socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Given the concentration of SoCal companies in entertainment and consumer-focused tech, where revenue often comes early in a company's life, entrepreneurs should expect investors to scrutinize initial revenue traction. Since joining SVB in 2005, Rob has led debt transactions for more than 100 public and private companies.

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Santa Monica Southern California Venture Capital SoCalTech 124

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Scot has been an entrepreneur and executive responsible for the launch of several interactive entertainment ventures. Scot has 15+ years experience developing product integration and interactive campaigns for major sports, entertainment and consumer brands. Josh Yguado - President SGN.

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Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 76

InfoChachkie

APRIL 16, 2012

He is credited with pioneering the Lean Startup Movement in 2005 via the publication of his bestselling, Four Steps To The Epiphany. Steve notes that in 2005, when Four Steps was published, conventional wisdom at business schools was that, “Startups are nothing more than a smaller version of a large company.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

As you know, today, video is one of the primary means of communications from a personal, corporate, and entertainment level. In 2004 and 2005, I was at DivX in San Diego, and I was head of product there. It turned out that media, entertainment, and digital media is a very good place to be. I had built an audio company before.

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socalTECH

JULY 27, 2015

I started a company, Neoganda, in the digital advertising area in 2005. We make websites, and we make banners, primarily for the entertainment industry and Hollywood. What's unique about what entertainment companies are looking for in mobile ads? Matt Cooper: It was a classic, scratch-your-own-itch product.

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Hollywood HTML Software Review Advertising 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 16, 2019

million, born 2005-2024, yet to be defined Silent Generation (Lucky Few) – 28.6 These cultures bring a whole new set of needs in food, entertainment, and lifestyle. First, a quick summary of the major U.S. demographic generations out there today, ranked from large to small: Generation Y (Millennials) – 86.6 Women: On the move.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Created in 2005, Stickam is the pioneer of the live interactive video streaming space. In the final installment of the never before seen HQ.0 0 episodes we present local Southern California company Stickam.com. Visit TechZulu for full story.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2012

This was 2005 when I had no exits under my belt, no blogs … nobody was looking. And a fourth partner – Jennifer Massey – will join from an entertainment background. Nearly everybody in the DC region had told me, “You must meet Mike. He knows every startup & VC in town.” He was a mensch.

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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). Gregg Spiridellis: We were producing viral video hits in 2005. What would Sesame Street look like, if it was created in the world of smartphones, tablets, and YouTube?

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Content Startup Screening Education 224

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2017

million, born 2005-2024, yet to be defined Silent Generation (Lucky Few) – 28.6 These cultures bring a whole new set of needs in food, entertainment, and lifestyle. First, a quick summary of the major U.S. demographic generations out there today, ranked from large to small: Generation Y (Millennials) – 86.6 Women: On the move.

Startup 57

Startup Demand Course Summary 57

socalTECH

APRIL 23, 2013

Our other shows are about sports, entertainment, movie reviews, university news--all of the things that fit under the umbrella of news. I started Young Turks back in 2002, and then, in 2006 and really towards the end of 2005, started daily web streaming for the show. We have fourteen owned and operated and twenty-two partner channels.

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Media News Startup Technical Review 196

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2009

We spoke with Sherry Gunther, CEO and founder of the firm, earlier this week to get a better look at the company and the dynamics behind the virtual world market nowadays--as well as why Sherry decided to make the jump from the world of entertainment media to online. Sherry Gunther: Honestly, content is content. It's never about technology.

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Media Tech Coast Angels Social Network Content 150

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). Gregg Spiradellis: We were producing viral video hits in 2005. What would Sesame Street look like, if it was created in the world of smartphones, tablets, and YouTube?

Content 138

Content Startup Screening Education 138

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 4, 2011

has provided a platform since 2005 for indie producers, distributors and advertisers to provide viewers with this kind of content. And the site is growing, it now includes video content made by brands you may recognize from places that you visit elsewhere on the web, like the Popsugar entertainment news brand. The folks over at Blip.tv

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Web Netflix Social Media Product 65

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

All we have to do is look at the data, though: Since its launch in 2005, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has sold 66 million copies worldwide. Xbox LIVE has nearly 40 million members, making it the biggest social entertainment network in the living room. That makes it the first in console sales.

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Writing Training Email .Net 88

socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Cody Simms: Obviously, I live here in LA, and I have been since 2005. One could argue that in 2010, 2011, and 2012, that growth was in the video and entertainment area. As you mention, this is the third (or fourth, if you could the former Walt Disney Accelerator) Techstars accelerator in LA � why the decision to run another one here?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Back in the early days of LA venture capital, I was first an associate of a fund, and then partner of a fund, Entertainment Media Venture Partners. Entertainment is confusing--we didn't make investments in pure content plays. What we did was we owned television stations, radio stations, cable stations.

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

Elizabeth Amini: My first company was in graphic design, and provide both graphics for the entertainment industry, but also buildling websites for UCLA and all kinds of places around science, astrophysics, and those types of departments. Elizabeth Amini: I actually ran into him in 2005, when he was a keynote speaker at a conference.

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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. There is a true renaissance happening in entertainment today, where the distribution channels of television and cable are being disrupted and transformed quickly into new models.

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Screening Content Mobile Netflix 82

socalTECH

JULY 6, 2009

in 2004, we purchased Buoyweather.com, moved it into our setup, weather department, and marketing department, and in 2005, we added much more multimedia news and entertainment to Surfline. It's now a one-stop shop for surfer's entertainment, plus a utility portal. It's a blend of Weather.com and ESPN.com for surfers.

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Web Content Mobile Sites 140

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Focusing on the entertainment, automotive, technology, retail and financial sectors, Sam oversees all aspects of the groups advertising relationships in conjunction with Google Team managers and sales leads across the region.

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Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2015

These positive feelings extended fairly broadly, too; lower-income shoppers were more optimistic than they’d been at any time since 2005-6. travel and entertainment). The Index of Consumer Sentiment found in mid-October that “personal financial expectations rose to their highest level since 2007.” in September to 88.0 in October.).

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socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2011

That was five or six years ago, 2005 or so. Another example is Mark Hoebich, a bootstrap founder of a company called TV Tracker, which is a B2B provider in the entertainment market. TechStars and YCombinator really have pioneered the model. If you talk about Paul Graham and David Cohen, they've pivoted to the model there are at now.

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Startup Mentor Southern California Incubator 221

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Lisa Stone co-founded BlogHer in 2005 with Elisa Camahort Page and Jory Des Jardins. Tim Street – Topping Mashable’s list of Social Media VIPs in Los Angeles Tim Street is a Writer, Producer, Director, Editor, New Media Consultant and Web Video Branded Entertainment Pioneer.

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Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 75

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 14, 2009

A few sponsorship spots still available for early 2010 events: TechZulu still has a few slots open for our early 2010 events for our large diverse audience — social media users, venture capitalist, PR people, developers, bloggers, Hollywood entertainment and many more. You’ll receive recognition as a thank you for your sponsorship.

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Stickam Content Draper Web 60

SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Seventeen lawyer regional firm Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP has represented digital media, internet, technology, consumer electronics, and entertainment companies and investment funds out of its Sherman Oaks office since its formation in 2002.

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Sherman Oaks Riot Games Tips Redpoint 44

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Lisa Stone co-founded BlogHer in 2005 with Elisa Camahort Page and Jory Des Jardins. Tim Street – Topping Mashable’s list of Social Media VIPs in Los Angeles Tim Street is a Writer, Producer, Director, Editor, New Media Consultant and Web Video Branded Entertainment Pioneer.

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Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 49

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2009

Kent also went off to other things, but in 2005 we got awarded that patent. We can also grow this moel beyond sports, into the stock market, into entertainment, anywhere feeds are quantifiable and reasonable. In 2006, I decided, after Kent bugged me a lot, that it was time to try and make it a business. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

30% of all real income growth in 2005–2015 was from Latinos (U.S. On the one hand his referencing included some huge names in entertainment calling him “one of the strongest leaders in helping young talent deliver new, iconic media franchises,” so I’d have to give him his dues as a creative and media leadership genius.

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Media Content Course Technical Review 269

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

On the other hand, Rosenblatt is one of the biggest reasons why I think Silicon Beach is the future of the entertainment industry in the United States. Coffin sold LowerMyBills.com in 2005 for 300 million and took that money into the Los Angeles startup sector. Matt Coffin – LowerMyBills.com.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year. When you look at the developing world this is the majority of users (due to lack of landline infrastructure) and it portends future opportunities in payments, entertainment, application development and services.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Charlie Capen is co-founder of HowToBeADad.com , an entertainment site and dad blog for “parents, soon-to-be parents and people who have no desire to procreate, whatsoever.” He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005. Charlie Capen – Co-founder of HowToBeADad.com.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

When I started my second company in 2005 we decided to do everything differently. I see the same again with the entertainment industry. We put all of this infrastructure in an Exodus web hosting facility and had to pay for rack space, bandwidth and some management services if a disk failed, for example. We all know about IMDB.

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Startup Technical Review S3 Services 343

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Around 2001 Jonah was studying at MIT Media Lab and began running experiments in viral stories in an era before smart phones (2007) and before social networks took off (2004–2007) and before YouTube (2005). Again he looked to the media industry history and pointed out that before Ted Turner founded CNN he had an entertainment channel.

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