Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2011

For some reason, I haven’t heard much about the next generation of the Internet ( Web 3.0 ) lately, which probably means it isn’t happening as fast as everyone predicted. I suspect the real challenge is not the semantic web technology , but new attractive business models from smart entrepreneurs. are appearing. are appearing.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 21, 2015

Zadara said the expansion comes via both Amazon Web Services and Equinix, through a Frankfurt location. Zadara offers up a cloud-based, enterprise storage service which combines on-site hardware with web-based storage, making it easier for enterprises to add and expand their storage without having to install their own storage arrays.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

ReachLocal said its new ReachEdge product includes a website, lead management software, and mobile application specifically aimed at converting web site visitors into leads and customers for companies. reachlocal marketing software leads management launch advertising saas' Pricing on the new tool was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Gumroad Gumroad is a web-builder and ecommerce platform that lets creators sell products directly to consumers. million site visits in October alone. Brightwheel is a SaaS childcare management solution that provides technology to preschools. What started as a weekend project in 2012 is now a global marketplace that attracted 55.2

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2010

Can you believe all the talk these days about Web 3.0? I’ve been doing some research to assess how much of it is reality, since I have to admit that I seem to have missed the clues to the transition to Web 2.0, After some work, I’m still convinced that much of the Web 3.0 and I’m determined that it won’t happen again.

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socalTECH

JULY 8, 2010

ShootQ is a developer of web-based software for managing the business of professional photographers, including handling workflow, marketing, and selling their work. Pictage operates an online site for wedding and portrait photographers, which allows clients to browse and order photos. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2010

ActiveWord's product automates desktop tasks such as launching programs, navigating to certain Internet sites, or automatically inserting text into software. Tags: central desktop activeword keyboard shortcut saas software. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Woodland Hills-based FatTail , a developer of software for managing online advertising for web publishers, announced today that it has launched a new, self-serve display ad selling system called PageGage Direct. Tags: fattail software advertising self service saas pagegage direct. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 11, 2009

Santa Monica-based ExpenseBay , the online, expense report automation startup founded by Eric Sicola, is announcing today that it has integrated with web site TripIt. Tags: saas software reports expense site travel tripit expensebay. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

It was popularized with dating sites and LinkedIn, but now is popping up with many services, like Zipcar for car-sharing, Spotify for music sharing, and WhatsApp for international messaging for a low predictable fee. Network model. This model works best where your product or service utility improves as increasing numbers of people join in.

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socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2009

Los Angeles-based CrownPeak has set its sights on the social media space, saying this morning that it has launched a new product which publishes content into social networking sites such as Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook. Tags: crownpeak social media publishing facebook software saas. READ MORE>>.

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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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2020

It was popularized with dating sites and LinkedIn, but now is popping up with many services, like Zipcar for car-sharing, Spotify for music sharing, and WhatsApp for international messaging for a low predictable fee. Network model. This model works best where your product or service utility improves as increasing numbers of people join in.

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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.

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socalTECH

JULY 27, 2009

William Chow: What Mobophiles has developed is software that solves the two biggest problems the web space right now, which is slow page load--waiting on the web--and no offline access, which is if you don't have connectivity on the web. It's completely transparent to the web sites we are supporting.

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socalTECH

APRIL 7, 2009

CrownPeak's software is used by companies to maintain and update their web sites; the firm is venture backed by SunAmerica Ventures, Sigma Partners and Altos Ventures. Tags: management content saas software crownpeak. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Zadara said it will ship its own storage equipment to a company's own site, where data can be restored and brought back online; the company also offers up cloud-based storage options, which uses Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, and others, for storage. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Los Angeles-based CrownPeak , a developer of software-as-a-service for web site management, announced this morning that the firm has launched a new product targeted at landing page management. Tags: crownpeak management marketing content software landing saas. Crownpeak said the new software starts at $1,250 a month.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Los Angeles-based CrownPeak , the developer of software-as-a-service, web content management tools headed by Jim Howard, said today that it has rolled out a major upgrade to its platform. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 15, 2013

Los Angeles-based Nationbuilder , the startup developing online tools which helps organizations create web sites, organize volunteers, outreach to supporters, and more, is expanding its efforts beyond politics, the company said Tuesday.

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socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2011

CapLinked said in its blog that its site is temporarily unavailable due to Amazon's hosting service issues. Amazon started seeing errors at its Virginia website at 1:41 AM PDT this morning, taking down such sites as Reddit, Quora, Foursquare, and scores of others. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

When it comes to disrupting an industry, Raken founder and CEO Kyle Slager says it would be hard to find a sector that is more resistant to spending money on new technologies than the construction business. As Slager puts it, even bankers and insurers spend more on technology as a percentage of revenue than building contractors.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 20, 2012

Although this is a core competency that must be honed over time, there is a cadre of SaaS hiring tools that the world’s leading tech companies deploy to their advantage. Enter The Resumator , a SaaS applicant recruitment and tracking solution geared to the SMB marketplace. According to Jennifer Van Grove of Mashable, “The Resumator.

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socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2011

The Investment Group of Santa Barbara , a venture capital investment group based in Santa Barbara, has invested $4M in funding for a developer of a web-based cloud training software firm, Mindflash , Mindflash said today. Mindflash, which is based in Palo Alto, offers a site which helps companies create online training courses.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 28, 2011

WebEx was the early leader in web meetings. Campus Explorer eschewed a pure arbitrage strategy and instead, focused their efforts on building a site that provided value-added content to users, which informed and shaped their college search. In the short-term, such opportunities are enticing.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

I had just returned from living in Japan where I witnessed the hugely successful launch of i-mode by NTT DoCoMo so I knew the potential that the mobile web would ultimately bring, but I saw so many flaws in the launch of WAP. It required content sites to develop totally new content. The mobile web would finally be open!

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2009

When I was listening, I made a point to try to do that, but when I did, I found I had to go to twenty sites to find the information I needed--whether that was to write a letter, send an email, or whatever. We currently have data on 3900 counties, 1900 cities, including emails, web forms, web sites, telephones, faxes, you name it.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Topics of discussion will be Saas, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2013, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building sensible businesses. TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2013 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Thursday Jan.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : ZipRecruiter enables employers to post to multiple free job boards with one submission – the fastest way to get a job online across the web. We just made it really, really easy to get a job online across the web in a couple minutes. Ideally we’d like to work with other B2B SAAS businesses.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : ZipRecruiter enables employers to post to multiple free job boards with one submission – the fastest way to get a job online across the web. We just made it really, really easy to get a job online across the web in a couple minutes. Ideally we’d like to work with other B2B SAAS businesses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2015

It was popularized with dating sites and LinkedIn, but now is popping up with many services, like Zipcar for car-sharing, BeatsMusic for music sharing, and WhatsApp for international messaging for a low predictable fee. Network model. This model works best where your product or service utility improves as increasing numbers of people join in.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Stribe offers a plug and play service for instantly creating a social network on any Web site. The other promising startups included: Zoomorama - a zooming application that digs into the details of a site, increasing engagement and conversion rates. The company's main target is e-commerce sites with rich media.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

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. In 2004, there was just rudimentary usage of web sites, and now, we've got cloud based, software-as-a-service.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. SimpleGeo provides sites with LBS databases and tool sets (such as SpotRank ), while also helping sites warehouse and analyze the large volumes of generated LBS data; all services and data accessible through simple APIs. Time will tell. Founded in 2007.

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socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2011

We started in the comedy industry, hence the name, but basically for venues, we have a website management tool so you can fire your web programmer. The problem with one of those is, as a venue, you can build a beautiful website, and click to buy tickets--and you're on a completely different, branded site. How is the company backed?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2016

It was popularized with dating sites and LinkedIn, but now is popping up with many services, like Zipcar for car-sharing, BeatsMusic for music sharing, and WhatsApp for international messaging for a low predictable fee. Network model. This model works best where your product or service utility improves as increasing numbers of people join in.

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