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. We were quite surprised to learn about the extent of your operations here. Our whole product and technology team is about 500 people. How big is YP? Louis and Atlanta.

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Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 223

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. We were quite surprised to learn about the extent of your operations here. Our whole product and technology team is about 500 people. How big is YP.com? Louis and Atlanta.

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Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 211

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

This had an impact on the 2008 election where apparently groups of DIGG publishers would promote positive stories about Obama and negative stories about Hillary Clinton (sound familiar?). Wasn’t Jonah worried about “platform risks?” He thinks the very nature of video is changing. Video is the new HTML.”

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Buzzfeed Media Content News 210

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

This was a really fun episode for me because Mo is informed and knowledgeable on so many topics and being a Boston / NYC VC it gave us so much to talk about relative to just covering California VCs. And what we think about Sequoia’s website , First Round Capital’s and True Ventures (we both like to copy stuff from True).

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Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

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. It’s been about data.

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Custom Customer San Diego JavaScript 40

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

This was really a fun week at TWiVC because we decided to have an entrepreneur come and talk about raising capital rather than having a VC come on. Farb talks about how he did that. 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.

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Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Especially fun when you get him telling stories about his pilot experiences. So while it started more about finding solutions to get him driving cars more or logging airline miles he also focuses on big, industry-changing ideas. Currently has 1.8mm users and adding about 15,000 users/day. Actually, I’ve done this!

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

was still a term being bandied about. I spent my days meeting companies, figuring out what areas of the market interested me and trying to get a sense for how VCs thought about fair valuations. I thought about things I never had to as an entrepreneur: check size, ownership percentage, deal stage, portfolio construction and risk.

Marketing 305

Marketing Venture Capital Funding Technical Review 305

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. Today, businesses are all about customer relationships, not just transactions. It forces you to bridge the gap between idea and execution. Value propositions.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 25, 2012

I began our discussion by asking Tal about his use of social media to blunt Intuit’s threatening suggestion that Mint was participating in false advertising regarding the manner in which they were counting “users.” What I like about the opportunity is that…Docstoc uploaded the…document and put it on TechCrunch.

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Social Media Media Tool Advertising 194

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

It was especially fun for me because we got the chance to talk about the VC industry and how entrepreneurs should think about the VC industry in addition to discussing deals. Palm (acquired by HP ) – In our interview we talked about how transformational mobile computing is and why it’s different than web computing (e.g.

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Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

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.

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Google Advertising Media Startup 124

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

One of things I’ve loved the most about doing now 11 weeks of This Week in VC is a chance to have an hour-long recorded conversation with investors. This lasted from about 2001-2004. To get to know more about how Mike Hirshland thinks make sure to watch a bit of the interview. Venture Financings we Discussed.

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Venture Capital Blogging Startup Fandango 230

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

We spoke with Jennifer about what HitFix is looking to do, her own background, and how HitFix is different from the many celebrity gossip and news sites out there. It came about, because we saw a gap in the market around entertainment news written for the 18-34 consumer segment. It was the fall of 2008, when Lehman Bros.

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News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

For this morning's interview, we thought we'd talk with Los Angeles-based Sidebar (www.sidebar.com), a venture backed startup in the mobile space, to learn more about what they are up to. What is Sidebar all about? We did a successful trial in 2008. By using our analytics platform, they learn about what consumers want.

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Content Screening Mobile Custom 189

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

He’d been working at a well-funded startup for about a year and had come to terms with the fact that the startup was really a pretty dumb idea. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. We'll be your hosts for a three-part series about the use of MongoDB here at Etsy. Lots to learn from him. Stay Tuned.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

In the intro section of the show we talked a lot about why VC funds are becoming smaller again and where Greycroft fits. We also talked about the emergence of New York City as the “hot” new area of entrepreneurship, VC and innovation driven by the quantification of the online advertising industry. Total raised: $29.5mm.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

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

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. The best part about Tongal is anyone who wants to write, act, direct, and/or animate videos can join for free.

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Advertising Ideas Writing Startup 63

Frank Addante

MAY 24, 2007

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. ► October (1) New Video!

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Advertising Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development 40

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. I’ve written in detail about that in this post, “ On Bubbles, And Why We’ll Be Just Fine.”. Just why does over-funding dampen returns?

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

After about a year or year and a half into the business, we were really innovating the intellectual property, developing storylines and assets, and starting to go in a 3D direction. So, we refocused in late 2008 and early 2009, and launched Island Paradise in August of that year. You just joined recently, but from a different industry.

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Beverly Hills Advertising Design Activity 182

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

I loved every moment of our discussion other than the video angle, which I think I’ll be more particular about in the future. In 2008, he founded StackOverflow , and it has become the foundation for a question and answer platform called StackExchange. Interface with program managers about features and product roadmap.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2013

It highlights the story of how United Airlines in 2008 paid no attention to social media as Dave’s story of his crushed guitar and poor customer service went viral around the world. Last year, Facebook’s revenue from advertising was over $5 billion, which was a 40% year-over-year increase for the last quarter. Marty Zwilling.

Social Media 108

Social Media Media Startup Platform 108

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 6, 2013

We talked to Ted Dhanik, the founder of Engage:BDR, about his company and the future of marketing. TechZulu: Tell me about yourself and how Engage:BDR started? I left MySpace in 2008 to help MySpace to monetize its inventory better. We also license our ad serving technology to publishers, advertisers, and other ad networks.

Marketing 96

Marketing Startup Incubator Advertising 96

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

Lots of discussion these days about the changes in the VC industry. The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion.

Venture Capital 311

Venture Capital Startup Seed Funding Rustic Canyon 311

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2017

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. Today, businesses are all about customer relationships, not just transactions. It forces you to bridge the gap between idea and execution. Value propositions.

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Funding Startup Activity Custom 57

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2011

How Ranker came about, is I love to make lists. We're not yet marketing or selling direct to advertisers, because we're really focused on growing and honing our platform. Clark Benson: I founded the company in 2008, and we took a little over a year to launch. It actually closed on New Year's Day, 2007.

Startup 195

Startup Platform Sites Java 195

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The fund is just celebrated its first year in business, so we thought we'd catch up with Brian to hear more about what the firm is investing in, the challenges of raising a venture fund in this market, plus his view on the Los Angeles venture market. Brian Garrett: We started Crosscut Ventures about a year ago. What do you invest in?

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Southern California Startup Palomar Rustic Canyon 153

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

We sat down with Lee Essner , the firm's CEO and founder, to chat about the company. What is AccessDNA all about? We also give users and consumers who have used those services the opportunity to rank those providers and tell about their experience. How did the company come about?

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Content Services Resource Sample 150

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

Interested to hear more about how the company came about--and why it has been getting some attention for its efforts--we spoke with Tom Grasty , co-founder of the company. Tell us the story behind Stroome and how it came about? It ran in April of 2008. We grew out of an interesting use case.

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Journal USC News Startup 187

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

WordHustler launched in May of 2008 in a beta. We caught up with both Anne and John to learn more about the company. John Singleton: In reference to contests--one thing about our technology--is we have the only system like this on the web. One day, Anne and I were talking about the challenges of submitting stuff.

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Writing Hollywood Startup Sites 209

socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2010

Dave told us about how and why he and his co-founders--both previously executives at Twistbox--decided to start their own startup, specifically outside of the mobile industry, and a bit about the product. Dave Waldman: We started quite a while ago, back in almost September of 2008. How long has Bccthis been around?

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Email Startup Mobile Ideas 185

socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

Last week, we talked with Fouad ElNaggar of Redpoint Ventures about some of the interesting companies in Southern California. We spoke with David Aronchick , the CEO and co-founder of the firm to hear more about what it's up to. David Aronchick: We started about three years ago. The firm is based in Los Angeles and Seattle.

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Redpoint Startup Content .Net 201

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

We spoke with Harry yesterday about the company. How did Lottay start, and tell us about your Series A? Elliott came up wit the idea in 2008, seeing the trends I just explained to you. I had been talking to DFJ Frontier, about funding my startup prior to this. Harry, thanks for the interview. That's where I came along.

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Evite Startup Ideas Ticketmaster 157

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2012

It highlights the story of how United Airlines in 2008 paid no attention to social media as Dave’s story of his crushed guitar and poor customer service went viral around the world. Last year, Emarketer estimated that Facebook’s revenue from advertising was $3.8 United Airlines is still recovering from that debacle. billion in 2012.

Social Media 79

Social Media Media Marketing Platform 79

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

We brought together Peter Cowen of Groundwork Equity , Mark Suster of GRP Partners , Rick Smith of Crosscut Ventures , and Richard Yen of Saban Ventures -- all of who will be on the judging panel for the Tech Coast Angel's Fast Pitch on February 24th, to give us a their hints and tips about pitching to venture capitalists.

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Tech Coast Angels Ideas Entrepreneur Invest 100