Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

Along with Greycroft, I was the first institutional investor in Maker Studios (sold to Disney for nearly $1 billion) and am still the largest investor in Mitu Network , the largest online video producer of Latino content. A new generation of content producer and video style has emerged that is distinctly different from what you see in TV.

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Southern California Edison Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Malware is software created to damage or weaken computer systems. Install antivirus and antimalware software on business and personal devices. Always install the latest software patches and updates to increase security. Install proper antivirus software. Those incidents took several forms: . were phishing attacks.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2019

The podcast ecosystem continues to grow and Im excited to see this content medium continue to change the way people receive information and share new ideas. Due to this, seed rounds have become more competitive, with more expensive valuations and more oversubscribed rounds. Think Google Ad Words for podcasting. Since 2010, $6.3B

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

ZEFR is the online media startup which runs MovieClips.com , and recently expanded into sports and other content. The theme of launching local hackathons to bring innovative programmers out of the woodwork has been popular lately in the area, with recent competitions hosted or planned by AT&T; Edmunds.com; the Silicon Beach Fest; and others.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

The spotlight this week is back on Tencent, which has made some interesting moves in gaming and content publishing. When it comes to making money, TiMi has from the outset been a strong proponent of game-as-a-service whereby it continues to pump out fresh content after the initial download.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2010

Santa Barbara-based internet filtering software provider Cybersitter said today that it has filed a $2.2 billion, software piracy suit against China, two Chinese software firms, and seven computer manufacturers, over misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair competition, copyright infringement and conspiracy.

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socalTECH

JULY 17, 2019

For today's interview, we talked with Gina Callari , the COO of RelayCars (www.relaycars.com), a unit of a larger company called EVOX Images, which has developed virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) software which lets consumers view and experience automobiles using things like Magic Leap and even just smartphone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2023

To use online display ads to generate leads, you post ads on websites frequented by your target audience or ones with content related to the ad. You bid on the amount you are willing to pay for a click or promoted tweet (such as $2), and a daily budget (like $1,000). Display advertising. Email marketing.

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socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2009

The firm, which is funded by Hummer Winblad Venture Partners and Palomar Ventures, said that the software-as-a-service product is aimed at advertisers and agencies looking to understand and compare the performance of competitive ads across their own market and other industries, and to gain feedback on their ads. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2020

Carbonated focuses on developing "highly competitive" games for mobile devices, which are more in line with the hard core games found on consoles and PCs, rather than the more usual casual gaming market. The funding came from Andreessen Horowitz, Golden Ventures, and Bitkraft Esports Ventures.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 8, 2014

A generation of content creators raised on YouTube is transitioning to the more social live video experience, exponentially growing the entire streaming industry and building billion dollar streaming platforms. NewTek’s First HDMI Product Gets A Lot Right. Streaming video is at an interesting crossroads right now.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 26, 2013

Customized content. Done so by allowing them the ability to build and customize modules, embed them throughout their web properties, and identify quality user generated video content to publish through the Squabbler platform. The firm’s latest launch places management of the platform into the hands of publishers.

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socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2016

However, if history is any lesson, downturns actually have created some of Southern California's most successful technology companies, whether through forcing those companies to swizzle their business models, by removing competition from the market, or even spurring customers to more readily adopt their products to save money. billion. >.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2020

To use online display ads to generate leads, you post ads on websites frequented by your target audience or ones with content related to the ad. You bid on the amount you are willing to pay for a click or promoted tweet (such as $2), and a daily budget (like $1,000). Display advertising. Email marketing.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Only those of us who learn to practice continuous learning will survive and flourish as we move forward into an unknown business world where more and more intelligent machines and software will do most of the work we know in business today. Smart employers look for these as they contemplate your competitiveness for new roles.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

San Diego-based Wildfire Systems , led by startup veteran Jordan Glazier , has developed software which product referrals and automatically transform them into trackable links across email, text messaging, chat, and social messaging. Our software just has to be on a user's device, and we have lots of ways to get there.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

We''ve now reached critical mass in content, and in Asia we''re number three in the amount of information on products and suppliers online. In 2011, we built our site, and in 2012, last year, we started getting content. We focused almost entirely last year on content. How long has company been around? Everyone else is Chinese.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 12, 2015

While the global economy has proved to be fertile soil for launching small to mid-sized businesses, there has never been a time in which the competition in the small business arena has been as intense as it is currently. BPM software programs help to provide the agility that is becoming increasingly necessary. Cost Efficiency.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Software provides intelligent, real-time data analytics across a wide variety of disparate, unstructured enterprise content types. Software Helps companies rapidly convert unstructured online data and content into structured data assets that can be used to create new products, revenue Streams, and enhance current online data sets.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

It's been awhile since we last caught up with Los Angeles-based Language Weaver (www.languageweaver.com), a venture-backed firm which develops language translation software, so we sat down the other day with Mark Tapling , the President and CEO of the firm, to hear more about where the company is nowadays--plus its strategy for growth and an exit.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2016

We worked on Beatshare at Chapman, where there was a business plan competition, which we won. From there, we went on to a national competition, California Dreamin, which had over 200 entrants from multiple universities, with undergrad, graduate, and postgraduates from all around the country for three days, and we got second place.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

But on the other hand if you have a product with a very high gross margin (software, virtual goods, etc.) Use that as a source of competition. Have the ability to enable “content creation” and “content curation” in a way that makes all of the mobile consumption by other users a better experience.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Inspired by the vast amounts of data from videos, photos, music, websites and blogs shared by the many friends and people they follow online and seeing how much time it takes to check all the content across many platforms, friends set out to come up with a solution and CHNL was born. the need for human organized content- curation.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The company provides SAT, ACT, and other similar test preparation courses and related software. We took the recent round, because Jake and I feel very passionately about our social missions, and, about four years ago, we started developing the software to create software. But, that's also why we are in software.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 22, 2013

So that’s why we decided to work with venues to create a B2B venture and start the aggregation of more online real-time content. Right now, we are taking content from Instagram, Vine, Twitter, and YouTube. To do that, we are creating tools to aggregate content from their fans to other fans. What does WESAWIT do?

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

The feedback primarily fell into three categories: better ways to discover new content, better organization tools and the option to have private collections. When we discussed the feedback we saw an opportunity to use our backgrounds in search and discovery to help us stand out from the competition. What is your driving force, energy?

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2011

There was a real opportunity for me to arbitrage the last decade and a half of my experience in the Internet, and apply that to a products company, and to get some real competitive advantage. I knew how to build compelling content online, and to spread the word online. It's really exciting, and we're fired up.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2014

How else could I have invested in Maker Studios when every investor told me that content businesses were bad investments and that YouTube wasn’t a viable business channel or Invoca when everybody told me that phone calls were dead? ” I don’t give a s**t what other investors think about a deal or market.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 2, 2014

As the capital needed to start a small business continues to fall, the number of software companies being started is exploding. For example, a startup may hire you as an accountant, but you may also be asked to do social media marketing content gearing towards finance for the company blog. Startups are hiring.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

He said that there remains a very healthy market for “data oriented&# software companies because the world is moving more toward measurability and software companies with differentiated IP often get a premium in the market. Woot was one of the first one-per-day item sales site with a humorous and not always PC content.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

version notice boards are disrupting publishing and news content aggregation in Africa, influencing even how media houses on the continent relay news. ” On Umuntu Media’s portal , the firm says, “Africa has over a billion people but with just one registered domain per 10,000 people, it is a continent crying out for local content. .”

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 10, 2012

The team subsequently earned a coveted position in Launchpad LA's current accelerator class after winning the Crowdstart LA competition. Such feedback is especially constructive when you have something physical that users can interact with, such as beta software, a working website, etc.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The big three options right now are Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon, and they’re getting bigger: Americans are watching more than an hour of streaming content per day , a number excepted to steadily increase over time. A combination of excellent new content and carefully monitored show selections have kept Netflix on top for years.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2013

However due to much controversy and competition, the same hasn’t played true while at large events (*cough* SXSW ). Several months ago Callaway introduced its RAZR Fit Xtreme®Driver with a Twitter-based product unveiling that used real-time social conversation to unlock content, marking a first for the golf industry.

Software Review 104

Software Review Technical Review Social Media Course 104

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

The consumer piece is a big part of our business, and the next big piece is the advertiser platform, plus everything we wrap around the advertiser experience, helping them to manage their content, and provide great reporting, and helping them to understand the ROI of doing business with us. We have great data accuracy and comprehensiveness.

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Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 223

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

It says that selling an airplane ticket for $500 and getting paid a $5 fees by the airlines (1% gross margin) is not the same thing as selling $500 of software that you built (>90% gross margin). Sam did all this analysis before even deciding to build V1 of his software and before we put serious money behind him launching.

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