Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

In the past, if your startup had a website presence, the company was credible by definition. Until the company name is a famous brand, you are the brand. Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and highlight several videos, podcasts, or eBooks of you and your technology. People buy from people.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 27, 2020

Los Angeles was always more than a one-industry town, even when it comes to technology startups, as media and entertainment (and social networking) were always the big draws in Tinseltown. Signal Sciences secures $35 million investment to protect web apps. Signal Sciences employees aren’t the only winners in the deal.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

I’ve been engaged with social networking for some time now, starting with Myspace and Facebook and just recently (within the last 30 days), Twitter. I have vanity urls setup at just about every site on the web. Mike will be using a desk at Make It Work to incubate his new company. I love Namechk.com for this.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 12, 2020

Nuggetverse : a web comics media startup. SketchAR : an augmented reality drawing app with social tie-ins. TRASH : an app for quickly editing social video cuts using machine learning. Veam : a social network built around AirDrop. Stipop : a rich cross-platform chat sticker API.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 -- The MIT Enterprise Forum of the Central Coast Presents: A Comprehensive View of Social Marketing, Social Media, and Social Networks. What separates successful companies from unsuccessful ones is often marketing. Join us Wednesday, September 16.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2020

The site--headed by Evan Britton--says it also just surpassed 100 million monthly video views across its social channels. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2021

Most entrepreneurs don’t even know how to keep track of what people are saying about them on the web, much less how to respond or remove it. Web reputation management, both business and personal, has become a top priority requirement. Remove unwanted content, where possible.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 16, 2017

Santa Monica-based customer relationship management (CRM) software provider Nimble said today that it has linked its software into Microsoft Edge , Microsoft's web browser, to provide access to information on people and businesses within that browser. The company is led by Jon Ferrara.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

The irony: a sad state that even with the huge number of social network applications we have at our disposal, we’re oftentimes lost, unable to keep up, or still lose touch so easily. It’s not your fault that we can only be social creatures to a certain extent before brain overload. Finally, some solid relief.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 10, 2010

TechZulu's latest web show, TZ Law, premiered this week with co-hosts Lisa Borodkin and Christina Gagnier. We had special guest Denise Grayson of The Social Network. Denise talks about how her work in the movie brought a deja vu from her experiences dealing with ambitious Internet entrepreners on Wall Street during Web 1.0.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2023

Senior business leaders, for example, are unlikely to relate when you pitch your latest web app, highlighting the mashup technology, which you derived from early online social networking applications. This priority applies to big companies, as well as startups. Customer data integrity and security.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Los Angeles-based BakeSpace.com , the online social networking and recipe site, has a new product for you. According to the firm, its new, Cookbook Cafe product allows grassroots cookbook authors to create, market, and sell their very own cookbooks for the iPad, as well as the web.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2011

Most entrepreneurs don’t even know how to keep track of what people are saying about them on the web, much less how to respond or remove it. Web reputation management, both business and personal, has become a top priority requirement. Remove unwanted content, where possible.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2011

The company said Thursday that it has released technology which help employers cut down on employees watching time-wasting viral videos and entertainment--while still allowing those employees to access other, useful content on sites like YouTube, Facebook, and other social sites.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2020

Senior business leaders, for example, are unlikely to relate when you pitch your latest web app, highlighting the mashup technology, which you derived from early online social networking applications. This priority applies to big companies, as well as startups. Customer data integrity and security.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

After weeks of StartupDemo submissions we are now ready to announce the participating startup companies for the StartupDemo event being held at Wokano Sept. We took great consideration for every startup company that applied. Codeita is a powerful, easy to use, cloud-based, web development environment. 22, 2010.

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socalTECH

JULY 11, 2012

What does social networking have to do with the stock market? Vinny talked with us about his start, which allows users to discuss and collaborate on their stocks and finances in a social way. We wanted to tackle that problem, by using a social network. In that network, we bring in content from all over the web.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

PT as they kick off the new weekly tech law show "TechZulu Law" with a discussion with IP attorney Denise Grayson, who portrays the attorney of Eduardo Saverin in the film about the early days of Facebook, "The Social Network.". Tech Law Tip of the Week: explanation of a frequently-asked IP law question for tech companies.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

Along the way, we found ourselves constantly surprised by unanticipated applications that suddenly appeared and gained huge adoption across the Internet; this was the case with email, the World Wide Web, peer-to-peer file sharing, user generated content, Napster, YouTube, Instagram, social networking, etc.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2013

The accelerator is among a number that have emerged in Los Angeles in the past year or so; StartEngine specifically has been focusing on startups targeting consumers, small to medium sized businesses, and web infrastructure. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Hollywood-based Geni , the venture-backed firm which has developed an online, Web 2.0-style style genealogy and social networking web sites for families, has connected the company's service with the popular Facebook social networking web site.

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Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 13, 2014

I’ve spent tens of thousands on Facebook ads for my companies and for clients’ I have built and manage many pages. They have the worst customer service of any company I deal with. Perhaps filling out a web form, but the response is usually something along the lines of “Thank you for submitting feedback.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2010

The company--which is headed by Curtis Staker--said its image-based CAPTCHA alternative greatly increases website security and user experience. The firm said the tool is targeted for use by e-commerce sites, blogs, social networking sites, and Web-based email, as well as other web services.

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socalTECH

JULY 27, 2011

The new company--headed by Dan D. The site looks to get "micro-pledges" from backers, using social networks, to help support technology projects like video games, smart phone apps, web software, sustainable energy, inventions, and more.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Pasadena-based FastSoft , the Caltech spinout which develops web acceleration software, said today that it has launched a testing network for its clients. The firm's technology is based on out technology developed at Caltech for the Internet2 and for improving web transfer speeds. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2010

the company behind the Evolver avatar creation software, is powering an online website where people can preview custom-designed tattoos on their bodies. According to Australian firm Obsessive Ink , it has launched a web site where users can preview a 3D, virtual representation of a tattoo on their body, using Evolver's 3D technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2010

In the spirit of highlighting new startup opportunities, I think we need some new companies who can track down and remove unwanted content on the web. Web reputation maligning has become a serious problem, and I can find only a couple of sites so far, like ReputationDefender , which are focused on the issue.

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socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2010

The company said the funding will go to hire key personal, further develop its technology platform, and for strategic partnerships. Audiolife's software allows artists to sell downloads, ringtones, CDs, and other merchandise from their web sites, blogs, or social networking sites. Audiolife is headed by Brandon Hance.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 And so it goes with social networking.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 8, 2021

Not every new game-related site is a Steam, and surely not every social network is a Facebook. Discord is a great example of a company going viral mostly from word of mouth. And of course, that could easily require a large amount, far beyond the capability of a small company looking for its initial audience.

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socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2009

Our interview today is with Santa Monica-based OneCubicle (www.onecubicle.com), a new startup we ran across recently, which is looking to provide a more professional social networking site for younger people. Gregg Champion: OneCubicle.com is a social business network for people on their first, second, and third jobs.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

AccessEN will present Steve Banfield, chief executive officer of MixerCast, in an interactive forum to help Orange County companies reach audiences across the social web using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other new media by discussing the latest trends in marketing and building applications using social networks.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Not every social network is a Facebook or Instagram. Retail or end user web sites do not even receive limited notice without being discovered through a real marketing program, aimed at finding the flywheel effect (the moment. It doesn’t happen by accident. Not every new game site is a Club Penguin or Minecraft.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

Los Angeles-based Uber, the online social networking web site run by former Friendster CEO Scott Sassa, has shut down. According to the firm's web site, as of September 29, the firm's investors have decided to stop supporting the site, and the company has closed its doors. READ MORE>>

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Recently, San Diego-based Rippol (www.rippol.com) launched its web site, a service which uses social networking to help people find and discover interesting videos related to their interests. We caught up with CEO Aaron Crayford to learn about the company. What's the story behind the company?

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SoCal CTO

MAY 21, 2012

He's also led significant technology projects for a very impressive list of companies including Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, HP, Sun, and the list goes on. As the web has led to exposure of every increasing numbers, people need ways to filter the possible options. Tony has a Ph.D.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2015

Most entrepreneurs don’t even know how to keep track of what people are saying about them on the web, much less how to respond or remove it. Web reputation management, both business and personal, has become a top priority requirement. Remove unwanted content, where possible.

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