socalTECH

MARCH 29, 2012

What's the best way to get the word out about your brand on social media? For a number of high profile brands, it's by using the software and services of Los Angeles-based PromoJam (www.promojam.com), which just announced a round of funding to accelerate it efforts last week from Golden Seeds and the Band of Angels.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2015

The power and influence of paid media advertising, including print ads, TV commercials, radio, and even online digital campaigns is waning, in favor of unpaid earned and owned messaging from your website, social media, key market influencers, and existing customer word-of-mouth. Earned media. Marty Zwilling.

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TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Content Recommendations in Streaming Services While many streaming platforms suggest content based on viewing history, LLMs have the power to significantly elevate this experience. This nuanced approach can cater to the most specific of viewer moods and preferences, ensuring a seamless entertainment experience.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Next she took to Instagram, a new social media platform that quickly became the most effective tool in a blogger’s toolkit. We are in phase three of the influencer economy,” Bain Capital Ventures senior principal Jamison Hill, who led the firm’s investment in the influencer shoutout marketplace Cameo , tells TechCrunch.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2020

The reason for this business, is folks are always going on social media to recommend products to their friends, but they're not making any money from it. We want to help you monetize your knowledge, your skills, and your social media. Our team has a passion for e-commerce, and we also have athletes and others on our team.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 1, 2011

Synhergy Marketing originally was a company setup to be a full service marketing company for the entertainment industry – the record label, the webzine, everything you would need as an artist. She was an absolute delight during the interview and even sold me on a few services of hers. We’re doing this already.

Social Media 99

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

The power and influence of paid media advertising, including print ads, TV commercials, radio, and even online digital campaigns is waning, in favor of unpaid earned and owned messaging from your website, social media, key market influencers, and existing customer word-of-mouth. Earned media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2018

For example, Facebook added WhatsApp as a cross-platform messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) service to enhance the self-sustaining growth their social media platform before any downturn. He entertains no sense of a static business. Too many businesses only think of new products when in crisis mode.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Yet everyone has limits, and every investor implicitly has similar limits on what makes a startup investable, or one to avoid at all costs. These historically have included work-at-home, restaurants, telemarketing and social-service providers. Your startup is in a high-failure-rate business sector.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Consumers all have access to social networks, but the business-side has never really caught on. Solaborate is bringing professionals and companies from the tech industry together and connect them through a new social media platform. Companies and professionals have a product or service they provide or support.

Social Media 92

Social Media Social Network Tool Mobile 92

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2013

The power and influence of paid media advertising, including print ads, TV commercials, radio, and even online digital campaigns is waning, in favor of unpaid earned and owned messaging from your website, social media, key market influencers, and existing customer word-of-mouth. Earned media.

Media 101

Media Marketing Startup Framework 101

socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2013

Right now, that''s a jumble of different social services, websites, and more--which is the problem that Yapert (www.yapert.com) thinks it has solved. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Yet everyone has limits, and every investor implicitly has similar limits on what makes a startup investable, or one to avoid at all costs. These historically have included work-at-home, restaurants, telemarketing and social-service providers. Your startup is in a high-failure-rate business sector.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 5, 2013

With unrivaled weather, a host of high-profile universities and unlimited array of daytime and nightlife entertainment, Los Angeles seems like a dreamland for young tech professionals and the companies hoping to employ their talents. And for good reason. But it’s not just the pull of outside influences sapping the talent, as many of L.A.’s

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2010

The chosen candidate will probably have worked for a very reputable firm that is either in technology, consulting, investment banking, media or a startup. What is the future of social media, digital television or mobile computing. We want somebody who is ready, willing and able to debate tech with us. Are you merging?

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2014

“Our goal this year was to connect leaders in digital media and technology from around the world and honor those making significant contributions to the industry,” said David Siemer, co-founder and Managing Partner of Wavemaker Partners and founder of Siemer & Associates Investment Bank. Hitesh Chawla, CEO. Silver Push.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2014

Yet everyone has limits, and every investor implicitly has similar limits on what makes a startup investable, or one to avoid at all costs. These historically have included work-at-home, restaurants, telemarketing and social-service providers. Your startup is in a high-failure-rate business sector.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Elite media giants, agencies and brands flew in from around the country to discuss the rapidly changing and complex ecosystem evolving between the primitive television and social engagement union. Social media giants Twitter and Facebook were both on hand to present their latest findings of their contributions to social television.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2012

The Summit, produced in association with International ESQ, will feature top investors, entrepreneurs and entertainment leaders who are supporting innovation in the new media industry. Last July the Variety Venture Capital and New Media Summit was one of the best conferences of the year. Topics of Discussion. The Burgeoning L.A.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Are you thematic in your investing or entrepreneur focused? (11:40-14:15). In 2003 one of their first investments was Qiigo, Mike Yavondite’s company. Highland has been around for 22 years currently investing the 8 th fund which is $400 million. The in invest in IT (Software + Internet + Healthcare). 11:40-14:15).

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Rustic Canyon is an LA-based, but geography-agnostic VC that is currently investing from a $200 million fund. They were originally founded inside of Times Mirror and had a huge string of major investment success before spinning out as a fully independent fund. My own view on these services is nuanced. 15mm in Series A.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Without further adieu, I present to you the winners of the 1st annual REACH NeXT conference: Entertainment: Storygami. Storygami is a SaaS tool that allows content creators and brands add overlays such as relevant context, social streams and call to action buttons to videos. Greg has led Series A investments in tech-based enterprises.

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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. Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

We would like give a huge thank you to Social Media Week and the supportive startup community here in Los Angeles. Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media. The Startups.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

It is no secret that Pinterest and other social commerce sites have begun to dial in the commerce equation. These sites (so far) have managed to balance facilitating product discovery and purchase capabilities with users'' desires to entertain and educate themselves without feeling like they are in a marketplace.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2012

The Summit, produced in association with International ESQ, will feature top investors, entrepreneurs and entertainment leaders who are supporting innovation in the new media industry. Last July the Variety Venture Capital and New Media Summit was one of the best conferences of the year. Topics of Discussion. The Burgeoning L.A.

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Venture Capital Media Capital Steamboat Ventures 40

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Speakers listed: Brock Pierce – Digital currency pioneer investing in Bitcoin, games, and online gambling businesses; Clearstone Global Gaming Fund. Peter Csathy – CEO Manatt Digital Media Ventures, accomplished media and digital media entrepreneur. Is Micro-Investing the Future? Projection for 2014?

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2015

Pundit lets creators host audio Ask Me Anything (AMAs) with their Twitter network, transforming the talk radio experience for the social media age. Decisive is a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that uses real time data to enable advertisers to optimize mobile ad creative and targeting based on user engagement.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2018

One of the keys to solving the content problem, is to be able to find an approach to service customers, without dedicating a ton of account management resources. Where's the service now? The big thing with our raise is we've been investing pretty heavily on predictive content. Yoy, for the last three years on the technical side.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Abdul Khan (@ImHungryinLA) - Co-founder, Verso Entertainment. Carlos R (@CarlosHernandez) - Social media educator & co-creator of Social Media for the Uncomfortable. Cash Warren (@cash_warren) - producer, entrepreneur, president of Verso Entertainment. Adam Rifkin (@AdamRifkin) - Writer / Director, LOOK.

Social Media 40

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2014

While we entertain startup strategies such as being lean or agile, it’s impossible to ignore that, for example, LA has a culture of entertainment , Nashville that of music , New York, a culture of finance and fashion , and Silicon Valley, indeed, a culture of disruptive innovation. Web based shipping service Ordoro.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Well, Los Angeles based Near Networks (www.nearnetworks.com) is looking to both reach customers online, and avoid the tacky, lousy production of typical small business ads, with a new service. So, what I've been doing is connecting my experience with those reviews, and working businesses, with my experience in the entertainment industry.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

It was a portal, and partnered with ISPs so that those ISPs could generate ad revenue, and create stick entertainment for customers. I headed up product development to build out their portal services. We made it easier for local businesses to acquire customers through search and social media We sold that to Deluxe Corp.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

You work in (or run) a services company. Bootstrapping Marketing Strategy, social media marketing, web applications. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization cosmetics, social media, women in tech. . jim spencer, media convergence group. The financial services industry has been shrouded in mystery for decades.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

In growing numbers, Silicon Valley executives—long based in tech strongholds like Santa Clara and Palo Alto—are buying homes in Los Angeles, as the lines between the technology and entertainment businesses grow blurrier. the entertainment industry. WSJs Lauren Schuker Blum shows us around. than in other parts of the city.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 23, 2023

We bypass the middle person for services and information. We watch our news and entertainment anywhere we want to on any kind of device we choose. And we carry access to our entertainment with us, bypassing the need to be entertained by others while away from home. We are learning to use new tools. This is big business.

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Mobile Commerce Software Review Yammer 156