socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2009

is about helping people on Twitter make money from the content they are creating. With Ad.ly, any Twitter user--ranging from your average Joe to a celebrity, can send a tweet on behalf of an advertiser, and get paid for doing so. How'd you decide to start Ad.ly, and what's your background? is based in Los Angeles. How does Ad.ly

Advertising 189

Advertising Content Startup Social Network 189

socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2010

From entry level garage bands, to international superstars, they all understand that cultivating your fan base online has a huge impact on your career. The store allows in-page transactions, and never redirects them to another site, keeping them captive and leveraging impulse buys. Talk a bit about your recent funding.

Van Nuys 191

Van Nuys Tech Coast Angels Startup Web 191

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

But rather than dwell on the failures, I’ve tried to extract from them a list of practical action items that will improve your survival probability. I offer these pragmatic recommendations: Buffer your funding requirements. Adapt your strategy monthly. Assume your initial strategy will be wrong. Manage your time.

Tips 102

Tips Help Startup Blogging 102

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

After you sign up for an account, super easy if you have a Facebook account, you are taken to a page with available lounges for you to view video. You can also create your own lounge. Everything from hip hop music videos to entertainment news and gossip, there is sure to be a lounge to suit your taste.

Content 74

Content Conference News Social Network 74

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Entangled Media has released their public beta to Younity , a new utility that provides spontaneous access to your data across devices. Younity’s new mobile product lets you bypass that hassle while offering several other benefits. It is still in beta and their mobile product is already poised to dominate the market.

Mobile 98

Mobile Media Screening Software 98

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

We took into account innovation and entrepreneurship, style and appeal, originality, community, and value. It allows users to code, develop, brainstorm, communicate and then publish projects and files to your web server. No more hassles with backups and syncing your laptop with your desktop. 22, 2010.

Company 106

Company Companies Web Evite 106

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Case in point is the return of Larry Page to the role as CEO of Google. In many ways that might be one way to interpret even Facebook where Sheryl stepped in as COO but by all accounts ran much of Facebook for a few years (other than product). It now seems that Mark is more firmly in control.

CTO Hire 309

CTO Hire Organization Google Course 309

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

It’s also a great way to build relationships with people interested in your topic area. Define your customers, partners and other relevant people to your organization (e.g. That’s blogging to the echo chamber unless they’re your target customers. How to find your “voice&# ? Be authentic.

Blogging 286

Blogging Startup Writing Summary 286

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Let's talk about your product first, tell us about your hardware? Nick Warnock: We manufacture a book scanner, that digitizes bound content using digital cameras. We use a Camera SLR camera, which works with any of our three products out there. Do you run into any problems with publishers and your products?

Google 100

Google Startup West Los Angeles Content 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2011

He argues for a world he calls POSO (post social) in which we will only use social applications which drastically cut down our time involvement and/or increase our productivity. Suddenly you had security risks, confidentiality problems, privacy concerns (think about your medical records being distributed), etc.

Web 355

Web HTML Mobile Social Network 355

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

What we've discovered on the commercial business side, is that there is a massive need for translation of digital content on the Internet. But, because of the large volume of digital content out there, most of it simply is not being considered for translation, because there's just not enough money, people, or time.

Software Review 145

Software Review USC Content Tech Coast Angels 145

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

In short, if you are always on the go, apps are your best friend. The premise is simple: if you want to engage with your customers, go where they are and where you can matter. Suddenly, maintaining a company website and a social media account is no longer enough. How do you make your mobile marketing strategy effective?

Mobile 40

Mobile Social Media Google Software Review 40

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

StartupDemo is an opportunity for early stage startups to showcase their new products and/or services. This Panel is filled with investing super stars who will be going over must have content for all the startups and entrepreneurs out there. enables developers to sell cross-platform web-apps that optimize to your mobile device.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 22, 2016

Industry news was excited, but for how amazing of a product they are, custom Snapchat geofilters have remained stunningly under the radar. So what’s exciting about this new product? Here’s a guide on how to upload and create your own filter. This product is literally too good to pass up. The list goes on.

Customer 40

Customer Custom Snapchat Design 40

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Turns out everybody likes to produce content and take part in the “conversation.&# Massive uptake of user-generated content including blogs (e.g. Wordpress), video (YouTube), pictures (Flickr), review sites (Yelp) and collaborative content (Wikipedia). All of them are really sharp on product and market.

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Pitching stories and getting your name out to various companies and editors requires a lot of work. No matter where I worked, I never found any sort of product that managed the workflow between editors and writers and it is the number one problem in the publishing world. Freelancing is a tough gig for many writers. It’s standardized.

Journal 90

Journal Startup Writing Media 90

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

“The object is to exploit the convergence of people, information, products, services and places with today’s smartphones and tablets, which drive online orders in addition to purchases from brick-and-mortar stores.”. At that time, digital accounted for “less than 1/10 of all coupons distributed.” Paul Breummer, Search Engine Land.

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Write me an e-mail and let me know what youre up to! Now let’s move on to the first couple topics: Step 0: Pre-product. Instead, spend your time gathering qualitative data, interviewing users, understanding the problem-behind-the-problem you’re trying to solve, and prototyping concepts. Do this for a couple weeks!

Startup 29

Startup IP Email Report 29

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. If that’s not enough, ShoeDazzle runs charity shoe programs, making the company good for your closet and the country. Elbaz’ AdSense accounted for 28 percent of Google’s total revenue, or more than $2 billion. Follow PandoDaily: Search. Post navigation. ← Previous.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Dow Jones Reprints: This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. Forget the Valley—pack your bags for Google L.A.". » More.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

If you care about accessing customers, reaching an audience, communicating your vision, influencing people in your industry, marketing your services or just plain engaging in a dialog with others in your industry a blog is a great way to achieve this. Who are your customers, partners or suppliers? accessibility.

Blogging 373

Blogging Startup Writing Venture Capital 373

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

We were looking for what I call the “6 C’s of Social Networking&# – Communications, connectedness, common experiences, content, commerce & cool experiences (fun!). They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. They had mail, IM, groups, answers, etc.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

In terms of topics we spoke about: - Do VC’s send your presentations around to other people if they don’t fund you? Nevertheless, if you share too much in your funding process or meet too many VCs expect a certain amount of your ideas to spread around the startup community. short answer: very, very rarely. But it does happen.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2016

“You don’t mentally process how much you’re under stress because of your personality but your body still perceives the stress. So while you’re mind feels calm, your body is becoming a mess. That stress – plus your unhealthy eating and lifestyle – have given you acid reflux.”

Tips 150

Tips Startup Help Mobile 150

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

At the same time it’s been getting easier and easier to use the identity of choice at your favorite social media site to establish an identity and log in using OpenID or Facebook Connect. Tired of the day-long round-robin between your e-mail, SMS, Twitter, Facebook, and any other services you use to keep up with what’s going on?

Web 29

Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2016

Let me just put this more clearly for you up front – the vast majority of the Internet is used for porn so every product has this use but you probably just don’t know about it: YouTube, Tumblr, Facebook, FaceTime, Skype and of course be very careful on Google Search without “safe mode” on.

Snapchat 150

Snapchat Screening Venture Capital Guide 150

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

https://medium.com/media/cc969482e7abf6b75d3c0958c8ee409d/href I moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and as a VC who had built his career as a programmer, database designer, program manager, CEO then VP Products at Salesforce, I wanted to build a portfolio of software investments. An obvious vector for me would be software for the media industry.

Buzzfeed 210

Buzzfeed Media Content News 210