socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2013

GumGum , the developer of in-image advertising technology headed by Ophir Tanz, is bolstering its sales efforts, and has hired an Amazon veteran to head up western sales. According to GumGum, Matt Weisbecker has been appointed Vice President, Western Sales for GumGum, a new position for the company.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The Los Angeles-based commerce and content platform StackCommerce has been acquired by the Integrated Media Company, a holding company set up by the massive private equity fund, TPG, to acquire new media businesses. As a part of Integrated Media, StackCommerce will join properties like Fandom and Goal.com.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2013

In my first enterprise software company we developed a methodology for sales that we called PUCCKA. Having a methodology instead of just going on random sales visits helped force a bit of rigor and honesty amongst team members about how well or not we thought we were doing. The best sales meetings are discussions.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2014

San Diego-based Tealium , the developer of enterprise tag management software which is led by Jeff Lunsford, said it saw 120 percent year-over-year sales growth. Actual revenues were not released by the company. An earlier profile of Tealium in the Inc. 500 reported the company''s 2013 revenues were $12.5M. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Aliso Viejo-based CitizenHawk said today that it has hired a new Regional Sales Director. Conchuratt has previously served at such companies as Fairbreeze LLC, Channel Intelligence, Commission Junction, as well as AltaVista, Engage Media and Softbank Interactive Marketing. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2013

Thousand Oaks-based Xirrus , the developer of high performance wireless networking equipment, is tapping into Relayware , a provider of collaboration and communicaitons software as part of its sales efforts, the firms said Thursday. Financial details of the link were not announced by the companies. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Venice, California-based anonymous messaging app developer Whisper said Tuesday that it has named Shelby Huston Haro as the company's Vice President of Sales. Haro is from the entertainment industry, and has served at Maverik Digital, GetGlu, Penske Media Corp, along with Flixster, Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2013

Bankruptcy Court has granted a motion to approve a sale of the majority of THQ's assets to multiple buyers. THQ detailed the sale Wednesday night, saying the company's estate will receive approximately $72M in total through the sales of its owned studios and games in development.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 15, 2018

Our model evolved over time as the landscape changed, from ticket sales and sponsorships to online advertising, content marketing, and consulting. The experiences and lessons Jen and I have gained since leaving AOL to build our own media brand have been numerous. We are also incredibly grateful for all of those who believed in us.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Encinitas-based Verve Wireless , the developer of mobile applications for the local media and newspaper business, is expanding its sales efforts, saying today that it has opened up a New York office, and also dramatically expanded its national sales team.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

Fund raising (as is much of life) is a sale – pure and simple. As with any sales campaign you need to: Qualify your buyers early so you focus your scarce resources on people likely to buy your product. . Three rules in sales: Why buy anything? Remember again that the three major steps to a sale are: Why buy anything?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2011

San Diego-based ShowUhow , which develops video-based sales and product information for online retailers and manufacturers, said today that it has added a suite of social media integration features for the firm's offering. ShowUhow is venture backed by Syncom Ventures, and raised a round of capital back in August.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 5, 2020

While TikTok awaits further developments in the proposed sale of its U.S. the social media platform notched a victory last week in its fight against the Trump administration. operations to Oracle Corp. and Walmart Inc.,

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Encinitas-based Verve Wireless , which develops mobile applications for local publishers, said today that it has acquired Deconstruct Media , a mobile advertising technology firm. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Verve said that Deconstruct's team will be based of it its Washington, DC office. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 13, 2010

San Diego-based Sorenson Media , which develops video encoding and decoding software, said today that it has promoted its Vice President of Marketing and Strategy, Eric Quanstrom, to Chief Operating Officer (COO). Quanstrom joined Sorenson Media in May of 2009, at was previously at SightSpeed. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

San Diego-based Brickfish , a developer of social media and networking software being used by brands, reported today that it has hired on a Paul Botto, most recently Head of Analytics for the North American Sales Organization at Google, as its Vice President of Sales. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Los Angeles-based Mobile Roadie , the developer of branded mobile apps for celebrities, musicians, and brands, has snagged a VP away from fellow Los Angeles firm Topspin Media. Mains was most recently VP Sales and Marketing at Topspin Media. He also has served at Universal Music's Interscope Records.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Los Angeles-based fintech startup FastPay , which offers up faster access to advertising revenue for media companies, said this week that it has named Michael Wehner as its General Manager and Senior Vice President of Payments. FastPay says that Wehner will be based in New York City. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said this morning that it received approximately $77.2M per share, with 5,175,000 shares of the offering coming directly from Demand Media itself, and the rest from other shareholders. in net proceeds from the firm's IPO last week. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2011

San Diego-based Sorenson Media , the developer of video enconding software, announced today that it has opened up a new office in London. The firm said the new office is its first in Europe, and will be used to establish a greater sales presence across Europe.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2020

For today's interview, we spoke to Bill Curtis , the founder of Malibu-based CurtCo Media (www.curtco.com). We spoke to Bill about CurtCo's move into the podcasting area, and why he thinks podcasting is the next frontier in media. Talk about what CurtCo is working on?

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Los Angeles-based SVnetwork , which operates SocialVibe and other pay-for-performance advertising sites, said Monday that it has named Anna Seibert as its SVP of Sales Development. Seibert was most recently at AOL, where she was VP of Agency Development for AOL Advertising. Seibert is in SVnetwork's New York office.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 6, 2012

It was especially influential in my mind in thinking about media. At the simplest level you can think about markets in terms of the number of times media is consumed and/or purchased by people plotted against the total number of content of that media type that is available. Why is that? That was the only way.

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socalTECH

MAY 19, 2021

Los Angeles-based VideoAmp, a developer of software used to manage advertising across linear TV, streaming and digital media, says it has raised $50M in a debt financing. The company said the new funding will gotwards hiring executives, and to expand its sales, client success, and engineering teams.

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socalTECH

MAY 19, 2021

Los Angeles-based VideoAmp, a developer of software used to manage advertising across linear TV, streaming and digital media, says it has raised $50M in a debt financing. The company said the new funding will gotwards hiring executives, and to expand its sales, client success, and engineering teams.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2009

San Diego-based Sorenson Media , a developer of Internet video compression and decompression software, said today that it has promoted Charles Sismondo to Vice President of Engineering. As part of the announcement, Sorenson Media said it is looking to hire more engineering, marketing, and sales personnel. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Santa Monica-based Nimble , the developer of customer relationship management and contact management software, said today that it has linked its app into social media management service Hootsuite. nimble hootsuite social media management contact sales software saas' READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Others do far too little, assuming the viral effect and word-of-mouth will soon kick in, and sales will suddenly grow exponentially. Word-of-mouth and social media may get you started, but there is no substitute these days for special promotions, webinars, presence at trade shows, and actively calling on decision makers.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Patrick Quigley: People often have the wrong perception of Vantage Media. We started looking to see if we could use technology disrupt the agency business, for companies serving the performance marketing area, the cost-per-sale area. It is a developing economy, and an emerging economy, and the talent is also emerging too.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Los Angeles-based Karma , a company developing blockchain technology, said Friday that it has raised $4.1M out of a $5M pre-sale goal for its token sale, and also added Ryan Scott to its advisory board. Karma said it is developing a proprietary membership and event management platform based on Blockchain. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 22, 2009

San Diego- and Salt Lake City-based Sorenson Media , which develops video encoding software, said this morning that the firm is expanding its workforce, and hiring on sales, marketing, and engineering talent at its two locations. Tags: sorenson media hiring codec streaming software. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 12, 2020

Google has counter-sued Santa Barbara-based Sonos , with a patent infringement lawsuit, saying that Sonos has illegally used a number of Google patents in the development of its wireless audio technology. The lawsuit, Google LLC v. Sonos, Inc. , was filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Thursday.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 15, 2018

Our model evolved over time as the landscape changed, from ticket sales and sponsorships to online advertising, content marketing, and consulting. The experiences and lessons Jen and I have gained since leaving AOL to build our own media brand have been numerous. We are also incredibly grateful for all of those who believed in us.

Media 70

Media News Organization Content 70

socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Los Angeles-based Wilshire Axon Sports , which develops software to help sports teams connect with their fans via social media, has raised $2.0M The company said it will use the funding for sales and marketing, as well as product development. sales capital venture fans teams sports axon wilshire' READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

I agree with YouTube (that they provide more (hosting, ad sales, etc.) Developing O&O (owned & operated) businesses (outside of YouTube). YouTube hates this comparison and claims they provide so much more to their ecosystem than Apple does to its iOS ecosystem. but not that this justifies take a 45% revenue share.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 18, 2011

Messenger : Mark Douglas, President & CEO, SteelHouse Media. In this interview, Mark discusses how his experiences at Oracle, eHarmony and the Rubicon Project contributed to the creation of his latest venture, SteelHouse Media. 4) Did I read correctly that you were part of the original development team for Oracle Financials?

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socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2016

Los Angeles-based cloud software developer BeBop Technology , which provides software for the media and entertainment industry, said today that it has expanded its operations in both Canada and Europe. Long, develops cloud-based software for handling post production. BeBop Technology, led by Bruck K. READ MORE>>.

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