Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 10, 2010

We had special guest Denise Grayson of The Social Network. link] com/aol-techcrunch-price-25- million-2010-9. Pre-Crime Data Mining Company Social Intelligence. Guest: Denise Grayson of "The Social Network". . TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield Gripe Pitch. Wiretapping the Internet.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

We have many seasoned entrepreneurs who have built successful companies here and made a lot of money for investors and themselves. But we have a great city for building technology companies. If you decide to build a company in LA, here’s what you need to know: 1. my firm, GRP Partners, was an investor).

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Company Companies Technology Startup 290

socalTECH

MAY 18, 2012

As Mountain View-based social networking site Facebook hits the market today, in what is the largest tech initial public offering in history, one question is if it will spur what has, so far, been a lackluster IPO market for Southern California technology firms. Despite the huge interest in Facebook's IPO--the firm priced at $38.00

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socalTECH

MARCH 7, 2014

The company''s CEO and fo-founder is Matt Serletic, the former CEO of Virgin Records. Serletic also has worked with such acts as Collective Soul, Cher, Aerosmith, Joe Cocker, Celine Dion, Courtney Love, and others; he launched Music Mastermind back in 2010. Music Mastermind is venture backed by Intel Capital and Liberty Global.

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Outsource Development Calabasas Social Network Mobile 153

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

After weeks of StartupDemo submissions we are now ready to announce the participating startup companies for the StartupDemo event being held at Wokano Sept. 22, 2010. We took great consideration for every startup company that applied. Congratulations to all the selected startup companies! Want to Sponsor? to 11:00 p.m.

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socalTECH

MAY 12, 2011

and company executive Howard Marks. The FTC said in statement that "whether you are a virtual world, a social network, or any other interactive site that appeals to kids, you owe it to parents and their children to provide proper notice and get proper consent." Disney purchased Playdom in August of 2010. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 4, 2010

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 -- Social Media for Business - Part ll: Private Networks. Social Media sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter enhance communication and foster a sense of community. the answer - Private Social Networks. the answer - Private Social Networks. TechAmerica.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Thursday, November 4, 2010 -- Content World Turned Upside Down: Can Traditional Media Adapt? In a world dominated by Google, Apple and Facebook, can the other content and media companies retain or regain their former glory? TCOSC Digital Media Society.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 31, 2010

Saturday, February 6, 2010 -- New Media Revenue Models: Growing Greenbacks in the Digital Ecosystem. The New Media ecosystem is growing rapidly with content distribution networks, mobile devices and social networks connecting and interconnecting consumers like never before. Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 24, 2016

So throughout 2006/07 when I had really young kids Facebook was truly a social network for sharing family moments. So by the time people started using Facebook for more business purposes or general “social networking” in 2010-2015 I really didn’t have any interest.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

David Carter and Allen Hurff are two startup veterans, who believe they have a new formula to help create early stage, technology companies, through their new "startup studio", Zuma Ventures (www.zumavc.com). We sat down with David and Allen to learn more about how the company wants to change how startups are created.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March Here they are: How to Minimize Politics in Your Company - Ben's Blog , August 24, 2010 “Who the f@#k you think you f$&kin’ with.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Lower costs to start a business (95% reduction), many more companies created & funded by angels / seed. And as long as private-market capital is available these companies would rather remain private for longer before going public. We all have one-click purchase power (Apple, Google, Amazon, eBay). The iPhone was released.

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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. When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars - Steve Blank , November 24, 2010 When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

However, Elgg could power 100,000 networks and it would make no difference - there is no revenue stream as we give everything away under a GPL license. However, there are lots of companies that are making money from open source and freemium models. One of his companies - Gluecode - was sold to IBM for a pretty good price.

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socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2011

For today's interview, we caught up with Clark Landry , the chairman of GraphEffect (www.grapheffect.com), a Santa Monica company which is helping other companies to hone their advertising on Facebook. Clark Landry: GraphEffect is a company that helps other companies advertise effectively on Facebook.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

In his quest to better connect with new friends, Alex Capecelatro had a problem: none of the existing social networking sites were really designed to connect people with who you didn't know, and might share your hobbies and interests. Alex Capecelatro: Hyphos is a social discovery platform. How did the company come about?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

In writing anything positive about any of the companies I’m not suggesting that it means that I prefer them to any of their competitors. I just cover the companies that were funded that week. The idea is that in a world in which companies need to deal with customer support requests from Twitter, Facebook, email, phone, IM, etc.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2011

Are we seeing a time in which pre-revenue companies are more valuable than our offline institutional brands? It doesn’t strike me as a “social network&# in the way we’ve come to define them. But its focus on solving a real-world problem makes it uniquely valuable to most other social graphs.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

In what is a fairly unusual move, last week, Tradesparq (www.tradesparq.com), a Chinese startup in the area of B2B trade information, said it was planning on setting up its operations here in Southern California, as part of an expansion and scaling of the company. How long has company been around? Michael Kleist: We started in 2010.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Its also been interesting to see the interaction of tools involved - Social Networking, Blogging and a Discussion Group. The level of resumes we get through our LinkedIn networks is top notch. Weve also found that other social networks such as FaceBook and MySpace to have almost no results when it comes to recruitment.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Facebook just hit 1 billion active users globally and that was great but a new social payment application is set to make Facebook users across the world get more from their connections and even allowing companies to sell or receive payments from their pages. How safe are money transfers or online purchases on social networks?

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Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

The company recently raised $70M in funding to further expand its app and team, from such impressive investors as Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Index Ventures. So, by 2010, we decided that DotSpots was not going to work, so we pivoted, to a new startup called Gripe. That was between 2010 and 2012.

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Flipagram Social Network Networking Blogging 100

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

The company recently raised $70M in funding to further expand its app and team, from such impressive investors as Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Index Ventures. So, by 2010, we decided that DotSpots was not going to work, so we pivoted, to a new startup called Gripe. That was between 2010 and 2012.

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Flipagram Social Network Networking Blogging 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

It was the first company to do “paid search&# back when Larry & Sergey were saying they would never do it. He’s behind IdeaLab and has created many interesting companies including innovating in solar energy ( eSolar ) and electric cars ( Aptera ). Overture sold for $1.6 billion to Yahoo! But bill is a BIG idea guy.

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Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

When I recently was looking to find people who had experience with using social networks to reach people for what might be considered guerilla marketing efforts, again LinkedIn worked great. When I was looking for speakers for an event last fall on Web 2.0 , LinkedIn was a great way to reach out.

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CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2012

We launched the first publicly available (German) Beta Version of exploreB2B at the end of 2010. The idea for exploreB2B resulted from my own experience in business development for a young consulting company and my brother’s enthusiasm for tech and social media. When was it launched and where? Who are its founders?

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Networking Help Social Media Platform 71

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

As companies figure out a way to monetize social media, one of the areas which has been lacking is a way to measure the impact and effectiveness of social media advertising. Ian Swanson: Sometrics is a social analytics and advertising company. We're the first company to close the loop on ads.

Social Media 113

Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 113

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Allowing your social media efforts to stagnate. Gone are the days when companies could put up a website that sat on the screen like an electronic business card. Social media is about maintaining a dynamic conversation between you and your customers. Many companies believe that getting involved in social media is easy.

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Social Media Media Startup Tips 93

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

Yet 2010 is already showing me how connected our lives and our health are starting to become. Here are 4 areas / companies that I’m excited about: 1. So as I contemplated the kick off to 2010 I thought again about Weight Watchers. Social networking meets online personal health management.

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Technical Review Software Review Startup SoCal 278

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

As companies figure out a way to monetize social media, one of the areas which has been lacking is a way to measure the impact and effectiveness of social media advertising. Ian Swanson: Sometrics is a social analytics and advertising company. We're the first company to close the loop on ads.

Social Media 100

Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 100

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

This might sound a bit off, but I actually thought the movie “The Social Network,” did a phenomenal job at depicting the essence a startup. Money was less an issue then having both consumer expertise and a network of portfolio companies we could learn from. I try hard to find that balance.”.

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Blogging Entrepreneur Software Review Course 219

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses. We will also have some of the top companies present that each of the panelist has invested in.

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Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Allowing your social media efforts to stagnate. Gone are the days when companies could put up a website that sat on the screen like an electronic business card. Social media is about maintaining a dynamic conversation between you and your customers. Many companies believe that getting involved in social media is easy.

Social Media 85

Social Media Media Startup Content 85

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Fan Appz, a Santa Monica headquartered firm founded in 2010, and a Facebook Preferred Marketing Developer (PMD) today Tuesday launched its Personalized Marketing Platform, a next-generation social media marketing solution set to help firms convert fans into customers and increase repeat purchases by turning good customers into great ones.

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Platform Help Customer Custom 82

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

Last week, Los Angeles-based Stroome (www.stroome.com), a new startup originally spawned out of a project at the USC Annenberg School of Communications, won $200,000 in the 2010 Knight News Challenge. Tom Grasty: We looked around at lots of companies, and saw that many startups failed because they reached too far, too fast.

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Journal USC News Startup 187