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How Jukin Media Is Turning Viral Video Into A Real Business

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Los Angeles-based Jukin Media (www.jukinmedia.com) thinks it has figured that out, and instead of trying to create viral videos, has been buying up the rights to those videos--before they really go viral--to create not just a one-hit, viral video wonder, but a sustainable business. What is Jukin Media?

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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

Both Sides of the Table

Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. Our industry just took one big step towards legitimacy with the hiring of renowned media exec Ynon Kreiz to run Maker Studios.

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Innovation and Geography

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skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? eHarmongy) as an acting CTO. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony.

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Digital Revenue Expert – Vince Thompson

SoCal CTO

Vince: I’m an author, speaker and management consultant with a special expertise in online media sales. I also serve as CEO of a small media companies that profile “Tomorrow’s Most Exciting People Today”. Vince: Always On Paid Content TwiistUp DealMaker Events Digiday Events And many private events. What’s the short version?

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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

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That's funding our new product, FanMix, which is a a social media tool. We noticed that many of those sites were not pre-populating the site with content, were not drawing from external channels, and were not starting conversations on Twitter, Facebook, and elsewhere. We have some great mentors now. We scaled that to almost $1.4

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MuckerLab Unveils Second Graduating Class to Investors

Tech Zulu Event

MuckerLab has already secured its reputation as one of the hottest startup accelerators in town with a particular emphasis on product for incubation-stage software, services and media ventures. The co-founder core team, including a CTO, should be fully formed and passionate enough to be working on the project full time.

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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

SoCal CTO

For me, FI was great for networking with Adeo and the other mentors, who are all world class successful entrepreneurs themselves, as well as the other founders in the program. What were those and how is that changing now given how things are changing in social media? and also to local advertisements. How did you do that?

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