socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Michael Jones , CEO of MySpace and former founder of Userplane, has another exit under his belt today, as AOL announced it has acquired Thing Labs , a San Francisco maker of web-based, social software. Thing Labs was foundedin June of 2008, with funding from Jones, Polaris Venture Partners, SoftTech VC, and Jeff Clavier.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 -- For our next Digital Drinks, we're heading to Hollywood hot spot Les Deux! Stop on by for informal casual networking. Attendees work at Sony Pictures, FOX Interactive, MySpace, Google, Yahoo! Attendees work at Sony Pictures, FOX Interactive, MySpace, Google, Yahoo!, See [link] (more).

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Yahoo Entertainment Hollywood Google 100

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 6, 2013

I became friends with Tom Anderson and I jumped onto MySpace when it first launched. After MySpace was acquired by Fox, I learned that there was a huge market for ad inventory. I left MySpace in 2008 to help MySpace to monetize its inventory better. We serve several billion impressions a day.

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Marketing Startup Incubator Advertising 96

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

I made the point (not widely publicized) that OS4 is currently “breaking&# many applications that use ad networks that are not Apples (most notably AdMob, owned by Google). Founded in November 2008 by Jack Moffitt and Patrick Mahoney; CEO is Gerry Campbell (ex-AOL, ex-Reuters/OpenCalais). Read more: PaidContent. OTHER DEALS: 1.

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Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

socalTECH

MARCH 29, 2012

Basically, we've built a platform that allows businesses to build social media promotions across multiple social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Linkedin. We also have a mobile platform, which integrates with Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace. Matt MacNaughton: Our mantra, is to reach social media users everywhere.

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Social Media Startup Platform Media 217

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Why did MySpace win? Certainly MySpaces tie-in with music was a genius move. Matching Algorithm ► October (15) eLearn 2009 Presentation – Twitter Along Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics Online Business Networking Los Angeles Social Media to Build Reputation and Reach Prospec. Why did YouTube win?

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CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

At G4, Scot served as VP of Program Editorial and Internet, and developed, Produced, and Hosted G4TV.COM, the network’s interactive talk show. Before G4, Scot founded All Games Network (AGN). He joined SGN from Fox where he was Vice President of Business Development and worked on the acquisition of MySpace and the launch of Hulu.

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Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 76

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Its also been interesting to see the interaction of tools involved - Social Networking, Blogging and a Discussion Group. The level of resumes we get through our LinkedIn networks is top notch. Weve also found that other social networks such as FaceBook and MySpace to have almost no results when it comes to recruitment.

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Blogging CTO Coach CTO Hire Southern California 150

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

MySpace is one of the world’s largest social networks, with about 125 million users. In July 2005 News Corporation bought MySpace parent company eUniverse for $580 M, of which approximately $327 M was the valuation of MySpace. As of June 2008 Jason is now CEO and Founder of Mahalo, Inc. ,

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Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

It ran in April of 2008. Tom Grasty: There are, as I like to say, no shortage of online video editing platforms, online video editors, or social networking sites, even though there are fewer online editors now than eighteen months ago. We got lots of traction on the web, and the story was picked up in many places.

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Journal USC News Startup 187

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We had a special edition of This Week in Venture Capital this week shooting out of the Next New Networks offices in New York. Founded in 2008 by Mehdi Maghsoodnia. Social network app developer and ad network. Our guest was Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital. Total raised: $56.3mm. Read more: TechCrunch. Competitor: Slide.

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Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Arnie Gullov-Singh (ex-EVP of product, technology and operations for MySpace) also joined as CEO, as Sean Rad will assume the role of President. Swipely is a social network orientated around users credit card transaction data. Following several completed advertising campaigns, Ad.ly

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Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

In 2008, he founded StackOverflow , and it has become the foundation for a question and answer platform called StackExchange. 46 minutes: Joel on the battle between MySpace and Facebook. Joel felt that MySpace completely missed the opportunity to build a platform, and were clueless about the decision they made.

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