socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

We wrote up a business plan, and won a USC business plan competition, which allowed us to get funding from the University and raise venture capital we needed to begin development on the plan. What's the story behind the idea--where did it come from, and how did you decide to present it at the business plan competition?

USC 207

USC CPC Sites Startup 207

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

By now we all know that the largest part of the online spend has been SEM (search engine marketing) where people buy CPC (cost per click) links to display alongside the “organic&# search results in the search engine. I believe that many social networks confused this idea. Thus, we click! And it turns out that we click a lot.

Advertising 284

Advertising Invest RSS CPC 284

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

The startup is headed by Robert Flynn --a former VC, and co-founder of Liquid Audio, and most recently head of Modern Feed, the company that is now Clicker--who talked with us about his new company. In 2005, YouTube exploded onto the scene, and I took the ideas we had been working on and started--along with J.D. What is Aggregage?

Startup 162

Startup Content Advertising Sites 162

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%). What was Bill Gross’s heretical idea as portrayed to the tech elite?

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Then I (Chidi) brainstormed on a little yet brilliant idea to verify who’s right and not. But we cannot deny the fact that some people are shy or uncomfortable to walk up to others and introduce themselves or business ideas. This idea is prohibited by the policy of some social networks to add only the people you know.

Social Network 100

Social Network Networking Advertising Startup 100

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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 ). banner ads on a CPM, CPC or a Cost-Per-Install [CPI] basis).

Mobile 282

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