socalTECH

MAY 16, 2013

It''s not infrequently that we''re pitched by a startup saying they are the ''eHarmony for X'', referring to the Santa Monica-based online dating and relationship site''s reputation. A report today says that the online dating site plans to launch its own, career service by the second half of the year.

eHarmony 174

eHarmony Services Report Santa Monica 174

socalTECH

AUGUST 1, 2011

Los Angeles-based FamilyFinds , the family-oriented, daily deals site headed by former LowerMyBills.com founder Matt Coffin, said Monday that it has launched two new, major features to the service. FamilyFinds.com offers typically include family-friendly events, products, and services. READ MORE>>.

Sites 157

Sites Los Angeles Pricing Services 157

socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2012

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online auto buying site led by Scott Painter, said Monday that it is addressing compliance issues and concerns with its service with a change to its billing model. TrueCar was charging dealerships a "success fee" for sales made due to leads from the site. READ MORE>>.

Truecar 185

Truecar Santa Monica Advertising Sales 185

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 13, 2010

From there, you will generally see a pop-up dialog similar to the following (this one is from CitySearch): Once you click Connect, the original site now knows that I’m Tony Karrer from Facebook and the various demographic and friend information from Facebook. Wouldn’t it be nice if users could register on our site using these same mechanisms?

Google 292

Google Startup Yahoo Email 292

socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2010

The foundtaion is claiing trademarke infringement, unfair competition and false advertising, and is seeking an injunction against use, deletion of references on its web site and materials, and damages for the use. Fashion Rocks is used by Conde Nast to promote New York's Fashion Week, under license from the Gross Family Foundation.

Advertising 182

Advertising Entertainment Media Web 182

InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ranker is a social site/platform for ranking anything, powered by semantic technology that aggregates opinions into ‘wisdom of crowds’ rankings”. I’ve checked out FindTheBest and I think it is a pretty incredible site, given how early stage they are. We get referring site traffic.

Google 264

Google Organic Search Sites Startup 264

SoCal CTO

APRIL 9, 2013

They''ve been in talks with some consulting companies, but don''t quite the know the criteria for evaluating them and things like references(and where to get them). How good is the company''s own site? They shouldn''t be showing you that they don''t care at all about looks and content on their own site. References.

Web Development 204

Web Development Web Develop Development 204

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2011

According to Edmunds.com, it is asking people who see classified ads referring to an Edmunds escrow service to report it to the web site hosting the ad; it also encouraged users to check with the Better Business Bureau or online to verify any escrow services are legitimate. Edmunds does not provide any escrow services to users.

Edmunds 174

Edmunds Santa Monica Report Web 174

Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2017

Your first customers for any product or service form your reference base, the important group of allies that your marketing and sales people rely upon when attempting to create buzz and make a mass market for a new product. Greatly exceed expectations at all costs.

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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. By prints, I am referring to anything that hangs on a wall, whether that's a framed photo, framed canvas, acrylic. Once you get that profile page, you can upload your beautiful images to our site. building a web site for him.

Santa Monica 258

Santa Monica Pricing Sites Sales 258

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 28, 2010

Web design typically refers to the process of interface design and graphic design. Web development refers to the design and creation of the database, code, and dynamic elements of the site. Freelance Sites - he considered using one of the freelance sites, but was concerned about the quality he would get.

Web Development 167

Web Development Los Angeles Web Develop 167

socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2011

Los Angeles-based Goldstar , the online, discounted event tickets service run by Jim McCarthy, is getting close to hitting 5 million tickets sold on the site, according to an email to users by CEO and co-founder Jim McCarthy. The business is directly aimed at the issue of unsold inventory at entertainment venues. READ MORE>>.

Sales 124

Sales Entertainment Email Sites 124

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Femtocells are very small, cell phone sites which can be deployed into residences, offices, and elsewhere to provide cell service where there is weak or nonexistent signal. the firm's release also includes reference designs aimed at helping manufacturers design their own femtocell products.

San Diego 124

San Diego Design Activity Sites 124

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

The new site uses social networking features, including links to Facebook and Twitter, to help users find and discover video based on information from friends and family. San Diego-based Rippol , a new startup looking to help people discovery and find online videos, is launching today at the TechCrunch Real-Time CrunchUp in San Francisco.

Artificial Inteligence 133

Artificial Inteligence Services San Diego Social Network 133

TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Recipe Suggestions for Culinary Sites For culinary platforms or recipe websites, user searches can be incredibly varied, given the diverse range of ingredients and dietary preferences. Structured Data refers to information organized in a defined manner, making it easier to search and analyze.

Generative AI 348

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence Tool Knowledge Base 348

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2012

I like to refer to that as the ultimate brand fan page, or to take the example from the apparel industry, where I come from, a virtual look book for a brand. Does this look like a Facebook page, or is this a separate site? Jeremy Gocke: Fliptu is a separate site and community.

Social Media 268

Social Media Media Social Network Seed Funding 268

socalTECH

MAY 16, 2012

Looking to help voters educate themselves better on the candidates, and the issues, Taylor Peck and Nick Boutelier came up with iSideWith (www.isidewith.com), a cleverly built site which lets users input their opinions on issues important to them, and helps the compare and match their answer with the positions of all of the candidates in the race.

Education 201

Education Sites Startup News 201

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2021

The Founder needs to remember that meetings up to this point have been primarily off-site, with staged demos, and managed personally by the CEO or a small team. Due diligence always involves on-site visits, informal discussions with any or all members of the team, vendors, and good customers as well as bad.

Technical Review 151

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Invest 151

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 14, 2017

The rule of thumb for an advisory board member is to expect a half to a full day each year on site, typically in a strategic planning meeting with numerous members of the staff, as well as some reasonable number of phone calls from senior members of management during the year.

Knowledge Base 243

Knowledge Base Guide Patents Email 243

socalTECH

JULY 12, 2019

In a series of tweets , VanderZanden called the report from The Information "(fake) news" and referred to the site as "DisInformation" and claimed Bird is making $1.75 The CEO of Santa Monica-based Bird has gone on the offensive, following a report that said the company was seeking $300M and making only around $15M in yearly revenues.

Report 113

Report Santa Monica News Sites 113

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 4, 2009

If you spent time at a site you might not be aware but they’ve possibly dropped a cookie on your computer and use pixel tracking to follow you around the web. If I didn’t get you to buy when you came to my site I know you were at least interested. That’s why websites offer newsletters.

Sales 319

Sales Startup Platform Tips 319

socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2009

San Diego-based Chumby, which makes Internet-connected devices, has rolled out a new reference design that incorporates the firm's software to create Internet-connected digital photo frames. The firm said that the new reference design--which uses an application processor from Samsung--is available for developers.

Avalon 100

Avalon RSS San Diego Social Network 100

socalTECH

JUNE 24, 2009

Los Angeles-based AudioMicro , an online stock music and sounds effects startup headed by Ryan Born, is announcing today that it is launching an updated site with a new interface, plus linked its offerings into SlideRocket, which offers an online site for creating presentations. READ MORE>>.

Services 100

Services Social Network Sites Los Angeles 100

Tech.Co

APRIL 15, 2020

Amazon has discreetly made massive changes to its affiliate rewards scheme, with huge implications for sites that have come to depend on monetizing this way. If your site's fortunes depended on Amazon's generosity, then you were always walking a tightrope. Usually, they give a month[‘s notice]. from your purchase.

Sites 137

Sites Technical Review Startup Guide 137

socalTECH

MAY 16, 2012

Looking to help voters educate themselves better on the candidates, and the issues, Taylor Peck and Nick Boutleier came up with iSideWith (www.isidewith.com), a cleverly built site which lets users input their opinions on issues important to them, and helps the compare and match their answer with the positions of all of the candidates in the race.

Education 171

Education Sites Startup News 171

Berkonomics

MARCH 13, 2014

For example, while Steve Jobs was abusive, rude, and unappreciative, he had what his colleagues referred to a reality distortion field. Stories are the most important repository of wisdom, experience, knowledge, and learning. Story telling is often a key aspect of a great leader’s talent.

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Invest Examples Networking Writing 237

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2012

If you head up marketing for an Internet company, you're undoubtedly used to having to work--or fight--with your IT department to help maintain your web site and manage all of the changes you need done. Sites perform faster, load faster, and faster performing websites get higher ROI and conversion rates.

Startup 171

Startup Marketing Customer Custom 171

socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2019

Instead, Musk said the move is just the build of prototypes of its Starship at its launch site in Texas, saying the size of those prototypes makes them "very difficult to transport". SpaceX renamed its BFR (Officially known as "Big Falcon Rocket", but often referred to as "Big F ing Rocket") to Starship in November. READ MORE>>.

SpaceX 113

SpaceX Hawthorne Report Sites 113

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

There's an old adage in software development that I refer to all the time: The first 90% of development takes 90% of the time. I used a company in India to develop the site, and it's mostly done. The remaining 10%, takes the other 90% of the time. I used this when I taught software engineering. It's currently in beta.

Software Development 175

Software Development CTO Hire Develop Development 175

TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Applying that solution to our job matching site made perfect sense. That’s why we’re planning on building most of our sites this way in the future. That’s why we’re planning on building most of our sites this way in the future. Profile Blurbs and Writing Prompts Let’s look at our job matching site in more detail.

Generative AI 297

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence TechEmpower Tips 297

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

Writers can log into our site, upload their project, and select from over 4,000 markets, and send their work out to the world physically with a single click. In their case, people write their scripts on a web site, and when they're done, they can submit them to contests with a single click.

Writing 209

Writing Hollywood Startup Sites 209

socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Taher tells us about his journey from Silicon Valley to Southern California, the inspiration behind the site, and where he hopes to take the business next. But, the real value is from the consumer side, because we allow individuals to talk to and refer businesses to their friends, and just to their circle of friends.

Startup 193

Startup Newsletter Customer Custom 193

InfoChachkie

MAY 27, 2013

Geo was a lightly veiled reference to Geocities, a Web 1.0 site that allowed users to create hideously cheesy sites, using a variety of garish templates, buttons and animated images. In fact, many of them built some pretty awful sites themselves back in the day.

Customer 195

Customer Custom Template Startup 195

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The Founder needs to remember that meetings up to this point have been primarily off-site, with staged demos, and managed personally by the CEO or a small team. Due diligence always involves on-site visits, informal discussions with any or all members of the team, vendors, and good customers as well as bad.

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Invest 118

InfoChachkie

JULY 7, 2014

At Expertcity, we organized off-site field trips to nearby Santa Cruz island where we conducted a variety of team-building exercises. Academic Setting – Your interns’ frame-of-reference is the school, so facilitate the transition from the classroom. Instead, network with professors who can direct their best students to you.

Startup 257

Startup Santa Barbara Competition Class 257

InfoChachkie

JUNE 24, 2013

One that he particularly struggled with was "word-of-mouth marketing,”which he consistently referred to as "mouth-to-mouth marketing." 230 flyers resulted in 87 site visits (38% conversion rate). Big competitors like SAP and Microsoft immediately started spending large amounts on the company''s site.

Marketing 239

Marketing Conference Startup RSS 239

Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Then, they use the old fashioned scare tactic that if you don’t become a member, people will not be able to find you on their site and will become concerned about doing business with an unaccredited firm. link] we have been unable to resolve this issue due to technical issues on your site and yet this remains on our profile.

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Santa Barbara Technical Advisors Email Technical Review 265