Xconomy

JANUARY 3, 2018

Any year-end review of technology news must also include reports on Russian hacking of the 2016 election campaign, and the manipulation of social media channels to spread false and divisive political messages. Have all these. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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Xconomy

JUNE 4, 2019

Both the House leadership and the Trump administration are preparing to challenge the power of Google, Facebook, and other big tech companies by launching antitrust investigations into their allegedly anticompetitive business practices, as the Washington Post detailed it this week.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2018

presidential elections in the summer of 2016, a year before social media companies admitted that those accounts were tied to the Kremlin-backed Internet Research Agency. New Knowledge said it identified the fake accounts behind the large-scale Russian effort to influence U.S.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2019

in a seed funding round, and emerged from stealth mode, the company said today. The startup said it is developing AI agents which will learn users' travel preferences via their calendars, emails, and photos, as well as their social media and in-app interactions. Nervana Systems was acquired in 2016 by Intel.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2016

It may seem hard to believe, but even in 2016, there remain a number of successful consumer brands that are not sold online. The reasons companies elect to sell exclusively offline differ, but they often center on managing channel conflict with their retail partners. Lastly, it is healthy source of revenue for our company.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Former New York Yankees all star Alex Rodriguez is racking up quite an impressive batting average in his new career as an investor and has added Fitplan to his roster of portfolio companies. “One of the things we’re doing as a company is moving into sports-specific training,” says Speck. ” .

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Friday, October 28, 2016 -- HOWL-O-WEEN Yappy Hour! Costume Categories: - Owner/Pet best look alike - Best company mascot costume - Best celebrity impression - Funniest/most creative One winner will be chosen per category at the event in a high stakes judging competition. General Assembly. So have we.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 2, 2018

Much attention was focused this past year on the impact of social media on the 2016 presidential election, as reports emerged about the use of these platforms by entities linked with Russia to spread false, misleading, or inflammatory political messages.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 23, 2018

Facebook expanded its mea culpa on Monday for failing to prevent “bad actors” such as Russian entities from using the social media platform to distort democratic processes—notably the U.S. presidential election in 2016. Company CEO Mark Zuckerberg had already announced Friday. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

At Congressional hearings this week on Russia’s use of social media to interfere with the 2016 U.S. But as senators grilled tech company executives at a Judiciary Committee subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, the discussion often veered to the actions of the big three social.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 26, 2016

6 Entrepreneurs share their predictions for this year’s evolution of online industries, which will be key for small businesses across the globe in 2016. The issue of cyber-espionage, targeting companies like Target, Home Depot and Anthem Insurance, continues to be a concern. Streamlined Online Experiences – Think Slack 2016.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2016

With today’s interactive social media and the real-time Internet, both customers and employees see inside your company easily, so you can’t hide your real company culture. Examples of companies well known for their winning cultures inside and out include Apple and Google. Lead with purpose as a balance to profit.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Statistical models, simulations, social media outreach, and the capacity to analyze big data sets—you’d think by now that technology would have delivered election forecasts that more reliably predicted Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 presidential race. Even so, the Republican pollsters apparently pegged the race.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 30, 2017

News is constantly streaming out these days about the role of Facebook, Twitter, and Google in the 2016 presidential election; most disturbing to the public is the apparent use of social media, search, and video channels by Russian operatives seeking to influence U.S.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2017

The company's revenues increased from Q2 of 2016, when it had $71.798M in revenues. Venice-based Snap Inc. announced its quarterly results for its second quarter, saying that it had a net loss of $443.0M on revenues of $181.67M for the quarter ended June 30th, 2017. READ MORE>>.

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Inverted Software

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Companies are waking up to a new reality. In this new reality consumers have no brand loyalty and will often only follow brands social media in order to utilize discounts. So which companies are ones seeing the most change in their sales as a result of Millennials making more educated choices? percent in 2016.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Many entrepreneurs are so focused on finalizing their innovative product or service that they procrastinate on the formalities of forming the requisite new company until later. Until you have a business, you shouldn’t get a web domain name or social media accounts, since these all should match and are hard to change later.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB ) has been under pressure to cleanse its pages of fake news since the discovery that Russian-backed agents using false identities tried to sway voters by spreading false and divisive messages during the 2016 U.S. The company has since purged hundreds of accounts linked to foreign entities. presidential election.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

billion company in the brutally competitive beauty industry, especially one with such broad appeal. The following year, she stepped down as CEO, and by 2016, her company filed for bankruptcy and was purchased by Boohoo. Then, Amoruso started a company called Girlboss that was likened to “Linkedin for Women.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2016

Today, in this age of pervasive social media and two-way communication, the focus needs to get beyond demographics into personalities. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 10/21/2016. Customer personalities define customer experience, and sets what they love, and what they hate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

With interactive social media and video everywhere, everyone needs to feel they have a relationship with their leaders, and every brand needs leader personification for customers to relate. Soon you won’t be able to name a business as one of your favorites if you can’t personally visualize and relate to company leadership.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2017

exabytes per month at the end of 2016, of which half was video. Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. Facebook has created an environment where millions of people can hold billions of conversations with people and companies, transforming how people expect to interact with each other and the world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2016

To make the step outside your target market, here are some key initiatives I recommend for every company seeking new sources of growth. Include mobile-app support and new social-media channels. Use social media and personal discussions to isolate their interests and needs. Word-of-mouth is an inadequate strategy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2014

zettabytes by the year 2016. Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. Facebook has created an environment where millions of people can hold billions of conversations with people and companies, transforming how people expect to interact with each other and the world. The audience is now the actors.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

It’s why the first company I ever invested in as a VC – Invoca – just announced a $20 million funding by Accel Partners. Social media users are over 60% more likely to check email at least four times a day than those who don’t use social media. Much more data in the full post.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2016

Customers today extrapolate their relationships not only from personal contact, but from every aspect of their interface with your company, including web site and social media interactions, access to peer reviews, as well as the actual services experience. New media shapes and reflects the customer experience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Certainly that has been the strategy of many companies, and has worked in the past, but today’s customers and workers are looking for more. With the pervasive and instant communication of social media and the Internet, businesses can no longer hide behind the mask of their own hype, either inside the company or outside.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2016

Highlight existing presence on the Internet and social media. In addition, your company and social media names are key intellectual property. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 03/02/2016. In today’s world, if your startup is not visible on the Internet, you haven’t started yet.

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Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 24, 2016

Like Ice Cube and Dr. Dre use rap lyrics, Seth and I use social media instead. In 2012, my company plundered and it was horrific…bygones. Learning of my company’s demise, Seth called me with the schoolofbookkeeping.com project and asked for my help. Seth’s company. The man is honest to the core.

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socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2017

What's the secret to creating a profitable, successful, physical subscription based business--and to do that at the scale of large, consumer product goods (CPGs) companies? xWe spoke with a few companies in the recurring revenue area space, ahead of the Recurring Revenue Conference ([link] which we are helping to sponsor next week.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2016

The fact that entrepreneurs tend to think outside the box with passion and persistence is a big positive, and it's clearly the reason many large companies now fund or buy successful startups for new innovations rather than depend on internal projects. Large companies have lawyers and executives who get paid to reduce risk to near zero.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2016

It’s equally easy to go online and incorporate your new entity, register some intellectual property and have some fun with social media for marketing and interacting with customers. You will be in good company with the many legends who used this approach. Operate small, but show a big-company image.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2018

The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. I am happy to see reports that young companies are leading the way in these trends, on both the customer and the employee side.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2016

In the Kauffman Foundation Survey of nearly 5,000 companies that began in 2004, nearly two-thirds of the founders are now between the ages of 35 and 54. 65 percent of online users aged 50-64 use social media now, and the growth rate continues to increase. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 12/20/2016.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

On your birthday, something special happens on social media: you receive hundreds of likes and well wishes from friends, family, high school classmates and people you haven’t talked to for years on Facebook. And while this has been the standard for years, one startup is hoping to personalize the birthday wishes even more.

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Tech.Co

AUGUST 22, 2016

This week we spoke to Ursula Hessenflow CEO of myLAB Box , a company looking to improve how people test for STDs. Hessenflow: “I think one of the biggest challenges we have faced from a business perspective has been overcoming the willingness of some social media and dating platforms to approach the subject of sex and sexual health.

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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.

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