socalTECH

JULY 11, 2014

The really amazing this, is those deals are all user generated content, from our users finding the best deals on the Internet. Those might be on household items like laundry detergent, or it might be gadgets like tablets or a large screen television. We''re doing what Reddit does for content, and Google does for search.

Content 212

Content Yahoo Los Angeles Sites 212

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

I’m very pleased today to announce that I invested, on behalf of GRP Partners, in Burstly alongside Rincon Venture Partners , an early stage VC in Southern California whith whom we love to work (and were our co-investors on RingRevenue ). Naturally I’m excited about this investment or I wouldn’t have done it.

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Back in 2013, Google reported that 90 percent of multiple device owners switch between screens to complete tasks, using an average of three different combinations every day. Through screen mirroring, users have greater flexibility over how they view – and share – content.

Artificial Inteligence 106

Artificial Inteligence Screening Google Custom 106

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

The power of large screen real estate. I think many recent companies make the mistake of not investing enough in web products, if they invest anything at all. The larger real estate also makes content discovery different. The power of a keyboard. Fred’s post was right. BUT (and this is a big but …).

Web 334

Web Mobile Startup Software Review 334

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2011

The fundamental problem with banner ads is a condition called “banner blindness&# meaning that our eyes are really quickly trained to look at what is most relevant on the page – the content we want to see. We are investing heavily in these changes. We believe this is why Google Ventures invested in Pixazza.

Advertising 352

Advertising Media Social Media Screening 352

socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2008

According to Channel M, PLS Check Cashers will offer both English and Spanish content at 50 PLS Check Cashers locations nationwide. Channel M is venture backed by Ascend Venture Group, Benedek Investment Group, Intel Capital and Vintage Fund Management, and offers in-store advertising through TV screens. READ MORE>>

Advertising 124

Advertising Screening Los Angeles Content 124

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.

Screening 103

Screening Entertainment Content Platform 103

Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

” For startups entering program they receive investment capital, access to coworking space at Disney’s creative campus and mentor support and guidance from top Disney executives, entrepreneurs, investors and other notable business leaders from the entertainment and technology communities, and have a Demo Day at the campus. Epic Games.

Artificial Inteligence 108

Artificial Inteligence Startup Entertainment Press 108

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

But safely seeking equity investments from the crowd via the Jobs Act of 2012 is problematic and has still not been defined. In reality, a few thousand dollars to a few winners, is tantalizing but probably not a return on the investment. Multiple micro-investments are not manageable. Intellectual property is jeopardized.

Funding 101

Funding Equity Entrepreneur Invest 101

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Creators and influencers like Bernstein are forging a path from content creator to full-fledged business, with multiple revenue streams via podcasts, licensing deals, branded merchandise and even software products. “A 2020 will be a watershed year for investment in businesses around the creator economy,” Neil Robertson tells TechCrunch.

Platform 170

Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

But many entrepreneurs don’t realize that Angels are also extremely discerning in the projects that they will invest in, rejecting approximately 97% of the proposals submitted to them, according to the California Investment Network. Remember to aim the content of both of these at investors, not customers. Marty Zwilling.

Angel 104

Angel Screening Summary Startup 104

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2013

But safely seeking equity investments from the crowd via the Jobs Act of 2012 is problematic and has still not been defined. In reality, a few thousand dollars to a few winners, is tantalizing but probably not a return on the investment required. Multiple micro-investments are not manageable.

Funding 106

Funding Equity Entrepreneur Sample 106

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. When you’re one fund and have $600 million to invest it’s easier to take that kind of risk. I meet with Bay Area entrepreneurs all the time and am actively looking to make investments there. LA is producing content at scale.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The idea was that if you could put up a consumer site that was seen as the best place to consume content then people wouldn’t go to lower-quality or free sites to get it. The founders felt that having a legitimate site for content would discourage Silicon Valley VC’s from funding entrepreneurs to create the next big TV killer.

Hulu 292

Hulu Technical Review Content Advertising 292

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Global audiences of prosumer video producers will create content that is viewed by global audiences in numbers far in excess of traditional TV. The problem with the “long tail” content is that only the platform provider (ie YouTube) makes money. I first wanted to invest in this trend by backing a company called Filmaka.

Startup 380

Startup Media Content Platform 380

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2011

Crowd-pitching is an offline event, but logically similar, which give several candidates an opportunity to pitch to a crowd of interested people for a couple of minutes, after which the crowd “votes” with some play-money to pick the best candidate, who then wins some nominal investment amount or services. Intellectual property is jeopardized.

Funding 92

Funding Startup Social Media Sample 92

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2011

This version has some additional details on a portfolio company I’ve invested in, which are disclosed below. It was about freeing up content to be displayed on big screens regardless of the source or content type. And we’ll build the best discovery engine to find the best content.”. Will he get there?

Google 325

Google Press Marketing Content 325

InfoChachkie

JULY 1, 2013

Make it clear you do not know their investment focus (e.g., nor did you take the time to research the investor''s investment portfolios. Turn your back to the audience and read each slide verbatim from the screen. Select a complicated, distracting background that will compete with the slides'' content.

Slides 220

Slides Tips Startup RSS 220

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content.

Venture Capital 288

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2015

You’ll want to make sure that your website looks good on desktop computers, tablets, and mobile device screens. This can be a challenge for designers, since the amount of whitespace and the sizing of text can be tricky to control across different screens. One of the most popular options for solving this problem is a grid design.

Web Design 40

Web Design Web Design Develop 40

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

And to give credit where it’s due (in addition to the content that Fred producers) a lot of the discussion works well because of the Disqus commenting platform. I wish every blog used Disqus and I wish every website that syndicated content would create an integrated commenting thread the way that Business Insider does.

Blogging 301

Blogging SEO Startup Writing 301

socalTECH

JULY 25, 2012

Edward Park: My background is screen printing and production. My previous company did production runs for small clothing lines, promos, and trade show giveaways, and one of the things we realized it's such a volume industry, and the technology of screen printing has been around for 10,000 years, developed by the Egyptians and the Chinese.

Startup 174

Startup Commerce Web 2.0 Screening 174

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The AngelSoft Deal Funnel from the last 12 months indicates is that 70% of the interested companies never make it past the initial screening process. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial angel screening. Prepare an investment-grade business plan.

Angel 89

Angel Funding Technical Review Startup 89

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 5, 2013

I also heard a lot of chatter about increasing the area’s overall investment in infrastructure, including fiber, which is highly critical to the region as a whole. People don’t just solely watch TV nowadays; they multitask with a handful of screens. DVDs are dying and streaming is on the rise.

Los Angeles 98

Los Angeles Startup Angel Southern California 98

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

A few months ago I wrote a post called “ Invest in Lines, Not Dots.&# It was my investment philosophy that observing teams’ performance over time was far more insightful than reacting to how good of a product demo they do, how good they present Powerpoint slides or how great tech blogs say they are.

Entrepreneur 330

Entrepreneur Marketing Venture Capital Hulu 330

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

Even better when you’re: loud, evocative and have compelling content. Nobody wants to read your text on a big screen. Have a PowerPoint deck with screen shots that you can walk through. Simply say, “Obviously I preferred to do a live demo but I have a deck with screen shots just in case this happened.

Startup 362

Startup Twiistup Slides Screening 362

InfoChachkie

JULY 1, 2013

Make it clear you do not know their investment focus (e.g., nor did you take the time to research the investor''s investment portfolios. Turn your back to the audience and read each slide verbatim from the screen. Select a complicated, distracting background that will compete with the slides'' content.

Slides 154

Slides Tips Startup Research 154

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

We are a city unique in merging the world’s best content with digital media and technology expertise. We had an excellent opening panel on early-stage investing with Dave McClure (Founders Fund – NorCal), Brad Feld (Foundry Group, Boulder) and Andy Sack (Founders Co-Op, Seattle). Much of this was highlighted at Twiistup.

Twiistup 228

Twiistup SoCal Southern California Yammer 228

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

San Diego-based Newsforce (www.newsforce.com) is a startup which is looking to take advantage of the hunger of the newspaper and media business for revenue, and has created a product which takes press releases and commercial content, and inserts them onto news sites in "sponsored content" blocks. Tell us a little bit about Newsforce?

News 124

News Advertising Press Sites 124

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

We have invested in a very robust platform. Instead, we've invested in a platform which bring in all of the key elements of social gaming, including monetization, engagement loops, retention, and virality. For example, if I'm having a bad game, I can send you a beer, which makes your screen go blurry and throws suds everywhere.

Mobile 248

Mobile Platform Startup Examples 248

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

Okuno has been investing in Los Angeles startups for the past three years after selling his own company E-Z Data. Okuno said, “I have invested in over 40 startups almost always in the six-figure range.” He is looking to find more. Forget the second screen, play and interact with video content today. Or maybe a goldmine.

Class 100

Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Speakers listed: Brock Pierce – Digital currency pioneer investing in Bitcoin, games, and online gambling businesses; Clearstone Global Gaming Fund. The company hopes to prepare advertisers for varying screen sizes. Peter Csathy jumps in to answer questions about content. Is Micro-Investing the Future?

Startup 95

Startup Google Education Venture Capital 95

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2010

Jody--an experienced entrepreneur who was most recently co-founder of a firm he sold to the Virgin Group, and has been involved with such firms as Lycos, Buydirect.com, and Xoom--told us the story of EcoMom, plus how he connected with McClure on the investment. In February of this year, we bought EcoMom, a community and content site.

Software Review 200

Software Review Commerce Startup Sites 200

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

It required content sites to develop totally new content. App is one step forward, two steps back – In 1999 I launched my first company, BuildOnline, a SaaS-based (back then we were ASP’s) content management platform for large-scale engineering and construction projects. It was slow. It was hard to use.

Brentwood 326

Brentwood Mobile Google Web 326

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2010

Crowd-pitching is an offline event, but logically similar, which give several candidates an opportunity to pitch to a crowd of interested people for a couple of minutes, after which the crowd “votes” with some play-money to pick the best candidate, who then wins some nominal investment amount or services. Intellectual property is jeopardized.

Funding 59

Funding Startup Social Media Sample 59

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 6, 2014

From investments and business, Robin Kaminsky , Entrepreneur in Residence at Rustin Canyon Partners, and former EVP of Publishing at Activision. Robin Kaminsky, who’s spent extensive time in the investment and business world, says no. The investment flocks to social because that’s where retention (or addiction) resides.

Mobile 93

Mobile Platform Technology Screening 93

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. Xavor invest through our dependable consulting services. We have helped many other startups through our carefully designed investment model. It’s a gallery of great entrepreneurship.

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100