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JULY 13, 2023

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Artificial Inteligence 115

Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT Generative AI Technical Review 115

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

San Diego- and Los Angeles-based video sharing site veoh Networks has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, according to web site Mashable. in funding from such firms as Goldman Sachs, Intel Capital, Shelter Capital Partners, Spark Capital, The Tornante Company, and Time Warner. Veoh had raised over $67.5M READ MORE>>.

Veoh 172

Veoh SoCalTech Report San Diego 172

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Email readers, continue here.] Your definition of a great fit might include their distribution capability, their brand, dominance in your field, their sales force, their access to growth capital or more. You can list companies you know, have contacts within, or that fit your industry segment. Examine the four columns in the matrix.

Outsource Development 156

Outsource Development Paramount Outsource Research 156

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2023

Social media sites today, including Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, provide ideal forums for presenting your cause and your concept. Start actively blogging on your own site, as well as on industry forums. Capitalize on yourself early. Proactively seek out thought leaders and journalists. Requests for investment come later.

Ideas 126

Ideas Startup Social Media Blogging 126

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

The new site goes head to head with Groupon, LivingSocial, and a slew of other imitators. OnSale was previously one of PC Mall's computer and electronics e-commerce sites; the site's home page is now dedicated to signing up email addresses of potential users. READ MORE>>.

Torrance 170

Torrance Commerce Startup Sites 170

socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2015

Rexter''s software--which runs across mobile platforms, tablets, and PCs--helps consolidate and manage their contacts from across social networking sites and email, and helps users manage those contacts and activities.

Altadena 100

Altadena Class Pasadena Yahoo 100

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Email readers, continue here…] We who invest look for patterns from previous experience. Asa result, the entrepreneur could avoid a fundraising effort, reduce working capital, make friends with the salespersons of multiple companies that could supply leads and references, and become instantly profitable. Investor pattern match.

Entrepreneur 156

Entrepreneur Training Invest Email 156

Tech.Co

APRIL 15, 2020

Amazon has discreetly made massive changes to its affiliate rewards scheme, with huge implications for sites that have come to depend on monetizing this way. However, despite the company's success with capitalizing on a catastrophe, Amazon isn't protecting the workers who have built the company's fortune. from your purchase.

Sites 138

Sites Technical Review Startup Guide 138

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 6, 2020

Please reach out and email me at kirsten.korosec@techcrunch.com to share thoughts, opinions or tips or send a direct message to @kirstenkorosec. raised what it described as an “eight-figure USD investment” in a seed funding round from IDG Capital, Vision+ Capital and Tide Capital. Other deals: Qcraft.ai

Layoffs 136

Layoffs Startup Newsletter Santa Monica 136

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

The firm's web site now lists Menlo Park as its headquarters, after it raised funding from Battery Ventures, Western Technology Investment, and angel Gokul Rajaram. The firm's CEO, Jon Bischke, did not respond to emails for comment. Tags: edufire education video venture capital. in a Series A funding.

Funding 140

Funding Santa Monica Education Class 140

socalTECH

JULY 18, 2012

Los Angeles-based Media Temple , the web hosting firm, is partnering with Virb to help small businesses, artists, musicians, and others to create their own web sites, the firms said this morning. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Virb provides a service which helps creative types to create their own websites.

Media 140

Media Web Email Sites 140

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

Thiel is providing his mentees with capital to make their startups a reality. When you don't accept capital from someone else, you aren't beholden to anyone else's input. But when your only capital is your hard-earned seed money, every penny that goes out will be scrutinized painfully. You can keep overhead low.

Startup 92

Startup Capital Blogging Ideas 92

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. I had requests from friends to put them on an email, or give them a calendar reminder when a band was playing, and one thing led to another, and I started the site.

Social Media 241

Social Media Startup Sites Advertising 241

socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2010

The company said it will provide services such as site hosting, domain registration, social media strategy, blog installation, email newsletters, and other social media help to companies. The firm is backed by The Tech Coast Angels, Frontera Capital, Somera Ventures, and others. READ MORE>>.

Web 154

Web Tech Coast Angels Services Social Media 154

TechCrunch LA

JULY 19, 2022

Today, when you start a brand, your first hire is probably someone to build out your Shopify site. The investment was led by Union Square Ventures and included participation from Eniac Ventures, Human Capital and Flexport. “That salesperson would have had relationships with all the different release valves for inventory.

Product 191

Product Funding Technical Review Equity 191

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Independa said its products include phone-enabled medication and calendar functionality, a tablet PC which connects to social sites, reminders, email, and other functions; and a suite of home senosrs to help check up on loved ones. Tags: independa independent living senior citizen care home venture capital. READ MORE>>.

Seed Funding 124

Seed Funding Funding San Diego Venture Capital 124

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2009

Los Angeles-based Mail.com Media Corporation , which operates the email service Mail.com, said today that it has acquired an entertainment focused blog, DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com. Mail.com operates a number of online content-focused sites, including HollywoodLife.com, MovieLine.com and OnCars.com, in addition to its online email services.

Blogging 100

Blogging Entertainment Email Content 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Los Angeles-based Mail.com Media Corporation disclosed details on the firm's venture capital funding, saying today that it has raised $35M in a round of funding led by Quadrangle Capital Partners. The firm operates Mail.com and a number of other Internet content sites.

Email 100

Email Content Venture Capital Sites 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2020

Social media sites today, including Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, provide ideal forums for presenting your cause and your concept. Start actively blogging on your own site, as well as on industry forums. Capitalize on yourself early. Proactively seek out thought leaders and journalists. Requests for investment come later.

Ideas 124

Ideas Tips Marketing Social Media 124

socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2009

The firm said its new product, Memeo Send, allows users to share videos, presentations, and digital images, which are often difficult to send via email or file sites. Memo is venture backed by G51 Capital and Foundry Group. per 2GB of data sent. READ MORE>>.

Email 100

Email Pricing Content Sites 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Independa said its products include phone-enabled medication and calendar functionality, a tablet PC which connects to social sites, reminders, email, and other functions; and a suite of home sensors to help check up on loved ones. Tags: independa independent living senior citizen care home venture capital. READ MORE>>.

Seed Funding 100

Seed Funding Funding San Diego Venture Capital 100

socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2009

San Diego- and Los Angeles-based online video site Veoh is reportedly in the midst of a "major restructuring," according to a report from VentureBeat. An email to Dmitry Shapiro, CEO of Veoh, this morning, asking for comments on the rumor was not returned. Veoh laid off 20 percent of its employees in November. READ MORE>>.

Veoh 100

Veoh Layoffs Report San Diego 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The way she comes on the site to shop and play, is she takes a style quiz, picks the first item in her little black bag, and we give her two to four additional items based on the style profile, with those two to four being mystery items. That's the unique aspect of the site that makes so engaging, the trading of items post-purchase.

Commerce 153

Commerce Sites Entertainment Social Network 153

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2010

Her experience includes helping startups for many years, and board positions on the Rocky Mountain and New Mexico Venture Capital Associations, New Mexico Angels, as well as several startups. Marty: What events led you to your commitment to venture capital investing? Stephanie: I love building companies. Marty Zwilling.

Venture Capital 65

Venture Capital Capital Entrepreneur Competition 65

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2017

Every business I know is intimately familiar with outbound marketing, or pushing your message out to customers through email, newspaper, and television advertising. If you have a consistent and valuable presence on your site and your social media channels, you have a better chance of a higher ranking on search engine result pages.

Marketing 76

Marketing Social Media Content Media 76

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Portions of the newsletter are published as an article on the main site after it has been emailed to subscribers (that’s what you’re reading now). The Station is emailed every Saturday morning. Email me at kirsten.korosec@techcrunch.com to share thoughts, opinions or tips or send a direct message to @kirstenkorosec.

Newsletter 135

Newsletter Startup Los Angeles Tips 135

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 4, 2009

I first heard this term from the guys at First Round Capital. It’s what kills most sales cycles including raising venture capital. They generated an enormous amount of inbound leads through PR, email blasts and heavy efforts with analysts such as Gartner Group, IDC, Aberdeen Group, etc. Why Buy Mine? Why Buy Now?

Sales 319

Sales Startup Platform Tips 319

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2012

We had lunch at a restaurant that sits atop the old Riverfront Stadium where the Cincinnati Reds played ball when I was a kid and the site where Pete Rose broke the record for lifetime hits. In the age of Skype, email, cheap telephony and collaboration tools it’s all too easy to sit in your office and connect with people remotely.

Press 364

Press Course Startup Email 364

socalTECH

MAY 5, 2009

We had the chance to talk with co-founder John Tomich about the funding and the firm, which operates e-commerce sites for fashion brands and others. The sixth is marketing analytics, including SEM/SEO, collecting customer names, emails -- we use ExactTarget for emails, and Omniture for Analytics. in a Series A venture round.

Venture Capital 113

Venture Capital SEM Commerce Email 113

socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2013

We''ve created a marketplace that allows these business to instead access capital from individual and institutional investors, who get a return and also get to support small businesses in a way they couldn''t do so before. How''d you come up with the idea for the site? The site itself is the most efficient way to create a request.

Startup 247

Startup Software Review Entrepreneur Equity 247

Steve Reich

MARCH 30, 2012

TripTrotting recruited thousands of local travel guides for their site. inLife signed up dozens of merchants in Santa Barbara for their activity site. One of the founders wrote a Python script that sent out custom emails to a list they had developed. Capital to date? $20k Get Angel capital and build a prototype.

Incubator 91

Incubator Web Entrepreneur Santa Barbara 91

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

In his early career he realized the importance of email lists. He would do anything he could to capture people’s email addresses because he knew that they served as a valuable tool for future marketing purposes. His email list became his power. He would occasionally give away free music in exchange for email addresses.

Entrepreneur 356

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Startup Email 356

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

You originally had to have a.edu email address to even join. He has founded a new social networking site called AnyBeat to take on this issue. But you might like to start interviewing for jobs or posting on job sites without using your actual name. Turns out anonymity mattered. Along came Facebook. Of course they can be duped.

Social Network 329

Social Network Startup Blogging Venture Capital 329

Berkonomics

MARCH 13, 2014

How can you get to it more quickly and with less capital? Email readers, continue here.] Companies also need an inciting incident, because, more often than not, you often will depend upon selling your story to someone. What is the inciting incident for your company? Every good story has an inciting incident.

Invest 237

Invest Examples Networking Writing 237

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

He quickly realized the power of the Internet when he came across a relatively obscure site, called Yahoo! But there was this one site that somebody told me about or maybe I read about and it was called Yahoo! a) cool site of the day (feature). bring in investor capital, and. I looked at it because it had. (a)

Startup 223

Startup Yahoo Santa Barbara Slides 223

socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2010

Dave Waldman , CEO and Founder of Los Angeles-based Bccthis (www.Bccthis.com), a startup looking to add additional functionality and private messaging into both corporate emails and Twitter messages. We were developing games, applications, and WAP sites for lots of carriers around the world while at Twistbox.

Email 185

Email Startup Mobile Ideas 185

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Here’s my advice: A got an email from a young, super bright entrepreneur today. He responded by emailing the COO and asking him to lunch. I get emails all the time from people asking me on a first date and saying, “how about if I buy you dinner.” This is best when there’s a reason for a site visit.

Venture Capital 397

Venture Capital Startup Email Networking 397