Tech Zulu Event

MAY 7, 2011

Our daily lives are filled with advertisements of the latest and greatest technologies offering to “change the way we live.” These applications have quickly become a part of our daily lives from booking airfare, to social media, to streaming content, etc. QR codes and Augmented Reality. TechZulu iPhone App QR Code.

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Advertising Content Template Technology 87

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

. “Let us come together and celebrate…” The mashup theme was reflected in the SBF programming, which included panels highlighting accelerators, VCs, startups, developers, movies, TV, music, web content, art, fashion, social good, surf & skate, and more. Demo Day / Angel Pitch. Tons of info and tons of fun!”

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

For those of us without angel investors, there are still plenty of reasons to move ahead with new ventures, and we are not alone: It's all you. An inflated sense of financial well-being can result in sloppy budgeting and accounting as you write checks here and there without pause. Your mortgage and grocery bill depend on it.

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Startup Capital Blogging Ideas 92

Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

Advertisers upload their 30 second ads and each time a user watches the ad, they receive $.50. If the user shares the add on social media, they earn an extra $.25. Targeted mobile advertising. After choosing one of their affordable monthly service fee plans, users simply interact with their advertisers.

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Startup Mentor Platform Help 79

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

In many ways the fact that it has become so cheap to start a company and relatively cheap to raise angel/seed money that we as an industry have gotten lazy on basic planning. The questions that a VC mulls before writing a check are precisely the questions you should be asking yourself. Market Size. Incumbent Strengths & Weaknesses.

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Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

innovated in social media advertising and for a variety of reasons wasn’t ultimately successful and went to zero. All four companies were in Los Angeles (or adjacent … Santa Barbara) and our community has now matured and regularly produces billion dollar+ outcomes. The second “exit”?—?Adly?—?innovated

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Venture Capital Capital Funding Startup 363

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.) Short answer: no.

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Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Los Angeles. In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. There is no region in the country that comes close to having the sheer number of angels & VCs that Silicon Valley has as well as the dollars that flow into the region (40% of all dollars, PwC Moneytree report ).

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Some will cite my investment two years ago in social-media advertising company Ad.ly If I Tweet about the Wynn Hotel while I’m in Las Vegas that Tweet has a different value to local business than if I Tweet it from my office in Los Angeles. Most wont write stuff publicly because they fear retribution.

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Platform News Startup Invest 307

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

So many people are stuck in the mindset that YouTube is UGC (as defined as people uploading silly videos or watching Coke & Mentos explode) and that brands don’t want to advertise on UGC. Social media meets digital content – I think the social media story is more obvious in many ways.

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Content Google Media Hulu 386