Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Tealium , founded in 2008, has raised close to $113 million since its inception, according to Crunchbase , although that number includes both debt and equity deals. We have a market-leading tag management platform that is the on-ramp to a marketing-led customer management platform,” Lunsford said. It’s been about data.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Individuals use social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Plaxo as career-advancing tools, even more useful in a down economy. Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium. Can social networking be a money-maker for companies?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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Southern California CTO Coach CTO Hire Social Media 150

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Hyper-local, flash marketing platform connecting consumers with local business offers; super majority of offers are restaurant and personal services; competitor to Groupon. But Google’s investment seems to be focused on supporting a payment platform that can support the Android ecosystem. million loss in 2008.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 6, 2012

Jobscience early today acquired Atomkeep in a move the company says was to help job seekers validate their social image over the various social networks to avoid mistaken identities from would be employers. ” Atomkeep was launched in 2008 and syncs users information on their social networks with online job boards.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Coincident has created a platform that will allow storytellers and producers to create robust second screen stories on the fly that incorporate video, images and other web content. What is coming is Internet-enabled televisions, content streaming with built-in social media interactions in real time and multiple screen activities.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

I have two successful exits, mostly in mobile and teh web, as well as social media. Although they'd been around for three years and run out of money, we noticed in 2008 that mobile donations reached a record in the U.S. Daniel Scalisi: I've been in the mobile market for fifteen years.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Launched in July of 2006, Twitter was a platform that experienced consistent and steady growth for many years. They hit the coveted one million user milestone and within two years a billion tweets had been sent on the platform. In fact, Twitter was one of the first mobile social media platforms. The ROI was solid.

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socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2010

I noticed that in the e-commerce realm, there was a tremendous uptick in sales, where people were promoting bargain hunting for nationwide merchants such as Amazon and Best Buy--especially as the recession hit in 2007 and 2008, and started taking a toll. Albert Ko: With social media right now, it's definitely scalable.

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Orange County Startup Sites Southern California 170

socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2013

Stuart Frost is head of Frost Venture Partners (www.frostvp.com), and the founder of DatAllegro, which he started in Orange County and eventually sold to Microsoft for $275M in 2008. Clearly, globally, data is coming out of the explosion of cloud, mobile, social media, and healthcare areas. It's just exploding.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

The platform works across messengers, starting with the ubiquitous messenger that exists in 3.2Bn devices: SMS. Co-founded DigiSynd, which was acquired by Disney in 2008. DigiSynd manages Disney’s brand presence in the social media space. Sensay is the marketplace valuing human knowledge and life experience.

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Fractional VPE Entertainment SaaS Social Media 40

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

The rise of couponing in late 2008 coincided with the recession of the late 2000s;” this factor combined with an increased consumer interest in mobile technology and devices led to an unprecedented decline in print media. Due to the combination of these factors, marketers began to more heavily fund digital platforms.

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Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Recycled Bride is the world’s largest wedding marketplace; a peer-to-peer platform that connects buyers and sellers of designer wedding dresses, accessories, and anything else wedding-related. Tracy was married in 2008, and found the wedding planning process frustrating and expensive. What is Recycled Bride? Business Model?

Design 84

Design Social Media Sales Sites 84

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 20, 2012

The company launched its social media management system in 2008, growing to over 4 million users by the start of 2012. Entelo has developed a "proactive recruiting" system which can be integrated with most of the leading applicant tracking platforms.

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SaaS Tool Startup Screening 209

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 6, 2013

I left MySpace in 2008 to help MySpace to monetize its inventory better. It is mainly to sell a lot more media in general and target people better. First impression, a self-serve platform, and Blink, our ad serving technology, we both built in-house. It is really important to be connected to social media.

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Marketing Startup Incubator Advertising 96

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. The CitizenNet platform helps you measure, analyze, and automate social media marketing and engagement. LowerMyBills, Inc.

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Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Zong is obviously doing something right since they are now the preferred mobile payment platform for Facebook’s mobile credit offering but will compete against some serious guns – Boku has raised nearly $40 million from Benchmark, Index, DAG and Khosla Ventures – the A list of who’s who VCs. 15mm in Series A.

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Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

That said, the founders only committed to the project fulltime in 2008, when traffic hit over 1 million visit a month. The drivers would save money on gas and I would have a comfortable ride to my girlfriend’s city” – And just like that, the carpooling platform was born. When was it launched? Any launch into the US soon and Why?

Training 82

Training Marketing Competition Platform 82

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Team Rubicon unites the unique skills America’s returning veterans offer with the expertise of medical professionals; all while interactively engaging donors through social media. a perks platform for small and medium sized businesses. Laura Brashier – Founder of 2date4love. Joey Flores – Co-Founder and CEO of Earbits.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. With the key social media platforms today, an entrepreneur can tune a product, build a brand, and grow the business with very low cost and a high interactivity never before possible. business entrepreneur investment IPO social media startup'

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Where it might look something like: 1000, profile.photo.update, 1, 9:30AM 3/14/2008. September 18th, 2008 at 8:00 am. « Open mobile platforms and Facebook developer refugees. Virtual Goods Summit 2008 + last week’s Twitter links » Add New Comment. Archives Select Month September 2008 (14).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

SocialVibe – Social media monetization platform that benefits non-profit organizations and social causes. Ad.ly – (disclosure: I led the funding on Ad.ly) Provides an in-stream advertising platform for any content creator (individual or organization) with an online social presence. OTHER DEALS.

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Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Risk-takers and Strategists: Jeremiah Owyang on Long-Term Social Media Planning - ReadWriteStart , November 10, 2010 Two years ago, 93% of Americans believed companies should have a social media presence. Third, startups are social. In 2008, we couldn’t find a technical co-founder for Yipit. You got it.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

The topic of social media came up and one dial-in caller lamented the fact that all Silicon Valley was producing was silly social media companies. But as I pointed out on the show, look deeper at the impact of social media as a tool to organize crowds, hold public debates and spread information in a decentralized way.

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Social Media Google Media Startup 274

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

That’s @MeganBerry to you, blogger and social media expert, marketing manager of Klout.com. They ignore/disrespect the platform. You Shouldn’t Have to Pay to Talk To Your Own Customers - Austin Startup , July 12, 2010 Andy Meadows is the founder and CEO of Bearhug , an Austin-based customer engagement platform launching today.

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217