Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

All in a room at the University of Southern California Silicon Beach Event on September 18th, 2013. As one of the organizers, Jay Tucker explained, “The Silicon Beach movement is the future of the Los Angeles tech area – tech, mobility, digital content, entrepreneurship, etc. Filled with innovation.

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DECEMBER 28, 2012

We've also invented and patented a new technology called "MasterKey" that allows people to play our games natively on all relevant social and mobile platforms. Yet a tiny 13 person company called Instagram, leveraged the massive growth of mobile to create a new social network. I'm also fascinated by the potential of cheap 3D printing.

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DECEMBER 26, 2012

Today, we're featuring Erik Rannala , founder of MuckerLab , the startup accelerator focused on incubation stage Internet, software, services, and media businesses here in LA. What are the technologies, companies, or things we ought to watch in 2013? What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year?

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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. You can’t change media consumption patterns easily. My estimate is that the top 5 YouTube networks will do > $200 million net revenue in 2013 (after Google’s share). hours of TV / day.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 7, 2013

Learn about the latest digital media tools & gadgets being unveiled at New Media Expo and CES. Join host Amanda Coolong as she reports LIVE from the show floor at New Media Expo, getting the inside scoop on all the latest digital media tools. The TechZulu team has been dispatched to bring you all the action.

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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. Media in an age of: low-cost capture from mobile devices.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2013

Khayyam Wakil, Immersive Media. Mobile technology discussion by Flurry. John Trefry, 4WT Media. The post TechZulu Trend Lounge Creates the Stage at SXSW Interactive 2013 appeared first on TechZulu. Matt Cohen, OneSpot. Leslie Jensen-Inman, Unicorn Institute. Mike Holt, ConnectedHealth. Kara Silverman, Hack n Jill.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

In my last post I pointed out that many of the media commentators who have criticized the YouTube video network companies as not having strong businesses were mistaken. People aren’t going to fundamentally change their media consumption patterns just as consumers don’t fundamentally change their diets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2015

Isn’t it frustrating to think you finally understand something in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? In a recent book on social media by Jim Tobin, “ Earn It. Where are the young social media users going? When the glass is only.04%

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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.

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MARCH 2, 2016

Los Angeles-based Render Media (www.rndr.com), which is creating a publisher geared at the social world, social channels, and sharing. We caught up with co-founder and CEO Vic Belonogoff to learn more about Render Media, whose flagship site is Opposing Views. Tell us about Render Media? We look at it as having two parts.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 26, 2013

Since its inception into the mainstream fabric of people’s lives, social media and the concept of social networking has gone through a rather peculiar evolutionary transition. While 63% of local users on social networks are more likely to use a business or develop brand loyalty to a product or service that has its info on a social media site.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Grand Hustle founder Jason Geter, and NBA star Baron Davis, has acquired All Def , the media and content company which was founded in 2013 by hip-hop's Russell Simmons. The two previously were partners, having worked together on a mobile app based on All Def's "Bar Exam" show. Culture Genesis is led by Cedric J. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2012

I think we're going to see a real shakeup in how people view social media. What are the technologies, companies, or things we ought to watch in 2013? Following that, I think mobile advertisement technologies. Following that, I think Facebook is next and their staggeringly high IPO followed by their equally staggering drop.

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JANUARY 6, 2014

If you want to know more about them and why they grew so rapidly I’ve written about them here ( online / offline mobile ad integration ) & here ( the most obvious mobile phone ad unit ). So we first turned to solve the question of how to better meet the needs of our growing customer base of large brands and media companies.

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

The funding was led FitLab, Causeway Media Partners and JAZZ Venture Partners, and also included Courtside Ventures, Elysian Park Ventures, ward.ventures, plus Tony Robbins. Although the round is a Series A funding for the company, Freeletics was actually founded in 2013. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 10, 2017

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. Robert Blatt: The first stage, in 2013, was really nailing product-market-fit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2019, from 280 out of 100,000 to 310 out of 100,000 of the adult population. Even the homework is easier, with free access to more opportunity details and competitor data on your mobile device from anywhere in the world. Establishing your brand with interactive social media.

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JANUARY 19, 2015

40% of all of YouTube is viewed on mobile devices and of high-quality content I believe it is between 60-70% based on my insider data. ” You have an “Elvis Presley like moment” where you realize the next generation is already consuming different media than our tastes might appreciate. .” That is YouTube today.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2013

Radical transparency is the goal and on May 14 th , 2013 the filmmakers will post the entire feature-length film online in HD ( for free ), in addition to releasing it on DVD/Blu-ray, on TV, and in theaters simultaneously. Above all, we love to tell stories.” Should be pretty awesome!

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Now that mobile phones have advanced to this level, and the carrier’s infrastructure has grown; Santa is finally able to launch his app for all the good little boys & girls around the world. Christmas of 2013 is the perfect time to finally launch Santa’s app, Hello Santa !” The post Say Hello Santa! |

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 1, 2013

When: May 31, 2013 8pm – 11:00pm. You cal also download the free mobile apps iPhone and Android. During TechZulu events you will connect with developers, designers, investors, media, potential new hires, and more. The Deets: Where: WeWork Hollywood 7083 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028. Community + Technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

275 IPOs were completed in 2014, topping the 2013 total of 222 by more than 23%. IPO proceeds also shattered 2013’s high-water mark of $55 billion, with an impressive $85 billion in proceeds. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 10, 2013

We’ve teamed up with PromoJam, Digital LA, The ROC and Silicon Beach LA to host the most epic 2013 Kick Off party with the Silicon Beach LA Tech Scene !! On a mobile phone? CLICK HERE FOR MOBILE RSVP. CLICK HERE FOR MOBILE RSVP. Get your PromoJam 2.0 CLICK HERE TO RSVP NOW! The post It’s A Launch! PromoJam 2.0

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 2, 2013

When: July 26, 2013 8pm – 11:00pm. You cal also download the free mobile apps iPhone and Android. During TechZulu events you will connect with developers, designers, investors, media, potential new hires, and more. Startups Apply Here. The Deets: Where: Coloft 920 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90401. Looking to hire?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2014

Use of collaborative and other social media platforms. In startups, and even corporate environments, I see the spread of collaborative social media platforms such as Yammer. Mobility and connecting to work via the ‘cloud.’ In the US, nearly 18 million workers identified themselves as independent in 2013, up 10% from 2011.

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated. He built & IPOd Demand Media. In the last month alone (ie not captures in the $1.5 What Has Given Birth to This New Movement in LA?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

in 2013, with aggregate proceeds of over $38 billion. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. With the key social media platforms today, an entrepreneur can tune a product, build a brand, and grow the business with very low cost and a high interactivity never before possible. It’s not too late to start.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 4, 2013

When: June 28, 2013 8pm – 11:00pm. You cal also download the free mobile apps iPhone and Android. During TechZulu events you will connect with developers, designers, investors, media, potential new hires, and more. Startups Apply Here. The Deets: Where: Real Office Centers (ROC) 604 Arizona Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90401.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

The biggest digital publishing company that you might not have heard of yet is about to get bigger in 2016 Render Media , the brainchild of founders Eytan Elbaz and Vic Belonogoff, launched as the parent company of a roster of online content brands.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Personally, my work has shifted 80 percent to my mobile device for work communication, text, email and reading. Clinton Foy joined CrossCut Ventures (www.crosscut.vc) in 2013 and is a General Partner and Managing Director. Prior to CrossCut, Clinton served as the COO at Square Enix, a $3 billion video game and media publisher.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Santa Monica startup airline Surf Air has been spreading its wings in recent months and spreading the word about its initiatives at Silicon Beach events such as Social Media Week LA and Techweek LA. Surf Air CEO and Co-Founder Wade Eyerly spoke about his startup’s progress and goals on panels at Social Media Week LA and Tech Week LA.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Thanks to technological advances, sports and sports fans have gone mobile as sports enthusiasts, like other consumers, embrace connected devices in just about every aspect of their lives. And for many fans that only stream NFL games online, providers now offer online viewing packages , sending streaming videos of games to mobile devices.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

And apparently, that’s what mobile applications do better – just ask the fast-growing number of app users. This is the consequence of the switch from desktop and laptops to mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. Of that smartphone internet time, mobile apps take up 86% of usage and only 14% access time via the mobile web.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Use of collaborative and other social media platforms. Mobility and connecting to work via the ‘cloud.’ The announcement by Yahoo back in 2013, pulling home workers back into the office, triggered a debate on whether some new companies have gone too far. They are now actively recruited for many roles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2021, from 280 to 360 out of 100,000 of the adult population. Even the homework is easier, with free access to more opportunity details and competitor data on your mobile device from anywhere in the world. Establishing your brand with interactive social media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2022

Use of collaborative and other social media platforms. Mobility and connecting to work via the ‘cloud.’ The announcement by Yahoo way back in 2013, pulling home workers back into the office, triggered a debate on whether some new companies have gone too far. They are now actively recruited for many roles.

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