socalTECH

MARCH 15, 2013

PhotoPoll is our first app to push live, and now we're working on our second app, AdTile, which is a mobile advertising solution for applications and mobile software. What we do, is I identify things and start defining features around ideas. Nils Forsblom: The original idea for Fruugo came when I was living here in the U.S.

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Mobile Southern California Startup Outsource Development 233

socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Among one of the fastest growing industries--despite what has been a stagnant economy--is Internet advertising, which has continued to grow strongly over the past two years. For today's interview, we spoke with Tim Cadogan , CEO of OpenX, to hear more about the firm's growth on the strength of Internet advertising, and what the firm is up to.

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OpenX Advertising Yahoo Pasadena 242

socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2014

The initial idea, was we wanted to transform what a digital display was, after seeing that all of these digital displays in the shopping mall only showed information, but did not allow you to post information. I had no idea if he was even a serial killer, but he seemed pretty gool. What''s the story behind the company? READ MORE>>.

Social Media 178

Social Media Media Startup Culver City 178

socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2017

For example, if we add functionality for T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, we're immediately able to take that same functionality and ideas from that venue, and apply that to college venues. We have what is called a mult-dimensional, segmentation engine, that helps them understand their fans on the platform, and provide advertisers with specifics.

Mobile 162

Mobile Platform El Segundo UCLA 162

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

We discuss advertising, Vidzey’s story, technology, business, interns, and entertainment. It’s a little bit of augmented reality combined with a Minority Report-esque shopping concept. Article 2 posed the question of “Where is advertising going in this new digital age?” Think minority report.”

Entertainment 98

Entertainment Advertising Startup Media 98

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

We discuss the serendipitous circumstances that brought the founding team together (one of the most unique founder stories I’ve heard to date) and move to topics surrounding the future of digital advertising. “ Our initial ideas looked nothing like what we’re working with now. Focus on Value, Not Advertising.

Social Media 106

Social Media Startup Screening Advertising 106

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

But I don’t want to limit us if it’s a cool idea. The data science team also builds pretty robust reporting. But then Facebook became a more crowded platform, and the same happened with Google: more advertisers, higher CPM and a more competitive environment. We routinely meet across departments and share insights.

Commerce 211

Commerce Content Marketing Startup 211

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. Tanz has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine “Young Millionaires of 2011 Special Report.” from Carnegie Mellon University. The old media companies were resistant to change.

Advertising 98

Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98

Frank Addante

MAY 24, 2007

► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. 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. Find a Simple Way to Tell a Complex Story (and ano.

Advertising 40

Advertising Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development 40

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Yesterday, Google announced that it was shutting down its Google Audio efforts--the search engine giant's efforts to try to sell radio advertising. Broadcast can convey the idea of making a purchase, and can motivate a purchase--but, by definition, it's not as precise and targeted as search. Broadcast isn't like that.

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Google Advertising Media Startup 124

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

We discuss the serendipitous circumstances that brought the founding team together (one of the most unique founder stories I’ve heard to date) and move to topics surrounding the future of digital advertising. “ Our initial ideas looked nothing like what we’re working with now. Focus on Value, Not Advertising.

Social Media 81

Social Media Startup Screening Advertising 81

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Broadcast sponsorships and advertising. then you may want to consider potential sponsorships or advertising opportunities with that business or venue. All you need is an innovative idea and viable business model to get your startup in line for the real mainstream. Channel incentives or rewards. Marty Zwilling.

Competition 84

Competition Entertainment Advertising Social Media 84

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2013

On the basic search engine front, WolframAlpha is an amazing computational engine often used by Siri, which creates intelligent results, graphs, and reports from any natural language question. If you’re looking for that ‘million dollar idea’ to build a plan around, here is your chance. Catch the wave soon or it will pass you by!

Web 98

Web Entrepreneur Software Review Google 98

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Current advertising and public relations startups are already thinking along these lines in fields all the way from clothes shopping, art galleries, online advertising, to managing press releases. The Semantic Web isn't really even a new idea. could mean many things, and most of the possibilities have not yet been invented.

Web 92

Web Startup Artificial Inteligence Journal 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2016

In case you don’t understand the urgency, just be aware that according to a recent Forrester report , nearly 95 percent of your competitors are saying that providing a good customer experience is their top strategic priority. Here are some key ideas to get you started: It all starts with the right people on your team.

Customer 55

Customer Custom Startup Coach 55

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Each with its own head, its own financial reporting and its own content strategy, pricing strategy and marketing strategy. But creating better visibility for investors of the profitability of each unit and accountability for bosses of each to perform well according to differnet metrics is a good & important idea. No, probably not.

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Netflix Customer Custom Pricing 287

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, it was an idea and concept which had been brewing for awhile, and besides, I had a personal interest in starting my own company and wanting to be an entrepreneur. It was an eye opener.

News 173

News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Almost every early-stage startup who has approached investors for funding has heard the innocuous sounding rejection “I love your idea, but come back when you have more traction.” If your product is free, with advertising revenue from click-throughs, you need a sign-up rate and page-view rate that approaches one million page views per month.

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Startup Metrics Customer Custom 106

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

So while it started more about finding solutions to get him driving cars more or logging airline miles he also focuses on big, industry-changing ideas. Company reports 250,000 users in 49 countries with 1mm+ application downloads. Scott has this obsession. Competitors: Skype. Current round: $16.5mm in Series-B. Total raised: $22mm.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 10, 2012

How was the idea originally generated? He believes that this idea is fundamentally unnatural and makes people uncomfortable. Thus, along with Dr. Jonathan Wolfe , he founded Sgrouples, which is based on the idea that it is very possible to be both private and social simultaneously. There’s no privacy.

Social Network 106

Social Network Networking Sites Ideas 106

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

By John Williams Fast Company magazine recently reported that PayPal founder Paul Thiel is giving away $100,000 to twenty-four young men and women to finance startup businesses. For most of us, though, the idea of investors or even securing financing may as well go the way of the corporate ladder. You can keep overhead low.

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Startup Capital Blogging Ideas 92

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

The idea came from having been recently married herself and seeing how expensive it can be to buy a new wedding dress. Daily Candy was one of the earliest successes in the newsletter business, which ultimately sold to Comcast for a reported $125 million. She learned at the kitchen table as so many spouses do.

Startup 363

Startup Entrepreneur SEO Venture Capital 363

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

He gave a glimpse into the 500 Startups program, including, but not limited to: Weekly roundup meetings with all hands to report wins and losses. So far, after every batch completion, that’s been the number one benefit reported by almost all our startups. It sits above curriculum, investor connections, etc. ” Demo Day.

Startup 111

Startup Mobile Commerce Education 111

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

My partner is a documentarian and reports for the New York Times, Time, and Newsweek, and was given a story to write about for the New York Times, about the sounds that fish make , for their Science section. The idea emerged from that real life pain in the market, and as we like to say, we've grown incrementally from there.

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Journal USC News Startup 187

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Shani Higgins joined Technorati in 2007 to lead strategy and day to day operations for the company¹s advertising sales, business development and the Technorati Media advertising network. In this role, he reports directly to Alan Mulally, Ford’s president and chief executive officer.

Los Angeles 75

Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 75

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2011

Kevin Ham was the most powerful dotcom mogul you've never heard of in 2007, reports Business 2.0 It's a good idea to also buy between three and 20 names that are close to your primary address or that could be confused with it. Here's how the master of Web domains built a $300 million empire of over 300,000 domain names.

Company 81

Company Companies Pricing Web 81

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

Jason Nazar: Legal contracts, business forms and templates, conference presentations, financial models, research reports, any kind of professional content that you have which you use on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. What kind of documents do you envision people offering through the site? Part of that is transition into paid content.

Technical Review 171

Technical Review Rustic Canyon Screening Startup 171

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. MW: The process of configuring reports is much more suited for laptop/desktop situation. Where did the idea come about in the first place? Matt Weghorst: Cojoin is a data integration platform.

Startup 85

Startup Southern California Mobile Software 85

Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. Internet advertising is good. 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. Where's Jack Bauer?

Advertising 40

Advertising Startup Chief Technology Officer Technical Review 40

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

We also talked a lot about whether founder liquidity is a good idea. Online advertising platform for local businesses; ReachLocal reported over $203 million in revenue for 2009, compared to around $146 million in 2008. the funding and market coverage. Yes, that’s right. We both agreed it was. million, compared to a $4.47

Clearstone 236

Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Shani Higgins joined Technorati in 2007 to lead strategy and day to day operations for the company¹s advertising sales, business development and the Technorati Media advertising network. In this role, he reports directly to Alan Mulally, Ford’s president and chief executive officer.

Los Angeles 49

Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 49

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

The evening will consist of a series of live stage demonstrations guaranteed to impress and inspire new ideas among all in attendance. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. This Spotlight takes place Thursday, October 27, at UCLA. Community Sponsors.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 6, 2014

The inspiration to create Call of Duty vs Clash of Cans is very different on mobile. $$ and Advertisements. As blockbuster releases have become more high profile, and so have their advertisement budgets. In fact, Daniel reports, they just did an install at another Dave and Buster’s location in the Irvine area.

Mobile 93

Mobile Platform Technology Screening 93

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2016

Many retailers report $100,000 is the minimum price of entry. The report notes that in general, the companies that prioritize mobile had modest budgets. The ideas that it is too expensive, that a mobile site is sufficient, and that not enough consumers will even download the app are all valid. percent in brick and mortar stores.

Mobile 40

Mobile Sites Customer Custom 40

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

He reminded us many times that he is not perfect and 86% of ideas fail. That most of our ideas will not work, but we need to review why each one failed and what we can learn from them in order to progress. For every new marketing idea presented to him he asks himself, ‘How will that affect email growth?’

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Metrics Email Startup Technical Review 87

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

Panels were based at hubs including Leadership, Branding / Advertising, Social Media, Entrepreneurs, Community and more. More than 100 developers on 13 teams hacked from Thursday – Saturday to pitch amazing ideas to our team of a dozen CTO judges, at the SBF HQ Cross Campus. To start: Hackathon.

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2010

Kevin Ham is the most powerful dotcom mogul you've never heard of, reports Business 2.0 It's a good idea to also buy between three and 20 names that are close to your primary address or that could be confused with it. Here's how the master of Web domains built a $300 million empire of over 300,000 domain names. Marty Zwilling

Pricing 49

Pricing Web Software Review .Net 49