socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

The startup--created by Robert Earl (Founder and CEO of Planet Hollywood), Grant Hosford (formerly of eHarmony), and Connell (formerly of Nokia)--is using the Internet to arrange group dates at local restaurants, to connect people in person and offline. It was a mixture of mobile and device-centric and Internet development.

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San Diego Hollywood Mobile eHarmony 264

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

A social analytics platform for Facebook app developers and publishers that provides detailed demographic and engagement data. Geodelic develops free mobile applications to easily browse your surroundings (restaurants, banks, businesses, etc). Includes content mobile guides, ie. Hollywood Walk of Fame. See: TechCrunch.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Then it’s time to innovate through the channels or platforms that are relevant. Remember Hollywood secrets. Mobile is where it’s at. The new generation of “smart advertising” enables the creation of an Internet banner ad to fit each viewer’s age, gender, location, personal interests, past purchase behavior, and much more.

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Marketing Demand Startup Customer 82

socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2014

The rest of the model will include things like customized marketing and advertising in a more focused way, all about entertainment. We hope the advertising will be much more considerate of users, helping them on their mission, and so that it can help you achieve something, consumer or acquire something, or watch something. READ MORE>>.

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Entertainment Startup Southern California Netflix 206

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2013

Then it’s time to innovate through the channels or platforms that are relevant. Remember Hollywood secrets. Mobile is where it’s at. The new generation of “smart advertising” enables the creation of an Internet banner ad to fit each viewer’s age, gender, location, personal interests, past purchase behavior, and much more.

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Marketing Demand Startup Customer 104

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

The convergence of the Internet and the entertainment business has made Los Angeles a hotbed of activity in the online entertainment industry, attracting companies from all over the country interested in connecting Hollywood with the Internet. It's primarily Internet and mobile devices. How has the economy impacted advertising for you?

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Entertainment Advertising Hollywood Startup 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Then it’s time to innovate through the channels or platforms that are relevant. Remember Hollywood secrets. Mobile is where it’s at. The new generation of “smart advertising” enables the creation of an Internet banner ad to fit each viewer’s age, gender, location, personal interests, past purchase behavior, and much more.

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Customer Custom Marketing Demand 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Coincident has created a platform that will allow storytellers and producers to create robust second screen stories on the fly that incorporate video, images and other web content. Each of these platforms represents a variety of “screens” to view from. People are not simply watching the TV anymore. WOW, right? has accomplished.

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Screening Content CTO Hire Platform 109

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2011

Then it’s time to innovate through the channels or platforms that are relevant. Remember Hollywood secrets. Mobile is where it’s at. The new generation of “smart advertising” enables the creation of an Internet banner ad to fit each viewer’s age, gender, location, personal interests, past purchase behavior, and much more.

Marketing 91

Marketing Startup Demand Customer 91

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. I talked about the platform moves of Twitter and why it should be expected. Message of the week (from Fred Wilson) – “don’t fill cracks&# but innovate in new ways with the platform. It’s core platform stuff.

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Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. And that’s why the online video space and YouTube ecosystem has taken one more leap toward its rightful place as next generation video platform.

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Media CTO Coach CTO Hire Los Angeles 320

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2010

Then it’s time to innovate through the channels or platforms that are relevant. Remember Hollywood secrets. Mobile is where it’s at. The new generation of “smart advertising” enables the creation of an Internet banner ad to fit each viewer’s age, gender, location, personal interests, past purchase behavior, and much more.

Marketing 55

Marketing Startup Demand Customer 55

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

There are trade publications such as Variety, Hollywood Reporter, and Deadline at one end, and gossip celebrity news at the other end. However, 18-34 year olds have been in high demand by marketers, TV advertisers, and consumer companies as an audience. Jennifer Sargent: HitFix started two and a half years ago.

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News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

This morning, Los Angeles-based Mogreet (www.mogreet.com) announced it had raised a Series B funding round for the firm's mobile greeting services. We caught up with James to hear more about the company, how he managed to get funding even in this economy, and his view on the mobile market. We've also seen lots of consumer traction.

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Mogreet Paramount Entertainment Mobile 133

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

Well, thanks to a fantastic partnership with the good people at crowd fun ding platform, Indiegogo , we were able to do just that! James Citron – Outspoken , pioneering the combination of mobile messaging and advertisements. Savannah Peterson – Shapeaways , the social platform for 3D printing.

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Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2016

The reason is that most people equate MCN with “YouTube aggregators” meaning people who sign up video creators, roll them up into a single content management system and then collect advertising revenue from YouTube. YouTube AND other platforms. The platforms are expanding and fragmenting. It’s both / and.

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Content Snapchat Platform SEO 150

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

My daily coffee meetings are not surrounded by the Hollywood elite with discussions of scripts, scenes and casting. 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. And of course you have Hollywood. Los Angeles.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Video will be inextricably linked to the future of the Internet and consumption between PCs, mobile devices and TVs will merge. So without my weighing into the pro’s / con’s of this I can say that I believe it will capture a large segment of the market but leave room for “open platforms&# to play a big role.

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