SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Wednesday, February 16, 2011 -- TechAmerica HR Executive Strategy Monthly. ARE YOUR EMPLOYEES BLOGGING YOU INTO BANKRUPTCY? See [link] (more)

High Tech 100

High Tech Social Media Social Network Blogging 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

If you follow the tech media you would be subject to a lot of narrative biases that are completely off base – and this includes the value of email and phone calls. The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. Calls are changing but not dying. 94% of all online adults use email.

Email 339

Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. Also, if you happen not to be able to attend BlogWorld and New Media Expo this year TechZulu has you covered. In 2006 he was named one of the most influential authorities on Blog Marketing in the world.

Los Angeles 75

Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 75

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Recently the firms two founding partners (and also Managing Partners) —  Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham  — decided to transition management of the firm to Andy Weissman (who joined in 2012) and Albert Wenger (joined in 2008 and writes one of the most thoughtful blogs in our industry ). Maybe that’s USV, too.

Venture Capital 161

Venture Capital Funding Capital Startup 161

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2011

Just as we launched a 2010 site they go all 2011 on us! I wanted to be whimsical and have a blog as cool as Spark Capital. Yet we wanted to be clear that we invest heavily in digital media, mobile & software companies. Next I might steal this. Thanks, guys. Sadly, I couldn’t get there.

UCSD 260

UCSD Invest Startup Design 260

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. Also, if you happen not to be able to attend BlogWorld and New Media Expo this year TechZulu has you covered. In 2006 he was named one of the most influential authorities on Blog Marketing in the world.

Los Angeles 49

Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 49

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

We heard how Jeff transitioned from a start-up founder to an institutional investor when he helped found Amplify towards the end of 2011. Jeff Solomon and Chris Olson are often the last guys to turn out the lights and the first ones in the door on any given morning.

Web Design 103

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 8, 2010

They announced that in 2011 they are taking the Influence awards nationally and celebrate the champions of new media around the country. Diego on a Dime – BLOG OF THE YEAR. The Cutting Room Floor - TRADITIONAL MEDIA. The influenceSD awards show was a huge success with a sold out event of over 300+ attendees.

San Diego 40

San Diego Blogging Entertainment Media 40

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 18, 2011

I connected with Andrea Gouw , the founder of ShopperSeeks.com , on Twitter (thank you social media), when reaching out for women CEOs and founders around the country. So I did an internship in digital media space and then worked at Global Grind, a content media Hip Hop site, after graduation.

Startup 99

Startup Social Media Media Sites 99

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

As lawyers in the social media and Internet law space, this duo brings to the table practical experience counseling clients in real time and explaining breaking legal news in plain English. 20 LA and the LA Media Reform Summit. Christina blogs in the Technology section of The Huffington Post [ [link] ]. Christina holds a B.A.

IP 81

IP Social Network Technical Review Networking 81

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 5, 2010

For those not familiar with Lunch.com they are a social media website where people can share relevant knowledge and opinions, and create free communities on any topic. Winners will be announced during a live streaming webcast in March 2011, and nomination and voting details can be found at [link] LunchAwards.

Web 64

Web Social Media Blogging Course 64

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 14, 2011

Besides tablets and mobile devices CES 2011 was filled with 3D! Sony has always impressed us with an amazing lineup of great camcorders devices, so we took a look at their all new 3D camcorder consumer line they have coming out later this year. Visit TechZulu for full story.

Mobile 65

Mobile News Media Blogging 65

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. Even tech blogs know this.

Services 332

Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Fun Fact: One of the most prominent figures from their firm, Mark Suster t, runs a blog startups follow religiously. Their Behavioral Marketing Platform even broke new ground at ad:tech 2011 winning an innovation award. Social Media: Snapchat. Make sure to check out Both Sides of the Table ! Social Enterprise: Hub LA.

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

We heard how Jeff transitioned from a start-up founder to an institutional investor when he helped found Amplify towards the end of 2011. Jeff Solomon and Chris Olson are often the last guys to turn out the lights and the first ones in the door on any given morning.

Web Design 40

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 40

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 21, 2013

His goal was for voters to seek answers themselves without the influence of the biased media and discover patterns and corruption. In 2011, Swartz was indicted on federal charges of illegally downloading over 4.8 Swartz had been open in sharing his battle with depression, often writing his thoughts regarding suicide on his blog.

Journal 86

Journal Blogging RSS Report 86

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

We did some informal research toward the end of 2011 when the “pinning” phenomenon emerged because we found it very interesting. In addition, LoveIt connects people with their friends – and helps them discover other people, brands, websites and blogs that share similar visual tastes. What inspired you to launch LoveIt?

Organization 90

Organization Content Tool Blogging 90

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 15, 2011

We are working toward a future of media. We are planning on adding more shows this summer and expanding on our blog. I think that we are on the verge of the future of broadcasting and anything we do to add to this world is successful. I guess to me Failure means to stop. What does “success&# mean to you? What is coming up next?

Networking 91

Networking Startup Entertainment Entrepreneur 91

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2011

As Mark states below “Forums are the original social media&# , people sharing information across the web on all sorts of different topics. Forums are the original social media, and they’ve been steadily growing with the scale of the internet since it came into being. What is the market opportunity?

Startup 58

Startup Social Media Entrepreneur Framework 58

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

How To Land a Job at Google (or elsewhere) - FairSoftware's Blog , November 9, 2010 It’s been 11 years now that the obvious hit me: the best way to land a job is to do the job , not talk about it. Clearly it'd be more accurate to say "sometime in Q1 2011." Give yourself a month. Keep the day job. Become a lifer.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2012

According to Forrester Research (2011 report) 77% users who abandoned an online purchase cite the inability to speak to some as their primary reason for leaving. RingRevenue grew it’s revenue 3x 2010 over 2011 and is on track to grow more than 3x again in 2012 with no signs of slowing. Here’s the deal.

Mobile 311

Mobile Technical Review Google Screening 311

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2013

TechZulu had the pleasure again this year to help bring all the New Media Expo (NMX) 2013 Keynotes sessions live. Dana White discusses The UFC’s rise to become one of the leading global sports brands through success with social media, community engagement and game-changing steps including connecting pro athletes with fans online.

Social Media 72

Social Media Media Blogging Platform 72

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

He is a marketing professional with over 8 years of extensive online and social media marketing experience. Above is an interview we did with Patrick at BlogWorld Expo New York 2011. Immerse yourself in data and become an expert in all online marketing strategies from social media to search. We are growing into a media company.

Sites 61

Sites Marketing Social Media Social Network 61

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 6, 2014

What You Know: A lengthy stream of media and press that have the tech world scratching their heads in confusion and/or denouncing them as the rap beef rudos of Silicon Valley. “It was Summer 2011, and it’s when we first started thinking of Rap Genius as a business. Before that, we considered it an art project.

Startup 93

Startup Mobile Entertainment Sites 93

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 13, 2011

Imagine a white canvas that allows you to create a mixture of any kind of media you want in one space. It came from the frustration that although the web has become a lot more social in the past 5 years, our ability to express ourselves online is still limited to a single media / single element post. What is the market opportunity?

Startup 97

Startup Web Content Media 97

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

In fact, Twitter was one of the first mobile social media platforms. A new social pipeline, the quick blogging style, the similarity to texting: all these things were great for Twitter. Sometime in 2011, I started to notice that the content I was putting out on Twitter was not getting the attention that it used to.

Platform 40

Platform Startup News Content 40

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. Suddenly we were all creating blogs on Blogger.com, Typepad & WordPress. We started uploading images of ourselves to our blogs. But the masses didn’t want to blog. But less considered is the fact that the success of the Web 2.0

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 10, 2012

President, Katalyst NetworksAnthony runs Katalyst, a team of storytellers that creates digital and television programming media for some of the world’s biggest brands. As a digital media pioneer, Anthony understands how to engage audiences through compelling original digital programming. 4pm: PLANET. 4pm: PLANET.

Technical Advisors 89

Technical Advisors Design Education Study 89

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

As of 2011, the annual death toll for AIDS-related mortalities was estimated to be 1.7 YC has been marveous and with the work Naveen is doing, we’ve learned how to create a message on electronic media, and get it out there in a more effective way. Applied machine learning techniques developed by Microsoft.

Artificial Inteligence 110

Artificial Inteligence AMA Organization Research 110

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2012

Youtube.com, 48 hours of uploads every minute and three billion views daily, according to Youtube.com’s official blog in May of 2011.

Startup 65

Startup Content Design Organization 65

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

My 1,000th Post on This Blog - Tim Berry's Blog - Planning Startups Stories , July 21, 2010 HTML5 video markup, compatibility and playback - Niall Kennedy's Weblog , February 8, 2010 Your Product Needs a Soul - ArcticStartup , February 12, 2010 Product Friday: Monetizing Content is a Product Problem - This is going to be BIG.

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

I had been trading emails & Tweets with venture capitalist John Frankel and we were to meet in person in March 2011 at SxSW to talk about Klout and other investments he had made. Other people were convinced including Kleiner Perkins who lead their $30 million fund raising in 2012 (they had previously also invested in 2011).

Cornerstone OnDemand 303

Cornerstone OnDemand Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup 303

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

We believe there are awesome entrepreneurs everywhere, not just in the places constantly covered by the media. Team Rubicon unites the unique skills America’s returning veterans offer with the expertise of medical professionals; all while interactively engaging donors through social media. We want to help them, and will.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Developments Blog. There is a feeling that techies are the new celebrities," says Eric Kuhn, an agent who heads the social-media department at United Talent Agency. Venices median home price in the first eight months of 2012 broke the $1 million barrier, rising to $1,012,000 from $899,000 in the first eight months of 2011.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 9, 2011

We first learned about them during our trip to New York for BlogWorld & New Media Expo this past May. This eventually lead to being hired by Wainscott Media and North Jersey Media Group – as well as a very successful e-commerce website which still receives sales to this day. Either way, the internship was unpaid anyway!

Startup 63

Startup Guide Entrepreneur Ideas 63

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Streaming media. Social media. billion for its endowment in 2011 alone. blog comments powered by Disqus. Electric cars. Hybrid cars. Renewable energy. Streaming video. Smartphones. Windows Phone. Google Plus. Social networking. Social games. Interviews. MYTH 5: The SoCal crowd is better looking. We came to play.

Southern California 57

Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57