socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2010

Dave Waldman: We started quite a while ago, back in almost September of 2008. I'd seen so many email catastrophes and mixups--for example, a CEO that would frequently "reply to all", and other similar experiences, which convinced me that email is an imperfect communications system. How long has Bccthis been around?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

These are what you might consider traditional, Facebook casual social games. On Island Paradise, for example, you get a plot of land, you can raise animals and farm crops on them, grow trees, etcetera. So, we refocused in late 2008 and early 2009, and launched Island Paradise in August of that year. How did the firm start?

Beverly Hills 182

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

It ran in April of 2008. Tom Grasty: There are, as I like to say, no shortage of online video editing platforms, online video editors, or social networking sites, even though there are fewer online editors now than eighteen months ago. We got lots of traction on the web, and the story was picked up in many places.

Journal 187

Journal USC News Startup 187

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

What are some examples of successful companies that were started here? Demand Media is an online media company operating two strategically-linked businesses: an integrated content and social media platform, and registrar solutions. MySpace is one of the world’s largest social networks, with about 125 million users.

Guide 42

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socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2013

We connect consumers to great content from around the Internet, from social networks, from thousands of branded video channels, and around any particular topic they're interested in. To give you an idea, we're indexing over half a billion social posts every day, and over 5 million new videos every single day. What is Frequency?

Social Network 232

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AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 7, 2008

The military-industrial complex of which I am a part is a great example of this. One example I found was H.R. Army, for example. social software tools involves the NASA Phoenix Mars Lander – which is Twittering live from Mars, so to speak. There are numerous other examples.) You can affect this process.

Education 45

Education Technical Review Research Web 2.0 45

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2012

With the proliferation of social media, how do you--as a brand--manage all of those various websites, content, and media? Los Angeles-based Fliptu (www.fliptu.com), headed by Jeremy Gocke , thinks it has this figured out, by providing a central place to access a brand's content, across social networks.

Social Media 268

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. Want to know, for example, why Foursquare uses MongoDB to store check-in information? Third, startups are social. What truth?

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

socalTECH

MARCH 29, 2012

Amanda MacNaughton: PromoJam is an enterprise, social marketing technology platform. Basically, we've built a platform that allows businesses to build social media promotions across multiple social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Linkedin.

Social Media 217

Social Media Startup Platform Media 217

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Let me give you a non tech & thus non politically charged example. That was written in September 2008. Social networking finally came of age connected the planet and leading to enormous wealth creation for Facebook employees and investors. Back to my non-VC example. Do Investors WANT Valuations to Drop?

Startup 150

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

For example, if you’re looking to approach Kleiner Perkins it’s worth knowing that my friend Matt Murphy runs their iFund and therefore is the in-house expert on all things mobile. I’ll give you an example from my own fund raising. Our 2008 fund looks spectacular. Determine how to get access to them.

Develop 366

Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

When the Mars Phoenix found water on Mars in June 2008, they announced it on Twitter. A great example of this is when they switched from “favoriting” a tweet with a star to “hearting” it with a heart. But if you can make the right moves, the right choices, at the right time, you can become the number one network.

Platform 40

Platform Startup News Content 40

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Graphs - Chris Dixon , July 22, 2010 It has become customary to use “ graph &# to refer to the underlying data structures at social networks like Facebook. Computer scientists call the study of graphs “ network theory ,&# but on the web the word “network&# is used to refer to the websites themselves).

Startup 217

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Around 2001 Jonah was studying at MIT Media Lab and began running experiments in viral stories in an era before smart phones (2007) and before social networks took off (2004–2007) and before YouTube (2005). For example, one product alone — Tasty — is consumed by 500 million people per month. Back then there were “email forwards.”

Buzzfeed 210

Buzzfeed Media Content News 210