SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

And I'm looking forward to more interaction now that she's blogging. I've been President of my marketing, branding, creative and advertising firm for, yikes, 30 years. That's when phone calls were a dime, so you get an idea how long ago that was. So cheer up everybody, this too will pass. Maybe you can blog about that?

Marketing 150

Marketing Social Media Blogging Media 150

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

He’s done several startups and is a board member of the Technology Council of Southern California (which is where I met him originally). Sometimes I make a blog entry. We have traditionally been a company heard about through word of mouth, radio advertising (now our own show) and from a Mini sighting. Love the minis!

Acquisition 170

Acquisition Custom Customer Ideas 170

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 15, 2010

I’ve talked about how Twitter is a new form of RSS (curated RSS), it’s a a new form of IM / SMS , it’s a place where business is conducted and it’s a place where advertising will drive leads due to the link sharing nature of Twitter. He had followed me on Twitter and sent me a nice message about my blog.

Social Network 347

Social Network Networking Blogging RSS 347

socalTECH

MAY 24, 2011

Southern California--and particularly, Los Angeles--has always been a center of the music business, which makes it unsurprising that there are many, music-focused startups which end up starting here. It's really been word of mouth, really viral, because we've never advertised. That's now what we're advertising.

Social Media 241

Social Media Startup Sites Advertising 241

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 14, 2009

In 1986 I started an advertising and public relations firm to serve software and hardware companies, which became a marketing consulting business ( www.Allen.com ) when I moved to L.A. I've been following both of your blogs for a while. Blogs also make it easy for new people to find those interesting conversation. Great stuff.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Networking Marketing Startup 150

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 28, 2010

Craigslist - He also considered advertising on Craigslist, but again was concerned about quality. There certainly are a lot of Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California that you can use. Some other things he tried: LinkedIn – searched for people, but gave up pretty quickly as it felt like a needle in a haystack.

Web Development 167

Web Development Los Angeles Web Develop 167

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Companies also use social networking sites in the hiring process, and increasingly, to do innovative advertising (such as the recent Jack in the Box campaign). Does advertising work in the social networking world? He is author of the award-winning eLearning Technology blog and a frequent speaker at industry events.

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Southern California has had its share of new startup accelerators launch in the last few months, however, few people here have actually experienced an accelerator firsthand. It's like WordPress, but instead of blogging, it provides an online community, which is self-hosted. SocialEngine is a white-label, community platform.

Startup 242

Startup CTO Coach Blogging Social Media 242

socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2011

Our original vision was about the convergence of technology and media in Southern California and globally. I decided to launch my own firm and leverage my execution expertise and industry relationships to take advantage of the exciting growth opportunities in the SoCal and West Coast technology markets. READ MORE>>.

Southern California 100

Southern California Invest Media Content 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

The venture capital industry is so heavily skewed to Northern California, which the remains spilled over Boston, New York & Southern California. So it was wonderful to hear from a leading venture capital firm based in Washington DC. There are of course other outposts like Austin and Seattle.

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Venture Capital Examples Startup Invest 277

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. 50 Ways to Expose Yourself to Randomness - Ben Casnocha: The Blog , May 16, 2010 Cal Newport's three step way to become interesting: 1.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

It's pretty typical in the life of a startup, where we've proven we have a product people like, and use and demand, and can scale, and we did a pretty effective job of learning about advertising and making revenues off high yielding, CPC advertising. Part of that is transition into paid content. It turned out to be 40.

Technical Review 171

Technical Review Rustic Canyon Screening Startup 171

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The production and marketing of the film (made from a script written by Aaron Sorkin based on the book "Accidental Billionaires" by Ben Mezrich) itself breaks new legal ground in the area of life rights, the First Amendment and Facebook's decision not to accept advertising for the film. Christina holds a B.A. and citizen engagement.

IP 81

IP Social Network Technical Review Networking 81

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

The Southern California locale benefits from its easy proximity to Silicon Valley, just an hours flight away, as well as from the many universities in the area, including Cal Tech, where Intel founder Gordon Moore went to school. And thats not even counting MySpace, which Rupert Murdoch famously paid $580 million for in 2005.

Los Angeles 50

Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 31, 2010

While a direct port of your applications features and user interface would be simple, a bit of due diligence up front may necessitate minor changes that will ensure what you end up with at the end of the porting process is what you had envisioned.

Software Review 40

Software Review PHP Class Startup 40

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

It’d been a big year in tech, and the different supporting parts of team TZ – so what better way to kick off the festivities with an inaugural train-bound journey, courtesy of the good people at Amtrak. James Citron – Outspoken , pioneering the combination of mobile messaging and advertisements.

Entertainment 99

Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Shortcut: sebastian-x.com Blog About Blogroll Links How brain-amputated developers created the social media plague Posted on 12 January, 2010 The bot playground commonly refered to as “social media&# is responsible for shitloads of absurd cretinism. I love to sell the knowledge to my clients but ranting in blogs is somehow useless.

Social Media 41

Social Media Develop Development Media 41

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0 The top 10 posts of 2009 Enterprise 2.0:

Web 29

Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Developments Blog. Last November, the Web-search giant opened a flashy new office in Venice to focus on engineering, sales and advertising; the company will lease close to a quarter-million square feet in the neighborhood by 2014. Advertise Locally on WSJ.com. Advertise Locally. Loading… Real Estate. » More.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Charlie Capen is co-founder of HowToBeADad.com , an entertainment site and dad blog for “parents, soon-to-be parents and people who have no desire to procreate, whatsoever.” Heather McPhaul is the founder of AgingGal.com , a funny little blog about aging and other inconveniences. Charlie Capen – Co-founder of HowToBeADad.com.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78