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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

million in awards through monthly and annual prizes to top scripts and test movies submitted to the company's new online business. Tags: amazon studios movie content hollywood contest production. According to Amazon.com, its new business-- Amazon Studios --will award a total of $2.7 Pictures on projects submitted to the site.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

Anne Walls and John Singleton are co-founders of WordHustler (www.wordhustler.com), a local Hollywood startup looking to help writers connect with publishers. We caught up with both Anne and John to learn more about the company. What kind of writing and writers are you targeting? WordHustler launched in May of 2008 in a beta.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Big screen movie theater operator IMAX is shutting down all of its virtual reality theater locations, including its flagship location in Los Angeles, the company said in a regulatory filing on Thursday--not a good sign for companies hoping to make location-based virtual reality a business. million in its fourth quarter of 2018.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 26, 2011

Especially when starting a company with personal savings or money from relatives and friends, early signs of success are intoxicating. Because it is yours to write alone, there is no Hollywood script more thrilling than the one you create during those first days when everything is so very new.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

Silicon Beach Fest, created by Digital LA and presented by engage:BDR, is the first startup / entertainment fest in LA with programming by tech community team effort including companies (Digital LA, engage:BDR, StartEngine, TechZulu, PromoJam, PageWoo, venues (Hotel Erwin, Viceroy Hotel, Cross Campus, Coloft, CoWorks, Working Village, io/LA).

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

We're always interested in how technology is influencing the business of Hollywood, and recently ran across Los Angeles-based Scripped. to the business of script writing, and is looking to combine a free online tool for writing scripts with matching those scripts with content producers. What's Scripped?

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Content Writing Software Review Hollywood 138

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2018

Brud , the actual company behind one of Instagram’s most popular virtual influencers (it’s a thing), has raised millions of dollars from Silicon Valley investors because this is 2018 and everything is awful. Our sources put the company’s funding somewhere around $6 million in its recent funding round. It worked. .

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

I recently hosted a panel at the Twiistup Conference about LA tech companies. I have some pretty specific thoughts on the differences between companies in the two cities, as I wrote about in my previous post A Tale of Two Tech Cities. Challenge #1 – Tech Companies are Not Typically Started by Technologists.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2012

I got a call from a VC friend of mine who said, “we’re looking at this deal but can’t write the full check. But I had just seen the company present at a recent tech event and thought highly of what they were building. I was interested in the company but I wasn’t chasing the deal. The CEO called me.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

We spoke with Michael Tringe , one of the startup's co-founders, to learn more about what the company is getting set to launch. I cofounded the company with a partner of mine, and we went to film school together. He's been working Hollywood, too, and is a real Cinderella story. What is CreatorUp all about?

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

But the request this time was different: could we urgently help make realistic screen displays for a big Hollywood science fiction movie that was just about to start shooting? Well, in our company unusual issues eventually land in my inbox, and so it was with this one. Writing Code.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

A company like Moe will help legitimize the industry,” Bernstein tells TechCrunch. “I The company was co-founded by Eric Wei, a former product manager at Instagram who focused on the creator and influencer side of the business. Podfund , for example, writes checks sized between $25,000 to $50,000 to emerging podcasters.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

There are other things I've done, and I started a company recently and own a bunch of Twitter IP, but Youtube is a big part of it, and really lets me reach other people and affect other lives. I love running and fitness, and I've used Famebit, where they have had a juice cleanse company come out. I just started doing this.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Traditionally, they hand-write those messages and those message slips become clutter, become lost, and they stay in your office when you're not there. So, instead of writing down a message, they can put it into this really, easy-to-use system. In Hollywood, a lot of people don't return calls. Where'd the idea come from?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

It means the “ torso TV ” consumption patterns will be more important than the head or the long tail for the next era of media companies. You should only worry about this if you’re a large, traditional media company with fat margins. TV of the future will not always have linear stories. Harlem Shake. million views).

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 7, 2013

As I write this article, Crash Course stands at 83% of its pledge goal, with nearly 10,800 fans funding the show''s production costs for its upcoming season. I promise I will never tweet about companies in stealth modeorthat killer burrito I just ate. Border Run. Next up was Nick Tran, Taco Bell''s "Social Media Lead."

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 19, 2011

LA Games Conference – now in its 4th year – features a lively and fun debate on timely cutting-edge business topics, demos as well unrivaled access to some of the most progressive companies in Hollywood, Silicon Valley and beyond. Also, make sure to write which event you would like to attend (i.e. Nintendo (NES). Playstation 2.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

We caught up with Will to learn more about the company and how it hopes its service and music can help people improve their concentration. Will Henshall: Focus@will is the first, ever music service which helps with focus and distraction, while writing, reading, and studying. And how did the company start?

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2016

There are some persistent truths which are rarely challenged due to their successful track record in successful companies. There are three things we know about startup business plans: one, you will write one eventually. Two, you will come to rely on your business plan, no matter when or why you write one. You Need Capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

I recommend that you start by writing down the attributes you would want people to think about when they think about your brand. Whatever you’re trying to brand – your company, your community or yourself – this is the first exercise I would recommend that you start with. This is the list I would start with.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

I think we've done some of the really exciting companies in LA, including most recently Clicker, Machinima, BUZZmedia, and SVnetwork. A lot of people don't know it, but we also have an early growth fund, Redpoint Omega, which also gives us the flexibility to invest as little as $50,000 in a company, which we do quite often.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2020

How did you come up with the idea for the company? I had my own list on my iPhone, writing down what I wanted to watch, and where those shows are. I told him my idea, and after he sold his company, we started working on fundraising. Where are you in terms of funding the company? Who is the target audience for the app?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

In my opinion it’s the most natural fit and it would give Netflix a very strong presence in Los Angeles and in TV (obviously subject to getting the right writes from the studios). Very few companies ever do this. Any Hollywood studios taking notice? ==> What do you think about the Netflix decision?

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Pitching stories and getting your name out to various companies and editors requires a lot of work. I spent more time organizing my tax forms, keeping them safe, getting invoices together, getting invoice templates, then getting them out there and tracking down my payment for writing the article. This is where Assignmint comes in.

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Xconomy

JUNE 10, 2016

The results give the company confidence it can expand its tests to screen for early cancer in high-risk people who are otherwise healthy. First reported by Deadline Hollywood , Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence has signed on to play Holmes.

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Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

In the past year alone the company has amassed over 1k hours of educational content and generated over $1 million. Throughout the 90s he ran a consulting business with his brother that helped traditional companies establish an online presence. Among those that have paid for a Stage 32 class, 91% say they’ll do it again in the future.

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Education Entertainment Class Manhattan Beach 81

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 9, 2012

"Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner." Industry pundits generally spend their time writing about what they see in the rear view mirror.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

This does not mean you shouldn’t solve big, complex problems or write complex code. Even the VC who invested in your deal struggles to properly position why you’re going to be huge when they’re calling big tech companies or other VCs on your behalf. And they want to spend their time in front of clients winning deals.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

But all of this increased company creation has to go somewhere. It costs less money to start companies so the world should have way more startups.&# I’ve heard the “world is different&# argument in every bubble I’ve ever seen. I will write about some of these topics soon. I still love B2B application.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2014

myLINGO is the first product of her company Oladas, Inc., Explain to our readers why you started your company, and why you created your app myLINGO. What has been the biggest milestone the company has achieved so far? I was just working on the company. her joint effort with her co-founder and brother, Adam Polak.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

This San Francisco startup has amassed an impressive portfolio of innovative products that have the potential to disrupt content distribution in Hollywood and everywhere else. With the rapid trajectory of tablet devices purchased in the past few years, media and mobile companies are scrambling to create new apps for them. WOW, right?

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 7, 2011

With QR codes, a company is able to promote their newest line of clothes with just one promotional media. There are companies that have seen the future of QR codes and the great potential they hold. The LA based company ShareSquare offers users all this and more. In the past an affordable solution was far from available.

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Advertising Content Template Technology 87

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2016

This year, we are partnered with the Home Shopping Network, HSN, so that our companies not only get Hatched and an investment, they get PR on the Home Shopping Network as well. You have had an interesting career path to TV, starting with investment banking and a healthcare company � how did that happen?

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

There are trade publications such as Variety, Hollywood Reporter, and Deadline at one end, and gossip celebrity news at the other end. We thought it was a real opportunity to bring in some taste-maker editors, who could write specifically for that audience, and break news. Jennifer Sargent: HitFix started two and a half years ago.

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News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

The company was founded by the head of the North America investments for Carrefour, the second largest retailer in the world, the head of the retail banking practice at DLJ, the investment bank. The new fund is focused entirely on technology companies. Those companies are doing phenomenally well, and in a normal market was IPO.

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GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I taught a somewhat crazy course about writing and deploying a scalable website in Ruby on Rails and deploying it in EC2. I always thought it was a great symbol of Big Dumb Company ignorance: carpet bombing the world with unwanted and unneeded disks. The term ‘cloud computing’ only caught on much later.

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Cloud Computing Santa Barbara EC2 Startup 188

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2009

You are forty, out of a job, a newlywed, your wife is expecting a baby, you don’t own your own home, you have no specialized qualifications, the only company you ever launched went bankrupt and you have just been sentenced to one year in jail.”. A Writer Is Someone Who Writes. Source: Harold Evans, They Made America.

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