socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2011

A report today from AllthingsD says that an investor group, which includes Santa Monica-based Activision 's Bobby Kotick, is in the last legs of negotiating a deal to acquire MySpace , the beleaguered, once-high flying social network. to a bevy of buyers, with no deals yet inked.

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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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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Santa Monica-based Social Project--which was once known as Tagworld--has been acquired by MTV Networks, MTV said Monday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Social Project is behind the development of Flux, software which allows web publishers to create their own social networking web sites.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

The reason I have so many typos is that I value cranking out more content rather than perfect posts. Our “hot deal of the week&# turned out to be more of the “hot theme of the week.&# P2P lending networks are revived and brought it a whopping $40 million in investments announced recently. Peer-to-peer lending is back!

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socalTECH

MAY 4, 2011

Flixster operates an online social network and community for fans; Rotten Tomatoes provides film reviews, information, and news. According to Warner, both sites will continue to operate independently. Flixster has offices in San Francisco, and Rotten Tomatoes has their operations in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

We caught up with Andy, whose executive experience ranges from ZeroDegrees, NBC Internet/Xoom.com, Infoseek / Go Network, to CNET and Snap.com, and whose last firm was MerchEngines, which he sold last year, to hear more about his new startup. The firm is backed by Idealab, and is headed by Internet veteran Andy Steuer. What is Punchcard?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

He told me in some combinations of device / OS / network they are crashing 4 times per 100. All applications crash and this is especially true in the nascent mobile world where dealing with device types, OS’s & networks adds one hell of a configuration management problem. Customer Acquisition. SEO is seldom “free.”.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

We focus on developing strong distribution channels through social media, search, blog outreach and email programs to accelerate the discovery, sharing and engagement with Funny Or Die content. People become aware of Funny Or Die through our content. No social network has stood the test of time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2015

Every business should look at its cost of customer acquisition (COCA) and return on investment (ROI) twice a year and after each campaign. This is independent of whether your existing marketing media include traditional or social media, or both. Integrate your social media content with some traditional media.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. I think everybody heard about this acquisition. I know you could argue that YouTube was much broader but it was really popularized in the social networks. This is a CDN (Content Delivery Network). uh, hello!

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

He has raised more than $200 million on behalf of his companies and led more than 30 acquisitions. He is also the co-founder of Playsino, ExpressCoin (Bitcoin exchange), GoCoin (Bitcoin payment platform), Five Delta, Evertune, GamesTV, Digital Entertainment Network, KnCMiner.cn (Bitcoin Mining), and Robocoin China (Bitcoin ATM).

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

We've been quite active, and have had a bunch of acquisitions lately -- including Internet Brands and MySpace -- a total of over 2 billion in acquisition in Southern California. We're helping the entrepreneur, leveraging our network, introducing them to people, and helping them think about new products. That's part one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2013

Every business should look at its cost of customer acquisition (COCA) and return on investment (ROI) twice a year and after each campaign. This is independent of whether your existing marketing media include traditional or social media, or both. Integrate your social media content with some traditional media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2017

Every business should look at its cost of customer acquisition (COCA) and return on investment (ROI) twice a year and after each campaign. This is independent of whether your existing marketing media include traditional or social media, or both. Integrate your social media content with some traditional media.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Our interview this morning is with David Sacks, CEO of Geni.com, an online family tree and social networking site, as well as Yammer, the instant messaging startup spun out of Geni.com at TechCrunch50. Most social networking sites have a problem with having lots of pageviews, but advertising that isn't very valuable.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2012

This integration, or fusion with traditional marketing, is discussed in detail, with examples, in “ The Fusion Marketing Bible ,” a recent book by Lon Safko, author of bestseller “ The Social Media Bible.” Every business should look at its cost of customer acquisition (COCA) and return on investment (ROI) twice a year and after each campaign.

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Media Social Media Marketing Resource 92

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Following graduate school, he worked in Film Finance and Sales at CAA, Creative Development at Vuguru (Michael Eisner’s multi-platform studio), and Content Partnerships at Blip Networks. And our network of filmmaker and entertainment industry colleagues allow us to recruit top teachers who are leaders in the web world.

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2010

For lack of a better word, it's really social shopping--not in the way of using social networking to drive sales, but because moms are social, to allow them to share information regularly online. In February of this year, we bought EcoMom, a community and content site. How long has the site been around?

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Twitter’s retweet button was an incredible invention of a new social psychology. The idea of a “retweet” as an endorsement and as a way to “share” someone else’s content within your feed and with your followers, was relatively new (outside of blogging). Now, it’s a common thread seen across all social: share this, reblog that.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. 8:30 – 9:30pm – cocktail reception and networking. Alex Maleki , Member of New Venture Group at Idealab.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

This included stabilizing a historically negative traffic and user trend, reducing the operational cost of the business by nearly 90 percent and pivoting the product from its legacy as a social network to a social entertainment destination. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Acquisition. Social media. Social networking. Social games. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. VentureBeat | News About Tech, Money and Innovation.

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Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Bootstrapping development, Startup, Website content. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization Apps, content, mobile. . As the technologies aimed at aiding online video distribution expand, both content creators and adve. Entrepreneurism / Monetization advertising effectiveness, content distribution, monetization. .

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005. sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.). After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

Savannah Peterson – Shapeaways , the social platform for 3D printing. Anima Sarah Lavoy – Connect , Geo locational convenience for your social networks. Joergen Aaboe – Momentfeed , combining life foot traffic with reduced customer acquisition costs. Save the best part for last, right?

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Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We had a special edition of This Week in Venture Capital this week shooting out of the Next New Networks offices in New York. Content, of course, is the same!]. New funding will be applied toward user acquisition and to expand into new product categories (gourmet food, wine and new services). Total raised: $56.3mm.

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Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2012

Investors will look at turnover rates, cost of acquisition, and revenue streams. A new social networking product that proclaims to combine the best of Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Twitter has too broad a focus and will likely not compete in the long run with existing offerings. Strong focus and differentiation.

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Competition Patents Startup Social Network 97

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2011

Investors will look at turnover rates, cost of acquisition, and revenue streams. A new social networking product that proclaims to combine the best of Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Twitter has too broad a focus and will likely not compete in the long run with existing offerings. Strong focus and differentiation.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. By doing the job. Where is it?

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2010

Investors will look at turnover rates, cost of acquisition, and revenue streams. A new social networking product that proclaims to combine the best of Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Twitter has too broad a focus and will likely not compete in the long run with existing offerings. Strong focus and differentiation.

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Competition Tips Patents Startup 49

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Twitter’s significance stems from the fact that it is a real time, open, asymmetric, social, viral referral network that is often location aware and provides both explicit and implicit interests and preferences. They know this because Twitter is social, open & asymmetric. The Importance of Twitter. Not so on Twitter.

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