Xconomy

MARCH 2, 2017

Snap, which rose to unicorn status based on a social media app that creates quickly vanishing photos, attracted solid investor interest in an IPO that raised $3.4 The $17 initial offering price valued the company at about $24 billion , a number that has since risen with the Venice, CA, company’s share price shooting above.

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2011

What do children's vitamins and social media have to do with one another? In the case of SmartyPants Vitamins (www.wearesmartypants.com), it's at the core of the company. Gordon Gould: I've been doing social media and digital media for some 16 years--a long time. That's not how we think about it.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Kevin Winston , is the organizer of Digital LA , the popular and widely attended networking organization for the Los Angeles startup, web, movie, music, marketing, and social media community. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world this year?

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Neville Spiteri is co-founder of Venice-based WEMO Media (www.wemomedia.com), a new, digital studio whose flagship product is TheBlu (www.theblu.com) an online, interactive experience focused on the world's oceans. We spoke with Neville about the company: What is theBlu?

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

For the first three months of this year, I have had the pleasure of breathing the same air as the crew from Amplify , the Venice based accelerator. Amplify’s portfolio companies are schooled on every challenge they need to master in order to achieve success. Jeff looks for these same qualities in the companies he backs.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Their roster of success includes numerous pioneering tech companies, many of which continue to be industry leaders today — Overture, BillMeLater, CitySearch, and more. Part accelerator, part lab, and part café, Hub LA is a diverse community working for social good. Social Media: Snapchat. Marketing: SteelHouse.

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Tech.Co

MAY 9, 2017

Taylor returned home and dove into learning web development and design on his own. He ended up building a digital agency that did everything from custom apps and web development to branding and digital marketing. Taylor started pushing out content through social media and share what was happening in the industry.

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