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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Kanaan Jemili: uCast Global is a digital media company that is looking at creating a scalable global solution for online video. Those technologies allow us to scale and offer a superior product for customers. Who are your core customers? We caught up with Kanaan to learn more about uCast Global. What is uCast? I have a Ph.D.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

It seems that every week, a new, Voice-over-IP provider firm surfaces in the market, either providing PBX services, voicemail, or other similar services. What is your VoIP service all about, and how is this different from what seems to be lots of Voice over IP service providers? Cliff Rees: We're a software as a solutions company.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

Its primary goal is to focus on identifying what is truly driving demand, analytically, so that our customers can optimize their activities. Essentially, we help them learn how to get more with less, and also how to consider new investments in things like social media, mobile marketing, or video. Did the TV stimulate search?

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JULY 13, 2016

Dawn Newton: As an example, when you go to Google.com, it is actually routing to an IP address. Behind the scenes, DNS technology is translating that Url to an IP address, so you don't have to worry about it. From NetZero, I went to Demand Media, where I was EVP of IT. We'll also be taking our customer from the domestic, U.S.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2013

What our platform does, it is connects them to the cloud and a base service, for energy management, home automation, and media services. Our flagship customers are in utilities, manufacturers, and lighting manufacturers. We know how to fit customer needs, but we also understand the channel. That''s a real problem.

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JUNE 15, 2011

Eric Frankel: StarGreetz is a digital media content company, that allows brands to stand out in a very cluttered marketplace. It literally lets them talk to their customers in a never-before way, on a one-on-one basis. For our readers who haven't yet heard of your company, what's the idea behind StarGreetz? That's more or less the key.

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JUNE 16, 2009

That affiliate passes that to the advertiser, and minutes or hours later will call the potential customer back at their phone number. Because of a combination of factors--the wrong number, the person is no longer there, etc--only half of those result in a successful reconnect with a potential customer. It's invisible to the visitor.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2008

They can put themselves and their friends into the media and the digital experience. There's been an unusually complex amount of engineering, compared to a web media startup, but that's a good thing. Unlike most web media firms, we've got a real, protectable IP, based on serious computer science, three patents, and five more pending.

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socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2010

My co-founder, Michael Steuer and myself both came from Twistbox, which was later acquired by Mandalay Media. Some of our most important customers and targets are device manufacturers and big brands, who are trying to differentiate themselves on mobile devices. We've been steeped in mobile content development and publishing.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

The proof nowadays is certainly in winning customers--whether that is a consumer or in the enterprise. Defensibility is also big--we're not interested in the me-too's without some unique IP. One thing I like to look for is some barrier to entry, whether that is technology, or partners, or great entrepreneurs who understand the space.

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MAY 5, 2011

He listed all of the product releases that were up coming, the customers that were in the pipeline and where he saw his competition moving. A key deal not only helps you raise venture capital but it can help attract employees, garner press attention, help with product focus & importantly drive customer adoption and/or revenue.

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