Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2021

With real-time online reviews and feedback via the Internet, and instant relationships via social media, a voice from the top that is inconsistent with what is heard from the firing line defines a dysfunctional and noncompetitive company for today’s customer. It takes an effective team to attract and serve a community in business these days.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 12, 2017

Thursday, May 18, 2017 -- Media 2.0 SAM Preccelerator Program is our meeting spot to showcase the Preccelerator's current class of all-star companies to investors and the start-up community. Followed by keynote speaker Peter Csathy, founder of Creatv Media and author of Media 2.0(17): See [link].

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Media Guide Class Startup 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 22, 2012

Thursday, June 28, 2012 -- Social Media School - Beginners. It's time to dive into the social media world. If you have been wondering about social media and how to get involved , this is the class for you. Facebook, Twitter, Google Reader, Google+ and other platforms are reviewed in this interactive class.

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Social Media Media Class Google 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 11, 2012

Tuesday, April 17, 2012 -- Social Media School. Social Media School is in session. This is the beginners class. This will be an interactive and working class. We will teach you how to maximize Twitter, Facebook, Google Reader, Pinterest, Evernote, Tumblr and all emerging platforms in your personal and professional life.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Tuesday, October 23, 2012 -- Selling Through Social Media. Everyone knows they need to be on Social Media, most of us even know the basics of running social media for business; but when it comes down to the bottom line how do you leverage the medium into dolla dolla bills? SEe [link].

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 12, 2020

With its third class of startups, Yellow, Snap’s in-house startup accelerator that launched in 2018, brought investors and founders together in private slack channels after a live-streamed presentation. Mogul Millennial : a media startup sharing professional resources for Black entrepreneurs. Snap investment Hardworkers.

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Invest Startup Artificial Inteligence Class 237

SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 4, 2012

Thursday, August 9, 2012 -- Selling Through Social Media. Everyone knows they need to be on Social Media, most of us even know the basics of running social media for business; but when it comes down to the bottom line how do you leverage the medium into dolla dolla bills? Coloft Academy. Instructor: Shannon Drake.

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Social Media Media Class Tips 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 25, 2012

Thursday, May 31, 2012 -- Social Media School. Come to Social Media School with Woodside Media Group and Fifty and Five and learn numerous best practices. It is guaranteed you will be more productive after completing this class. Email Amani@woodsidemediagroup.com.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Mining that same well of a demand for whodunnits, a roughly one-year-old Los Angeles-based startup called Solve has raised $20 million in financing to update the genre for a new generation of media consumers. All of the major internet-age media companies had their own mobile strategies.

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Social Media Media Startup Mobile 131

SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 1, 2012

Tuesday, August 7, 2012 -- Advanced Social Media School. It's time to take your social media knowledge to the next level. Attend class and learn about ifttt, paper.li, Quora, Rebel Mouse, Glossi, Dropbox, the Google Office Suite and other platforms and apps. Email Amani@woodsidemediagroup.com.

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Social Media Media Class Google 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 14, 2012

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 -- Social Media School. Are you interested in learning more about how social media can help make you more productive at work and at home? Social Media School is in session. Social Media School is in session. Do you have questions about Facebook or Twitter but don't know who to ask?

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Social Media Media Class Google 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 11, 2013

Thursday, January 17, 2013 -- Developing a Content Strategy for Social Media. Do you find it difficult to come up with topics to post to your social media channels? hr class to learn how to develop a social media content strategy for your company. Coloft Academy. Are you posting but no one is engaging? See [link] (more)

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socalTECH

JULY 12, 2017

According to Mitu, its ACCELERATOR program will provide hands-on training and mentorship to multicultural digital creators, teaching those creators every aspect of the digital media industry in a boot camp-style environment. The new effort is also tied into Mayor Garcetti's L.A.

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Media Training Content Commerce 124

socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2013

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said this morning that it has launched a brand new effort on eHow , which will connect users with experts in one-on-one, online consultations. According to Demand Media, the new service includes more than 30 categories, and will provide users with real-time access via online chat or email response.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 6, 2012

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 -- LAVA Special Event: Venture Funding in Digital Media. Digital Media's New World: Incumbents, Insurgents, and Investors: The media world is going through tremendous change. Please join us for a unique discussion with a panel of leading media executives that are creating and executing these strategies.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

Thursday, December 1, 2011 -- Master Social Media with Jason Calacanis. In this class Jason Calacanis will teach you how to leverage social media to build awareness for your product, company, causes and--most importantly--yourself. See [link] (more)

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Social Media Media Class Product 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

A traffic jam of expensive cars lined up to pull into the packed parking lot of MuckerLab for its second graduating class demo day. Tech Coast Angel investor Dale Okuno came out because he believes that MuckerLab attracts better talent because they keep their class size small and focused. And build great business they have.

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Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Irvine-based a href="[link] Technology, a developer of advertising software, says it has launched an IPO, intending to sell 7,500,000 shares of its Class A common stock in an offering on the Nasdaq Global Market as DSP. Viant got its start as Specific Media. The IPO will raise as much as $181M for Viant. and $21.00

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2011

Today's interview is with Los Angeles-based Miso Media , a developer of iPad-based music education software, which uses note detection to help users learn guitar, ukulele, and banjo. I was kind of naive about it, and it ended up being my wife--who is a world class designer--those two guys, and myself.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 29, 2013

In searching for world-class examples of public responses to irate customers'' complaints, I found one that emanated from an unlikely place, Savusavu, Fiji. Pander, Don''t Preach - When addressing complaints via social media, your intended audience is not the person who feels they were wronged. Share and Enjoy. Share and Enjoy.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Venice-based Snap announced the third class of its Yellow startup accelerator class on Wednesday, naming ten companies to participate in its annual 14-week program in Los Angeles.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Shopify , which develops software for merchants to set up e-commerce, mobile, social media sites, online marketplaces, bricks-and-mortar stores, and more, is setting up a space for entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, the company said this morning.

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Entrepreneur Commerce Social Media Startup 153

socalTECH

JULY 25, 2011

The firm said the new social media capabilities allows trainers to share classes and promote training on those social networking and media services. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Barbara Training Class Social Media 160

socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2017

The company said Scott has invested in such companies as Inside, Tesla, CrowdFunder, Tiltify, Lottery.com, Earth Class Mail, Principle Power, Signum Biosciences, Greener World Media, Sierra Nevada Solar, and Cool Earth Solar. READ MORE>>.

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Causecast Class Sales Los Angeles 124

socalTECH

MAY 10, 2017

According to Zynga, it has provided a "substantial gift" to USC's School of Cinematic ARts' Interactive Media & Games Division, to support diversity, inclusive game production, and the creation of "innovative social mobile gameplay."

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 25, 2021

“There’s a long history and a lot of relationships here,” said King, one of Hollywood’s premier power players and the founder of the global media company, Macro. Mayor Adrian Fenty To Be Its Newest Special Advisor. “Adrian and I go back to 93 [when] we were in law school. “We look at all verticals.

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socalTECH

JULY 7, 2016

Venice-based Snapchat has been sued in a class action lawsuit , over what the lawsuit says are obscene news stories published via Snapchat Discover. The lawsuit alleges "willful and intentional violations" of the Communications Decency Act by Snapchat in linking to media partners such as Buzzfeed, Vice, and MTV. READ MORE>>.

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Snapchat Buzzfeed Venice Class 113

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2016

Applications are open for the accelerator's first class until June 1st. The accelerator says the long list of LA backers for its efforts is no mistake: a spokesperson says that LA is the king of content creation and the accelerator will thrive with LA-based VR and AR companies. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2009

Today's interview is with Peter Csathy, President and CEO of Sorenson Media (www.sorensonmedia.com), which recently relocated its executive offices to San Diego. What is Sorenson Media about? Peter Csathy: Sorenson Media has been around for several years. It's really aggressive growth. We are drop-dead, ease of use.

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Media San Diego Southern California Class 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 21, 2018

San Luis Obispo-based MINDBODY , the online booking site for fitness classes and spas, has linked up with athletic app and social network developer Strava , the two said on Monday. According to the two, the integration means Strava athletes can discover new classes through friends' activities feeds.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2015

Techstars Disney Accelerator class of 2015 was announced yesterday. The ten companies in this year’s program represent a diverse cross-section of technologies, and are inspired by their visions for the applicability of these technologies in the media space. Techstars Disney Accelerator Class of 2015 appeared first on TechZulu.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2014

has figured out one way -- which is to run a startup accelerator, Warner Media Camp (www.mediacamp.com)--which pulls a class of startups into the company for an intense, twelve week program every year, and helps those companies tap into the resources of the studio. For those not familiar with s Warner Media Camp, what is it all about?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Social Reality said its Class A common stock will begin trading as SRAX. According to the company, its real time bidding management platform is aimed at brands and publishers, and lets brands launch, distribute, track and optimize social and digital media and consumer engagement campaigns. Social Reality is led by Christopher Miglino.

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Advertising Class Los Angeles Platform 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Santa Monica-based GotCast , the online casting site headed by Alec Shankman, said today that it has launched a new social media campaign with Mercedes-Benz. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Deadline in the casting is December 23rd. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 13, 2017

The Disney Accelerator has rolled out the newest class of startup from its startup accelerator this week, showing off 11 new companies from the 2017 Disney Accelerator program on Wednesday in Burbank. digital media focused on inspiring women); Epic Games (creators of the Unreal Engine); Hoodline (local news and content discovery); Kahoot!

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Burbank Startup Class News 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2015

Snapchat launched its new tool on Tuesday, saying that its new feature is a collaboration with "world-class leaders in media" to put the "narrative first"--tapping into the knowledge of professional editors and artists. snapchat news information social media socialmedia discovery publisher publishing' Launch video embed below.

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Snapchat News Social Media Venice 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2015

Snapchat launched its new tool on Tuesday, saying that its new feature is a collaboration with "world-class leaders in media" to put the "narrative first"--tapping into the knowledge of professional editors and artists. publishing publisher discovery socialmedia media social information news snapchat' Launch video embed below.

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