From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Amplify’s close mentoring is by design. We heard how Jeff transitioned from a start-up founder to an institutional investor when he helped found Amplify towards the end of 2011. Amplify’s portfolio companies are schooled on every challenge they need to master in order to achieve success. Amplify Mentor Panel in full swing.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 15, 2011

and most recently Myspace, where he ran an online marketing team focused on SEO, social media, and paid traffic acquisition. His firm works to infuse projects with the management, social and production assistance needed to break away from the pack. Tony has previously worked for organizations like PayPal, Yahoo!

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Their Behavioral Marketing Platform even broke new ground at ad:tech 2011 winning an innovation award. Social Media: Snapchat. Representing Southern California industries ranging from movies, TV, web, music, social media, video games, and more, Digital LA’s reach includes more than 40,000 people.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. In 2008, Mitch was named Canada’s Most Influential Male in Social Media, one of the top 100 online marketers in the world, and was awarded the highly prestigious Canada’s Top 40 Under 40. Justine Ezarik (a.k.a.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2014

Though thermostats might not be its major interest, social media is awash with claims that Google might tap Nest’s data to track how people use energy or simply track users’ homes for its Google Maps project. What I love about Nest is creating, developing and designing products with an amazing team.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Joey Flores, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder at Earbits (a Y Combinator Winter 2011 company). Alex Benzer , Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder at FanMix , previously known as SocialEngine (a TechStars Boulder 2011 company) FanMix is a recommendation engine for social media marketing. Tickets: $10.00

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2016

Founded in 2011, Z Supply, LLC has created five women’s fashion brands with a sixth brand and extension into Men’s, launching Spring 2017. There are so many different routes a person can take to enter the industry, such as design, buying, production, marketing, eCommerce and styling to name a few.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

At the tender age of 15, Tanz teamed up with his friend Michael Schneider (the CEO of MobileRoadie ), to create the design firm Fluid Design. Tanz has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine “Young Millionaires of 2011 Special Report.” from Carnegie Mellon University. News, Gannett, and Tribune. “We

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 26, 2012

We started thinking about new ways of interacting with social networks in November 2011. The amount of data in social networks and the amount of social networks are growing with the time. All this is happening as social media gets more and more important in our lives. Gabi is nearly eight months old.

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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. Nude shoes to be even more specific for the Summer 2011 season. Right now we’ve got: an intern that started on Thursday, a designer, a developer, and myself.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 26, 2011

Though TAC meant Total Area Coverage, the name and design were clearly inspired by the communicators on Star Trek. 2011 and Wherecamp 2011 just happened this past week. About six rooms were designated for discussion including an outside area. For a reasonable fee, our hand-held communicator fantasy was handed to us.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 26, 2011

Though TAC meant Total Area Coverage, the name and design were clearly inspired by the communicators on Star Trek. 2011 and Wherecamp 2011 just happened this past week. About six rooms were designated for discussion including an outside area. For a reasonable fee, our hand-held communicator fantasy was handed to us.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

It was 2011, so these were valid questions. Sean discusses how much fun the design tweaking process was: changing button placement and seeing how people react, and ultimately, making an efficient administrative back-end to easily populate items. Rapid fire questions ensue: could we build this? Is the technology even possible?

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 13, 2011

Everyone has something to say that goes beyond 140 characters or a single media post. Today, if you want to create a digital-rich experience for your friends, fans or customers, you either need a web developer and designer to do it or hours if not days of time to develop something compelling enough to engage your audience.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

The reason the firm says inspired it to design Mimiboards ; adding to its passion for Africa, love of technology and being into local content. Umuntu received funding in September 2011 – the amount was approx. Johan also came up with the original concept for Mimiboard. There are also a few influencers in the Product lifecycle.

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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. TZLaw is a weekly, 45-minute live-streaming talk show hosted by Lisa Borodkin and Christina Gagnier.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Streaming media. Social media. Social networking. Social games. billion for its endowment in 2011 alone. Web Design Software. It covers a range of technology trends, from social media to mobile, clean technology, games and chips. Streaming video. Smartphones. Windows Phone. Google Plus.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

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. Lisa and her team create media projects designed to move the social progress agenda forward. Laura Brashier – Founder of 2date4love.

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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. For example a graphic designer could share their work with a client and they would be able to easily give feedback by commenting on each image directly and privately. What inspired you to launch LoveIt?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

is already well above the dot.com bubble of 15 years ago, although we have slipped a bit this year from the high point of 320 new entrepreneurs out of 100,000 adults in 2011. This approach, popularly known as “glocalization,” means you design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market you plan to attack.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

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. Derek Wooden.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Clearly it'd be more accurate to say "sometime in Q1 2011." Risk-takers and Strategists: Jeremiah Owyang on Long-Term Social Media Planning - ReadWriteStart , November 10, 2010 Two years ago, 93% of Americans believed companies should have a social media presence. Sometimes fear is a good motivator.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

MySpace was: scantily dressed, teenaged, middle-America, design chaos and on ad steroids. SimpleGeo is designed with the idea that startups can create new mobile products without having to each build their own mapping functionality. Facebook was everything that MySpace wasn’t.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - First Principles.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

But with the introduction of Apple TV, Google TV, the Boxee Box & other initiatives it’s clear that this battle will heat up in 2011. This is where the digital media puck is going. So entering 2011 why does this matter? Torso TV - Television was designed for a mass audience in a single country.

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