socalTECH

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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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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Southern California Entrepreneur SoCal Mahalo 228

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

He was also the founder of Wallstrip, which he sold to CBS back in 2007, is an investor in a significant number of web and social media companies. 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.

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Ideas Web Startup Content 248

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Social Media Week (SMW) helps organizations connect and share the latest social media findings through social, cultural and economic talks and workshops in major cities worldwide. The events listed are as follows: SOCIAL TECH HUB. Monday: Los Angeles – The Social City. Thursday: Advertising and Marketing.

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Social Media Los Angeles Media Angel 92

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

I shall be looking to replicate this in Los Angeles. Founded by Shervin Pishevar (COO of Webs). Developer and publisher of social mobile games. Operates a ‘Voice and Visual Mobile Advertising Network’ called MobileAd Xchange that delivers in-call voice advertisements and follow-up visual engagements (SMS, MMS).

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Venture Capital Blogging Startup Fandango 230

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

One of the great joys of doing the web series This Week in VC every week is that I get to spend time with great people debating the issues of our day including how our industry is evolving as well as insights into how companies got started, got their initial traction and dealt with adversities. We then spoke about startups.

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Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

We recently ran across TravBuddy.com (www.travbuddy.com), a Los Angeles area travel site which allows travelers to meet others, share travel reviews, photos, and more, and had thought it would be great to hear the story behind the site. Eric Bjorndahl: At the highest level, we're a social networking web site for travelers.

Startup 100

Startup Sites Social Network Web 100

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Participating in this event also included world recognized security expert and Co-founder of Fonality , Samy Kamkar , Danny Schreiber (Managing Editor of Silicon Prairie News) and Rob Jadon (serial-entrepreneur and angel investor). Guests, visitors and teams mingled away enjoying appetizers and snacks along with this LASW’s 3rd keg.

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

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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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Facebook is about to try to dominate display ads the way Google dominates text ads - Chris Dixon , May 15, 2010 It is customary to divide online advertising into two categories: direct response and brand advertising. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. they have purchasing intent ).*. I know I do.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. Try Web-Ex, free teleconferencing, and Skype instead of international travel for client meetings. No need to make the assumption that you will need a rich uncle or an angel investor for every idea you come up with.

Startup 102

Startup Search Engine Optimization SEM Social Network 102

socalTECH

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. We got lots of traction on the web, and the story was picked up in many places. It ran in April of 2008.

Journal 187

Journal USC News Startup 187

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. Try Web-Ex, free teleconferencing, and Skype instead of international travel for client meetings. No need to make the assumption that you will need a rich uncle or an angel investor for every idea you come up with.

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Startup Search Engine Optimization SEM 94

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

Bill Gross is the man responsible for the overwhelming amount of monetization on the web. 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. billion to Yahoo!

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Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2009

It's best for people who have research two, three, four, or maybe five different alternatives to a decision, such as choosing a college or a career path, or deciding if you'd like to move out of Los Angeles--decision where you already have a couple of alternatives, and need to figure out which one is best for you.

Research 100

Research Statistics Pepperdine Sites 100

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.

Startup 80

Startup Mentor Platform Help 80

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

Los Angeles-based Orgoo (www.orgoo.com) is looking to solve the problem by creating a unified communications service which ties all those ways of communicating together. Everything we have built is web-based, and there isn't anything to download--you can access it from a computer anywhere. To this point, by angels and employees.

Email 113

Email Yahoo Startup Google 113

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. Try Web-Ex, free teleconferencing, and Skype instead of international travel for client meetings. No need to make the assumption that you will need a rich uncle or an angel investor for every idea you come up with.

Startup 50

Startup High Tech Search Engine Optimization SEM 50

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. Adrenaline Fueled Angel. Stewart Roberts , President of Orange County of Tech Coast Angels. Be sure to tune in at 5:30pm PT. Mark Suster , GRP Partners.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

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. VC/Angel Panel. Adrenaline Fueled Angel. Panel speakers: Paige Craig , aka. The Sponsors.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Over the past ten years, the rise of the consumer web and the availability of better measurement too. The step by step story of an entrepreneur’s journey from idea to bootstrap web startup from her vi. Your Web Developer Thinks You're an Idiot. Your clients pay you to design and build web sites and app. The constrai.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

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.

Email 185

Email Startup Mobile Ideas 185

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Los Angeles-based Tibesti (www.tibesti.com) is launching its new social shopping site this morning. We do no advertising on that part of the site, and make sure it is fair and balanced. We wanted to give users of Tibesti a way to share in the wealth of the web, a part of all those billionaires becoming gazillionaires.

Startup 100

Startup Sites Los Angeles Product 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

Leila is a recipient of the Rainer Arnhold and TEDIndia Fellowships, and serves on the San Francisco board of the Social Enterprise Institute. . . He currently works for Founders Fund and coordinates FF Angel LLC, a seed-stage investment program; as well as fbFund REV, a micro-seed incubator program for Facebook-related startups.

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Twiistup Riot Games UCLA Media 40

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

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.”. Arguably the greatest research and development nexus in the United States rests in the area spanning San Diego to Los Angeles. Smartphones.

Southern California 57

Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

James Citron – Outspoken , pioneering the combination of mobile messaging and advertisements. Anima Sarah Lavoy – Connect , Geo locational convenience for your social networks. Doug Krugman – Web Thrift Store , supporting charities through buying/selling online.

Entertainment 99

Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

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 am on record as saying that my opinion is that Web 2.0 “And importantly Web 2.0

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Invest Company Companies Web 2.0 303

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Launched in 2007 in Los Angeles by Adam Bernhard and Konstantin Glasmacher. Free experience is web and mobile app-based, has ads, limited skipping, and limited listening time (40 hours/month). Social network app developer and ad network. Online DSP (demand-side platform) and ad exchange for display advertisers.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 7, 2008

With Dr. Drapeau's permission, the AeA Los Angeles Council is furnishing this insightful speech below: I'm sure that all of you understand that what I'm going to talk about today is my own informed opinion, and not the official position nor policy of the U.S. One very encouraging note these organizations are trying to use "Web 2.0"

Education 45

Education Technical Review Research Web 2.0 45

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.

Platform 307

Platform News Startup Invest 307

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

US TV advertising is $60 billion in its own right. 2010 was the year of the “super angel&# and 2011 has to date been the year of unbelievably highly priced B,C & D rounds of venture capital. These companies advertise. And Social. Yesterday was a Monday. And not a pleasant one. We did not. Fundings boomed.

Marketing 305

Marketing Venture Capital Funding Technical Review 305

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

You’ll likely see applications that draw you into interactive experiences, connect you to your social networks, help you browse your TV better and create a richer media experience overall. Much of web video search is bad at finding “the good stuff&# including YouTube itself. Trying searching for something on Hulu.

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Content Google Media Hulu 386

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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Buzzfeed Media Content News 210