socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

San Diego-based SweetLabs , the startup formerly known as OpenCandy, said today that it has launched a $50,000 contest which will reward web developers for creating desktop applications for its Pokki desktop app environment. SweetLabs launched Pokki in June, aiming at creating smartphone app-like environment on PC desktops.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 2, 2012

And that should be the focus of the founders -- to find the special fit that will make your company take off. When I talk with early-stage companies, often the discussion starts with them asking me about Hiring a CTO for Your Startup , or Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup or How to Find Programmers for Your Startup.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2015

Santa Monica-based The Mobile Majority --which recently zoomed past $50M in revenues--has acquired a Brazilian web development company called Elastic , according to the company. The Mobile Majority said it is adding talent in product development, UI, backend, high speed API integration, operations, and machine learning.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

There's an old adage in software development that I refer to all the time: The first 90% of development takes 90% of the time. And I use it all the time now when I get the kind of message that I received: I'm looking for a web developer to continue work on my website. I used this when I taught software engineering.

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Jason Nazar

MAY 19, 2009

This month’s “Startups Uncensored” will be on “Outsourcing Web Development & Businesses”. It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation revealing the best practices and methodologies for building your web-based company through outsourcing. TO SIGN UP FOR THIS EVENT, CLICK HERE.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 19, 2010

I’m seeing and hearing that it’s becoming tough finding good developers again, at least here in Los Angeles. On Friday, at the LA CTO Forum , I heard from a couple of CTOs having trouble finding good developers. My company, TechEmpower , recently added a few top notch developers, but it wasn’t easy to find just the right people.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2012

For those companies looking to venture into the mobile space, there are multiple platforms in market to help accomplish the move. However not all those platforms can provide companies with all tools needed. The company continues to shine as one of Silicon Valley’s hottest companies.

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L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Israeli web development company Wix said last week that it had purchased popular West Hollywood-based online artist platform DeviantArt for $36 million, including $3 million in assumed debt.

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socalTECH

APRIL 23, 2012

How do you find the best and brightest engineers and web developers? Santa Monica-based BetterWorks , the developer of software and services to help companies manage their fringe benefits for employees, has an interesting one: have those software developers compete to build the best, LEGO. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 15, 2011

Thursday, April 21, 2011 -- How to Build a Great Internet Company. This months Startups Uncensored will be on How to Build a Great Internet Company. Startups Uncensored. It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation with the Docstoc Family. See [link] (more)

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socalTECH

MAY 20, 2010

Our Insights and Opinions article today is from Tony Karrer , CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, who gives some hints, tips, and observations about the increasing difficulty of finding technical talent in Los Angeles. I was wondering, what methods have you found to be successful in finding developers?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Santa Monica-based Visio Internet , which develops Internet sites for governments, has raised a round of growth capital, according to the company. Nachman is the former Chief Business Officer of Velocify, and also served at Marlin Equity Partners, Phoenix Energy Technologies, McKinsey and Company, and Kidder, Peabody & Company.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 16, 2010

I am hearing from my project management team a bit of distrust in the technical capacity of our web development team. I think we suffer because of the distance and culture but the project management team takes every late delivery or small bug as evidence that the development team may not be capable. Massive overtime.

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socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2016

In what might end up being the most-sought-after summer camp experience ever for girls interested in technology and science, The Walt Disney Company said on Thursday that it is launching an on-campus, computer science immersion program aimed at high school girls.

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socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2017

San Diego-based Lightpost Digital , a digital agency which provides online marketing services to local businesses, has raised a round of funding, the company disclosed this week. The company is a spinout of Deal Current, and was founded in 2015. The company focuses on website development, SEO, Facebook ads, and review monitoring.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Today, SpotOn said it has closed on $300 million in Series E financing that values the company at $3.15 Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) led both the Series D and E rounds for the company, which says it has seen 100% growth year over year and a tripling in revenue over the past 18 months. Image Credits: SpotOn.

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socalTECH

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. The company was one of the companies in the Launchpad LA accelerator program in 2012. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2015

Los Angeles-based gay dating app and website developer Grindr is looking for a buyer, according to Bloomberg. Bloomberg said that Grindr has hired investment banker Raine Group to advise the company on a sale. Grindr was founded by Joel Simkhai. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Los Angeles-based content delivery network (CDN) provider NetDNA is making it easier for web application developers to use its CDN services, saying Monday that it has launched a new service to embed web acceleration capabilities into their web services and applications. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 7, 2014

General Assembly , which conducts classes on web development, Photoshop, Javascript, digital marketing, and all kinds of other topics through its location in Los Angeles, has just scored a $35M funding round, a Series C for the company. IVP''s Todd Chaffee joins the company''s board.

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Xconomy

MAY 24, 2017

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. The company, which now has nine full-time.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

San Diego-based software developer Tealium , which develops software used to manage Internet "tags" for web developers, said today that it has named Jeff Lunsford as its new CEO. Lunsford, who was already on the company's board, was previously President, CEO, and Chairman of Limelight Networks. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 18, 2013

The firm, headed by Michael Bleigh, currently offers up it web-based application builder under a free, open beta; the company said it plans to launch as a paid service later this year. The company said its software is based on the open source Bootstrap framework which was developed by Twitter.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

After weeks of StartupDemo submissions we are now ready to announce the participating startup companies for the StartupDemo event being held at Wokano Sept. We took great consideration for every startup company that applied. Codeita is a powerful, easy to use, cloud-based, web development environment. 22, 2010.

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Jason Nazar

APRIL 4, 2011

This month’s Startups Uncensored will be on “How to Build a Great Internet Company”. I’ll be interviewing different team members of Docstoc to talk about the specific tips and advice on topics such as Product Management & Design, Web Development, BizDev, Content Creation, and much more.

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SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

We've identified ten of the more technically interesting companies working on software in Southern California, using our unscientific, unproven, and undoubtedly biased informal polling. used in a very wide range of both web and mobile services, from Foursquare, to Yelp, to LivingSocial. However, that's not always the case. Rightscale.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 24, 2011

RescueTime , the makers of a web-based time management tool, has come up with another service aimed to help companies find potential new employees. It is up to the companies to ultimately interview candidates and make the final decision. This is what sets Introductions apart from regular job postings on websites and Craigslist.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Southern California technology companies are hiring aggressively, and the high tech job outlook is better than it has ever been, with hundreds of open positions and many companies eagerly seeking high tech talent. socalTECH's Job Board helps companies, and potential empoyees, connect. Sr Product Manager , West LA, Shopzilla.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2020

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socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2013

Lynda.com , the online video education provider which has been one of the region's most successful, bootstrapped companies--is no longer bootstrapped, after inking a massive, $103M growth equity round. The business saw a dramatic growth when--due to the downturn of the dot com crash--the company started to post its video online.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2011

Despite the economy, Southern California's high tech job outlook is better than it has ever been, with hundreds of open positions and many companies eagerly seeking high tech talent. Senior Web Developer , Malibu Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. Looking for other companies hiring in Southern California?

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

If you're an application developer, sending emails through your application can be a chore. Jim Franklin: Web developers are good at building web applications. However, every web application needs and email component. Jim Franklin: TechStars was at the exact time and place to launch this kind of company.

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Tech.Co

MAY 9, 2017

Taylor returned home and dove into learning web development and design on his own. He ended up building a digital agency that did everything from custom apps and web development to branding and digital marketing. The company caught the attention of investor from China and secured a seed-funding round around $1.5

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Saturday, September 20, 2008 -- "LAMP developers guide to subversion" LAMPsig. Speaker: David Rolston has a long history of web development that dates back to the earliest days of the WWW. He is currently working for a startup company in the multiplayer social network gaming space.

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

According to numerous local CEOs, startup executives, and recruiters, the number of open positions for technical--and other-- talent at local companies has surged in recent months, and there's a wild scramble to find the right employees. At that time, he said he was able to. However, she confirms that potential employees are harder to find.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

"I'm looking for a partner / cofounder who can not only head the technical aspects and build a working model of the site, but someone with the connections to put a great development team together when we need it. Make sure you go through the 32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder. Find out who is good.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Maybe you are going for a reality check on your current situation - wondering if you have a Weak Development Team or a Startup Founder Developer Gap. Maybe you have questions about the types of developers you need and even whether you need a Startup CTO or Developer or both. Small talk is not a motivator.

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