Remove Research Remove SEO Remove SoCalTech Remove Web
article thumbnail

Interview with Gordon Gould, SmartyPants Vitamins

socalTECH

However, I saw that the people building traditional products were still not familiar with the social web. For example, some of my biggest competitors--such as Flintstones vitamins--have been around for 40 years, have virtually no web presence, and a PageRank of 2. We feel we've build, from the ground up, an internet brand.

Web 225
article thumbnail

Interview with Billy Fried, Kijubi

socalTECH

We've really set out to solve the problem we saw, which is a vast category of travel information which is not aggregated well on the web. We're cobbling together the disparate mom-and-pop, and big players like theme parks, into a logical format, so consumers can research and plan their trip.

Activity 164
article thumbnail

5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

SoCal Delicious

MYTH 4: Research institutions are stronger in NorCal. Arguably the greatest research and development nexus in the United States rests in the area spanning San Diego to Los Angeles. And, let’s not overlook the research juggernaut called Caltech, which managed $332 million in sponsored research and $1.77 SEO Software.