socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

We have a very sophisticated, analytics and software platform that over half the Fortune 50 are now using, to help guide how they invest in marketing and sales activities and investments. Jovian's platform allows us to process and analyze campaigns in-flight, and also provide in-flight course corrections for marketers.

Social Media 235

Social Media Demand Activity Marketing 235

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Sam Cimino, Sales Manager SW of YouTube/Google As YouTube’s Southwest Regional Manager, Sam is responsible for generating revenue across YouTube and the Google Content Network which comprises a media network that reaches nearly 80% of all internet users worldwide. Before that, he was VP, Client Strategy at Blast Radius.

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more. They not only have gotten bigger but they have an amazing track record of funding the biggest names in the sector: Cisco, Apple, Google, Facebook. LA produced Applied Semantics that created AdSense and was bought by Google. my firm, GRP Partners, was an investor).

Company 290

Company Companies Technology Startup 290

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

I then worked as a product manager at NetZero/United Online in the VOIP group, and then most recently at Google as a product manager on the Picasa/Photos team based in Santa Monica. We are creating a platform that enables users to play instant games and apps directly on the computer desktop. What are you working on now?

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

socalTECH

AUGUST 15, 2012

Elliot Darvick: Unbucket is a platform that enables people to enable planning of their future experiences through collaborative lists. Unbucket can be used by couples, family members, and close friends, replacing something they might have kept in Google documents or maybe just in their heads. What is Unbucket?

Startup 153

Startup Advertising Los Angeles Mobile 153

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). There''s Caltech, the Claremont Colleges, Harvey Mudd, UCLA. We have a lot of world class universities here.

Invest 159

Invest Technology Startup Venture Capital 159

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2017

We want to create some events, and other initiatives and platforms, that help introduce technologies to serial entrepreneurs who are hoping to commercialize technology and are looking for the next startup. What's really pushed that in the last few years are the major titans here, such as Apple, Google, Facebook, and others.

Southern California 170

Southern California Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur 170

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 6, 2013

As I sat quietly at CCE and listened to the openings and keynotes – LA Mayor Eric Garcetti, Ford CMO Jim Farley, and Google Maps for Business Director Tarun Bhatnagar, I came to realize what an interesting crossroads we’re sitting at. I mention my worries to Jim, with Google-acquired Waze in mind.

Advertising 97

Advertising Startup Marketing Mobile 97

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

philosophie has worked with some of the world’s biggest names: Google, Nissan, Nintendo, UCLA, and more. Their Behavioral Marketing Platform even broke new ground at ad:tech 2011 winning an innovation award. From websites to apps, philosophie creates engaging and efficient digital experiences for many different industries.

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Social Media Venice 111

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2014

I founded that with the former CTO of my first company, Kevin Smilak, who now works at Google. It was interesting going through that transition, because the customer we served, small businesses, relied on our platform to run their business for 8-10, to 12 hours a day. Dan Rodrigues: Travis and I are good friends today.

Startup 160

Startup El Segundo CTO Hire Outsource Development 160

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Photos that are prime real estate and have never been monetized before, until one very ambitious Silicon Beach startup, GumGum , recognized the opportunity and created the first and largest in-image advertising platform, and an entirely new market. He began programming courses at UCLA while in high school and went on to earn a B.S.

Advertising 98

Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

The “ TenHands ” name emerged from the concept and philosophy of John Wooden, the UCLA basketball coach, who emphasized the value of teamwork and insisted that all ten hands (five players) touch the ball before shooting. Our client software is a true browser plug-in (no Flash) that’s based on Google’s WebRTC open source project.

Cloud Computing 65

Cloud Computing Software Platform Startup 65

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

The Startup UCLA Accelerator Is About Entrepreneurship Not Investment Returns. Next → Later today, the Startup UCLA accelerator will have its inaugural demo day. UCLA doesn’t aim to make a financial return. Being in its inaugural class, Startup UCLA is still sorting through its own identity and business model issues.

UCLA 47

UCLA Invest Startup Class 47

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

What happens when you apply big data and computer science to digest all of that social data being fed into Twitter and other social platforms--and cross match that to location information? At Microsoft, I was part of Bing Maps, which is Microsoft''s response to Google Maps. An example of that is the UCLA flood.

USC 236

USC Southern California Organization UCLA 236

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2014

As part of that, we started asking professors for recommendations on who we could talk to, and we found out they only knew one person, or told us to check out a magazine, or Google this and that. Lawyers on the platform love the experience. We also have a couple of grad school interns from LMU, UCLA, and elsewhere.

Help 240

Help Startup CTO Hire Pricing 240

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

The universities are now more focused on the innovation economy, with schools like USC, UCLA, Caltech, the Claremont Colleges all bringing good people to LA. One is the traditional buyer, the Microsofts, Oracles, Googles, and Ciscos of the world, with their cash. There are four kinds of buyers in M&A.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Conference Silver Lake Cornerstone OnDemand 100