socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Rachel Payne: FEM is a video discovery platform that provides quality, relevant video recommendations for any website, app, or content network that is seeking to drive more engagement around video. I was running the largest deals in the media and entertainment video area across many different Google products. What is FEM?

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Google Content Startup Venice 233

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Max Fischer: BeLinked, formerly LinkedUp, is the first, mobile dating app that has the popular swipe left, swipe right feature, but which is based on the LinkedIn platform and LinkedIn API. As we were developing the product, we noticed that more and more articles were popping up about people going through dates due to LinkedIN''s platform.

Networking 185

Networking Startup Ideas Mobile 185

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The theme for Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood is startups and Hollywood, featuring leaders from movie studios, music labels, agencies, and startups in entertainment – how Hollywood studios are investing and working with startups, and how Silicon Beach startups are making entertainment businesses.

Hollywood 100

Hollywood Screening Ideas Entertainment 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

So this was definitely an introduction I was going to take. Andrew was SVP of Mobile at Fox Digital Entertainment which launched the very successful Simpsons online game (curse you for wasting tons of my kids free time!) They also had much experience before that. We met in August (so much for VCs taking the Summer off!)

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Funding Technical Review Startup Screening 373

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based HitFix (www.hitfix.com) an online news site focused on entertainment, announced it had raised $2M in a funding round. What's the story behind HitFix and where do you fit in the entertainment news landscape? and entertainment as a whole is rapidly changing and growing.

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News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Our online solution combines both scientific methodology, as well as highly produced, entertaining, professional development content around education and awareness of unconscious bias. Michele Ruiz: The only thing I would add, is this is a software-as-a-service solutioneverything is on our online platform.

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Content Education Training Outsource Development 150

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

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. It is no secret that Pinterest and other social commerce sites have begun to dial in the commerce equation.

Entrepreneur 210

Entrepreneur Commerce Sites Social Network 210

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

and has set up shop here to connect with the local entertainment industry. Tobi Bauckhage: We are a movie recommendation and discovery platform. Our platform is all about connecting early fans and early audiences with new and upcoming movies, months before a movie comes out. What is the idea behind Moviepilot?

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Startup Paramount Netflix Entertainment 164

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

I called this trend “ Torso TV ” because the “head” of consumption (largest number of views) was dominated by platforms that had massive distribution (think TV stations, radio or retail outlets that sell CDs and DVDs. easy sharing (through social networks or platforms like YouTube). It’s entertainment.

Startup 380

Startup Media Content Platform 380

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Ever since sound was first introduced into movies, the entertainment business has never really faced a huge change. However, the online presence has shifted the entertainment landscape drastically and is threatening to change the business for better or for worse. Is it kind of like social media platform? What does Filmzu do?

Content 81

Content Entertainment Startup Los Angeles 81

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Sam Rogoway: We use YouTube as our hosting platform, for a variety of reasons. Sam Rogoway: I'm an entertainment attorney by trade, and have represented a number of the largest reality production companies, as well as award winning filmmakers, both scripted and documentark filmmakers. Yes, that's definitely one of the reasons.

Networking 150

Networking Search Engine Optimization Startup Product 150

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Building a strong tech industry to rival that of Silicon Valley is definitely no easy feat, but the overall feeling within Cal Tech’s Baxter Hall at last week’s event certainly bodes well for the year. With a scale-able platform ready to expand to different industries (utilities and maintenance services, etc.)

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Idealab Startup Mobile 94

socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2015

What we realized, is that using a platform like the Dodgers to validate those products, and at the same time, solve some of our own problems, made a lot of sense. It ended up being a pretty interesting opportunity, where we could create value not just for us, but industry-wide. The breadth of scope of our entire business group adds value.

Startup 100

Startup Invest Resource Entertainment 100

InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ranker is a social site/platform for ranking anything, powered by semantic technology that aggregates opinions into ‘wisdom of crowds’ rankings”. Google can definitely work complimentary to what we are doing. Clark Benson is the Founder and CEO of Ranker.com.

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Google Organic Search Sites Startup 264

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Bedloo is a social media voting platform for those who want to find the right answer in life. We are all coming from a background in entertainment. We are power users and we are constantly trying to redefine platforms we are frustrated with. That is how Todd and I met, from all the talk of using platforms that frustrates us.

Startup 69

Startup Social Media Platform Media 69

socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2011

Eric Frankel: We've build a super-fast platform, that lives in the cloud at Amazon. It can literally deliver thousands and thousands of messages, tens of thousands per minute, to every form of platform. You've been in more traditional entertainment firms--as an executive in a big studio--why jump to a startup?

Entertainment 159

Entertainment Startup Class Los Angeles 159

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Solaborate is a blend of great social network platforms, by taking in all the greatest bits and putting it all into one. Solaborate is bringing professionals and companies from the tech industry together and connect them through a new social media platform. There are multiple platforms used to get the job done.

Social Media 92

Social Media Social Network Tool Mobile 92

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Their Behavioral Marketing Platform even broke new ground at ad:tech 2011 winning an innovation award. Entertainment Tech: Atom Factory. Fun Fact: Their latest investment was into LA-based Daqri – the augmented reality platform that has been used for campaigns with Cadillac and MAXIM Magazine. Incubator: Amplify LA.

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Social Media Venice 111

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

I’ve definitely thought to myself “take me back” multiple times. Well, thanks to a fantastic partnership with the good people at crowd fun ding platform, Indiegogo , we were able to do just that! Addison McCaleb – Mediahound , making it easier for you to discover entertainment.

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Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

socalTECH

JANUARY 21, 2009

We sat down and spoke with Miles Beckett and Greg Goodfried , co-founders of the firm, about what the firm is up to now, their view on how to mesh entertainment and the Internet, and how to go beyond creating a viral hit. Miles Beckett: Our company EQAL is a social entertainment company, which means two things.

Hollywood 113

Hollywood Content Paramount Entertainment 113

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 13, 2011

Webdoc is a web platform that allows you to easily create interactive posts mixing different web contents through a simple and intuitive drag & drop interface. As anyone in the startup world knows your team is what makes the difference and ours definitely does. Give Us the Fast Pitch. Are you Funded?

Startup 97

Startup Web Content Media 97

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 5, 2014

And with how much limelight the wearables technology space was receiving at SXSW this year, it is definitely an intriguing thought to see how these different companies could somehow combine efforts for further collaboration and innovation. The Inspiration, and The Future.

Startup 101

Startup Product Conference News 101

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2015

Utilizing technological innovations spun out of the renowned MIT Media Labs and visual artistry by GMUNK , TrueCar is melding the company’s data analysis and visualization abilities with new, entertainment technology. This platform takes our web-based technology from the computer screen to the concert experience, as L.E.D.

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Santa Monica Truecar Technology Entertainment 40

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2009

Babette Pepaj: Yes, it's definitely very driven by social networking. We have the usual suspects like Kitchenaid, Sara Lee, McCormick, Reynolds but we really focus on entertainment properties like Sony, ABC, Fox Searchlight. We're going to make it easy as possible to share information on multiple platforms. Babette Pepaj: We do.

Social Network 174

Social Network Startup Sites Networking 174

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

It’s not uncommon for incredibly smart and talented Phd’s or CS majors from Stanford to raise $10 million on an early-stage “platform&# that if it succeeds it will be huge. But ultimately we’re on the Internet to communicate, buy stuff, become informed and be entertained. LA investors are more pragmatic.

Company 290

Company Companies Technology Startup 290

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Now is a good time for Southern California to step up its activity, because I think there's definitely an appetite for entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley thinking about other locations than Silicon Valley, because of the saturation situation here. There are professors, post docs, and other innovators. more) READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur 170

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

Diversity is definitely the case with our team. In terms of the marketing approach, of course what you are always trying to do is get the big wigs on there – the big shots, but it’s also very crowded in that space and as a startup we’ve definitely been trying to reach out. Does that carry over into your product targets?

Startup 101

Startup Artificial Inteligence Tool Product 101

socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2011

Brandon tells us the story about how the loss of his aunt to breast cancer--his mother's participation in a charity walk to honor her--inspired him to take the technology from his firm, AudioLife (focused on music and entertainment marketing), and apply it to the nonprofit sector. What is GoodThreads all about? So, what is GoodThreads?

Pricing 247

Pricing Startup Design Ideas 247

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

That’s about all I can tell you about the program, but I spent six months in tech school where I received classroom training in electrical theory and hands-on field training and learned two different system platforms we used at the time. I was the definition of a non-traditional student. It kept me entertained during down time.

Training 98

Training UCLA Technology IP 98

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

It seems the focus on “virtual&# goods has been both the demo of the consumer as well as the fact that by definition virtual goods have almost no marginal costs to the seller so giving a huge slice to the carrier (and Zong) isn’t a problem since actual costs are ~ $0. 15mm in Series A. My own view on these services is nuanced.

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Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

to work on an entertainment-related technology project and have stayed ever since. We are creating a platform that enables users to play instant games and apps directly on the computer desktop. On the SEO side of things, I'll definitely want to get your feedback on Browse My Stuff. I'll be interested to see what it turns into.

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 5, 2015

To help you get the most out of your Hues, I tested 20 of the most popular, highly rated iOS apps to come up with a top 5 list of must-have apps for using your Hue light bulbs (iOS is the dominant platform for Hue control, and all these below work on both iPads and iPhones): 1. First off, practicalities. Huemote (free). Conclusion.

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Screening Slides Startup Press 40

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Definitely tune in Wednesday Sept. Social Rewards helps leverage your existing loyalty program and turn it into a distribution platform via social media. Novimap is an online and mobile mapping platform. enables developers to sell cross-platform web-apps that optimize to your mobile device. The Startups. The Sponsors.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Mixergy 71

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 2, 2013

To continue the discussion about distracted driving, it’s definitely important to note the default state for many of us in the car. From entertainment to social media, Airbiquity’s aim is to provide an easy and seamlessly connected network of apps to enhance the driver’s experience.

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Mobile Google Startup Technology 94