SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. This Panel will explore issues such as: How can companies best utilize social networking media?

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2012

One of the major growth areas along Silicon Beach has been in the whole area of creating content for digital platforms. But, how do you figure out what actual content will resonate with online consumers? I figured out that there was this massive market for comedic content, but the market was extremely scattered.

Content 230

Content News Startup Research 230

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The USC Alumni Club of West Los Angeles is putting on an amazing seminar and networking event with host Sasha Strauss. The seminar is due to have rich content on all thing branding. This event is being hosted by the USC Alumni Club of West Los Angeles at the USC Main Campus Davidson Conference Center on October 21, 2010 – 6-8pm.

West Los Angeles 56

West Los Angeles USC Networking Los Angeles 56

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 6, 2010

USC Annenberg. Seidenberg, who leads the nation's largest mobile, broadband and telecommunications company, will discuss how the network of 2020 will deliver personalized content to you when you want it and where you want it. Will the world of "broadcast push" networks evolve into a world of "subscriber pull" networks?

USC 100

USC Screening Content Mobile 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 4, 2010

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 -- Enabling the 5th Screen: Ecosystems, Networks, and Commerce Spring 2010 Executive Roundtable. USC Marshall Institute for Communications Technology Management. This spring, youll hear from experts in all of these areas about factors that affect our evolving ecosystem, Beyond the 5th Screen.

Screening 100

Screening USC Commerce Content 100

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 LA tech, keep watch on our accelerators, coworking spaces, content creators, and startup CEOs over the next year. When's the next one?"

Dollar Shave Club 272

Dollar Shave Club Technical Review Santa Monica Southern California 272

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Alex Kazerani and James Segil (shared), EdgeCast Networks (Los Angeles, content delivery network). George Strompolis , Fullscreen (Los Angeles, content). Ashish Soni , USC (Los Angeles, incubator/university). Jerry Jao , Retention Science (Los Angeles, analytics/advertising).

Southern California 279

Southern California SoCalTech Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 279

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

Last week, Los Angeles-based Stroome (www.stroome.com), a new startup originally spawned out of a project at the USC Annenberg School of Communications, won $200,000 in the 2010 Knight News Challenge. Tom Grasty: Essentially, we started off as a graduate school project at USC. A few months later, we won the USC New Venture Competition.

Journal 187

Journal USC News Startup 187

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

We teach people how to make web series and video for the web, and specifically for sites like YouTube, and independent networks like Flip and Dailymotion. We teach through video tutorials, with courses around specific sites, like how to make content for FunnyorDie, taught by one of the staff writers from FunnyOrDie.

Web 187

Web Content Startup Education 187

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

In order to support all of these teams, there are several on-campus startup competitions every year, from the Silicon Beach USC competition to the New Venture Seed Competition, with prize funds to help build the companies. Using visually appealing content, travelers can easily find what they like and drag and drop to their itinerary.

Competition 104

Competition Startup USC Southern California 104

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Pasadena-based Big Stage Entertainment , which develops 3D avatar technology, said today that it has partnered with video game company GGL Global Gaming, to provide free game content on its web site. GGL operates a video game social networking site, which provides news, communities, and online gaming tournaments and competitions.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Mission Ventures USC Social Network 100

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Mike Tringe earned his BA in History and Science from Harvard, and his MFA in Film Production from USC. He’s worked as an English and Film teacher at the American School of Tangier, and has also assistant taught film production at USC. Sara Akhteh received her BA in Film Theory from UCSC and her MFA from USC in Production.

Web 93

Web USC Course Guide 93

socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2013

We dropped in recently, and found a screening session for the Tech Coast Angels; a number of former StartEngine, MuckerLab, and LaunchpadLA startups in residence; not more than a few startup founders wandering the halls; and a long list of upcoming technology networking events on the calendar. Digital content is the software of Los Angeles.

Google 253

Google Tech Coast Angels Screening Santa Monica 253

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A great opportunity for more visible networking. I frequently work on networking through the social web and building new relationships that will foster knowledge gathering or business growth. Some days I respond to questions asked by folks like yourself, the press, or an entity doing a case study, i.e. Citrix, RIM, USC.

Acquisition 170

Acquisition Customer Custom Ideas 170

socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2019

We talked with Neal about how he figured out how to wrap those otherwise blank and empty trucks with ads, to help advertisers such as Ring, Mercury Insurance, MedMen, and others to run their marketing campaigns through a growing network of independent truck owners. I had been at USC, at the Etnrepreneurship program. What is Boxi?

Advertising 100

Advertising Santa Monica Startup USC 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Hours after the panelists debated the future of content distribution at the Silicon Beach @ USC conference, across campus at the Annenberg Innovation Lab a remarkable product demo was taking place by Coincident.TV. A technology that will surely revolutionize how viewers interact with content and television in the very near future.

Screening 109

Screening Content CTO Hire Platform 109

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

ABC Family, Fox, Universal Music, Google, Facebook, Demand Media, MyLife, Riot Games, DFJ Frontier, Rustic Canyon, GRP Partners, Siemer and Associates, Marketshare, Saatchi Online, OMD, Ignited, Rubicon Project, Smashbox Cosmetics, NFL, UCLA, USC, and dozens of start-ups. Companies represented include: Disney, Warner Bros.,

GRP Partners 88

GRP Partners MyLife Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 88

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Coming off a very successful exit with Networks in Motion at the end of 2009, 2010 has been a very exciting year for several of my companies, Socialvibe, 2tor, Leadpoint, Webvisible and Impact Radius. Pay close attention to Hulu and the emergence of internet connected TV's; this will shape how content is consumed and paid for.

Venture Capital 234

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Southern California 234

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

I grew up a computer programmer, a builder of computer networks and fascinated with infrastructure so in many ways I felt like I existed at the inception of many of these great technologies. With all of those companies gobbled up the market is now focused on the next generation startups like TasteMade, MiTu Network, StyleHaul and so forth.

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2009

Sherry Gunther: MyMiniPeeps.com is a unique, online community for kids ages 6-13, which is both a social networking community as well as a game site. They're looking for deeper social networking, and more of a gaming element on sites. What's special about your virtual world? There seem to now be a slew on kids-focused virtual worlds.

Media 150

Media Tech Coast Angels Social Network Content 150

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more. LA was a leader in lead generation (LowerMyBills), comparison shopping (PriceGrabber, Shopzilla), social networking (MySpace … I know, I know – Facebook won – but it was still a big business). It’s a one hour flight all – this is not an issue.

Company 290

Company Companies Technology Startup 290

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

He is also the co-founder of Playsino, ExpressCoin (Bitcoin exchange), GoCoin (Bitcoin payment platform), Five Delta, Evertune, GamesTV, Digital Entertainment Network, KnCMiner.cn (Bitcoin Mining), and Robocoin China (Bitcoin ATM). He has also been a guest lecturer at Stanford, USC, and UCLA. On Demand).

Startup 111

Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2010

We allow them to have virtual store fronts, portable stores, which they can place on their social networking profiles, on their own dot com, on their blogs, and so forth--anywhere fans already interact with the artist. Brandon Hance: I was actually a student athlete, a quarterback at USC, and was on a couple of the national teams.

Van Nuys 191

Van Nuys Tech Coast Angels Startup Web 191

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2013

In particular, funding for companies developing deep technology--software and cloud, as opposed to content and media--seems to be lacking. I was just at USC yesterday, and they''re really focused on great things in science in engineering. What do you see in the technology area that made you want to focus there?

Invest 159

Invest Technology Startup Venture Capital 159

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 27, 2012

The idea came to John Kolker at USC 1 year ago, then through start engine him and his partner were able to make their idea come to life. There are no confusing configuration tools, it eliminates browser bookmarks, content refreshes in real time and there are multiple levels of security, plus more.

Startup 73

Startup Doc Ideas Mobile 73

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Attending discussions at SMWLA week is a great opportunity to learn and mingle with some of the world’s top content creators, strategists and all around top-tier digital influencers in Los Angeles, the mecca of entertainment. Keynote: Scott Kramer, President & CEO of Multibrain Network, Inc. 10:30-11:00am. 12:00-1:00pm.

Social Media 92

Social Media Los Angeles Media Angel 92

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Southern California companies are second to only Silicon Valley in raising venture capital , there are three major universities to recruit talent – UCLA, Caltech, and USC – and a thriving startup community to mingle with. MySpace is one of the world’s largest social networks, with about 125 million users.

Guide 42

Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42

socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2008

What we've done, is we've taken technology originally developed at USC, a CIA funded project, and gained global commercial rights for the non-security sector. They want a means of representing themselves that is animated, and changeable, and actively communicates in places like MySpace, Facebook, and other social networks.

Entertainment 100

Entertainment Clearstone Venture Capital Media 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We have world-class universities like Caltech, UCLA, USC and more. Great companies like BeachMint that are growing at a rapid clip have to dig deep into their networks to meet hiring needs. Everybody knows about the leaked memo of AOL’s Tim Armstrong saying he wants to up his content from 4% video to 70% video.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. A SoCal native and graduate of both UCLA and USC, Richard Rosenblatt led the growth of MySpace from an unknown to a household name. In total, Demand Media owns 20 media networks in the US alone and is one of the best reasons why Paul Graham believes Hollywood is dead.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75