socalTECH

JULY 1, 2014

Editor''s note: we''re dual running this content across our Southern California and Pacific Northwest Site, since Vadio is split between the two regions). We tried to figure out why people would go to an audio platform, which might be a iHeartradio, Pandora, or Spotify, and why people would go to platforms like YouTube for music.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2012

There's been a sudden surge in accelerator in Southern California, looking to help get startups off the ground and funded. We can point the customer directly in that GPS all the way to a retail location or advertisers. But, do they really help? Precision targeting was very attractive to them. It was really great.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Despite the proximity to Hollywood and the entertainment world, in the world of Southern California startups, actually combining the two world is quite difficult. Having done lots of those, I realized that there was a really great opportunity, from the standpoint of harnessing the higher quality in streaming platforms.

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Paramount Entertainment Hollywood Content 187

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. That''s why I moved here. It''s been a really good move. What''s the next big thing for you?

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Entertainment Startup Southern California Netflix 206

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. In terms of SoCal as a market, it's a shame.

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socalTECH

MAY 24, 2011

Southern California--and particularly, Los Angeles--has always been a center of the music business, which makes it unsurprising that there are many, music-focused startups which end up starting here. We're creating a platform that highlights musicians, venues, and local fans. That's now what we're advertising.

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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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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2013

You''ve seen the company''s work in the Superbowl, on television, and on the web, all for big brands--but you might not know it came out of the crowdsourcing efforts of Tongal (www.tongal.com). James DeJulio: We''re a social content development platform. James DeJulio: It''s a really interesting, Southern California story.

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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. They have a great brand name, are very discoverable, and are looked upon favorably.

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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. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. It means that the investors can focus on the issues that one faces at that particular stage.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

So, if you are a business like a hotel or theme park, or want to create a campus-based experience, we have a toolset that lets you create that. This runs on a number of platforms? Rahul Sonnad: I had just moved to Southern California, so I didn't have the largest local network here.

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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. It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry. Leveraging mobile application and online platform.

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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

Last week, we talked with Fouad ElNaggar of Redpoint Ventures about some of the interesting companies in Southern California. We thought we'd create a platform that was as powerful and rich as Youtube is for video, or Flickr is for pictures, or Docstoc is for documents. The firm is based in Los Angeles and Seattle.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 14, 2014

Matt Weghorst: Cojoin is a data integration platform. We find that there’s all this really specialized software, software as a service, certain platforms, and different places you can do marketing; all of those have their own sets of data. Is it only a web-platform or will there be a mobile-version? Plus, sunshine.

Startup 85

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. Alex Benzer: I was a computer kid in high school, though I thought I'd go into advertising.

Startup 242

Startup CTO Coach Blogging Social Media 242

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

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

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

CallFire simplifies telephony, making sophisticated, expensive carrier-class telecom capabilities available through an easy-to-use GUI and API platform, which the company pioneered in 2007. In particular, CallFire has answered unusually strong demand coming from political campaigns, the insurance sector and emergency notification.

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Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0

Web 29

Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

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. You can now switch your phone and take your apps with you.

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. You can now switch your phone and take your apps with you.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

We are creating a platform that enables users to play instant games and apps directly on the computer desktop. Fascinating that you are going against the trend of trying to make everything a web application. and also to local advertisements. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to?

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Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

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

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 9, 2010

Held from July 30, 2010 to August 5, 2010 at Laemmie Sunset 5, attendees had the opportunity to view independent television series and web series, panel discussions from industry experts, and mixers galore for the duration of the event. Now producers of all stripes expect to deliver their content to a multitude of platforms.

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OCTANE Beverly Hills Southern California Content 78

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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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

You can go to Mogreet.com or go to our wireless web site, at wap.mogreet.com , or use your cell phone on any number of carriers, such as AT&T, Verizon, etc. We've also got Black Diamon, a local SoCAl fund, which is also leading the round. To use Mogreet as a video distribution platform is a no-brainer.

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Mogreet Paramount Entertainment Mobile 133

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

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Play In Motion – Play In Motion is developing a social mobile location-based platform for casual gaming. TravelStrings – TravelStrings is an online platform for building and sharing travel stories. Thanks to our advertisers. George Thiruvathukal. mcarney George "I see," said the blind man! Got A News Tip? Pando Daily Home.

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UCLA Invest Startup Class 47

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Joey Flores is co-founder and CEO of Earbits , an online radio platform that enables bands, labels and concert promoters to acquire fans, market new releases and promote live events. a perks platform for small and medium sized businesses. Joey Flores – Co-Founder and CEO of Earbits. sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.).

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

My fund – at $200 million – is the largest in Southern California. 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. That sets us up nicely for the next phase of the web.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

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