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. Our industry just took one big step towards legitimacy with the hiring of renowned media exec Ynon Kreiz to run Maker Studios.

Media

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2012

To top it off they also announced a “Rule the Beach: Hack Your Way into Viddy” developer competition in a blog post : …Team Viddy would like to invite you to join the Silicon Beach community, by entering our “Rule the Beach: Hack Your Way into Viddy” Developers Competition.

Develop

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2018

In my new role as the first executive director for the Alliance for Southern California Innovation, I spent a lot of time outside of my home turf of Pasadena -- visiting innovation nodes such as San Diego, Irvine, Riverside, Santa Barbara, Venice, Santa Monica, and others.

Southern California

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Fun Fact: One of the most prominent figures from their firm, Mark Suster t, runs a blog startups follow religiously. Fun Fact: Walk into their Venice-based office and you’ll find a giant giraffe (dubbed their co-founder’s “spirit animal”) stuffed in their version of a startup treehouse. Make sure to check out Both Sides of the Table !

Startup

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

For the first three months of this year, I have had the pleasure of breathing the same air as the crew from Amplify , the Venice based accelerator. As a member of NextSpace I have witnessed Amplify in operation and it is a shop that definitely believes in good rewards stemming from hard work.

Web Design

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 12, 2015

Incentive , the Venice-based socially powered mid-market and enterprise collaboration platform has created a secure solution that takes the pain out of collaboration by centralizing all content into one place. The platform empowers companies and their employees to work, share, communicate and collaborate more effectively and efficiently.

Seed Funding

Xconomy

JULY 21, 2016

The funding, provided by Santa Barbara, CA-based Rincon Venture Partners and Venice, CA-based CrossCut Ventures, represents the first institutional investment for Zingle. The company raised $1 million last year, according to a 2015 regulatory filing.

Technology

Xconomy

MARCH 2, 2017

The $17 initial offering price valued the company at about $24 billion , a number that has since risen with the Venice, CA, company’s share price shooting above. Snap (NYSE: SNAP ) priced its IPO shares at $17, higher than the $14 to $16 range it estimated in an SEC filing last month. Read more » Reprints | Share:

Social Media

Xconomy

JULY 14, 2016

billion invested in Venice, CA-based Snapchat. Venice, CA. Included is the $3.5 billion that a non-traditional investor (the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund) invested in San Francisco-based Uber, and the nearly $1.3 The MoneyTree top 10 deals list is below.). based companies raised almost $15.8 Here are the top 10 U.S. Expansion/8.

Marina Del Rey

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

For the first three months of this year, I have had the pleasure of breathing the same air as the crew from Amplify , the Venice based accelerator. As a member of NextSpace I have witnessed Amplify in operation and it is a shop that definitely believes in good rewards stemming from hard work.

Web Design

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

.” I want to do the best deals wherever they are, but I thought, most VCs I met didn’t have very good operational experience, so I thought, “Well, what if I created a blog called Both Sides of the Table and could emphasize the fact that I used to sit on your side of the table?” But you can create your own brand.

Startup

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

Hollywood

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Developments Blog. The narrow, 3-mile strip of land that runs from Santa Monica through Venice, and is now stretching down to Playa Vista, has been dubbed "Silicon Beach" due to the heavy concentration of Internet companies and executives there. VENICE RISING. Venice: 13% | L.A. Loading… Real Estate. » More.

Los Angeles