SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 17, 2009

Thursday, July 23, 2009 -- SEO, Social Media, Sponsorship and On-line Advertising. Speakers include: David Karnstedt, Efficient Frontier; Kelly Perdew, Rotohog; Brian McCarthy, CitySearch; and Mark Gibbs, Network World. See https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:Join/signupId:10203.

Social Media 100

Social Media SEO Advertising CTC 100

socalTECH

MAY 5, 2011

West Hollywood-based CityGrid Media , the unit of IAC formerly known as CitySearch, said today that it has acquired BuzzLabs , a social media monitoring and sentiment analysis software developer. CityGrid Media operates the Citysearch, Insider Pages and Urbanspoon web sites. BuzzLabs was based in Seattle.

CitySearch 194

CitySearch Media West Hollywood Social Media 194

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2013

GRP Partners--which has invested in such successes as Overture, CitySearch, BillMeLater, DealerTrack, and others, and is currently an investor in Maker Studios, TrueCar, Burstly, and others--said it decided to change its branding as venture capital has changed.

GRP Partners 164

GRP Partners Funding CitySearch Truecar 164

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 4, 2011

They are looking for coders, roboticist, marketing managers, and community managers, to fill the areas of their Green Tech, Social Media, Big Data, and Enterprise companies. That’s right folks Idealab is hosting a job fair at their offices for 10 of their startups companies.

Idealab 95

Idealab CitySearch Social Media Pasadena 95

socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2011

But, venues are becoming savvier, and want to connect with fans via social media and email, so that they can allow customers to continue the buying experience on their site, and repurpose customer data for their own usage. million comedy fans through our social media email list, we we think we can see the same in the music industry.

Ticketmaster 140

Ticketmaster CTO Hire Tech Coast Angels Social Media 140

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Their roster of success includes numerous pioneering tech companies, many of which continue to be industry leaders today — Overture, BillMeLater, CitySearch, and more. Social Media: Snapchat. Previously known as GRP Partners, Upfront Ventures has focused on early stage investments since 1996.

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Social Media Venice 111

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Yelp and CitySearch have been around for awhile, but Foursquare is really built on local businesses, Groupon, LivingSocial, and other deal sites are built on the backs of local businesses. There's been a huge push to engage local businesses, to get them involve din social media, but video has yet to catch up.

Networking 150

Networking Search Engine Optimization Startup Product 150