Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Fun Fact: One of the most prominent figures from their firm, Mark Suster t, runs a blog startups follow religiously. Their Behavioral Marketing Platform even broke new ground at ad:tech 2011 winning an innovation award. Social Media: Snapchat. Make sure to check out Both Sides of the Table ! Social Enterprise: Hub LA.

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Social video sharing platform Viddy has not been doing well as of late, even though it had struck a chord with loyal consumers and had a raised a significant amount of capital to see it grow. According to JJ Aguhob in a blog post , “As a startup, we knew we needed to evolve.

Snapchat 73

Snapchat Blogging Competition Media 73

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2016

By now if you follow me on Twitter you probably know that I do near daily “Snapstorms” or a collection of short videos (usually < 5 mins in total) with entrepreneur advice on Snapchat. You can follow me on Snapchat at msuster. Every platform has its unique strengths. Snapchat is similar. People tune in every day.

Snapchat 150

Snapchat Course Media Venture Capital 150

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 9, 2016

Yahoo is on the block�I just wrote a piece on my blog with data points that reflect that�and you can see all of the activity happening, as I anticpated, in media and technology consolidation. Snapchat started as a communications company, but it too is transforming itself into a media company.

Media 100

Media Blogging Hulu Invest 100

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

For example, it used to be that marketing via social media meant buying banner ads on Facebook, or buying a position on search engine results, or sponsoring some blog entries, but these doesn’t work anymore. They are going to Instagram, Tumblr, Snapchat, Kik, and other applications. I just finished a new book by Jim Tobin, “ Earn It.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Marketing Platform 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

The news blogs will cover the what, how and how much but I want to focus on the “why” and try to be instructive of what I think makes for a great A-round startup. We led a $4 million investment along with Thrive Capital, GLG and Sound Ventures. So Why Imbellus?

Design 150

Design Ideas Startup Writing 150

Xconomy

JANUARY 29, 2019

Equidate, one of the trading platforms that help employees sell their shares in pre-IPO unicorn companies, rolled out a new name today and announced a $35 million expansion of its $50 million funding round publicized in July.

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Venture Capital Platform Capital Funding 58

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Launched in July of 2006, Twitter was a platform that experienced consistent and steady growth for many years. They hit the coveted one million user milestone and within two years a billion tweets had been sent on the platform. In fact, Twitter was one of the first mobile social media platforms. The ROI was solid.

Platform 40

Platform Startup News Content 40

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

We also had to secure the music rights and get musicians on the platform, so that they could benefit from the use of their music. Snapchat is a disappearing moment, Instagram is a moment in time, Twitter is a moment with a status or link. What was the magic that make this go viral? Those are all instant networks.

Flipagram 100

Flipagram Social Network Networking Blogging 100

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

We also had to secure the music rights and get musicians on the platform, so that they could benefit from the use of their music. Snapchat is a disappearing moment, Instagram is a moment in time, Twitter is a moment with a status or link. What was the magic that make this go viral? Those are all instant networks.

Flipagram 100

Flipagram Social Network Networking Blogging 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2016

Thus begins Snapchat and why you don’t get it. Snapchat will be used for both like the Internet (and TV) are. I just need to break you of the idea that Snapchat is for one thing – it is not. But since Snapchat uses the frequency above your hearing range it’s nearly impossible to “get” without help.

Snapchat 150

Snapchat Screening Venture Capital Guide 150

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2016

And while producers also have their own direct websites and distributors have their own originals: The world is specializing into mostly content producers and content distributors plus social platforms that also distribute video like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Vine and Snapchat. So we expect 2016 to be a bumper year.

Company 150

Company Companies Netflix Content 150

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Our social graphs are locked in Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat. For example, using cryptography and the blockchain I could transmit a blog post or a picture to a third-party who could know authoritatively that this was written word-for-word by me and not doctored in any way. This is where I see cryptocurrencies today.

Course 280

Course Startup Framework Marketing 280