socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Last week, Santa Monica-based Tecca (www.tecca.com) launched a consumer electronics, consumer information service, backed by Fuse Capital and Best Buy. We're including retailers from the Google API, which is something we're depdnding on. We're doing really extensive research on what consumers might want on the PC web.

Incubator 239

Incubator Startup Web Technical Review 239

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 23, 2013

In-picture advertisements? ” Online advertising is changing. He explains with online marketing in general, there’s the huge shift into native advertising (inputting marketing messaging in line with content users are actively engaging with) – Largely due to a shift away from traditional in banner advertising.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Advertising Google Screening 76

socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Gil is one of the founders of Applied Semantics, the firm acquired by Google for its AdSense technology. What's the story on how you ended up starting Factual from Google? Gil Elbaz: I ended up at Google in 2003, through the acquisition of Applied Semantics, which we started working on in 1998.

Startup 190

Startup Google S3 Platform 190

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Rahul Sonnad: It runs on iPhone, Google Android, and will be running on a netbook with a major OEM this April, and in the near future you'd expect it to run on HTML alone. Rahul Sonnad: We did a seed round with Clearstone Ventures, that incubated us in their Santa Monica office. This runs on a number of platforms?

Clearstone 124

Clearstone Incubator HTML Twiistup 124

socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2012

Santa Monica-based Demand Media (www.demandmedia.com) has seen its share of ups and downs as one of the highest visibility technology and media companies to come out of Southern California's technology ecosystem in recent years. There's always something in the pipe, and there's a whole bunch of things we're working on now.

Demand 240

Demand Media eHow Content 240

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

-Analytics also extend to iPhone and web apps using Facebook Connect. Founded in 2008 in Santa Monica by Ron Goldman (former CRO of shopping.com) and Rahul Sonnad. A demand side advertising platform which allows advertisers to bid on individual ad impressions in real time, based on the site and who would see it.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

This was the first in her string of web properties. She’s now the leading marketplace for women’s used wedding dresses and accessories and ranks 2nd in Google for the term “Used Wedding Dress.” She learned at the kitchen table as so many spouses do.

Startup 363

Startup Entrepreneur SEO Venture Capital 363

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

I then worked as a product manager at NetZero/United Online in the VOIP group, and then most recently at Google as a product manager on the Picasa/Photos team based in Santa Monica. Fascinating that you are going against the trend of trying to make everything a web application. and also to local advertisements.

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Import your content from a Google Maps Account, KML file, or create it from scratch using their content management system. IngBoo is an online marketplace for information updates-where consumers receive timely updates on relevant topics and web publishers compete effectively for consumer attention. Together they do amazing things.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Import your content from a Google Maps Account, KML file, or create it from scratch using their content management system. IngBoo is an online marketplace for information updates-where consumers receive timely updates on relevant topics and web publishers compete effectively for consumer attention. Together they do amazing things.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

NOT just because they have the best deals on web based business tools. It’s the only site aside from Google I go to every single day so that I don’t miss out on an incredible offer. NOT because the founder of the company has an established credibility working for both Facebook and MINT when those companies were in infancy.

Metrics 87

Metrics Email Startup Technical Review 87

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

NAME Google. The southern migration is taking place as companies like Google. The narrow, 3-mile strip of land that runs from Santa Monica through Venice, and is now stretching down to Playa Vista, has been dubbed "Silicon Beach" due to the heavy concentration of Internet companies and executives there. NAME Facebook.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Friday evening, August 19th, rolled around and Startup Weekend LA was underway with attendees showing up at Coloft in Santa Monica around 6:00 pm and the classic Idealab keg there to quench everyone’s thirst. Stay tuned for the upcoming Ming.ly public beta launch and join our beta list at [link] Ming.ly is also hiring.

Los Angeles 73

Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

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