Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. DemandMedia has already scaled a tech team to a considerable size in Santa Monica. But ultimately we’re on the Internet to communicate, buy stuff, become informed and be entertained.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 15, 2015

Santa-Monica based Tapiture has grown in traffic by 300%, monetized from year one and raised $2.25 The curated design and photography-driven entertainment site is where GIFs and memes intermingle with stunning photography, video and the ability to purchase in app. million in seed funding since its founding in 2012.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2009

We invite you to the Second Annual Digital Family Reunion on Wednesday, December 2nd at Wokcano Restaurant in Santa Monica from 6-11pm. Read more below for details. It's time again to come together for the holidays! This is an event you can't afford to miss! REGISTER TODAY! www.digidayapps.com. digiday:APPS is a one of a kind event.

Fandango 124

Fandango CarsDirect Case Study Santa Monica 124

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

DFR '09 will cross pollinate leaders from all the major industry sectors such as media, entertainment, finance, publishing, venture funding, software, commerce, education, and many more. This provides us with so many extraordinary possibilities as we blend content, media, technology, commerce and community.

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Southern California Santa Monica Commerce Education 40

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 3, 2010

One such company, Santa Monica, Calif-based FamilyFinds, launched this week with $5.75 Groupon ushered in the new era of group buying, and now hyper local and vertical deal sites are the name of the game. in funding from Split Rock Partners. Visit TechZulu for full story.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

From there, I became the first non-founder employee at an e-commerce startup called BITSource, which was the first electronic software distributor delivering electronic volume software licenses to corporations. to work on an entertainment-related technology project and have stayed ever since. What are you working on now?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

A move to more urban environments (SF over SV, Cambridge over Waltham, London over Thames Valley, Santa Monica / Venice, Flatiron and so forth) as basically young people want to live where young people want to live. It was always more likely that auto industry commerce prowess would come from LA or Detroit.

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