socalTECH

JULY 30, 2009

According to EQAL, its new platform is focused on helping those producers and talent to create their own web sites, with features such as blogs, discussions, forums, and user profiles, as well as links to social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. READ MORE>>.

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Tool Twiistup Social Network Hollywood 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

The startup--created by Robert Earl (Founder and CEO of Planet Hollywood), Grant Hosford (formerly of eHarmony), and Connell (formerly of Nokia)--is using the Internet to arrange group dates at local restaurants, to connect people in person and offline. We wanted to use the Internet to make things easy and help create initial connections.

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San Diego Hollywood Mobile eHarmony 264

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We want to give our brightest new startups the connections and interactions they need to help streamline success. Lee Essner is formerly a senior exec from WeddingChannel and has much experience in running a successful web property. On average the platform is generating 30+% increase in conversions and 15% decrease in cost per lead.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

How do a bunch of German moviemakers end up in Los Angeles, running a site helping studios to market and promote their films via their venture backed startup? Tobi Bauckhage: We are a movie recommendation and discovery platform. We really help them understand what their audience is all about. What is the idea behind Moviepilot?

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Startup Paramount Netflix Entertainment 164

socalTECH

AUGUST 15, 2011

The firm said it will work with creative talent to "produce television formats with a web sensibility" and also help develop digital platforms into TV and digital projects. Serious Business was founded by Jason U. Nadler, Jon Zimelis, and Alex Blagg.

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Entertainment Funding Seed Funding Web 157

socalTECH

APRIL 23, 2013

One of the folks in media who has been helping to define that shift is Cenk Uygur , the head of Culver City-based The Young Turks (www.tytnetwork.com), and online news and politics show. I started Young Turks back in 2002, and then, in 2006 and really towards the end of 2005, started daily web streaming for the show. Just do it.

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Media News Startup Technical Review 196

socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2010

For today's interview, we spoke with Brandon Hance, the firm's founder, about how his startup is helping musicians to sell both digital and physical merchandise on the web. Is this installed software, or web technology? Brandon Hance: It's all web-based technology, and software we've build in-house.

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Van Nuys Tech Coast Angels Startup Web 191

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

How do you create a tool to help address unconscious bias in the workplaceand why would you create a new startup in that area? I call that providing habitsmonthly habitsto help individuals do better, make better decisions, and who need strategy and strategic implementation of this on regular basis.

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Content Training Education Outsource Development 150

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

I called this trend “ Torso TV ” because the “head” of consumption (largest number of views) was dominated by platforms that had massive distribution (think TV stations, radio or retail outlets that sell CDs and DVDs. But when you think about the movement we once called “Web 2.0″ think Apple.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

He eventually applied his lessons learned in these experiences when he founded Zag, a company that helps consumers buy cars over the Internet at pre-negotiated prices with nearly 4,000 dealers across the country [disclosure: my firm GRP Partners is an investor in Zag]. Analytics also extend to iPhone and web apps using Facebook Connect.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 7, 2013

Once WalMart has helped you establish your brand, it will then be possible to sell premium products via other channels, such as boutique shops or even directly to consumers. To this end, he and his brother Hank recently launched Subbable , a platform by which content creators can directly marshal their fan''s financial support.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 21, 2009

Greg Goodfried: If it's multi-platform TV, that will usually be th emodel. Second, the quality of the video itself helped. Hollywood seems to still be struggling with the Internet, because it seems to be breaking all the old models. But, if you can do multi-platform with TV, it's a fantastic opportunity.

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Hollywood Content Paramount Entertainment 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The company is employing a network of documentary filmmakers and high quality, Hollywood production capability here in Los Angeles to produce small business videos in HD for the web and YouTube. Sam Rogoway: We use YouTube as our hosting platform, for a variety of reasons. Sam Rogoway. Yes, that's definitely one of the reasons.

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Networking Search Engine Optimization Product Startup 150

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 14, 2014

The film revolves around Manolo, a hero who sets out to three magical worlds to help him face and conquer his fears to fulfill his parent’s wishes and win the heart of Maria, his one true love. They have created a handful of successful games on iOS, Android and Facebook platforms with hits such as Cookie Jam and Paint Monsters.

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Entertainment Mobile Platform Startup 87

socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2014

We hope the advertising will be much more considerate of users, helping them on their mission, and so that it can help you achieve something, consumer or acquire something, or watch something. When we started this, we were a web-based platform, because that''s what made the most sense when we started. READ MORE>>.

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Entertainment Startup Southern California Netflix 206

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Coincident has created a platform that will allow storytellers and producers to create robust second screen stories on the fly that incorporate video, images and other web content. Each of these platforms represents a variety of “screens” to view from. People are not simply watching the TV anymore. Coincident.TV

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Screening Content CTO Hire Platform 109

socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2013

We hope to be on every single platform, over time. We got the core iFilm engineering team in late 2010, and spent about a year and a half building out our platform, and released our first consumer product at the beginning of 2012. You helped define video on the web with iFilm.

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Social Network Startup Services Organization 232

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

So without my weighing into the pro’s / con’s of this I can say that I believe it will capture a large segment of the market but leave room for “open platforms&# to play a big role. Google balances the universe and helps all of the hardware, software and media companies ensure it isn’t a “one horse race.&#.

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Content Google Media Hulu 386

socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2011

We caught up with CEO Eric Frankel this week to talk about the firm, his decision to go from the comfortable world of Hollywood as President of Warner Bros Domestic Television Distribution, to a startup, how the firm is using the cloud to power it service, as well as where the firm is going next. What's the technology behind this?

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Entertainment Startup Class Santa Barbara 159

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

Bill Gross is the man responsible for the overwhelming amount of monetization on the web. I talked about the platform moves of Twitter and why it should be expected. Message of the week (from Fred Wilson) – “don’t fill cracks&# but innovate in new ways with the platform. It’s core platform stuff.

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Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Hank: I am the CEO and founder of Seco Sys, which is a platform that allows water agencies, customers, and water related services to concurrently engage in water conservation at all water use endpoints. Hank: Seco Sys has developed a range of web services that are dedicated to managing all types of water.

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Startup Technical Review Patents Services 107

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Hank: I am the CEO and founder of Seco Sys , which is a platform that allows water agencies, customers, and water related services to concurrently engage in water conservation at all water use endpoints. Hank: Seco Sys has developed a range of web services that are dedicated to managing all types of water.

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Startup Technical Review Patents Services 121

socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

We thought we'd create a platform that was as powerful and rich as Youtube is for video, or Flickr is for pictures, or Docstoc is for documents. We saw people were exchanging sound bites, sending them around to friends, and using the platform as we had envisioned, which was not just for long form audio, but for actual sound bites.

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Redpoint Startup Content .Net 201

socalTECH

MAY 24, 2011

We're creating a platform that highlights musicians, venues, and local fans. I actually worked in the offline business world until Web 1.0. At the end of the day, it's something we've built for the artist, which helps them connect with people in local cities. What is Loudvine? Vic Caretti: It's pretty simple.

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Social Media Startup Sites Advertising 241

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

My daily coffee meetings are not surrounded by the Hollywood elite with discussions of scripts, scenes and casting. And of course you have Hollywood. That sets us up nicely for the next phase of the web. Sure, but it will be different than the Bay Area ones. Let me use LA as an example. Los Angeles.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

There are trade publications such as Variety, Hollywood Reporter, and Deadline at one end, and gossip celebrity news at the other end. It really showed me how you can leverage the power of an online platform for marketers, helping to convince marketers that leveraging the web was a good way to spend and invest their money.

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News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 9, 2010

Held from July 30, 2010 to August 5, 2010 at Laemmie Sunset 5, attendees had the opportunity to view independent television series and web series, panel discussions from industry experts, and mixers galore for the duration of the event. They help finance and sell projects. Best Web: “Octane Pistols of Fury” Greg Stees, Chris Prine.

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OCTANE Beverly Hills Southern California Content 78

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

Well, thanks to a fantastic partnership with the good people at crowd fun ding platform, Indiegogo , we were able to do just that! Noor Siddiqui – Remedy On Glass , helping doctors collaborate using Google Glass. Savannah Peterson – Shapeaways , the social platform for 3D printing.

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Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Assignmint is a web-based platform to list freelancing work for employers and help writers find the right freelance job for them and standardizes the paperwork between the two parties. Is Assignmint national or a global web-system? Standardizing the paperwork is our goal to help free up everybody to work on what matters.

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Journal Startup Writing Media 90

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

You can go to Mogreet.com or go to our wireless web site, at wap.mogreet.com , or use your cell phone on any number of carriers, such as AT&T, Verizon, etc. It's a great testament to the management team, that we've been able to gain traction among big strategic partners, such as carriers and the major Hollywood studios.

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Mogreet Paramount Entertainment Mobile 133

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2008

Ian Rogers is the CEO of Topspin Media (www.topspinmedia.com), a venture backed, Santa Monica-based startup developing web applications for the music industry. We really want to help those artists earn a living. Personally, life is short, and I want to work with people who want my help, rather than the other way around.

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Media Yahoo Startup Tool 100

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

Surprisingly, Hollywood hasnt played a major role in the formation of new companies, which have tended to be in less glamorous though more lucrative areas like lead-generation and service (with obvious exceptions like JibJab and Hulu, a joint venture of Fox and NBC). Okay, thats AdSense. Well, that technology came from an L.A.

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Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc.

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378