TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Entertainment has changed. New platforms led by YouTube have emerged to change the dynamic of broadcast media — once dominated by the rigid programming of TV — while the internet has enabled new media stars to engage with their audiences in new, high-touch ways.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2020

Now, we've taken what we've learned about developing an impassioned audience, and creating content that they would find interesting in the long term, and engaging them in a different format than print, or on the web, or in the form of events and clubs that we've done before. That, of course, is what you're selling to your advertisers.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 27, 2013

Advertising your brand utilizing YouTube could increase revenue by millions in under a year. Nick Tran, Director of Social Media for Taco Bell. Evan Bregman, Director of Digital Media at Electus said, “If we wanted to cut through the clutter of all the different youtube channels …. Get likes and subscribers.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

Silicon Beach Fest is gearing up to showcase the most promising startups and visionaries from across LA’s growing startup entertainment ecosystem. Mark Suster of GRP Partners and Launchpad was confirmed to keynote along with Nely Galan of Galan Entertainment, the first Latina president of Telemundo.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 29, 2013

TechZulu contacted Josh and Yvette Lee, SnapMyAd developers, based in New Holland, PA and here is what inspired them. No, we are currently self funded but entertaining offers. What Made You Want to Build SnapMyAd? We came up with the idea of SnapMyAd last year. The relationship felt one sided. Have you received any funding yet?

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Ad/Banner blindness, a talent which we’ve developed rather well as a society: The ability to subconsciously block out commercials WHILE physically watching. Enter Vidzey , the in-video shopping platform that seamlessly combines media, entertainment and e-commerce. LET’S TALK ABOUT ENTERTAINMENT. Crazy right?

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Individuals use social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Plaxo as career-advancing tools, even more useful in a down economy. Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium. This Panel will explore issues such as: How can companies best utilize social networking media?

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2013

Dana White discusses The UFC’s rise to become one of the leading global sports brands through success with social media, community engagement and game-changing steps including connecting pro athletes with fans online. Amy Jo will explore how social media gives every human the power to make positive change.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2020

The reason for this business, is folks are always going on social media to recommend products to their friends, but they're not making any money from it. If you're a big influencer, you might get paid by a brand, but every day, people are providing word-of-mouth advertising, posting about their favorite things.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 21, 2012

We’ll discuss how content studios are monetizing this content via advertising, sponsorship, show integration and more. David Beebe, Fishbowl Worldwide Media/Vin Di Bona Productions. Advertisers include Target, Kraft, Huggies, Hyundia, and more. Tickets are still available and can be purchased HERE. VP & GM, Digital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Many companies try to recover with more advertising and rebranding, and discover that these strategies don’t work well in today’s market. As disruption examples , the rise of ride sharing, e-commerce, and social media were clearly driven by changing customer trends, more than technology.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 7, 2012

TechZulu is proud to team up with Digital LA and accelerators Amplify, StartEngine, Launchpad, local companies BetterWorks, PromoJam, start-ups and co-working spaces, all working together to create the first-ever Silicon Beach Fest to celebrate startups, tech, and entertainment! Influencer (PromoJam) @ Tech Cube : social tools.

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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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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Shani Higgins joined Technorati in 2007 to lead strategy and day to day operations for the company¹s advertising sales, business development and the Technorati Media advertising network. With Lisa as CEO, the company has grown from an idea for a grassroots conference into a diversified media company.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Patrick Starzan is the Vice President of Marketing and Business development at Funny or Die. He is a marketing professional with over 8 years of extensive online and social media marketing experience. How much of FOD advertising is focused on the internet rather then more traditional channels?

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

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. You mention social / viral aspects at both Google Photos and United Online. Details coming soon!)

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Toyota, Pizza Hut, NBA, Fandango, and More Share Their Success Stories with Mobile and Social Apps. During this high-level event, Top Brand Marketers, Agency Executives, Publishers, and App Developers will come together to discuss and explore how brands can harness the power of the billion dollar app boom.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 4, 2014

Then we started advertising and getting media attention. Also, advertising in print media just doesn''t have the ROI that it once did. Whether our presence is print advertising or we are featured in a story, print just doesn''t sell like it used to. There is good reason that most of our business is word-of-mouth.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Tongal is a website dedicated to those who have the passion to develop new and exciting video advertisements for companies. 250 to win the best idea for an advertisement and up to $25,000 for those with the best video. Today’s advertisements are slow processes and rarely translate well from the TV to the internet and vice versa.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2015

StatMuse is developing an artificial intelligence platform to help sports fans explore data using simple, natural language. Pundit lets creators host audio Ask Me Anything (AMAs) with their Twitter network, transforming the talk radio experience for the social media age. Advertiser Optimization. 2 AI Companies.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Shani Higgins joined Technorati in 2007 to lead strategy and day to day operations for the company¹s advertising sales, business development and the Technorati Media advertising network. With Lisa as CEO, the company has grown from an idea for a grassroots conference into a diversified media company.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

It was a portal, and partnered with ISPs so that those ISPs could generate ad revenue, and create stick entertainment for customers. I headed up product development to build out their portal services. We made it easier for local businesses to acquire customers through search and social media We sold that to Deluxe Corp.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Utilizing this same core technology, TVSync has developed automatic content recognition (ACR) software that can be accessed in seconds by video and/or audio using the camera and/or mic from a mobile device. And…they have opened up their API for all of you clever developers to create the amazing interactive second screen apps of the future.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

The company hopes to prepare advertisers for varying screen sizes. He doesn’t see many digital media VC firms in the space and makes it a point to invest in and work with companies who engage more deeply with content. Until then, we’ll be focused on gimmicky applications and entertainment.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based Catalog (www.catalog.cc), a startup developing artificial intelligence software to help independent visual artists scale their content production efforts, announced it raised $1.5M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Moonshots Capital, and also included Techstars and Luma Launch.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

We would like give a huge thank you to Social Media Week and the supportive startup community here in Los Angeles. Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media. Moderator: Giang Biscan , PhD.,

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media. How startup can leverage social media to get investors attention. is the easy, fun and social way to get together with friends.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

Advertisers upload their 30 second ads and each time a user watches the ad, they receive $.50. If the user shares the add on social media, they earn an extra $.25. Targeted mobile advertising. After choosing one of their affordable monthly service fee plans, users simply interact with their advertisers.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Social + Location + Mobile = The Perfect Beer (Untapped). Design: Developing for a Consumerized Enterprise World (BetterWorks). Social Media: My Social Community is Bigger than Michael Jordan. Digital Dailies: Reinventing Hollywood’s Workflow. Power Up Your Life thru Mobile Gamification (Velti).

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

As lawyers in the social media and Internet law space, this duo brings to the table practical experience counseling clients in real time and explaining breaking legal news in plain English. She has specialized in entertainment and Internet law since 1998. Christina holds a B.A. from the University of San Francisco.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

As a young African entrepreneur with little funding, you may want to meet new people on social networks that may help in the growth and development of your new internet start-up. This idea is prohibited by the policy of some social networks to add only the people you know. A Social Discovery Network.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2015

Your social media feed was probably filled this morning with information about the 13-minute speech Kanye West made during the 2015 VMA broadcast, but only the objective big data behind Watson can really break it down scientifically. Watson has many services that developers can use to create their own programs.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2015

Your social media feed was probably filled this morning with information about the 13-minute speech Kanye West made during the 2015 VMA broadcast, but only the objective big data behind Watson can really break it down scientifically. Watson has many services that developers can use to create their own programs.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

CEA represents more than 2,000 corporate members involved in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and integration of consumer electronics products. provides a strategically significant opportunity to make media and business run better. Advertise and get noticed with us! Headquartered in San Francisco, Justin.tv

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Bootstrapping process, product development, Prototyping. . Bootstrapping development, team management. . Your Web Developer Thinks You're an Idiot. Bootstrapping development, Startup, Website content. . Bootstrapping development, minimum viable product, startups. . Jon Loyens, Bazaarvoice. The constrai.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Developments Blog. In growing numbers, Silicon Valley executives—long based in tech strongholds like Santa Clara and Palo Alto—are buying homes in Los Angeles, as the lines between the technology and entertainment businesses grow blurrier. the entertainment industry. Loading… Real Estate. » More.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

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. He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005. Laura Brashier – Founder of 2date4love.

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