socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2010

The firm reported a net loss of $2.8M, compared with net income of $14.9M The firm's net income last year in Q3 was boosted by a one-time gain related to the acquisition of its Australian subsidiary. ReachLocal hit the markets in May, and most recently was ranked the fastest growing technology companies in the Deloitte Fast 500.

ReachLocal 200

ReachLocal Woodland Hills .Net Southern California 200

socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2016

Los Angeles-based online advertising technology provider OpenX said late Monday evening that the company has reached $140M in revenues, which it says is a record. The company also says it has been growing in terms of employees; the company said it had 110 net new hires in 2015, a 31 percent increase in its headcount.

OpenX 100

OpenX .Net Advertising Equity 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 1, 2022

Sergey, a mathematical wizard, is the arbiter of Google’s technological approach. Technology alone does not make a great company. Google developed the most profitable form of advertising anyone had ever seen, ads selected real-time based on search terms. They focused on small advertisers looking for bargains.

Startup 131

Startup Google Advertising .Net 131

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2019

Sergey, a mathematical wizard, is the arbiter of Google’s technological approach. Technology alone does not make a great company. Google developed the most profitable form of advertising anyone had ever seen, ads selected real-time based on search terms. They focused on small advertisers looking for bargains.

Google 98

Google Startup Advertising .Net 98

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2020

But even the older Boomers have learned to use technology and social media as the source of expectations from your business, more so than your own traditional marketing. Supplement this feedback with more formal modern satisfaction surveys, like the Net Promoter Score. Use new technology to personalize and expedite.

Customer 133

Customer Custom Social Media Startup 133

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

A quarterly event series seeking to dive deep into what comes next in technology, and giving you the opportunity to experience it first hand with the gadgets on site. On October 24th tech enthusiast will come together to discuss the latest in Disruptive Technologies Impacting the Future of Gaming. Contact us at sponsor@techzulu.com.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 76

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Advertising has driven the majority of Internet innovation. that is an “in-stream advertising&# company currently focused on monetizing Twitter. This has prompted many people to question whether advertising “in stream&# and on Twitter is a good thing or a bad thing. So what do we mean by in-stream advertising?

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

On one hand, you've got publishers, on the other, advertisers. Even with quality publishers and advertisers, there's still a lag in payment timing between the advertisers and publishers of anywhere from 90 to 120 days. Jed Simon: The idea came from recognizing a pain point in the ad tech ecosystem.

Advertising 133

Advertising .Net Startup Funding 133

socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

Confident Technologies / Curtis Staker / San Diego - Staker is the former President of Websense, and has pulled together an experienced team with a depth of experience from the firm. com, and was CEO of Vivendi Universal Net USA. His team--which has followed him from his past firms--has a number of successes under their belt.

Southern California 228

Southern California Entrepreneur SoCal Mahalo 228

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2017

Sergey, a mathematical wizard, is the arbiter of Google’s technological approach. Technology alone does not make a great company. Google developed the most profitable form of advertising anyone had ever seen, ads selected real-time based on search terms. They focused on small advertisers looking for bargains.

Google 55

Google Advertising .Net Entrepreneur 55

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Sergey, a mathematical wizard, is the arbiter of Google’s technological approach. Technology alone does not make a great company. Google developed the most profitable form of advertising anyone had ever seen, ads selected real-time based on search terms. They focused on small advertisers looking for bargains.

Entrepreneur 93

Entrepreneur Google Advertising .Net 93

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

This is why the smartest analysts thinking about the MCN space have often compared the MCNs to “ad networks” which are the middlemen who sit between advertisers and publishers and often take a 15-17.5% Selling at smaller retailers will net you fewer customers and higher margins.

Networking 366

Networking Media Content Customer 366

socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2008

Los Angeles is rapidly gaining a reputation as being the center of the Internet advertising world, for good reason, with a large number of online advertising firms located within and around Los Angeles. One of those firms is Hydra (www.hydranetwork.com), which is a cost-per-action affiliate advertising network.

Advertising 100

Advertising Beverly Hills Networking Customer 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2008

Los Angeles is rapidly gaining a reputation as being the center of the Internet advertising world, for good reason, with a large number of online advertising firms located within and around Los Angeles. One of those firms is Hydra (www.hydranetwork.com), which is a cost-per-action affiliate advertising network.

Advertising 100

Advertising Beverly Hills Networking Customer 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

If this figure is accurate – it’s certainly a very large business even when you look at net revenues. Investors: Allen Morgan of Mayfield Fund, ff Asset Management, Bobby Yazdani, Nova Spivack of Lucid Ventures, Zelkova Ventures, Paige Craig, Tom McInerney, Michael Yavonditte of Quigo Technologies, Ofer Ronan.

Clearstone 236

Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different. Gross Profit (also called Gross Margin or sometimes “Net Revenue”). And assuming they both had the same net profit margins (profit / revenue) then the former company would be much better off at the end of the year.

Startup 418

Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2011

In every other state that this has happened, they didn't collect any additional taxes, business left the state, and there was a net negative effect. If technology business relocate, the industry will end up suffering. It's very predictable. I think maybe if you're not in the business day to day, you don't understand that.

CPC 279

CPC Santa Monica Southern California Sales 279

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 17, 2012

She is expected to champion for new products and advance its web technology. I look forward to working with the Company’s dedicated employees to bring innovative products, content, and personalized experiences to users and advertisers all around the world.” as CEO and Member of the Board of Directors. Mail ,Yahoo!

Yahoo 51

Yahoo Artificial Inteligence Google Design 51

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

My estimate is that the top 5 YouTube networks will do > $200 million net revenue in 2013 (after Google’s share). To the credit of Danny, Ben & Lisa – they never aspired to be the CEO’s of a rocket ship media & technology company. Distribution costs have, too.

Media 320

Media CTO Coach CTO Hire Los Angeles 320

socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

Al Eisaian: IconApps is built around simplifying people's lives through mobile technology. We've had close to 2 million tasks people have put into there in the last four months, and all this without any PR or advertising, completely organic. We caught up with Al recently to hear about his latest startup. What is IconApps all about?

Mobile 168

Mobile .Net Pasadena Software Review 168

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

They have created two internal technology “products&# and wanted to figure out how they could turn their services business into a product business that could be financed. It would not be a big stretch to image a well run service business like this making 15-25% net profit margins. This team is talented. They wanted advice.

Services 332

Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

“As voice API, voice broadcast and text messaging technology advances and cloud computing becomes increasingly sophisticated, more and more business – across all core market sectors — are discovering why cloud telephony is the future,” said Dinesh Ravishanker, CEO and co-founder, CallFire.

Venture Capital 89

Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Working with professional athletes combined with my natural leadership ability and experience in business development makes me uniquely suited to lead a technology company in the health and fitness industry. Sergey Belyankin is our Chief Technology Officer. Advertising revenue is generated from each site visitor, paid or otherwise.

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

So we're connecting this nebulous net, of mostly private groups, but they can allow their members to reach out independently of the group to meet other people. We came to the conclusion, to push value, we needed to push connections to people through the technology they use every day. They're inundated.

Startup 100

Startup Organization ACG Networking 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

innovated in social media advertising and for a variety of reasons wasn’t ultimately successful and went to zero. Now we’re all poised to watch an industry-defining company emerge in contextual advertising as regulation and big tech scales back the use of cookies and scales up the emphasis on privacy. The second “exit”?—?Adly?—?innovated

Venture Capital 363

Venture Capital Capital Funding Startup 363

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

SXSWi has listed the following information on their site: If you or someone you know is doing amazing work with technology to help their community, nominate them for a chance to win a scholarship to attend SXSW Interactive. Your Network=Your Net Worth. Sex & Tech: Women Creative Leaders Bare All. Work and Career. Work and Career.

Entertainment 73

Entertainment Startup eBook Outsource Development 73

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

I personally enjoy traveling, and looking at the space from a technology automation perspective. Their idea was to catch enough consumers to scale, but they didn't understand the cost of acquisition, of finding customers, marketing, and advertising. Why did you decide to startup up another travel site?

Web 100

Web Altadena Sites Activity 100

Frank Addante

MARCH 12, 2007

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. My solution: cast a wider net.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Startup .Net Venture Capital 40

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

The new fund is focused entirely on technology companies. A large amount of this new fund, somewhere between 20 and 30 percent, is focused on technology in the financial services sector. So we're focused on technology, and financial services. That was quite a prominent exit for us.

GRP Partners 157

GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

But VC is an “illiquid asset&# so funds didn’t disappear quickly - In 2000/01 the stock market quickly adjusted punishing investors in the NASDAQ and in individual public technology stocks. It takes less to start a business these days – We all know that it takes less to start a technology company these days.

Venture Capital 311

Venture Capital Startup Seed Funding Rustic Canyon 311

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

The International CES is produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) , the preeminent trade association promoting growth in the consumer technology industry. The emergence of a new era of technologies, collectively known as Web 3.0, Advertise and get noticed with us! We invite you to bring your world into ours. .

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Stickam Web Conference 40

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

is a lot more of: Show me how youre going to commercialize this technology, I want to understand how it makes money. Well, that technology came from an L.A. Dropped Calls, Students Protest AT&T Network Coverage Facebook Patents News Feed, Social Net Confusion Ensues Trying to Work from Home More Efficiently?

Los Angeles 50

Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 31, 2006

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0:

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Advertising Email 40

Frank Addante

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0:

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Web 2.0 Outsource Development 40

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Beatriz has been a tireless public advocate of the role of Latinx leaders in startups, technology y media. Advertisers, wake the f**k up. Latinos drove 69% of total net increasing in U.S. There are some powerful stats by the Latino Donor Collaborative that show just how powerful Latinos have become in economic development.

Media 269

Media Content Course Technical Review 269

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

In growing numbers, Silicon Valley executives—long based in tech strongholds like Santa Clara and Palo Alto—are buying homes in Los Angeles, as the lines between the technology and entertainment businesses grow blurrier. Advertise Locally on WSJ.com. WSJs Lauren Schuker Blum shows us around. Sept Real Estate Auctions.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

Creativity in our business lives – The average tech startup these days spends time talking with colleagues & investors about a multitude of things: customer acquisition, viral adoption, raising capital, hiring / firing employees, product features, technology trends, marketing / branding, and on and on.

Writing 356

Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356