socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2014

Paid search advertising , invented at Goto.com --a spinout of Idealab--which was later acquired by Yahoo for $1.63 The first human powered aircraft , the Gossamer Albatross, designed by Paul MacCready (founder of Monrovia-based Aerovironment). million in venture capital into one of the biggest semiconductor companies in the world.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

This event series is designed to help investors and entrepreneurs engage with one another. This program provides education about the capital raising process, perspectives on the current market and useful tools and insights into the current state of the venture capital business. Tags: sponsor advertisement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Many companies try to recover with more advertising and rebranding, and discover that these strategies don’t work well in today’s market. I like the five strategies that this author recommends for capitalizing on future rapidly emerging customer needs: Win with current customers before chasing new ones. Customers don’t wait today.

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Custom Customer Technical Review Design 54

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

This was really a fun week at TWiVC because we decided to have an entrepreneur come and talk about raising capital rather than having a VC come on. Raised angel money from Rob Lord, Reid Hoffman, Benchmark Capital and others. Current round: $8.1mm in Series C by S3 Ventures (lead), Adams Capital Mgmt, Triangle Peak Partners.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 26, 2022

With that, changes are happening even at the highest levels in the industry with well-known brands like Dunkin’ and Krispy Kreme pivoting to supply and advertise new product ranges that meet the demands of people wanting to make healthier choices, he explained.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2018

It’s less well-known that the company is backed by some of the biggest names in venture capital investment — firms like Sequoia Capital. In the process, they created a sensation that’s become well-known worldwide. Our sources put the company’s funding somewhere around $6 million in its recent funding round.

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Social Media Los Angeles Media Geni 254

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2021

I believe the best entrepreneurs start by finding a large opportunity, and only then use good ideas to capitalize on that opportunity. Online sites now advertise customized designs and personal fits. As an advisor to startups and entrepreneurs, I often hear the myth that all new businesses must start with a great idea.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

The Internet thus far has been monetized by display, video, and in-text advertising — but the one place every user’s eye focuses on first are photos. At the tender age of 15, Tanz teamed up with his friend Michael Schneider (the CEO of MobileRoadie ), to create the design firm Fluid Design. from Carnegie Mellon University.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Yarnell Design (www.masonyarnell.com/tech). Brilliant web and iPhone app design. Advertisers. Joyent - An Enterprise Class Cloud Computing Company funded by Intel Capital, provides the most comprehensive cloud solution available today. Stubbs Alderton Markiles, LLP (www.biztechlaw.com). Technology.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ringrevenue’s call performance marketing platform enables ad networks, agencies, advertisers & publishers to generate more inbound sales calls.”. At RingRevenue we’ve created a call performance marketing platform that at its core is all about getting more high-value calls to advertisers who want them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2020

For example, Lyft and Uber were able to capitalize on the current ride-sharing trend worldwide by tracking statistics that indicated reduced interest in car ownership by millennials, lack of parking spaces, and auto ownership costs moving up rapidly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2015

Your plan should include a well-designed web site, events, press releases, and search engine marketing (SEM). SEM is the most common form of online marketing, which increases your website visibility on search engine results pages through optimization and advertising. Never “sell” or push out your message like conventional advertising.

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

The firm notably has Atari founder Nolan Bushnell as an advisor and serving as its chief game designer. So I actually started a graphic design company out of college, and got lucky with the web taking off at the right time. So Nolan is behind the design of the games? We made a decision not to go for venture capital early.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

San Diego-based e-commerce agency CPC Strategy has been acquired by digital marketing agency Elite SEM , according to private equity backer Mountaingate Capital. Mountaingate Capital said that CPC Strategy with over 125 employees, is known for its expertise in retail, ecommerce, and specifically the Amazon channel.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

We sell advertising and have been very fortunate to have the best brands advertise on our network. 90 of the top 200 brands have advertised with ManiaTV through our history. We started, obviously, some time ago, and raised a fair amount of capital to build our business. How has the economy impacted advertising for you?

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Entertainment Advertising Hollywood Startup 100

socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2009

Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on. Venture Capital for Technology Innovators. Advertisers. customer relationship marketing programs designed to preserve your core revenue. Southern California's high tech news and companies. They include: Sponsors. Startups Made Simple.

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socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2009

Scour is an offshoot of a PPC advertising firm, ABCSearch, which was also founded by Dan. What's the business model behind the site--it looks like this is advertising driven? Dan Yomtobian: 100 percent of our revenues come from advertisers, and from people clicking on sponsored listings. It's pretty much been all organic.

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PPC Sherman Oaks Advertising Yahoo 113

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 22, 2012

GraphEffect was founded in 2010, and has raised over $14 million in financing from venture capital firms including Lerer Ventures, Thrive Capital, Founder Collective, Rincon Venture Partners, CrossCut Ventures and Baroda Ventures. It will allow them design,strategize,advertise,plan or just keep everyone on the same page.

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Social Network Marketing Networking Social Media 65

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

He was also the first one to challenge my conventional wisdom that it made no sense for tech companies to advertise on television. We both wanted to put energy into GRP’s platform of services that provide more value to our investments than merely capital. He walked me through both the logic and the math.

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Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Frank Addante

MAY 24, 2007

► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0:

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Facebook, mobile advertising agencies, even Pinterest and Twitter (though they’re not directly related to automotive). Anyone who’s gone IPO realizes their core business is now in advertising and their scale and targeting tools are good enough that they can compete with and exceed TV. . ” THE CAR AS A PRIVATE SPACE.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. He’d wasted a year of his life and had a pile of stock options that weren’t very interesting. Tesla is not. It's a great talk.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

“I know half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, but I can never find out which half.” In the “good old days”, pre- 1999, advertising dollars were largely gambled away. Thus, avoid link farms, mindless keyword content and similar techniques designed to make your site more Google friendly. John Wanamaker.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2019

I believe the best entrepreneurs start by finding a large opportunity, and only then use good ideas to capitalize on that opportunity. Online sites now advertise customized designs and personal fits. I have to disagree. They specialize in the depth of their selections that a true connoisseur demands.

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Startup Ideas Examples Entrepreneur 90

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

You have to understand whether they’re likely to yield revenue growth in the near term OR whether you have access to cheap enough capital to fund your losses until your investments pay off. Have easy access to capital by investors who are committed to building businesses at Interent scale. Internet scale.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

These days, that trigger is much more likely to come from a friend’s experience, social media, or a memorable website, rather than conventional advertising. Capitalize on key value drivers that motivate your buyer. Most of the reasons given could be fixed purely through simple design changes.

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Custom Customer Social Media Startup 94

socalTECH

JULY 22, 2016

Our products are designed for use by warehouse workers, retail staff, employees in manufacturing plants, by airlines, any place where people are moving boxes, picking and placing, shipping products, or getting things ready for pickup. That's a huge capital savings per employee. We're finalizing the DFM, design for manufacturing.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review CTO Hire 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

From there most websites unfortunately don’t know what to really do with it so it basically just becomes a way to log you in and potentially allow advertisers to serve up more targeted (and therefore higher CPM) ads. Tell us about your Series A round and your relationship with Sequoia Capital’s Roelof Botha. Series A round.

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Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2016

The labels of non-profit and for-profit are merely tax designations, and using the wrong label only complicates matters for the entrepreneur. This fact makes finding money for staffing, advertising, and manufacturing very difficult. Advertising is expensive. Delivering social value always costs money.

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Entrepreneur Software Review Organization Advertising 53

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry. InVenture is next stage microfinance – focusing on providing expansion capital. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Recycled Bride is the world’s largest wedding marketplace; a peer-to-peer platform that connects buyers and sellers of designer wedding dresses, accessories, and anything else wedding-related. Sellers can use the site to recoup some of the costs of their wedding, and buyers save up to 90% on designer wedding dresses and more.

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Design Social Media Sales Sites 84

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

However, 18-34 year olds have been in high demand by marketers, TV advertisers, and consumer companies as an audience. There was an opportunity to capture htose advertiser dollars, and do it by serving up a product that was compelling to both advertisers and consumers. I ended up exploring other things.

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News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

Frank Addante

AUGUST 29, 2006

▼ August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Hire Entrepreneurs!

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Venture Capital Capital Startup Outsource Development 40

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

She hasn’t raised any venture capital. Tracy is knowledgeable enough to talk tech and swap design & product stories with other founders, but she realized early that networking amongst this group and reading and writing in their journals would not bring her more customers. .” She focused on her customer.

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Startup Entrepreneur SEO Venture Capital 363

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 4, 2009

I first heard this term from the guys at First Round Capital. It’s what kills most sales cycles including raising venture capital. In products designed to sell directly on the web the process is no different. They end up building what is called a FNAC (feature, not a company) as most people won’t pay for them. Why Buy Mine?

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Sales Startup Platform Tips 319

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

(there’s a great story from Jonah in the video but you have to watch to hear it :)) But it’s undeniable that it has become a digital media powerhouse having raised around $500 million in capital with a valuation reported at $1.7 billion and revenues likely exceeding $250 million (Wikipedia lists 2015 revenue at $167 million).

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