TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Hello friends, and welcome back to Week in Review ! This writeup from industry analyst Karl Guttag showcases how Magic Leap has turned away from several of the key technologies it raised billions of dollars to develop with its latest hardware which he nevertheless believes will “blow away” the HoloLens 2 in image quality.

Marketing 246

Marketing Newsletter Technical Review News 246

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week.

Dollar Shave Club 272

Dollar Shave Club Technical Review Santa Monica Southern California 272

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2020

Struggling entrepreneurs are often so happy to get a funding offer that they neglect the recommended reverse due diligence on the investors. Investor due diligence on a startup is not a mysterious black art, but is nothing more than a final integrity check on all aspects of your business model, team, product, customers, and plan.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Funding Innocal Offshore 124

SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

What are the biggest areas of technical risk? What technology research is required? What technologies will we use? What do we need to do to make sure we can survive technical due diligence by investors and partners? What specific technical innovations might make sense? How can we address this risk?

CTO Coach 231

CTO Coach CTO Hire Outsource Development Develop 231

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

Every technical entrepreneur is an early adopter of technology, so naturally they build things with people like themselves in mind. The good news is that early adopters are never reluctant to sign up as beta customers and will provide you early feedback on product quality. Psychologists call this the confirmation bias.

Technical Review 103

Technical Review Entrepreneur Startup News 103

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Struggling entrepreneurs are often so happy to get a funding offer that they neglect the recommended reverse due diligence on the investors. Investor due diligence on a startup is not a mysterious black art, but is nothing more than a final integrity check on all aspects of your business model, team, product, customers, and plan.

Technical Review 103

Technical Review Innocal Offshore Entrepreneur 103

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Lalawag , the technology-meets-gossip blog run by Sean and Laurie Percival, is shutting down, according to a post from the two Thursday afternoon. According to the Percivals, they no longer have time to properly run the blog, due to a tough job and a new baby. READ MORE>>.

Blogging 124

Blogging Technical Review Sites Tsavo 124

socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2010

In the newest bid for revenue at the Los Angeles Times, the paper said this week that it will begin adding green, affiliate revenue links within its news stories. The links also will show up in a number of the paper's blogs, although so far the paper is steering clear of links within its mainline news reporting.

News 185

News Technical Review Blogging Entertainment 185

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2011

Jason Calacanis , the CEO of Santa Monica-based Mahalo.com , and organizer of the recent Launch conference, has dropped his lawsuit against TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington , according to Arrington himself in a news story. Photo: Calacanis and Arrington in happier times, courtesy Techcrunch50-2009 ). READ MORE>>.

Mahalo 145

Mahalo Technical Review Santa Monica News 145

socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2021

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, sposors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. What was the biggest news for you/your company this year? As you may recall the Alliance's mission is to elevate the region as a global leader in innovation, technology & entrepreneurship.

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Southern California SoCal Technical Review Startup 202

Tech.Co

JUNE 24, 2022

A number of tech companies have made the headlines this week for hiring new members of staff, only to rescind such offers before they start. Get all the latest tech news straight to your inbox. Netflix and Uber are among the household names to have reduced their workforce numbers since the new year. A False Start.

Technical Review 115

Technical Review Company Companies Startup 115

socalTECH

JULY 14, 2010

Santa Barbara-based RingRevenue , the provider of pay-per-call technology headed by Jason Spievak, apparently is powering a trial by Google in its Google Affiliate Network. In news leaked out by Affiliate New Review, apparently Google is using RingRevenue on a trial of paying commissions for phone-based traffic.

Google 182

Google Santa Barbara Technical Review Advertising 182

socalTECH

MAY 16, 2012

Los Angeles-based Hitfix , the entertainment news site co-founded by Jennifer Sargent and Gregory Ellwood, announced this morning that it has launched its first iPad app. The company said its new app, HitFix TV , allows television enthusiasts to get news, reviews, recaps, commentary, and alerts about their favorite TV shows.

Tech Coast Angels 133

Tech Coast Angels Technical Review News Entertainment 133

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week.

Southern California 215

Southern California Technical Review High Tech Venice 215

socalTECH

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Last week, we announced our end-of-the-year project, which was to collect and share the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year? In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world in 2010?

Southern California 193

Southern California Technical Review High Tech News 193

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week.

Technical Review 223

Technical Review Southern California Incubator High Tech 223

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Keysight Technologies , the parent company of Calabasas-based Ixia , has been hit by the devastating fires in Santa Rosa, California, and has shut down its headquarters while it attempts to figure out what kind of damage was sustained at the location. News ">reports showed buildings and cars burning in the Keysight office park.

Technical Review 113

Technical Review Technology Calabasas News 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week.

Southern California 173

Southern California Technical Review High Tech San Diego 173

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

The frantic pace of technology cycles, the amount of tech news, the blogs, the conferences, the demo days, the announcements, the fundings, the IPOs. It got me thinking about the advice that I often give to new VCs. But new deals sent to you are discovered. It’s exhausting. Perhaps unsustainable.

Startup 317

Startup Technical Review Venture Capital Email 317

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2013

And we chose to locate ourselves 3 blocks East of The Third Street Promenade where much new development is taking place. Perhaps the biggest piece of new news is that after 17 years of operations we’ve changed our name from GRP Partners to Upfront Ventures. Please help me spread the news as only RTs or FB Likes can!

Funding 343

Funding Santa Monica Venture Capital Startup 343

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

We here at TechZulu have been diligently working away on the next Spotlight: LA Tech event at USC March 3rd. Through the search of what company would be a great presentation of what the Los Angeles tech community is capable of, this company not only fits the description but knocks it out of the park!

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Technical Review USC Los Angeles Angel 84

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Good news always comes quickly, bad news takes time to simmer. China is indelibly an important part of the future of the global technology system. And then the news came. A woman named Trish Hannon called me with the good news that we had won the project. They hired a consultant to help them with the review.

Outsource Development 333

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 333

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2019

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions for 2019 from Southern California's technology industry. What was the biggest news for your organization in 2018? What was the biggest lesson you learned this year?

Technical Review 157

Technical Review Software Review Startup Coach 157

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Good news always comes quickly, bad news takes time to simmer. China is indelibly an important part of the future of the global technology system. And then the news came. A woman named Trish Hannon called me with the good news that we had won the project. They hired a consultant to help them with the review.

Outsource Development 328

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 328

socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2013

Jason Kilar , the CEO of Los Angeles-based Hulu , is due to leave the firm on April 1st--but Hulu has yet to find a successor, according to an AdAge report today. However, AdAge says that Hulu has yet to appoint a search firm to find a new CEO, although the firm might be looking at internal candidates. and Comcast. and Comcast.

Hulu 164

Hulu Southern California Technical Review News 164

InfoChachkie

APRIL 25, 2011

The short version of my review is: “Enchanting? Deliver Bad News Early. Field Manual – Enchantment is a practical how-to book that entrepreneurs can repeatedly refer to when tackling specific issues, such as; “How To Overcome Resistance”, “How To Use Push Technology” or, “How To Enchant Your Employees.”. Prototype Your Work.

Technical Review 279

Technical Review Blogging Class Entrepreneur 279

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. They are, in fact, great news for traditional venture capitalists. Mobility really changes everything. This never existed a decade ago.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2013

In some good news for the Inland empire, solar financing firm SolarCity said today that it has opened up a brand new, U.S. According to SolarCity, its new 35,000 square-foot facility is currently staffed by 75 employees, and has an additional 20 job openings; the firm said it expects to hire an additional 50 this year in the location.

Riverside 174

Riverside Technical Review High Tech Startup 174

socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2010

For the next couple of weeks, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. We asked the same five questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next two weeks.

GRP Partners 170

GRP Partners Southern California Technical Review High Tech 170

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

SkyWest Airlines has informed Santa Barbara Airport officials that it plans to discontinue direct flights to San Jose in June, due to lack of demand. The news was first reported by local Santa Barbara publication the Daily Sound.

Santa Barbara 133

Santa Barbara Technical Review High Tech News 133

socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2012

Santa Monica-based Demand Media (www.demandmedia.com) has seen its share of ups and downs as one of the highest visibility technology and media companies to come out of Southern California's technology ecosystem in recent years. But now, those taking assignments have to be rated and reviewed, and have expertise in that area.

Demand 240

Demand Media eHow Content 240

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. It really wouldn’t take much to turn a great technology ecosystem into a truly electric one. You need to have passionate tech entrepreneurs who want to build businesses locally. The ingredients are all here.

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Tech.Co

APRIL 26, 2019

Nearly 17 percent of tech workers admit to being under the influence of marijuana while at work at some point in their careers, according to a new study. And when the results are narrowed to the tech industry in particular, that percentage hops up to 16.9 What Does It All Say About Tech Culture?

Study 117

Study Technical Review Class Education 117

TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Often this situation is characterized as a “good problem to have” until you’re the technical person who needs to solve the problem—and quickly. Well, there are a number of technical reasons for applications suffering performance issues. Performance in your technology selection process. So, why does this happen?

Web 200

Web Technical Advisors Framework Technical Review 200

Xconomy

JANUARY 3, 2018

Any year-end review of technology news must also include reports on Russian hacking of the 2016 election campaign, and the manipulation of social media channels to spread false and divisive political messages. Have all these. Read more » Reprints | Share:

Technical Review 71

Technical Review Social Media News Software Review 71

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Sony Pictures Entertainment told theater owners this week that it will no longer pay for 3D glasses made by RealD, due to the high cost of purchasing 3D glasses for its releases. RealD was down more than 15 percent on the news late Wednesday. READ MORE>>.

Technical Review 140

Technical Review Hollywood Entertainment News 140

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Every technical entrepreneur is an early adopter of technology, so naturally they build things with people like themselves in mind. The good news is that early adopters are never reluctant to sign up as beta customers and will provide you early feedback on product quality. Psychologists call this the confirmation bias.

Customer 117

Customer Custom Technical Review Product 117