socalTECH

MAY 11, 2010

Once that a product has made that initial screen, we look further, to make sure it's also cost effective and easy to live with. Between 1991 and 1995, I was in enterprise software and computer distribution. We're very transparent on what products we are approving on and our filtering process.

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Software Review Commerce Startup Sites 200

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AUGUST 8, 2009

It is code word for “I’m not ready to invest for whatever reason … I need more proof.&#. They get positive product reviews on TechCrunch, GigaOm or Paidcontent.org. Keep on the radar screen – I know the VC’s seemed to love you when they met you. They hire key staff. They make progress.

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Venture Capital Guide Startup Technical Review 309

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AUGUST 23, 2010

And to give credit where it’s due (in addition to the content that Fred producers) a lot of the discussion works well because of the Disqus commenting platform. Fred talks about it here – he beat me to the punch because I always wanted to write about how awesome this is. It’s an awesome implementation. New followers.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Write things down. We helped the write out their requirements for a system. Two weeks after winning the deal and well into implementation planning we released a new version of our software. How could a company like ours be so callous as not to support their software (even one more than 4 years out of date)? Be gracious.

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Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 333

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NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Write things down. We helped the write out their requirements for a system. Two weeks after winning the deal and well into implementation planning we released a new version of our software. How could a company like ours be so callous as not to support their software (even one more than 4 years out of date)? Be gracious.

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Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 328

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APRIL 13, 2011

Huge thank you to Steve De Long for the write up. Either it’s a bunch of pictures or screen shots or it’s a bunch of words. A deep dive into the Foundry Group investment philosophy including an interesting discussion of their investing Themes. “… our lens is: Internet Software Companies anywhere in the U.S.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

The multi-tiered platform allows for money to be transferred between Facebook friends, the ability to click and purchase any item that you see on Facebook and through the published API’s, developers can integrate and write their own applications on top of the ZunguZ platform. As we know, developers always give their product a code name.

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Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

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JANUARY 16, 2010

Writing down your weight from your scale is obviously a manual process and it’s tedious. My favorite new software tool is DailyBurn. Problem is – Weight Watchers software TOTALLY SUCKS. Their first batch of shipping is due out in the next few weeks. We’ll see. Enter Withings. No keying in required.

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Technical Review Software Review Startup SoCal 278

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 31, 2010

Also, as any changes to each login will be handled by JanRain, you wont have to keep updating your authentication code if changes are made by the login provider. Adding the Widget On the "Get the Widget" screen, youll be asked for your token URL. Now click the "Generate Code" button. This can be changed later.

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AUGUST 15, 2009

We helped the write out their requirements for a system. Two weeks after winning the deal and well into implementation planning we released a new version of our software. How could a company like ours be so callous as not to support their software (even one more than 4 years out of date)? we would support 6.0

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Startup Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review 151

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Reading many application reviews, I found the most popular Twitter app on the platform was Twidroid. They are nicely placed, well thought out and my man-sized hands have no problems navigating the screen. Any geek, or social media aficionado such as myself will have at least a few app requirements. So far, it looked promising.

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Marketing Software Review Screening Social Media 60

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 23, 2012

If you forget everything else I write about creating an app, remember this: every app needs a hook. You should cull this list to the best of the best, those that have a large number of high ratings and gushing reviews. The reason we call them “apps” is because they are bite-sized, typically one-task, pieces of software.

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MARCH 30, 2010

As I naturally get asked all the time why we invested in Company A or Company B, I thought I’d just put forth my thesis in writing. It broke the hegemony that the carriers had over software on mobile phones and the industry will forever be changed (for the better) for this. I’ll explain in detail below. What does it do?

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DECEMBER 9, 2010

That is excluding a single line of code or paying any salaries. Imagine that you can develop software on your local computer but the entire service is delivered virtually through a partner in the same way people consumer energy with all of the scale benefits that go with that. We raised $16.5 million in our A round. Think about it.

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Startup Technical Review S3 Services 343