SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 7, 2012

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 -- Contentric. Downloads will replace most physical media. The Web, not the local bookstore or movie theater, will be the place where most people get most of their content. The Web, not the local bookstore or movie theater, will be the place where most people get most of their content.

Content 100

Content News Web Platform 100

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

Yesterday MiTú Networks announced that Upfront Ventures led a $10 million financing in what is now the largest producer of Latino online videos – primarily driven through YouTube. In food you have the amazing food network Tastemade – the Food Network of online video. I wasn’t.

Invest 291

Invest Content Media Networking 291

InfoChachkie

APRIL 21, 2013

How did Sarah Penna create one of YouTube''s most successful networks? As noted in YouTubers Come Of Age , YouTube has progressed from its initial incarnation as a repository of random videos to a number of vertically focused, professionally managed networks. which evolved into the biggest YouTube network, called Maker Studios. .

Networking 214

Networking Startup Santa Barbara RSS 214

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? We serve up four to five percent of the global Internet on our network. For those who don't know about EdgeCast, CDN services, who/what kind of clients you serve?

CTO Hire 248

CTO Hire Content Networking Web 248

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. Who are its founders? Future plans?

Networking 71

Networking Help Social Media Platform 71

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. 10:30-11:00am.

Social Media 92

Social Media Los Angeles Media Angel 92

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

Our judges for this Startup Weekend LA included: Howard Marks (Start Engine), Paige Craig (BetterWorks), David Waxman (PeoplePC, Firefly Networks, SpotRunner) and Tyler Crowley (Sqweal, OAF, Launch, TWiST, Mahalo). The 1st place winner was SnazzyRoom, an online styling tool for mixing and matching items on the web ( SnazzyRoom.com ).

Startup 66

Startup Mahalo Technical Review Idealab 66

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 9, 2015

Swing by Jukin Media to pickup your name tags. Jukin Media 6pm (5764 W. Media Temple 7:30pm (8520 National Blvd #A). Whether you’re a networked entrepreneur or just finding your way in the LA tech scene, TZ Tech Crawls give you a fun way to discover new things about the community and each other. Starting Point.

Culver City 40

Culver City Media Web Design 40

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Speakers include Scott Hunger, a principal program Manager and Lead on the Azure Application and Platform Team; Richard Campbell, cofounder of Strangeloop Networks, Jeffrey Palermo, CIO of Headspring Systems and many more! Despite what you read in the media HTML5 web applications can be extremely powerful and engaging.

Training 65

Training Technical Review Technology Software Review 65

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.

Platform 105

Platform Entrepreneur Startup Social Media 105

socalTECH

JULY 11, 2014

Josh Meyers: Slickdeals is the web''s largest deal sharing community. I was at Overture, then Yahoo, and later People Media, which we sold to Match.com. When I got involved with Slickdeals, I decided to tap into the LA market, and tap into my network of talented folks, who could really transform and accelerate the deal business.

Content 212

Content Yahoo Los Angeles Sites 212

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Steve Jillings has a long track record of running successful startups in Southern California, ranging from such companies as FrontBridge Technologies (sold to Microsoft in 2005 for over $200M) and Vantage Media (acquired in 2007). 2011 was an incredibly huge year for us, and 2012 will be the same way.

Marina Del Rey 238

Marina Del Rey Startup IP Examples 238

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Tracy built her company, Recycled Media , out of necessity. This was the first in her string of web properties. Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. She’s a painter and a self-proclaimed Bohemian. She did her first tech startup after the age of 30.

Startup 363

Startup Entrepreneur SEO Venture Capital 363

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 3, 2012

News Corp has announced it will cease publication of its standalone publication of The Daily iPad app December 15, 2012 and embed its technology and staff into the The Post. I want to thank all of the journalists, digital and business professionals for the hard work they put into The Daily.”. 60 year old News Corporation today Monday Dec.

News 69

News Journal Entertainment Media 69

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 10, 2013

Chances are you’ll come face-to-face with a dusty web design with information buried behind confusing menus, documents with inscrutable titles, and slideshows that move at the speed of continental drift. Catch a glimpse of what the Internet was like five years ago? Ten years ago? All you have to do is fire up a municipal website.

Technical Review 105

Technical Review Software Review CIO Web Design 105

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 I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 And so it goes with social networking.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Streaming media. Social media. Social networking. 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. October 17, 2012 1:15 PM. Hybrid cars.

Southern California 57

Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

More importantly, start cultivating networks of friends who have a sense of pulse on the frontiers of the economy. Quality tech news from around the web. You allow us to get off the ad-laden media churn conveyor belt and spend quality time on amazing ideas, people, and companies. Ditto people you met a while back.

Venture Capital 202

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Mingle is a networking service that uses location to discover and create relevant connections. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. Applications are now open for the January 2012 program.

Idealab 77

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

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. According to an announcement at a recent Web 2.0 The Godfather: Five Families combines elements of MMO-style play with the connectivity and interaction of social networks.

Google 64

Google Paramount Web 2.0 News 64

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. We just made it really, really easy to get a job online across the web in a couple minutes. HootSuite recently faced this common startup predicament: how to quickly hire quality candidates in large quantities.

SaaS 209

SaaS Tool Startup Screening 209

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.

Startup 107

Startup Product Sites Tool 107

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

He built & IPOd Demand Media. I grew up a computer programmer, a builder of computer networks and fascinated with infrastructure so in many ways I felt like I existed at the inception of many of these great technologies. He built & sold iMall in Internet 1.0 for $565 million to Excite.

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

MuckerLab has already secured its reputation as one of the hottest startup accelerators in town with a particular emphasis on product for incubation-stage software, services and media ventures. The Blayze network already reaches or 200 million viewers and has generated thousands in sales. Founded by L.A.’s That got them in.

Class 100

Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Mingle is a networking service that uses location to discover and create relevant connections. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. 9:00 – 10:30pm – cocktail reception and networking.

UCLA 102

UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

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.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

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.

Email 70

Email Social Network Blogging Venture Capital 70

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Mingle is a networking service that uses location to discover and create relevant connections. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. Applications are now open for the January 2012 program.

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

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. Unfortunately we can’t give too much information about how we’re going to monetize DinnDinn, but what we can say is that the dynamics of web 3.0

Startup 65

Startup Software Review Ideas Social Network 65

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

VP, Strategic Planning at Disney Interactive Media Group. He sits on several boards and is involved in the virtual worlds, gaming, mobile, media, and healthcare markets. Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of January 22, 2012. When: Thursday, February 2, 2012 – 7:00 p.m. Event Details.

Idealab 84

Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

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. Simon also shares his thoughts on building a strong fan base through social media and public relations.

Mobile 71

Mobile Technical Review Platform Startup 71

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

To interconnect these computers we needed IP-based telecommunications equipment build by the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. Web Services, led by Amazon’s AWS, which reduced the costs a further 90%. Open source computing, which reduced costs to start a company by 90%. But what is it we actually DO on the Internet?

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

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.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

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. I’m starting to spend my time evaluating companies that can help brands simultaneously build within the fortress but also maintain social value in the open web. Social Media helps change that. That’s the Google lesson.

Social Media 274

Social Media Google Media Startup 274

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Who are you on the web? It’s almost like the web equivalent of Facebook Connect. On the web each website wants you to log in to their website using a proprietary user name and password. And while networks of computers now regularly interact with each other, so too is the future of Twitter. This is A REALLY BIG DEAL.

News 324

News Web Email Startup 324