socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2013

James DeJulio: We''re a social content development platform. Say, if you''re making a TV commercial or web video, each project unfolds over phases, so anyone, regardless of their skill, can participate. Round one is for ideas, then there''s a round for storyboarding, and a round for execution. Explain how Tongal works?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

We're describing ourselves as a micro-cap venture fund, focused on digital media opportunities in the emerging ecosystem of Southern California. Brian Garrett: It's analytics, it's delivery platforms, it's optimization of technology facilitating compression to delivery of video. What do you mean by infrastructure?

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Southern California Startup Palomar Rustic Canyon 153

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Were part of the uCast Global video highway, which is our way of illustrating how content is being driven locally, regionally, and globally, using our platform, but also technology we have integrated and continue to integrate with our partners. We are unique in being an open platform, that allows for all of these variations to happen.

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Content Startup Mobile Platform 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2014

Everyone thinks of Northern California as the place to do anything technology related, but for unique power users and entertainment enthusiasts like me, you realized that entertainment--my first love--is in Southern California. We''ve got a lot of ideas and plans for our mobile experience, which we''re starting to work on.

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Entertainment Startup Southern California Netflix 206

socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2017

Jay Goss , CEO of the startup--who is a veteran startup CEO here in Southern California-- talked to us about the new startup, which was developed by the technical co-founder of AskJeeves. Whether that's Facebook Messenger, SMS, LinkedIn, or any other messaging platform, it all adds us, to more messaging than on social networks.

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Startup Social Network Southern California Mobile 100

socalTECH

JULY 23, 2013

What''s one of the hottest, fastest growing mobile apps out there out of a Southern California startup? But, there wasn''t a platform out there dedicated and effective to meeting new people. But, what is viral, is the positive experience within the platform. That''s what Tinder really is. million profile ratings.

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Mobile Southern California News Snapchat 245

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2011

He was the startup-to-profitability CFO at Fandango, and really is one of the most incredible, operational executives in all of So-Cal. When I shoed up with a few pages of conceptual, early stage ideas around consumer finance, it was immediately captivating, and it really lined up with what he wanted to do.

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Startup Ideas Southern California Social Network 197

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

After months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. The evening will consist of a series of live stage demonstrations guaranteed to impress and inspire new ideas among all in attendance. Event Details.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Taher tells us about his journey from Silicon Valley to Southern California, the inspiration behind the site, and where he hopes to take the business next. What's the idea behind FavRav? We redesigned our service and migrated to another platform. What were those problems you ran into with Facebook?

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Startup Newsletter Customer Custom 193

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

I've been President of my marketing, branding, creative and advertising firm for, yikes, 30 years. That's when phone calls were a dime, so you get an idea how long ago that was. So cheer up everybody, this too will pass. I need to get you into both the Southern California Tech Central and the B2B Marketing Zone.

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Marketing Social Media Blogging Media 150

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

We also talked about the emergence of New York City as the “hot” new area of entrepreneurship, VC and innovation driven by the quantification of the online advertising industry. Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. OTHER DEALS: 1. Total raised: $29.5mm. Go Boulder!

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2011

One trend in the Southern California high tech startup market has been an increasing number of startups--and executives--who have been looking to combine their interests in business with their enthusiasm for giving back through nonprofits and causes. Employee engagement is something we'll be releasing into our platform shortly.

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Causecast Startup Content Education 222

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

We are creating a platform that enables users to play instant games and apps directly on the computer desktop. This is not so much because others are going to try to steal the idea, however, there is simply no upside in broadcasting your strategy to any would-be competitors. and also to local advertisements.

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Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 14, 2014

Matt Weghorst got in touch with TechZulu to explain the idea of Cojoin, LA, and the advantages of business intelligence software. Matt Weghorst: Cojoin is a data integration platform. Is it only a web-platform or will there be a mobile-version? Where did the idea come about in the first place? Plus, sunshine.

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Startup Southern California Mobile Software 85

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Southern California has had its share of new startup accelerators launch in the last few months, however, few people here have actually experienced an accelerator firsthand. SocialEngine is a white-label, community platform. Is the idea to have multiple projects as part of the company? We're also updating the format.

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Startup CTO Coach Blogging Social Media 242

socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

Last week, we talked with Fouad ElNaggar of Redpoint Ventures about some of the interesting companies in Southern California. Fouad and I had this idea to allow people to interact with sound bites and audio clips. If you remember the supercomputer in the game, it said things like "Shall we play a game" and so on.

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Redpoint Startup Content .Net 201

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Please join us in congratulating this quarter’s Spotlight companies: Earbits is an online radio platform where artists, labels and concert promoters bid for airtime on a per-song-played basis, and use the exposure to sell their music, event tickets and more. Making Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Possible. Diamond Sponsor. Community Sponsors.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Please join us in congratulating this quarter’s Spotlight companies: Earbits is an online radio platform where artists, labels and concert promoters bid for airtime on a per-song-played basis, and use the exposure to sell their music, event tickets and more. Making Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Possible. Diamond Sponsor. Community Sponsors.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 9, 2010

With the amount of networking possibilities, if you had an awesome idea I could almost guarantee you would have found someone to either help you bring your idea to fruition, or if already fully developed a chance to setup a meeting with a network executive. Being in attendance, AJ's quote rang true throughout the event.

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OCTANE Beverly Hills Southern California Content 78

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Social Rewards helps leverage your existing loyalty program and turn it into a distribution platform via social media. Novimap is an online and mobile mapping platform. enables developers to sell cross-platform web-apps that optimize to your mobile device. They bounce ideas off one another, brainstorm, create, and prosper.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Social Rewards helps leverage your existing loyalty program and turn it into a distribution platform via social media. Novimap is an online and mobile mapping platform. enables developers to sell cross-platform web-apps that optimize to your mobile device. They bounce ideas off one another, brainstorm, create, and prosper.

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Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

The Southern California locale benefits from its easy proximity to Silicon Valley, just an hours flight away, as well as from the many universities in the area, including Cal Tech, where Intel founder Gordon Moore went to school. And thats not even counting MySpace, which Rupert Murdoch famously paid $580 million for in 2005.

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Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

“It’s not intended to compete with the existing Silicon Beach accelerators that are doing so much for our community, or provide initial funding to startups,“ says co-founder and managing partner Scott Alderton. The idea is simply to foster the community and support up-and-coming entrepreneurs. Thanks to our advertisers.

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Sherman Oaks Riot Games Tips Redpoint 44

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

It’d been a big year in tech, and the different supporting parts of team TZ – so what better way to kick off the festivities with an inaugural train-bound journey, courtesy of the good people at Amtrak. So how could we accomplish this, while maintaining the close alternative SXSW vibe we had last year?

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Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Idea Mensch. We are about to head on a four-month, 48-state road trip to help people across America bring their ideas to life and shine the light on some of the amazing entrepreneurs and communities. a perks platform for small and medium sized businesses. Our Best Interviews Via Email: Monthly. Subscribe to RSS.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Program head Robert Jadon describes Startup UCLA as more of a pre-accelerator than anything, meaning the the ideas are typically earlier stage and the entrepreneurs less experienced. Play In Motion – Play In Motion is developing a social mobile location-based platform for casual gaming. Thanks to our advertisers. Got A News Tip?

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UCLA Invest Startup Class 47

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

The venture capital industry is so heavily skewed to Northern California, which the remains spilled over Boston, New York & Southern California. So it was wonderful to hear from a leading venture capital firm based in Washington DC. There are of course other outposts like Austin and Seattle.

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Venture Capital Examples Startup Invest 277

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 31, 2010

Its a good idea to set up a sandbox such as this so you can try out the functionality before using it on a real site. When porting an application from one platform to another, the first item we as developers tend to think about is the programming language. Once the code is on your site, youll need to test it.

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Software Review PHP Class Startup 40

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

While the focus perhaps should instead be on the conversations themselves and integrating them across whatever platforms within which they are taking place, the view today is instead still too much on individual tools and channels. This could also address some of the disconnect between older and newer social media platforms I outlined above.

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Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29