SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Monday, February 13, 2012 -- Digital LA - Love Goes Digital panel. We'll discuss trends and tips in online dating (what should your profile pic be, what description, social media for dating), how sites like eHarmony and dating authors use social media to promote, how romantic comedies market and tie into V-day, and more.

eHarmony 100

eHarmony Social Media Tips Coach 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

You can check out Parenting.com, MyWedding.com, ThePennyHoarder.com, all these sites are using Search IQ technology, and it's our own version of inside search. Years later, I bought the company back, and we rebranded in 2012 to Ad.net. We've been around for quite awhile. How has that affected you?

Advertising 203

Advertising Startup Google Commerce 203

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

That is a 65% increase in the number of IPOs over 2012, and the highest proceeds raised since the year 2000. I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment. Now you can create a web site for almost nothing - and be on your way with your latest invention or personal services.

Startup 109

Startup Entrepreneur Social Media Satisfaction 109

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 7, 2013

Social media aggregator RebelMouse recently raised $10.25 million in Series A funding led by Oak Investment Partners , SoftBank, Sterling Investment Partners and Michael Lazerow in a move that will help the firm power clients sites to better engage their audiences and nab in more clients. The firm previously raised $2.5

Funding 71

Funding Journal Social Media Startup 71

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2013

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. The days when you could launch your business with a new web site, and the phone would begin to ring, are long gone. Make your customers your platform.

Platform 105

Platform Entrepreneur Startup Social Media 105

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

The founders say on average, teens in the United States spend upwards of two hours online every day and end up creating profiles on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Online Evaluation For Placement.

Help 68

Help Social Media Mentor Study 68

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. There are many practical reasons for going to work early on your web site. Two months later they still didn’t have a web site, and didn’t have a customer. Viral marketing needs a website.

Web 99

Web Startup Sites Design 99

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.

Platform 82

Platform Help Customer Custom 82

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

The company was founded in 2012, developed by an all-Trojan team and has already made a big splash with this first-of-its-kind travel website. Travelers can earn the right to become an Ambassador on the site by consistently providing the best content, recommendations, and of course Itineraries. “We

Competition 104

Competition Startup USC Southern California 104

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2013

This data comes from sensors, social media posts, digital pictures and videos, purchase transactions, everywhere. Social media and web data. Social media postings and e-Commerce transactions are just a couple of the sources of external data that are of great interest to many companies. Let me hear from you.

Startup 103

Startup Social Media IBM IBM 103

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 15, 2015

million in seed funding since its founding in 2012. If Pinterest is catnip for girls, Tapiture was founded to go after the men, but quickly evolved into a more sophisticated artistic social media community. The post Tapiture Taps Into Successful Social eCommerce And Secures $2.25M In Seed Funding appeared first on TechZulu.

Seed Funding 40

Seed Funding Funding Commerce Social Media 40

socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2015

We thought we found a gap in the market where we could fit in, so we looked at a bunch of the services which were existing in the market, and we designed our own product offering, back in 2012. We started our services in August of 2012. We found out that sites like Eat24 and Grubhub are portals.

Cornerstone OnDemand 100

Cornerstone OnDemand Startup Social Media Outsource Development 100

Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 24, 2016

Like Ice Cube and Dr. Dre use rap lyrics, Seth and I use social media instead. In 2012, my company plundered and it was horrific…bygones. Over the next few months, Seth focused almost entirely on creating content for the site. This silent feud between Seth David and I had been pretty one sided, until now.

Content 100

Content Blogging Burbank Course 100

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. exploreB2B is a social platform for business professionals. How does it work?

Networking 71

Networking Help Social Media Platform 71

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2012

It started as basic as signing up for a newsletter from your favorite site to customizing a profile to display particular topics. Then we took a giant leap with social media integration. We could now not only see content we were aware of but we could discover new content via our friends and their friends.

Newsletter 79

Newsletter Content Social Media Startup 79

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2012

It started as basic as signing up for a newsletter from your favorite site to customizing a profile to display particular topics. Then we took a giant leap with social media integration. We could now not only see content we were aware of but we could discover new content via our friends and their friends.

Newsletter 56

Newsletter Content Social Media Startup 56

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

I’ve been an avid user of Plug.DJ’s music discovery site since early 2012, have discovered a ton of music there (which, by the way, I’m still listening to today) and originally covered their $1.25M in seed-round funding from Javelin Venture Partners. was founded in February 2012 by a team of passionate music fans.

Startup 107

Startup Product Sites Tool 107

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. Born is most notable for his work in founding sister-site, Audio Micro , an online repository for royalty free music and sound effects.

Press 69

Press Entertainment Pricing Blogging 69

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

Hundreds of crowdfunding sites claim to help you get funding for your startup in the form of a donation, pre-order or a token reward. 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.

Startup 57

Startup Software Review Equity Invest 57

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. SaaS applicant tracking and recruiting tools also allow companies to quickly plug customized job boards into their sites. This phenomenal success led to a ravenous need to increase their headcount.

SaaS 209

SaaS Tool Startup Screening 209

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

In this article the focus will be on how to successfully attract media attention. In order to prepare for TechCrunch Disrupt 2012 I reviewed company bios via the official site and read taglines that said “cool” rather than what the company does. 1 Pre Planning.

Press 97

Press Startup Technical Review Email 97

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

The fine print: Your blog/website must be at least three months old and have at least three posts published before February 14, 2012. To claim your premium account, send an email with your post to bloggers@fanzila.com. Fanzila-powered blogs are not eligible. Offer valid until all 200 licenses are given away.

RSS 64

RSS Blogging Email Pricing 64

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

But subsequent statistics have also shown that “online coupon access [has] increased 92 percent and redemption of Internet deals [has] leapt up 360 percent;” with more growth predicted in 2012. According to one study this method has proven popular as “SocialTwist’s social coupons receive a 50-80 percent redemption rate.”

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

LoveIt is a site for individuals and groups to discover, collect, organize and share images they love in public or private collections. We started building LoveIt at the beginning of 2012. While initially built to allow users to import their content from Pinterest to LoveIt, additional sites will be added based on users’ requests.

Organization 90

Organization Content Tool Blogging 90

InfoChachkie

JULY 9, 2012

Before the creation of YouTube networks, a handful of leading YouTubers were generating over $100,000 in revenue per year, simply by running run-of-site YouTube ads. Subscriptions & Social Sharing – In the last century, magazine and newspaper subscriptions drove readership, which sold print ads. Top YouTubers.

Google 133

Google Develop Development Funding 133

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2012

A few libraries have popped up, allowing developers to more easily create a single site that can automatically modify based on the device/aspect ratio of the device their users are surfing on. 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

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

October 5, 2012. There is a feeling that techies are the new celebrities," says Eric Kuhn, an agent who heads the social-media department at United Talent Agency. Venices median home price in the first eight months of 2012 broke the $1 million barrier, rising to $1,012,000 from $899,000 in the first eight months of 2011.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. 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. The site has since grown to nearly 7.5 Idea Mensch.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

John Busher, Harry Balls – a humorous site offering reviews and information about mobile apps, primarily indie games. Simon also shares his thoughts on building a strong fan base through social media and public relations. He says, “It’s better to have 100 people love you than 1,000 people who kind of like you.”

Mobile 71

Mobile Technical Review Platform Startup 71

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

in terms of time spent on the sites. Social Networking goes Real Time: Twitter. Either they make our social graph portable or we’ll find other networks to join. I predict this will come before the end of 2012. We Will Form Around “True&# Social Networks: Quora, HackerNews, Namesake, StockTwits.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

In a world where it’s easier to judge the immediate value of a business, I know that metrics like “time on site&# matter. 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. Social Media helps change that.

Social Media 274

Social Media Google Media Startup 274