Jason Nazar

JUNE 18, 2009

I wouldn’t bet against MySpace. I know many of their founders and early employees, and one of the co-founders of Intermix (the parent company of MySpace) is an investor. MySpace has lost the battle as the “place for friends”. The following are my 7 Ways on How to Save MySpace. MySpace = Yahoo2.0: MySpace = Yahoo2.0:

Development Team Review 76

Development Team Review Content Sites eHow 76

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2010

Regarding protecting the quality of the stream from an influx of low quality advertising, I emphatically agree with (what I perceive to be**) Twitter’s positioning. For any platform to succeed it needs to achieve revenue momentum. We share the goal of helping Twitter to maintain a quality platform. Let me explain.

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Advertising Startup Platform News 276

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Why did MySpace lose to Facebook & what can Twitter learn from this? encouraging an open platform where 3rd parties can make lots of money]. MySpace grew faster because Friendster’s servers couldn’t scale. MySpace didn’t handle images or video well. Fox bought MySpace for $580 million.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Deena Varshavskaya: Wanelo--from Want-Need-Love-- is a community platform for shopping. Deena Varshavskaya: I was thinking about alternatives to advertising, because I think advertising just fails to deliver relevance. We have designed Nick.com, and worked with Disney, MySpace, back in the day, and other big brands.

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Technical Review Sites Advertising Design 200

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Advertising has driven the majority of Internet innovation. that is an “in-stream advertising&# company currently focused on monetizing Twitter. This has prompted many people to question whether advertising “in stream&# and on Twitter is a good thing or a bad thing. So what do we mean by in-stream advertising?

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Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Companies also use social networking sites in the hiring process, and increasingly, to do innovative advertising (such as the recent Jack in the Box campaign). Does advertising work in the social networking world? an enterprise social networking platform provider located in Los Angeles, CA. What are the risks and rewards?

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Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

So my guess is that Tweetup needs to go “multi-stream&# (as in Facebook, MySpace, etc.). 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. TweetPhoto - Real-time photo sharing platform. uh, hello!

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Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

As companies figure out a way to monetize social media, one of the areas which has been lacking is a way to measure the impact and effectiveness of social media advertising. Ian Swanson: Sometrics is a social analytics and advertising company. I worked at Userplane, building social applications for sites like MySpace.

Social Media 113

Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 113

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Spend your time and money on other platforms. Pick the right platform for your business. Within each of the platform categories defined above, there is a right one and a wrong one for your audience. Your Twitter and YouTube messages better match your print advertising message. Find the right tools to analyze the ROI.

Social Media 101

Social Media Media Entrepreneur Metrics 101

socalTECH

DECEMBER 21, 2012

We sat down earlier this month to talk with Josh Yguado , President of SGN (www.sgn.com), to learn more about the importance of being nimble in the game market, the company's platform, and hear more about its recent move into real money gaming. SGN is the social and mobile gaming developer headed by former MySpace founder Chris Dewolfe.

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Platform Mobile Startup Develop 147

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

As companies figure out a way to monetize social media, one of the areas which has been lacking is a way to measure the impact and effectiveness of social media advertising. Ian Swanson: Sometrics is a social analytics and advertising company. I worked at Userplane, building social applications for sites like MySpace.

Social Media 100

Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 100

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 6, 2013

I became friends with Tom Anderson and I jumped onto MySpace when it first launched. After MySpace was acquired by Fox, I learned that there was a huge market for ad inventory. I left MySpace in 2008 to help MySpace to monetize its inventory better. How much did Engage:BDR grow?

Marketing 96

Marketing Startup Incubator Advertising 96

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2012

Spend your time and money on other platforms. Pick the right platform for your business. Within each of the platform categories defined above, there is a right one and a wrong one for your audience. Your Twitter and YouTube messages better match your print advertising message. Find the right tools to analyze the ROI.

Social Media 95

Social Media Media Startup Tool 95

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 15, 2011

and most recently Myspace, where he ran an online marketing team focused on SEO, social media, and paid traffic acquisition. Tony will discuss lessons learned from a business like Myspace, scaling up online marketing programs, and lessons learned in the startup world around momentum and missteps while growing.

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SEO CTO Coach Conference Social Media 85

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2011

Spend your time and money on other platforms. Pick the right platform for your business. Within each of the platform categories defined above, there is a right one and a wrong one for your audience. Your Twitter YouTube messages better match your print advertising message. Communication and writing skills are required.

Social Media 93

Social Media Media Entrepreneur Platform 93

socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2008

This morning, Woodland Hills-based FatTail (www.fattail.com) announced a venture round from Velocity Interactive Group for its software for managing online advertising. Ross Levinsohn is a board member at FatTail and a venture capitalist at Velocity Interactive (www.velocityig.com), and headed up Fox Interactive Media's buy of MySpace.

Advertising 100

Advertising Media Startup Woodland Hills 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Or maybe you’re trying to dramatically change the way TV is consumed, like Boxee or TV advertising works on the Internet, like Hulu. If I understand correctly it was initially a platform for sending SMS messages to friends via a website. But be sure that along your ascent they’re going to notice you and respond.

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Entrepreneur Marketing Venture Capital Hulu 330

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 12, 2013

Pinterest is also good for brands as it holds the number 2 spot for largest social network, ties with Twitter but bigger than Instagram, Tumblr and Myspace. The post Pinterest Marketing & Technology Firm, HelloSociety Generates $30M In Additional Sales Revenue For Its Clients appeared first on TechZulu.

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Sales Technical Review Marketing Technology 101

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

They wanted to use the platform we had developed in a class called Mashup Culture. Tom Grasty: There are, as I like to say, no shortage of online video editing platforms, online video editors, or social networking sites, even though there are fewer online editors now than eighteen months ago. What sort of applications are those?

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Journal USC News Startup 187

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. CitySourced is a real time mobile civic engagement platform.

Idealab 77

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Gravity--headed by former MySpace COO Amit Kapur--developer software which presents, in real time, personalized web pages. Founded by a number of former executives of Overture.com, DataPop is using algorithms to drive automated, paid search advertising. Forum , says "New platforms are very interesting to CTOs. David Subar, who.

Southern California 66

Southern California Software Artificial Inteligence Company 66

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

As President of Game Development and Operations at SGN, a leading cross platform game developer and distributor, Josh Yguado is responsible for development, marketing, and operations for all games. He joined SGN from Fox where he was Vice President of Business Development and worked on the acquisition of MySpace and the launch of Hulu.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 76

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. CitySourced is a real time mobile civic engagement platform.

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Why did MySpace lose to Facebook & what can Twitter learn from this? encouraging an open platform where 3rd parties can make lots of money]. billion in annual subscription revenues not including advertising or eCommerce). Modern Social Networking: Friendster, MySpace & Facebook. They looked unstoppable.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

And thats not even counting MySpace, which Rupert Murdoch famously paid $580 million for in 2005. AdWords is on Google.com, AdSense is a distributed platform across many different Web sites where if youre a small publisher and you put AdSense on your Web site and someone clicks, you get part of the revenue and Google gets part of the revenue.

Los Angeles 50

Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

SocialVibe – Social media monetization platform that benefits non-profit organizations and social causes. Users participate by performing tasks, taking surveys or watching advertiser videos. Addressable advertisements are capable of being targeted to the individual household. OTHER DEALS. Primarily targets SMBs.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

So a lot of the other things that are impacting some other companies, particularly those with the 100 percent advertising related business models, aren't really impacting Mogreet. To use Mogreet as a video distribution platform is a no-brainer. We've got a low cost transaction, and a micro-payment business model.

Mogreet 133

Mogreet Paramount Entertainment Mobile 133

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

Ultimately to become defensible the client application would want to diversify its “stream&# so would start supporting Facebook, MySpace and perhaps even IM products. This also would give the client the upper hand in discussions with advertisers, image providers, URL shorteners, etc. Kind of obvious, huh?

Acquisition 287

Acquisition Develop Development Conference 287

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

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. It’s true that MySpace didn’t become Facebook, but it did spawn 7 or 8 great LA companies run by founders with experience.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

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JUNE 12, 2010

Popular apps include: “SuperWall” and “Likeness” for FaceBook, “Slideshow” and “PhotoFx” for MySpace/Hi5, Friendster, Orkut, Bebo. Users: More than 280mm monthly users worldwide use its apps or see its advertising. Online DSP (demand-side platform) and ad exchange for display advertisers. Total raised: $129.0mm.

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Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

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.

Web 29

Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift , a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations. Some will cite my investment two years ago in social-media advertising company Ad.ly The Importance of Twitter.

Platform 307

Platform News Startup Invest 307

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

In 2008, he founded StackOverflow , and it has become the foundation for a question and answer platform called StackExchange. He is responsible for bringing in revenue from advertising and their careers offering. Building on top of platforms. What does Joel think about building applications on the Twitter platform?

Software Review 285

Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285