Documentary photographer based in Los Angeles known for his work on the endangered culture of Venice Beach published as a monograph in 2018 by German publisher Kehrer Verlag.Dotan's award winning photographs have been featured by National Geographic. ABC News, PDN, Smithsonian.com, etc. Dotan is a Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50 laureate and an alumni of both the Eddie Adams Workshop and the Missouri Photo Workshop.

Lifelike Apps makes intuitive smartphone and tablet apps for iOS and Android including the award winning Daily for Craigslist, the #1 Craigslist app in the App Store and Stock Market HD, a leading stock market app.

Smarterflo is my childhood dream come true: So far I had been living that dream in the software world by designing many iOS apps under Lifelike Apps. When the idea for the Smarter Stand came to me, I plunged with both feet into the world of hardware design. I launched the Smarter Stand for iPad on Kickstarter in June 2012 and it became an instant hit: The project achieved its funding goal in 24 hours and finished with over 8,000 backers and $157k+ raised. The Smarter Stand for iPad will soon be available in many retail stores across the globe. More iPhone and iPad accessories are on the way...

I help online and mobile startups develop great (and monetizable!) user experiences.I've worked on a wide variety of products including social networks, online CRM and other online collaboration platforms.I think it's safe to say I provide the most value and have the most fun helping clients simplify the experience in feature-rich, complex products.As the late Steve Job famously used to say, "Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."Many startups with a great product vision have trouble translating their vision into the actual finished product (or "design" to use Steve Job's terminology) that will unlock rapid adoption and profitability.That's where I come in: I draw from my business, technology, marketing, product management and UX background to help fellow entrepreneurs connect the dots and make their product click with users.I've already helped many startups unlock their product potential (and can provide the references to prove it!). How can I help you?Update: given the ramp-up of my app business (Lifelike Apps) I have been limiting my time spent on consulting. If you know of an app that can double the hours in the day, let me know. Surely there must be an app for that!

Blue Lava was acquired by Right Start in July '08 and I worked on migrating ecommerce for Right Start, babystyle, and tinyride.com to Blue Lava's proprietary multi-store platform. Led multi-channel online marketing across the brands composed of affiliate programs, SEO, paid search, social media (Twitter, Facebook), Amazon and various shopping engines.

Blue Lava Group has pioneered and proven a more profitable approach to ecommerce. The company delivers specialized shopping experiences via highly targeted niche online stores while benefiting from the economies of scale of a combined e-commerce infrastructure. Its stores include TinyRide.com, TinyBed.com, EssentialEspresso,com.

Invented in 2001 online group greeting cards and group gifts (US Patent Application #10/063,108). This early social networking invention was an exercise in viral customer acquisition using social media while and its combination with the Group Gift concept is designed to serve as a powerful revenue engine.The patent application was acquired by IdeaEdge (Public, OTC:IDAE) in 2008 and implemented into SocialWise as a group gift giving application for several social networking platforms including Facebook and MySpace.The GroupCards domain and concept have also been adopted by GroupCard.com, a social networking Silicon Valley startup.

(pre-acquisition by Yahoo!)