Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2014

The days are gone when a techie or a genius could build things in his garage and customers would find and buy the product, based purely on the “wow factor” of the technology. In fact, we are all media companies now, with our cell phones, computers, and professional-looking publishing tools. New technologies are everywhere today.

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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2012

With the proliferation of social media, how do you--as a brand--manage all of those various websites, content, and media? Los Angeles-based Fliptu (www.fliptu.com), headed by Jeremy Gocke , thinks it has this figured out, by providing a central place to access a brand's content, across social networks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. Online entertainment: millions of channels, billions of actors. With the adoption of the Internet, digital entertainment has rocketed across the world, changing how people entertain themselves. YouTube is now the 800-pound gorilla of entertainment.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Today's contribution is from Brad Brooks , the co-founder and CEO of TigerText , which provides clinical communication solutions for the healthcare industry, and also co-founder of anonymous social media app Whisper. You can see all of our holiday reflections here. What's was biggest news from you or your‏ firm this year?

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2020

There are lots of others trying to put content on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Tiktok, which is more about entertainment around social media. What we do, is we take them from social media into a one-to-one relationship, via text, directly to their phone. All of these partners, obviously, are referral based.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

One of those is Hollywood-based FilmBreak (www.filmbreak.com), which is applying the world of social networking, media, and the Internet to help film-makers gain access to the analytics and insights they need to better market their films. We're not necessarily the platform to help up-and-comers or amateurs to be successful.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. Online entertainment: millions of channels, billions of actors. With the adoption of the Internet, digital entertainment has rocketed across the world, changing how people entertain themselves. YouTube is now the 800-pound gorilla of entertainment.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 14, 2020

Years later, after Grazer graduated from Columbia and embarked on a career as a therapist, and Bird, a longtime proponent of therapy since her teens, had moved on to a job at the LA-based social media giant, Snap, the two reunited.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2014

Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. Online entertainment: millions of channels, billions of actors. With the adoption of the Internet, digital entertainment has rocketed across the world, changing how people entertain themselves. YouTube is now the 800-pound gorilla of entertainment.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 22, 2013

The mobile app and website that allows people to capture and share images and videos of events through social media. You take all the photos and videos and upload it on YouTube, Facebook, Vine, and other social media platforms and experience the event through the eyes of the crowd.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Los Angeles�as the center of the entertainment industry�has begun to adopt a new role as the center of online video in recent years�and has also with the e-commerce industry and expertise here from the technology industry. Corey Weiss , IPSY's Head of Business Development, is based in Santa Monica, and helps to run that effort.

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OCTOBER 1, 2011

Synhergy Marketing originally was a company setup to be a full service marketing company for the entertainment industry – the record label, the webzine, everything you would need as an artist. The letters “HER” in the name Synhergy represents women and the passion that the founders hold in wanting to help women founders.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 30, 2022

“Creators will be selling their own avatar fashion, and the ones that they’ve customized over the past couple of months. Meta isn’t the only tech company looking to carve out its own identity by helping people craft theirs using digital avatars. Image Credits: Genies.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

It is no secret that Pinterest and other social commerce sites have begun to dial in the commerce equation. These sites (so far) have managed to balance facilitating product discovery and purchase capabilities with users'' desires to entertain and educate themselves without feeling like they are in a marketplace.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The days are gone when a techie or a genius could build things in his garage and customers would find and buy the product, based purely on the “wow factor” of the technology. In fact, we are all media companies now, with our cell phones, computers, and professional-looking publishing tools. New technologies are everywhere today.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Consumers all have access to social networks, but the business-side has never really caught on. Solaborate is bringing professionals and companies from the tech industry together and connect them through a new social media platform. Solaborate is a professional social media network.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

The platform was create to help nightlife professionals and venues gain insights about their most loyal customers and VIP members. Businesses using the nightlife-focused SocialNightlife will now have the ability to digitally check-in guest-list and VIP customers and track activity by team member, venue, event and client.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

That's where I learned I enjoyed interacting with customers and working with development teams to build and launch products. to work on an entertainment-related technology project and have stayed ever since. How did it help you? It was also beneficial because I got some good experience with both B2B and B2C business models.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

Last week, Pasadena-based Punchcard (www.punchcard.com) launched its mobile apps, which help local retailers provide rewards to loyal customers. It provides consumer rewards, and on the merchant side, it allows them to identify local customers and reacquire them by pushing them offers and incentives to come back.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Individuals use social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Plaxo as career-advancing tools, even more useful in a down economy. Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium. Can social networking be a money-maker for companies? What are the risks and rewards?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2009

In association with some of the regions top trade associations/social networking groups and industry hosts, DFR '09 promises to be the largest holiday party of the season and help weave our various communities of interest into the larger collective family of professionals working in and around the technology industry.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 4, 2011

In plain English, they’ve redesigned the site so that it is more interactive from a social media perspective and not just for viewers but for their content producers and advertising partners. And the ability for viewers to create custom accounts might be a bit more helpful too. To date, Blip.tv

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Live streaming apps are a burgeoning trend in the social media sphere, and as their popularity continues to grow, it is essential that businesses leverage these apps in order to engage a rapidly growing consumer audience with controlled content at their disposal. Music & Entertainment. Restaurants. Real Estate.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

By using SteelHouse, ecommerce sites can use live data to instantly respond to a customer’s wants and needs for stronger transaction values, increased conversion rates, and an overall better customer experience. Entertainment Tech: Atom Factory. Social Media: Snapchat. Fun Fact: Technology is in their DNA.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2011

The days are gone when a techie or a genius could build things in his garage and customers would find and buy the product, based purely on the “wow factor” of the technology. In fact, we are all media companies now, with our cell phones, computers, and professional-looking publishing tools. New technologies are everywhere today.

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2010

Greg Siegel: I had most recently been representing actors as an entertainment agent at Endeavor Agency, but I had started out in the Internet world way back in the nascent days of the Internet. I also helped a number of my clients create production companies in other areas, and not just representing them as actors.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 21, 2013

To immerse themselves in the culture where their potential customers are actively involved = YouTube. Nick Tran, Social Media Director for Taco Bell said, “The new entertainment for teens is YouTube. It’s a conference about the community, not as much a business conference.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 4, 2014

Greathouse : Let''s start with a question that will be especially helpful for my UC Santa Barbara students. How has this reality impacted your customer acquisition strategies? Travel, and the trust it requires, is too personal to rely solely on email and social media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

Traditional marketing says you have to “push” your message out to customers, over and over again, to get you remembered. A more effective approach in today’s Internet and interactive culture is to use “pull” technology to bring customers and clients to your story. Help visitors navigate. Refresh it often. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2012

Marketers see it as a better way to target customers, but the current consumer offerings have been slow to deliver. As outlined a while back by Adam Holden-Bache on Social Media B2B , I’m convinced that business-to-business has more money and more untapped opportunities, along the following lines: Strategic partnerships.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

In the late 90’s he saw the internet boom and helped start IronPlanet.com, a construction equipment marketplace that is nearing an IPO. Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. ESPN, Forbes, AOL were customers. 5:00 – 5:55). 6:00 – 7:30).

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Wondering how, as a small business, you can reach customers in the YouTube age? Well, Los Angeles based Near Networks (www.nearnetworks.com) is looking to both reach customers online, and avoid the tacky, lousy production of typical small business ads, with a new service.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

For those who may be living under a rock and have no idea what SXSWi is, its five days of presentations and panel discussions from some of the biggest thought leaders in Interactive digital media space. TechZulu is helping the Southern California tech community out by listing all the great panels.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

Along the way, they created a supportive community of emotionally attached stakeholders that would be the envy of any Social Media Manager. So we were connected to people that helped us get our money back. Ask For Help: Don''t be afraid to call upon your community for specific assistance. Here''s how they pulled it off.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2014

For instance, if you are building water wells in indigenous areas, send your contributors a photo of the people your campaign helped showing them drinking the water. Use words like “bring” instead of the word “help”. Looking for someone to help you create a magnetic video showcasing your product? Video Production.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Everything from hip hop music videos to entertainment news and gossip, there is sure to be a lounge to suit your taste. I was inspired by the combination of content, social networking and gaming. why customers shouldn’t have immersive, rich and meaningful interaction in the browser. You can also create your own lounge.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

We would like give a huge thank you to Social Media Week and the supportive startup community here in Los Angeles. Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media. Moderator: Giang Biscan , PhD.,

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