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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more.  We If you want to hire very experienced product managers there are less of these than I would like.  You While nobody has yet “cracked the code” on production quality video over the Internet (YouTube won UGC video), there is a lot of innovation happening in LA from places like Eqal, Deca.TV, DemandMedia’s studios, Clicker, Filmaka and other initiatives.  So Los Angeles.  People People either love it our hate it.  All
 
Monday, February 22, 2010
Our continuing relationship with USC is precious in that regard. We've been able to harvest lots of scientific advances from Kevin Knight (editor's note: founder and Chief Scientist, and a researcher at USC's Information Sciences Institute), which we've been able to include in our business. If you ship your product in 20 languages, it's pretty important to be able to answer customer requests in 20 languages. It's been awhile since we last caught up with Los Angeles-based Language Weaver (www.languageweaver.com), a venture-backed firm which develops language translation software, so we sat down the other day with Mark Tapling , the President and CEO of the firm, to hear more about where the company is nowadays--plus its strategy for growth and an exit.
 
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Noah Auerhahn: We got started right out of USC. The site started as a concept that Jeff Nobbs, my co-founder, and myself developed while we were operating a cash-back and coupon website while we were attending USC. We wrote up a business plan, and won a USC business plan competition, which allowed us to get funding from the University and raise venture capital we needed to begin development on the plan. For this morning's interview, we talked with Noah Auerhahn , President of San Diego-based Extrabux (www.extrabux.com), an online site focused on providing consumers with comparison shopping combined with discount offers.
 

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Social networking sites and microblogs are used not only to build company brands, but to foster productivity; social media tools help build communities around the question, "What are you working on?" Formerly, he was Managing Director of both Product Management and of Business Development at Los Angeles Times Interactive. Karrer graduated from Loyola Marymount University (Valedictorian), Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities.
Monday, November 10, 2008 -- "Optimizing Business Performance with Value Networks" USC CTM Speak and Spark Luncheon Discussion. As the economy turns down, every enterprise is searching for new ways to increase productivity and inspire innovation from their existing resources. The Value Network Analysis (VNA) methodology is designed to significantly and quickly improve performance across multiple value networks within an organization at low cost. Learn more.
Los Angeles-based Alelo , a USC spinout developing foreign language and culture training tools, said this week that it has opened an office in Suffolk, Virginia. The firm said the new office was opened to better serve government customers interested in its products. The new center is in the Virginia Model and Simulation Center (VMASC). Alelo's software uses computer gaming technology to help users learn languages and culture, and is being used by the military for training of troops being deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as elsewhere in the world. READ MORE>> ...Tags:
Audyssey's MultEQ product was originally developed to calibrate hoem theater systems. Audyssey Labs is a spinout of the University of Southern California; its founders include well known audio expert Professor Tomlinson Holman, who developed the THX Sound System, was Chief Engineer at Advent Corporation, and has received an Academy Award for his work; the firm's founders also include Professor Chris Kyriakakis from USC, Dr. Los Angeles-based Audyssey Labs, a sound equalization technology firm founded by a number of well known innovators in the audio industry, announced Tuesday that the firm's technology has been chosen by Volvo Cars.
Noah Auerhahn: We got started right out of USC. The site started as a concept that Jeff Nobbs, my co-founder, and myself developed while we were operating a cash-back and coupon website while we were attending USC. We wrote up a business plan, and won a USC business plan competition, which allowed us to get funding from the University and raise venture capital we needed to begin development on the plan. For this morning's interview, we talked with Noah Auerhahn , President of San Diego-based Extrabux (www.extrabux.com), an online site focused on providing consumers with comparison shopping combined with discount offers.
We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more.  We If you want to hire very experienced product managers there are less of these than I would like.  You While nobody has yet “cracked the code” on production quality video over the Internet (YouTube won UGC video), there is a lot of innovation happening in LA from places like Eqal, Deca.TV, DemandMedia’s studios, Clicker, Filmaka and other initiatives.  So Los Angeles.  People People either love it our hate it.  All
Aaron is also the Program Director for Entretech’s Nitro.la , a non-profit mentoring network in partnership with USC, UCLA and Caltech, to help develop LA’s entrepreneurial community by “getting more companies funded in greater Los Angeles”. About a dozen CEOs discussed, among other things, how they’re dealing with the changes in what works (and doesn’t) in sales & marketing/revenue generation, the financing environment, issues with investors/expectations, and what it takes to prove value after the sale and smooth renewals. “Judging from
Aaron is also the Program Director for Entretech’s Nitro.la , a non-profit mentoring network in partnership with USC, UCLA and Caltech, to help develop LA’s entrepreneurial community by “getting more companies funded in greater Los Angeles”. About a dozen CEOs discussed, among other things, how they’re dealing with the changes in what works (and doesn’t) in sales & marketing/revenue generation, the financing environment, issues with investors/expectations, and what it takes to prove value after the sale and smooth renewals. “Judging from
Aaron is also the Program Director for Entretech’s Nitro.la , a non-profit mentoring network in partnership with USC, UCLA and Caltech, to help develop LA’s entrepreneurial community by “getting more companies funded in greater Los Angeles”. About a dozen CEOs discussed, among other things, how they’re dealing with the changes in what works (and doesn’t) in sales & marketing/revenue generation, the financing environment, issues with investors/expectations, and what it takes to prove value after the sale and smooth renewals. “Judging from
Aaron is also the Program Director for Entretech’s Nitro.la , a non-profit mentoring network in partnership with USC, UCLA and Caltech, to help develop LA’s entrepreneurial community by “getting more companies funded in greater Los Angeles”. About a dozen CEOs discussed, among other things, how they’re dealing with the changes in what works (and doesn’t) in sales & marketing/revenue generation, the financing environment, issues with investors/expectations, and what it takes to prove value after the sale and smooth renewals. “Judging from