Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

“LA’s best chapter is about to be written,” said Eric Garcetti, LA City Council Member and Mayoral Candidate. “It’s great to get the tech and Hollywood communities together to celebrate digital innovation,” said Kevin Winston, creator of the Silicon Beach Fest, and Digital LA CEO/Founder.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Somebody asked the question, “What do you think about the term ‘Silicon Beach?” Brad wrote up his answer here – you should read it because it’s very instructive for how I believe communities ought to think about naming conventions. In his blog he says, “I responded that I thought it was stupid.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 22, 2012

I was relieved to learn that the percentage of fake and inactive users was far smaller than the leading Hollywood tweeters. Unlike Hollywood celebrities who cherish and promote their social status, pragmatic startup luminaries understand that there is no value in a fake follower. Reality Checking. Share and Enjoy.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2012

The firm--which has been amazingly open about its finances, despite being a private company also said it now has over 3 million paying, Hulu plus subscribers. Kilar detailed the numbers and provided commentary in a blog post Monday morning. Hulu said its subscriber count more than doubled during the year. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

I recently wrote a blog post here in which I argued that the best VC meetings are discussions and not sales pitches. A few weeks ago I sat through two very contrasting presentations and wrote this blog post right afterward. Pitch 1: I had an awesome young entrepreneur come in this week to talk about his seed stage business.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 18, 2012

Mark is a Partner at GRP Partners and authors one of the most widely read startup blogs, BothSidesOfTheTable. Find A Concept You Are Passionate About. Mark admitted that one of the mistakes he made early in his career was pursuing a business concept about which he was not passionate. Start Lean. Flip Burgers.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

First it was street-style photography, then came the launch of her popular fashion blog WeWoreWhat. Influencers and creators are small businesses and if you think about all the things that small businesses need these days to succeed, they will be repurposed for the influencer marketing space.”. The business has attracted about $4.5

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Last month, Beverly Hills-based Nash Information Services , the firm behind The Numbers --one of the most extensive database of financial information about movies--announced a new service which allows third party software applications and websites to pull information from the firm's database, via OpusData (www.opusdata.com). READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

Anne Walls and John Singleton are co-founders of WordHustler (www.wordhustler.com), a local Hollywood startup looking to help writers connect with publishers. We caught up with both Anne and John to learn more about the company. My background is in Hollywood, and I've started to get into the print industry.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 21, 2009

Los Angeles-based EQAL (www.eqal.com) launched into the online world in 2006 with the creation of the YouTube sensation "lonelygirl15," the fictional video blog of a teenage girl. First, why don't you tell us a little bit about what your model is with companies like CBS? Thanks for the interview.

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socalTECH

MAY 4, 2011

Norgard has been keeping Namesake close to the vest, but we were able to visit him at the firm's headquarters in West Hollywood, where he gave us an overview of what the firm is doing. First off, what is Namesake all about? The chatter is overwhelmingly positive about the experience. But, I think we're getting close.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

We caught up with Zach James and Rich Raddon , co-founders of MOVIECLIPS, to learn more about the company and also hear about the firm's funding round. First of all, what is MOVIECLIPS.COM about? Why don't you talk about your backgrounds? Thanks for the time today.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 20, 2009

This is the beginning of a content community that collects and organizes the best content from blogs and web sites. I'm happy to announce the launch of the Los Angeles Tech Content Community. The goal is to create a place where it's relatively easy to find current content and highly relevant content surrounding Los Angeles Technology.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 26, 2009

We have regular monthly meetings in Westlake Village, Hollywood, Santa Barbara, & Newport Beach. I've heard great things about their events. You are a really great networker and help put on great networking events, what do you think about the concept of visible networking? What's keeping you up at night?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2013

We caught up with Blair to learn more about his new startup, and why he thinks we need Frequency. Our goal and promise to consumers is to let them stay connected to all of the video they care about online, regardless of where it comes from, on any device. What is Frequency? Blair Harrison: Frequency is an Internet video service.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 9, 2016

We spoke with Csathy about the new firm and his thoughts on the industry. What is Creatv all about? Yahoo is on the block�I just wrote a piece on my blog with data points that reflect that�and you can see all of the activity happening, as I anticpated, in media and technology consolidation.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 17, 2010

IM@CS blog: [link]. . West Hollywood, CA 90069. 8-8:15 – SMU2010 Preview – The Social Strip and SSMF (Chris Heuer will interview Nic Adler of the Roxy and have him speak about the Sunset Strip Music Fest ). IM@CS bio: [link]. Marieke Hensel. Branding Personality, Marketing Services for Auto Dealerships. Twitter: @hensel.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

I remember it even way back in kindergarden when my Saturday school teacher tried to tell me about Noah and Adam & Eve. While many of my friends bragged about their 5 condos in Florida I kept talking about how the real estate market was in a bubble – their gains an illusion. It has always stood with me.

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socalTECH

MAY 24, 2011

One of them is online music events site Loudvine (www.loudvine.com), which was co-founded by Vic Caretti , who gave us the scoop on what the site is all about. The genesis of this, is it's all about the music. How have you been growing the site and getting the word about your services? What is Loudvine?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. I had written about Mike before but hadn’t disclosed his name. Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley and Who Will Win. ” It’s true.

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Jason Nazar

JUNE 11, 2011

Enter Leslie Wade, who put this list together for me below in an email (including the cute commentary), and I feel compelled to share it with the world since she’s not yet doing her own blogging. Hatfield’ s – if it’s about the food- this is the place. * Nice booths- not sure about a big group though.

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socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2010

For today's interview, we spoke with Brandon Hance, the firm's founder, about how his startup is helping musicians to sell both digital and physical merchandise on the web. Talk a bit about your recent funding. Tags: brandon hance audiolife music ecommerce store software musician artist content hollywood. Thanks, and good luck!

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

I recently hosted a panel at the Twiistup Conference about LA tech companies. I asked the panelists ( David Travers , Brian Norgard , Fouad ElNaggar , & Demian Sellfors ) about the specific challenges that we face down here in Los Angeles as opposed to Silicon Valley. Challenge #4 – We are Divided by Our Geography.

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Xconomy

JUNE 10, 2016

First reported by Deadline Hollywood , Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence has signed on to play Holmes. And in New York, these folks are writing a musical about Martin Shkreli—specifically, the hilarious rumor that Bill Murray might steal back the Wu-Tang Clan album Shkreli bought for $2 million.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The company is employing a network of documentary filmmakers and high quality, Hollywood production capability here in Los Angeles to produce small business videos in HD for the web and YouTube. Where do those videos get distribute? Sam Rogoway: We use YouTube as our hosting platform, for a variety of reasons.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

In the summer of 2006 over a cup of Peet’s Coffee, you told me about this new thing called “cloud computing” and that you were trying to come up with a creative way to incorporate it into the curriculum of your upcoming UCSB Computer Science class. “By RightScale came about way fast and before I felt ready.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Talia, tell me a little about yourself. Val and I started this single’s website/blog just for fun and on the side. I ran things for about a year until Val was able to join on full time. It was as if they were reading a Cosmo magazine to see what we were talking about. Entertainment. While at E!,

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2013

Last year I wrote a blog post on entrepreneurs with a chip on their shoulders. What I loved about the founding team from day 1 was that the founders were all people who tried to break into Hollywood and found the system closed. I could link to a bunch of blog posts that come across this way but prefer not to single anybody out.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

About two weeks in fact, and as we know, in the world of tech, that is , for all intents and purposes, eons. Tons of great conversations about new startups, hardware, and the entrepreneurs building them. What I loved most about them? I know what you’re thinking. That was ages ago! No Amazon listing, Apple stores only.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 10, 2012

Veis specializes in making the impossible possible, predicting the future by creating it, and bringing about radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity. Although Jason currently is employed at DreamWorks Animation, he has previously worked at Digital Domain, Luma Pictures, SW Digital, CIS Hollywood, Ring of Fire, and yu+co.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2017

As I talked with my wife about it she tells me, “The problem is that every woman has had some bad experience in their lives or careers but it’s risky to speak up for fear of retribution or being labeled ‘a complainer.’” We feel conflicted when hear about these actions by people that we had admired (like Louis C.K

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Jason Nazar

JUNE 18, 2009

If the powers that be, can accept this, and move forward with breakneck speed, they have an incredibly huge opportunity to build something we will all be talking about again. Movies – no website has more Hollywood DNA. The user generated content on MySpace is user profiles, updates, blogs and pictures. Think eHOW or About.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Since Donald Trump’s infamous “Access Hollywood” tape was released on October 7, Leerink Partners analyst Geoffrey Porges wrote, biotech investors have lost $50 billion. Department of Justice for more information about its role in the drug-buying ecosystem. —Mylan CEO Heather Bresch has blamed EpiPen costs on middlemen.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2008

Rogers is the former GM of Yahoo Music, and sat down with us to talk about the company and his view of the music business and where it is going. They may not be interesting to the traditional labels, because they don't get enough radio airplay, but they still have fans, and a passion about art, music, and what they do.

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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

Los Angeles By: Laura Rich February 26, 2010 It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. In this series, we talk to leading figures in those communities about what makes them tick. Mark Suster, a partner at GRP Partners in Los Angeles, spoke with Fastcompany.com about what makes L.A.s

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. How To Land a Job at Google (or elsewhere) - FairSoftware's Blog , November 9, 2010 It’s been 11 years now that the obvious hit me: the best way to land a job is to do the job , not talk about it. How about them apples?

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2009

A writer is someone who writes, not someone who goes about telling their friends that they are “a writer”. If people who know you well think that you share traits with good old Uncle Harry, then you may want to think twice about leaving The Herd. Hubris might be an entertaining trait for an entrepreneur in a Hollywood movie.

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