socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Vince Bianco: Newsforce is a premium online network, made up exclusively of digital news sites. That's what our network does, in essence, for our clients. We also show you screen shots and everything of the search result pages. Our second product, which we launched, is the premium news network.

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2010

Last week, Los Angeles-based EcoMom (www.ecomom.com) launched its "green" parenting site, with backing from Dave McClure. Once that a product has made that initial screen, we look further, to make sure it's also cost effective and easy to live with. When raising money, you look to meet with people using your network.

Software Review 200

Software Review Commerce Startup Sites 200

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

It became a theme in my keynote at Caltech on the future of social networking. A huge shout out to Ricky Wong of NYCSteals for helping me with the write-up. Seth raised $100k in angel funding to fuel operations. Meebo angel investors also include Marc Andreessen and Auren Hoffman. We then spoke about startups.

Startup 286

Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. We write and create our own content for the game. Everything happens in the browser (no software to download) and the finished product looks amazing on large screens! Gold Sponsor. .

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

However, Los Angeles-based Postcard On The Run (www.postcardontherun.com) is trying to recapture that sense of value of physical photographs, with its new service, which turns digital photos into postcards. I created something like 80 to a 100 screens. I knew what I wanted, and spec'd it out myself.

Email 218

Email Startup Ideas Burbank 218

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2014

TechZulu recently sat down with east coast transplant Olenka Polak to talk about startup life in Los Angeles. OP: myLINGO is a smartphone app where you can select and download an audio track of a movie in your preferred language and go to the theatre and have that audio track synchronize to the movie playing on the screen.

Startup 91

Startup Entertainment CTO Coach Screening 91

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

Writing down your weight from your scale is obviously a manual process and it’s tedious. Social networking meets online personal health management. Last week I went to the Inaugural Open Angel Forum run by Jason Calacanis. They joined the YCombinator program and have raised a small amount of angel money.

Technical Review 278

Technical Review Software Review Startup SoCal 278

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

I’m still planning to write some in depth pieces on the topic but I thought, “given that this is about how video will consume the Internet over the next 5 years, what better way to exemplify this than with a 10-minute video.” Yes, it’s lower quality than network, primetime television. ” It no longer does.

GRP Partners 371

GRP Partners Content Technical Review Press 371

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Los Angeles. In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. There is no region in the country that comes close to having the sheer number of angels & VCs that Silicon Valley has as well as the dollars that flow into the region (40% of all dollars, PwC Moneytree report ).

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

The “second screen&# – One of the most exciting developments in television & media to me will be “second screen&# technologies built initially on iPads and extended to the plethora of devices we’ll see over the next 3-5 years. Will we discover stuff through second-screen apps? Imagine that world.

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