Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Craigslist and other listing sites leaves millions of buyers to find all kinds of goods and services. Like a virtual yard sale and a bulletin board combined, listing sites can connect everyone within a vicinity for a specific deal. It’s really aiming to go after the community-based e-commerce platform. I wanted it to evolve.

Commerce 110

Commerce Sites Software Review Platform 110

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The Los Angeles-based commerce and content platform StackCommerce has been acquired by the Integrated Media Company, a holding company set up by the massive private equity fund, TPG, to acquire new media businesses. As a part of Integrated Media, StackCommerce will join properties like Fandom and Goal.com.

Media 134

Media Commerce Company Companies 134

socalTECH

MAY 5, 2011

Santa Barbara-based FindTheBest.com , the online comparison site headed by DoubleClick founder Kevin O'Connor , has turned to a Google and DoubleClick vet to serve as President. Yaghoubi was also an executive serving under O'Connor at DoubleClick, where he was Vice President of Global Media. READ MORE>>.

Google 199

Google Santa Barbara Web Design Commerce 199

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Los Angeles-based mobile marketing firm Mogreet , which is headed by James Citron, announced this morning that it has inked a deal with Steve Madden , where it will provide rich media mobile marketing as part of Steve Madden's marketing efforts. Steve Madden operates an e-commerce site focused on women's shoes and other fashion.

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Mogreet Mobile Commerce News 200

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2011

In the rush toward the daily deals space, it seems like there is at least one, new, daily deals site created every day. It's an incredibly crowded industry, which not only includes giants like Groupon and LivingSocial, but countless smaller sites, newspapers, and others all looking for a piece of the action. What is Deal Current?

Platform 263

Platform Training Software Review Advertising 263

socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp. Getting lots of notice--and controversy--at Demand Media for its use of writers to create content specifically to attract web traffic. Less known--a healthy domain name registration business.

Southern California 228

Southern California Entrepreneur SoCal Mahalo 228

socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Greentoe.com , a new online e-commerce marketplace, wants to let consumers set their own pricing for electronics products. The new company is led by Joe Marrapodi, who was most recently Vice President of Digital at LBI Entertainment, and also served at Intermix Media, according to his biography. READ MORE>>.

Pricing 164

Pricing Commerce Entertainment Los Angeles 164

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. READ MORE>>.

Entrepreneur 153

Entrepreneur Commerce Social Media Startup 153

socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2011

Los Angeles-based TopSpin Media has inked a deal with Facebook music page application provider RootMusic , to offer up an e-commerce app for musicians on the popular social networking site. According to the two, the deal will allow artists to sell downloads, merchandise, and tickets directly from Facebook.

Yahoo 165

Yahoo Social Network Commerce Los Angeles 165

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Wednesday, February 22, 2017 -- MAKE IT Monthly - Social Media for Emerging Brands: DIY Tips for Big Results. Join Rick Kanter, founder of LA-focused e-commerce and lifestyle site barrio.la, as he demystifies today’s trends and breaks down how to plan and execute your digital strategy. See [link] (more)

Social Media 100

Social Media Tips Media Guide 100

socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2012

We then take that information and find trends and metadata, and all that content and sharing, and use it to drive e-commerce, and to design and manufacture apparel products. Brian Garrett: The way I describe it, is it's a fashion, media, and commerce company. I also saw the first wave of e-commerce and fashion brand online.

Startup 182

Startup Commerce Design Media 182

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Search leverages selective filtering via XMPP versus site indexing; only real-time search player to do so. Preliminary details: Social e-commerce site, based around celebrity and influencer-curated recommendations. Network of vertical focused sites: BeachMint, BeachMint, WineMint, etc.; Real-time search engine.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2014

Los Angeles-based online event invitation site Evite has named a new CEO, saying yesterday that it has named Victor Cho to the position. Cho was most recently President and CEO of Kodak Gallery, and also had headed up marketing and commerce at Intuit. evite executive online event planning invitation libearty media' READ MORE>>.

Evite 138

Evite Commerce Los Angeles Media 138

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 6, 2016

As the Internet continues to become populated with e-commerce sites, it’s becoming more and more difficult to generate web traffic, leads, and ultimate the sales for your website. Increase Your On-Site SEO. Incorporating a Site Map. Utilizing Alt Text on All Images Found On The Site. Clean and clear code.

Commerce 58

Commerce Search Engine Optimization Sites Marketing 58

socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2013

Glossi , which develops tools to help publishers create digital magazines for the web, said today that it has launched a brand new set of features aimed at rich media content publishers.

Tool 153

Tool Commerce Web Blogging 153

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Last month, Santa Monica-based ThisNext announced that it was acquiring Stylehive, an online site focused on fashion and beauty. That realization set forth our current business strategy, which is to create a portfolio of vertical shopping sites which allow consumers to discover and be passionate about categories they are interested in.

Content 165

Content Demand Sites Media 165

socalTECH

JULY 11, 2014

Los Angeles-based deal site Slickdeals (www.slickdeals.com), an online deal site, has nine million, highly loyal users and a daily updated list of great, user-generated, deal listings. The content is really amazing, and leverages the power of social, and applies that towards e-commerce and deals. It''s amazing.

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Content Yahoo Los Angeles Sites 212

socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2017

Mandt was most recently CIO at VER, and also had previously served as Chief Technology Officer at Time Warner, Hearst Interactive Media and TrueCar. Dunn also was CTO at Dell Online, Dell's original e-commerce site, according to MANDT VR.

Chief Technology Officer 124

Chief Technology Officer CIO Truecar Commerce 124

socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Los Angeles-based online matchmaking site eHarmony has been acquired by German company ProSiebenSat.1 1, the acquisition of eHarmony will help it expand its Commerce segment internationally. 1 Group is a major German entertainment and media firm, which also has a e-commerce business arm. According to ProSiebenSat.1,

eHarmony 113

eHarmony Commerce Acquisition Entertainment 113

Xconomy

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Think about the retailer e-mails we receive daily or the ads that appear on Google or our social media sites. Retailers are not only wasting so much money targeting us with bad data, consumers get frustrated,” says Katy Aucoin, founder and CEO of Dearduck, a Houston e-commerce data startup.

Commerce 72

Commerce Social Media Google Web 72

InfoChachkie

JULY 16, 2012

Others shun translucent run-of-site Google ads, because they are distracting and monetize at extremely low rates. I know Coull intimately, as it recently purchased RevUpNet , an online media agency which I Co-Founded with Ben Kiblinger in 2007. Stitching Content With Commerce. Such embedded video ads are not new.

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Customer Custom Entrepreneur Advertising 226

socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2013

We caught up with CEO Dev Bhatia --a serial entrepreneur who''s been involved with such companies at Hotsocket, Screaming Media (IPO), and Yoyodyne (acquired by Yahoo)--to learn more about. It''s not just mobile, it''s also e-commerce. With e-commerce, it''s a whole separate value proposition. SRCH2 (www.srch2.com)

Technology 216

Technology Google Commerce Southern California 216

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 14, 2013

However, the right e-commerce technology and marketing is necessary to get your brand the exposure it needs to be seen. All of the e-commerce setup and marketing have already been done. You don’t have to worry about hiring web designers and marketing specialists to draw traffic to the site. Defining Your Customer Base.

Commerce 93

Commerce Social Media Design Startup 93

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 28, 2011

The question, why can’t you replicate this for e-commerce sites? This will increase traffic and revenue for the underlying e-commerce site. This is the fundamental problem Curebit.com is trying to solve. Create conversations about products you love and get rewarded. Visit TechZulu for full story.

Commerce 105

Commerce Sites Product Social Media 105

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Los Angeles-based Aggregage (www.aggregage.com) is looking to help aggregate the content across multiple blog publishing sites, and curate that information into specific, B2B niche vertical web sites. Roberty Flynn: We are building what we see as the next generation of business to business media.

Startup 162

Startup Content Advertising Sites 162

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. Social media facilitates marketing and sales. Maybe you should start with an online e-commerce site, based on your favorite hobby expertise.

Entrepreneur 162

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Outsource Development 162

socalTECH

JANUARY 13, 2010

Yesterday, Los Angeles-based Biddees (www.biddees.com) launched a new web site, which combines gift cards, a reverse auction system, and microdonations to nonprofits. What is the site all about? Steve Adler: It's a reverse auction site that exclusively sells prepaid cards. Steve Adler: We were looking for white space.

Sites 213

Sites Startup Ideas Pricing 213

socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2009

Los Angeles-based ShopIt , which develops online, e-commerce software which allows people to buy and sell products through social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace, has been acquired by Altrinsic. Tags: media ecommerce networking social altrinsic shopit. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

Social Network 100

Social Network Commerce Media Acquisition 100

socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2010

Van Nuys-based Audiolife (www.audiolife.com), a new startup focused on providing e-commerce tools to musicians, recently raised $1M in angel funding. We provide artists with e-commerce infrastructure that fulfills digital and physical orders, anywhere on the Internet. What's the idea behind Audiolife?

Van Nuys 191

Van Nuys Tech Coast Angels Startup Web 191

socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2012

and co-founder Sean Percival is a MySpace vet and a familiar face in Southern California's social media circles. How has the transition from social media and the Internet to hard goods been for you? I definitely am more well known for social media and blog content. Wittleebee is backed by Science Inc.,

Acquisition 167

Acquisition Help Social Media Startup 167

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

You can check out Parenting.com, MyWedding.com, ThePennyHoarder.com, all these sites are using Search IQ technology, and it's our own version of inside search. The company was founded in 2001, as Findology Interactive Media. E-commerce has become a huge factor. Prior to the pandemic, about 1/3 was e-commerce.

Advertising 203

Advertising Startup Google Commerce 203

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2017

Los Angeles-based Bringhub , a developer of software for matching editorial content to contextually-relevant e-commerce products, has received a strategic investment from Asian investor Integrated Asset Management (Asia) Limited. Bringhub said that Integrated Asset Management (Asia) Limited (IAM) is the majority shareholder of Forbes Media.

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Funding Commerce Content Invest 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Los Angeles-based Represent , a social commerce startup which helps influencers and celebrities sell T-shirts and merchandise to their fans, has been acquired by custom T-shirt site CustomInk. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced, however, reports place the acquisition at around $100M. READ MORE>>.

Social Media 100

Social Media Commerce Acquisition Los Angeles 100

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

In the media NYC is “hot” right now yet having just spent 6 days in NY I heard many similar stories as I get in LA: not enough VC and hard to get great tech resources. How did they end up with such an irreverent site and what was their objective? Private, flash sales site focused on apparel goods (women, men and children).

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Applying that solution to our job matching site made perfect sense. That’s why we’re planning on building most of our sites this way in the future. That’s why we’re planning on building most of our sites this way in the future. Profile Blurbs and Writing Prompts Let’s look at our job matching site in more detail.

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Generative AI Artificial Inteligence TechEmpower Tips 297

socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2010

Albert previously founded CheapCheapCheap.com, an online coupon and deal finding site, and we thought we'd hear from Albert why he thinks the local, group purchasing market is so interesting, and how he hopes to grow the service beyond just Orange County. What is the site all about? How did DealPerk.com come about?

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Orange County Startup Sites Southern California 170

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

In joining Launchpad he’s agreed to move here, which is a natural fit given their emerging set of media partners. The company’s first offering will be a mobile retail commerce platform. The company has opened its API to approved sites for distribution and approved developers who want to build games, etc. with the clips.

Company 276

Company Companies Startup Southern California 276