SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 25, 2012

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 -- The Digital Data Revolution. Data mining and analyzing large data sets-so-called big data-is becoming a competitive advantage, creating productivity growth, innovation, and consumer value in both B2B and B2C worlds. Moderator: Ned Sherman, Digital Media Wire. See [link] (more)

Technology Council 113

Technology Council TCOSC Social Network Competition 113

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

The network grew exponentially from its earliest days, with the number of connected host computers reaching 100 by 1977, 100,000 by 1989, a million by the early 1990’s, and a billion by 2012; it now serves more than half the planet’s population. If we ask what we could have done to mitigate some of these problems, one can easily name two.

UCLA 253

UCLA Social Media Social Network Santa Barbara 253

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

Last year at this time I spoke at VidCon and gave this presentation in which I said YouTube was “the Walmart of Online Video” but I also commented that I felt YouTube was vulnerable to competition because their rev share to MCNs wasn’t high enough to allow MCNs to build a profitable business inside of YouTube.

Invest 291

Invest Content Media Networking 291

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2013

and there was certainly less competition from everybody pitching local merchant solutions. It got quite good reviews in the media: TechCrunch , LifeHacker & PandoDaily and many others. That is what we set out to solve at MyTime. and of course I use "we" loosely as the hard work of course was the entire MyTime team sans me].

Development Team Review 324

Development Team Review Course Mobile Writing 324

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

If I’m covering a company can I get evidence of what the competition is doing so the story is balanced? They are an investment bank that targets the technology & media sectors. We provide strategic advice to digital media companies in a manner that reflects how corporate development is actually done. Final example.

Marketing 389

Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2013

Then there is the Internet, delivered through every media, including your smart phone, where the volume of data spewing out is like a new Library of Congress every 15 minutes. According to the most recent study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, there were approximately 514,000 new businesses created per month in the US in 2012.

Platform 105

Platform Entrepreneur Startup Social Media 105

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

In a world that is hyper competitive – even amongst VCs – I can honestly say that not only is the media recognition accurate but it is amongst the proudest days I’ve had in developing Upfront Ventures and our future. From 2007-2012 I scoured LA constantly. I was nowhere to be found. I sat on panels.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Journal Invest Santa Monica 150

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

During last year’s (2012) CES we had the opportunity to speak with SocialNightlife has they were in private Beta. Venues will also be able to setup custom promotions and reward their loyal guests as a result of the social media features built as a front-end to the professional business tool.

Social Media 56

Social Media Media Customer Custom 56

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2012

As outlined a while back by Adam Holden-Bache on Social Media B2B , I’m convinced that business-to-business has more money and more untapped opportunities, along the following lines: Strategic partnerships. See who checks into your competition. Understand the competition. Lead generation. Identify potential new relationships.

Services 82

Services Competition Mobile Entertainment 82

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The English/International version of the platform was launched in January 2012. 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. Competition? How unique are you from the competition? Who are its founders?

Networking 71

Networking Help Social Media Platform 71

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Capitalism is fundamentally about timing, since market competition is about finding opportunities before others. Mithril is struggling to compete against ferocious competition in the growth-stage equity market. If there was a process or bidding war or something resembling a competition, he would just walk,” the employee said.

Venture Capital 202

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 9, 2015

Swing by Jukin Media to pickup your name tags. Jukin Media 6pm (5764 W. Media Temple 7:30pm (8520 National Blvd #A). Jukin Media , Zehner Group , Praedicat & Media Temple already on board!! Jukin Media is a digital media licensing company. Starting Point. Jefferson Blvd). Jefferson Blvd ).

Culver City 40

Culver City Media Web Design 40

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 6, 2012

You get awesome media coverage and have become celebrities overnight. DreamSwapp is an Android-based mobile application to help users record their dreams and share dreams with friends using social media. Our team was founded in May 2012 and we released our app on October 8 th , Chicago, IL. Competition? How does it work?

Template 82

Template Social Media Media Research 82

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

But safely seeking equity investments from the crowd via the Jobs Act of 2012 is problematic and has still not been defined. Even online, the type of people who may respond to social media requests may bear very little relationship to the intended market. Crowd sample size and makeup not representative of market.

Funding 101

Funding Equity Entrepreneur Invest 101

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Meet the Graduates: · Connectifier, which connects recruiters to potential job candidates, consists of 4 ex-Google employees and local angel investor, Terrence Yang, has dubbed Connectifier one of the best startups of 2012. YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7 YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7

GRP Partners 96

GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2012

If you expect to seek investors, or you expect to have a sustainable competitive advantage against sleeping giants, you need to register all your patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets early. Without effective and innovative marketing across the range of media, you won’t have a business. No intellectual property.

Entrepreneur 109

Entrepreneur Ideas Resource Statistics 109

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2013

But safely seeking equity investments from the crowd via the Jobs Act of 2012 is problematic and has still not been defined. Even online, the type of people who may respond to social media requests may bear very little relationship to the intended market. Crowd sample size and makeup not representative of market.

Funding 106

Funding Equity Entrepreneur Sample 106

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

But recent changes in the law, associated with the JOBS Act of 2012 , have made it possible to sell small chunks of ownership or equity to non-accredited investors -- regular people on the Internet. This term is used to describe non-traditional ways to incent growth such as social-media and viral marketing. Ramen-profitable.

Startup 57

Startup Software Review Equity Invest 57

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 10, 2012

He can also spin fire while balancing on a circus ball and whistlin – but not just any whistling, eric finished in the top 10 at the world’s whistling competition in Louisburg, North Carolina. Lucien is also co-founder and co-director of a new game and interactive-based school launching in Los Angeles in the fall 2012. 4pm: PLANET.

Technical Advisors 89

Technical Advisors Design Education Study 89

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 20, 2012

Rapidly and repeatedly hiring star employees is a competitive advantage. The company launched its social media management system in 2008, growing to over 4 million users by the start of 2012. No matter how rapidly a startup is growing, it can never afford to sacrifice employee quality as a means of achieving its hiring goals.

SaaS 209

SaaS Tool Startup Screening 209

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Despite what you read in the media HTML5 web applications can be extremely powerful and engaging. Leveraging these techniques should put you on an even playing field or ahead of the native app competition. It’s OK, You Can Create Kick-Ass Web AppsAre you tired of getting verbally beat up about developing web and HTML5 apps?

Training 65

Training Technical Review Technology Software Review 65

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 7, 2011

While it won’t be completely exclusive to Google+ (Facebook’s launch will be later in Q1 of 2012), the release is for Google+ gamers only. TGFF includes aspects of competitive interaction, territory building, resource management and synchronous game play create a more immersive game world allowing players to enjoy longer.

Google 64

Google Paramount Web 2.0 News 64

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

We started building LoveIt at the beginning of 2012. When we discussed the feedback we saw an opportunity to use our backgrounds in search and discovery to help us stand out from the competition. Our biggest challenge has been to quickly build a product for a very competitive space that includes formidable players.

Organization 90

Organization Content Tool Blogging 90

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

DinnDinn launched on Tuesday, August 28 2012. Any Competition? On DinnDinn you can become ‘TasteBuds’ with other users by following them and from there you can see their ‘fridge’, tastes, and TasteBuds too! We chose the name DinnDinn because it is something that everyone young and old can relate to.

Startup 65

Startup Software Review Ideas Social Network 65

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2012

So in October 2010, I evaluated the competitive landscape and realized that there weren’t any app companies out there focused on what I thought mattered the most: the brand, the look, and the experience a client would have with an app. What are your thoughts on the direction from a design perspective of application development for 2012?

Design 94

Design Mobile Web Design Outsource Development 94

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. Yes, it’s true that FOMO (fear of missing out) is driving some irrational behavior and valuations amongst uber competitive deals and well-financed VCs.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

There were only 22% women who invested in 2012. NON: I judge a lot of pitch competitions and speak at a lot of conferences. What I have realized, there is a lot of media on how woman and women of color entrepreneurs aren’t getting funded. Men have dominated the world of investment. Pitching isn’t a zero-sum game.

Mentor 84

Mentor Invest Entrepreneur Startup 84

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The other thing that isn’t talked about enough in the mainstream media about Twitter is the predictive nature of open Twitter data in and of itself. Know what I call a company in the future who’s not ingesting real-time data feeds to gain competitive advantage? I'm late and on the road.I Thanks for helping me expand!].

News 324

News Web Email Startup 324