socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2013

Just before the holidays, we caught up with Blair Harrison , founder of Frequency (www.frequency.com), a personal video service which lets consumers watch video from the Internet on any of their devices. Harrison created one of the Internet's first video search sites, FastTV, and also ran IFILM, which he sold to Viacom in 2006.

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socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2010

We allow them to have virtual store fronts, portable stores, which they can place on their social networking profiles, on their own dot com, on their blogs, and so forth--anywhere fans already interact with the artist. There are lots of custom merchandise sites out there--how do you compete?

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Van Nuys Tech Coast Angels Startup Web 191

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

We all now visit UGC sites to learn about products & services before we use them. My Wish List: I want at least three slices for any UGC sites. Sliced by social graph – The obvious place to start is my social graph. Our social networks are filled with our friends, sure.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Well, Los Angeles based Near Networks (www.nearnetworks.com) is looking to both reach customers online, and avoid the tacky, lousy production of typical small business ads, with a new service. What is Near Networks? I'm very familiar with good production values and telling stories visually.

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Networking Search Engine Optimization Product Startup 150

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

Overture never built the destination site to monetize from. So when Google started pushing AdSense (ads for affiliate or 3rd party sites) they had a HUGE cost advantage. I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. Google had huge destination traffic. uh, hello!

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

I do energy and materials investment, Internet investing, digital media investing, and financial services investing. Fouad ElNaggar: I think that what we offer to companies is a different level of service, even at the early stage, than super angels can provide. I am different, in that my areas of focus is quite broad.

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Jason Nazar

JUNE 18, 2009

They attract over 70 million people a month (just in the US), and by most accounts are still one of the 10 most popular sites in the world. MySpace should not require a login to get into the site, and I DON’T want to see my profile when I do log in. Movies – no website has more Hollywood DNA. I wouldn’t bet against MySpace.

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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. Savannah Peterson – Shapeaways , the social platform for 3D printing. Here are some sites from the trade show floor!

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Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. Ask a question and get an answer - that is, after all, what all Q&A sites offer. How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter.

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