socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

San Diego-based streaming radio service Slacker said late Friday that it has named a new CEO, and has appointed Duncan Orrell-Jones to head up the company. Orrell-Jones replaces previous CEO Jim Cady, who Slacker said will remain on the company''s board. Slacker said it added more than 21 million new listeners in 2013.

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San Diego Content News Media 138

Both Sides of the Table

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. The industry finally has one of their own at the helm of the largest YouTube network. You can’t change media consumption patterns easily. hours of TV / day. The future of the Internet is video.

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Media CTO Coach CTO Hire Los Angeles 320

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Kevin Winston , is the organizer of Digital LA , the popular and widely attended networking organization for the Los Angeles startup, web, movie, music, marketing, and social media community. We'll head back to the beach on the first week of summer for a week-long Silicon Beach Fest in Santa Monica June 2013.

Dollar Shave Club 272

Dollar Shave Club Technical Review Santa Monica Southern California 272

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2012

We’re excited to announce TechZulu is officially partnering with New Media Expo (formerly BlogWorld) to create a Startup Launchpad at their next event taking place January 6-8, 2013 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Conference Center in Las Vegas. What does this mean for you ? Leo Laporte (Owner, TWiT.tv See you in Vegas!

Media 109

Media Startup Conference Social Network 109

socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2017

It's been quite a few years since we spoke with the company. What that means, is for companies that have a physical presence in the real world, stores and the like, interaction with consumers today on mobile is now primarily through things that represent their stores, rather than directly with their brands.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

To give you a quick refresher ResearceGate is a professional network for scientists. Koch says it is used to increase the speed and quality of their work even though it was being outgrown by other networks like ResearchGate. The post ResearchGate, Social Network For Scientists Acquires Scholarz.net appeared first on TechZulu.

Social Network 78

Social Network Networking Research News 78

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

At SGN we've seen steady revenue growth and we are a profitable company. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world this year? Yet a tiny 13 person company called Instagram, leveraged the massive growth of mobile to create a new social network.

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Technical Review Southern California Incubator High Tech 223

socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2015

Our last (belated) one is from Kevin Winston , the founder of Digital LA , the big networking group which helps to connect Silicon Beach through an extensive lineup of events. What was the most significant event for you or your company this year? At the end of 2013, we were excited when there was an investment round of $20M to $30M.

Cornerstone OnDemand 100

Cornerstone OnDemand Belkin Entertainment Newsletter 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

The Walt Disney Company & Techstars have officially announced the Disney Accelerator, a three-month mentorship and seed-stage investment program for 10 lucky companies. Applications are being accepted starting today, through April 16, 2014 for early-stage companies with innovative consumer media and entertainment product ideas.

Entertainment 102

Entertainment Santa Monica Ideas Mentor 102

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Michael is a bit of an honorary Southern California, spending a large chunk of his time in Los Angeles (where he's built many of his companies) although he's now officially living in Puerto Rico. What was the big news for you or your company this year? Michael is a huge early adopter and proponent of Bitcoin. READ MORE>>.

Southern California 189

Southern California Santa Monica Conference Newsletter 189

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

So, without further ado, here''s the list of this year''s 2013 Socaltech 50 : Basil Abifaker , Transaction Wireless (San Diego, digital gift cards). Alex Kazerani and James Segil (shared), EdgeCast Networks (Los Angeles, content delivery network). There are also many movers and shakers here in the industry -- Jason Nazar at.

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Southern California SoCalTech Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 279

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

Silicon Beach Fest takes place June 19-22, 2013 in Santa Monica. Companies represented include: Disney, Warner Bros., Companies represented include: Disney, Warner Bros., June 19: TechZulu Penthouse at ROC: TechZulu will livestream interviews and provide a place to network. Saturday Night Closing Party by Media Temple.

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GRP Partners MyLife Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 88

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 29, 2013

For those unfamiliar, held the last Friday of every month, TechZulu Final Fridays (#TZFF) are a creative blend between mentorship, networking event, startup showcase, and community celebration. When: August 23, 2013. 8pm – 11pm Startup Demos and Community Networking. Companies will be notified once selected.

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Culver City Social Media Startup Media 110

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 result was a social platform especially built to serve the needs of Business-to-Business interaction and networking.

Networking 71

Networking Help Social Media Platform 71

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

Along with Greycroft, I was the first institutional investor in Maker Studios (sold to Disney for nearly $1 billion) and am still the largest investor in Mitu Network , the largest online video producer of Latino content. Content is a “hits driven business” and therefore you can only invest in platforms not media.

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SEM Content Platform Acquisition 150

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 6, 2013

Held the last Friday of every month, TechZulu Final Fridays (#TZFF) are a creative blend between networking event, startup showcase, and community celebration. Companies will be notified once selected. During TechZulu events you will connect with developers, designers, investors, media, potential new hires, and more. Apply now

Santa Monica 106

Santa Monica Design Startup Media 106

Tech.Co

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Since 2013, when Elon Musk released his white paper for an emerging mode of transportation using low air pressure within a tube, companies around the world have answered the call to build the next generation of futuristic transportation. This has caused much confusion both in the public and the media. Virgin/Hyperloop One.

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SpaceX Design Technology Competition 100

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. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world this year? 7 years, 100 companies. It was a big year for us. That's huge.

Southern California 168

Southern California High Tech SaaS Social Media 168

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

It means the “ torso TV ” consumption patterns will be more important than the head or the long tail for the next era of media companies. You should only worry about this if you’re a large, traditional media company with fat margins. TV of the future will not always have linear stories. million views).

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Startup Media Content Platform 380

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 1, 2013

For those unfamiliar, Held the last Friday of every month, TechZulu Final Fridays (#TZFF) are a creative blend between mentorship, networking event, startup showcase, and community celebration. When: May 31, 2013 8pm – 11:00pm. Companies will be notified once selected. This month TechZulu is taking Final Fridays to Hollywood!

Hollywood 100

Hollywood Los Angeles Startup Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 2, 2013

For those unfamiliar, held the last Friday of every month, TechZulu Final Fridays (#TZFF) are a creative blend between mentorship, networking event, startup showcase, and community celebration. When: July 26, 2013 8pm – 11:00pm. Companies will be notified once selected. This month TechZulu is heading to Coloft in Santa Monica!

Santa Monica 97

Santa Monica Entrepreneur Startup Design 97

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 3, 2013

Held the last Friday of every month, TechZulu Final Fridays (#TZFF) are a creative blend between networking event, startup showcase, and community celebration. Companies will be notified once selected. During TechZulu events you will connect with developers, designers, investors, media, potential new hires, and more. Apply now

Los Angeles 80

Los Angeles Design Startup Media 80

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 13, 2013

Mob Science will join in the ranks of prior acquisitions including Hallpass Media and Mindjolt all under the strong and successful SGN umbrella. This strategic move adds on another 50M users to its network of 300M game installations to date. They are a perfect fit for our company roll-up strategy.”SGN

Develop 76

Develop Development Technical Review Southern California 76

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

One of the advantages of blogging, using social media, public speaking, etc as a VC is that you get a more nuanced view of these shifts by watching your own successes and failures. But succinctly this press places a marker in the ground for your company. But in 2013 it can also simply be, “Company X raises $2.2

Startup 355

Startup Funding News Press 355

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 4, 2013

For those unfamiliar, Held the last Friday of every month, TechZulu Final Fridays (#TZFF) are a creative blend between mentorship, networking event, startup showcase, and community celebration. When: June 28, 2013 8pm – 11:00pm. Companies will be notified once selected. Startups Apply Here. Santa Monica, CA 90401. That’s right.

Santa Monica 87

Santa Monica Los Angeles Entrepreneur Startup 87

Tech.Co

APRIL 24, 2018

Being one small company amongst the sea of thousands of startups vying for customers, capital, and talent, the way to get noticed above the crowd, connect with that next big partner, and raise some capital is to throw your hat in the ring to compete at Startup of the Year. A Strong Alumni Network.

Startup 70

Startup Competition Google Capital 70

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Although Search and Social both matter, Experian Marketing Services recently pointed out that 2013 saw a significant drop in the number of users who accessed social sites from search. In contrast, social networking sites drove a record number of clicks, up 20% over the prior year.

Entrepreneur 210

Entrepreneur Commerce Sites Social Network 210

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

The University of Southern California is home to many innovative students and companies. In order to support all of these teams, there are several on-campus startup competitions every year, from the Silicon Beach USC competition to the New Venture Seed Competition, with prize funds to help build the companies.

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Competition Startup USC Southern California 104

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2014

In a recent study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic grew 81% in 2013 and will reach 1.3 Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. More and more company and personal services are being virtualized to the Cloud. zettabytes by the year 2016.

Startup 99

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 99

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

With the Identity Theft Resource Center® reporting a 30% increase in privacy breaches in 2013, there seems to be a growing population out there worried about all the people intent on hurting them. I know companies who collect sensitive data from consumers all the time, and still seem to keep a squeaky clean image (Amazon.com, Ebay).

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Technical Review Startup Social Network 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Date : Thursday, October 24, 2013. Speakers: [Moderator] Scot Rubin - Owner NITROPOD /SVP Digital Media Big Door /Cofounder G4TV. As a consultant for Comcast and co-founder of G4 Media, Scot helped bring the world of video games to television in 2002. Before G4, Scot founded All Games Network (AGN).

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 76

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” in 2014 the data seems pretty conclusive because LA has now become the fastest growing tech startup region by numbers of companies being started and those of us here have noticed this pace accelerating. Both are massively funding other LA tech companies through what Fred Wilson once defined as “recycled capital.”

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 3, 2012

3 appointed Dow Jones Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor of The Wall Street Journal Robert Thomson as new CEO, shut down its iPad only Daily and announced the firm’s intention to separate into two independent, publicly traded companies. Thompson reports January 1 2013. 60 year old News Corporation today Monday Dec.

News 69

News Journal Entertainment Media 69

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Tealium now has about 700 customers, including major companies in healthcare, financial services, travel, and technology, Lunsford said. The company’s workforce has grown to about 270, including 80 in San Diego. The company has regional offices in London, Singapore, Sydney, and Tokyo. It’s been about data.

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Customer Custom San Diego JavaScript 40

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2013

In today’s fast-paced world, that means recognizing early and capitalizing on the changes that are bringing many big companies to their knees, before that company is yours. That means if your new startup doesn’t plan for continuous innovation, the company may never reach corporate status. Economic instability. Stakeholder power.

Entrepreneur 103

Entrepreneur Social Media Startup Study 103

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2013

During this year’s 2013 US Open patrons will be able to request a ride via Uber to and from the tournament sites at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. “How golfers experience golf companies has changed considerably,” said Harry Arnett, SVP, Marketing, Callaway Golf.

Software Review 104

Software Review Technical Review Social Media Course 104

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 9, 2014

But as of yet, my personal needs as a consumer hasn’t quite driven me to the big $200-400/room buy in to create a personal network of interconnected audio receivers. As of December, 2013, Rocki was successfully funded at more than 4x the amount of their $50,000 goal. A(n Overwhelming) Kickstarter Success. I nspired Through Music.

Startup 96

Startup Software Product Venture Capital 96