socalTECH

JULY 17, 2020

Essner--who has been President and Chief Operating Officer at the company since 2013, will share the CEO post with Jukin Media founder Jonathan Skogmo. Essner joined Jukin Media in 2013 after serving as an entrepreneur at Idealab.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 23, 2013

Tuesday, January 29, 2013 -- Making SEO and Paid Search Marketing Work for Startups. Join Stubbs Alderton and Markiles, LLP for this exclusive event! Speaker: Corey Quinn, VP Business Development, The Search Agency, Inc. See [link] (more)

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Dynamic, growing startups consistently identify more ideas and opportunities than they have the time or resources to pursue, including: entering into potential partnerships, developing new products and accessing emerging markets. However, at that time, our resources were better applied to exploiting our primary, PC-based market.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 24, 2013

One that he particularly struggled with was "word-of-mouth marketing,”which he consistently referred to as "mouth-to-mouth marketing." We adopted his phrasing and made it our mission to devise creative, mouth-to-mouth marketing initiatives. I now realize why guerrilla marketing is not for the timid. we sure do.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Your role within our mature startup environment will be to work directly with the CEO to ensure that the pieces needed to support the companys sales, consulting, and product development teams are in place. Vice President, Sales and Marketing , Stanton Chase International. See all of our listings on our job board. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

With the enormous changes to our economies and financial markets?—?how how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued?

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socalTECH

JULY 7, 2014

According to Atmel, it will use the buy to strengthen its position in the Internet-of-Things (IoT) market. NMI offers up both 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth products, which it has been selling into the industrial, home and building automation, and consumer products markets. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2013

Yet 2013 is still projected by The Fiscal Times as a difficult IPO opportunity for startups, due to choppy markets, continuing fiscal uncertainty, and the Facebook fiasco. The market and venture capitalists are looking for business, but with a continuing focus on proven business models.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2015

Isn’t it frustrating to think you finally understand something in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? Jim should know, since he is the president Ignite Social Media , of one of the best known social media marketing agencies.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

2013 has proved to be a wild year. In the market we’ve seen the massive uptick of SaaS valuations in the public markets and commensurate attention on private market fundings and valuations. 2013 was the year of wearable devices and physical products. eCommerce was battered this year. I appreciate that.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2022

Isn’t it frustrating to think you finally understand something in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? Jim should know, since he is the president of Ignite Social Media , one of the best known social media marketing agencies.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2013

On Friday October 25th, this innovative spirit was put on display at the 2013 Student Innovator Showcase. After hearing the pitches, the judges gave feedback and comments to the student innovators to help them improve their product and business plans. Grief Center Market Traction Award ($2500): BriskRabbit.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 2, 2013

When considering companies to accept they analyze the market, but more importantly, the team, the traction and validation which was important and repeated often by other speakers throughout the conference. The post Silicon Beach Fest June 2013 Keynote and Accelerator Panel Highlights appeared first on TechZulu.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

San Diego-based RF Industries , which designs and manufactures interconnect and cable assemblies for the wireless, medical, and industrial market, said today that it has acquired Comnet Telecom Supply. RF industries says that Comnet had revenues of approximately $8M in fiscal 2013. Comnet was based in East Brunswick, New Jersey.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 24, 2013

One that he particularly struggled with was "word-of-mouth marketing,”which he consistently referred to as "mouth-to-mouth marketing." We adopted his phrasing and made it our mission to devise creative, mouth-to-mouth marketing initiatives. I now realize why guerrilla marketing is not for the timid. we sure do.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

While the market isn't short of spritely, innovative entrepreneurs, harsh economic headwinds combined with a pullback in investor spending have made it harder than ever for budding businesses to break through. Organic milk formula product Bobbie. 2023 hasn't been an easy year to be a startup. Runway AI user interface.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

Isn’t it frustrating to think you understand something new in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? Jim should know, since he is the president Ignite Social Media , of one of the best known social media marketing agencies.

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Social Media Media Marketing Platform 100

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2014

Fountain Valley-based networking equipment manufacturer D-Link says that it shipped the most consumer Wi-Fi products in Q3 2013--including wireless access points and routers--making it the leader in overall Wi-Fi shipments. percent market share, and shipped more products than the next closest competitors, TP-Link and Netgear.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 16, 2013

750,000 for Scaling & Product development. Delighted about the $750,000 seed round Chippmunk CEO Brian Nickerson said, “Our passion and commitment to incomparable UX is at the core of what drives our team and we will continue scaling and investing in the product.”. I’m confident in the team’s ability to execute. It’s a win-win.”.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 26, 2016

Aliso Viejo-based Nimbus Data , a developer of flash-based storage products for the cloud infrastructure market, said it has received a "new" patent for its deduplication technology. The patent had been applied for in 2013. Ramarao as inventor of the patent.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Headed by the computational neuroscientist Eugene Izhikevich, the company maintained a low profile at Qualcomm’s San Diego headquarters until 2013, when Brain Corp. is rolling out its first commercial product—a “brain-enabled” commercial floor scrubber that is part mini-Zamboni and part Roomba. Like many startups, Brain Corp.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 23, 2013

Saturday, January 26, 2013 -- AnyMeeting WebRTC Hackathon. To be held on January 26, 2013, the ?AnyMeeting encourages engineers, designers, product managers, marketers and entrepreneurs to come together and work on building a new project, product or service involving WebRTC in an intense 12 hour hack session.

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Framework Web Design Networking 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2021, from 280 to 360 out of 100,000 of the adult population. Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation. Minimum viable products (MVPs) are recommended for validating the market, with iterative enhancement to quickly meet market feedback.

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socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2017

Creativebug , the online educational video site for the arts and crafts market which was last owned by Otter Media , the joint venture between AT&T and The Chernin Group, has been acquired by Jo-Ann Stores , the arts and crafts retailer. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2017

I spent some time with the MomentFeed team, and recognized what they were doing and where they were going, and felt that this could become an enduring, long term company, that can be the best place that employees have ever worked and the best partner our customers ever had, so I jumped on in early 2013. We accomplished that, that did it well.

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Google Paid Search Mobile Activity 127

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 26, 2013

From gaming, to advertising, to branding and marketing, there’s no online business plan that Facebook can’t be used for at this point. It is now a standard with any new social network to be able to cater to both the consumer and the brand; the person and the product. Without that synergy, you no longer bring anything new to the table.

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Social Media Entertainment Media Tool 82

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The company’s first product is a hand soap, Keeper. ” The Keeper product is a subscription-based model for soap concentrates and cleansing hand sprays. “We first invested in Avametric at Initialized in 2013 and he had experience prior to that as well. The Honest Co.

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socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2013

In a bid to help bring its products to market, San Diego-based Topera Medical said Thursday that it has raised $25M in a Series C financing, which will go towards its 3D analysis and mapping system for treating atrial fibrillation. and europe. NEA''s Justin Klein joins the company''s board.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2019, from 280 out of 100,000 to 310 out of 100,000 of the adult population. Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation. Minimum viable products (MVPs) are recommended for validating the market, with iterative enhancement to quickly meet market feedback.

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Tips Startup Social Media News 161

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 14, 2013

Sunday, January 20, 2013 -- Lean Startup Machine Los Angeles (1/18 - 1/20). Any startup team that does not have Product/Market Fit, or any aspiring founder, innovator, or early startup employee that wants to learn Lean Startup methodologies from the ground up. Who's this event for? Got an idea of your own?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 12, 2013

Friday, January 18, 2013 -- Lean Startup Machine Los Angeles (1/18 - 1/20). Any startup team that does not have Product/Market Fit, or any aspiring founder, innovator, or early startup employee that wants to learn Lean Startup methodologies from the ground up. Who's this event for? Got an idea of your own?

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Ideas 113

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

Turn on your phone and look at the productivity folder. You’ll be more productive within three weeks time. We discuss productivity, emails, communication, and the dynamics of the team. As in, not one company (even the largest, Any.do ) holds over 1% market share in the mobile to do list space. Their claim?

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Product Ideas Email Organization 99

Xconomy

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Founded in 2013 by de Haaff and Chris Waters in the Bay Area, the company announced in July it had surpassed $40 million in annual recurring revenue from the subscribers to its software-as-a-service. Instead, Aha is a bootstrapped startup.

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Sales Software Services Startup 100

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

In contrast, companies that are rapidly growing often rebrand in order to more accurately reflect the expanded scope of their target market and product set. Unfortunately, the market was as excited by the new devices as they were about the company''s revised name. A Band-Aid On A Gushing Artery. Jimmy To James.

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Technical Support Marketing Advertising SaaS 250

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The Post's article says that Fisker is "two years late" in reaching the market, pointed at the firm's decision this week to delay until 2013 its production of a moderately priced family sedan, and pointed out issues with meeting energy-efficiency standards with its Karma. READ MORE>>.

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Pricing Marketing Product Develop 140

InfoChachkie

MAY 5, 2014

Good thing I was never entrusted with product design. Their focus on ease-of-use form over function resulted in a series of products that defeated stalwart incumbents, including marketing-leader Symantec. In fact, the product''s tagline, “Fast, Easy, Secure,” was an overt rebuke of Symantec’s cumbersome solution.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 4, 2013

Tuesday, January 8, 2013 -- LAVA General Membership Meeting: Trends and Funding in Digital Media. Driving Innovation in Digital Media -- Incumbents, Insurgents, and Investors: digital media is going through dramatic changes in production, marketing, distribution, and monetization.

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