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.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based HitFix (www.hitfix.com) an online news site focused on entertainment, announced it had raised $2M in a funding round. 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.

News 173

News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Individuals use social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Plaxo as career-advancing tools, even more useful in a down economy. Social networking sites and microblogs are used not only to build company brands, but to foster productivity; social media tools help build communities around the question, "What are you working on?"

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

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>>.

Startup 164

Startup Platform Advertising GRP Partners 164

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2011

We're not yet marketing or selling direct to advertisers, because we're really focused on growing and honing our platform. How long has the site been up and running? Clark Benson: I founded the company in 2008, and we took a little over a year to launch. What have you learned so far in getting the site up and running?

Startup 195

Startup Platform Sites Java 195

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

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

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. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Founded in August 2008 in Palo Alto, CA, by Sam Christiansen and Keith Lee.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Last month, Santa Monica-based ThisNext announced that it was acquiring Stylehive, an online site focused on fashion and beauty. That realization set forth our current business strategy, which is to create a portfolio of vertical shopping sites which allow consumers to discover and be passionate about categories they are interested in.

Content 165

Content Demand Sites Media 165

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

WordHustler launched in May of 2008 in a beta. Writers can log into our site, upload their project, and select from over 4,000 markets, and send their work out to the world physically with a single click. If someone has a contest form in PDF on a web site, we can fill that out and track that submission.

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Writing Hollywood Startup Sites 209

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

Provides publishers innovative site-search tools that enhance user engagement ( icanhazcheeseburger.com and Fred Wilson’s blog avc.com use Lijit as does Feld.com [but he's an investor]). Spun off from Freewebs in 2008, based in Palo Alto. I’ve already started the business modeling. Venture Financings we Discussed.

Venture Capital 230

Venture Capital Blogging Startup Fandango 230

socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

One of those he mentioned was Hark (www.hark.com), an online site which allows users to find and share sound bites and audio clips from movies and elsewhere. So, we spun up the site, and got it up and going in the middle of 2008, and it just took off, particularly right after the elections. Video games are also huge.

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Redpoint Startup Content .Net 201

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Online travel sites are great for getting you to the location, but they don't give you any good ideas for when you get there. You might find our site searching for the keyword "jet skiing", but when you come to the site, you'll see in the same vicinity gondola cruises, electric duffy boat tours, kayaking, or surfing.

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Activity Startup Sites Web 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

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

We're the only site that is specialized in people over the age of 35 in that area. How did you end up starting the site? Out of over every ten people who see the site, one or two are really gravitate or are attached to it. What does Anti-AgingGames do? There is lots of competition in this area for serving retirement homes.

Study 252

Study Startup Design Tips 252

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

The company was founded in 2007, and the initial emphasis was to deliver to end users a personalized content portal on their smart phone, learning what they like anticipate what they'd like to see, and pay for it using personalized advertising. We did a successful trial in 2008. Patrick Kennedy: We have customers of different kinds.

Content 189

Content Screening Mobile Customer 189

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MAY 4, 2010

Provides application performance management (APM) software solution that helps web sites manage distributed applications in high-volume production environments; features include: application mapping, transaction flow monitoring, code-level diagnostics, and cloud orchestration. million loss in 2008. AppDynamics.

Clearstone 236

Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Facebook is about to try to dominate display ads the way Google dominates text ads - Chris Dixon , May 15, 2010 It is customary to divide online advertising into two categories: direct response and brand advertising. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. they have purchasing intent ).*.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Sellers list their items on the site, using a simple 60-second listing process. Buyers can then contact the seller through Recycled Bride’s internal messaging system if they have questions, and they can purchase the item directly on-site. Recycled Bride earns revenue from sales commissions, premium memberships, and advertising.

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Design Social Media Sales Sites 84

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

It ran in April of 2008. There are lots of video sharing and editing sites and services--what's the key difference here, and what have people found is the most interesting thing here? We've been in discussions with news organizations to use the platform, including with large organizations and journalism sites.

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Journal USC News Startup 187

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. Technorati and AdAge rank his site as one of the world’s Top 10 business blogs.

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Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 75

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Jon, i.e. The International Man of Advertising, developed his success at award-winning traditional agencies such at Leagas/London, Fallon/NY, Wieden/Amsterdam and Publicis MOJO/Sydney on global brands such as: Nike, Adidas, Diesel, Powerade, Gor-tex and Coke. Confirmed Panelists Include: Jonathan Rosen luckyny.com. .

Social Media 75

Social Media Social Network Media Writing 75

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I was the senior guy there, and I ran the registry/gift services, national sales and advertising, and travel services. She left her job at Genzyme, and we started the company in January of 2008. We did a seed round in January of 2008, and did our angel round which we closed last week. How did the company come about?

Content 150

Content Services Resource Sample 150

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. Technorati and AdAge rank his site as one of the world’s Top 10 business blogs.

Los Angeles 49

Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 49

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

We closed our fund in August of 2008. For us, digital media means consumer Internet, online advertising, mobile, gaming, and most importantly--this is Rick and my background--next generation infrastructure to support consumption of this media. Brian Garrett: We started Crosscut Ventures about a year ago.

Southern California 153

Southern California Startup Rustic Canyon Palomar 153

Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

► 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 is good. Internet advertising is good. No, it’ Startup 2.0:

Advertising 40

Advertising Startup Technical Review Chief Technology Officer 40

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

This morning, Los Angeles-based Lottay (www.lottay.com) launched its online gifting site, announced its funding by DFJ Frontier, and also the appointment of former Evite GM Harry Lin as CEO. Elliott came up wit the idea in 2008, seeing the trends I just explained to you. We spoke with Harry yesterday about the company.

Evite 157

Evite Startup Ideas Ticketmaster 157

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

As an employee of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets from 1999-2003 and of the Indianapolis Pacers from 2003-2008, I learned first-hand from the likes of Rod Thorn, Byron Scott, Jason Kidd and Larry Bird about the importance of leading by example and keys to assembling a championship-caliber team. We have 115 paying customers right now.

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

Frank Addante

MAY 8, 2006

► 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 is good. Advertising was the answer! No, it’ Startup 2.0:

Startup 40

Startup Advertising Web Design Venture Capital 40

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

A quarterly event series seeking to dive deep into what comes next in technology, and giving you the opportunity to experience it first hand with the gadgets on site. It generates revenues through Subscription, Virtual Currency and Advertising. TechZulu & Gadget Review present REACH.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 76

socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2010

Dave Waldman: We started quite a while ago, back in almost September of 2008. We were developing games, applications, and WAP sites for lots of carriers around the world while at Twistbox. We've obviously toyed with advertising and sponsorship as well. We've been steeped in mobile content development and publishing.

Email 185

Email Startup Mobile Ideas 185

Frank Addante

APRIL 16, 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.

Google 40

Google Advertising Startup Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

JANUARY 30, 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.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development Web 2.0 40

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

billion to Yahoo, we did CitySearch, we invested in the largest travel site in Europe, called LastMinute.com, and also CyberSource--a number of very early stage, Internet companies. We invested in Overture, which was sold for $1.2 So we think we're the right size for the market in 2009. That was quite a prominent exit for us.

GRP Partners 157

GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Last November, the Web-search giant opened a flashy new office in Venice to focus on engineering, sales and advertising; the company will lease close to a quarter-million square feet in the neighborhood by 2014. with her husband, Douglas, a former Google chief information officer, in late 2008. Advertise Locally on WSJ.com.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Frank Addante

AUGUST 14, 2006

► 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.

Startup 40

Startup Email Ideas Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

MAY 3, 2006

► 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 is good. No, it’ Startup 2.0: The Internet is Coming! How will we.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Yahoo Email 40

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

StackOverflow is a free Q&A site for software developers, blending functionality from wikis, blogs, forums, and social voting (similar to Digg/Reddit); 7.1mm unique visitors per month; new funds will be used to build out engineering team and build out product. Advertising clients include: Sony, Microsoft, NBC, and Clicker.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285