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Inside the Realms of Ruin

TechCrunch LA

In 2006, a platform called FanLib raised $3 million in venture capital to launch a platform where copyright owners (like ViacomCBS, which owns “Star Trek”) could host fan fiction contests to engage fans. This is different from how sales work in the existing art world.

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Its BlogWorld Time! Los Angeles Get Ready!

Tech Zulu Event

Shani Higgins joined Technorati in 2007 to lead strategy and day to day operations for the company¹s advertising sales, business development and the Technorati Media advertising network. Jim Farley is Ford Motor Company’s group vice president, global marketing, sales and service.

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Interview with Albert Ko, DealPerk.com

socalTECH

One of the types of startups we see most of nowadays, are private sale, limited time bargain, and local group buying startups. Albert Ko: I started at Cornell University in the Class of 2006, with a degree in material science engineering and a masters in management engineering.

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Its BlogWorld Time! Los Angeles Get Ready!

Tech Zulu Event

Shani Higgins joined Technorati in 2007 to lead strategy and day to day operations for the company¹s advertising sales, business development and the Technorati Media advertising network. Jim Farley is Ford Motor Company’s group vice president, global marketing, sales and service.

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Off To SXSW, Our Schedule, And A Special Thanks

Tech Zulu Event

A huge thanks goes out to the Social Media ClubHouse (SMCH3) for helping put this all together. Put your digital audio content up for sale with AudioMicro, simply and securely. Justin.tv - Founded in October 2006, Justin.tv The time has come for us to say goodbye SoCal (temporarily of course) and HELLO Austin!

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TechZulu Partners with meebo!

Tech Zulu Event

A few sponsorship spots still available for early 2010 events: TechZulu still has a few slots open for our early 2010 events for our large diverse audience — social media users, venture capitalist, PR people, developers, bloggers, Hollywood entertainment and many more. Justin.tv - Founded in October 2006, Justin.tv

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As Populist as it May Feel, 98% of VCs Aren’t Dumb

Both Sides of the Table

After all, I am no stranger to the publicly expressing the frustrations of dealing with the downside of this industry as I wrote about in 2006 when I was an entrepreneur. Nothing was more heart warming than the photo of David Karp hugging Bijan Sabet after the sale to Yahoo! I use social media. But VC is like congress.