Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The theme for Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood is startups and Hollywood, featuring leaders from movie studios, music labels, agencies, and startups in entertainment – how Hollywood studios are investing and working with startups, and how Silicon Beach startups are making entertainment businesses.

Hollywood 100

Hollywood Screening Ideas Entertainment 100

socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2009

Our interview today is with Santa Monica-based OneCubicle (www.onecubicle.com), a new startup we ran across recently, which is looking to provide a more professional social networking site for younger people. Gregg Champion: OneCubicle.com is a social business network for people on their first, second, and third jobs.

Social Network 100

Social Network Entertainment Startup CTO Coach 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2011

The group is a member of the TechStars Network, and boasts a who's who of successful local CEOs and investors. Upstart LA , started by Dan Dato and Bruce Brown, is hoping to take the TechStars and Y-Combinator model to Los Angeles, and has been in the process of lining up mentors and investors to back its incubation efforts.

Southern California 216

Southern California Orange County Incubator Tech Coast Angels 216

Tech.Co

MARCH 13, 2018

Between the art installations, film, entertainment, innovation, and Elon Musk, who crashed the HBO “Westworld” panel to talk about the future of space travel, it would be hard not to leave Austin inspired. “[The networking has] been amazing. The Mentor Method. The spirit of optimism is alive and well at SXSW 2018.

Startup 70

Startup Competition Mentor Entertainment 70

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Founded in London in 2006, the Hub is a global network of social enterprises with each individual chapter acting as a gathering place for innovation, technology, creativity, and positive change. Abrams, Jim Wiatt, and Zach James have presented at Amplify’s Wednesday evening mentor events. Entertainment Tech: Atom Factory.

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Following graduate school, he worked in Film Finance and Sales at CAA, Creative Development at Vuguru (Michael Eisner’s multi-platform studio), and Content Partnerships at Blip Networks. And our network of filmmaker and entertainment industry colleagues allow us to recruit top teachers who are leaders in the web world.

Web 93

Web USC Course Guide 93

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Pelv-Ice is a pelvic support device for post-partum mothers and a recent winner of the Accelerating Innovating Mentoring (AIM) 2013 incubator and pitch competition. Consumers do want ads, but they want them to be relevant and entertaining,” Cheng explained. Bigelow stated, “AIM was a very similar contest.

USC 98

USC Cornerstone OnDemand Southern California Netflix 98

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 6, 2015

With the growing need for Software Engineers at technology, entertainment and media companies in the Los Angeles area, Hack Reactor, which has three founders who are University of Southern California graduates, identified fertile ground for MakerSquare to educate, train and mentor technologists in Southern California.

Dollar Shave Club 40

Dollar Shave Club Southern California Software Engineering Develop 40

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2013

Both Waxman and Elbaz are serial entrepreneurs, with many successes under their belt (Elbaz with Applied Semantics, which he sold to Google, Waxman with such companies as Firefly Networks, SpotRunner, and PeoplePC). I''m pretty active in all of them as a mentor, and I''m at least a frequent visitors to all of the local accelerators.

Invest 159

Invest Technology Startup Venture Capital 159

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Visible networking is turning into a really great opportunity to get to know people better, get to meet new people, and have some interesting conversations. to work on an entertainment-related technology project and have stayed ever since. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to?

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Creating very natural and appealing social engagement opportunity, as well as video without the television network costs. Though Tanz has accomplished much at a young age, he is humble and embedded in the local tech community as a mentor to other startups. Their analytics drill down the CTR and other actions.

Advertising 98

Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98

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. The participants will receive up to $120,000 in investment from Disney to develop their ideas, along with mentoring from executives. Audio AMA’s (Ask Me Anything) Via Twitter.

Class 40

Class Artificial Inteligence AMA Platform 40

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

We also had awesome group of mentors that included: David Waxman (Co-founder of PeoplePC, Spot Runner and Firefly Network), Paige Craig (CEO of BetterWorks ), Josh MacAdam (Co-founder/CTO at Ming.ly Guests, visitors and teams mingled away enjoying appetizers and snacks along with this LASW’s 3rd keg. Rob Maigret. Scott Sangster.

Los Angeles 73

Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

The Blayze network already reaches or 200 million viewers and has generated thousands in sales. Their launch generated 6x the traffic of a typical YouTube product placement and led to a partnership with YouTube networks that collectively manage 120 channels and reach 16 million subscribers. Founded by L.A.’s That got them in.

Class 100

Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

This included stabilizing a historically negative traffic and user trend, reducing the operational cost of the business by nearly 90 percent and pivoting the product from its legacy as a social network to a social entertainment destination. 8:30 – 9:30pm – cocktail reception and networking. Event Details. RSVP: AGENDA.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

This included stabilizing a historically negative traffic and user trend, reducing the operational cost of the business by nearly 90 percent and pivoting the product from its legacy as a social network to a social entertainment destination. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.

Tsavo 76

Tsavo Idealab Tech Coast Angels Userplane 76

Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

The event is open to tech enthusiasts who want to join an event filled with some of the top leaders, investors and mentors from tech industry to network, find mentors and build their companies. The Mentor Method (Washington, D.C.). AdWallet (Albuquerque, NM). That’s the concept behind AdWallet. Qoins (Atlanta, GA).

Startup 79

Startup Mentor Platform Help 79

socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2016

We spoke earlier with Cody Simms , Executive Director of Techstars America and who leads the program in LA, to hear more about why the startup accelerator operator is opening up its third accelerator here, why Los Angeles has turned out to be one of the leading sources for startups across its network, as well as Cody's advice to entrepreneurs.

Startup 100

Startup Los Angeles Mentor Class 100

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2015

Almost all credited their spouse, or a mentor, in helping them achieve their success. I learned how Nanxi approaches networking and pursuing her goals and how she has accomplished the success her company has had. But I digress. Very inspiring on so many levels.

Conference 40

Conference Entertainment Startup Digital Hollywood 40

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

To interconnect these computers we needed IP-based telecommunications equipment build by the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. And when you think about the three C’s you begin to realize that the first two of these activities are ones where the economic powerhouse networks are driven in cities outside of Silicon Valley.

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

We do not concentrate on any specific industries, and we're industry agnostic, and we're not focused on any particular industry, whether that be biomed or entertainment. There's many connections and an immense network we've created at Cross Campus, by both myself and my partners in this particular venture.

El Segundo 100

El Segundo Southern California Startup Santa Monica 100

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 17, 2020

Imagine Impact , the entertainment accelerator launched by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard to try and bring Silicon Valley-style mentorship and project development techniques to Hollywood, has inked a development deal with Netflix and is looking for submissions. we were excited to extend our partnership to Imagine Impact on this new endeavor.

Netflix 137

Netflix Entertainment Hollywood Writing 137

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2020

An imbalance clearly exists in access and networks that has resulted in a tech industry where an estimated only 1% of venture dollars go to Black founders and only 3% of the workforce is Black and a country where Black individuals hold a disproportionately low amount of the wealth? It’s about swimming in lanes where others aren’t present.

Funding 314

Funding Venture Capital Entrepreneur Networking 314

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Soon I moved towards TV and worked at large networks like, VH1, CMT, and E! Entertainment. For a female entering this world you have to get mentors, ask people to coffee. I grew up in Orange County and then headed east to Tulane University. After college I came back to Los Angeles to work in the advertising industry. While at E!,

Santa Monica 74

Santa Monica Startup Beverly Hills Orange County 74

InfoChachkie

MARCH 6, 2018

Johnson also points out that innovators who successfully connect the dots between disparate disciplines typically have multiple hobbies, varied interests and a diverse personal network. I am fortunate to have two groups of friends that challenge, entertain and keep me mentally stimulated. Optimize on people who are: Entertaining.

Santa Barbara 113

Santa Barbara Ideas Entertainment Education 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2017

Deborah Ramo: It's interesting, but my background is actually in the entertainment world. A number of years ago, myself and some of my colleagues in the entertainment industry developed a nonprofit workplace in Hollywood. Eventually, the idea was that the entertainment industry's workforce would reflect our audience.

Help 100

Help Education CTO Coach Startup 100

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. Who are your mentors, role models? What is LAGbook?

Social Network 100

Social Network Networking Advertising Startup 100

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 5, 2018

Les Moonves comes across on the surface as one of the most charming and likable guys in the entertainment industry. Moonves was seen as a leader and somebody who built careers and was a mentor and a champion to many. Whether it’s for the leader of a network or the leader of the free world.”

Report 177

Report Mentor Startup Journal 177