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Web 2.0 Strategy

SoCal CTO

Fantastic post by Dion Hinchcliffe - Ten Aspects of Web 2.0 Strategy That Every CTO and CIO Should Know. Raises some interesting points, but the general theme is: just figure out ways to get it to happen

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Sales Kids With Grit – Web 2.0 Paper Routes

InfoChachkie

Web 2.0 Affiliate Marketing – As described more fully in Pour and Stir , anyone with basic web development skills can become an affiliate publisher and generate income by creating websites that market a variety of products and services. What do Warren Buffet, Martin Luther King, John Wayne, Walt Disney, Harry Truman and Wayne Gretzky all have in common?

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Breach Revs Security Tool, Targets Web 2.0 Protocols

socalTECH

Carlsbad-based Breach Security reports this morning that it has released a new version of the firm's flagship WebDefend web application security appliance. According to Breach, the latest version of the firm's product is primarily focused on Web 2.0 Breach said that the new product will defend against problems like cross-site scripting, XML poisoning, and other hacking techniques which have been enabled by recent use of Web 2.0

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Web 2.0 & eHealth

AeA Los Angeles Council

We’ve already seen how Web 2.0 eHealth is an emerging field in the intersection of medical informatics, public health and business. The market was recently forecasted to grow from $7.5-billion in 2008 to $11.3 billion in 2013. While politicians have made significant announcements of their support of this innovation, their commitment needs to translate into pragmatic deliverables.

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Industry Trends, Social Media and Web 2.0 Tools

SoCal Tech Calendar

Thursday, August 13, 2009 -- Industry Trends, Social Media and Web 2.0 Tools. SoCalAMA. Would you like to learn and understand the most effective ways to get the attention of the hundreds of millions of active social networkers around the world? Join us at our evening workshop on Thursday, August 13 and learn successful methods to tap into the hottest online communities.

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My HBS Presentation - Web 2.0 Implications on Learning

SoCal CTO

One of my recent fun experiences was doing a presentation at Harvard Business School (HBS) on the implications of Web 2.0 I've somewhat fallen off the map on this blog. Been traveling and consulting with a bunch of early-stage and growth companies. Really fun stuff these days. type tools (Blogs, Wikis, Social Bookmarking, RSS, RSS Readers) on corporate learning and someone like HBS.

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Lymber, Founded in Early 2016, Surprised by Mindbody’s Buyout Offer

Xconomy

National National blog main National top stories San Diego San Diego blog main San Diego top stories acquisitions buyouts deals Doug Hecht Entrepreneurship innovation Internet IT Lymber M&A mergers and acquisitions MindBody mobile apps people Seed San Diego Software startups Undisclosed Web Web 2.0Lymber was barely a year old when Mindbody (NASDAQ: MB ) announced recently that it acquired the San Diego mobile app developer.

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Scientist.com Raises $24M for “Pharma Markets” that Outsource R&D

Xconomy

In particular, he wants to sign up more pharmaceutical companies to use the Web-based platform, which enables CROs to bid on pharma research projects and automates the contracting process. San Diego’s Scientist.com set out in 2006 to disrupt part of the pharmaceutical business by providing an Amazon-like approach to the business of hiring contract research organizations (CROs).

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Zesty Reinvents Itself With New Cash for Automated Web Tech

Xconomy

Zesty.io, a San Diego Web development firm, has raised $1.3 million in seed funding to spin out its consulting business, and focus instead on providing its core Web content management technology as a subscription-based software-as-a-service.

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Social Web Startup Signs Deal with AP to Distribute Sports Scores

Xconomy

The Associated Press, which shares news with member newspapers, Web outlets, and broadcasters around the world, Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS. National blog main National top stories San Diego San Diego blog main San Diego top stories crowd sourcing deals Derrick Oien Devices Entrepreneurship Internet IT Mobile people ScoreStream Social Web Software startups Web Web 2.0

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Evolving Empyr Unveils Way to Link Online Ads with Offline Sales

Xconomy

National blog main National top stories San Diego San Diego blog main San Diego top stories Digital Marketing Empyr Entrepreneurship innovation Internet IT Jon Carder MOGL Online Loyalty Rewards Programs Online Marketing people Software software as a service startups User Engagement Web Web 2.0When Jon Carder talks about online consumer trends, he speaks with some experience.

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Social Fund-raising Website GoFundMe Buys Detroit Rival CrowdRise

Xconomy

Detroit blog main Detroit top stories National blog main National top stories San Diego San Diego blog main San Diego top stories San Francisco blog main San Francisco top stories Charity Crowdfunding CrowdRise deals Edward Norton Entrepreneurship Fund-Raising GoFundMe Industry Consolidations innovation Internet IT Jeffrey Wolfe people Robert Wolfe Shauna Robertson Social Fund-Raising Software startups Web Web 2.0

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Intel Deepens Move into Sports Tech with SportStream Investment

Xconomy

National blog main National top stories San Diego San Diego blog main San Diego top stories Avalon Ventures deals Derrick Oien Entrepreneurship Financing funding innovation Intel Capital Internet IT Media Tech Venture Studio Mobile people R/GA R/GA Ventures ScoreStream Sinclair Broadcasting Software startups Tech VC Venture Capital Verizon Verizon Ventures Web Web 2.0

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Best Friday Reads: Social Media Rules Us All, and Mints Billionaires

Xconomy

Humans have had a drastic physical evolution recently—one that has notably taken only a few years. While the evolution from hunched primates to homo sapiens took tens of millions of years, we needed only about a decade to develop an arched neck that is perennially looking down at a smartphone—presumably one with a social media app open.

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New StockTwits CEO Looks to Expand Share of Investor Community

Xconomy

National blog main National top stories New York blog main New York top stories San Diego San Diego blog main San Diego top stories deals Entrepreneurship Howard Lindzon Ian Rosen innovation Internet investing IT mobile apps people social media Software SparkFin startups Stock Picking StockTwits Trading Web Web 2.0

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Wrapify Q&A: Adhesive Giant Puts $3 M in Car Advertising Schtick

Xconomy

National blog main National top stories San Diego San Diego blog main San Diego top stories Avery Dennison deals Entrepreneurship Financing funding innovation Internet IT James Heller people sharing economy Software startups strategic investors Web 2.0 After the adhesive products maker Avery Dennison (NYSE: AVY ) recently made a $3 million investment in San Diego-based Wrapify , we tracked down Wrapify CEO James Heller, and stuck him with a few questions about the deal.

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StartUp LA

SoCal Tech Calendar

tartup LA members are Web 2.0 Wednesday, March 24, 2010 -- StartUp LA. entrepreneurs, digital media experts, internet evangelists, business angels, VCs and innovators of all kinds. See [link] (more

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Are we creating a vibrant future for California?

AeA Los Angeles Council

While the growth of Web 2.0 “California is the birthplace of the information technology revolution and the home of the companies that are creating the future course of our information rich society. Great California companies like Google, Hewlett Packard, Apple, Sun Microsystems and hundreds more like them are transforming the way people live, work and communicate.

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Esports Startup Cayke Wins Audience Vote at EvoNexus Demo Day

Xconomy

National blog main National top stories San Diego San Diego blog main San Diego top stories Appulse Power Assured Wireless Cayke Devices Entrepreneurship EvoNexus GroGuru Hardware innovation Internet IT Iteros Karan Wadhera Mobile people Pet Wireless Reachify Software startups Web Web 2.0

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Everbridge Launches Updated Notification App

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based Everbridge,/b>, a developer of mass notification services, is jumping into the Web 2.0 world today, saying it has launched a "Web 2.0" The firm said its new Everbridge SmartGIS for Citizen Alerts is a Web 2.0 platform for emergency notifications. service which notifies citizens of emergency incidents, and also incorporates the ability to connect with citizens through user profiles and an interactive map.

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LiveTime Software Gets Debt Funding

socalTECH

Newport Beach-based LiveTime Software , a provider of Web 2.0 service desk software, has raised a round of debt funding, according to funding provider Agility Capital. Financial details of the debt funding were not disclosed. According to Agility, LiveTime will use the funding to support its growth. LiveTime provides ITIL service management and help desk software via software-as-a-service. livetime software venture capital debt funding saas service desk

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Jason Calacanis & John Suh at VentureNet 2008

Technology Council

Jason Calacanis, CEO of Mahalo.com will be presenting &# New Challenges and Innovative Solutions for Publishers in a Web 2.0 One event, two technology superstars: Jason Calcanis & John Suh will be the featured speakers at this year’s VentureNet in Costa Mesa on September 12th. John Suh, CEO of Legalzoom.com will present &# Successful Launch Strategies for Online Businesses&#.

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The Thank You Economy

SoCal Tech Calendar

He is in the top 100 people followed on Twitter and a frequent speaker at noted events such as the TED conference, South by Southwest Interactive conference and the New Media and Web 2.0 Wednesday, March 23, 2011 -- The Thank You Economy. The Drucker Business Forum. GARY VAYNERCHUK is social media expert, entrepreneur and bestselling author.

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FastSpring Launches Subscription Management Service

socalTECH

Engel said that the service is aimed at SaaS and Web 2.0 Santa Barbara-based FastSpring , the e-commerce and payment processing software firm headed by Dan Engel, said this week that it has launched a new online subscription management and payment service called SaaSy. companies, to eliminate their need for maintaining their own e-commerce infrastructure. The new product is specifically aimed at providers of subscription services.

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Visual Basic Reinvented

SoCal CTO

Back in 2006, I posted about the Promise of Web 2.0 - Comparison to Macros, IDEs, and Visual Basic and pointed out that Visual Basic was a huge innovation that allowed many new developers to build applications. We've been using Google Apps as the basis for developing some very interesting online applications. The announcement today Building UI in Apps Script just got a whole lot easier that shows how you can use a drag and drop - Visual Basic like.

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5 Phases Of Every Startup That Regulate Your Success

Startup Professionals Musings

You need the global outlook, even though digitalization and Web 2.0 Successful startups seem to follow similar paths to greatness, and unfortunately all too often that path leads them back down the hill much faster than they went up.

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DIY Marketing, Make It Work Style

Eric Greenspan

massive engagement on Twitter , Facebook and other forms of Web 2.0 People often ask me why we’ve built an extensive Media division to support our computer repair company, Make It Work. The answer is simple–no one else could offer us what we wanted, so we did it our way. Make It Work (MEDIA) is not just a radio show! It’s a media bomb…which includes: a 2-hour terrestrial radio show complete with iTunes podcasts.

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Gartner Web Innovation Summit

SoCal Tech Calendar

Wednesday, September 17, 2008 -- Gartner Web Innovation Summit. Focused on the next generation of web technologies, including Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing, the Gartner Web Innovation Summit will cover future trends and innovations, best practices, actionable advice, vendor and product selections, tutorials, and tactical decision frameworks.

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Gartner Web Innovation Summit

SoCal Tech Calendar

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 -- Gartner Web Innovation Summit. Focused on the next generation of web technologies, including Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing, the Gartner Web Innovation Summit will cover future trends and innovations, best practices, actionable advice, vendor and product selections, tutorials, and tactical decision frameworks.

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Web 3.0

SoCal Tech Calendar

Saturday, August 27, 2011 -- Web 3.0: dramatic shift in business and technology is taking place as the Social Web (Web 2.0) evolves into the Semantic Web (Web 3.0). Join us for the timely 6 hour seminar on the concepts, current systems and forecasting the impact of Web 3.0 Concepts, Technologies and Evolving Business Models. SoCal AMA. Networks link spartphones, in-car computer, televisions, and home media networks.

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Web Hackers Targeting Social Networking Sites

socalTECH

According to the company's Web Hacking Incidents Database (WHID) 2009 Bi-Annual Report, hackers are taking advantage of user generated content, Twitter, and other Web 2.0 web sites to launch their hacking attempts. Carlsbad-based Breach Security , a developer of Internet security software, has released the results of a security report, saying that nineteen percent of all online attacks in 2009 so far have been based on social networking sites.

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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

Both Sides of the Table

I remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0 There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0 Unfortunately this was reinforced by the many conferences that rushed to espouse the benefits of Web 2.0 Cisco and others went out to fill out their Web 2.0 Facebook Apps, iPhone Apps, Social Games and now The Real-time Web (finally a new, sexier buzzword to replace Web 2.0.

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Digital Content Distribution

SoCal Tech Calendar

The Program will explore trends in digital content distribution, at the heart of Web 2.0 Thursday, November 13, 2008 -- "Digital Content Distribution's Brave New World: Trends and Issues" TCOSC. and the social networking revolution, covering the rise of user-generated content and how traditional content creators such as the studios and record labels are confronting disruptive technological development in content delivery.

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Digital Content Distribution

SoCal Tech Calendar

The Program will explore trends in digital content distribution, at the heart of Web 2.0 Thursday, November 13, 2008 -- "Digital Content Distribution's Brave New World: Trends and Issues" Technology Council. and the social networking revolution, covering the rise of user-generated content and how traditional content creators such as the studios and record labels are confronting disruptive technological development in content delivery.

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Demand Media's Rosenblatt On IPO, Exits

socalTECH

Rosenblatt had suggested earlier this year at the Web 2.0 Richard Rosenblatt , the CEO of Los Angeles-based Demand Media said today at the Twiistup conference in Los Angeles, that he sees an IPO as a possible opportunity for the firm. Rosenblatt, who confirmed the firm has revenues of around $200M and is profitable, responded to a question from GigaOm's Om Malik on a panel saying that the firm is definitely thinking about an exit at some point.

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Green Sherpa Launches Personal Finance Site

socalTECH

The firm competes against similar Web 2.0 Santa Barbara-based Green Sherpa said Wednesday that the firm has officially launched its online personal finance software. The company said that its software offers expense tracking, budgeting, and planning, as well as ways to collaborate with spouses, CPAs, and financial planners. personal finance sites like Mint.com and Wesabe.

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Why Did I Invest in the Company Pose?

Both Sides of the Table

I am on record as saying that my opinion is that Web 2.0 “And importantly Web 2.0 But less considered is the fact that the success of the Web 2.0 companies versus the Web 1.0 ones were enhanced because they coincided with hardware that allowed us to capture more content instantly – namely images and video – otherwide Web 2.0 We’re very much a “ mobile first, web second &# app as outlined by Fred Wilson.

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Boingo Ties Into Mobile Video Site

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based Boingo Wireless , which operates a network of Wi-Fi hotspots, has launched a promotion with Web 2.0 live video streaming firm Qik. According to the firms Tuesday, Qik will offer Boingo's services in a trial for 30 days, in addition to offering Boingo subscriptions to its users. Silicon Valley-based Qik allows smart phone users to stream video from their mobile phones, via wireless connections.

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Websense Buys Defensio

socalTECH

San Diego-based Websense said Tuesday that it has acquired Defensio, a provider of technology for dealing with spam on social networking and Web 2.0 web sites. WebSense said the buy would extend the firm's capabilities by providing visibility into spam posted on blogs, user forums, and social networking web sites. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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Geni Bundles Gifts With Pro Subscriptions

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based Geni , the Web 2.0 online genealogy and family tree web site, has rolled out a number of updates today, including a bundling of its virtual gifts with its "Pro" subscription. According to Geni, all Geni Pro subscriptions now include unlimited virtual gifts, the firm's virtual items which can be sent to other members of the service. The gift items include special graphics and messages around birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, and other events.

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Knowledge Management

SoCal Tech Calendar

Friday, November 5, 2010 -- Knowledge Management at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Abstract Bob Payne, Tim Frank, and Mark Britton, will share experiences working knowledge management and web 2.0 projects and processes at Northrop Grumman, Aerospace Systems sector. Greater than a 10 year journey, this collection of projects, processes and systems has evolved into a key enabler of the organization's ability to learn, share and reapply it's core intellectual capital.

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Should You Bother Targeting the Tech Blogs for Your PR Campaigns?

Both Sides of the Table

” If your company was featured there (in the early days of what people called Web 2.0) I’ve started a recent series on PR at startups since I get asked for advice on this topic so often. I will put the full list of posts here. The start of this series was, Should Your Startup Announce Funding ?

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Insights and Opinions: Avoid Monoculture

socalTECH

It was an enterprise 2.0 panel at the dawn of what people began calling web 2.0.. For today's Insights and Opinions piece, we turn again to prolific blogger and local venture capitalist Mark Suster of GRP Partners , for his insights into how a wider experience--beyond the confines of the startup world--can help you as an entrepreneur.

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