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JULY 27, 2015

One of the side effects of the war over Flash, has been with advertisers--particularly in Hollywood--who rely on Flash to help display their advertising banners and video to users. One company which has been working on solving the Flash problem is Los Angeles-based Addroid (www.addroid.com).

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Hollywood HTML Software Review Advertising 100

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MAY 15, 2013

Peter Csathy , the CEO of San Diego''s Sorenson Media , and digital media veteran, has departed the company, and will head up a new legal and investment group formed by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. Boggs helped open up Manatt''s Silicon Valley office in 1998 and San Francisco offices in 2007.

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Media High Tech Santa Monica Southern California 168

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2011

I’m sure you have all been frustrated at least once at not being able to get the Internet domain name you want for your company. Kevin Ham was the most powerful dotcom mogul you've never heard of in 2007, reports Business 2.0 Review my previous article on this challenge – “ Ten Keys to a Killer Name For Your Company.”

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Company Companies Pricing Web 81

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands , which operates a suite of online, advertising driven websites across a wide range of verticals, said Monday that it would go private in a $640M, private equity deal, bucking the trend of Southern California companies filing to get to the public markets.

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Internet Brands Westlake Village Woodland Hills Beverly Hills 190

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JUNE 8, 2011

We spoke with CEO and co-founder Jimmy Hendricks about where Deal Current fits into the industry, and how the company grew out of a need of a client. It's the biggest portion of our revenues at our company, and our clients include the Buffalo News, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, JDate, Spark network, and many entrepreneurs.

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Platform Training Software Review Advertising 263

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

After months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Companies: Spotlight Companies. It’s a gallery of great entrepreneurship. View Larger Map.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ringrevenue’s call performance marketing platform enables ad networks, agencies, advertisers & publishers to generate more inbound sales calls.”. And for many companies a good deal of their business is still closed over the phone–through their call centers.

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Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

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APRIL 14, 2011

He was also the founder of Wallstrip, which he sold to CBS back in 2007, is an investor in a significant number of web and social media companies. Howard Lindzon: In 2007, Fred Wilson had offered me some share in Twitter, when they were putting together their first round of venture capital investments. Thanks, and good luck!

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Ideas Web Startup Content 248

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

The convergence of the Internet and the entertainment business has made Los Angeles a hotbed of activity in the online entertainment industry, attracting companies from all over the country interested in connecting Hollywood with the Internet. For those not familiar with ManiaTV, what does your company do?

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Entertainment Advertising Hollywood Startup 100

socalTECH

MARCH 29, 2010

The firm's CEO and founder, Jeff Green , was a co-founder of AdECN, the Internet advertising exchange acquired in 2007 by Microsoft. He left to start his own firm, which only invests in data-based companies, who are all focused on accumulation and use of data. The last time I started a company, was AdECN. funding round.

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Advertising Startup Media Marketing 157

SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

I started out as screenwriter, went into local television, ran ad sales in the west for AOL and joined Facebook in the companies very early days. My management book, Ignited, was released in 2007 and serves a guide and champion for middle managers. I help internet companies make money. I usually.just focus on revenue.

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Startup Los Angeles Twiistup Social Network 225

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OCTOBER 25, 2010

billion in 2005, and finally sold again to Google in 2007 for $3.1 As I was looking for products, I was compiling massive amounts of information, which I'd gathered looking for ski resorts, a private school for our kid, cities to live in, credit cards, web hosting companies, and so on. I kept running into this problem. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Advertising Examples Santa Barbara 210

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

Patrick Kennedy: Sidebar is a company that was founded to bring consumers personalized content, focused on mobile delivery of that content. When I joined the company, I found an amazing technology platform and analytics capability. How is the company funded? We caught up with CEO Patrick Kennedy. What is Sidebar all about?

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Content Screening Mobile Customer 189

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Zac Brandenberg: The company was founded in late 2007 by Adam and Donna Powell. They launched this business in 2007, with the concept of building another virtual world and large scale game. Zac Brandenberg: The company had a lot of success with Island Paradise, which grew very rapidly. How did the firm start?

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Beverly Hills Advertising Design Activity 182

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Yesterday, Google announced that it was shutting down its Google Audio efforts--the search engine giant's efforts to try to sell radio advertising. Those companies are used to the precision and target-ablity of search. It has to represent a win for buyers, and also has to represent a win for sellers. Broadcast isn't like that.

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Google Advertising Media Startup 124

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2019

We caught up with founder and CEO Bryan Biniak to hear more about the company and what Connected Travel is doing. We're applying that same platform and are now using it for information, commerce, and advertising in vehicles. None of the companies we're working with are taking that consumer data and selling it.

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence Startup Commerce Platform 113

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

“I know half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, but I can never find out which half.” In the “good old days”, pre- 1999, advertising dollars were largely gambled away. Google’s market capitalization is in the stratosphere for a reason – keyword search advertising is highly effective. John Wanamaker.

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Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Tealium, a San-Diego startup that provides online advertising tag management and marketing services for enterprise customers, has raised $35 million in a growth financing deal intended to expand its technology and market reach. The company’s workforce has grown to about 270, including 80 in San Diego.

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Customer Custom San Diego JavaScript 40

Frank Addante

MAY 24, 2007

► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0:

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Advertising Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development 40

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

As companies figure out a way to monetize social media, one of the areas which has been lacking is a way to measure the impact and effectiveness of social media advertising. Ian Swanson: Sometrics is a social analytics and advertising company. We're the first company to close the loop on ads.

Social Media 113

Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 113

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. But having different funds available for different stages of one’s company is actually a really good thing. DEAL OF THE WEEK: Gilt Groupe – We both admired this company.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

When he entered the industry he caught the tail end of the dot com bubble and then was immediately thrust into a 3-year period of “triage&# where VC’s had to deal with problems in portfolio companies. Founded 2007 in Boulder, CO. This lasted from about 2001-2004. Competitors: Google. Total raised: $18.3mm.

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Venture Capital Blogging Startup Fandango 230

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. Companies like GeoCities & Tripod built tools that let you publish web pages that could be discoverable by others.

Social Network 297

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Web 297

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

RSS ); Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles By: Laura Rich February 26, 2010 It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. And as a result we have bred a culture of companies that have been quite innovative on making money. company called Applied Semantics.

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Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

As companies figure out a way to monetize social media, one of the areas which has been lacking is a way to measure the impact and effectiveness of social media advertising. Ian Swanson: Sometrics is a social analytics and advertising company. We're the first company to close the loop on ads.

Social Media 100

Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2012

We spoke with John Mudge , CEO of iBN Sports (www.ibnsports.com), to learn more about the Lake Forest-based company's success in making content pay on the Internet, and how his company's relationship as one of YouTube's Premium Channels is helping with that effort. What is IBN Sports? It's a combination of revenue models.

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Content Google Southern California Orange County 212

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MAY 7, 2012

more--or you can go online and use Fine Art America (www.fineartamerica.com), a Santa Monica company which is doing. The company's founder and CEO is Sean Broihier , who told us all about the site--and also how. he's taken an built a company, literally single handedly, to multiple millions in revenue, by enabling artists and.

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Santa Monica Pricing Sites Sales 258

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Up 33% this year, according to the Washington Post, online commerce is trending upwards from $175 billion in 2007 to a projection of $335 billion in 2012 (Forrester Research). As the consumer still needs a nudge towards what they may need, increasing online advertising into 13.7 Yet, the old model of branding won’t die without a fight.

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Customer Custom Advertising Demand 74

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 1, 2011

With last week’s valuation rumors ranging in the dozen billion range, the company has officially filed for a $1 billion IPO and is estimated to be worth more than $15 billion. million from advertising. billion in cumulative bookings since their inception in 2007. million in revenue last year for a total of $90.6

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Statistics News Invest Advertising 69

Frank Addante

SEPTEMBER 25, 2006

► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ▼ September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0:

Company 40

Company Companies Startup Venture Capital 40

InfoChachkie

MARCH 8, 2011

Upon reflection, I realized that I leveraged many of the tactics routinely used by advertisers, politicians and other professional communicators to engage their audiences, including: Question Within A Question – Numerous ads lead off with a question, as do professional speakers, in an attempt to connect with their audience at the outset.

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Writing Social Network Ideas Entrepreneur 150

Frank Addante

AUGUST 6, 2014

In speaking with Michael Carney, the West Coast editor of PandoDaily, who hosted my fireside chat, two things emerged—a strategy for how to build a company: the ‘find out’ and the ‘roll out’. Also, determine what ingredient you want to focus on as a company that will be your core differentiator. Who else is in the market?

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Startup Santa Monica Ideas 111

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

CallFire simplifies telephony, making sophisticated, expensive carrier-class telecom capabilities available through an easy-to-use GUI and API platform, which the company pioneered in 2007. Company founders, led by Ravishanker, made the strategic choice early on to bypass venture capital.

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Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

If your last company was Apple, Blackberry, AdMob or JAMDAT and you have some experience in the sector then I know that your product will have your experiences baked into it. He’s built two ad network companies – he knows what he’s doing. Are you launching a mobile application? I learned the domain lesson myself.

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Entrepreneur Startup SaaS San Diego 267

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Shani Higgins joined Technorati in 2007 to lead strategy and day to day operations for the company¹s advertising sales, business development and the Technorati Media advertising network. Jim Farley is Ford Motor Company’s group vice president, global marketing, sales and service. Justine Ezarik (a.k.a.

Los Angeles 75

Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 75

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Up 33% this year, according to the Washington Post, online commerce is trending upwards from $175 billion in 2007 to a projection of $335 billion in 2012 (Forrester Research). As the consumer still needs a nudge towards what they may need, increasing online advertising into 13.7 Yet, the old model of branding won’t die without a fight.

Customer 72

Customer Custom Demand Advertising 72

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2011

I sold that company, eCRUSH, which operated espin.com, to Hearst at the end of 2006. It actually closed on New Year's Day, 2007. We're not yet marketing or selling direct to advertisers, because we're really focused on growing and honing our platform. What lessons did you learn at your last company which you're applying here?

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