Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Coincident has created a platform that will allow storytellers and producers to create robust second screen stories on the fly that incorporate video, images and other web content. To put this technology into perspective, let us take a step back for a moment and explain what the future of television and content is shaping up to look like.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Check out panels on What Accelerators Want, Meet the Junior VCs, Music, Games, Social TV, Arts Education, PR for Startups, Women Developers, Ad Tech, Telling Your Story: Script to Startup, Film Financing: Crowdfunding and VCs. The panelists will pick their fave pitch to give a 5-minute pitch.

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Startup Social Media San Diego Screening 113

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Continuing my series of posts that I’ve been collecting that live at the intersection of Startups and being a Startup CTO : Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March here are the top posts from May 2010. Now, thanks to social media, you don't have to outspend. It is to out friend.

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socalTECH

MAY 13, 2016

Los Angeles-based DreamJobbing.com , the startup founded by Lisa Hennessy, Alex Boylan and Burton Roberts, which offers up true "dream jobs" to its users, has tied with outdoors product site TheClymb on a set of dream jobs for Instagram photographers. The two said that applications opened on Thursday, and will run until June 22nd.

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Tech.Co

JULY 25, 2017

That all changed with social media , and now everyone is glued to their phone’s screen. The successor to social media, at least in terms of cultural significance, are the on-demand apps that have us reaching for our phones not just to message friends, but to make transactions.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

It turns out, a Los Angeles startup has a fix for that. Are you tired of people spoiling your DVR watching by giving away the medal results at the Winter Olympics in Sochi?

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 5, 2013

Take, for example, the recent City Council vote to end ride-sharing services and effectively shut down an entire sector of emerging tech startups – putting both their app developers and their enterprising users stranded in no man’s land. People don’t just solely watch TV nowadays; they multitask with a handful of screens.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2011

They first started in 1994 and are therefore almost as old as the Web itself. CTR meaning for every 1,000 ads that are served up only 2 people click on them. CTR meaning for every 1,000 ads that are served up only 2 people click on them. Banner Ads. I guess from there we had nowhere to go but down. Holy Shiitake !

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Advertising Media Social Media Screening 352

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

My favorite part of the interview with Nanxi starts right off the bat as she recalls the string of fortuitous events that brought the founding team together. He flew from LA to discuss his business concept with Nanxi, and after a dense hour-long discussion, she signed up immediately and made plans to visit LA the following week.

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Social Media Startup Screening Advertising 106

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Innovation is the key to long-term business success, both in startups as well as established organizations. Then, when you are unable to remove more layers, you can build up to the fastest and most efficient way of getting that base thing done. Elon Musk recommends this approach. Practice the one-sentence method.

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Startup Outsource Development Entrepreneur Ideas 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2023

For your own happiness and satisfaction, I recommend you start instead working from that higher purpose and passion. For example, consider CVS Health's Project Health program, which directed teams to provide free health screenings to disadvantaged and underserved patient populations. Rally a community and build a team to support you.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. start-ups are overvalued. And I’m seeing this even at some really well run startups. Big difference.].

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

The Annual TechZulu Startup Forecast is one of our most anticipated events. Richard Wolpert – Managing Director of Amplify.LA, startup incubator and Venture Advisor at Accel Partners. In addition, we had a fully stacked line up of showcasing startups with Causora , Floshare , Kiosked , and Yekra.

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Startup Google Education Venture Capital 95

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. start-ups are overvalued. Well, it’s not because the good start-ups look bad; it’s because the bad start-ups look good!

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Startup Venture Capital Pricing Technical Review 361

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2012

It's not an uncommon experience, and one which drove Holden Steinberg and Jason Crilly to start PageWoo (www.pagewoo.com), a service which is aimed at helping businesses create mobile-friendly landing pages for their advertisements. What drove you to make this a product startup, after running an agency for several years?

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 24, 2013

Well, summer’s almost here and the weather’s warming up. inch full HD (1080p) screen and HTC Sense innovations. HTC BlinkFeed provides customized content and real-time updates streamed live on your home screen. During a week-day while the kids are still in school of course! Keep your eyes on the prize!

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Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

The idea of video on demand has been around since as early as 1990 when GTE partnered up with AT&T to create the first VOD system. VOD pretty much started out as cable TV and then morphed into hundreds of millions of people globally streaming their favorite movies and shows onto handheld devices. For example, Warner Bros.

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Hollywood Demand Marketing Netflix 93

socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Today, we have Cody Simms , Executive Director of Techstars (www.techstars.org), which has been very active this year in the startup accelerator and mentoring area. Cody Simms: Locally in LA the Snapchat IPO will have a huge impact on our local startup ecosystem. What was the biggest news from you or your firm this year?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2011

One of the hot new approaches I have seen around the country for assisting startups looking for funding has been “crowd-sourcing” sites ( Kickstarter ) or “crowd-pitching” events ( Funding Universe ). These are variations on a “crowd-funding” theme to raise money for a startup through social networks and voting at public events.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

My favorite part of the interview with Nanxi starts right off the bat as she recalls the string of fortuitous events that brought the founding team together. He flew from LA to discuss his business concept with Nanxi, and after a dense hour-long discussion, she signed up immediately and made plans to visit LA the following week.

Social Media 81

Social Media Startup Screening Advertising 81

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We want to give our brightest new startups the connections and interactions they need to help streamline success. He teamed up with Jordanna Joaquina, a genetic counselor, to create an online version of what she was already doing in the physical world. Oh, and the cocktail party afterward also rocked! (I Watch this space.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 21, 2015

A new, Los Angeles startup, Textpertapp (www.textpertapp.co) has created a new app, where you can crowdsource your texts--and love advice--next time you are trying to woo that potential date. How'd you come up with the idea? Whether there is any chemistry or not, that's up to you, and who you are sitting next to.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Consumers all have access to social networks, but the business-side has never really caught on. Solaborate is bringing professionals and companies from the tech industry together and connect them through a new social media platform. Labinot Bytyqi: The whole idea came up when I was working in the corporate world.

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Social Media Social Network Tool Mobile 92

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Among those involved in TheBlu are Andy Jones (Avatar), Joichi Ito (MIT Media Lab), Scott Yara (EMC/Greenplum), Yair Landau (MK Capital, formerly of Sony Pictures Entertainment), among others. It's kind of a combination of web, social media, storytelling, an hard core software engineering, all of the required elements.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 29, 2013

Screen First – If you believe that an introduction has a low likelihood of netting either party a substantive gain, dissuade the person requesting the introduction. Not only will this approach save everyone time, it will allow you to reserve your social capital to facilitate more impactful introductions. Indispensable Matchmaking.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2014

Fact: social media is among the top most powerful communication tools today. Pew Internet Project’s research on Social Networking reports that as of January 2014, 74% of online adults use social networking sites. Digital Insights reports in their 2014 Social Media statistics that Facebook has 1.01

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

However, there's a new generation of technology driven startups who are looking to apply software and technology in a way that will change how movies are made, and marketed. What usually happens, is there's a barrage of poorly targeted ads leading up to opening weekend, and it drives downhill from there.

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Hollywood CTO Hire Social Media Platform 256

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 20, 2012

No matter how rapidly a startup is growing, it can never afford to sacrifice employee quality as a means of achieving its hiring goals. A hiring mistake early in a startup’s life can be expensive, especially when opportunity costs are considered. might be the fastest way to get a job board up and running on your website.

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SaaS Tool Startup Screening 209

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2010

One of the hot new approaches I have seen around the country for assisting startups looking for funding has been “crowd-sourcing” tools ( ProFounder ) or “crowd-pitching” events ( Funding Universe ). These are variations on a “crowd-funding” theme to raise money for a startup through social networks and voting at public events.

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Funding Startup Social Media Sample 59

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

Social media users are over 60% more likely to check email at least four times a day than those who don’t use social media. Of course that website isn’t completely up to date but it’s a great resource for seeing the overall picture. But let me start with some data. Not so fast.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Cinemagraphs has visual effects which bonds well with the social media, content producers and advertisers have started to recognise its power and should start to actively harness it. Flat design has started experimenting with subtle gradients and minimal textures. Inputs and forms going full screen.

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Web Design Design Web Technical Review 40

socalTECH

MAY 16, 2012

It's an election year in the United States, and the screens and airwaves are full of provocative sound bites, pundits, scandals, and the latest political gossip of the day. What's the story behind the site, and when did you come up with it? Taylor Peck: We started this site as a tool to connect voters with presidential candidates.

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Education Sites Startup News 201

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Next she took to Instagram, a new social media platform that quickly became the most effective tool in a blogger’s toolkit. Naturally, the next step in Bernstein’s evolution from blogger to businesswoman was a technology startup. Karat, a startup building a bank for creators. Last month, the product launched with $1.2

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Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

Tech.Co

AUGUST 22, 2016

While on the road to finding the global Startup Of The Year , we’re on a mission to feature and highlight as many rising stars as possible. From tech and hardware, to entrepreneurs improving the accessibility of health information, each month dozens of new startups try to breakout and create an impact in their industry.

Social Media 70

Social Media Los Angeles Startup Screening 70

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2016

Innovation is the key to long-term business success, both in startups as well as established organizations. Then, when you are unable to remove more layers, you can build up to the fastest and most efficient way of getting that base thing done. Elon Musk recommends this approach. Practice the one-sentence method.

Startup 57

Startup Outsource Development Entrepreneur Ideas 57

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Many entrepreneurs seems to be convinced that the “crowd” of regular people using the Internet will somehow solve their startup funding needs, when they sense a lack of interest from accredited investors. Even online, the type of people who may respond to social media requests may bear very little relationship to the intended market.

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Funding Equity Entrepreneur Invest 101

socalTECH

MAY 16, 2012

It's an election year in the United States, and the screens and airwaves are full of provocative sound bites, pundits, scandals, and the latest political gossip of the day. What's the story behind the site, and when did you come up with it? Taylor Peck: We started this site as a tool to connect voters with presidential candidates.

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Education Sites Startup News 171