Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Social Media Week (SMW) helps organizations connect and share the latest social media findings through social, cultural and economic talks and workshops in major cities worldwide. 2012. ” SMWLA will take place next week Sept. A City of Angels: How Social Media is Bringing LA Closer to Utopia.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2012

An all-too-common question I get from startups and small businesses is “Which is the right social media platform for my business?” If you are in the realm of the 47% of small businesses who still ignore social media, you need to read the new book by Dave Carroll, “ United Breaks Guitars.” You need to be there.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2012

We were also about to build a really solid mentor network in a short period of time, pulling in about 250 CEO's and CTOs, from all backgrounds and locations. 2012 has been a remarkably interesting year in terms of developments in technology. I think we're going to see a real shakeup in how people view social media.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

After we typed the first two letters from our computer room at UCLA, namely, “Lo” for “Login,” the network crashed. When my team of graduate students and I sent the first message over the internet on a warm Los Angeles evening in October, 1969, little did we suspect that we were at the start of a worldwide revolution.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

The race to get your SXSWi panel to as many votes as possible so that you will be selected to present at the coming 2012 SXSW. For those who may be living under a rock and have no idea what SXSWi is, its five days of presentations and panel discussions from some of the biggest thought leaders in Interactive digital media space.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 29, 2012

Monday, June 4, 2012 -- aunchFEST Demo Night. Angel Launch, a new event for startups and investors, is producing a networking venture pitch, networking dinner and party the night before E3 Expo in LA for digital media, mobile and tech startups. See [link] (more)

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Join us at CES LaunchFest on Jan 11 in Las Vegas for dinner, program and networking from 6pm-10pm. Network with hundreds over delicious four course dinner followed by panel on Attracting Venture Capital, and Top Trends for Social Media, Mobile Apps and Consumer Devices.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

As you become a large, open network for referral traffic your long-term strategic value goes up. The topic of social media came up and one dial-in caller lamented the fact that all Silicon Valley was producing was silly social media companies. Social Media helps change that.

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Steve Reich

JUNE 26, 2012

” That was the understatement of the week, as I learned by attending YouTube’s Premium Partner conference, YouTube Access 2012. Two hundred people attended YouTube’s Access 2012 Premium Partner meeting last week in New York. They covered a spectrum from small startups to the ESPN network.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2012

ExplorerB2B is a free to join exclusive network of experts who share information that matters to you and make sure you expand your professional network, interact with a relevant audience and present your expertise. The English/International version of the platform was launched in January 2012. When was it launched and where?

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

ABC Family, Fox, Universal Music, Google, Facebook, Demand Media, MyLife, Riot Games, DFJ Frontier, Rustic Canyon, GRP Partners, Siemer and Associates, Marketshare, Saatchi Online, OMD, Ignited, Rubicon Project, Smashbox Cosmetics, NFL, UCLA, USC, and dozens of start-ups. Opening Party hosted by Demand Media with KCRW at the Viceroy.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Meritful is a professional network for students and mentors. Students Professional Network. On its blog, Meritful says,”If you are a student, Meritful helps you build a professional network, and an online resume to impress colleges and employers. Online Evaluation For Placement.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 7, 2013

Social media aggregator RebelMouse recently raised $10.25 Launched in 2012, RebelMouse allows users to aggregate together all their social media content and is being used by individuals, bloggers, firms, brands and many more others. he was at the Huffington Post, as head of head of social marketing.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Fan Appz, a Santa Monica headquartered firm founded in 2010, and a Facebook Preferred Marketing Developer (PMD) today Tuesday launched its Personalized Marketing Platform, a next-generation social media marketing solution set to help firms convert fans into customers and increase repeat purchases by turning good customers into great ones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2013

Then there is the Internet, delivered through every media, including your smart phone, where the volume of data spewing out is like a new Library of Congress every 15 minutes. According to the most recent study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, there were approximately 514,000 new businesses created per month in the US in 2012.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 19, 2012

The West Coast biannual AdAge Social TV conference took place in Beverly Hills earlier this week. Elite media giants, agencies and brands flew in from around the country to discuss the rapidly changing and complex ecosystem evolving between the primitive television and social engagement union. They all gather different metrics.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 29, 2013

The inaugural Silicon Beach Fest in June 2012 attracted 2,000 attendees to the fest and related events. A one-day Silicon Beach Fest was held in Hollywood in November 2012. TechZulu will be hosting TZXSN the online shopping network for startups live from Silicon Beach Fest. Parties are cash bar unless otherwise indicated.

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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. Some quick data that I pulled from EmailisNotDead.com (mid 2012). Calls are changing but not dying. There are 2.9 billion email accounts. billion by 2014.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

You might be aware of their products – perhaps having seen their digital media signs in your favorite local restaurant or bar, but what you might not know is their compelling founders’ story and unique company culture. ” The large social media screen is Enplug, five iterations later. Focus on Value, Not Advertising.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

And for a bit of nostalgia for those that connected via modems (our original modems were external about about the size of two Amazon Kindles stacked on top of each other) play this short SoundCloud audio of a modem connecting to the telco network. This was by far my favorite film of 2012 and was totally unexpected. Just go see it.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

The company was founded in 2012, developed by an all-Trojan team and has already made a big splash with this first-of-its-kind travel website. It’s so exciting – a trusted network of travel experts, travelers and aficionados designing the ultimate travel website”.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 15, 2015

million in seed funding since its founding in 2012. If Pinterest is catnip for girls, Tapiture was founded to go after the men, but quickly evolved into a more sophisticated artistic social media community. The post Tapiture Taps Into Successful Social eCommerce And Secures $2.25M In Seed Funding appeared first on TechZulu.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

You might be aware of their products – perhaps having seen their digital media signs in your favorite local restaurant or bar, but what you might not know is their compelling founders’ story and unique company culture. ” The large social media screen is Enplug, five iterations later. Focus on Value, Not Advertising.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 9, 2012

Mark Suster , fellow venture capitalist and serial entrepreneur, has written extensively about YouTube’s evolution from dogs-on-skateboards to its current status as an entertainment medium rivaling cable television networks. Feeding The New Networks. The same phenomenon is true in the YouTube ecosystem, but with a social media twist.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Streaming media. Social media. Social networking. Social games. August 24, 2012 10:24 AM. Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs was named one of Fortune’s 10 Brilliant Technology Visionaries for 2012 alongside the great and powerful Oz’s of Apple and Google. October 20, 2012 1:57 PM. Interviews.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 20, 2012

The company launched its social media management system in 2008, growing to over 4 million users by the start of 2012. Online applicant tracking solutions allow companies to leverage their social contacts in two ways: sharing open positions and requesting referrals.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2011

And while networks of computers now regularly interact with each other, so too is the future of Twitter. The other thing that isn’t talked about enough in the mainstream media about Twitter is the predictive nature of open Twitter data in and of itself. Consider some simple examples. I'm late and on the road.I Predictive Data.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood 2012 included 17 panels ranging from ‘Public Relations for Start Ups’ to ‘How to Find and Hire a Developer’. Here are video interviews featuring the creator of Silicon Beach Fest, panelists and attendees… Founder of Silicon Beach Fest shares the top most effective 5 networking tips.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

I’ve been an avid user of Plug.DJ’s music discovery site since early 2012, have discovered a ton of music there (which, by the way, I’m still listening to today) and originally covered their $1.25M in seed-round funding from Javelin Venture Partners. was founded in February 2012 by a team of passionate music fans.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. We believe there are awesome entrepreneurs everywhere, not just in the places constantly covered by the media. Lisa Nicole Bell – CEO of Inspired Life Media Group. sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.). Idea Mensch. Subscribe to RSS.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 7, 2011

While it won’t be completely exclusive to Google+ (Facebook’s launch will be later in Q1 of 2012), the release is for Google+ gamers only. The Godfather: Five Families combines elements of MMO-style play with the connectivity and interaction of social networks. The game is Kabam’s first licensed brand game.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

We built a Proof of Concept in 2010, went into closed beta in 2011 and opened up to the public in Dec 2012. Rob and Lance made multiple business trips to the USA and UK in order to understand the offerings and strategy of existing payment providers, social networks, banks and financial service providers. When was it launched?

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Launched in 2012 in Ontario Canada, eQuibbly wants to change the way we resolve disputes by being a quick, easy and free Online Dispute Resolution service across North America and eventually to a city near you. . According to Lance Soskin, founder and president of eQuibbly. According to Lance Soskin, founder and president of eQuibbly.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Mallavarapu calls Blipboard a social map that gives you location based alerts in a follower network, not unlike Twitter’s model. Internal cross promotion within their own portfolio of apps, the marketplace and network as well. Peter Mullen, Bizzabo – a mobile networking application for event producers.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

We told you about young twins behind Social network LAGbook , Today we caught up with two 19 year-old entrepreneurs from Naperville, Illinois. DinnDinn launched on Tuesday, August 28 2012. Juckins and Jeremy A. Juckins founded DinnDinn , an app changing the way we taste and ch0ose the best burger shop in town.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

October 5, 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.

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