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NOVEMBER 28, 2017

A new Irvine-based startup, aapi , said today that it has launched a new product aimed at helping programmers research, discover, integrate, and test software APIs. The company was founded by a trio of executives from SecureAuth: Craig Lund, Timothy Arvanites, and Robert Phillips. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Aliso Viejo-based software developer Smith Micro Sofware said that it has launched a new, design and development service, which will help its customers develop their own mobile apps. According to Smith Micro, the service is aimed at B2 enterprises and startups, and help them develop iOS, Android, and Windows apps.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

As a mentor to startups, I see more startups that are really an individual professional, marketing themselves as a consultant or freelancer in this new gig economy. Of course, entrepreneurs delivering services have existed for some time, including business consultant, independent contractor, and freelancer titles.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 21, 2012

" I realized that I've never captured topics that I've covered (I'm always willing to look at other topics), nor have I put up my speaker bio. So, here goes: Dr. Tony Karrer Over the past 15 years, Tony has been a part-time CTO for more than 30 startups. Tony has a Ph.D. He is a frequent speaker at trade and industry events.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

Combine that with the growing startup community here, and you end up with at. We've compiled a list of five of the startups that are revolutionizing some part of music, based here in Southern California. Earbits has created a service which lets you browse through over 200 stations of streaming audio, advertising free.

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JUNE 26, 2013

Metacloud , a provider of managed, Openstack-based private cloud services, announced this morning that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding round. The companies said the funding will go towards growth and global expansion of its services. The round was led by Canaan Partners, and also included Storm Ventures and AME Cloud.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2022

If one of your core values is exceeding your customer expectations for quality and service, and your potential partner ascribes to the low cost, high profit mantra, a successful partnership is highly unlikely over the long-term. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Conflicting visions won’t work.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Santa Barbara-based property management software developer Yardi has expanded its renter screening service, ScreenWorks Pro, saying this morning that it has started providing access to payroll records from Equifax in the olution.

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TechEmpower

AUGUST 21, 2023

Many CEOs of software-enabled businesses call us with a similar concern: Are we getting the right results from our software team? We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. But as you’ve grown, it’s become cumbersome and constraining.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2016

As a mentor to startups, I see more and more startups that are really an individual professional, marketing themselves as a consultant or freelancer. Of course, entrepreneurs delivering services have existed for some time, including business consultant, independent contractor, and freelancer titles. Staffing Professional.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans. SEO for Startups )? What are your key Startup Metrics ? Other types of users?

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans. SEO for Startups )? What are your key Startup Metrics ? Other types of users?

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TechEmpower

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

These are the worries that keep team leads up at night. Racking up massive overtime. Lack of communication between developers. But it’s best to start with a phone call for a quick reality check - and we are happy to do that with you. Recovery is Extremely Hard Software development is challenging.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2023

If you have a software development background like mine, I’m sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 3, 2022

Quality” products and services…. should not be positioned as “cheap,” or your potential customers will question your message from the start and will be more critical of the delivered product than if offered as one or the other, but not both. Fast” applies to either service speed (including delivery) or product manufacturing time.

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MAY 24, 2019

Costa Mesa-based artificial intelligence software developer Veritone said on Thursday afternoon that it has named a new member to its board of directors. Veritone is led by Chad and Ryan Steelberg, best known for selling one of their startups, dMarc, to Google. Veritone said that Richard H. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Sponsored by VISA Business If you have a unique product or service, and you are not selling it around the world on the Internet, now is the time to start. In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites, for example, cost a million dollars to set up. Start simple. The cost of entry has never been lower.

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MARCH 27, 2019

Los Angeles-based startup Trellis Research , which is developing decision making tools and maintains a database of California court records, said on Wednesday that it has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The startup was created by CEO and co-founder Nicole Clark, which the company describes as a career litigator.

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JANUARY 15, 2020

Los Angeles-based Pepper Financial , a startup led by startup veteran James Borow, recently raised $5.6M The service is currently in beta, and free to use. to bring better financial management to businesses. The firm said over the holidays that it had raised $5.6M READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Sekur.me , a new Santa Ana-based startup, has come up with a new app and service to use your cell phone for payment, bypassing the complexity of shopping carts. Explain what your service/app is all about? Where are you in terms of launch, and what inspired you to start up the company?

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Los Angeles-based venture investor March Capital Partners is the lead investor in a new funding round for gaming software development kit (SDK) developer Genvid , according to Genvid. The startup is based in New York. Genvid said it raised $2.5M March's investment in Genvid was led by Gregory Milken. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Cash flow is a basic survival metric for every startup. Yet it always amazes me that I can find two different startups, seemingly working on the same problem, with one having a burn rate several times higher than the other. They understand startup realities. Be a miser with contract services and facilities.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 8, 2020

As it looks to continue along its path of developing clinically validated digital therapeutics for consumer and clinical mental health and wellness, Headspace has bulked up its executive team with the addition of longtime Intuit executive, CeCe Morken. Headspace is already a giant in the mental wellness category.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

Green Dot--which launched its mobile banking app and service, GoBank , this week--apparently was positioning itself for the move in 2011, when it acquired a small community bank in Utah, with a mere $35.7M in assets, and with the acquisition in March of last year of mobile software developer Loopt. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2020

If you have a software development background like mine, I’m sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Cash flow is a basic survival metric for every startup. Yet it always amazes me that I can find two different startups, seemingly working on the same problem, with one having a burn rate several times higher than the other. They understand startup realities. Be a miser with contract services and facilities.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

In the era of Skype, web conferencing tools and collaboration software conventional wisdom says that distributed startup teams can be just as effective as those that are in person. Or more precisely the people espousing the benefits of distributed startups teams are often distributed and therefore self rationalizing it.

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MARCH 13, 2020

Our interview today is with Dmitri Leonov and Constantine Suychmez of Ulevate (www.ulevate.com), a startup which is combining technology with the beauty and spa industry. Constantine is CEO of Ulevate, and Dmitri is an advisor, and also is known as the co-founder of email management and filtering software developer SaneBox.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2023

Cash flow is a basic survival metric for every startup. Yet it always amazes me that I can find two different startups, seemingly working on the same problem, with one having a burn rate several times higher than the other. They understand startup realities. Be a miser with contract services and facilities.

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MARCH 28, 2013

Jonathan Siegel , who co-founded Santa Barbara-based startups RightScale, RightCart, and RightSignature, has scored an exit today, and has sold Exceptional Cloud Services , his latest cloud software startup, to cloud hosting provider RackSpace. Siegel also headed by software development firm ELC Technologies.

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DECEMBER 7, 2015

Ashton Kutcher and his Los Angeles-based venture firm, Sound Ventures , are one of the backers of a new startup which says it can offer up on-demand, software development and design services. Gigster says its online service it targeted at both enterprises and startups. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 13, 2015

Los Angeles-based Divshot , which had offered up hosting of static web pages for web developers, has been acquired by Google , and will join Gogole's Firebase software development team. Divshot says it will shut down all of its products and services as of Monday, December 14th, 2015.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2015

As a mentor to startups, I see more and more startups that are really an individual professional, marketing themselves as a consultant or freelancer. Of course, entrepreneurs delivering services have existed for some time, including business consultant, independent contractor, and freelancer titles. Staffing Professional.

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APRIL 26, 2012

Los Angeles-based startup accelerator MuckerLab is booting up its first Demo Day later this afternoon, debuting nine new startups out of its incubator focused on Internet software, services, and media. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

MAY 9, 2017

The new cash, which brings Edico’s total funding to $32 million, will be used to fuel expansion and further development of Edico’s Dragen technology. There’s a lot of additional engineering and software development that needs to be done, and Edico also plans to expand its sales and marketing team, CEO Pieter.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2019

If one of your core values is exceeding your customer expectations for quality and service, and your potential partner ascribes to the low cost, high profit mantra, a successful partnership is highly unlikely over the long-term. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Conflicting visions won’t work.

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JULY 27, 2016

Redlands, California-based mapping software developer Esri said today that it is powering a new, mobile app which helps Pokemon Go players find Pokemon hot spots. According to Esri, Pokevision , a third party app developer, used its ArcGIS services to show real time locations of Pokemon hot spots, in real time.

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