socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2014

a Boston-based software developer which develops self-service, publishing tools aimed at magazine publishers, catalog publishers, and others. As part of the buy, Gores Group has named Brian T. Zmags helps those catalog, magazine, and other publishers convert their media into tablet, mobile, social, and web form.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2012

At least six, Southern California companies -- Nimble , ParkMe , Quarterly , Beachmint , Chromatik , and Dollar Shave Club -- have been named as one of Entrepreneur Magazine's 100 Brilliant Companies list today, a healthy share of the publication's annual look at the best ideas, hottest industries, and innovators.

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Dollar Shave Club Southern California Entrepreneur Company 231

socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2015

The filing is very surprising, given that the company was named to both the Deloitte Fast 500 in 2014, nationally, last year for its growth rate, and was also Inc Magazine's number one fastest growing company in 2014 , with 2013 revenues of $195.6M. Fuhu is reportedly in a deal to be acquired by Mattel for $9.5M READ MORE>>.

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El Segundo News Report Technology 100

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Goop is cashing in on pseudoscience and, in the process, giving natural health practices a bad name. What we are creating is less of a consumer magazine. Krista Berlincourt, the co-founder and chief executive officer of a new startup, Kensh? Health , hopes she can take back the narrative.

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Guide Research Seed Funding Journal 241

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2013

If you ever want to read the great American generational immigrant business story read American Pastoral by Philip Roth, which won the Pulitzer Prize and was voted by Time Magazine as one of the best 100 books of all time. The company name sounded Chinese – Huy Fong Foods. Where was it from? What did it mean?

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Entrepreneur Startup Pricing Product 415

socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2012

Los Angeles-based BUZZMEDIA , the online music blog publisher and pop culture publishing firm which owns Celebuzz, Idolator, Stereogum, and other sites, is continuing a hiring roll today, saying it has named Michael Ziegler as Senior Vice President, Sales. BUZZMEDIA said Ziegler will head up sales efforts in the Midwest and Eastern areas.

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Sales Yahoo Blogging Los Angeles 133

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2009

Perfect Market is looking to apply search engine marketing and search engine optimization techniques to what has traditionally been considered "archive" content--for example, old advice articles from newspapers and magazines. READ MORE>>.

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Search Engine Optimization Marketing Idealab Yahoo 124

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2011

I’m sure you have all been frustrated at least once at not being able to get the Internet domain name you want for your company. Who owns all of these names, and should you ever buy one for a premium? Here's how the master of Web domains built a $300 million empire of over 300,000 domain names. Register the name if available.

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Company Companies Pricing Web 81

socalTECH

MAY 3, 2012

Forbes Magazine has just published its annual Midas List , its annual ranking of the top 100 venture capitalists, and -- despite a record number of IPOs and exits last year from southern California technology companies -- Southern California's venture capital community was shut out of the list entirely.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

RIM''s management made the brilliant decision to change the company''s name to BlackBerry, Ltd. Unfortunately, the market was as excited by the new devices as they were about the company''s revised name. As Wired magazine pointed out in a January 2013 article , "It’s a Hail Mary pass for a company that held 44.5

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Technical Support Marketing Advertising SaaS 250

socalTECH

JUNE 24, 2011

Classmates International , the unit of Woodland Hills-based United Online which has recently been transitioning from a service to find old classmates and associates into one focused on nostalgic memories under the name MemoryLane , has been hit by a trademark suite. The suit was filed by Memory Lane Inc., READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 23, 2009

Rosensweig has also served at Ziff Davis, in a variety of roles, including President and CEO of ZDNet, and Vice-President and Publisher of PC Magazine. Rosensweig was most recently COO of Yahoo from 2002 to 2006. Activision said that Kai Huang, former President and CEO of RedOctane will continue on at RedOctane reporting to Rosensweig.

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Activision Yahoo Santa Monica Content 100

socalTECH

MARCH 23, 2009

Rosenweig has also served at Ziff Davis, in a variety of roles, including President and CEO of ZDNet, and Vice-President and Publisher of PC Magazine. Rosenweig was most recently COO of Yahoo from 2002 to 2006. Activision said that Kai Huang, former President and CEO of RedOctane will continue on at RedOctane reporting to Rosenweig.

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Activision Yahoo Santa Monica Content 100

socalTECH

MAY 5, 2010

According to the firm, it has named Aisling McDonagh as Senior Sales Director, Todd Dufour as Head of Influencer Marketing & Talent Relations, and Judith Heimowitz and Mary Michael Marlo as Directors of Integrated Marketing. McDonagh joins from Prevention Magazine at Rodale, and has also worked at Yahoo!

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Buzznet Sales Anthem Redpoint 145

SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 12, 2010

He is responsible for all aspects of developing and creating nook eReaders, including the nook 3G + WiFi ereader that was named Best of the Best at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show, One of the 10 Top Gadgets of 2009 and Best Travel Gadgets of 2009 by Time Magazine, and winner of the Best New Gadget Award at TechCrunch's 2009 Crunchies awards.

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Product Develop Development 100

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2018

The subject of numerous glowing profiles in online and print fashion and lifestyle magazines (including, most recently, in High Snobiety ), Lil Miquela’s stardom (and her fellow avatars) fascinated because the characters’ creators coyly toed the line around “her” self-awareness and their own.

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Social Media Los Angeles Media Geni 254

Berkonomics

MAY 30, 2019

The only named solution will have been yours. Over the years, advertising money is being moved from display ads in magazines and newspapers to social network sites where people with eyeballs have migrated. And some number of readers will identify directly with the problem as their own and be moved to act.

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Case Study Study Customer Custom 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2010

I’m sure you have all been frustrated at least once at not being able to get the Internet domain name you want for your company. Who owns all of these names, and should you ever buy one for a premium? Here's how the master of Web domains built a $300 million empire of over 300,000 domain names. Register the name if available.

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Pricing Web Software Review .Net 49

Tech.Co

MAY 26, 2020

The New York Times now includes a Bookshop link alongside an Amazon one, while BuzzFeed News, Vox, and New York Magazine are all in, and Hearst, Meredith, and Condé Nast will likely start using Bookshop next month. Top Publications: BuzzFeed News, Vox, New York Magazine. Bookshop’s goal isn’t to beat Amazon.

Technical Review 130

Technical Review Buzzfeed News Networking 130

Berkonomics

JUNE 30, 2012

The only named solution will have been yours. Over the years, advertising money is being moved from display ads in magazines and newspapers to social network sites where people with eyeballs have migrated. And some number of readers will identify directly with the problem as their own, and be moved to act.

Case Study 212

Case Study Study Social Network Advertising 212

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2011

I really like the clarity of two business units – whatever you name them. The name Qwikster : 1 out of 5 stars. I was asked by a journalist at the NYT if I thought it was a clever name since it was perhaps intentionally retro. Netflix needs to segment their customers and charge each what is appropriate. And so on.

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Netflix Customer Custom Pricing 287

InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

Putting their expensive educations to good use, they aptly named their novelty product a "MouseDriver". Our inventory is being financed by companies with names like Chase, Citibank, First USA and Capital One. Magazine ended up doing a cover story on Kyle and I called, An American Start-Up. February of 2001, Inc.

Newsletter 233

Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 233

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

With some of the biggest names in the industry set to attend and even give keynotes sessions, you will be able to absorb all the wisdom they will be passing down to you and become a better professional within your prospective industry for it. In 2006 he was named one of the most influential authorities on Blog Marketing in the world.

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Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 75

InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

Putting their expensive educations to good use, they aptly named their novelty product a "MouseDriver". Our inventory is being financed by companies with names like Chase, Citibank, First USA and Capital One. Magazine ended up doing a cover story on Kyle and I called, An American Start-Up. February of 2001, Inc.

Newsletter 133

Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 133

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2013

Listings will be based on your current time zone and include the channel name, air time and a description of the show or movie playing, meaning that the listings that exist in cable box guides, magazines and newspapers are now conveniently located on the Facebook Pages of peoples’ favorite shows,” Facebook announced.

Software Review 67

Software Review Mobile Guide Sites 67

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 27, 2014

The big names in the big appliance space have been playing at this for a few years, but most early attempts have been off target. “ RFID technology will eventually replace the barcode, therefore any product that has a barcode today will have an RFID tag in the future,” said Itzkovitch to UX Magazine.

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Belkin Startup Google Press 92

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Pitching stories and getting your name out to various companies and editors requires a lot of work. I have run newspapers, magazines, and websites and I have written for them all. Therefore, we could have published a directory of the editor’s names and addresses for over 20,000 outlets. The magazine is a bit of prestige.

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Journal Startup Writing Media 90

InfoChachkie

MAY 13, 2013

And in one of those ‘How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying’ moments, I (said) ''His name is John Ferriter and I will send him over right now.'' (applause) That was the first job I got for somebody. I picked up a copy of Vanity Fair (magazine) and the ''it'' girl of that moment was the Guess model named Claudia Schiffer.

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Hollywood Startup Santa Barbara Carson 241

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 15, 2011

Often you hear a radio ad, see a TV ad or read an article in a magazine and you type the results into Google to find out more details about the product or service. It’s the snowball effect, which is why Jonathan Strauss, the founder of awe.sm, actually named the company “Snowball Factory.&#. They did not.

Social Media 292

Social Media Google Media Marketing 292

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

With some of the biggest names in the industry set to attend and even give keynotes sessions, you will be able to absorb all the wisdom they will be passing down to you and become a better professional within your prospective industry for it. In 2006 he was named one of the most influential authorities on Blog Marketing in the world.

Los Angeles 49

Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 49

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2011

Now the measure is how many hits one has on a Google name search, factored by some formula, like the sum of all positive messages minus 100 for every negative message. She googled each person's name. The measure of an entrepreneur used to be the number of real friends claimed, but times have changed.

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Google Social Network Networking Coach 102

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Perhaps the first big pioneer of this was Apple who started opening stores in 2001 , just when it appeared that the Internet was going to implode and when they went physical the industry trade magazines and press openly mocked them. But if you look at the trends, many of the best DTC brands have embraced physical.

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Product Course Customer Custom 296

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

I''ll never forget his name, it was Mr.Gillespie. Magazine or Forbes Magazines. I was a senior in high school and, at that point, I still wanted to basically be a cartoonist. I had a great guidance counselor. Everybody kind of knew our home situation. He pulled me into his office and he said, ''Don look. It''s commercial art.

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Startup Entrepreneur Design Santa Barbara 250

InfoChachkie

APRIL 9, 2012

Exercise II: Your Fortune Magazine Interview. For each one, answer the following questions as if you were being interviewed by a writer from Fortune magazine. Product Name. State the anticipated name of your product/service. You might want to read: Lousy Product Names. Mini-Venture Idea Worksheet.

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Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Statistics 243

InfoChachkie

JULY 21, 2011

2) Congratulations on Entrepreneur magazine recently naming BetterWorks a “ Brilliant Company.” In that way, the people who made it feel they really achieved something. 100% of the folks (who survived the boot camps) are still here. I am a huge fan of PR being done in-house during a startup’s early stages.

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Summary Tips Sales Entrepreneur 246

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Get to know them now before they become household names. philosophie has worked with some of the world’s biggest names: Google, Nissan, Nintendo, UCLA, and more. Fun Fact: Their latest investment was into LA-based Daqri – the augmented reality platform that has been used for campaigns with Cadillac and MAXIM Magazine.

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Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2015

I felt this myself as we went from a few founders huddled into a tiny room to the front page of the Financial Times, an influx of VC interest, magazine covers, invitations to high-profile events and the pressures of trying to live up to this perception and the economic opportunities everybody expected.

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Press Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur 150