Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Those who are more involved in traditional entertainment are seeing a major shift online which is why an additional one-day seminar was created to coincide with Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood as a partnership called, Idea to Screen. The staff is very helpful and provides great customer service too. Same with CreatorUp. See you there!

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Hollywood Screening Ideas Entertainment 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Venice-based Snapchat will be rolling out a new, 3D interactive lens for the service, as part of a tie in to the upcoming film Underworld: Blood Wars. Screen Gems is part of Sony Pictures Entertainment. The lens uses Snapchat's augemented reality features to place users into a 3D augmented world based on Underworld's vampire theme.

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Snapchat Screening Venice Entertainment 100

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2009

El Segundo-based Ripple TV , an out-of-home advertising network, disclosed this morning that it has raised $4M in a venture capital round. According to Ripple, the firm plans to use the new funding to continue to deliver its services. Tags: rippletv venture capital advertising ripple. READ MORE>>.

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El Segundo Draper Venture Capital Advertising 100

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2012

It's not an uncommon experience, and one which drove Holden Steinberg and Jason Crilly to start PageWoo (www.pagewoo.com), a service which is aimed at helping businesses create mobile-friendly landing pages for their advertisements. We want them to be able to use this inline with people making advertising buys.

Mobile 249

Mobile Startup Advertising Sites 249

InfoChachkie

JULY 25, 2012

RingRevenue's unique technology allows online and offline advertisers and publishers to consistently increase revenues from mobile, print, search and email campaigns by tracking the phone calls generated by such ads. Consumers are calling advertisers tens of billions (yes billions) of times a year to inquire about products and to buy things.

Netflix 191

Netflix Blogging Mobile Advertising 191

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

While the media industry is driven by a combination of subscriptions and advertising – it’s clear that the latter plays a unique role in media. Of the $300 billion spent annually on advertising, 90% of it ($270bn) is still offline and not measurable. (1). The Impact of Mobile Phones on Advertising.

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Mobile Advertising Media Marketing 329

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Last week, Los Angeles-based Datapop (www.datapop.com) announced a Series A funding for the startup, which is developing search advertising products which better tune ads to improve click throughs. For example, take a product from a major electronics retailer, a 42-inch flat screen TV. Search Marketing.

Yahoo 171

Yahoo Platform Advertising Startup 171

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

The consumer piece is a big part of our business, and the next big piece is the advertiser platform, plus everything we wrap around the advertiser experience, helping them to manage their content, and provide great reporting, and helping them to understand the ROI of doing business with us. When did the split with AT&T happen?

Technical Review 223

Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 223

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

A consumer piece is a big part of our business, and the next big piece is the advertiser platform, plus everything we wrap around the advertisers experience, helping them to manage their content, and provide great reporting, and helping them to understand the ROI of doing business with us. When did the split with AT&T happen?

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Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 211

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

The company was founded in 2007, and the initial emphasis was to deliver to end users a personalized content portal on their smart phone, learning what they like anticipate what they'd like to see, and pay for it using personalized advertising. We're really headed for three screens. We did a successful trial in 2008.

Content 189

Content Screening Mobile Customer 189

InfoChachkie

MARCH 3, 2011

In the summer of 1999, Expertcity (creator of GoToMyPC and GoToMeeting, acquired by Citrix) released a free service called BuddyHelp. In the spirit of the “land grab” mentality of the day, we emphasized usage of our screen sharing technology with no thought applied to how we would convert such users into paying customers.

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Customer Custom Technical Support Startup 162

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. ” The large social media screen is Enplug, five iterations later. Focus on Value, Not Advertising. All inclusive.

Social Media 106

Social Media Startup Screening Advertising 106

socalTECH

JULY 25, 2012

Users of the Instagram mobile application--which runs on iPhone and Android--are familiar with how that app has become one of the key ways people socialize and share their life with others, all via the service's photo sharing and comments. Edward Park: My background is screen printing and production. What is Insteegram about?

Startup 174

Startup Commerce Web 2.0 Screening 174

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. ” The large social media screen is Enplug, five iterations later. Focus on Value, Not Advertising. All inclusive.

Social Media 81

Social Media Startup Screening Advertising 81

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Look to the movie screen to see what you won’t soon forget. Products are the new services. Digital channels enable you to turn products into on-demand services that help customers reach their goals, and add value. Be sure your in-store services add value. Your brand is a story; tell it. Want control? Give something away.

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Marketing Demand Startup Customer 82

socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2014

In the world of many online television, movie, and video sites, scores of music streaming services, and other entertainment content, it''s often a difficult task to find what you really want to watch, listen to, or read. We''ve got a really great group testing it, and we''re excited to add more service next year based on feedback.

Entertainment 206

Entertainment Startup Southern California Netflix 206

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

We thought we'd get the background on the new effort directly from Jason Nazar , CEO and founder of Docstoc, to learn more about the new service. Do you screen all of the documents on the marketplace, or how does that work? Jason Nazar: We screen the profiles, but we don't screen the content.

Technical Review 171

Technical Review Rustic Canyon Screening Startup 171

InfoChachkie

MARCH 9, 2015

Yet too often, entrepreneurs embrace giving away their products and services for the wrong reason - they are simply reticent to ask for payment. During the height of the Dotcom craziness, Expertcity (creator of GoToMeeting, acquired by Citrix) released a free service called BuddyHelp. Ways To Make Freemium Users Pay.

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Technical Support Customer Custom Demand 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

We spoke with Vince Bianco , the firm's CEO, about the company and its services. We also show you screen shots and everything of the search result pages. So that's how we started three years ago, and we now have a partnership with BusinessWire, one of the two largest wire services out there. Tell us a little bit about Newsforce?

News 124

News Advertising Press Sites 124

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. We have a couple of different ideas in the pipeline, and have filed patents in our unique way of showing advertising on a very small screen. What happened there?

Mobile 233

Mobile Southern California Startup Outsource Development 233

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.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2021

Alex Nocifera: We help the enterprise, large brands, working with brands like US Cellular, Panera Bread, Square, Uber, and help them generate demand for their products and services in a local, acute manner. Why this is working out so well, is if you think about us, as humans, is we have been face planted into a screen for 18 months.

Marketing 113

Marketing Los Angeles Zag Startup 113

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. People don’t want to speak to customer service reps. I don’t want to speak to customer service reps!! The reduction in screen size has made the economic model of Internet advertising totally inefficient.

Email 339

Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

From there most websites unfortunately don’t know what to really do with it so it basically just becomes a way to log you in and potentially allow advertisers to serve up more targeted (and therefore higher CPM) ads. How did the idea for Meebo version 3, the web-based IM service, come about? For Meebo 1.3%

Startup 286

Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Initially the computer did basic functions like “screen validation” (making sure that you didn’t enter non-sensical data into fields, for example) and could take over functions like compiling your software code so you could check for errors before submitting it to the mainframe. .” He’s right about this.

Web 355

Web HTML Mobile Social Network 355

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

It’s not because the statuesque pair wants to give Armie Hammer a run for his money on the silver screen. Advertise Here. Advertise Here. Balderdash Developers Log(n) Consultants RelayStrategy Developers Smartsourcing Global Services Epsilon Concepts - LA Web Design Company Developers. Terms Of Service.

SoCal 77

SoCal Southern California Startup Tips 77

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Facebook, mobile advertising agencies, even Pinterest and Twitter (though they’re not directly related to automotive). Anyone who’s gone IPO realizes their core business is now in advertising and their scale and targeting tools are good enough that they can compete with and exceed TV. . ” THE CAR AS A PRIVATE SPACE.

Advertising 97

Advertising Startup Marketing Mobile 97

socalTECH

MAY 16, 2012

It's an election year in the United States, and the screens and airwaves are full of provocative sound bites, pundits, scandals, and the latest political gossip of the day. We sat down with the two Los Angeles founders and heard more about the service. Photo: Nick Boutleier on the left, Taylor Peck on the right).

Education 201

Education Sites Startup News 201

socalTECH

MAY 16, 2012

It's an election year in the United States, and the screens and airwaves are full of provocative sound bites, pundits, scandals, and the latest political gossip of the day. We sat down with the two Los Angeles founders and heard more about the service. Photo: Nick Boutleier on the left, Taylor Peck on the right).

Education 171

Education Sites Startup News 171

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

This presents an opportunity for people, businesses, and brands who have products in the real world and in retail storefronts, packaging, and advertisements, allowing people to get additional information from what they are already seeing out there. Adoption and awareness of QR codes is good for consumers, and good for advertisers.

Startup 233

Startup Tips Web Platform 233

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Facebook is about to try to dominate display ads the way Google dominates text ads - Chris Dixon , May 15, 2010 It is customary to divide online advertising into two categories: direct response and brand advertising. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. they have purchasing intent ).*.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Advertising on Facebook before the launch of show, in the middle and during hiatus keeps engagement high, discovery and fandom higher. His main takeaways were that there are various analytic services for social TV but there is no standardization between them. The television industry gets it, they need Twitter.

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Conference Beverly Hills Social Media Media 78

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

There are also others who are doing advertisements with short video. Zak had an idea for a screen writing magazine, and was trying to make it as a screenwriter, and found out there was a lack of good resources for people trying to scrap and get to the top. That's a revenue generating service, and it's been up for a couple of months.

Content 138

Content Writing Software Review Hollywood 138

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

They incumbents might provide terrible products or services that you think you can better. Or maybe you’re trying to dramatically change the way TV is consumed, like Boxee or TV advertising works on the Internet, like Hulu. But be sure that along your ascent they’re going to notice you and respond.

Entrepreneur 330

Entrepreneur Marketing Venture Capital Hulu 330

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. Mingle is a networking service that uses location to discover and create relevant connections. is a web hosting and virtualization service provider headquartered in Los Angeles, California. (mt)

UCLA 102

UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2012

Tech Companies & Calls: I once read a quote on Twitter that said, If you use a tech service for free then product is you. Google, Facebook & Twitter all provide free services to end users and we eat them up. But they make the overwhelming majority of their money from advertising. In fact, it is. Ads are effective.

Mobile 311

Mobile Technical Review Google Screening 311

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Groups returned Sunday morning to be greeted by a full service breakfast provided by local Marmalade Cafe , who’s original location is located only blocks away. Also of note was Ryan Orrico’s launch of HandJob, a new form of job applicant screening and referral tracking.

Los Angeles 73

Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73