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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

socalTECH

That's funding our new product, FanMix, which is a a social media tool. Alex Benzer: I was a computer kid in high school, though I thought I'd go into advertising. I was really into graphic design in high school, and took several summer workshops at Caltech. We scaled that to almost $1.4

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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

SoCal CTO

You mention social / viral aspects at both Google Photos and United Online. What were those and how is that changing now given how things are changing in social media? However, the way I would put it is that many, if not most, experiences--both online and offline--are more engaging when they can be shared socially.

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

SoCal Delicious

Streaming media. Social media. Social networking. Social games. And, let’s not overlook the research juggernaut called Caltech, which managed $332 million in sponsored research and $1.77 Advertise on VentureBeat. Electric cars. Hybrid cars. Renewable energy. Streaming video. Smartphones. Google Plus.

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

Both Sides of the Table

In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. We have world-class universities like Caltech, UCLA, USC and more. Many of the Valley tech firms saw advertising as “beneath them&# and many VCs in the first boom encouraged people to focus on eyeballs rather than dollars.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

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 ). billion in annual subscription revenues not including advertising or eCommerce). They have more page views than even Google.