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DECEMBER 30, 2010

2010 was a momentus year for me personally. Coming off a very successful exit with Networks in Motion at the end of 2009, 2010 has been a very exciting year for several of my companies, Socialvibe, 2tor, Leadpoint, Webvisible and Impact Radius. We last shared the thoughts of John Babcock at Rustic Canyon Partners. Stay tuned.

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JUNE 10, 2011

Los Angeles-based Evolve Media , the parent firm of Gorlla Nation and AtomicOnline, said today that it has acquired Crowd Ignite , a developer of a "content exchange" engine which provides content to online publishers. Evolve Media said the Crowd Ignite team, including founder Jake Moilanen, will join the firm post-acquisition.

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MAY 6, 2012

63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2012

The new owner of former Los Angeles startup Tsavo Media , Canadian-firm Cyberplex , said today that it is looking for "strategic alternatives" for the unit of the firm, after a fiasco involving Yahoo's traffic quality reporting system. Tsavo had been acquired by Cyberplex in 2010, in a deal worth $75M. head Mike Jones.

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OCTOBER 21, 2014

What''s unique about it, it is stream live social media, and actually puts that social media content on the display right in front of you. I met with david after he flew up to meet me from Los Angeles. So, I took a U-haul to Los Angeles after I graduated. We talked for an hour, and I said, let''s do it.

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APRIL 26, 2010

Thursday, April 29, 2010 -- New Media Vault - April Edition. Welcome to the East Sides first New Media Networking Event in Downtown Los Angeles.

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JANUARY 8, 2010

Thursday, January 14, 2010 -- Schmoozd Social Media Mixer. The first-ever Schmoozd event, a new Social Media Mixer event in Los Angeles will be held at the Xbar in Century City, CA on January 14th, 2010. See [link] (more).

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 -- New Media Vault. Don't miss out on our last chance to hang before we usher in 2010! Join us for the best downtown Los Angeles new media networking event! This month we're getting ready for Turkey Day  gobble gobble gobble! See [link] (more).

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JUNE 28, 2018

in Los Angeles. While Google just launched its LA hub, Microsoft has operated a cloud region in Southern California for a while, and started wooing Hollywood last year at the National Association of Broadcasters conference, according to Tad Brockway, a general manager for Azure’s storage and media business.

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APRIL 6, 2010

Thursday, April 8, 2010 -- New Media Vault. The New Media Vault is the East Sides first New Media Networking Event.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Patrick Quigley: People often have the wrong perception of Vantage Media. As you might or might not remember, I joined in 2010 with a vision to turn the company into a true technology company, and pivoted the company to ad technology. Starting in 2010, we started focusing on that. Tell us about what your business is nowadays?

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JANUARY 12, 2010

Thursday, January 14, 2010 -- Social Media Club of Los Angeles invites you to "Dating and Relationships: The Game Has Changed" to mix, mingle and discuss how Social Media has changed the rules of dating. Exactly one month before Valentines Day, come hear all about how social media can help you with the hook ups.

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AUGUST 18, 2016

Los Angeles-based local search site YP said today that it has named a new CEO, Jared Rowe. Rowe was most recently at Cox Enterprises, serving as President of Cox Automotive Media Solutions Group--which runs Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book, and Dealer.com. Rowe had been at Cox since 2010.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

The dinner parties now are filled with self-righteous angel investors bragging about how many deals they are in on. Logic tells me the following: It is hard to make money angel investing. The best angels will do very well just at the best real estate investors did well in good times and bad. And now everybody is an angel.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

spends hundreds of millions of dollars on a media property, runs it for about seven years, and then decides to unload that same property for a fraction of the price it paid to a Southern California technology--not media--company. Well, could be. How about IGN ?

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MAY 7, 2013

Our industry just took one big step towards legitimacy with the hiring of renowned media exec Ynon Kreiz to run Maker Studios. You can’t change media consumption patterns easily. Ynon Kreiz is a force of nature in the media and tech sectors. hours of TV / day. hours of TV / day. They read less than 30 minutes.

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MARCH 1, 2010

Los Angeles By: Laura Rich February 26, 2010 It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. But lets face it, when you think of Los Angeles, Internet startups are not the first things that spring to mind. Thats not Los Angeles. startup scene so hot.

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MARCH 22, 2010

Los Angeles-based Invested.in announced today that it is launching today at the DEMO Spring 2010 conference in Palm Desert. The firm, which is self funded, says that it allows individuals, businesses, and nonprofits to raise money for any project, using social media. The company is headed by Alon Goren. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Los Angeles-based FastPay , which provides specialized line of credit to online publishers, e-commerce companies, videogame companies, and other digital media companies, reports this morning that it has placed over $100M in funding to over 100 customers since its launch in 2010.

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JULY 30, 2012

Rafat Ali , who founded and eventually sold Santa Monica-based online paidContent to Guardian News & Media, has returned from several years of travel on the road, and launched his latest startup, Skift. Ali had departed ContentNext and Los Angeles, back in 2010, to embark on what he called a "head-clearing trip of a lifetime."

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

As more consumers were skipping commercials the idea of authentically integrating brands into media seemed obvious to me and ended up informing a lot of my investments in 2009 and 2010. Media relationships. Los Angeles' That feeling happens 2-3 times per year maximum. Hamet had the perfect combination: Smarts.

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MARCH 7, 2011

Los Angeles-based DONE! had sued NBC over a failed domain name sale back in May of 2010, after it said NBC Universal agreed to sell the company Women.com and Women.net in via domain name broker Sedo.

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JANUARY 19, 2012

raised in Q4 of 2010, and up from the $652M invested in the region last quarter. Los Angeles had $226.75M invested in companies. The biggest Los Angeles deal was a funding for SolarReserve , for $27.0M. The category of perennial interest in Southern California, Media and Entertainment, only saw $55.3M

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OCTOBER 10, 2010

Saturday, October 16, 2010 -- Twitter and Facebook Marketing Summit. This event is perfect for Los Angeles small biz owners, bootstrapped startups, motivated corporate ladder climbers, real estate agents, restaurant owners, or anyone wanting to wear the social media hat in their organization.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Los Angeles-based TeleSign , the provider of phone authentication services used to reduce fraud and spam with web services, said Tuesday that it has named Max Powers as its Vice President, Client Services. Powers joins the company from Vantage Media, where she was GM of the Education Division. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Wednesday, September 22, 2010 -- Startup Demo. Social Media Week. Please join us for an evening of fun mingling with other startups, VCs, entrepreneurs, and technology enthusiasts, as we host our first Startup Demo event in Los Angeles. See [link] (more).

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MARCH 5, 2010

I attended the inaugural Open Angel Forum in Los Angeles back in January and wrote about it here. Jason Calacanis started this initiative in response to the pay-to-play network of angel events that he despised. The first event was a big success and brought out many of LA’s angel elite.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 About this Blog Ive been thinking about doing a blog with my thoughts on technology and whats happening in the Los Angeles area technology scene for a while, but it was Ben Kuos recent start of a blog that inspired me to actually go ahead and do it. Thanks Ben.

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MARCH 24, 2014

In 2010 somebody posed the question on Quora, “Is Mark Suster a Successful Venture Capitalist?” Helping companies get to next financing round successfully: I was just beginning this phase in Sept 2010 and said so. This is what I wrote on that Quora answer from Sept 2010. Lemons ripen early, great companies take time.”

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NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Los Angeles-based Break Media , which operates a network of male-centric content web sites, said today that it has linked with home entertainment system company Yoostar in a promotion. Tags: break content media publishing yoostar competition. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 12, 2010

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 -- digiday VIDEO UPFRONT. The State of The Digital Video Upfront: The best and the brightest in digital video, emerging platforms, plus media, marketing, publishing, and television executives will converge in Los Angeles to address the future of video programming and advertising.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 -- Google Analytics. Come join Social Media Club - Los Angeles as we discuss the topic of Google Analytics! This month we are going to take a deeper dive into one of the easiest ways to measure online social media efforts  through Google analytics. Confused by Analytics?

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AUGUST 19, 2010

TechZulu and Schmoozd have joined forces to bring you Startup Demo during Social Media Week. We are excited to be part of Social Media Week and helping awesome startups receive their much deserved exposure. When: Wednesday, Sept 22 nd , 2010 - 5:00 p.m. About Social Media Week. to 11:00 p.m. What: A Startup Demo event.

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JULY 30, 2012

The move might actually be a positive one for Southern California, given that Levinsohn had been pulled away from investing and helping Southern California startups in 2010, when he was tapped by then Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz to aid Yahoo. Levinsohn has not said what he'll do next after his stint as Yahoo CEO. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 5, 2010

Wednesday, May 5, 2010 -- Digital Entertainment: Advertising, Distribution and the Consumer. Santa Monica College and The City of Santa Monica bring together business leaders for an insightful discussion on Digital Entertainment. See [link] (more).

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MARCH 2, 2010

Monday, March 8, 2010 -- digiday:MOBILE LA. Discover the what the future holds for you and this game changing media platform at digiday:MOBILE in Los Angeles. DIGIDAY gives media leaders a chance to converge and discuss high level strategies and the future of Mobile Media and Marketing.

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JULY 16, 2012

With the proliferation of social media, how do you--as a brand--manage all of those various websites, content, and media? Los Angeles-based Fliptu (www.fliptu.com), headed by Jeremy Gocke , thinks it has this figured out, by providing a central place to access a brand's content, across social networks. What is Fliptu?

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