SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 25, 2012

Thursday, May 31, 2012 -- Social Media School. It's time to stop wondering about the best ways to use Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Quora, Pinterest and other social platforms for personal and professional use. Come to Social Media School with Woodside Media Group and Fifty and Five and learn numerous best practices.

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Social Media Media Class Email 113

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.

Social Media 113

Social Media Media Class Google 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2012

We sat down with TX Zhuo , who is heading up the firm's venture investments, about the fund and his path here after a recent stint at Eric Schmidt's Innovation Endeavors fund in Palo Alto. Specifically, we look at digital media, healthcare IT, e-commerce, education technology and financial services. What is Karlin Ventures?

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Funding Startup Invest Commerce 253

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. First off, let's talk a little bit about your software. That's something we're really excited about as well. I'm actually a very skilled player.

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Media Education Google Startup 267

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

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. Channeling Tige. Share and Enjoy.

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Social Media Custom Customer Media 213

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

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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Startup Technology Hollywood Media 159

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

It’s still popular these days for startup founders to operate in stealth mode, meaning no details about the idea or progress are shared with anyone until the big reveal and rollout. Entrepreneurs talk to customers and competitors talk to each other about the new trends and technologies they see.

Marketing 105

Marketing Startup Search Engine Optimization Ideas 105

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

he is rust belt middle class. he cares deeply about people, is the kindest person i know, and doesn’t have a racist bone in his body. he told me this wasn’t about democrats and republicans. it was about bringing down the establishment. he told me nobody in the media got it. he didn’t care about any polls.

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Startup Coach Class Course 278

socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Earlier this week, the Disney Accelerator held the demo day for its second class. We caught up with Michael Abrams , Senior Vice President, Innovation at The Walt Disney Company , to talk more about this year's class of companies and the program. What was the most interesting thing about this year's accelerator class for you?

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Class Mentor Entertainment Resource 100

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. “The way to think about it is MaC is essentially an extension of what we were building before,” the Cross Culture Ventures co-founder said.

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Venture Capital Capital Los Angeles Invest 225

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2020

It’s still popular these days for startup founders to operate in stealth mode, meaning no details about the idea or progress are shared with anyone until the big reveal and rollout. Entrepreneurs talk to customers and competitors talk to each other about the new trends and technologies they see.

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Search Engine Optimization Ideas Startup Custom 174

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 11, 2022

Sure, celebs have begun talking about it, but we’re rarely taught about it in health class. Bartasi originally ran a media company in Atlanta, but sold it after getting married and relocating to New York City to be with her husband. Nor is it typically a topic of discussion over holiday hors d’oeuvres.

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Help Startup Technical Review Education 161

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

A proliferation of startups is now trying to devise applications for this new class of language model , where the machine is capable of creating new text, images and videos based on simple human input. How China’s synthetic media startup Surreal nabs funding in 3 months.

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Generative AI Marketing Artificial Inteligence Template 182

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Every year, a personal Upfront Summit highlight is getting to sit down with experts in a field I care about. I encourage you to watch the entire 30 minute video (below or here ) both for insights into Quibi and understanding how a leader like Meg thinks about innovation, but I’ll also pull out a few highlights.

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Content Netflix Platform Mobile 244

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

We’ve called these nine and 10-figure deals, which shine brightly in the media and are hefty enough to bend the curve of VC fund sizes upwards, “ supergiants ” after their stellar counterparts. And there’s still about eight weeks left to go before it’s New Year’s Eve. How much more? companies have raised $38.4 2018 in perspective.

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Venture Capital SaaS News Los Angeles 231

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. Csathy told us about the firm's move of its exec offices from Salt Lake City, Utah, to San Diego, as well as its hiring and expansion plans. What is Sorenson Media about?

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Media San Diego Southern California Class 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 13, 2017

Splash Talks and Splash Chats are 20 minutes of pure, raw wisdom about fundraising, building, and scaling a startup, presented by visionary Founders and CEOs who have successfully raised $10M+ in funding. Thursday, January 19, 2017 -- SplashX LA. A 10-minute QandA proceeds each Splash.

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El Segundo Class Entrepreneur Media 100

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

“They demonstrate best-in-class expertise with Facebook and Google paid ad platforms. What can you tell us about MuteSix as an agency? Greg Gillman: We’ve been around for about nine years. At the time, it was doing Facebook media buying for e-commerce companies. Image Credits: MuteSix.

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Commerce Content Marketing Startup 211

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 5, 2022

From Los Angeles to Silicon Valley , a trend emerged among social media influencers and startup founders alike: move into a mansion with 10 or so collaborators, work day and night together to build fame and wealth, and hope that your new roommates do their dishes. But for now, it remains unclear whether that will come to fruition.

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Platform Social Media Netflix Content 210

socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2015

The Disney Accelerator , held its Demo Day for its second class on Thursday, showing off ten companies to a theater packed full of venture and angel investors. A number of the companies--showing off one huge advantage of being involved in a program run by Disney--announced deals with Disney properties to use their technology and products.

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Artificial Inteligence Class Burbank Software Review 100

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

After an Adviser at his Cupertino High School told Nithin and his fellow Freshmen classmates about a school in Kenya that needed help with their educational facilities, Nithin, along with another student, created Kenya Dream and ran it as Co-Presidents. We didn’t think about having a prom. Lastly, never give up.

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UCI Class Southern California News 259

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

I am aghast that as a country we could elect a person who said such terrible things about women and minorities and who seems to be intolerant to those who don’t share the same religion or sexuality as him. he is rust belt middle class. this wasn’t about democrats and republicans. it was about bringing down the establishment.

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Class Writing Startup Los Angeles 247

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

How about Andy Milonakis? TouchFrame is one of the nine companies which launched themselves at MuckerLab's big Demo Day yesterday, the second class of startups to launch out of the accelerator. So far, the accelerator says it has had a 100 percent funding rate on its companies, based on its prior year's class. READ MORE>>.

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Class Los Angeles Incubator Venture Capital 176

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Social Media Week (SMW) helps organizations connect and share the latest social media findings through social, cultural and economic talks and workshops in major cities worldwide. A City of Angels: How Social Media is Bringing LA Closer to Utopia. Social Media and Urban Development in Hollywood. 10:30-11:00am. Tues 9/25.

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Social Media Los Angeles Media Angel 92

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Our goal is to build a platform that helps our companies achieve best practices as quickly as possible on their way to becoming world-class companies. First, within our portfolio I am really excited about Wheels (Crosscut led the seed round at the end of 2018). And then there is the lesson of WeWork. in 2005 for $680M.

Southern California 100

Southern California News Platform Class 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

chapter of the Media, Entertainment and Technology Alliance (METal) and the voice of KenRadio's World Technology Roundup on CBS Radio, Rutkowski has recruited a roster of mentors to coach entrepreneurs who enroll in the institute's programs in LA. The structure is weekly classes, but with office hours and additional access to your mentors.

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Mentor Class Entertainment Technical Review 185

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The realm of an entrepreneur is all about change, but in my experience as a mentor to business founders, I hear too much about incremental change, and not enough about revolutionary change. Today every small business can look big, via a modern website, visibility on social media, and taking an active role in popular causes.

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Entrepreneur Social Media Artificial Inteligence Examples 103

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2012

We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year? toward one or two major dominate players.

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Southern California High Tech Activity Platform 259

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2008

Ian Rogers is the CEO of Topspin Media (www.topspinmedia.com), a venture backed, Santa Monica-based startup developing web applications for the music industry. 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. By toolset, what do you mean?

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Media Yahoo Startup Tool 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Here in LA we continue to be excited about the growth of the startup ecosystem and the quality of the companies here. And a host of interesting companies in last mile have cropped up to give the Amazon ecosystem some competition, like two companies from the last Techstars LA class - Shipsi and PRZM.

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Startup Press Commerce Southern California 124

InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2015

I previously wrote about LaunchTN’s second-phase master accelerator class called The TENN, which has a proven track record of helping startups thrive after graduation from an accelerator. Bringing an accelerators’ graduates back as mentors provides value to the next class, certainly. Share and Enjoy.

Startup 100

Startup Class LAMP Santa Barbara 100

socalTECH

JULY 18, 2013

We spoke with Arjan Shutte about the investment firm and its interest in financial startups, and why it moved from New York. Arjan Schutte: Our fund has a big mission, to invest in financial technology for the emerging middle class. Tell us about Core Capital and the types of investments you make?

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Capital Startup Los Angeles Invest 183

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2016

To do that you need to have the most talented partners and operating staff because entrepreneurs (and venture capital funds) have choices about whom they will work with and the best deals go to the best firms. Please help me in amplifying this message and in welcoming Kobie to the team on social media.

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Venture Capital Startup SaaS Social Media 260

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Often these communities are built around special interest groups, where the members interact through social media, help each other, and trust each other, and the relationships go well beyond the transactions. It’s time to start caring about sharing. Assets need to move in a community of engaged users. Marty Zwilling.

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Resource Commerce Social Media Platform 126

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

This is true whether it’s physical products or media products. Think about the tension between media companies and cable operators like last year when Viacom threatened to pull Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV, BET, etc. Many of us learned about substitute products in undergrad economics courses. What is it, really?

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Product Course Custom Customer 296