TechEmpower

MARCH 28, 2013

Authors Note: Were using the word "framework" loosely to refer to platforms, micro-frameworks, and full-stack frameworks. Among the many factors to consider when choosing a web development framework, raw performance is easy to objectively measure. This machine is responsible for hosting the web application exclusively.

Framework 560

Framework EC2 PHP Java 560

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 15, 2011

Most web publishers measure where their traffic is coming from using an analytics package such as Google Analytics, Omniture or Core Metrics. And figuring out who is referring your traffic is a very important part of determining how you allocate your marketing budgets. As in they weren’t referred by anybody.

Social Media 292

Social Media Google Media Marketing 292

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

This is the current dream of Tim Berners-Lee , the man who invented the (first) World Wide Web. He calls his dream ‘Web 3.0’ or the ‘Semantic Web,’ meaning it understands user context. He and many other experts believe that the Web 3.0 As you search the Web, the browser records your interests in your local storage.

Web 92

Web Startup Artificial Inteligence Journal 92

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

socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2014

Tillster reported that it has been selected as a "preferred partner" for Pizza Hut and KFC''s global franchisees, a link which makes Tillster''s restaurant ordering system a reference for ordering applications. Financial impact of the win was not annonuced.

Mobile 147

Mobile Report Web Los Angeles 147

TechEmpower

DECEMBER 11, 2023

References: The company should willingly provide references. By following these guidelines, you'll be better equipped to select a web development company that accurately reflects your project aspirations. Do they assist with the transition to in-house or other developers? How do they handle hosting and support?

Software Development 297

Software Development Software Review Develop Development 297

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

Greg was the first person to share with me the insights of mobile conversion and why with a simpler product selection and conversion funnel they would get higher conversion on mobile than on the web. I made some reference calls. He walked me through both the logic and the math. So we talked about his joining. They were effusive.

Venture Capital 360

Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

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

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Think of web vs. mobile. If I were looking at which VCs to choose I would reference strongly for which ones are supportive in good times and bad. The best way – of course – is to reference check. Here’s how you reference check a VC (link to post with longer version). Traditional software vs. SaaS.

Venture Capital 364

Venture Capital Coach Writing SaaS 364

InfoChachkie

MAY 27, 2013

As noted in Hacking Hacker News , the company previously dominated the mindshare of the web development community by facilitating the spread of a random posting on Hacker News. Divshot''s solution is an innovative web development tool, which automatically generates professional-grade code during the wire framing process.

Customer 195

Customer Custom Template Startup 195

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Neville Spiteri: We are a digital media startup, building a next generation studio that it is focusing on creating entertainment and web media, that scales to tens of hundreds of thousands of people, and potentially millions around the world. Our focus is really what we refer to as globally shared media.

Cloud Computing 208

Cloud Computing Web Entertainment Media 208

TechEmpower

JULY 31, 2023

Get Users (= Acquisition, Referral) Drive Usage (= Activation, Retention) Make Money (= Monetize) Startup Challenges Management: Setting priorities, defining key metrics, reporting progress Product: Build the right features, getting product out quickly, testing for conversion/adoption Marketing: Accessing "web 2.0"

Metrics 260

Metrics Startup Slides Technical Review 260

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 4, 2009

In products designed to sell directly on the web the process is no different. 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. With this email address you can continue to market to me even if I don’t buy today.

Sales 319

Sales Startup Platform Tips 319

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

I’m starting to spend my time evaluating companies that can help brands simultaneously build within the fortress but also maintain social value in the open web. was the first president to understand television, and Howard Dean saw the value of the Web for raising money. On the open web. Using the Twitter stream.

Social Media 274

Social Media Google Media Startup 274

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Rather than blindly follow this advice, consider measuring your NPS after unpleasant customer interactions, via a web form. Yes” responses are prime candidates for future references. For instance, you can facilitate your customers’ ability to provide you with references by giving them an email template they can readily forward.

.Net 182

.Net Satisfaction Entrepreneur Customer 182

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2013

In the first half of your meeting you get the customer talking about his or her pain points (which I covered in the first post) by showing them references and then asking whether they find they have similar issues as your other clients in their sector. You’re ready to test drive your new deck. Now is the time to discuss your solution.

Sales 336

Sales Startup Competition Customer 336

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

According to Procore, BIManywhere's platform offers up a 3D viewing engine for helping with communications across project teams, through both a mobile app and web application. BIM stands for "Building Information Modeling", which refers to the use of 3D tools for communicating plans and information on construction projects.

Web 113

Web Software Development Tool Software 113

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

was the “static&# web. Traditional media companies published their stories on the web. was the 2-way web. I then remember when Amazon started selling books on the web. See Fred Wilson’s post on Twitter referring traffic. So what do we mean by in-stream advertising? That was a kerfuffle too.

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

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. And I use it all the time now when I get the kind of message that I received: I'm looking for a web developer to continue work on my website. The remaining 10%, takes the other 90% of the time.

Software Development 175

Software Development CTO Hire Develop Development 175

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 30, 2009

Over the last ten years, companies have sought to find ways to use information systems to capture, store, manage, and reuse the knowledge of the firm - a practice referred to as Knowledge Management (KM). Technologies such as shared databases, web-based portals, and search engines have also been frequent staples of KM initiatives.

Organization 100

Organization Web Tool Technology 100

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Rather than blindly follow this advice, consider measuring your NPS after unpleasant customer interactions, via a web form. Yes” responses are prime candidates for future references. For instance, you can facilitate your customers’ ability to provide you with references by giving them an email template they can readily forward.

.Net 168

.Net Satisfaction Customer Custom 168

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

Web Summit. You can’t reference check your way into a “yes.” Reference checking is to confirm or disprove a strong, positive intuition you already have about founders that could lead to an investment or a pass. Angels have been prolific for years now and they, too, rely on downstream money to cover their bets.

Venture Capital 374

Venture Capital Invest Press Startup 374

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Refer a friend? Beyond simple web analytics, what is needed? Is your integration limited to login and “like” buttons or are you building a presence within the social networks themselves? Any other kind of viral outreach? See Branchout an Example of Viral Spread Opportunity for Startups. Cloudsponge for email invites to large group?

Develop 396

Develop Development Startup SEO 396

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

Yahoo and Microsoft said that Yahoo will use the technology behind Microsoft's Bing search engine to power all of the web search aspects of its web site, with Yahoo taking over premium search advertising sales for Microsoft.

Yahoo 113

Yahoo Southern California Paid Search Advertising 113

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2012

By prints, I am referring to anything that hangs on a wall, whether that's a framed photo, framed canvas, acrylic. and photographer is an online web presence and an order fulfillment partner. AS I was working my engineering job, I got obsessed with programming and building a business for the web. building a web site for him.

Santa Monica 258

Santa Monica Pricing Sites Sales 258

InfoChachkie

MAY 27, 2013

As noted in Hacking Hacker News , the company previously dominated the mindshare of the web development community by facilitating the spread of a random posting on Hacker News. Divshot''s solution is an innovative web development tool, which automatically generates professional-grade code during the wire framing process.

Customer 153

Customer Custom Template Startup 153

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

AUGUST 4, 2011

Refer a friend? Beyond simple web analytics, what is needed? Is your integration limited to login and “like” buttons or are you building a presence within the social networks themselves? Any other kind of viral outreach? See Branchout an Example of Viral Spread Opportunity for Startups. Cloudsponge for email invites to large group?

Develop 384

Develop Development Startup SEO 384

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 13, 2010

A lot of value is derived through being able to reach out in order to convert, retain, refer, etc. 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? Take a look at Startup Metrics.

Google 292

Google Startup Yahoo Email 292

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

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. John Singleton: In reference to contests--one thing about our technology--is we have the only system like this on the web. It's then transferred to our system, and out into the world.

Writing 209

Writing Hollywood Startup Sites 209

socalTECH

MARCH 13, 2009

Interestingly enough, it appears that MySpace has not inked a licensing deal with the NCAA, as it carefully avoided any references to the NCAA, "March Madness" or basketball in its announcement and web site. READ MORE>>.

News 100

News Web Los Angeles Mobile 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2008

According to the firm, it will make its technology available via a program called PortableYou, to enable third parties to integrate the technology into video games, virtual worlds, web sites, mobile applications, and more.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Mission Ventures Sample Pasadena 100

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.

Startup 171

Startup Marketing Customer Custom 171

InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2011

However, from my understanding you might actually be the largest consumer website using "semantic web" technology – can you explain how that works? “In We get referring site traffic. “The core value proposition is that Ranker ranks results to important questions and topics.”. We get traffic from three sources.

Google 264

Google Organic Search Sites Startup 264

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Luckily, some of the folks at TechEmpower just posted Think about Performance Before Building a Web Application. To get us started and to grossly oversimplify performance, conceptually we can think about the system as consisting of the following elements that I’ll refer to throughout the post. There may be lots of pages.

Startup 150

Startup SEO CTO Coach Web 150

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. Make sure that every interaction with every customer is positive, the service delivered is exemplary, and always follow-up for reference and repeat business.

Startup 174

Startup Training Services Writing 174

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Most importantly - How will you and fellow bloggers keep these "conversations" going - without fatigue The answers to these questions will be collectively determined, but my guess is that the conversations will be around web, software, social media, online marketing, startups, business development, etc.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Networking Angel Blogging 150