InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 22, 2011

In addition, my role as Partner at Rincon Venture Partners provided me with a business reason to invest additional time and effort into my humble blog. Correspondingly, my traffic increased nearly 3 times over the prior year, page views increased approximately 2.5 times and my email newsletter subscribers more than doubled.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. It turns out it actually takes time to build a high-growth business with differentiated intellectual property and roll out large, enterprise-class marketing solutions. Lemons ripen early, great companies take time.”

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

There is still time to register so you if you are on the edge and wanted to nab a ticket last minute just use our promo code TZULU20 during checkout. We will we be giving you a chance for some one on one time with our guest at our booth during BlogWorld. BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

WEMO Media is an interesting combination of Hollywood, computer games, and deep technical experience, one of the few companies we have seen which seems to combine both the worlds of high tech and software with content, interactive, and Hollywood. In 2009, I was convinced the time was right. We currently have two models.

Cloud Computing 208

Cloud Computing Web Entertainment Media 208

SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 21, 2009

Tuesday, August 25, 2009 -- Generating Revenue from New TV Models. We invite you to submit a speaker or attend our next Tech Supper Club on how to generate revenue from video content for broadband TV and mobile video. This is the Billion Dollar Question and its time for real answers; no fluff. Tech Supper Club.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Much has been written about when it is time to hire a “professional CEO” to run a startup company and of course that has long been a norm in Silicon Valley when founders find that their inexperience may be a limiting factor in company growth ( know as the Peter Principle ). was the sentiment of the Tweet positive or negative?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2010

It was user generated content for travel, but back in 1999, before we'd really seen the movement toward user generated content. Back at that time, I had people ask my--why would I ever want to read what other people are writing, isn't that what professional authors and journalists are for? How long has Lunch.com been running?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 22, 2009

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 -- OMMA AdNets. So many ad networks, so little time and clarity. By some estimates, over 300 ad networks have blossomed online to serve ever-narrowing audience and content niches: travel, gaming, the affluent, gay lifestyles, soap opera fans, education - the list goes on and on.

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IP Social Media Guide Content 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 14, 2009

Monday, July 20, 2009 -- Future of Mobile Film and Television. Network and meet other Industry leaders from studios, content providers, carriers, mobile start ups, brands, etc to discuss timely and topical issues surrounding all aspects of mobile entertainment. Mobile Monday. Join us for another stimulating Mobile Monday event.

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Mobile Hollywood Advertising Startup 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 13, 2009

Friday, June 19, 2009 -- Three Brands Speak Out on the Effectiveness of Social Media. The implications of time and platform shifting are profound and lasting. Consumers have a remote and they control time, place, content and interface. CommNexus Marketing SIG. You've heard the buzz: it's all about social media.

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Social Media Media Social Network Tips 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

According to an analysis of socalTECH's proprietary database of venture capital deals, venture investors invested slightly more than the $966M in Q3 of 2009, but less than the $1.6 Interestingly enough, that area of perpetual interest for the Los Angeles area--Content and Media--only garnered $10.68M in funding during the quarter.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 19, 2009

Thursday, June 25, 2009 -- Using Social Media to Market Your Business. Millions of people are creating content for the social Web. Your customers have been there for a long time. San Diego Venture Group. Special Keynote Headliner: Guy Kawasaki. Resistance to social media is futile. Your competitors are already there.

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Social Media Media Marketing San Diego 100

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

Jennifer Sargent: Our timing was interesting. collapsed and the stock market was crashing, when I chose to leave a steady, paying full time job to go to HitFix. We thought the gap was big enough and exciting enough, that we both quite our full time jobs. How have you managed the high cost of creating content?

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News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. Time will tell. Total raised: $83mm; Series B round (July 2009 for $43mm) valued company at $400mm. Helps content publishers and advertisers launch campaigns that develop viral distribution attributes and therefore gain “buzz.”. OTHER DEALS: 1.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Tech.Co

JANUARY 15, 2018

MVF was founded in the UK by five friends in 2009, and has driven incredibly fast growth over the past 9 years. Our model evolved over time as the landscape changed, from ticket sales and sponsorships to online advertising, content marketing, and consulting. Now it is time for the next cocktail chapter. Building Tech.Co

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Media News Organization Content 70

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

It’s always such a pleasure for me to spend time with Farb because he has all of the enthusiasm and energy you love to see in entrepreneurs. Founded in 2009 in Los Angeles by Michelle Crames. Provider of real-time data and predictive analytics for web site publishers. He’s also candid, humble and helpful. Company still in beta.

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Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2017

We have a heritage in enterprise portals, content management, and middleware, and we help you connect to your back end systems and present all of this to the user in a great experience, which connects across all of those different touch points on their journey. Bryan Cheung: In 2009, we switch to a subscription model.

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Diamond Bar Customer Custom Organization 169

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

It's the hot item on the Internet for that moment in time. Put your digital audio content up for sale with AudioMicro, simply and securely. License your original work on AudioMicro - we accept for review and potential licensing representation all content that meets our minimum quality and sample rate standards and Terms of Service.

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

We built that and put it on the App Store on December 24 of 2009. Al Eisaian: We spent all of 2009 doing research with moms, having moms come into our Pasadena office and researching what things they wanted in the app. Have you found the mobile business is different, and how have you approached the business this time?

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Mobile .Net Pasadena Software Review 168

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 10, 2012

Time is a valuable commodity. Worded a bit more starkly by Benjamin Franklin: “Time is money.” Time is money. Time is money. For the tremendous amount of baby boomers, this saving in time, certainly meant money. It is exactly the reason why we so earnestly pay to save time. For we live in speed.

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socalTECH

JULY 23, 2010

We started that in 2006, and sold it to Chicken Soup For The Soul in 2009. That started in a very small way on ThisNext last month, when we started publishing our own content and editorial for the first time. That content reflects our focus towards women. What was it that drove you to focus on developing your own content?

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Newsletter Sites Content Advertising 165

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Venture Capital funds: the different between “closed funds&# (which typically have a 10-year time horizon) and “evergreen funds&# which re-invest profits back into the fund. Real-time search engine. Search leverages selective filtering via XMPP versus site indexing; only real-time search player to do so.

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Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2013

We connect consumers to great content from around the Internet, from social networks, from thousands of branded video channels, and around any particular topic they're interested in. We hope to be on every single platform, over time. I took a little bit of time off, then started working on Frequency in the middle of 2009.

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socalTECH

MAY 7, 2012

building Fine Art America in 2006 as a part time project, and launched the web site in 2007. 2009, at which point it was generating enough revenue for me to live on it full time. It happened that my brother was working for an art gallery at the time, and as a favor, I was. That's three of us full time on.

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Santa Monica Pricing Sites Sales 258

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

I think I’ve read Paul Graham’s post on “ Startup = Growth ” three or four times now. ” There’s an allowance for a period of time where there’s “slow or no growth” while you’re figuring things out. There are times where your solution should work but it just doesn’t.

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Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur Technical Review 390

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2011

One of the biggest forces that has emerged in the Internet in recent years has been crowdsourcing, the way the web has empowered users to drive the creation of content and information online. We were in closed beta for a while, and launched in August of 2009. It's a very flexible, open platform, and is pretty open ended.

Startup 195

Startup Platform Sites Java 195

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Brandenberg was most recently head of Hydra, and we thought we'd both get some insight into how Meteor is approaching the social games market, how the firm hopes to repeat the success it saw with Neopets, and also what Brandenberg learned from his time at Hydra. In late fall and winter of 2009, it had reached 8-10 million players already.

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Beverly Hills Advertising Design Activity 182

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

.&# If you’re interested in the topic it’s worth a read, but I thought I’d elaborate on the topic since it comes up all the time. Entrepreneurs in LA spend a lot of time commuting up to the Valley. In content creation we definitely have assets other markets don’t have. Come join us.

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Company Companies Technology Startup 290

socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2011

During that time, I co-headed both our Software Group and Media Group. Kevin Covert: There are a number of reasons why it was time for me to launch a firm on my own. When the market crash hit in 2009, the financing and M&A business dropped dramatically throughout the entire investment banking industry. Montgomery & Co.

Southern California 100

Southern California Invest Media Content 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

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. Very few places at the time on the internet acted like that (in fact, very few places still do). I audited my content. What Twitter looked like soon after launch in 2006.

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Platform Startup News Content 40

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. There are now signs the VC market has gathered pace meaning it’s a great time to be fund raising.

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Venture Capital Marketing Startup Social Network 255

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 9, 2012

Some may not remember Google Video, the service stopped taking uploads in May 2009 but still has hosted content and a number of users. Google therefore says that it will be taking the hosted content to YouTube later this summer and the remaining users are asked to migrate, delete or download their content by August 20.

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Google Technical Support RSS Web 68

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

It is that time of the year again! Coming together to discuss all the latest technology and gadgetry to hit 2009. This provides us with so many extraordinary possibilities as we blend content, media, technology, commerce and community. When: December 2, 2009. Time: 6:00pm - 11:00pm.

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Southern California Santa Monica Commerce Education 40

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

that talked about a recent NY Times article When It Comes to Innovation, Geography Is Destiny. Reading the articles and the comments is probably worth it, but I personally think that the NY Times is overstating the advantage of being in Silicon Valley with a couple of exceptions. eHarmongy) as an acting CTO.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Zoomorama was a finalist at the Microsoft BizSpark event at South by Southwest Interactive 2009. Scan & Target - a SaaS solution for real-time text mining and analysis of User Generated Content. The site offers up a hybrid mix of traditional journalists, industry experts and User Generated Content.

Incubator 40

Incubator Develop Development Social Network 40

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

At the time, they were shipping out CD ROMs with 300 albums, album artwork, and three song samples each. While I was there, I was product manager leading efforts to include third party content into the platform. I then moved on to Infoseek, which at the time was just a search engine. I was employee seven or eight there.

Southern California 245

Southern California Idealab Startup Customer 245

socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2010

One of the types of startups we see most of nowadays, are private sale, limited time bargain, and local group buying startups. We provide limited time deals--three deals a week--for group purchasing, where local merchants offer significant discounts, up to 50 percent, for local people around here. There are lots of opportunities.

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