SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

How are you funding this? What level of funding do you currently have? What are some good examples of similar sites? Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective? See also - When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication. Administer users?

Develop 384

Develop Development Startup SEO 384

socalTECH

JULY 7, 2011

With the proliferation of social networks, communications clients and VoIP phone services, users often find they need to use multiple ways--Twitter, Facebook, phone, FAX, and more--to communicate with their contacts. Why would your users want to manage all of their communications, social networking, and so forth in one place?

Social Network 259

Social Network Platform Networking Google 259

socalTECH

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Recently, San Diego-based Rippol (www.rippol.com) launched its web site, a service which uses social networking to help people find and discover interesting videos related to their interests. Instead of 20 comedies on one site, now you have 5000 on one site. So is this more social networking, or is this search?

UCSD 145

UCSD Social Network Content Sites 145

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

(plus a large settlement on patent disputes paid from Google) so Bill did well on it. Especially when he’s surrounded by Danny Rimer (who funded Skype, MySQL, Last.FM Overture never built the destination site to monetize from. Google had huge destination traffic. PLUS RELATED FUNDING …. uh, hello!

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Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

I just cover the companies that were funded that week. Also, some of the deals I write about I have actually seen as part of their fund raising process. Increasing this is also migrating to social network messaging but email is still king. The build “implicit social networks.&# Others I have not.

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Jo told us why, in a world full of social networking apps, why Pod.io Jo Webber: Why we created Pod, was we've look at sites like Facebook, which has really taken off with friends and family, and helped them communicate online. How is the company funded? We're using Google Maps for our GPS component.

Mentor 157

Mentor Southern California Startup Networking 157

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

One of the firms launching this week there is Los Angeles-based NativeTung (www.nativetung.com), which is developing tools to help web sites translate and create multilingual versions of their sites. Idris Manley: Essentially, what we do is we create a global layer for web sites, that supports multiple language content channels.

Startup 133

Startup Technical Review Social Network Content 133

socalTECH

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Today's interview with with Rajeev Kapur , Chairman and Chief Wala, Greenwala (www.greenwala.com), a recently launched social networking site focused on green/sustainable topics. I felt that a social networking media company was the best place to be, because I wanted to learn form other people, not companies.

Social Network 113

Social Network Sites Networking Startup 113

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2012

At the moment, Conolly heads the startups social media team in Egypt while Turdubaev looks after Russian countries and translation of the site. ProfileTree was a good fit – the branches – network, leaves – people. Any funding yet? TechZulu caught up with Conolly and this is what we learn. Why the name?

Advertising 79

Advertising Services Social Network Startup 79

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

My firm GRP Partners recently funded a young LA based company named Ad.Ly Wordpress), video (YouTube), pictures (Flickr), review sites (Yelp) and collaborative content (Wikipedia). Google’s AdSense) or some other form of ad. Advertising has driven the majority of Internet innovation. Image courtesy of Bernhardt Haussner.

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2014

Fact: social media is among the top most powerful communication tools today. Pew Internet Project’s research on Social Networking reports that as of January 2014, 74% of online adults use social networking sites. Digital Insights reports in their 2014 Social Media statistics that Facebook has 1.01

Snapchat 82

Snapchat Social Media Social Network Media 82

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Whether someone is in Google address book, Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter, they all end up in one place. It also generated search alerts--like a Google alert, for mentions of that person's name, company, and also keywords. How are you funded? There's also Twilio voice integration in the premium version. READ MORE>>.

Startup 145

Startup Social Network Tool Santa Monica 145

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 2, 2012

Twitter , the 140 character social site is popular with a whopping worldwide estimated user base of around 140 million active monthly users with 400 million tweets daily according to CEO Dick Costolo, but two new startups launched late last month to seek and battle out Twitter at its own game.

Sites 73

Sites Social Network Writing Google 73

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

He’d been working at a well-funded startup for about a year and had come to terms with the fact that the startup was really a pretty dumb idea. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. 8211; are mostly a loss leaders for Google. 8211; are mostly a loss leaders for Google. I Be specific.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2013

In startup business plans, a bubble is too many entrepreneurs and too many investors chasing the latest “next big thing,” like Google search engine, Facebook social network, or Amazon e-commerce site. In startups, a great success like Google causes busts by stimulating more supply, without regard to demand.

Demand 89

Demand Google Commerce Pricing 89

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

Since then Mike his built his career by investing in early-stage companies (seed or series A), which is remarkable given that Polaris Ventures is a $1 billion fund. So how is Mike able to do this at a time where others have warned against taking seed money from VC funds? Competitors: Google. Venture Financings we Discussed.

Venture Capital 230

Venture Capital Blogging Startup Fandango 230

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

We recently ran across TravBuddy.com (www.travbuddy.com), a Los Angeles area travel site which allows travelers to meet others, share travel reviews, photos, and more, and had thought it would be great to hear the story behind the site. For our readers who haven't used your site, what's it all about? He graduated from U.C.

Startup 100

Startup Sites Social Network Web 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

One, is it makes it easy for businesses to embed that video on their own website, on blogs, and Facebook, and they can also link to that video on their Google Places page. To the extent that a business is not familiar with embedding, we also help them with that process, with claiming their Google Places page, and link that video.

Networking 150

Networking Search Engine Optimization Product Startup 150

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

To gain some insight into the area, we spoke with Ian Swanson, one of the founders of Sometrics (www.sometrics.com), which develops software to gather information on social media and optimize advertising. My partners and I were all involved in the social media space in one fashion or another. What do you mean by social targeting?

Social Media 113

Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2011

In startup business plans, a bubble is too many entrepreneurs and too many investors chasing the latest “next big thing,” like Google search engine, Facebook social network, or Amazon e-commerce site. In startups, a great success like Google causes busts by stimulating more supply, without regard to demand.

Startup 90

Startup Demand Google Commerce 90

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

To gain some insight into the area, we spoke with Ian Swanson, one of the founders of Sometrics (www.sometrics.com), which develops software to gather information on social media and optimize advertising. My partners and I were all involved in the social media space in one fashion or another. What do you mean by social targeting?

Social Media 100

Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 100

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

It needs to be funded to be successful. Sites - There are a bunch of sites out there aimed at this or similar issues. In this case, these sites didn't pan out all that well for the entrepreneur. There's a cutoff point once you reach roughly 3 person months of development time. What do you do if you don't know the size?

Guide 349

Guide Startup Mobile Framework 349

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Let me give you some (real) examples: - You were an EIR at a VC firm who isn’t funding your current company. - million for a social networking site 18 months ago. Google has announced that they are planning to compete with you. - Google has announced that they are planning to compete with you. -

Venture Capital 264

Venture Capital Startup Training Sales 264

socalTECH

JULY 21, 2011

Los Angeles-based MomentFeed (www.momentfeed.com) is looking to sort through that data to help marketers better tap into location based, social networking. That's really what Social Media 2.0 affords for these types of brands, the ability to tie social activity to actual transactions.

Social Media 248

Social Media Zumbox Media Startup 248

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

It needs to be funded to be successful. Sites - There are a bunch of sites out there aimed at this or similar issues. In this case, these sites didn't pan out all that well for the entrepreneur. There's a cutoff point once you reach roughly 3 person months of development time. What do you do if you don't know the size?

Guide 296

Guide Startup Mobile Framework 296

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Sure, streaming services such as Spotify and Google Play have helped to reduce some of the confusion and stress, but after downloading new music, we’ve still got to upload those files to our desired cloud service in order to use them on the go. The post The Music Lover’s Dream | OnAir Box appeared first on TechZulu.

Entertainment 93

Entertainment Social Network Software Demand 93

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Matthew Graczyk is founder of angel-backed Zubican (www.zubican.com)--saw a problem, which was the difficulty of finding suppliers for products for businesses--and decided to solve the problem, with a site specifically targeted at helping B2B buyers and sellers connect. It's a full-blown, B2B social network.

SEO 100

SEO Advertising Gogii Tech Coast Angels 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

In particular, we're targeting 18-34 year olds, people in college, people who are social networkers, and people who are using every means conceivable to stay in touch with friends and business associates. There's a lot of big guys in this business --Google, Yahoo, etc.--how What's the business model behind the site?

Email 113

Email Yahoo Startup Google 113

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

This year, it being our third year in a row conducting on site interviews and live streaming, we definitely had to ensure this year’s lineup was up to snuff with the great ongoings of SXSW. Noor Siddiqui – Remedy On Glass , helping doctors collaborate using Google Glass. Here are some sites from the trade show floor!

Entertainment 99

Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Aspiring creators learn by connecting with top web filmmakers and YouTubers on a topics specific to the web: developing a web series, producing web series, writing for genres like comedy & sci-fi, directing, editing, camera, Kickstarter funding, show hosting, distribution, and marketing. Any funding yet? Challenges?

Web 93

Web USC Course Guide 93

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 This is the same with competing activity streams in various social networks.

Web 29

Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. AngelList has featured over 3 million businesses for potential investors in a format that is, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and angels. In addition, they serve as a jobs available site for 24,000 startups.

Startup 135

Startup Keiretsu Platform Invest 135

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Bootstrapping boostrapping, Funding, lean startup. . Your clients pay you to design and build web sites and app. Make Millions: Re-Invent Global Sites for Local Markets. Social Networks and Citizen Commerce: Reinventing Ecommerce. Entrepreneurism / Monetization Funding, psychology , vc. .

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Internal cross promotion within their own portfolio of apps, the marketplace and network as well. The company recently closed an impressive $19 million in Series B funding led by Sequoia Capital to build out the engineering teams. Drives both discoverability and monetization.

Mobile 71

Mobile Technical Review Platform Startup 71

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. AngelList has featured over 3 million businesses for potential investors in a format that is, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and angels. In addition, they serve as a jobs available site for 24,000 startups.

Angel 96

Angel Keiretsu Invest Networking 96

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Google Analytics vs. Facebook’s new analytics tool. How did they end up with such an irreverent site and what was their objective? Private, flash sales site focused on apparel goods (women, men and children). Social network app developer and ad network. InviteMedia (acquired by Google).

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

We’re staring to get the hang of how to divide the show up into talking about deals but also talking about issues for entrepreneurs during funding. Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. short answer: very, very rarely. But it does happen.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285