socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Santa Monica-based Transpera, a venture-backed provider of mobile phone video advertising, said Monday that the firm has scored a win with a new mobile video ad campaign from Ford Motor Co. According to Transpera, it will run an ad campaign for Ford's new 2009 Lincoln MKS, across mobile content sites.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Pablo joins TechZulu and talks about Proven, job markets, and the future of mobile. Pablo Fuentes: It first started in 2009 when I was in business school originally. PF: For Candidates it’s a mobile job search and applications. It’s going to be impossible to imagine not to apply for a job through some sort of mobile device.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 19, 2009

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 -- Future of Television West. Online Video, Virtual Worlds, 3D TV, Online Games, HD, VOD, Mobile, Advertising Free Fall, SAG Strike? Transforming Television for a Connected World.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 18, 2009

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 -- Future of Television West. Online Video, Virtual Worlds, 3D TV, Online Games, HD, VOD, Mobile, Advertising Free Fall, SAG Strike? Transforming Television for a Connected World.

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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. Mobile gifting service. OTHER DEALS: 1.

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

For our interview today, we caught up with Al Eisaian , CEO of Pasadena-based IconApps (www.iconapps.com), which is developing mobile applications for the iPhone market. Al Eisaian: IconApps is built around simplifying people's lives through mobile technology. We built that and put it on the App Store on December 24 of 2009.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

1) Mobile web. Mobile app downloads went from 300mm in 2009 to 5 billion in 2010, Android ad impressions up over 2,000% as two examples. The current incarnation of the mobile web changes what the Internet IS to users, and the manner in which it is incorporated into their lives. (2)

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socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2010

in a venture round from GRP Partners and Rincon Ventures, for the firm's mobile ad management platform. We cater to mobile phone developers--right now the iPhone, and coming soon to Android. You have advertising networks and mediation players, but you don't really have an ad management platform like ours. What is Burstly?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. 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: $83mm; Series B round (July 2009 for $43mm) valued company at $400mm.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). source: Harris Interactive IM Shopping Poll (August 2009)).

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socalTECH

MARCH 27, 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. April 24, 2009. Tags: socaltech advertising sponsor. Interesting in reaching Southern California's high tech industry? Email us at info@socaltech.com. Technology. innovation.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

Last week, Pasadena-based Punchcard (www.punchcard.com) launched its mobile apps, which help local retailers provide rewards to loyal customers. Andy Steuer: Punchcard is a mobile loyalty rewards app. in 2009, and through that process I learned a lot about local businesses, and about customer acquisition pain points.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

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. There weren’t enough details to know whether Corduro was trying to build a mobile payments company like Zong or a retail merchant processing solution like Square.

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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

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. It’s about defining your data across the Web and now mobile.”. It’s been about data.

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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. We raised funding in September of 2009, about six months ago, raising $500,000 from private angel investors.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. You could just outspend. You could use brute force to get the word out. Now, thanks to social media, you don't have to outspend.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

However, 18-34 year olds have been in high demand by marketers, TV advertisers, and consumer companies as an audience. There was an opportunity to capture htose advertiser dollars, and do it by serving up a product that was compelling to both advertisers and consumers. It's a very exciting opportunity.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 10, 2018

In the Harvard Business Review Female Economy 2009 report, women purchasing power was predicted to control about $28 trillion in annual global consumer spending, if not more. Connecting with your customer via social media, forums or advertising is the norm these days, but there’s nothing as strong as building a community around your brand.

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socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2011

When the market crash hit in 2009, the financing and M&A business dropped dramatically throughout the entire investment banking industry. A few years back at Montgomery, we spent a great deal of money expanding into the public capital markets, managing IPOs, hiring research analysts, etc. Unfortunately, the IPO market did not cooperate.

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Southern California Invest Media Content 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

CallFire technology likewise offers a powerful, cost-effective solution for emergency response and disaster preparedness, enabling authorities to mobilize field communications at a moment’s notice. Using CallFire, anyone with a cell phone and a laptop can become a virtual call center.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

What made Twitter unique was the infrastructure and psychology that coincided with the rise of mobile text messaging. In 2009, when the platform was just under three years old, Nielsen put out a report stating that Twitter had grown 1,382% year-over-year. In fact, Twitter was one of the first mobile social media platforms.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Users participate by performing tasks, taking surveys or watching advertiser videos. Invidi – Provider of addressable television advertising and marketing services to cable, satellite and telco-delivered television carriers. Addressable advertisements are capable of being targeted to the individual household.

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Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

He was Director of Online Marketing for Mota Motors, a BusinessWeek Top 50 Most Promising Startup of 2009 and TechCrunch50 finalist. Michael Schneider – CEO of Mobile Roadie. Michael Schneider is the CEO of Mobile Roadie , the leading self-service mobile app engagement platform. The site has since grown to nearly 7.5

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

We're really excited about 2009. If you're an industry insider--for example, maybe you worked at Microsoft in its mobile division for eight years, before your mobile startup--the extent you can get that out in a meeting to establish credibility, makes the rest of your ideas more credible. It's a great time to be investing.

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Tech Coast Angels Ideas Entrepreneur Invest 100

Frank Addante

APRIL 16, 2007

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Inventing Stuff, Obviously Impossible? Zondigo, Inc.

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Google Advertising Startup Venture Capital 40

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The production and marketing of the film (made from a script written by Aaron Sorkin based on the book "Accidental Billionaires" by Ben Mezrich) itself breaks new legal ground in the area of life rights, the First Amendment and Facebook's decision not to accept advertising for the film. Christina holds a B.A.

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IP Social Network Technical Review Networking 81

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

The state-of-the-art today when it comes to the social computing environments that surround us now — in our browsers, mobile devices, and elsewhere — underscore how much more we have left to do to make these new modes of digital conversation and discourse become mature, efficient, safe, and truly useful.

Web 29

Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

So we think we're the right size for the market in 2009. We're also looking at technology in the retail sector, or which touch the retail supply chain--things like out of home advertising, software to optimize the retail supply chain, and other related areas because we know the retail sector so well.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

In 2009 my art blog www.johntunger.com earned $188,138 in gross sales from 205,839 unique visitors. Entrepreneurism / Monetization Advertising, ecommerce, monetization. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization Apps, content, mobile. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization cloud, freelance, mobile. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

I’d personally heard of Startup Weekend back when it got started in 2007 out in Boulder but only attended my first Startup Weekend in late 2009. We ended up winning Startup Weekend LA (Nov 2009) and launching Ming.ly, soon being invited to present at the LA Twiistup conference a month later.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

-Recent competitive financings closed by Gilt Groupe ($35mm in 05/2010), OKL (undisclosed value in 12/2009) and Ideeli ($20mm in 12/2009). Metrics: 50mm users (up from 40mm in Dec 2009), -Competition includes: Spotify , Last.fm. Users: More than 280mm monthly users worldwide use its apps or see its advertising.

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Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

US TV advertising is $60 billion in its own right. Come 2009 we felt really bullish about the future for startups because the froth was gone and so, too, were wantrapreneurs. The people left standing had a compelling vision to build companies and we backed many in 2009. These companies advertise. I’m long Mobile.

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Marketing Venture Capital Funding Technical Review 305