Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2012

These days, I’m hearing more and more that Location-Based Services (LBS) are entering the mainstream for mobile users, but I’m not sure why. Sponsorships and advertising. then you may want to consider potential sponsorships or advertising opportunities with that business or venue. Incentives or rewards.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 21, 2012

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 -- Next Generation LBS. Location-based services are ubiquitous. Location-based services are ubiquitous. Consumer appetite for innovative services, beyond maps, that maintain their daily relevance continues to rise. See [link] (more)

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

To top it all off, the AI startup recently partnered up with Getty Images, one of the largest repositories of paid stock imagery, to develop a new generative AI model ‘Runway’ geared towards the film and advertising industries. What started as a weekend project in 2012 is now a global marketplace that attracted 55.2 Gumroad homepage.

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

The consumer piece is a big part of our business, and the next big piece is the advertiser platform, plus everything we wrap around the advertiser experience, helping them to manage their content, and provide great reporting, and helping them to understand the ROI of doing business with us. When did the split with AT&T happen?

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Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 223

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

A consumer piece is a big part of our business, and the next big piece is the advertiser platform, plus everything we wrap around the advertisers experience, helping them to manage their content, and provide great reporting, and helping them to understand the ROI of doing business with us. When did the split with AT&T happen?

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Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 211

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

When it comes to making money, TiMi has from the outset been a strong proponent of game-as-a-service whereby it continues to pump out fresh content after the initial download. One potential drawback is it will drive down traffic and discourage advertisers. WeChat erects a paywall – with Apple tax. That’s finally changing.

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Tips Activision Mobile Tool 149

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

My point was that Amazon continues to dominate the web services business because AWS continues to cut prices & margin in the same way a hypermarket does to control market share. Many people (including inside of YouTube) mistook this to mean that I was negative on YouTube itself. I wasn’t. Indeed we are already seeing that online.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 12, 2013

Full-service Pinterest marketing and technology startup – HelloSociety recently announced it had driven $30 million in additional sales revenue for its over 350 brand clientele through Pinterest. With 28 Million Users by December 2012 Pinterest commands a huge social network that’s the population of New York City, three and a half times over.

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Sales Technical Review Marketing Technology 101

socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Nanxi Liu: We started the company in the summer of 2012, with five totally random people. They just pay $99 a month for each device for the service. media social advertising open software display entrepreneur startup interview nanxi' What''s the story behind the company? We were actually all strangers. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

We discuss the serendipitous circumstances that brought the founding team together (one of the most unique founder stories I’ve heard to date) and move to topics surrounding the future of digital advertising. Focus on Value, Not Advertising. Instead of advertising, their large, colorful screens are a direct result of these core values.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Monday, August 27th, 2012. Advertise Here. Advertise Here. Balderdash Developers Log(n) Consultants RelayStrategy Developers Smartsourcing Global Services Epsilon Concepts - LA Web Design Company Developers. Dial-A-Mentor Service Clarity Talks Stats: 12K Calls Across Nearly 50 Countries [TCTV]. Terms Of Service.

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SoCal Southern California Startup Tips 77

SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

November 8, 2012 6:00 PM Only $20! Next → As startup ecosystems evolve and mature, validation of their viability comes in waves from entrepreneurs, investors, and service providers alike. by Michael Carney on November 8, 2012. Thanks to our advertisers. pandodaily.com/2012/11/08/how… 1 hour ago. Get Tickets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

At first this was limited to news sites that concentrated on a segment of a community, like West Seattle, but the concept is now being applied to advertising and promotion sites, blogging sites, and even legal services sites. Foursquare has raised more than $112 million in outside funding, on $2 million in revenue in 2012.

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Sites Content Sales Startup 84

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

He was also the first one to challenge my conventional wisdom that it made no sense for tech companies to advertise on television. It was perfect timing since in 2012 GRP raised its fourth fund bringing our total assets managed to nearly $1 billion. He walked me through both the logic and the math. Community builders. Approachable.

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Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

Some quick data that I pulled from EmailisNotDead.com (mid 2012). The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. People don’t want to speak to customer service reps. I don’t want to speak to customer service reps!! There are 2.9 billion email accounts. Not so fast.

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Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 26, 2013

Founded during 2012 in Los Angeles (and Amplify alum), Squabbler believes the web can serve as the perfect platform for staging and settling debate. It is Squabbler’s vision to connect this engagement more closely to the content of our publishing partners so they can extract more value from their content and their audience.”.

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Metrics Platform Content Web 79

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

During this year’s 2012 Consumer Electronic Show (#CES), we were sponsors to the demoing of the new venue management solution from the nightclub and nightlife web application called SocialNightLife.com. That customer service has continued to be improved as SocialNightlife.com enters the possible last weeks in a private beta.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2012

It highlights the story of how United Airlines in 2008 paid no attention to social media as Dave’s story of his crushed guitar and poor customer service went viral around the world. With 98% of the population now using social media, at least 30% look at business profiles on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn before buying any product or service.

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Social Media Media Marketing Platform 79

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

We discuss the serendipitous circumstances that brought the founding team together (one of the most unique founder stories I’ve heard to date) and move to topics surrounding the future of digital advertising. Focus on Value, Not Advertising. Instead of advertising, their large, colorful screens are a direct result of these core values.

Social Media 81

Social Media Startup Screening Advertising 81

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2013

Yet I am amazed to see US Census Bureau data from 2012 that at least 50%, maybe up to 75%, of small businesses still have no presence at all. Everyone knows that word-of-mouth advertising is an effective and important part of any small business. These are soon to be the walking dead, and the competitors you can beat today.

Web 99

Web Startup Sites Design 99

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

The immediate goal is to reach 5M photos by early 2012, all accessible via their streamlined subscription-based service with real time celebrity photo coverage and older archives. In just over three months, they’ve doubled their library to 3 million photos and are adding 40,000 images per day.

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Press Entertainment Pricing Blogging 69

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

John Singleton: WordHustler is a service that empowers writers to get connected with people who publish or produce their work. John Singleton: Basically, we have a 3-fold strategy for monetizing the service. However, the service will still always have a free membership, with a la cart print submissions. How's the company funded?

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Writing Hollywood Startup Sites 209

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2013

01% conversion rate again to the people who clicked over to the website from the YouTube video, that’s 185 new customers, 185 people who would have never thought to google search for a tampon service, who will now be signing up to spend the 15 bucks a month to get tampons delivered to their door. If we apply that.01% Comedic timing.

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Dollar Shave Club Customer Custom Marketing 101

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2014

How has the attorney response been to your service? We''re a free service for clients, and don''t charge them. So, advertising and targeting people who need you at the right time is the biggest problem. That''s how we ended up developing this technology, to take that initial step out of the process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2011

At the same time, 62% plan to invest more in marketing and advertising, while 50% will invest in expansion and 46% will pursue new revenue streams. Another approach is to diversify and broaden the product lines and services. Add new revenue streams, and more aggressive marketing. Grab market share from competitors. One out of two U.S.

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Study Startup Pricing Guide 89

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Cloud services. August 24, 2012 10:24 AM. Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs was named one of Fortune’s 10 Brilliant Technology Visionaries for 2012 alongside the great and powerful Oz’s of Apple and Google. Advertise on VentureBeat. October 20, 2012 1:57 PM. October 17, 2012 1:15 PM. Editor’s picks.

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Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

It then helps brands put those insights to work to improve the targeting, personalization and performance of all of their marketing efforts, from email marketing and social and display advertising to website and in-store promotions. Platform For Speed & Scalability. The new Fan Appz solution runs on the SAP HANA® platform. Top Features.

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Platform Help Customer Custom 82

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

It generates revenues through Subscription, Virtual Currency and Advertising. Wilson joined Paltalk from Zynga/OMGPOP where he was Chief Revenue Officer of the New York City based developer/publisher social mobile games company, which was sold to Zynga in 2012 for $210 Million.

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Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 76

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

Signaling an overall shift away from costly hardware in favor of affordable cloud-based voice and text messaging services for the commercial and non-profit sectors, CallFire announced that it has surpassed 50,000 users. CallFire technology is already playing a prominent role in 2012 political races across the spectrum.

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Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 19, 2012

The numbers really tell the stories of the power of the television twitter combo; there were 155 million Tweets generated during the 2012 Olympics generating 11 billion impressions. Advertising on Facebook before the launch of show, in the middle and during hiatus keeps engagement high, discovery and fandom higher.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Iroko Patners had , a souring relationship with YouTube, Google Ads Words, Amazon Web Services even though the movie streaming firm had about eight million YouTube streams a month, with a $1 million revenue run-rate in 2011. We also have a music streaming service, iROKING , which has been dubbed by some as the ‘Spotify’ of Africa.

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Netflix Marketing Technical Review Content 82

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Sam also had a vision as early as 2012 about how MakeSpace would be a large employer of middle-income jobs: The company would hire employees rather than just have contractors and he would lead the effort to ensure they had opportunities for growth and benefits for their families. How profitable is my product or service?

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Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Mingle is a networking service that uses location to discover and create relevant connections. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. Applications are now open for the January 2012 program. Check out Treatsa and send a. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Mingle is a networking service that uses location to discover and create relevant connections. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. Applications are now open for the January 2012 program. mt) Media Temple, Inc. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. So it is unsurprising that an over-funding environment and the commensurate returns hangover would have lasted until about – well – 2012.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

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Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

The top five tournaments for “StarCraft 2″ in the month of June 2012 had combined prize-pools of over $150,000. Adam Miller transformed his company into one of the world’s leading software-as-a-service companies, specifically in the HR world. In 2012, ShoeDazzle jumped from 3 to 13 million members. Got A News Tip?

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75