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JULY 30, 2010

in Q2 of 2009. Revenues were up by 21 percent from the prior year, driven by increases in internet advertising revenues. Internet Brands--which has been an aggressive acquirer of web sites--also revealed that it acquired six websites in Q2, for a total of $8.6M. According to Internet Brands, it had net income of $4.6M

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Internet Brands .Net Acquisition Web 160

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.

Santa Monica 100

Santa Monica News Mobile Advertising 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 -- Paid Search Engine Marketing Now. Whether you are a small business owner or a marketing manager for a large multinational corporation, taking advantage of paid search advertising is a must. TechBiz Connection. Year 2010 Tips of the Trade for Buying and Converting your traffic on Google, Yahoo and Bing.

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Paid Search TechBiz Marketing Yahoo 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 12, 2009

Saturday, April 18, 2009 -- In Control: Who Will Own the World of Social Networks? What about advertisers?" Meanwhile they tire of repeated data entry, are leery of ever-proliferating and incomprehensible "Terms of Service," and outraged when a site overreaches. They are questioning "what access do 'friends of friends' have?

Social Network 100

Social Network Networking Advertising Sites 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Irvine-based Local.com , the operator of local search sites, said this morning that it has appointed Ken Cragun as CFo of the company. Cragun was Vice Presdient of FInance at Local.com since April of 2009, and has also been at ModtechHOldings, MIVA, ImproveNet, and NetCharge.com. READ MORE>>.

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Sites Paid Search Company Companies 154

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. It’s a very product that allows you to do visual search of eBay, ETSY, Match.com, AllRecipes and several others sites. Founded in 2009 in Los Angeles by Michelle Crames. MetaMarkets.

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Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

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. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Time will tell.

Venture Capital 240

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Does advertising work in the social networking world? a communications tool for enterprises.

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

As companies figure out a way to monetize social media, one of the areas which has been lacking is a way to measure the impact and effectiveness of social media advertising. Ian Swanson: Sometrics is a social analytics and advertising company. I worked at Userplane, building social applications for sites like MySpace.

Social Media 113

Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 113

socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2010

You have advertising networks and mediation players, but you don't really have an ad management platform like ours. We're very similar to OpenX, from the standpoint of ad management tools, in that we also have built in a marketplace and also allow you to go direct to advertisers. Our space is pretty young. READ MORE>>.

Startup 164

Startup Platform Advertising GRP Partners 164

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

The firm says nearly 20% of all brides now shop for or sell a gently used wedding dress online, compared with just 6% in 2009 and they firmly believe Recycled Bride is helping make the sales even more possible. Recycled Bride was founded in 2009 in Santa Monica, CA. TechZulu caught up with Recycled Bride and here is what we found!

Design 84

Design Social Media Sales Sites 84

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

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

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Advertise and get noticed with us! WillYouTrend.com is a site set out on the mission to inspire us all to be great, influential people. is the leading live video site on the Web, enabling users to create real-time connections with others around the world. Trending topics are all the rage, Twitter, Google.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Stickam Web Conference 40

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

As companies figure out a way to monetize social media, one of the areas which has been lacking is a way to measure the impact and effectiveness of social media advertising. Ian Swanson: Sometrics is a social analytics and advertising company. I worked at Userplane, building social applications for sites like MySpace.

Social Media 100

Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2013

Years before Hello Flo’s “The Camp Gyno” video existed, in 2009, Orabrush, a tongue cleaner company, was setting the precedent for what would be how to make a million dollars in ecommerce sales utilizing YouTube marketing. 7 – The line between art and marketing/advertising is now very blurry. 6 – Be unexpected.

Dollar Shave Club 101

Dollar Shave Club Custom Customer Marketing 101

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 75

Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 75

Both Sides of the Table

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. Its net income for the 2009 period is $11.66 AppDynamics.

Clearstone 236

Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

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.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

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

Frank Addante

MAY 8, 2006

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. Internet advertising is good. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: How will we.

Startup 40

Startup Advertising Web Design Venture Capital 40

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APRIL 28, 2010

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

Email 185

Email Startup Mobile Ideas 185

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.

Google 40

Google Advertising Startup Venture Capital 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

Frank Addante

JANUARY 30, 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.

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. So we think we're the right size for the market in 2009. We invested in Overture, which was sold for $1.2

GRP Partners 157

GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

socalTECH

JULY 23, 2010

This week, Santa Monica-based ThisNext (www.thisnext.com) said it has raised another round of funding for the firm's social shopping site. We started that in 2006, and sold it to Chicken Soup For The Soul in 2009. ThisNext.com has been a social shooping site, really for anyone and everyone, and for every product category.

Newsletter 165

Newsletter Sites Content Advertising 165

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2012

The company's founder and CEO is Sean Broihier , who told us all about the site--and also how. Once you get that profile page, you can upload your beautiful images to our site. So, buyers will come to our site, which has all of these beautiful images from all. building a web site for him. from photographers and artists.

Santa Monica 258

Santa Monica Pricing Sites Sales 258

Frank Addante

AUGUST 14, 2006

► 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: ► October (1) New Video! Hire Entrepreneurs!

Startup 40

Startup Email Ideas Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

MAY 3, 2006

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. Internet advertising is good. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: How will we.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Yahoo Email 40

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

How did they end up with such an irreverent site and what was their objective? Private, flash sales site focused on apparel goods (women, men and children). Recent competitive financings closed by Gilt Groupe ($35mm in 05/2010), OKL (undisclosed value in 12/2009) and Ideeli ($20mm in 12/2009). TechCrunch article.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 31, 2006

► 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.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Advertising Email 40

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 19, 2006

► 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.

Startup 40

Startup Ideas Venture Capital Competition 40

Frank Addante

MARCH 26, 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.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development CTO Hire Startup Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

MAY 24, 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.

Advertising 40

Advertising Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development 40

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

Frank Addante

SEPTEMBER 6, 2006

► 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.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Web 2.0 Outsource Development 40