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Popbase helps YouTube stars build closer relationships with their fans

TechCrunch LA

Entertainment has changed. A new startup is seizing on an opportunity to help up-and-coming online entertainers take a leaf out of that book and grow their relationships with fans. Developments like live streaming, social media and more have made the stars of today more relatable and more easily reachable than those of yesteryear.

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Interview with Patrick Kennedy, Sidebar

socalTECH

The company was founded in 2007, and the initial emphasis was to deliver to end users a personalized content portal on their smart phone, learning what they like anticipate what they'd like to see, and pay for it using personalized advertising. Eric Wilson, our CTO, is the man who has been here since the beginning and built all of this.

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

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 has 20 years’ experience as CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony.

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Interview with Gabe Grifoni, Rufus Labs

socalTECH

When we talk to customers, we hear about these pain points. After college, I didn't go into engineer, I went into the marketing and entertainment side. I actually spent a decade working in advertising and marketing. How did you go from marketing and advertising to a hardware startup?

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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

SoCal CTO

That's where I learned I enjoyed interacting with customers and working with development teams to build and launch products. to work on an entertainment-related technology project and have stayed ever since. and also to local advertisements. Tell Rod about the LA CTO Forum. Details coming soon!)

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

SoCal Delicious

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.” Matt Miller – Co-Founder and CTO of CareerBliss.com. Charlie Capen – Co-founder of HowToBeADad.com. Tyler Bleszinski – Founder of SB Nation.