socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Last night, Amazon.com jumped into the movie business, with its own, online film submission site, Amazon Studios , backed by the help of a number of notable USC Film School advisors. Despite coming from Amazon, the local involvement is heavy, with USC's School of Cinematic Arts heavily involved, as well as other local entertainment execs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Online entertainment: millions of channels, billions of actors. With the adoption of the Internet, digital entertainment has rocketed across the world, changing how people entertain themselves. YouTube is now the 800-pound gorilla of entertainment. There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Team members can’t help you overcome any challenge if they don’t understand where you are coming from and why. These days, customers as well as team members, need to be able to relate to a higher purpose for your business, such as protecting the environment, or helping the disadvantaged. Small teams are often most effective.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 23, 2014

We connect YOU (the passionate enthusiast) with expert video and our active community to help you embrace and practice your wellness passions. What makes you unique from the competition? The post Grokker Wants to Help You Cook, Keep Fit and Meditate appeared first on TechZulu. What can people do on Grokker?

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2013

Starting today , Two Bit Circus’ Kickstarter Campaign goes live and gladly invites you to help make this truly amazing concept become a reality. The team behind Two Bit Circus hopes to make education entertaining and entertainment more educational, by transforming the way people view games and amusement. Show as slideshow].

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socalTECH

JUNE 11, 2018

Writers can submit their scripts into these programs, and the dashboards make it convenient to track, and it also allows them to track placement and their scores in these competitions. I've been working in the entertainment industry for a decade, in screenplay development, distribution, and talent management.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

Online entertainment: millions of channels, billions of actors. With the adoption of the Internet, digital entertainment has rocketed across the world, changing how people entertain themselves. YouTube is now the 800-pound gorilla of entertainment. There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

This year I got back to the basics of helping founders build strong, high functioning teams. And a host of interesting companies in last mile have cropped up to give the Amazon ecosystem some competition, like two companies from the last Techstars LA class - Shipsi and PRZM. What was the biggest lesson you learned this year?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2008

One problem with other avatar technology, is that in most competitive cases what people are doing is using a standard head model and trying to apply a face to that model. Lots of work has also been done to take what was a face technology, and make it into a representation of a full head--and also to make it a consumer-grade experience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Online entertainment: millions of channels, billions of actors. With the adoption of the Internet, digital entertainment has rocketed across the world, changing how people entertain themselves. YouTube is now the 800-pound gorilla of entertainment. There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2016

There are a lot of other competition shows and reality show, which are much more predatory and cut-throat, and it's nice for our entrepreneurs to not only get a real investment, but get great feedback. Lots of these guys come on the show, already have a niche market, but need some help to step it up to the next level.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

If your B2B contacts are frequenting other non-competitive local businesses, LBS data could point you to more lucrative business partnerships. If your B2B contacts check-in regularly at certain types of locations (entertainment venues, stores, etc.) See who checks into your competition. Branded entertainment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2014

Online entertainment: millions of channels, billions of actors. With the adoption of the Internet, digital entertainment has rocketed across the world, changing how people entertain themselves. YouTube is now the 800-pound gorilla of entertainment. There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 13, 2018

Between the art installations, film, entertainment, innovation, and Elon Musk, who crashed the HBO “Westworld” panel to talk about the future of space travel, it would be hard not to leave Austin inspired. “ Without of the support from my team and family, I wouldn’t have the guts to even apply for this competition.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The second annual USC Silicon Beach event, hosted by the four professional schools at USC, featured a pitch competition and a conference filled with informational panels and interviews. Startup Pitch Competition. Sellbot helps online sellers sell through multiple platforms. Bigelow stated, “AIM was a very similar contest.

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socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2014

We spoke with Kristztina "Z" Holly --most recently, Vice Provost for Innovation at USC--about what Mayor Garcetti''s EIR program is all about, and her vision for how it might help shape the industry in Los Angeles. A lot of people think of Los Angeles--rightfully so--as a creative hub, and just equate us with media and entertainment.

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Tech.Co

JULY 18, 2016

You’ll be able to rub elbows with people that can help you get where you need to go. We’ve also partnered with WeAreLATech , a startup resource that can help everyone from potential employees to budding founders to get acclimated to the LA ecosystem with job listings, event calendars, and startup profiles.

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socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

How do a bunch of German moviemakers end up in Los Angeles, running a site helping studios to market and promote their films via their venture backed startup? and has set up shop here to connect with the local entertainment industry. and has set up shop here to connect with the local entertainment industry.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2012

If your B2B contacts are frequenting other non-competitive local businesses, LBS data could point you to more lucrative business partnerships. If your B2B contacts check-in regularly at certain types of locations (entertainment venues, stores, etc.) See who checks into your competition. Branded entertainment.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

As you know, today, video is one of the primary means of communications from a personal, corporate, and entertainment level. He saw that the industry was being disrupted globally, and actually started with the idea of building a new company that could be scalable, and flexible, and offer delivery of that content at competitive pricing.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

He launched a business called Unsubscribe, which helped consumers deal with the deluge of email lists that one gets signed up to and get rid of them all. Throughout all of this we saw a tinkerer, a problem solver and a completely obsessed leader who was competitive and wanted to win. We weren’t sure. He did all of these and more.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Los Angeles-based Tilofy (www.tilofy.com)--out of USC''s Viterbi Startup Garage--is doing just that, helping to highlight what is going on around you, by absorbing all of that location data out there at any particular time and place. We spoke with Ali Khoshgozaran , founder and CEO of the company, to learn more about the startup.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 9, 2012

Pressure Helps You Break Through Your Breakdowns. "Mickey Properly channeled, stress can help generate the energy and creativity required to move you from one breakthrough to another. Money allowed Walt to do more of what he loved to do, which was create entertaining content. Entertain Yourself. "We Just Start. "The

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2011

If your B2B contacts are frequenting other non-competitive local businesses, LBS data could point you to more lucrative business partnerships. If your B2B contacts check-in regularly at certain types of locations (entertainment venues, stores, etc.) See who checks into your competition. Branded entertainment.

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Services Startup Competition Entertainment 91

InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2011

Ranker helps Internet users find the most appropriate answers to questions that benefit from the wisdom of crowds. Do you see crowd-ranked lists as ultimately competitive or complimentary to traditional and curated search? We have a lot of entertaining content… but that tends to be the stuff that takes off at the earlier stages.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 2, 2011

The ambitiously competitive teams were as follows: The Brownies, with Epic Tunes, an app aimed at live concert goers, to provide information, show reviews, and access to ticket purchases. Team Rise, and their app to help teens manage their budgets and time. Seek out similar academic competitions and programs. Find a hero.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review USC 82

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2011

And while Maker Studios is pure entertainment, TreeHouse is pure education. But getting well paying job in technology and importantly distributed all across this country is important to the future competition of the US in the world and important to helping solve our economic problems.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 22, 2013

It helps you understand who your fans are and what they do. You can literally see through the eyes of your fans by tracking engagement through analytics and helps create fan interact by creating a contest for example. Which we believe would be helpful for the artists themselves. MR: It was all about knocking on doors.

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socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2009

Jim Belanger: I think that the main reason, is the price-value relationship of entertainment is changing in this economy. There's a younger generation of gamers, in particular, which is taking control of their entertainment experience. We're a big help to parents. Treating them with respect is a big, important part at Gamer Doc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Here are the top approaches I recommend, and the entrepreneur mindsets that I see in survivors: Evaluate new competitive threats as new opportunities. Lead with your strengths and in-depth skills, and don’t be afraid to ask for help from advisors or partners to fill in the gaps. Confidence alone will overcome many challenges.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Our combined experience working in film education and inside the traditional and digital entertainment industry gives us unique insight into building an authentic “film school like” education on the web. How to Plan Your Production: Need help producing your web series? Any competition in LA? How does it work?

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based Anti-AgingGames (www.Anti-AgingGames.com), a new online game startup, announced a new service to help users improve their memory and concentration, as well as improve brain function. Elizabeth Amini: We make online games, which are fun and easy, and help memory, concentration, focus, and relaxation.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Jonah believes that the media business is still mostly stuck in the traditional world where too many ad dollars and too much content is still produced in a traditional way but he thinks the next few years will change that dramatically as most competition switched to social, mobile & digital.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Innovations generally thrive in a lively environment of collaboration and competition. Film and radio helped Hitler mislead a nation, yet those same technologies have also educated and entertained billions of consumers. Mr. Johnson doesn’t just tell us How We Got To Now, he also points to How We’ll Get To Tomorrow.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 6, 2018

His startup, CounterFind , is tackling the $4 billion problem of counterfeit merchandise and is the leading “online police” company that shuts down fake sport and entertainment merchandise ads and product listings in real time. But what keeps him going is his team and his competitive spirit. “I Your Team Will Keep You Going.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

The Founders Series is a happy hour competition where up to five, handpicked startups have 1 minute to pitch their company and detail their value proposition in the marketplace in front of an audience. New Tech Northwest is an active community movement of innovation lovers helping each other build tomorrow’s careers and companies together.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 13, 2015

No matter where you spend your time — TV; radio; newspapers; podcasts; fashion , technology , business , and entertainment websites; shopping portals; or social media — you’ve probably been exposed to dozens of mentions of Prime Day by now. Beat The Competition. The Big Picture.

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