socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2011

The firm said its new "Trips" feature helps iPhone users to take pictures and track their travels, allowing them to share those travels and locations with their friends. The firm said the updated app helps users record and share those trips with friends via Facebook, Twitter, email, text, or within a blog or other web page.

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eHarmony Yahoo San Diego Blogging 154

SoCal CTO

MAY 21, 2012

Most notably, he was the original CTO for eHarmony for its first four years making him partly responsible for more than 4% of the marriages every year. As the web has led to exposure of every increasing numbers, people need ways to filter the possible options. He ends by looking at how this might help startups in the room.

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CTO Hire Startup Metrics eHarmony 175

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

The startup--created by Robert Earl (Founder and CEO of Planet Hollywood), Grant Hosford (formerly of eHarmony), and Connell (formerly of Nokia)--is using the Internet to arrange group dates at local restaurants, to connect people in person and offline. We wanted to use the Internet to make things easy and help create initial connections.

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San Diego Hollywood Mobile eHarmony 264

socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2009

For this morning's interview, we sat down and talked with Nick Desai , CEO of Global Fitness Media , which runs FitOrbit (www.fitorbit.com), an online site looking to help users put together a fitness and connect with fitness trainers. You come to our site, take a match quiz--a lot like eHarmony--to find the right trainer.

Media 168

Media Pricing Sites Training 168

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

He just pounded out design and code for a few weeks and got Plancast up on the web and users adopting his product right away. In Los Angeles we are at a disadvantage because the founder(s) often have no experience in building consumer web applications. Some of the past events & videos are linked to below.

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Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

The city has, however, quietly been home to some of the most successful online companies to date, including CitySearch (sold to Ticketmaster for $260 million in 1998), Overture (acquired by Yahoo for $2 billion in 2003), eHarmony and LowerMyBills (bought by Experian for $330 million in 2005). Okay, thats AdSense. What is happening in L.A.

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Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

The CitizenNet platform helps you measure, analyze, and automate social media marketing and engagement. Mark founded Launchpad LA, a program designed to help mentor LA’s most promising first-time startup CEO’s. Why should a startup thinking about moving to a new place choose LA? Full Disclosure: Matt works for CitizenNet.) 1B+ Revenue.

Guide 42

Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42