socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2011

This morning, Pasadena-based Perfect Market (www.perfectmarket.com) announced a new, $9M round of funding for the firm's technology, which is used to help publishers monetize their content. Julie Schoenfeld: When we talked last, we were focusing primarily on helping publisher monetize their archived content. So, we start with that.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

Today I lead a small consultancy that helps advertising supported develop and scale the revenue producing sides of their businesses. Vince: On the consulting side we are working with a unique social network, a new television network and some original video content businesses. Example here: [link]. I run a lot.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Los Angeles-based social networking site and online video advertising firm Auditude announced this morning that the two companies have partnered with MTV Networks to insert ads into user uploaded videos on MySpace. The deal covers clips from MTV and COMEDY CENTRAL. The deal covers clips from MTV and COMEDY CENTRAL.

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DECEMBER 29, 2008

Los Angeles-based RotoHog.com has snagged domain name registrar GoDaddy.com as a sponsor, the firm said last week, as part of a new Fantasy Football game on the Facebook social networking site. The game is part of a Super Bowl advertising campaign by GoDaddy. Financial impact of the customer win was not disclosed.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Los Angeles-based MySpace said Wednesday that the firm has launched a new application which links user profiles on the social networking site to the Hulu video site. The firm said the ad-supported application will show display advertising, tickers, pre-roll, post-roll, and other ads alongside user profiles. READ MORE>>

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Created by founder Toby Daniels , Social Media Week Los Angeles will focus this series of discussions around the theme of “Empowering Change Through Collaboration.” The events listed are as follows: SOCIAL TECH HUB. Monday: Los Angeles – The Social City. Why Los Angeles Is The Next Silicon Valley.

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socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

BetaWorks was an angel investor in Summize, which was purchased by Twitter for its search engine. We've just added a layer on top of all the social networks particular to finance. It's interesting to see that, despite selling Wallstrip to CBS, that content isn't the goal here? But, that wasn't why CBS bought WallStrip.

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socalTECH

JULY 18, 2012

One way is to create your own, custom video clip which you can share via email, text message, or through a social networking site like Facebook. Los Angeles-based SnapCuts (www.snapcuts.com) does just that, allow users to tap into a wide collection of clips, which can be re-mixed, combined with text, and sent to your friends.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2009

Last Week, Calabasas-based Masher Media announced it had received a round of angel funding from the Tech Coast Angels to fund its development of MyMiniPeeps (www.myminipeeps.com), a virtual world for children. They're looking for deeper social networking, and more of a gaming element on sites.

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socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp. Getting lots of notice--and controversy--at Demand Media for its use of writers to create content specifically to attract web traffic. Less known--a healthy domain name registration business.

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JUNE 30, 2010

Last week, Los Angeles-based Stroome (www.stroome.com), a new startup originally spawned out of a project at the USC Annenberg School of Communications, won $200,000 in the 2010 Knight News Challenge. Basically, it's anyone with a point of view that wants to find other people with that point of view, to work together to create content.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Matthew Graczyk is founder of angel-backed Zubican (www.zubican.com)--saw a problem, which was the difficulty of finding suppliers for products for businesses--and decided to solve the problem, with a site specifically targeted at helping B2B buyers and sellers connect. It's a full-blown, B2B social network.

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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 know you could argue that YouTube was much broader but it was really popularized in the social networks. It offers Internet radio targeted advertising and is growing really well. But I made it for a reason.

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2013

Four years ago, Los Angeles-based Adly (www.adly.com) launched to much fanfare as one of the first local startups to tie into the brand-new, Twitter micro messaging platform. We''re the leading social advertising platform that leverages celebrity relationships. Why would a brand or advertiser want to work with Adly?

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socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2010

Dave Waldman , CEO and Founder of Los Angeles-based Bccthis (www.Bccthis.com), a startup looking to add additional functionality and private messaging into both corporate emails and Twitter messages. We raised funding in September of 2009, about six months ago, raising $500,000 from private angel investors.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

CreatorUp was launched online in Beta in January of 2013 and our startup team is based in Los Angeles. 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. When was it launched and where?

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

We would like give a huge thank you to Social Media Week and the supportive startup community here in Los Angeles. For those who ever said there is no startup community in Los Angeles I most certainly beg to differ. Sit back and enjoy all the great content below and once again thank you all for making this possible :).

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

It is an opportunity to get frank feedback from VCs, angels, peers and the technolust. Mixergy and AsAble are also joining us to bring you an amazing VC/Angel Panel. This Panel is filled with investing super stars who will be going over must have content for all the startups and entrepreneurs out there. Adrenaline Fueled Angel.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

The spotlight this week is back on Tencent, which has made some interesting moves in gaming and content publishing. When it comes to making money, TiMi has from the outset been a strong proponent of game-as-a-service whereby it continues to pump out fresh content after the initial download. That’s finally changing.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Los Angeles-based Tibesti (www.tibesti.com) is launching its new social shopping site this morning. Ninety-nine percent of those reviews are exclusive to us, with the rest from WeddingChannel.com, which wanted to do a content and link exchange with us--we're doing that on a test basis. What's the idea behind Tibesti?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2009

So, it was interesting to speak with Sean Rad , founder of Twitter advertising firm Ad.ly (www.ad.ly), on how his firm is looking to help users make money from the service, even if Twitter isn't. is based in Los Angeles. is about helping people on Twitter make money from the content they are creating. How does Ad.ly

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

Although Catalyst folded with the dot-com crash, Ries continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com, leading efforts in agile software development and user-generated content. . Quilici is also a member of the board of directors of NeoEdge Networks and a member of Tech Coast Angels.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

We spoke about the changes to an “accredited investor&# proposed by Chris Dodd – This would be bad for angel investing. SocialVibe – Social media monetization platform that benefits non-profit organizations and social causes. Users participate by performing tasks, taking surveys or watching advertiser videos.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

James Citron – Outspoken , pioneering the combination of mobile messaging and advertisements. Savannah Peterson – Shapeaways , the social platform for 3D printing. Anima Sarah Lavoy – Connect , Geo locational convenience for your social networks.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

The event is open to tech enthusiasts who want to join an event filled with some of the top leaders, investors and mentors from tech industry to network, find mentors and build their companies. Advertisers upload their 30 second ads and each time a user watches the ad, they receive $.50. Targeted mobile advertising.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 13, 2008

Los Angeles-based MySpace said Monday that it has opened a beta of a new self-serve, advertising platform is it calling MySpace MyAds. According to the social networking site, the new ad platform is targeted at individuals and small businesses, and allows them to target and create banner ads to specific MySpace audiences.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Content, of course, is the same!]. Launched in 2007 in Los Angeles by Adam Bernhard and Konstantin Glasmacher. Social network app developer and ad network. Users: More than 280mm monthly users worldwide use its apps or see its advertising. Metrics: 2.5mm members, 1,000 brands, 2,500 sale events to-date.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2011

I always try hard to make this blog a place where you can learn lessons rather than an advertisement for portfolio companies. He quit the MRF and quietly amassed nearly $100,000 in angel investment to build a company. I said as much in my post about The Future of Social Networking. He wanted to be an entrepreneur.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Bootstrapping development, Startup, Website content. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization Advertising, ecommerce, monetization. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization Apps, content, mobile. . As the technologies aimed at aiding online video distribution expand, both content creators and adve. Babette Pepaj, BakeSpace.com.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies. Subscribe to RSS.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Some will cite my investment two years ago in social-media advertising company Ad.ly Asymmetric – Before Twitter most social networks had “symmetric” relationships meaning that when somebody wanted to follow you, you had to follow them back in order for us to be connected. Not so on Twitter. Twitter is inherently viral.

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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. Social media. Social networking. Social games. I assumed that the people of Los Angeles were disingenuous attention whores and didn’t know anything about technology.”. Whats Hot Menu.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

That said, it would be an understatement to say that traditional media is skeptical about Google’s benevolence and many fear a world in which video content margins are crushed in the way that print & music have been with the primary beneficiary having been Google. At the time all telco’s were envious of Yahoo!

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

https://medium.com/media/cc969482e7abf6b75d3c0958c8ee409d/href I moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and as a VC who had built his career as a programmer, database designer, program manager, CEO then VP Products at Salesforce, I wanted to build a portfolio of software investments. I asked Jonah in my interview how he became this viral guru.

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