socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Were part of the uCast Global video highway, which is our way of illustrating how content is being driven locally, regionally, and globally, using our platform, but also technology we have integrated and continue to integrate with our partners. We are unique in being an open platform, that allows for all of these variations to happen.

Content 113

Content Startup Mobile Platform 113

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 14, 2015

One of the points I tried to make is that as venture capital investors as an industry we seem to have a healthy disdain for public market investors. The truth is that the brutal reality of public markets is that they self correct much more quickly than our shitty little private equity illiquid corner of the universe.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Slides Capital Funding 150

socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Brew Johnson: At the high level, it's a marketplace, a lending platform for real estate. We said, let's create a technology marketplace and platform that creates benefits for those existing lenders, as well as investors. One, is how to create a more scalable and efficient platform. There's lot of great stuff happening here.

Southern California 100

Southern California Google Technical Review Manhattan Beach 100

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 4, 2011

has provided a platform since 2005 for indie producers, distributors and advertisers to provide viewers with this kind of content. If you’re a big supporter of indie films or web series you’re probably checking out your favorites on a variety of different sites on the web. The folks over at Blip.tv

Web 65

Web Netflix Social Media Product 65

InfoChachkie

JUNE 2, 2011

Central Desktop was founded in 2005 to provide an easy-to-use, SaaS collaboration solution to the SMB market. Value Prop Twitter Style : Central Desktop is: “a cloud-based social collaboration platform for businesses.&#. Also, we should have segmented our customers sooner and narrowed our market segment (earlier)."

Newsletter 213

Newsletter Conference Marketing Advertising 213

socalTECH

AUGUST 15, 2014

Keith Bonnici: We have created a platform that lets standard web publishers tap into the growing pool of money being spent by app developers to market their products. What we saw back in 2005, was that everyone was making a ton of money on desktop ads, because that''s where the users were. What is Kixer? What''s your background?

Mobile 124

Mobile Web Artificial Inteligence Technical Review 124

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

As President of Game Development and Operations at SGN, a leading cross platform game developer and distributor, Josh Yguado is responsible for development, marketing, and operations for all games. From 1997 through 2005, Robin was a marketing executive and general manager at PepsiCo.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 76

socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Taher Scherzay: FavRav is basically a platform that allows small businesses to get a footprint with customers, using the referral network of social media. My sweet spot is taking companies to market. We redesigned our service and migrated to another platform. What's the idea behind FavRav? The Graph API was a godsend.

Startup 193

Startup Newsletter Customer Custom 193

Eric Greenspan

MAY 25, 2010

I didn’t know what I was getting into when I started buying live endorsement radio ads back in 2005. What I mean by this is we do radio better by building it around the web, social media and traditional marketing strategies alongside, behind and wrapped around our radio shows. I spent a lot of money on Mark Germain (Mr.

Social Media 220

Social Media Media Blogging Social Network 220

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2010

One of Southern California's successful, serial entrepreneurs is Winston Damarillo , who founded Gluecode, which he sold to IBM in 2005. It's a known market with urgency, so we started there. Any product I've done, any company which I've created, has created market value by creating an open core strategy.

Southern California 242

Southern California Startup Cloud Computing El Segundo 242

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Lately I’ve been having to say things I thought I’d never have to remind people, like, “getting to positive gross margin in several territories is a very low bar to claim success” or “profitable excluding marketing costs” is not actually a real thing. Market Size. MakeSpace provides physical storage.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Kazuhm is recapturing the capacity in those desktops, creating a commercial grade, distributed computing platform based on that capacity. I started a company back in 2005, a very traditional kind of startup, where we had found angel money and had gone through traditional funding. Tim O'Neal: This is my second experience in a startup.

Cloud Computing 133

Cloud Computing Resource Startup Software 133

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 7, 2013

Over the course of 2004 and 2005, we actually merged Be Free and Commission Junction together. . had a very different philosophy about affiliate marketing than Be Free. Hey, new company, new people, new platform, this is really a great chance to learn and make ValueClick a better company. Arrogant Greg's Quick Demise.

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Class Santa Barbara Startup RSS 207

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Brandenberg was most recently head of Hydra, and we thought we'd both get some insight into how Meteor is approaching the social games market, how the firm hopes to repeat the success it saw with Neopets, and also what Brandenberg learned from his time at Hydra. Zac, thanks for sitting down with us today. What's the story behind Meteor Games?

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Beverly Hills Advertising Design Activity 182

socalTECH

JULY 27, 2015

Where do you fit into the mobile ad market? WE're providing a really affordable replacement for the standard banner, and which is counter to what the market is doing right now. I started a company, Neoganda, in the digital advertising area in 2005. Was it difficult from shifting from an agency to becoming a platform developer?

Hollywood 100

Hollywood HTML Software Review Advertising 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 20, 2012

TVSync’s parent company Voible , has provided fingerprint protection technology to most major movie studios and TV networks since 2005. The platform allows users to sync content and commands across all four screens — the smartphone, tablet/pad, computer and TV. I think it is essential to give the user a more personalized experience.

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Screening Content Mobile Netflix 82

socalTECH

JULY 18, 2013

Those might be credit products, better alternatives to payday loans, risk management tools, processing platforms for new kinds of payments, and currency that might decrease friction and interchange fees. They''re a well known success story which exactly serves our consumer market.

Capital 183

Capital Startup Los Angeles Invest 183

socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2011

We spoke with Scott about GOGII and textPlus, the shifting mobile market, and also what lessons he's applied to his new startup. We loved the mobile space, and when we sold Jamdat we felt that market was just getting started. So, we really built some innovation into our platform, to make it ubiquitous in the mobile space.

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Gogii Mobile Activision Electronic Arts 200

socalTECH

MARCH 29, 2010

We talked with Jeff about his new startup, and where it fits into the Internet ad market. While we participate in a NYSE-like platforms, we utilize those real time auctions to better buy media, and buy media in a better way than what we've done in the past. Basically, we're willing to use marketer data.

Advertising 157

Advertising Startup Media Marketing 157

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

We seem to receive lots of pitches from companies looking to attack the mobile market with their mobile software applications, but few who have deployed on-deck with carriers. Derrick Oien: We have a platform we develop, called ANTHEM. Derrick Oien: The primary market is the operator. Intercasting is backed by $17.5M

Social Network 113

Social Network Anthem Mobile Java 113

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium. an enterprise social networking platform provider located in Los Angeles, CA. In 2005, Majid coauthored "Data Strategy" a book designed to help streamline information management within organizations.

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

socalTECH

AUGUST 11, 2011

What that means, is we monitor, algorithmically, how busy or how slow a merchant is in real time, and use that information to create discounts and mobile marketing campaigns. If you try to use daily deals or directors, or even handouts of fliers for marketing, that only brings customers when you're already busy. How did that go?

Startup 177

Startup Mobile Culver City Los Angeles 177

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The fund is just celebrated its first year in business, so we thought we'd catch up with Brian to hear more about what the firm is investing in, the challenges of raising a venture fund in this market, plus his view on the Los Angeles venture market. Let's start with an overview of the fund. What do you invest in?

Southern California 153

Southern California Startup Palomar Rustic Canyon 153

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Demand Media is an online media company operating two strategically-linked businesses: an integrated content and social media platform, and registrar solutions. It was acquired by Experian in 2005 for $330M. It also was acquired by Experian in 2005. became a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL in November of 2005.

Guide 42

Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42

socalTECH

JULY 6, 2009

Sean was the first guy to do it, and brough tit to market by publishing that information to paying users via phone systems. Before that, what had existed before as weather information was primarily for the government, deep water ship routing, and was used for the fairly well-developed market for what happens in the middle of the ocean.

Web 140

Web Content Mobile Sites 140

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2009

We spoke with Sherry Gunther, CEO and founder of the firm, earlier this week to get a better look at the company and the dynamics behind the virtual world market nowadays--as well as why Sherry decided to make the jump from the world of entertainment media to online. Sherry Gunther: That's been the advantage of a maturing market space.

Media 150

Media Tech Coast Angels Social Network Content 150

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2011

Their view was that HTML5 would allow them to replace the notion of having to download a Facebook App into your phone or tablet, and release them from the idea that they have to have nine different apps on different platforms, and have to maintain all of them. It seems a logical market to exploit and to try and do something.

Activision 217

Activision Platform Startup Mobile 217

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2009

We've set out to enable that across any platform, live, during games. We filed for a patent in 2000, but in 2001, when we filed for the final patent, the market tanked. Kent also went off to other things, but in 2005 we got awarded that patent. If you've got a stats feed, we can do this with virtually any sport. READ MORE>>.

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Patents CarsDirect Sites Pomona 179

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

One of the big, open source successes in both Southern California and the software world was Gluecode Software , which was based in Los Angeles and acquired by IBM in 2005. We give them options and advice on the best course to reach their goals, such as responding quickly and getting to market faster. We're also growing and hiring.

IBM 100

IBM IBM Mission Ventures Venture Capital 100

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2011

Scott Saunders: I spent nearly my entire career on the investment side, and in 2005 switched over to the entrepreneurial side of the world. Ultimately, we expect those to be ad-funded by different advertisers involved in our platform. The firm is backed by a notable list of angel investors, and based in Los Angeles.

Startup 197

Startup Ideas Southern California Social Network 197

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. They looked nervous at having to speak with me impromptu and without the benefit of financial figures to scoff at, product pitches that they’ve seen 100 times and a market sizing to unpick. Page 1: Market Size. $3 I wasn’t feeling it. But these two certainly were.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Leverage a feedback platform like Get Satisfaction or UserVoice. In 2005, Meebo started connected users across other websites. Meebo’s current focus is US market.&#. But once you launch, then you need to have a solid way to get feedback from your users. Then iterate and improve based on feedback. For Meebo 1.3%

Startup 286

Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

The city has, however, quietly been home to some of the most successful online companies to date, including CitySearch (sold to Ticketmaster for $260 million in 1998), Overture (acquired by Yahoo for $2 billion in 2003), eHarmony and LowerMyBills (bought by Experian for $330 million in 2005). startup scene so hot. What makes L.A.

Los Angeles 50

Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

It’s always fun chatting with Jason because he’s knowledgeable about the market, quick on topics and pushes me to talk more about VC / entrepreneur issues. We discussed in the video why they don’t price this money but give it as convertible debt) they don’t make announcements to the market. They also avoid Reg D.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

socalTECH

APRIL 23, 2013

I started Young Turks back in 2002, and then, in 2006 and really towards the end of 2005, started daily web streaming for the show. The thing that allowed us to do this differently from normal radio or TV, is we were able to post things that our audience was really interested in, and met the market need. How did the network come about?

Media 196

Media News Startup Technical Review 196

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Spark Capital is relatively new to VC (founded in 2005) yet has become one of the hottest new VCs having invested in Twitter, Tumblr, AdMeld, Boxee, KickApps and many more companies. BookRenter – plus a discussion about Chegg … what is going on in the university book market? Our guest was Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

awards dinner on Thursday night I started reflected on what it would take to “change the trajectory&# for Seattle or for any regional market, really. Who’s going to help you with improving your marketing / positioning to become a clear platform category leader like Twilio? Marketing Muscle. No Dave S. =

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317