socalTECH

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 technology then allows those content owners to insert advertising and attribution information into the video.

Networking 100

Networking UCLA Advertising Social Network 100

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2017

Usually, it's someone with just curiosity about the app, and the advertisers will pay several dollars for that download, only to have the user just delete the app, without having ever played it or even gotten through a tutorial. I had a programming job at UCLA at the time, working at UCLA Radiology.

Startup 113

Startup Southern California UCLA Technical Review 113

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 19, 2012

advertising (OMD, Ignited, Deutsch, TBWAChiatDay, engage:BDR), press (Forbes, Investor Business Daily, LA Business Journal), startups (Viddy, BeachMint, ShoeDazzle, Pose, PromoJam, PageWoo, Honest) and more. Demo Day: StartEngine accelerator portfolio companies present. Angel Pitch: Startups pitch to angel investors.

Rustic Canyon 104

Rustic Canyon Santa Monica Entertainment Journal 104

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 12, 2013

Starting off in Santa Monica at ROC for a fireside chat with CBS Interactive, then heading to Westwood at UCLA for Spotlight: LA Tech, and ending at NextSpace / Amplify LA in Venice for TechZulu Final Friday. TechZulu is ramping up to do it all again with an all new group of companies and a SuperDemo. That’s right. Apply now !

Startup 92

Startup Santa Monica UCLA Southern California 92

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies. PricewaterhouseCoopers' Vision To Reality Program for Emerging Tech Companies. Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies.

Southern California 113

Southern California Tech Coast Angels IP Orange County 113

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. He began programming courses at UCLA while in high school and went on to earn a B.S. The old media companies were resistant to change. from Carnegie Mellon University.

Advertising 98

Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Are you an entrepreneur hoping to startup a company in the Los Angeles area? Are there specific kinds of companies who would apply? We want to include companies that illustrate what LA does best. It's one of the few instances where you take a company out of Silicon Valley, because it was more logical and better to be here.

CTO Coach 194

CTO Coach Startup Mentor Activision 194

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Enplug is a fast-growing, ubiquitous Silicon Beach company. You might be aware of their products – perhaps having seen their digital media signs in your favorite local restaurant or bar, but what you might not know is their compelling founders’ story and unique company culture. Like Zach, he left UCLA to jump in with both feet.

Social Media 106

Social Media Startup Screening Advertising 106

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Auto-interfaces are clunky, and when a lot of these big tech companies IPO’d, a lot of them developed products that were endemic to the car industry – navigation, social graphs, etc. Now, we’re at a point where large tech companies with huge R&D budgets are working directly with automakers to make functionality safe.

Advertising 97

Advertising Startup Marketing Mobile 97

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 25, 2013

He recently sold his stake in the company to focus more on Mindshare and creating an awesome experiential branding consultancy company. The recent partnership with UCLA is what initially brought Mindshare to the Westside. Advertising Culture Entertainment Events Gadgets Mindshare Mindshare LA Play Santa Monica'

Santa Monica 92

Santa Monica BarCamp Startup UCLA 92

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

MarketShare recently launched a rebranding effort for the company, and is in the midst of a major hiring and expansion phase. Wes Nichols: MarketShare is an analytics company. You mentioned that you've been growing the company recently, and made a recent acquisition? We've been expanding the company aggressively.

Social Media 235

Social Media Demand Activity Marketing 235

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Social networking sites and microblogs are used not only to build company brands, but to foster productivity; social media tools help build communities around the question, "What are you working on?" This Panel will explore issues such as: How can companies best utilize social networking media? What are the risks and rewards?

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Enplug is a fast-growing, ubiquitous Silicon Beach company. You might be aware of their products – perhaps having seen their digital media signs in your favorite local restaurant or bar, but what you might not know is their compelling founders’ story and unique company culture. Like Zach, he left UCLA to jump in with both feet.

Social Media 81

Social Media Startup Screening Advertising 81

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

During planning of the fifth year, Scott Kilroy from the USC LUG and Lei Zhang from the UCLA LUG approached him about throwing a joint effort; pooling their talents to put together the first SCaLE. There are bigger conferences, but they’re run by large companies. I’m most proud of two things.

Southern California 97

Southern California SoCal USC Conference 97

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 25, 2011

Join us tonight live at 8pm PST from UCLA Korn Hall for Digital LA’s Branded Entertainment panel right here on TechZulu. What advertisers brands are looking for: targeting demos, branding, stats. They’ll discuss how content creators and brands work together to create, develop, and market digital branded entertainment.

Entertainment 96

Entertainment Yahoo Electronic Arts Social Media 96

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

Panels were based at hubs including Leadership, Branding / Advertising, Social Media, Entrepreneurs, Community and more. Congrats to That’s Suspicious Behavior (USC), the female-led team which won the grand prize in the student pitch fest with ten teams competing from USC, UCLA and Yale via 5-min presentations at CoWorks.

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2014

We spoke with Michael Chasin, the company''s co-founder, about the startup. One day, I was talking with a friend who was trying to develop and app for a school event, and had created his own app creation company. He actually ended up dropping out of law school in his second year to pursue his app company. What''s LawKick about?

Help 240

Help Startup CTO Hire Pricing 240

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

So I actually started a graphic design company out of college, and got lucky with the web taking off at the right time. This is my third company. What's his role with the company? You also have a background as a scientist at JPL? I took me four times to run up to him, because he had been a childhood hero.

Study 252

Study Startup Design Tips 252

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

Companies represented include: Disney, Warner Bros., ABC Family, Fox, Universal Music, Google, Facebook, Demand Media, MyLife, Riot Games, DFJ Frontier, Rustic Canyon, GRP Partners, Siemer and Associates, Marketshare, Saatchi Online, OMD, Ignited, Rubicon Project, Smashbox Cosmetics, NFL, UCLA, USC, and dozens of start-ups.

GRP Partners 88

GRP Partners MyLife Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 88

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

We caught up with both Anne and John to learn more about the company. I went to UCLA, and majored in English, and then worked in Hollywood for ten years, for companies such as CAA, Paramount, and Judd Apatow. I worked for Ernst & Young, Computer Associates, and eventually ran my own consulting company.

Writing 209

Writing Hollywood Startup Sites 209

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

My first job out of school was at one of the early bioinformatics companies in Silicon Valley, working as the head of technical services. There is a reason that companies like Google and Apple are notoriously tight-lipped when it comes to communicating their product strategy and roadmap. Graduated with a BS/MS in bio from Stanford.)

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

We spoke with Sunil Rajaraman, CEO and co-founder of the firm, about the company. There are also others who are doing advertisements with short video. We're targeting any company producing any short form video. What's the background of your founders, and how did the company come about? What's Scripped?

Content 138

Content Writing Software Review Hollywood 138

socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Avi Kahan: I went to UCLA where I got my JD. How has it been founding a company as brothers? After that, we are going to begin advertising, both digitally and in person, and work on our Android app. We're trying to build that, because that's what's been missing in the online dating industry. That's close to done.

Mobile 100

Mobile Startup Ideas Sites 100

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Founder and CEO since starting the company back in 1999, Miller has led Cornerstone through 11 years of consecutive growth. Adam Miller transformed his company into one of the world’s leading software-as-a-service companies, specifically in the HR world. magazine and the LA Business Journal. Richard Rosenblatt – Demand Media.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Many thanks to everyone who participated in last night’s Spotlight: LA Tech at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. If you missed it, or simply want to relive the moment, check out the rebroadcast above.

Idealab 77

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Many thanks to everyone who participated in last night’s Spotlight: LA Tech at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. If you missed it, or simply want to relive the moment, check out the rebroadcast above.

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

The final showoff's have been selected, so that brings the count to a total of 10 showoff's plus a wild card from the demo night at UCLA (full list of showoff's below). Through Demand Media, Richard is redefining the next generation of new media companies. . And now what you have all been waiting for.the TechZulu Twiistup discount.

Twiistup 40

Twiistup Riot Games UCLA Media 40

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Several teams disassembled themselves, joining other teams as well as one new company surfaced off in the corner with no one seeming to notice. Everyone joined back at Coloft at 9:00 AM the following morning and worked hard throughout the day. Throughout the day, random shouts of Startup Weekend success! Rob Maigret. Scott Sangster.

Los Angeles 73

Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73