Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

We have been holding off on this announcement for quite a bit and now we can officially announce Bill Gross of Idealab as our SuperDemo presenter. Bill Gross founded Idealab in March 1996 and serves as the company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. VP, Strategic Planning at Disney Interactive Media Group.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

To help curate and show off the best that LA has to offer we called in a few friends. A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Dinesh earned his B.S.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

socalTECH

MAY 5, 2016

Pasadena-based mobile ad measurement platform developer UberMedia , one of the companies out of Idealab, has released a new, mobile attribution product that tracks cross-media advertisement and correlates that to foot traffic in stores.

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Product Idealab Patents Pasadena 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 6, 2011

Altadena-based TripTrotting , an online community that helps world travelers find hosts, has scored a Series A round of funding, according to sources close to the firm. The funding came from Idealab's New Ventures Group. Details on the funding, and size, have not yet been announced by the startup. READ MORE>>.

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Altadena Funding Pasadena Angels Idealab 164

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2013

USC revealed this morning that it has created a new, startup accelerator on campus, the Viterbi Startup Garage , which will help students and alumni start technology companies in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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USC Startup Southern California Incubator 187

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2009

Pasadena-based Perfect Market, the Idealab-backed startup which is looking to help publishers monetize their underutilized and archive content, said Wednesday that it has created a new advisory board. The firm is hoping its automated tools can help large, branded content publishers a way to drive traffic to their sites.

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Search Engine Optimization Marketing Idealab Yahoo 124

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Factual said that the data set helps developers gain access to information which had previously been difficult to license, due to multiple vendors and licensing requirements. The release also came in conjunction with new developer tools and redesign by the company to help developers get started more quickly in using its datasets.

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Software Review Rustic Canyon Miramar Google 206

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

And my company is hugely relevant to what they’re doing so having an advocate at senior levels there is certainly a help.” He previously co-founded Charlie , a Los Angeles based media company and interactive agency. Sam & Adam will be joined by Josh Webb who I have worked closely with and who formerly worked at Idealab.

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Venture Capital Funding Startup GRP Partners 287

socalTECH

JUNE 14, 2010

Factual said that the partnership will help parents, student, and educators to make more informed decisions, and help transform what were static data tables into interactive, dynamic ones. Financial details of the arrangement between Factual and Newsweek were not disclosed.

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Rustic Canyon Miramar Google Santa Monica 150

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

Last week, Pasadena-based Punchcard (www.punchcard.com) launched its mobile apps, which help local retailers provide rewards to loyal customers. The firm is backed by Idealab, and is headed by Internet veteran Andy Steuer. Is this part of Idealab's new ventures group, or how did you connect with them?

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Southern California Idealab Startup Customer 245

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

How do you make sense of all that data and actually help it to drive business decisions? Pasadena-based UberMedia (Www.ubermedia.com) is taking that data, and sorting through it to help businesses. We also work with companies doing measurement of marketing campaigns and store visits. Gladys Kong: For instance, location data.

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Advertising Mobile Social Media Startup 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

In addition, Howard Marks unveiled Start Engine , a new LA incubator focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. VP, Strategic Planning at Disney Interactive Media Group. upStart.LA is a startup accelerator based in Los Angeles that helps tech entrepreneurs get their business up and going. Community Sponsors.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The event will feature a panel of some of SoCal’s brightest entrepreneurs who have received funding from TechStars, Y Combinator, 500 Startups, and Idealab and will be moderated by upStart.LA’s Co-Founder, Dan Dato. Rafi Gordon , Co-founder at StyleSpot (an Idealab funded company).

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Incubator Santa Monica Idealab Social Media 64

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 20, 2009

The bottom line is that Los Angeles Tech is trying to help find and navigate that content. To be clear Los Angeles Tech is a jump off point. The content comes from other places. This is mostly from bloggers, but also from pages being included by members.

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Los Angeles Angel Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 150

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

We want to provide our audience with not only amazing presenting startups/newly released products (submissions still open Apply Here ) but also outstanding people that can help you grow as an entrepreneur and lead a successful business. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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Tsavo Idealab Tech Coast Angels Userplane 76

socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2014

One local startup, Chippmunk (www.chippmunk.com), hopes so, and believes that focusing on user interface design will help it win over its competitors. I then went to another local company, Internet Brands, which was originally an Idealab company, and had the opportunity to build their shopping division. What''s next for your company?

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Internet Brands Content Startup Sites 257

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

In addition, Howard Marks unveiled Start Engine , a new LA incubator focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. VP, Strategic Planning at Disney Interactive Media Group. upStart.LA is a startup accelerator based in Los Angeles that helps tech entrepreneurs get their business up and going. Community Sponsors.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The event will feature a panel of some of SoCal’s brightest entrepreneurs who have received funding from TechStars, Y Combinator, 500 Startups, and Idealab and will be moderated by upStart.LA’s Co-Founder, Dan Dato. Rafi Gordon , Co-founder at StyleSpot (an Idealab funded company).

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Incubator Santa Monica Idealab Social Media 40

socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2011

This morning, Pasadena-based Perfect Market (www.perfectmarket.com) announced a new, $9M round of funding for the firm's technology, which is used to help publishers monetize their content. Julie Schoenfeld: When we talked last, we were focusing primarily on helping publisher monetize their archived content. Congrats on funding.

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Marketing Funding Content Writing 232

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

After months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. upStart.LA is a startup accelerator based in Los Angeles that helps tech entrepreneurs get their business up and going. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

If you believe that you have a great idea that has a potential to sell and you need help in product development, we are here for your help. We have helped many other startups through our carefully designed investment model. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

With a room full of investors, founders, media, and tech enthusiasts; and a hilariously dramatic orchestral soundtrack that would show up from time to time (Cal Tech Symphony practice happening on the first floor), there was definitely a strong air of excitement through our different stages of the evening.

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Technical Review Idealab Startup Mobile 94

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Scott’s first big foray into industry-changing companies came with CarsDirect, an IdeaLab company where he was the initial founder & CEO. Competitors: Google (Invite Media) , MediaMath , X+1. They raised around $350 million to try and sell cars direct over the Internet. Total raised: $6.0mm. See: TechCrunch.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

TechCrunch, Forbes, PandoDaily, and other national and local media covered the fest, centered in Santa Monica and Venice at venues with views of the beach on picture-perfect sunny days. Panels were based at hubs including Leadership, Branding / Advertising, Social Media, Entrepreneurs, Community and more. Highlights.

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Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

At at time where nearly all advertising was purchased on a CPM (cost per thousand) basis and not very measurable this was a huge innovation that should be credited to Bill Gross, the founder of IdeaLab. But of course Google eventually became the massive winner in this category. This form of advertising is know at CPA (cost per action).

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Advertising Invest RSS CPC 284

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

They were started in affiliation with IdeaLab and were the first-round lead in PayPal. Palm is a maker of mobile computing devices, including the Pixi and Pixi Plus; HP: “Our intent is to double down on WebOS”; helps HP compete in mobile computing with Apple, RIM, Google, and MSFT. Read more: peHUB , TechCrunch industry analysis.

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Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Last fall, Mingly released their first product last fall to help users manage their endless webs of connections. After an initial round of seed funding of $500k led by Pasadena’s Idealab, Mingly saw great success as they built up their Gmail user base.

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Web Social Network Email Networking 74

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Alex Benzer , founder of FanMix (a TechStars company), a social media engine that allows you to find who cares about what and how to engage them. Mark Evans , founder of NetPlenish (a 500 Startups company), a price comparison and shopping subscription tool that helps you replenish the items you use on a daily basis.

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Incubator Startup Mentor Entrepreneur 107

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

Tyler has helped coach dozens of companies through pitching and presenting at Launch Conf and formerly TechCrunch 50. Definitely was a helpful talk and seemed to really made a huge difference — we’re very lucky to have Tyler here in the community and drop by.

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Startup Mahalo Technical Review Idealab 66

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Richard Rosenblatt – Demand Media. Most recently, Rosenblatt cofounded Demand Media, launching in 2006 with $120 million in equity and the acquisition of eHow.com. You might know Demand Media better as the people behind Cracked, DailyPuppy, and GolfLink. Bill Gross – Idealab. Comment help. 13 comments.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2012

It’s almost a subconscious connection vs. all other media sites. Kim was the Technical Lead at Triptrotting when it was incubated in Idealab and came on board to Insteegran last October. The whole community loves him and he helps build and create the fun culture that Insteegram represents. It’s a breath of fresh air.

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Startup Customer Custom Pricing 98

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

He’s behind IdeaLab and has created many interesting companies including innovating in solar energy ( eSolar ) and electric cars ( Aptera ). They help speed up the network by pushing the highly viewed and large media files to the “edge&# of the network (e.g. Overture sold for $1.6 billion to Yahoo!

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Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 2, 2011

In the US we now have some very well established incubation programs run by high-caliber mentors including IdeaLab, yCombinator, TechStars, BetaWorks and Launchpad LA. Maybe off-shoring could become more on-shoring and helping drum up employment in places like Detroit. Let me give you an example. He graduated from Harvard undergrad.

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Education Startup Incubator Class 322