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Interview with Scot Lawrie and John Rhodes, Coverfly

socalTECH

For our interview this morning, we caught up with Scot Lawrie , the President and technical Co-founder of Los Angeles-based Coverfly (www.coverfly.com), and John Rhodes , Coverfly's head of Marketing and Business Development, to learn a bit more about the early stage, bootstrapped startup focused on Hollywood script writers. What is Coverfly?

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The Most Interesting Online Video Trend

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I called this trend “ Torso TV ” because the “head” of consumption (largest number of views) was dominated by platforms that had massive distribution (think TV stations, radio or retail outlets that sell CDs and DVDs. easy sharing (through social networks or platforms like YouTube). think Apple. Harlem Shake.

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Public and Open Debate is the Highest Form of Democracy (and Blogging)

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I love learning first hand about the differences in analytics platforms, social media conversion, the effectively of copy, how to cultivate an audience, etc. I’ve always believed that you learn a great deal when you’re presenting, teaching or writing about what you know. It’s a great experiment for me.

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Interview with Steve Seigel, Hatched

socalTECH

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. Anyone can write a check, but not everyone can provide intellectual capital. And, that help is not always capital.

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

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My daily coffee meetings are not surrounded by the Hollywood elite with discussions of scripts, scenes and casting. That’s convenience when your VC is hoping to write the next $20 million check. It’s hard to get people to take a risk at a startup or for a reasonable salary with all this competition. Los Angeles.

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Story of a Startup Weekend Veteran | The Good, The Bad, and the UGLY!

Tech Zulu Event

The following week, I joined AT&T Hackathon at iO/LA in Hollywood and again pitched the idea. I faced the same challenge not being able to form a team because most people joined the competition with friends that they had already planned on working with. As a journalist, I’m glad it happened to me so I can write about it.

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How to Save MySpace

Jason Nazar

Movies – no website has more Hollywood DNA. MySpace HAS followers, what it doesn’t have are people excited to promote themselves on their platform. Leverage a worldwide community to enable a perfect market for outsourcing activities like online research, writing, & content review. Who are the evangelists pimping MySpace?