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APRIL 30, 2013

Yet, it seems like there''s no easy way to specifically advertise on those games, or a way for those game developers to monetize that audience. However, Mobigirl Media (www.mobigirlmedia.com), a new mobile advertising network, is looking to change that by specifically creating an ad network focused on girls.

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socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2011

Westlake Village-based ValueClick , the online advertising firm, said today that it has named David A. Yovanna had previously been at ValueClick, having served at the company from 2000 to October 2008, prior to his time as CEO of Gigya. Yovanno as its new General Manager for its Mediaplex division.

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Westlake Village Advertising Report Technology 162

socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2010

Burstly is developing mobile advertising tools for the Apple iPhone and Google Android platforms, which allows application developers to manage and optimize their advertising inventory. As part of the investment, Burstly said that it is opening up access to its advertising tools and exiting beta for its product. READ MORE>>.

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Tool Mobile GRP Partners Advertising 157

socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Frontline Direct is a provider of online marketing, and was acquired by Adconian Media in February of 2008. Adconian is a major operator of online advertising networks, with a reach of over 300 million unique users worldwide; the firm is backed by Index Ventures. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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San Diego Advertising Media Networking 154

socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2010

Beverly Hills-based Hydra Media , the cost-per-action (CPA) advertising network, has new funding in hand and legal issues behind it, and is now looking upmarket, the firm told socalTECH in an interview Thursday. How does the firm hope to attract more large brand advertisers? Tags: hydra media advertising network. READ MORE>>.

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Beverly Hills Funding Advertising SoCalTech 165

socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2010

Rifkin was the founder of TagWorld/Flux, which he sold to MTVN in 2008. Tags: burstly softbank mobile advertising venture capital. Burstly recently announced a $1.8M investment from Rincon Venture Partners and GRP Partners. READ MORE>>.

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GRP Partners Venture Capital Mobile Advertising 169

socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2009

For 2008, the firm had a net loss of almost $7M on revenues of $146.68M. ReachLocal operates a service which helps small businesses place online advertising. Tags: reachlocal local advertising merger acquisition. Accoriding to ReachLocal, it had net income of $11.6M on revenues of $143M for the nine month ended September 30th.

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ReachLocal Woodland Hills .Net Advertising 145

socalTECH

AUGUST 13, 2009

500 listing was that Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , a venture backed provider of local online marketing services, hit $147M in revenues in 2008, up significantly from $4.4M Tags: reachlocal inc500 revenue search engine advertising. One of the revelations in yesterday's Inc. in revenues of 2005. READ MORE>>.

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ReachLocal Woodland Hills Advertising Funding 133

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

The firm--which was started in France--relocated its headquarters to Los Angeles in 2008 to be closer to its customers. Tags: total immersion virtual world augmented reality software graphics brand advertising. The firm is headed by Bruno Uzzan. READ MORE>>.

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Los Angeles Advertising Software Networking 167

socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2009

Two Southern Californians are in the running for $10,000 for their entries into a user generated advertising effort from e-commerce site Amazon.com. Amazon ran its advertising through its site, Withoutabox, a Los Angeles startup which was acquired by Amazon subsidiary IMDB back in January of 2008. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 1, 2009

Irvine-based WebVisible , the local online advertising startup backed by Redpoint Ventures and Sutter Hill Ventures, says that it has "thrived," in the first half of the year, despite the current economy. WebVisible helps local businesses place online advertising, and uses Yellow Pages and other firms to distribute it services.

Redpoint 100

Redpoint Advertising Sales Help 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2022

An effective tool I see used more and more, as a prelude to a more detailed business plan, is the Business Model Canvas , first introduced by Alexander Osterwalder back in 2008. New entrepreneurs are always looking for a shortcut in getting their venture story and plan across to investors, and closing on the funding they need.

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socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2009

Pasadena-based OpenX Technologies , which develops ad serving software used by online publishers, is reporting this morning that it has added more than 8,000 publishers since it launched its product in October of 2008. The software developed by OpenX is used by online publishers to serve up Internet advertising. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2011

But, with the economy turning south in 2008, lots of those customers went out of business. In the meantime, Groupon came along, and our media customers started to lose advertising. We learned that Groupon was taking their advertisers. We also mail checks to the advertisers every day, to make sure people get paid.

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Platform Training Software Review Advertising 263

socalTECH

JULY 8, 2009

The firm claimed that the traffic was up 5% from Q1, and up 32% from the similar quarter in 2008. Tags: local advertising search engine. Local.com's web sites allow users to search for local businesses and services. READ MORE>>.

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Report Advertising Sites Web 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 13, 2010

Stuart Wolff , the former CEO and Chairman of the board of Homestore.com , plead guilty Tuesday to participating in a scheme to artificially inflate the firm's online advertising revenue. Attorney's office said that Wolff is the 12th individual from Homestore convicted of federal charges.

Advertising 140

Advertising 140

socalTECH

MAY 24, 2011

Vic Caretti: The site was launched in April of 2008. We are seeing lots of traction in the 14 cities we are live in, and people are wanting to work with us, including bands, PR people, management firms, the venues themselves, and local advertisers. It's really been word of mouth, really viral, because we've never advertised.

Social Media 241

Social Media Startup Sites Advertising 241

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

He first came to see me in 2008 when we was raising money for his 1st startup – NextMedium. It was a software platform for allowing advertisers to purchase brand integration (product placements) as a standardized unit through a marketplace. I’ve known Hamet for 5 years. The idea immediately resonated. I stayed close.

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Invest Venture Capital Startup News 340

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 18, 2008

Friday, October 24, 2008 -- WebbyConnect Summit. The inaugural WebbyConnect, held in October 2007, brought together over 250 Webby academy members and leaders in interactive media, entertainment, advertising, design and politics to explore the future of the Internet and emerging media.

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Entertainment Advertising Media Design 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 17, 2008

Thursday, October 23, 2008 -- WebbyConnect Summit. The inaugural WebbyConnect, held in October 2007, brought together over 250 Webby academy members and leaders in interactive media, entertainment, advertising, design and politics to explore the future of the Internet and emerging media.

Entertainment 100

Entertainment Advertising Media Design 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 16, 2008

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 -- WebbyConnect Summit. The inaugural WebbyConnect, held in October 2007, brought together over 250 Webby academy members and leaders in interactive media, entertainment, advertising, design and politics to explore the future of the Internet and emerging media.

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Entertainment Advertising Media Design 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 -- For our next Digital Drinks, we're heading to Hollywood hot spot Les Deux! Digital LA organizes mixers for professionals in online entertainment, marketing, and advertising. Stop on by for informal casual networking. Join the Digital LA group if you haven't already to get our event updates!

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Yahoo Entertainment Hollywood Google 100

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

I was recruited for the role when we were still at AT&T Interactive in October of 2008, by some of my former coworkers at Yahoo, who had already landed here. But, I think where we have a long term advantage is, the 600,000 advertise relationships and a strong presence with consumers. We''re connecting those two parties.

Technical Review 223

Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 223

socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , a provider of local search advertising services, has topped Deloitte's 2009 Technology Fast 500 list, an annual listing of companies ranked by their five year growth rates. The firm said it had 2008 revenues of $146.69M. revenues); Carlsbad-based Genoptix , at number 15 (15,814 percent growth and $116.1M

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ReachLocal Woodland Hills Beverly Hills Cerritos 124

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

I was recruited for the role when we were still at ATT Interactive in October of 2008, by some of my former coworkers at Yahoo, who had already landed here. But, I think where we have a long term advantage is, the 600,000 advertise relationships and a strong presence with consumers. Before that, I was running product at Spotrunner.

Technical Review 211

Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 211

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 15, 2008

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 -- Digital Breakfast LA. The Series brings together top tier professionals from media, tech, finance, law and advertising for a discussion of cutting edge issues in the industry. The Digital Breakfast is coming to LA.

Content 100

Content Advertising Organization Media 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

The advertising-driven site said it was founded by Yahoo! FlipGloss said it is funded by Forbes Media, and received an undisclosed funding round in March of 2008. Venice-based FlipGloss Media announced this morning that it has launched a web site targeted at the fashion, design, travel, and lifestyle photography markets. READ MORE>>.

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Marketing Yahoo Venice Media 100

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. Georgian Partners and Bain Capital Ventures, the investment firms that anchored Tealium’s $30.7

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Customer Custom San Diego JavaScript 40

socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2009

Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. Advertisers. Cox Communications - Orange County was recently ranked 2nd amongst Employers Group's, "California's Best Places to Work - 2008" in the Large Companies category.

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SoCalTech Orange County Southern California IP 100

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

But we had a great chance to talk about the recent moves that Twitter has made to “plug holes” and changing its “TOS” on advertising. I don’t do advertising on my blog, but I thought it was worth mentioning Ryan in particular because he has an alternate model for doing a startup. Brought in new CEO, Russ Reeder in 2008.

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Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

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. I believe that the advertisers they started with were probably disappointed that the cost per customer acquisition was not the same as search. Broadcast isn't like that.

Google 124

Google Advertising Media Startup 124

socalTECH

JULY 24, 2009

Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on. Advertisers. Cox Communications - Orange County was recently ranked 2nd amongst Employers Group's, "California's Best Places to Work - 2008" in the Large Companies category. Southern California's high tech news and companies. Think Glendale.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Orange County Southern California Westlake Village 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Founded in 2008 in Santa Monica by Ron Goldman (former CRO of shopping.com) and Rahul Sonnad. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. A demand side advertising platform which allows advertisers to bid on individual ad impressions in real time, based on the site and who would see it. Current round: $4. See: TechCrunch.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2019

An effective tool I see used more and more, as a prelude to a more detailed business plan, is the Business Model Canvas , first introduced by Alexander Osterwalder back in 2008. New entrepreneurs are always looking for a shortcut in getting their venture story and plan across to investors, and closing on the funding they need.

Activity 100

Activity Customer Custom Entrepreneur 100

socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2010

We caught up with founder Evan Rifkin --who previously founded and sold TagWorld/Flux to MTVN in November of 2008--to learn more about the startup. You have advertising networks and mediation players, but you don't really have an ad management platform like ours. What is Burstly? Our space is pretty young. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Platform Advertising GRP Partners 164

Frank Addante

MAY 24, 2007

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Zondigo, Inc.

Advertising 40

Advertising Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development 40

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Tongal is a website dedicated to those who have the passion to develop new and exciting video advertisements for companies. 250 to win the best idea for an advertisement and up to $25,000 for those with the best video. Today’s advertisements are slow processes and rarely translate well from the TV to the internet and vice versa.

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Advertising Ideas Writing Startup 63