socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

In their case, people write their scripts on a web site, and when they're done, they can submit them to contests with a single click. If you're doing freelance writing, have a story you're trying to sell, there's a whole process of finding out where you're doing well, not doing well, and what responses you have received.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

We're always interested in how technology is influencing the business of Hollywood, and recently ran across Los Angeles-based Scripped. to the business of script writing, and is looking to combine a free online tool for writing scripts with matching those scripts with content producers.

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Content Writing Software Review Hollywood 138

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2011

One of the firms which has been active in that area is Los Angeles-based CauseCast (www.causecast.com), run by Ryan Scott , who talked us about the company's relationship with the Huffington Post, its new efforts to provide its technology to companies interested in corporate social responsibility, and other initiatives.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2013

That one thing, in the case of Los Angeles-based FamousBirthdays.com , is creating an online resource all about--you guessed it--famous birthdays. For example, if more people search for socaltech each month, and more users are liking your site, that''s an easy way for Google to see that a site has value.

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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.” Maybe you were reading the latest magazine and breezed right pass an advertisement offering a 10% discount if you scanned their code.

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Advertising Content Template Technology 87

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. It's in advertising, public relations, and for the last fifteen years, television. We grew out of an interesting use case.

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Journal USC News Startup 187

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

When I began gathering examples of Oprah’s wisdom, I expected to identify a handful of quotes relevant to entrepreneurs. Her show’s local success led to a meeting in Los Angeles with several ABC network executives. The fact that she has handled her success so adeptly, despite her impoverished childhood, is astounding.

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Tips Startup Networking Entrepreneur 279

socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Last week, Savings.com , the online coupon site based in Los Angeles, made a big move into the world of grocery store coupons, from its existing business providing coupon codes and deals for the online world. For example, that might be Kroger Cincinnati. We''ve made them more efficient, and given them more data.

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Mobile Sales Startup Sites 140

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. We'll even write a half a million check. This morning's interview is with Mark Suster , a venture capitalist at GRP Partners (www.grpvc.com). That as unhealthy.

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GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

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

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

James Citron – Outspoken , pioneering the combination of mobile messaging and advertisements. I was originally introduced to them as a great example of a great example of a double-bottom company, who’ve been able to do social good in the clean-tech field without the need to lean on the clean-tech name.

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Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Let me use LA as an example. Los Angeles. There are no $600 million funds in Los Angeles. 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. Sure, but it will be different than the Bay Area ones.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. I started dabbling with a few ideas around online advertising, search engines and other random projects. Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0:

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Startup Venture Capital Email CTO Hire 40

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Some will cite my investment two years ago in social-media advertising company Ad.ly as an example of why I shouldn’t be investing in the Twitter ecosystem any longer. Here’s some examples you can infer from the social data: @SnoopDogg has more Twitter fans in Texas than he has in New York. So with DataSift I’m doubling down.

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Platform News Startup Invest 307

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

It will involve 3d (see Nintendo’s moves , for example). 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. People record their game experiences and make them into videos to share.

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