TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

“They demonstrate best-in-class expertise with Facebook and Google paid ad platforms. At the time, it was doing Facebook media buying for e-commerce companies. And then bit by bit, we grew the organization. If you have growth marketing agencies or freelancers to recommend, please fill out our survey !).

Commerce 211

Commerce Content Marketing Startup 211

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2021

Most entrepreneurs dream of achieving the exponential expansion of a Google or Amazon, but few investor pitches I see outline any strategy beyond simple marketing to make this happen. Nurture partnerships with many other organizations. Build a list of specific organizations that can help you, and how to engage them.

Search Engine Optimization 158

Search Engine Optimization Artificial Inteligence Organization Social Media 158

Xconomy

MAY 30, 2019

Come celebrate milestones the internet has made over the past 50 years at a special event called Net@50 on July 16 in Cambridge, MA, organized by the World Frontiers Forum and Xconomy. An afternoon forum at the MIT Media Lab will explore the big issues and challenges surrounding the internet.

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.Net Media Organization Technology 79

Tech.Co

JULY 13, 2023

Despite a packed schedule of obnoxious tweeting, lawsuits, and organizing a cage match with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk has found time to launch a new AI company called xAI. Google has also bankrolled Anthropic, an AI startup that just released Claude 2 , another ChatGPT alternative. The post What Is xAI?

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT Generative AI Technical Review 113

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 10, 2013

has appointed Matt Monahan as its VP Social Media Marketing to stir its digital business acceleration. He also co-founded The Comotion Group, which was acquired by Sharethrough and was previously advisor to Wildfire, which Google acquired for $350M. LA-based Science Inc.,

Social Media 82

Social Media Media Marketing Startup 82

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Even the best technology can’t read your mind, which is why a simple Google search often gives frustrating and irrelevant results, and online advertisers bombard you with opportunities of no interest. They neither frequently use nor derive much satisfaction from social media, and would be classified at late adopters of new technology.

Social Media 107

Social Media Tool Google Yahoo 107

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 18, 2011

Messenger : Mark Douglas, President & CEO, SteelHouse Media. In this interview, Mark discusses how his experiences at Oracle, eHarmony and the Rubicon Project contributed to the creation of his latest venture, SteelHouse Media. When I joined Oracle, they were essentially ‘the Google’ of their time. Within 6-months, it was 1.2-billion

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eHarmony Media Oracle Commerce 204

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2023

Google reached $1B in revenue within five years of incorporation, and now has a market capitalization of over $1 trillion. It’s only been in the last decade or two, that social media companies, like Facebook and Twitter, have achieved market valuations in billions of dollars (unicorn status), while clearly sacrificing revenue to gain users.

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Organization Invest Customer Custom 94

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2020

Google reached $1B in revenue within five years of incorporation, and now has a market capitalization of over $1 trillion. It’s only been in the last decade or two, that social media companies, like Facebook and Twitter, have achieved market valuations in billions of dollars (unicorn status), while clearly sacrificing revenue to gain users.

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Organization Invest Customer Custom 173

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

With today’s interactive social media and the real-time Internet, both customers and employees see inside your company easily, so you can’t hide your real company culture. Examples of companies well known for their winning cultures inside and out include Apple and Google. A nimble organization needs doers and makers.

Guide 124

Guide Social Media Organization Customer 124

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Our mission is to organize all of the world''s real time location information. You can press a button, and it scans the social media chatter and organizes highlights aroundyou, of relevant conversations around a particular location and particular time. What is Tilofy about? My degree is from USC in big data.

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USC Southern California Organization UCLA 236

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2020

Even the best technology can’t read your mind, which is why a simple Google search often gives frustrating and irrelevant results, and online advertisers bombard you with opportunities of no interest. They neither frequently use nor derive much satisfaction from social media, and would be classified at late adopters of new technology.

Social Media 131

Social Media Startup Tool Google 131

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media. Check for positive or negative news articles, press releases, relationships, and support of community organizations. Another approach is to ask the investor for references, where their involvement has made a real difference, leading to success.

Technical Review 138

Technical Review Startup Innocal Offshore 138

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Everyone knows that startups are risky, but they also expect that the job will be exciting and potentially very lucrative (think early employees at Facebook and Google). When the organization changes, be the first to help the new organization work, even when it costs extra hours and sweat. Be a builder … and a rebuilder.

Startup 125

Startup Journal Outsource Tips 125

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2019

I love Notion, the self-service database tool that allows you to build, collect and organize all the structured things in your life. I organize everything from documents, media files to trip planning, and family calendars on Notion. What was the biggest lesson you learned this year? READ MORE>>.

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Dollar Shave Club Activity Organization News 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

We had worked at another organization together in online marketing, and learned every aspect of the business, from closing new deals, on-boarding new clients, to building media plans. We worked together for four years, and I ended up heading up media buying at that company, and he headed up sales. We do that methodically.

Startup 239

Startup El Segundo Marketing Media 239

Xconomy

MAY 1, 2018

You’d be hard-pressed to find a workplace today where using technology isn’t an integral part of the job, whether it’s an AI-powered recruiting tool, special coding software for app development, or even just Google Sheets that help workers keep track of budgets.

Press 73

Press Google Tool Organization 73

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2021

Use social media to generate emotion. Social media is central to the creation of a social contract because it serves as an emotional beacon, and helps to fuel the invention of illogical leaps. But culture shifts have created most of the great recent companies, such as Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook. Marty Zwilling<

Marketing 127

Marketing Social Media Technical Review Product 127

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Our industry just took one big step towards legitimacy with the hiring of renowned media exec Ynon Kreiz to run Maker Studios. You can’t change media consumption patterns easily. My estimate is that the top 5 YouTube networks will do > $200 million net revenue in 2013 (after Google’s share). hours of TV / day.

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Media CTO Coach CTO Hire Los Angeles 320

socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2009

The firm launched its new product-- LiveFromYou --Tuesday, saying that the new service will automatically organize pictures, videos, and media, and share that media with widgets loaded on Facebook or MySpace. The firm said that the application is available on Apple's iPhone, and will launch in May on Google Android.

Social Network 113

Social Network Networking Mobile Google 113

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2015

They may not have noticed the wave of “open businesses,” spawned by the Internet and social media. I especially like Cushman’s outline of the ten principles which distinguish the organization and operation of an open business from the more traditional closed model. Shared clients and objectives (networked organization).

Startup 99

Startup Organization Social Media Customer 99

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Most entrepreneurs dream of achieving the exponential expansion of a Google or Amazon, but few investor pitches I see outline any strategy beyond simple marketing to make this happen. Nurture partnerships with many other organizations. Build a list of specific organizations that can help you, and how to engage them.

Ideas 105

Ideas Search Engine Optimization Startup Artificial Inteligence 105

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2020

Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media. Check for positive or negative news articles, press releases, relationships, and support of community organizations. Another approach is to ask the investor for references, where their involvement has made a real difference, leading to success.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Funding Innocal Offshore 124

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Traditional media companies published their stories on the web. And it is the most notable media darling not making any money so everyone is asking the question – how will they make money? Google’s AdSense) or some other form of ad. So did the media. So what do we mean by in-stream advertising?

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Structured Data refers to information organized in a defined manner, making it easier to search and analyze. This category encompasses a vast array of content, from emails and text documents to social media posts. Broadly speaking, data can be categorized as either structured or unstructured.

Generative AI 346

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence Tool Knowledge Base 346

socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2017

Earlier this week, Derek Norton , a long time advisor to the media, Internet, and technology industry in Los Angeles, announced a brand new venture capital fund called Watertower Ventures (www.watertowerventures.com). That's the first time organized, institutional, managed capital is coming into a company, right after friends and family.

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Invest Funding Capital Startup 145

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

Essentially, we help them learn how to get more with less, and also how to consider new investments in things like social media, mobile marketing, or video. We're building very advanced analytical models which look at both direct and indirect effects, so that we are able to quantify how different media interacts with each other.

Social Media 235

Social Media Demand Activity Marketing 235

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2019

Everyone knows that that startups are risky, but they also expect that the job will be exciting and potentially very lucrative (think early employees at Facebook and Google). When the organization changes, be the first to help the new organization work, even when it costs extra hours and sweat. Be a builder … and a rebuilder.

Tips 100

Tips Startup Journal Outsource 100

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium.

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Jeff was tweeting about needing help organizing and promoting the upcoming #140conf LA Meetup. My first step in organizing the #140conf LA Meetup was to reach out to my contacts to drum up volunteers, sponsors, venue providers, and attendees. I of course agreed to get involved. They are all rockstars!

Social Network 196

Social Network Networking Social Media Yahoo 196

socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2017

Once you get past Facebook, Google, Apple, Amazon, and maybe Yelp and Bing, you've counted for 90 percent of all interaction. If you ask Siri for where to get skinny legs jeans, or ask Google Maps for where to get a vegan burrito, they try to give you the best recommendation.

Google 127

Google Paid Search Mobile Activity 127

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2014

To get some insight into how those names are changing--we caught up with Steve Banfield , SVP and GM of Registrar Services over at Rightside (www.rightside.co) -- which is in the midst of spinning out from Santa Monica-based Demand Media. Steve Banfield: What will become Rightside has been part of Demand Media. READ MORE>>.

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Demand HTML Web Media 231

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2014

They may not have noticed the wave of “open businesses,” spawned by the Internet and social media. In a new book by David Cushman with Jamie Burke, “ The 10 Principles of Open Business ,” the authors contend that many recent success stories in business, including Google, Apple, and Amazon, were built on at least one open business principle.

Organization 93

Organization Social Media Customer Custom 93

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. The fund is organized into sectors and each VC forms forward looking themes within sub sectors. Google Ad Sense was just getting going. But Google is still showing great financial performance.

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Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

When you look at social messaging, and talk about social messaging, we're talking about social media, text messaging, email, and chat applications. One of the things I like about this business, is it doesn't require a big organization. The ones who did leave were being poached by Google and Amazon, and moving North.

San Diego 159

San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Tomorrow starting at 8pm PST We will be live streaming ( click here to view live stream ) the "Action Sports + Social Media Marketing Mash Up" event put on by SoCal Action Sports Network. Panelists include: Malcolm McCassy: He’s everywhere, knows everyone and hangs out with all the coolest people including the top athletes in Action Sports.

Social Media 40

Social Media Southern California Media Orange County 40

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2016

Most entrepreneurs dream of achieving the exponential expansion of a Google or Amazon, but few investor pitches I see outline any strategy beyond simple marketing to make this happen. Nurture partnerships with many other organizations. Build a list of specific organizations that can help you, and how to engage them.

Entrepreneur 55

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Artificial Inteligence Organization 55