socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2020

We have published 74 different magazine titles over the last 30 years. We've had event companies, and clubs, and web businesses, all vertically focused on either passions or really exciting subjects like knowledge management, sales, field force automation, and home office computing, small business, bedtime reading. That is amazing.

Media 150

Media Report Advertising Content 150

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2015

Woodland Hills-based Readz , a new startup that is aiming to help marketers quickly create microsites, landing pages, white papers, and other content, said today that it has raised more than $7.15M in funding, and launched its products. The company says it first raised funding in 2011, and has been operating in stealth mode. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 5, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publisher which runs such sites as eHow.com, typeF.com, and LIVESTRONG.COM, said Thursday afternoon that it is launching a new effort focused on long-form web content. The firm said it is looking to engage feature writers to write long articles--"north of 850 words"--for its sites.

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Jason Nazar

APRIL 20, 2010

has organized them in a forum specially designed for their followers and made access to Docstoc’s premium quality content even more easily available on the web. It’s an exciting day at Docstoc as we are pleased to announce a new partnership with Inc. in the future to provide additional value to our common users.

Web 40

Web Design Tool Organization 40

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

In fact, subscription pricing has been around for a long time for magazines, cloud-based software, and gaming, but now I’m seeing it used for just about anything, including for more stylish clothes via Taelor Style , gourmet foods via TryTheWorld , and toys for your kids via KiwiCo. All-you-can-eat content model.

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Startup Pricing Customer Custom 117

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Because of all of these updates, there is a wealth of real-time information on the web. Google has also taken notice of the real-time web and they have begun to mix real-time results into their engine. So, to get listed on the real-time web, it will be important to have more followers, friends, and associates in your social network.

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Web Social Network Google Networking 82

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Back when we were all trying to figure out the real value of traffic on the web, we investors – and acquiring companies – got a bit crazy with metrics used to value acquisitions and investments. That is the quandary which entrepreneurs face today in building models for new companies around a web presence.

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Metrics Sites Advertising Web 207

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2020

In fact, subscription pricing has been around for a long time for magazines, cloud-based software, and gaming, but now I’m seeing it used for just about anything, including for more stylish clothes via Mr.Conection , gourmet foods via TryTheWorld , and toys for your kids via KiwiCo. All-you-can-eat content model.

Startup 168

Startup Customer Custom Netflix 168

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

In a world of digital video, whats the best way to distribute and monetize that streaming video content? San Diego-based uCast Global (www.ucastglobal.com), backed by Gary Winnick, is looking to tackle that entire area of content distribution, and is led by startup veteran Dr. Kanaan Jemili.

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Content Startup Mobile Platform 113

socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2013

Phil Kelly: We''re an interactive, mobile magazine, which I think is probably the best way to describe it. What we''re doing, is curating the most popular interests, brands, and entertainers, which comprise the interest in the social web, and putting in on one platform. consolidating magazine mobile yapert interview kelly phil'

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Mobile Startup Entertainment Tech Coast Angels 159

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

In the quest to own the world of Internet content, there has been a huge amount of focus given to the world of consumer Internet content. For that reason, more and more content is going online. However, as these are relatively niche focuses, it's difficult for those content providers--often times bloggers--to build an audience.

Startup 162

Startup Content Advertising Sites 162

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2008

Santa Monica-based Intent.com said Thursday that it has launched a new web site focused on wellness and social networking. The site--which was co-founded by Deepak Chopra's daughter, Mallika Chopra--said it is looking to create a community of like-minded members, blogs from wellness experts, and other curated online content.

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Sites Causecast Santa Monica Yahoo 100

Tech.Co

MAY 26, 2020

The New York Times now includes a Bookshop link alongside an Amazon one, while BuzzFeed News, Vox, and New York Magazine are all in, and Hearst, Meredith, and Condé Nast will likely start using Bookshop next month. Top Publications: BuzzFeed News, Vox, New York Magazine. Bookshop’s goal isn’t to beat Amazon.

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Technical Review Buzzfeed News Networking 130

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 15, 2012

I remember when I first saw one advertised in a magazine when I was on a flight from England to the US. I mostly didn’t buy it because I’m a big content producer. And by content I mean email. I was jealous watching all my friends surf the web on their iPhones. I used it to browse the web.

Email 386

Email Startup Marketing Competition 386

socalTECH

JULY 6, 2009

We recently caught up with CEO Jonno Wells to talk about the firm and its expanding network of web sites. Our products are also syndicated into newspapers and web sites around the country. You also bought a surfing magazine at one point, didn't you? Jonno Wells: A couple of years back, we bought Water magazine.

Web 140

Web Content Mobile Sites 140

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Scripped (www.scripped.com) is applying the world of Web 2.0 to the business of script writing, and is looking to combine a free online tool for writing scripts with matching those scripts with content producers. Sunil Rajaraman: We provide free, web-based screenwriting software to aspiring writers and professionals in the community.

Content 138

Content Writing Software Review Hollywood 138

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2010

The next major change that we see, is now that they're online, they're becoming more web based, and adding things like rich media. It synchronizes the timeline of the video with document content. They got an NSF grant, and basically started up the original web site, as a video web site. That's what SciVee is focused on.

Journal 124

Journal Technical Review UCSD Web 124

socalTECH

JULY 23, 2010

That started in a very small way on ThisNext last month, when we started publishing our own content and editorial for the first time. That content reflects our focus towards women. What was it that drove you to focus on developing your own content? Those, ultimately, still drive the creation of content across the category.

Newsletter 165

Newsletter Sites Content Advertising 165

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

They brought me in and they said, ''There''s this whole new thing that we think there''s a lot of business, it''s the web. Although he was excelling as a web designer, Don began to get the itch to start his own business. Magazine or Forbes Magazines. Reed Agnew and Don Moyer really did shape the person who I am today.

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Startup Entrepreneur Design Santa Barbara 250

Eric Greenspan

MAY 25, 2010

What I mean by this is we do radio better by building it around the web, social media and traditional marketing strategies alongside, behind and wrapped around our radio shows. We post content from our show on blogs including show notes and tips and tricks. Our shows have Make It Work in their title, our call-in number is 877.MAKEITWORK,

Social Media 220

Social Media Media Blogging Tips 220

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 15, 2011

Most web publishers measure where their traffic is coming from using an analytics package such as Google Analytics, Omniture or Core Metrics. Often you hear a radio ad, see a TV ad or read an article in a magazine and you type the results into Google to find out more details about the product or service. Today they’re wrong.

Social Media 292

Social Media Google Media Marketing 292

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2013

For startup new product development, this is a strategy used for fast and quantitative market testing of a product or product feature, popularized first by Eric Ries for web applications. Social mobile web. Responsive web technology that re-sizes text and images to fit any screen is the norm with new websites.

Entrepreneur 109

Entrepreneur Startup Web Equity 109

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Peter Shankman – PR Week Magazine has described Peter as “redefining the art of networking”, and Investor’s Business Daily has called him “crazy, but effective”. Mitch Joel – Marketing Magazine dubbed him the “Rock Star of Digital Marketing” and called him, “one of North America’s leading digital visionaries.”

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Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 75

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Think about how many images are on the web. Tanz has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine “Young Millionaires of 2011 Special Report.” Perhaps one of the reasons it took 20 years for the commercial web to monetize images is because matching images with content is a very difficult. How does it work?

Advertising 98

Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2015

Subscription pricing has been around for a long time for magazines, cloud-based software, and gaming, but now I’m seeing it used for just about anything, including for more stylish clothes via Mr.Conection , gourmet foods via TryTheWorld , and toys for your kids via SparkBoxToys. All-you-can-eat content model.

Startup 106

Startup Customer Custom Netflix 106

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

We said to the studios--you have this amazing content, why not let us clip it all up, find the best moments in film, and allow users to post those to their blogs and Facebook pages, and let us create curated channels on the web? How is this different than the movie clips floating around the web now? Fascinating story.

Startup 190

Startup Los Angeles Content Hollywood 190

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2011

Ryan Scott: Originally, we started with consumer facing content. Originally, our intent was to have consumer facing content, but as we developed our technology, we found out that we would be competing with our customer if we continued to do consumer facing content. So, we want to power any content which is actionable.

Causecast 222

Causecast Startup Content Education 222

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Assignmint is a web-based platform to list freelancing work for employers and help writers find the right freelance job for them and standardizes the paperwork between the two parties. I have run newspapers, magazines, and websites and I have written for them all. Is Assignmint national or a global web-system? Digital media?

Journal 90

Journal Startup Writing Media 90

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Over the past decade we’ve had high-profile exits at many companies that pioneered monetization techniques now used across the web including Commission Junction, Value Click, ShopZilla, Price Grabber, LowerMyBills and a newer breed including Invoca, Burstly, Shift, Rubicon Project, Gravity, Convertro, Retention Science and so forth.

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2010

Add content regularly. Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). When you post to a blog multiple times each week, you content is constantly changing and growing. Leverage blog content. Anchor blog in your domain name.

Blogging 48

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Startup Writing 48

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Before Iconfinder I was working as a web designer and front-end developer, next to studying computer science and business administration. Back in 2004-2005 I was working as a full-time web designer, where we used KDE (Linux). The public version was launched in 2007 and got on the front page of Digg, on Lifehacker and Smashing magazine.

Design 65

Design Web Design Google Develop 65

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Peter Shankman – PR Week Magazine has described Peter as “redefining the art of networking”, and Investor’s Business Daily has called him “crazy, but effective”. Mitch Joel – Marketing Magazine dubbed him the “Rock Star of Digital Marketing” and called him, “one of North America’s leading digital visionaries.”

Los Angeles 49

Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 49

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

I had a really fun 20-minute interview with Howard Lindzon of Stock Twits as part of a 5-part series on whether the web is dead. The topic of whether the web is dead was kicked off by Chris Andersen of Wired Magazine in this article. The Internet existed long before the World Wide Web and web browsers were created.

Web 300

Web HTML SMTP Google 300

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2016

Subscription pricing has been around for a long time for magazines, cloud-based software, and gaming, but now I’m seeing it used for just about anything, including for more stylish clothes via Mr.Conection , gourmet foods via TryTheWorld , and toys for your kids via Pley. All-you-can-eat content model.

Startup 56

Startup Customer Custom Netflix 56

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

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. We know that in early April Apple will deliver the iPad, which with a larger format may have an impact on the consumption of newspapers, magazines and videos. Optimization technology is not new.

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

Although Catalyst folded with the dot-com crash, Ries continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com, leading efforts in agile software development and user-generated content. . magazine covering telecom and broadband stories. Bambi Francisco. Alex Quilici. gigaom.com. . Paul Grahm. Rick Heitzmann.

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Twiistup Riot Games UCLA Media 40

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Over the past ten years, the rise of the consumer web and the availability of better measurement too. The step by step story of an entrepreneur’s journey from idea to bootstrap web startup from her vi. Your Web Developer Thinks You're an Idiot. Bootstrapping development, Startup, Website content. . The constrai.

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