SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 2, 2011

Virtual worlds have become an important part of the information economy, not only for entertainment, but for education, scientific research, social networking, and military defense. Formal regulation, informal agreement, private contract, economic incentives, and social norms all play a role.

UCI 113

UCI Social Network Study Education 113

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

PT as they kick off the new weekly tech law show "TechZulu Law" with a discussion with IP attorney Denise Grayson, who portrays the attorney of Eduardo Saverin in the film about the early days of Facebook, "The Social Network.". In "The Social Network" Denise portrays Gretchen, the attorney of Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin.

IP 81

IP Social Network Technical Review Networking 81

Berkonomics

JUNE 30, 2012

We are constantly bombarded by ads in multiple types of media, to the extent that we most often tune them out unless particularly entertaining from the first moment. Over the years, advertising money is being moved from display ads in magazines and newspapers to social network sites where people with eyeballs have migrated.

Case Study 212

Case Study Study Social Network Advertising 212

socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2008

Los Angeles-based Sometrics, the venture backed developer of analytics products for the social networking and social media industry, has launched another product, the firm announced this morning. The firm said the new product will manage virtual currency from Super Rewards, Offerpal, and SocialMedia Networks.

Product 100

Product Social Network Social Media Networking 100

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Costs of product on YouTube content is literally 99% cheaper than traditional TV and; Distribution of content can now go viral and can predictably distributed via social networks. Eventually other networks will emerge. And we like to be entertained. Watch out for an investment announcement from me here soon. They have to.

Hollywood 374

Hollywood Content Yahoo Java 374

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2014

LinkedIn is one of the largest social networks, with 300 million users, and we fell that it has a higher quality user base. You can remain anonymous, and remain at your level of comfort, but at the same time get a chance to date someone of higher quality, because of the better information you have on that person. Why LinkedIn?

Networking 185

Networking Startup Ideas Mobile 185

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2009

Our interview this morning is with Babette Pepaj , CEO and founder of BakeSpace (www.bakespace.com), a local Los Angeles startup focused on social networking around food. Babette Pepaj: BakeSpace is a food social network and recipe swap. So very much a social network involved? What is BakeSpace?

Social Network 174

Social Network Startup Sites Networking 174

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

If your B2B contacts check-in regularly at certain types of locations (entertainment venues, stores, etc.) If you know your contacts’ real-life interests, you could use that information in your marketing efforts. Branded entertainment. “Coopetition,” or strategic cooperation with a competitor is another angle.

Competition 84

Competition Entertainment Advertising Social Media 84

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Defining “Good” and “Great” are completely subjective to the audience you’re trying to reach, but for starters, the Internet should be filled with interesting, useful, intelligent, creative, helpful, informative, entertaining, or fun things. Start there, and you’ll probably come out ahead.

Social Network 106

Social Network Metrics Technical Review Sites 106

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2015

Technologists have long believed that marketing is only required when selling the next pet rock, but in this age of information overload, even the most exciting solutions will be lost from view or assumed to have no value unless they are surrounded by hype. The days are gone for those who believe that “If we build it, they will come!”

Startup 97

Startup Marketing Entrepreneur Social Network 97

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Attending discussions at SMWLA week is a great opportunity to learn and mingle with some of the world’s top content creators, strategists and all around top-tier digital influencers in Los Angeles, the mecca of entertainment. More information is located on their “attend” page. ENTERTAINMENT HUB. 12:00-1:00pm.

Social Media 92

Social Media Los Angeles Media Angel 92

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2011

So resume + directionally-correct social graph = goldmine for recruiting, networking and marketing. It doesn’t strike me as a “social network&# in the way we’ve come to define them. But its focus on solving a real-world problem makes it uniquely valuable to most other social graphs.

Startup 309

Startup Cloud Computing Venture Capital Marketing 309

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Solaborate is a blend of great social network platforms, by taking in all the greatest bits and putting it all into one. Consumers all have access to social networks, but the business-side has never really caught on. In one line, Solaborate is a social and collaboration platform for the technology industry.

Social Media 92

Social Media Social Network Tool Mobile 92

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

LA was a leader in lead generation (LowerMyBills), comparison shopping (PriceGrabber, Shopzilla), social networking (MySpace … I know, I know – Facebook won – but it was still a big business). But ultimately we’re on the Internet to communicate, buy stuff, become informed and be entertained.

Company 290

Company Companies Technology Startup 290

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 24, 2012

HootSuite (Social Networking): Application to consolidate all of your social networking into one place (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Yammer, etc.). Try their new “auto schedule” feature to not flood your networks with multiple posts in a row by spreading them out. Download App: iPhone | Android.

Tool 112

Tool Tips Yammer Organization 112

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Developers can take the program information and integrate it into the app they are creating to offer interactive features. There is a true renaissance happening in entertainment today, where the distribution channels of television and cable are being disrupted and transformed quickly into new models. What does that mean?

Screening 82

Screening Content Mobile Netflix 82

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

That way, a business ends up having multiple videos, rather than just one, so they can tell their brand story and get across their brand message in a very visual and informative way. In between practicing, I actually started and ran my own social network, TripUp, which was later acquired by Sidestep, which is now Kayak.

Networking 150

Networking Search Engine Optimization Product Startup 150

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

Founder and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment, the visionary multimedia venture spanning movies, TV, sports, and new media, Peter Guber is among the most successful executives in the entertainment and communications industries. The Geodelic network introduces discovery, replacing the need to search for information.

Twiistup 40

Twiistup Riot Games UCLA Media 40

socalTECH

MAY 27, 2010

For this morning's interview, we have an interview with Kieve Huffman , the co-founder of Dather (www.dather.com), a new Los Angeles startup which has created a tool which helps to aggregate social networking web sites and media. Kieve Huffman: My background, and that of my business partner is digital entertainment and digital media.

Startup 213

Startup Buzznet Entertainment Social Network 213

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

IngBoo is an online marketplace for information updates-where consumers receive timely updates on relevant topics and web publishers compete effectively for consumer attention. We facilitate the most productive business-to-consumer relationship with a pioneering solution that finally makes proactive information updates useful.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

IngBoo is an online marketplace for information updates-where consumers receive timely updates on relevant topics and web publishers compete effectively for consumer attention. We facilitate the most productive business-to-consumer relationship with a pioneering solution that finally makes proactive information updates useful.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2012

With the proliferation of social media, how do you--as a brand--manage all of those various websites, content, and media? Los Angeles-based Fliptu (www.fliptu.com), headed by Jeremy Gocke , thinks it has this figured out, by providing a central place to access a brand's content, across social networks.

Social Media 268

Social Media Media Social Network Seed Funding 268

Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

They are taking data scientists’ and analysts’ understanding of their information to the next dimension. Their speech recognition software has a high level of accuracy, as though a human was transcribing the information. In case of human error or hacking, your personal/business information will be safe.

Startup 79

Startup Mentor Platform Help 79

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. Today all of our banking and payment information is accessible online and we are one-click from buying from Amazon, iTunes, the AppStore and PayPal. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Do you enjoy sharing information. Social Networks and Citizen Commerce: Reinventing Ecommerce. Entrepreneurism / Monetization Entrepreneurship, income streams, information products. . As a leader in social commerce, we strive to stay ahead of what’s happening right now. How To Get Paid for What You Know.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Today they say its Africa’s largest and fastest growing social networking utility with over 4,000 daily new sign-ups. They also add that LAGbook ranks #2 in the city of Yaba-Lagos, where the social network was incepted, and #37 in the city of Hirtshal, Denmark. What is LAGbook? It all worked out fine. Why the name?

Social Network 100

Social Network Networking Advertising Startup 100

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Charlie Capen is co-founder of HowToBeADad.com , an entertainment site and dad blog for “parents, soon-to-be parents and people who have no desire to procreate, whatsoever.” Otis Chandler built Goodreads in 2006 because he believed in social networking and wanted to see what his friends were reading.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

dealing with how digital or analog signals are actually transmitted for point A to point B), the network layer in the middle that deals with routing packets of information, to the presentation and application layer at the top end. I see the same again with the entertainment industry. What about financial services information?

Startup 343

Startup Technical Review S3 Services 343

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Around 2001 Jonah was studying at MIT Media Lab and began running experiments in viral stories in an era before smart phones (2007) and before social networks took off (2004–2007) and before YouTube (2005). Again he looked to the media industry history and pointed out that before Ted Turner founded CNN he had an entertainment channel.

Buzzfeed 210

Buzzfeed Media Content News 210