on all the time from a press perspective and entrepreneur perspective. How did you and Charlotte get into software? We're also updating the format.

Startup

TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

We recently completed a web-based application that uses a unique algorithm to match professionals with new career opportunities. To get to what’s right for you, you need a tech partner with a deep understanding of your business needs, software development experience, data engineering skills and AI expertise.

Generative AI

socalTECH

MAY 24, 2011

I actually worked in the offline business world until Web 1.0. I ended up doing consulting work for high tech companies in the San Francisco Bay Area in the software messaging area, and then came back to Los Angeles doing corporate sales for 3M, of all things.

Social Media

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 7, 2013

To understand that assertion, let’s observe how and when Google encroached on each layer of the technology value chain required to access any web service. Web browser – even a functional computer with an OS isn’t enough to access most Google services. Search is just another web application.

Google

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

I received a press pass to DeveloperWeek 2015 last week in order to attend the “Advice to Live by from Women Developers” career panel moderated by the lead of Dice’s engineering team, Jennifer Petersen. Now you’d think we’d be a bit farther along today in 2015, right? Just look what happened to Justine Sacco.

Web

socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2010

For example, we thought it would be a great way for PR companies and others to tweet about something, and then send a note at the same time to their client--ie, take a look, this is running in the press today. It looks like your software is available to download for free--what's the business model behind this? READ MORE>>.

Email

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I spoke about how Amazon Web Services deserves far more credit for the last 5 years of innovation than it gets credit for and how I believe they spawned the micro-VC category. I suppose I should have imagined that this line would get more press than all other comments combined. I will write more about this in the next 2 weeks.

Pricing

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

For start, there are many types of businesses that are large or complex “considered purchases” that have higher close rates over the phone than on a web form. If I use Invoca as an example: we handle tens of millions of phone calls for customers who want to drive sales calls into call centers. Why does that matter? But here’s the big “aha.”

Venture Capital

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

It was a surprise knowing these start ups have spent $1000s for the chance to be noticed by the right influencer, whether it be a venture capitalist, early adopter or the press. Speaking of time thievery = long winded boring press releases. The numerous amount of long template press releases I received was insane.

Press

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 14, 2015

After rounds of bad press surrounding Los Angeles parking ticket corruption, a small grassroots revolt has resulted in new improved parking signage designed by web sensation Nikki Sylianteng. Apps & Software contest Fixed parking ticket' You know it is bad when the mayor has to refund fake parking tickets.

Los Angeles

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

What we are talking about is a spectrum of how you restrict early communications around your business: Who you will talk to including the public / press / etc. The reality is that Stealth is defined differently in each case. The reality is that Stealth is defined differently in each case. False Confidence.

Startup

Xconomy

MAY 1, 2018

You’d be hard-pressed to find a workplace today where using technology isn’t an integral part of the job, whether it’s an AI-powered recruiting tool, special coding software for app development, or even just Google Sheets that help workers keep track of budgets.

Press

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

What we are talking about is a spectrum of how you restrict early communications around your business: Who you will talk to including the public / press / etc. The reality is that Stealth is defined differently in each case. The reality is that Stealth is defined differently in each case. False Confidence.

Startup

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

We have hundreds, and hundreds of web sites where their ad inventory is being managed by the product. I had to build my own tools to manage my profile, so I got into software. In the late 90's, online started to get press, and people were raising money and this was pre-first bubble. That has been in the market since 2004.

Advertising

Southern California Edison Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

To mitigate the risk of a DDoS threat, telecom operators can implement web application firewall technology or content distribution networks to filter out unauthorized traffic. The most severe DDoS attacks can cause weeks of downtime, which cause carriers to take a pretty heavy blow to their profitability and overall brand perception. .

Networking

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

Don Norman at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , June 21, 2010 Imagine you’re on the first slide of your powerpoint presentation and want to move to the next slide. Which button do you press? Your remote control has two buttons. They are unmarked, but one button points up and one button points down.

Startup

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 14, 2014

Cojoin offers business intelligence software to collect and analyze data easily and quickly. Instead of having multiple departments to handle this function, Cojoin expects companies to easily get rid of communication problems with their business intelligence software. Is it only a web-platform or will there be a mobile-version?

Startup

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

Zeroblock , the highly successful mobile and web app was recently acquired by the world’s most popular Bitcoin site and online wallet, Blockchain.info. Despite bad press (Silk Road, Mt Gox, etc.) Sean kicked off the festivities by going over house rules to maintain an open, supportive environment.

Startup

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2014

DO INCLUDE a $5 option because you want to think of that option as a person contributing spirit to your campaign and the possibility that they may share their spirit online with their friends in the social web means that $5 option could lead to larger donations from other contributors within their network.

Startup

Frank Addante

JUNE 19, 2006

StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit Zondigo, Inc.

Startup

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming(Waite Group Press, 1996). Although Catalyst folded with the dot-com crash, Ries continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com, leading efforts in agile software development and user-generated content. .

Twiistup

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Off to the Races StrongMail is a digital messaging infrastructure software company.

Startup

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2011

You need to be “known” for your sources of differentiation so even when the press declares you dead because Facebook, Google, Apple, Twitter are going to eat your lunch they are describing the threat in terms of them copying YOU. Skype is an amazing web company. So hardware players need some software friends. iMessage will not.

Google

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

We put all of this infrastructure in an Exodus web hosting facility and had to pay for rack space, bandwidth and some management services if a disk failed, for example. They have built algorithms that automatically crawl the web for the world’s best structured data and use heuristic techniques to ensure the quality of the data.

Startup

socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2009

Sean is looking to locate his startup in the area, so we sat down with Sean to learn more about the company's software, as well as what brought him to the Los Angeles area. We build web software that improves the ability of people to manage their networks. The software really has three technology components.

Networking

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 13, 2013

Technologies used: node.js, web sockets. Press this and the app will determine the next flight to your destination and will get you on it. Java Web App built on the Spring Framework. printing press problems for the Washington Post or a water pump down for the Monterey Acquarium). Backed by a scalable mySQL.

Java

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Part of the success of Hue lies in Philips’ early decision to provide a Software Development Kit (SDK), meaning there are now over 200 third-party iOS , Android , and even a few Windows Phone, apps that control your lighting in ways you never dreamed possible. Put the power of the web to work. It is also very simple. IF by IFTTT Free.

Screening