socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2011

Your background is Internet services  howd you decide to instead sell what seems like a more traditional product? However, I saw that the people building traditional products were still not familiar with the social web. All of our competitors are focused on being on shelves, and they don't get the web in any meaningful way.

Web 225

Web Social Media SEO Media 225

Xconomy

JULY 21, 2016

Zingle, a Carlsbad, CA-based tech startup targeting the service industry and consumer-facing businesses with its messaging app technology, has raised $3 million in venture capital, according to a regulatory filing earlier this month. The company raised $1 million last year, according to a 2015 regulatory filing.

Technology 40

Technology Santa Barbara Venture Capital Venice 40

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Edmunds.com has been around forever in Los Angeles, but after a recent redesign and a focus on updating its web site, new mobile. apps, and more, it continues to be a major force in automotive information and services. Despite the number of employees, recruiters also cited. Edmunds was also one of the companies.

Technical Review 279

Technical Review Company Companies Southern California 279

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

Xconomy

JULY 14, 2016

billion invested in Venice, CA-based Snapchat. —IT services accounted for $946 million in 80 deals. Venice, CA. Financial Services. Included is the $3.5 billion that a non-traditional investor (the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund) invested in San Francisco-based Uber, and the nearly $1.3 billion in 161 deals.

Marina Del Rey 40

Marina Del Rey Invest Venture Capital San Diego 40

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

and are now one of the largest media outlets for entertainment on the web and Facebook. I'm going to move to LA, and we're pretty close to the Movieclips guys, and we think we'll have some support from them and start in Venice somewhere. Do you see a lot of competition from current US services?

Startup 164

Startup Paramount Netflix Entertainment 164

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

It might look a little bit like StoryBots (www.storybots.com), the new kids educational and entertainment service just launched by JibJab (www.jibjab.com). On the web, parents can upload photos of themselves, family members, and friends, and put them into a video alongside the StoryBots, in classic kids songs.

Content 224

Content Startup Screening Education 224

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.

Redpoint 154

Redpoint Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Invest 154

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

It might look a little bit like StoryBots (www.storybots.com), the new kids educational and entertainment service just launched by JibJab (www.jibjab.com). On the web, parents can upload photos of themselves, family members, and friends, and put them into a video alongside the StoryBots, in classic kids songs.

Content 138

Content Startup Screening Education 138

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Web Services, led by Amazon’s AWS, which reduced the costs a further 90%. A move to more urban environments (SF over SV, Cambridge over Waltham, London over Thames Valley, Santa Monica / Venice, Flatiron and so forth) as basically young people want to live where young people want to live. Frankly, I wish LA had one.

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

The narrow, 3-mile strip of land that runs from Santa Monica through Venice, and is now stretching down to Playa Vista, has been dubbed "Silicon Beach" due to the heavy concentration of Internet companies and executives there. VENICE RISING. Venice: 13% | L.A. More than 600 tech start-ups have sprung up in L.A. Derek Wooden.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2012

The Spiridellis brothers have been at the right place at the right time several times over in the building of JibJab, now located in Venice blocks away from the ocean. They decided the best business approach would be to develop rich characters with a strong web presence that they could build an audience around.

Screening 88

Screening eBook Content Ideas 88

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2012

The Spiridellis brothers have been at the right place at the right time several times over in the building of JibJab, now located in Venice blocks away from the ocean. They decided the best business approach would be to develop rich characters with a strong web presence that they could build an audience around.

Screening 65

Screening eBook Content Ideas 65