socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

The company was co-founded by Dave Vronay (CEO) and Ruben Kleinman (CTO), who previously spent time at Netflix developing that company''s movie classification and matching system. Heard is implementing many techniques reminiscent of Netflix''s content recommendations engine into social data and community. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Netflix is, Spotify is and we think FabFitFun is a no brainer,” said Daniel Broukhim co-founder and co-chief executive of FabFitFun. . “We think about it in the context of a lifestyle,” said Michael Broukhim. FabFitFun expands its video reach with a new experiment in live programming.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Every year, a personal Upfront Summit highlight is getting to sit down with experts in a field I care about. I encourage you to watch the entire 30 minute video (below or here ) both for insights into Quibi and understanding how a leader like Meg thinks about innovation, but I’ll also pull out a few highlights.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 21, 2012

for about $200M to help fund program purchases, according to a report this morning from the Wall Street Journal. According to the report, the move comes as Hulu is looking to keep up with the big investments that competitors NetFlix and Amazon are making to obtain and create content for their own video streaming services. Comcast Corp.,

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

For those not familiar with Grow Credit, talk about what your service does? Joe Bayen: Grow Credit is the first platform to allow consumers to establish their credit, for free, using their subscription payments for services such as Netflix, HBO, or whatnot. How did the Mastercard partnership come about?

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Breitbart’s former Executive Chairman Steven Bannon to become White House chief strategist, Peter Csathy argues Disney should buy Netflix and hire Reed Hastings as its next CEO, and marketers grumble about Snapchat’s ad measurement features.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

We caught up with M-GO''s CEO, John Batter , to hear about where M-GO fits into the streaming media market. John Batter: M-GO was formed about two years ago as a joint venture between DreamWorks and Technicolor. As it turns out, as we thought about that, we started looking for partners to help us build a platform.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 23, 2016

Plivo’s Zentruck service provides voice and SMS APIs to thousands of businesses worldwide, including the likes of CallHub, Mozilla and Netflix. The post Four Innovative SaaS To Get Excited About appeared first on TechZulu. This could include information on LinkedIn, media sources and more.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2021

The Denominator Effect I recently wrote a post about funding for investors to think about having a diversified portfolio , which I called “shots on goal.” In our funds we do about 12 deals / year and see several thousand so the funding rate is somewhere between 0.2–0.5% On Funding?—?The to start their next company.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

We talked about how his new company, AnyBeat , will be a difference kind of social network. What we thought about Google Plus’s concept of circles (hint, I think it’s the wrong strategy & discussed in detail why). What the NetFlix changes were all about and the economics behind this. Or does he?

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 5, 2022

What if an influencer collective could be truly collaborative, rather than fodder for a depressing Netflix reality show ? In a documentary about the Collab Crew, Kastle even said she had dyed half of her hair pink because she felt that the TikTok algorithm was more likely to surface her videos when it saw brighter colors.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Iroko Patners had , a souring relationship with YouTube, Google Ads Words, Amazon Web Services even though the movie streaming firm had about eight million YouTube streams a month, with a $1 million revenue run-rate in 2011. We currently have around 35,000 songs online by about 200 African artists. How does it work? Why Africa?

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Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

What this means is, even though Netflix essentially pays for the rights to stream Hollywood movies, it doesn’t even come close to the money studios make from movie theaters. Tribeca’s chief creative officer Geoffrey Gilmore said in an interview with innosight.com about Hollywood, “They only want to make a lot of profit.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

We all hear about the big winners, such as the game Clash of Clans , which has now surpassed $1 billion in yearly revenue, and the smartphone version of Skype , which is making huge money through credits as an extension of the website version. Yet according to other statistics, vanishing few of these ever generate a significant profit.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

The half- dozen movie giants that have been with us in one form or another since the 1930s, plus huge upstarts like Netflix and Amazon (Prime). Come hear about the opportunities - and challenges - for tech developers hoping to make it in show biz!

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2022

Instead of sizing up new opportunities and actively courting every new customer, you start worrying about cutting costs, repeatable processes , and overtaking known competitors. How about in your industry? The best growth alternatives may still come from “entrepreneur thinking” about alternate solutions and divergent paths.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

Nasty Gal CEO Sophia Amoruso is credited with coining the term in the title of her 2014 memoir, “#Girlboss,” which chronicled her rags-to-riches success and was adapted into a Netflix show. The following year, she stepped down as CEO, and by 2016, her company filed for bankruptcy and was purchased by Boohoo. That’s like the PR trope.”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

With a team full of passion, you can accomplish just about anything. Netflix, which is known for its creative culture, tells employees to “Say what you think, even if it is controversial. A successful business is still all about execution, so you still need clear milestones, checkpoints, and metrics to keep you on track.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 25, 2012

Maybe even as big as Netflix’ seemingly permanent mistake of not allowing Netflix subscribers to send a “your friend Arden thought you’d love this movie. Click here to watch it for free” link to their non-Netflix friends. Want to know more about how to avoid a mobile snafu? Facebook is a big, smart company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

In fact, subscription pricing has been around for a long time for magazines, cloud-based software, and gaming, but now I’m seeing it used for just about anything, including for more stylish clothes via Taelor Style , gourmet foods via TryTheWorld , and toys for your kids via KiwiCo. All-you-can-eat content model. Network model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2022

Why else would name brands with huge resources, like Blockbuster and Kodak , get overrun by upstarts like Netflix and Apple. Think about needs from a global perspective versus local. Even if your business is local, like ride sharing, think about the potential for emerging markets in new countries.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 24, 2022

Netflix and Uber are among the household names to have reduced their workforce numbers since the new year. Right now, the economic climate is such that companies seem to be making snap decisions about hiring and firing staff, on top of rescinding job offers. Mass Layoffs Taking Place.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 27, 2022

This round comes about eight months after PortalOne raised a $15 million seed round , also notable for its size and the backers. That has led to record levels of interest and engagement in games, and that has in turn resulted in a host of new entrants into the space (including some from other entertainment verticals, like Netflix ).

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2020

It's like a water cooler conversation, where you're talking about what you are binging next, next week's episodes, and an app to basically capture all of the conversations and recommendations with your friends in one spot. Netflix is now in 190 countries. It's all about streaming content, and streaming television and movies.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The idea, the company says, is to bring convenience and afforability of a Netflix movie service to the auto industry. When you subscribe, you think differently about a car – now the value is defined by the user benefit.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 21, 2019

We are incredibly excited about how the AmazeVR platform will enable innovative, quality content to be generated at unprecedented scale and speed.”. We see no reason that VR content shouldn’t be compelling enough to support a Netflix model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2020

In fact, subscription pricing has been around for a long time for magazines, cloud-based software, and gaming, but now I’m seeing it used for just about anything, including for more stylish clothes via Mr.Conection , gourmet foods via TryTheWorld , and toys for your kids via KiwiCo. All-you-can-eat content model. Network model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2021

The entrepreneurs I see are always talking about “disruptive innovation” ideas, but the plans I read are more often linear extensions of a current hot offering, like one more social network with the best of Facebook and Twitter, one more dating site dimension, or another “must-have” accessory for smartphones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

We all hear about the big winners, such as the game Clash of Clans , which still pulls in over a million dollars a day, and the smartphone version of Skype , which is making money through credits as an extension of the website version. Yet according to other statistics, vanishing few of these ever generate a significant profit.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Netflix has both quantity and quality.but isn’t very timely. Use Add-Ons: There are scores of Netflix add-ons to help you find certain shows, search for random episodes, and much more. You can go through show by show and delete them: This also prevents them from affecting Netflix suggestions. Hulu/Hulu Plus.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Anything you or your team knows about the market today may change tomorrow. The alternative is another Eastman Kodak, who failed to keep up with the transition from film to digital cameras, or another Blockbuster Video, overrun by Netflix and streaming videos on the Internet. Don’t demand or assume immediate and certain answers.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2016

Leadership is about listening to multiple opinions but in the end trusting your instincts and deciding. Leadership is about not worrying about how people will think about you for hard calls. It is about being willing to be wrong. Leadership, as I’ve pointed out before, is about being respected more than loved.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2019

We caught up with Pluto TV's co-founder and Chief Growth Officer, Ilya Pozin , to hear about how the company started, and its path to acquisitionas well as to get some tips on startup success. Every single TV service online, from Hulu, to Netflix, and on requires people to search and find content, and really makes people work.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Constance Curtis , the Founder and CEO of The List (www.getthelistapp.com), thinks so, and tells us about her startup's efforts to bring the world of matchmaking to the modern worldand how her own frustration with online dating let to her startup. Another big thing that I've learned, which is really useful, is about acquiring customers.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 29, 2013

I just found out about a great award opportunity for people connected to USC (or who can figure out a connection in time). Apply here: [link] ABOUT THE PRIZES Significant cash prizes will be awarded to the top 3 teams: First place: $25,000, Second place: $15,000, Third place: $10,000. I was just down at Demo Day for the USC Incubator.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2023

For example, we all remember when Blockbuster realized too late that Netflix was stealing customers by offering videos online rather than via DVDs, but even then they were unable to adapt their processes and their thinking. You will be amazed to see what you can find on the Internet about competitors performance.

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socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

Bauckhage talks about the firm's recent funding from DFJ Espirit, T-Venture, Grazia Equity, and others, and how the company has been helping studios like Twentieth Century Fox, Universal, Disney and Paramount market their upcoming releases. We started about four or five years ago. What is the idea behind Moviepilot?

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