Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 20, 2012

TVSync’s parent company Voible , has provided fingerprint protection technology to most major movie studios and TV networks since 2005. Their VDNA technology helps protect and manage content rights for works that may be pirated and uploaded illegally by automatically identifying that content, tracking it and taking it down.

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Screening Content Mobile Netflix 82

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2012

As early technology pioneers with over 13 years of entrepreneurial experience behind them, what they really saw was an opportunity for expansion into a new digital product line for kids that encouraged learning on multi-platforms. But his timing was too early for technology. Back when video was a tiny patch on the screen.

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Screening eBook Content Ideas 88

socalTECH

JULY 23, 2009

Technology from Los Angeles-based Total Immersion , a developer of "augmented reality" products--is showing up in a new Mattel toy line, based on Twentieth Century Fox's action adventure film "Avatar." Financial impact of the deal to Total Immersion was not disclosed.

Technology 100

Technology Screening Content Web 100

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The intersection of entertainment and technology has been a long time coming. Those who are more involved in traditional entertainment are seeing a major shift online which is why an additional one-day seminar was created to coincide with Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood as a partnership called, Idea to Screen. This is true offline too.

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Hollywood Screening Ideas Entertainment 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2013

and Gigabit DOCSIS products, and more; Irvine-based Vizio announced new HDTVs, smartphones, tablets, and Windows 8 PCs; and Viewsonic , based in Walnut, showed off its new high resolution touch displays. The companies are just some of the many high tech manufacturers announcing or showing off their products in Las Vegas this week.

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Walnut High Tech Company Companies 138

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2012

As early technology pioneers with over 13 years of entrepreneurial experience behind them, what they really saw was an opportunity for expansion into a new digital product line for kids that encouraged learning on multi-platforms. But his timing was too early for technology. Back when video was a tiny patch on the screen.

Screening 65

Screening eBook Content Ideas 65

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

But for a second let’s try something different and blame the technology. Last fall, Mingly released their first product last fall to help users manage their endless webs of connections. Fast forward to the present with Mingly announcing the launch of two new products to expand their services to a wider audience of users.

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Web Social Network Email Networking 74

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2010

Last week, San Diego-based Confident Technologies (www.confidenttechnologies.com) announced that it had acquired the assets of Vidoop, and created a company focused on security and authentication of users. Let's start with the products. What does Confident Technologies do? That might be a car, boat, or an airplane.

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Technology Web Sites Orange County 124

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

I’ve had a long-standing rule of thumb in product design, which I call “design for the novice, configure for the pro.&# I started saying this back in 2001/02, long before the era of Web 2.0, We were young, computer literate and interested in learning about or playing with new technologies.

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Design Startup Web 2.0 Tips 325

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2011

They first started in 1994 and are therefore almost as old as the Web itself. In the IAB study that revealed the graph above, brand advertisers indicated that their number one objective in online advertising was “creating awareness&# followed by “creating purchase intent&# or “likelihood to recommend&# the product.

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Advertising Media Social Media Screening 352

socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2011

In recent years, one of the more common ways to share information, conduct training, or pitch your company to other has been through online, web-based webinar and conferencing. Costin Tuculescu: Freebinar.com is a completely free alternative for web conferencing and webinar users. It's not a freemium model.

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Tech Coast Angels Web Screening Pasadena Angels 178

socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2010

Santa Monica-based Jacked , a developer of second-screen, companion applications for TV broadcasts, has been acquired by Roundbox , a New Jersey-based developer of mobile broadcast software. Roundbox said it would integrate Jacked's technology into its products. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Monica Statistics Screening Content 124

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week. We've also invented and patented a new technology called "MasterKey" that allows people to play our games natively on all relevant social and mobile platforms.

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Technical Review Southern California Incubator High Tech 223

Xconomy

AUGUST 15, 2018

The company also sells gadgets, such as mobile devices with large screens and big buttons, wearables that can work with those devices, and emergency alert products. GreatCall operates a virtual mobile telecommunications network for a customers base of more than 900,000 elderly consumers.

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San Diego Screening Equity Mobile 68

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 23, 2019

However, the adjective “electric” was eventually dropped when all the devices in a product category utilized the technology. I vividly recall a meeting at Siebel to explore a potential partnership by which Siebel would sell our GoToAssist screen sharing technology to its customers. Vertical Software To Mobile First.

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SaaS Software Artificial Inteligence ASP 113

InfoChachkie

JULY 25, 2012

RingRevenue's unique technology allows online and offline advertisers and publishers to consistently increase revenues from mobile, print, search and email campaigns by tracking the phone calls generated by such ads. Consumers are calling advertisers tens of billions (yes billions) of times a year to inquire about products and to buy things.

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Netflix Blogging Mobile Advertising 191

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

We're also working with technology companies , but sixty to seventy percent of our business is still around the SMBs. It's fascinating to see how quickly the SMB adapts to next generation technology products. One product we are launching right now is MySiteAnywhere. They just didn't know what to choose.

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Mobile Marketing Customer Custom 219

socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2009

Los Angeles-based Total Immersion , a developer of technology for inserting interactive video into a live camera feed, said Monday that it has inked a deal with baseball trading firm Topps to create "3D" baseball trading cards. The deal is the first consumer product to come out of Total Immersion.

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Screening Los Angeles Venture Capital Web 100

Eric Greenspan

APRIL 9, 2013

We love to browse the latest and greatest technology and touch it and we will buy it if we know its fairly priced and sold by a reputable firm. First, lets talk about the core products that makes Best Buy what it is. Sadly, these products are, well, boring. It’s a flat screen. Computers and related electronics.

Pricing 229

Pricing Course Technology Screening 229

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2015

Technology. And since I was 13 years old I have been accustomed to the debate about the limitations of technology or rather the downsides of being overly obsessed with gadgets, devices, software or applications. means my whole web wide world would forget that I exist. I face Facebook. more than books face me. book face-to-faces.

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Mobile Startup Email Course 150

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Los Angeles-based BiasSync (www.biassync.com) was founded by three, very experienced serial entrepreneurs-- Michele Ruiz (broadcast journalism), Robin Richards (CareerArc, Internships.com, NTI Group, MP3), and Dan Gould (former VP of Technology for Tinder). It's the idea of bringing a modern web experience to this. What is BiasSync?

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Content Training Education Outsource Development 150

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Most of these investors are members of Angel groups that have a rigorous filtering and screening process, to select the top 3% and most fundable proposals. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial Angel screening. Build a prototype product.

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Angel Screening Summary Startup 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2013

Super-angel investors are a new category of investors (like Mike Maples Jr. ), closer to venture capitalists, who are perceived to be more sophisticated, insightful, or well-connected in the startup community, particularly with respect to technology companies in Silicon Valley and other technology centers (also called micro-VCs).

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Entrepreneur Startup Web Equity 109

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Hamilton Chan is founder of Los Angeles-based PaperLinks (www.paperlinks.com), a new startup which is developing mobile applications which take advantage of QR codes--the 3D barcodes which are cropping up everywhere--to help users marketers go beyond just linking those codes to web pages, but also to power social applications.

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Startup Tips Web Platform 233

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We held a 90-minute demo session where 150 of LA’s VC’s and senior technology executives watched the LPLA V2 group present in small groups of 12-15 each. Lee Essner is formerly a senior exec from WeddingChannel and has much experience in running a successful web property. And of course we had, TheMan.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Neville Spiteri is co-founder of Venice-based WEMO Media (www.wemomedia.com), a new, digital studio whose flagship product is TheBlu (www.theblu.com) an online, interactive experience focused on the world's oceans. Secondly, it's critical that we see the future of entertainment as being on the web, versus at the movie theater.

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Cloud Computing Web Entertainment Media 208

socalTECH

JULY 25, 2012

Edward Park: Our company, Rnddr Labs, is trying to create frictionless merch tools and products. Our first product is Insteegram, using Instagram's API, we allow Instagram users to print their Instagram images on American Apparel shirts. Edward Park: My background is screen printing and production.

Startup 174

Startup Commerce Web 2.0 Screening 174

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Our product is called Starring You, which lets oyu put yourself into any video we create. The mythology of StoryBots, is that they are these little creature who live behind our screens. Gregg Spiridellis: We've got four products in the market right now. So, we launched JibJab eCards. Can you talk about that?

Content 224

Content Startup Screening Education 224

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

Do you screen all of the documents on the marketplace, or how does that work? Jason Nazar: We screen the profiles, but we don't screen the content. We want to make sure the marketplace is for professional content, so we screen to make sure the seller is a professional or small business owner, or a startup or entrepreneur.

Technical Review 171

Technical Review Rustic Canyon Screening Startup 171

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The Gust Deal Funnel from the last 12 months indicates is that 70% of the interested companies never make it past the initial screening process. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial angel screening. Build a prototype product.

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Invest Angel Technical Review Summary 99

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. Mobile Web America, Inc. Everything happens in the browser (no software to download) and the finished product looks amazing on large screens! SuperDemo: Bill Gross.

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CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2012

What drove you to make this a product startup, after running an agency for several years? We were really passionate about technology, and had been doing lots of conceptual stuff, but always wanted to create a product. Jason Crilly: There are a lot of reasons. Holden Steinberg: It's very hard to continue growing with an agency.

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Mobile Startup Advertising Sites 249

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The AngelSoft Deal Funnel from the last 12 months indicates is that 70% of the interested companies never make it past the initial screening process. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial angel screening. Build a prototype product.

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Angel Funding Technical Review Startup 89

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2012

The goal of most business incubators today is to strengthen the local economy, and commercialize new technologies. The incubation period is very short and intense, usually intending to drive entrepreneurs from ideas to marketable products in a matter of months. However, many research and technology parks also house incubation programs.

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Entrepreneur Incubator Startup Seed Funding 86

Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 9, 2011

Pitching at a screening in slow months can result in delayed response from investors or even lack of interest at lightly attended screenings. ” Other groups, such as Tech Coast Angels, allow entrepreneurs to sit in on screenings to get a better understanding of the process. The group invested $8.7 million in 2010.

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Tips Capital Tech Coast Angels Screening 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Steve Jillings has a long track record of running successful startups in Southern California, ranging from such companies as FrontBridge Technologies (sold to Microsoft in 2005 for over $200M) and Vantage Media (acquired in 2007). Telesign provides authentication services for the largest web companies in the world.

Marina Del Rey 238

Marina Del Rey Startup IP Examples 238

Eric Greenspan

APRIL 9, 2013

We love to browse the latest and greatest technology and touch it and we will buy it if we know its fairly priced and sold by a reputable firm. First, lets talk about the core products that makes Best Buy what it is. Sadly, these products are, well, boring. It’s a flat screen. Computers and related electronics.

Pricing 100

Pricing Course Technology Screening 100