socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2013

Chromatik has developed web and iPad applications which let musicians upload, record, annotate, and share their sheet music; record a performance; give feedback to other musicians; and much more. Earbits has created a service which lets you browse through over 200 stations of streaming audio, advertising free. Miso Media.

Southern California 254

Southern California Startup Sherman Oaks Venice 254

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2012

more--or you can go online and use Fine Art America (www.fineartamerica.com), a Santa Monica company which is doing. Sean Broihier: We are an online art marketplace, and help living artists and photographers sell prints of their artwork. photographer and live here in Santa Monica, you can take an image of the Santa Monica Pier.

Santa Monica 258

Santa Monica Pricing Sites Sales 258

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Think about how many images are on the web. The Internet thus far has been monetized by display, video, and in-text advertising — but the one place every user’s eye focuses on first are photos. Advertising is approaching $50 billion dollars online, whereas licensing is maybe $1 billion on a good day,” said Tanz. “It

Advertising 98

Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2013

I love the web and love Internet marketing. Although the web offers amazing chances for organic growth, you have to do something amazing. We realized that the way the web was heading, was that if you don''t do something amazing, someone will do it better. What''s your background and how did you decide to start the site?

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Google Sites Startup Web 236

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Last week, Santa Monica-based Tecca (www.tecca.com) launched a consumer electronics, consumer information service, backed by Fuse Capital and Best Buy. Mickie Rosen: Tecca is the easiest and most helpful independent service for mainstream consumers to learn, shop, and make the most of their personal technology.

Incubator 239

Incubator Startup Web Technical Review 239

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 26, 2010

Back by popular demand Schmoozd 3 is set for this Thursday, July 29th 6-10 PM at Wokano in Santa Monica, CA. Venture Capitalists, Marketing VP's, Angel Investors, and Hot Tech Startup's are just a few examples of attendees all looking to make a connection and help better the community. How about VC/Angel advice?

Santa Monica 71

Santa Monica LAVA Advertising Idealab 71

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

Burstly, a Santa Monica based company, provides an open and free ad management platform that helps mobile application developers better monetize their inventory. The first big wave of this change came from the introduction of the iPhone, which was the first well built mobile device for using the web.

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

socalTECH

JULY 23, 2010

This week, Santa Monica-based ThisNext (www.thisnext.com) said it has raised another round of funding for the firm's social shopping site. We also have some really interesting opportunities in the social web that the business has not previously pursued, which will actually let people in the social web know who we are.

Newsletter 165

Newsletter Sites Content Advertising 165

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

He eventually applied his lessons learned in these experiences when he founded Zag, a company that helps consumers buy cars over the Internet at pre-negotiated prices with nearly 4,000 dealers across the country [disclosure: my firm GRP Partners is an investor in Zag]. a fbFund winner. Competitors: Omniture , Webtrends. Current round: $4.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

This was the first in her string of web properties. She became an authority on the topic and her blog helped her to both elevate her status in her industry as well as to bring great link juice to her website and improve her SEO. Tracy realized her constituency and being a public figure helped elevate her.

Startup 363

Startup Entrepreneur SEO Venture Capital 363

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 13, 2012

On Tuesday, July 10, Crowdfunder hosted Crowdstart LA, the first crowdsourced startup contest at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica. They provide a platform that helps users find heal discounts and deals provided by health professionals in their area. Divshot is a tool for web application developers. TradeYa Inc.

Startup 85

Startup Miramar Venture Capital Santa Monica 85

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.

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2012

Santa Monica-based Demand Media (www.demandmedia.com) has seen its share of ups and downs as one of the highest visibility technology and media companies to come out of Southern California's technology ecosystem in recent years. Can you explain that process? Most of those assignments now are segmented by expertise.

Demand 240

Demand Media eHow Content 240

Frank Addante

MAY 24, 2007

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. Startup 3.0:

Advertising 40

Advertising Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development 40

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 23, 2013

In-picture advertisements? ” Online advertising is changing. He explains with online marketing in general, there’s the huge shift into native advertising (inputting marketing messaging in line with content users are actively engaging with) – Largely due to a shift away from traditional in banner advertising.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Advertising Google Screening 76

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Social Rewards helps leverage your existing loyalty program and turn it into a distribution platform via social media. IngBoo is an online marketplace for information updates-where consumers receive timely updates on relevant topics and web publishers compete effectively for consumer attention. Together they do amazing things.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

Recently, Santa Monica-based Docstoc (www.docstoc.com) launched a new marketplace on its site, for anyone interested in selling professional documents. That works like Docstoc, which is now probably the fastest growing web site for small businesses. Part of that is transition into paid content. A year ago, we were around 3.5

Technical Review 171

Technical Review Rustic Canyon Screening Startup 171

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I live in the city of Santa Monica. Many of the Valley tech firms saw advertising as “beneath them&# and many VCs in the first boom encouraged people to focus on eyeballs rather than dollars. That sets us up nicely for the next phase of the web. So can you really build a great tech firm outside of Silicon Valley?

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

After months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. It’s a gallery of great entrepreneurship.

UCLA 102

UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Social Rewards helps leverage your existing loyalty program and turn it into a distribution platform via social media. IngBoo is an online marketplace for information updates-where consumers receive timely updates on relevant topics and web publishers compete effectively for consumer attention. Together they do amazing things.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. Community Sponsors.

Idealab 77

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2009

We see this as a community built on a trusted repository of structured data, something which ultimately helps everyone make decisions. The key to this, is getting the word out to the largest community on a topic, to help maintain the most accurate database. What's the story on how you ended up starting Factual from Google?

Startup 190

Startup Google S3 Platform 190

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. Community Sponsors.

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

I then worked as a product manager at NetZero/United Online in the VOIP group, and then most recently at Google as a product manager on the Picasa/Photos team based in Santa Monica. Fascinating that you are going against the trend of trying to make everything a web application. How did it help you? It sounds interesting.

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

NOT just because they have the best deals on web based business tools. To prove that point, tonight I had the privilege of hearing him speak at Lean LA , a Los Angeles group that helps high tech start-ups build great companies on a budget. I am a raving fan of AppSumo.com.

Metrics 87

Metrics Email Startup Technical Review 87

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

From her new perch in Los Angeles, shes helping to launch a company that she says lies "at the intersection of marketing and digital entertainment, philanthropy and lifetime experiences." Rappaports, Mich Mathews, formerly the head of marketing for Microsoft. and a longtime Seattle resident, paid $11.5 for that same time period.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44