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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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JULY 30, 2010

Thursday, August 5, 2010 -- Social Media. e've all heard about the power of Social Media. This is going to be a great event and will provide you with a solid foundation to begin your Social Media efforts. What is it? What can it do for me or my business? How in the world am I supposed to keep up with the changes?

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MARCH 5, 2010

Thursday, March 11, 2010 -- Social Media: Beyond Branding. We'll share and discuss where brands fit in the wide world of social media culture and how you can use social media to drive your business results. See [link] (more).

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Thursday, February 25, 2010 -- Social Media Survival Skills. Social Media Marketing: what you need to know about modern online marketing but were afraid to ask It's no secret that marketing is increasingly gravitating to the Internet. But how do you take advantage of today's social media marketing tools?

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

Thursday, December 16, 2010 -- CommNexus Presents:Managing a Crisis in the Age of Social Media. The way people find out about breaking news has changed significantly in the past several years. From real time Twitter updates, to eyewitness news to iReports, how media outlets source and broadcast stories has changed as well.

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

emerge and are there any lessons to be gained about the future? Listening to young people talk about social networking as a new phenomenon is a bit like hearing people talk about a remake of a famous song from my youth as though it was the original version. At it’s peak AOL had about 27 million US subscribers.

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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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Eric Greenspan

MAY 25, 2010

As I prepare for my role as emcee in June for Convergence 2010 , I began to look back at how I got involved in radio. What I mean by this is we do radio better by building it around the web, social media and traditional marketing strategies alongside, behind and wrapped around our radio shows. Tell no one!

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 13, 2009

After the slideshow, we chatted about Make It Work’s culture, specifically, our philosophy of “employees first, customers next&# and our dedication to delighting every customer we serve. We talked about “ON IT,&# as a means to responding NOW to every customer request. listen to whatever music we want! I shared a few.

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MARCH 24, 2014

I remain a huge supporter and am very proud of our accomplishments and hugely optimistic about our future. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

If your startup can’t be bothered with social media, or has no plan to take advantage of it, then you are definitely at risk these days. They also identify clearly the five key social media mistakes that I often see, along the following lines: Diving in without a strategic plan. Not having a social media policy.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

ZEFR has been fairly quiet about what its future looks like beyond MovieClips.com, only saying that it's on the brink of hitting 1 billion monthly video views recently.

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socalTECH

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. How about IGN ? Does this sound familiar? Well, could be. in a $580M deal.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Fox Interactive Media and Break Media both ranked highly in comScore's August 2010 list of top U.S. According to the latest numbers, Fox Interactive Media had 43.1M minutes watched per viewer, and Break Media had 42.4M According to the latest numbers, Fox Interactive Media had 43.1M unique viewers, and 167.0M

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2010

If your startup can’t be bothered with social media, or has no plan to take advantage of it, then you are definitely at risk these days. They also identify clearly the five key social media mistakes that business often make, along the following lines: Diving in without a strategic plan. Not having a social media policy.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 19, 2010

TechZulu and Schmoozd have joined forces to bring you Startup Demo during Social Media Week. Each company will have 5min in the hot seat with Amanda Coolong as she gives you the opportunity to tell thousands of viewers in the TechZulu network about your company live. When: Wednesday, Sept 22 nd , 2010 - 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Guardian News & Media , the firm behind web publisher ContentNext , is in discussions with potential buyers about a possible sale, according to a report from the firm's own site, paidContent. ContentNext founder Rafat Ali left the firm in May of 2010. Names of potential buyers were not discussed. million pageviews.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

In other news we announced the closing of $61 million in funding at Maker Studios , which I’ll talk publicly about soon. 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. Startup DNA.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 8, 2010

If I Launched a Startup - The Startup Lawyer , March 17, 2010 Great advice on initial steps of setting up a Startup. 9 Reasons Why Many Smart People Go Nowhere - Life Beyond Code , March 29, 2010 You would have met many smart people who live a mediocre life. There are MANY of them. You might be surprised why this is the case.

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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2012

With the proliferation of social media, how do you--as a brand--manage all of those various websites, content, and media? The firm already has seed funding from such investors as Kelly Perdew, Sugarmaker Media, and support from talent agency ICM Partners. Gocke told us more about the company and what it's doing.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2010

According to the Fenwick & West LLP Second Quarter 2010 Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey, up rounds exceeded down rounds by 55 percent to 27 percent over the 126 technology and life science companies in Silicon Valley analyzed by the firm in Q2. About 18 percent of venture rounds had flat valuations.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

It's the age of smartphones and mobile data, where there are now apps gathering an immense amount of information about where we are, what stores we visit, and what we are doing. For those who aren't familiar with UberMedia and what it is doing today, tell us a bit about what your business is about now?

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 -- AlwaysOn OnHollywood. With the next generation of new media companies emerging, studios and investors now have access to more innovation than ever before. Hollywood is on fire!

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 -- AlwaysOn OnHollywood. With the next generation of new media companies emerging, studios and investors now have access to more innovation than ever before. Hollywood is on fire!

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Monday, September 27, 2010 -- AlwaysOn OnHollywood. With the next generation of new media companies emerging, studios and investors now have access to more innovation than ever before. Hollywood is on fire!

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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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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 8, 2010

This year BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2010 is set to be their biggest yet. Also, if you happen not to be able to attend BlogWorld and New Media Expo this year TechZulu has you covered. As usual we will be interviewing from our booth on the show room floor but this year TechZulu has a special treat for you. October 16.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 7, 2012

A little bit about the author Chris Camillo…When the stock market was at it’s worst and our economy was failing us from 2007-2010 his private self-managed portfolio outperformed the big fancy dogs of Wall Street. Cheers to discovering a real return on using social media. He teaches how to take the risk out of being risky.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 27, 2010

Tim Street a Writer, Producer, Director, Editor and New Media Consultant. Kevin Pollak the 2010 Streamy Award Winner for The Kevin Pollak Chat Show and Director of Vamped Out. Kevin Pollak talks about the creativity, passion and persistence one must have in order to succeed with a show on the web.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Social Media Week (SMW) is finally here and is set to be one amazing week filled with panels, discussions, networking, and much more. If you are just hearing about this event, or if you already heard about it but just wanted to know exactly what is going to be happening this week, then this is for you. You are in Luck!

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 26, 2011

The conference coincided with the news that three-year-old start-up is looking to raise funds at a price that valuates Foursquare at about $500 million. She gave us a great presentation about context. DJ Patil , one of the several well credentialed co-founders of Color , spoke about Color. Context is everything.” Wherecamp-SF.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 15, 2010

Friday, May 21, 2010 -- TechAmerica Westlake Senior Financial Executive Roundtable Breakfast Series NETWORK SECURITY: WHY YOUR NETWORK IS SWISS CHEESE AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT. See [link] (more).

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

VentureBeat | News About Tech, Money and Innovation. 10 New York City startups we’re crazy about. Streaming media. Social media. 5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California. There are a lot of misconceptions about SoCal and it’s time we set them straight. Whats Hot Menu. what’s hot?

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JUNE 18, 2010

We spent the first 45 minutes or so talking about industry trends (in this order): The history and background of True Ventures, one of my favorite early-stage VC’s (and the one with whom Om is a venture partner). Paul talked about Neuhaus Partners, a 65 million Euro fund with the remit to invest in German-speaking countries.

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JUNE 17, 2013

This post is about the “P” or pain. The point of PUCCKA was to develop a common methodology to make sure our whole team approaches sales with the same mindset and to give us a language to talk with each other about our prospects, as in, “have you identified your customers pain point yet?”. That is still “pain.”

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FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Thursday, March 4, 2010 -- Inspired EthonomicsJoin Fast Company for a spirited conversation about the state of sustainability in entertainment, media and technology.

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JULY 17, 2017

So as societal movements had impacts on startups affecting LGBTQ issues, for example, I was public about my support. In fact, I originally spoke out publicly in favor of gay rights when it was somehow still controversial to do so back in 2010 after California had made some bad political choices. It is the American story.

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