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JUNE 12, 2010

In the media NYC is “hot” right now yet having just spent 6 days in NY I heard many similar stories as I get in LA: not enough VC and hard to get great tech resources. Company grew by more than “400% each year” for past few years [assume growth metric = revenues]. Founded in 2008 by Mehdi Maghsoodnia. InviteMedia (acquired by Google).

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, February 23, 2007 Events and Networking in Los Angeles One of the issues I discussed in Innovation and Geography was that the geography and traffic in Los Angeles generally makes it more difficult for networking. Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. And, I dont like to copy and paste.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Dana Settle & I are hosting a dinner tonight (10/20/10) with some of the biggest companies in entertainment to talk about the future of television, film & digital media. This is where the digital media puck is going. The created a hegemony that delayed innovation until January 2007 when the iPhone was introduced.

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JUNE 28, 2018

That’s a bit like imagining Apple launching the 2007 iPhone and then not having 10-years of constant improvements to maintain its market leadership position. The more people that see your brand as the innovator the more “earned media” the company gets and the product becomes synonymous with the category. Brand matters. Why scooters?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

The total number of M&A deals in the US this year is projected to be a paltry 225 transactions relative to more than 450 deals just 2 years ago, which was the norm between 2002-2007, varying only by around 3% per year. the people who buy companies) in Q2 of this year of technology & media companies. Love to hear more views! .

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. Also, if you happen not to be able to attend BlogWorld and New Media Expo this year TechZulu has you covered. With Lisa as CEO, the company has grown from an idea for a grassroots conference into a diversified media company.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Rather than bounce from team-to-team, as is common in major league sports, Cal repeatedly turned down more money and greater media exposure to play his entire 21-year career with the same team, the Baltimore Orioles. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. Ripkin broke the prior consecutive game record, which had stood for 56 years, by 500 games.

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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. The two we're disclosing right now are Jerry Neumann, who ran mergers and acquisition for Omnicom, and Josh Styleman, CEO of Reprise Media, which was sold to IPG and became their search product.

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socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2010

To understand why investors are finding the firm so interesting, and why the company raised such a large round, we spoke with Adam Bernhard , CEO of the firm, about the company and funding, how email has allowed the firm to get past the "Google trap" of marketing on the web, and where the firm is going. Adam, thanks for the time.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. Also, if you happen not to be able to attend BlogWorld and New Media Expo this year TechZulu has you covered. With Lisa as CEO, the company has grown from an idea for a grassroots conference into a diversified media company.

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MARCH 11, 2016

As you get more expert you’re realize some huge benefits of this but for now please move past this use case – which is how your younger peers use Snapchat. The fourth part is “ discover ” and this is the professional media part of Snapchat that you barely knew existed but your younger peers certainly know about.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2016

We caught up with founder and CEO Mike Mothner --who we first interviewed back in 2007 --to catch up with the company, gets some hints and tips on growing a company, the challenges of bootstrapping, and why Wpromote hopes to be buying more companies in the future. Those are the clients who help us growth ourselves.

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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. My partners and I were all involved in the social media space in one fashion or another. Where are things in terms of social media and advertisers?

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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. My partners and I were all involved in the social media space in one fashion or another. Where are things in terms of social media and advertisers?

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MAY 25, 2013

It’s true this was much bigger in the dot com era but I’ve studied the data and know that over the past decade these numbers are right. As you can see in this Cambridge Associates data, early-stage investing beat later stage investing in returns in 70% of the past 30 years. I use social media. billion each, $7.5

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

You’re stuck in the past.&#. I saw VCs doing crazy things in 2007-08 when I first entered the VC market – crazy prices, limited due diligence, large funding rounds. I’m looking at how the digital living room will change media consumption. . “Yeah, but there is a shortage of supply.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Yeah, I have made plenty of mistakes in this category in the past. 5) As an investor, I frankly find it tiresome the degree to which entrepreneurs attempt to hype their companies by integrating “social networks and social media” into their pitches. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. However, in the case of SocialStay, it is not hype.

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socalTECH

JULY 15, 2015

We formed the company in 2007, came out with our first product in late 2008, and began selling in earnest in 2009. You've seen some very impressive growth over the past few years, can you talk about how that has happened? It's more of the entertainment and media side of town, however, it's a very vibrant place.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

In our past lives, we built businesses that scaled to handling over a billion calls per year and used performance marketing to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. Or if you prefer the phone, we can be reached at 888-675-2007.”. Call tracking isn’t new, but the way that we’ve built it into our platform is.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

In fact, he almost didn’t get Quigo past the finish line. Mike passed up an offer from Ross Levinsohn of Fox Interactive Media ( around $175 Million ). They sold in December 2007, but he started selling Quigo in 2004. Ultimately, Mike Sold Quigo to Aol for $340 Million. His time at Quigo was a very difficult 5.5

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Review the person’s publicly available information from social media sites. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. Triangulate – As noted in Jedi Mind Tricks , similarity leads to liking and liking leads to a willingness to help. Thus, find a similarity with a potential Escort before approaching them for help. Be sure you do the same. _.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

The thing I think you need to do in a fast pitch, that people haven't done in the past, but should do--is to just gain the investor's interest. We saw a continuation of 2006 and 2007, where there were too many "me-too" players. You're not trying to make a sale in two minutes.

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Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

DoubleClick, 24/7 Media, AdForce, Engage, Flycast). I walked past a large glass window that housed hundreds of computer servers with glowing, flashing lights; which ran their ad-serving technology software. . ► March (1) Office 2.0: Where's Jack Bauer? ► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre.

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