socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2016

Los Angeles-based Render Media (www.rndr.com), which is creating a publisher geared at the social world, social channels, and sharing. We caught up with co-founder and CEO Vic Belonogoff to learn more about Render Media, whose flagship site is Opposing Views. Tell us about Render Media? They raised something between $2.5

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

Silicon Beach Fest is gearing up to showcase the most promising startups and visionaries from across LA’s growing startup entertainment ecosystem. Mark Suster of GRP Partners and Launchpad was confirmed to keynote along with Nely Galan of Galan Entertainment, the first Latina president of Telemundo.

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socalTECH

JULY 18, 2018

Santa Monica-based SPACES (www.spaces.com), led by CEO Shiraz Akmal and a team of entertainment veterans from Dreamworks Animation, is hoping to do that with a series of physical attractions, powered by VR technology. Depending on the throughput for a location, how many people per hour, we can scale the attraction to meet the demand.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 4, 2018

It doesn’t matter if you start a company in a coworking space, a dorm room or on your couch, the struggle to build a tech business in this day and age is real. This year at CES 2018 at Eureka Park over 800 startups from around the world will descend on Las Vegas and meet individuals to help boost their business. Meet the Startups.

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Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

And if you work in the entertainment industry, you have Stage 32. making connections, looking for jobs, staying up on news, etc.) by providing cutting-edge online education to a global population of people looking to make it in the ever-evolving entertainment industry. Educating the next generation of media talent.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

The Los Angeles area is fast becoming the content hub for online video site YouTube , a position that takes advantage of both the LA region's long history in the entertainment business, and the rise of a slew of startups producing content specifically aimed at the YouTube audience. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Not a tech startup, but one of the more intriguing ads debuted during the Super Bowl on Sunday. The video was just one of a number of ads filmed in the Los Angeles area for the Super Bowl, which is not unusual as its center for the entertainment and advertising industry.

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socalTECH

MAY 27, 2010

For this morning's interview, we have an interview with Kieve Huffman , the co-founder of Dather (www.dather.com), a new Los Angeles startup which has created a tool which helps to aggregate social networking web sites and media. Kieve Huffman: My background, and that of my business partner is digital entertainment and digital media.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

However, there's a new generation of technology driven startups who are looking to apply software and technology in a way that will change how movies are made, and marketed. What usually happens, is there's a barrage of poorly targeted ads leading up to opening weekend, and it drives downhill from there. It's all about execution.

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TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This nuanced approach can cater to the most specific of viewer moods and preferences, ensuring a seamless entertainment experience. In layman's terms, while conventional search mechanisms demand exact phrases or keywords to return relevant results, LLMs can understand and interpret the intent and context behind a query.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

It means the “ torso TV ” consumption patterns will be more important than the head or the long tail for the next era of media companies. I have started thinking about what the future might look like and I’ve started imagining what I call, “MMOV” or massive multiplayer online video. Why would it?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2015

As founder of Digital LA, I run one to two tech events every week bringing together tech, startups, investors, Hollywood, developers designers, and more. The themes expanded to include both hot new startups, as well as companies like Cornerstone OnDemand, Belkin, and Telesign which have been part of LA tech for more than a decade.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 27, 2014

Entrepreneurs typically embrace celebrity investments, while most sophisticated investors prefer to avoid famous entertainment or sports personalities on the cap table. Celebrity investors aside, I am a fan of high net worth individuals who are willing to allocate some of their risk capital to foster a startup''s success.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2018

As a Jewish person I know something about this scapegoating because it is the history of my people for 2,000+ years including the Pogroms in Eastern Europe that cause my family to escape using fake passports and wind up in South America (Colombia) in search of a better life. He started living out of his car?—?too they felt “invisible.”

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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? Jennifer Sargent: HitFix started two and a half years ago. Everyone knows this.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

It seems that most of you entrepreneurs I meet in my role as business advisor are convinced that starting a new business requires equity investors, exponential growth, and a plan to go public via IPO. You want to be your own boss, and do things your way. Take pride in your leadership role in the local environment.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

From the conversation gathered around the pool from the movers and shakers of the industry, it seems that--despite the buzz, energy, and activity in the region around startups, there's still some wariness by investors that the industry not over-hype and over-promote what's happening in the area.

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socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2014

There are several new things happening, including the maker movement, crowdfunding, and the democratization of innovation, which will mean more startups and more demand for manufacturing. A lot of people think of Los Angeles--rightfully so--as a creative hub, and just equate us with media and entertainment.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2020

The reason for this business, is folks are always going on social media to recommend products to their friends, but they're not making any money from it. We want to help you monetize your knowledge, your skills, and your social media. The second part of our app is Know It, which is a video on demand platform.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Los Angeles-based Tilofy (www.tilofy.com)--out of USC''s Viterbi Startup Garage--is doing just that, helping to highlight what is going on around you, by absorbing all of that location data out there at any particular time and place. We spoke with Ali Khoshgozaran , founder and CEO of the company, to learn more about the startup.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 23, 2020

Recall Bytedance acquired an AI-based music startup called Jukedeck last year.). ” Music is a fundamental part of the TikTok experience, and this deal covers everything that’s there today — videos created by TikTok users, sponsored videos created for marketing — as well as whatever is coming up around the corner.

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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

We spoke with David Aronchick , the CEO and co-founder of the firm to hear more about what it's up to. David Aronchick: We started about three years ago. So, we spun up the site, and got it up and going in the middle of 2008, and it just took off, particularly right after the elections. What's the story behind Hark?

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2013

TechZulu catches up with the founder of Assignmint, Jeff Koyen, as he talks about Assignmint, freelance, and LA startups. For all those who want to talk about the fragmentation of media and the models for journalism is in trouble; it’s actually not. We have a lot of writers signing up from all over the place.

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socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

How do a bunch of German moviemakers end up in Los Angeles, running a site helping studios to market and promote their films via their venture backed startup? That's the story we got from Tobi Bauckhage , the co-founder and CEO of Moviepilot (www.moviepilot.com), a German firm which is setting up shop in Los Angeles.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

If you’re funding the same stuff as everybody else and if you started your activities when the clues were obvious you’re much less likely to drive enormous returns. In other words, if it seems this obvious to us then it must be this obvious to many other investors and probably to many other teams gearing up to compete.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

SXSWi is five days of presentations and panel discussions from some of the biggest thought leaders in Interactive digital media space. TechZulu is helping the startup community out by listing all the great startup/entrepreneur oriented panels. Bootstrapping: Score PR for Your Start-Up, On the Cheap.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Learning experience includes: on-demand online video tutorial courses, live video-conference workshops, as well as individual online consultations, live workshops, and group programs. TechZulu caught up with the founder Mike Tringe and this is what he told us. We have 2,000+ users signed up for our Beta. What inspired you?

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Without further adieu, I present to you the winners of the 1st annual REACH NeXT conference: Entertainment: Storygami. Rufus Labs is a wearable technology startup in Los Angeles with a heavy focus on building devices for the industrial sector (EMS, police, campus/event security, warehouse, etc). Started Disney Interactive Labs.

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socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Startups Made Simple. tech, new media, entertainment and consumer industries. Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). Costello and Sons Insurance Brokers (www.costelloandsons.com). GetItStarted (www.getitstarted.com).

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socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Startups Made Simple. tech, new media, entertainment and consumer industries. Dealmaker Media www.undertheradarblog.com is presenting their 13th Under the Radar conference in Mountain View, CA. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com).

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socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Startups Made Simple. BASSETT Executive Search Solutions (www.BassettSearch.com) The confidential source for executive talent -- serving emerging growth company clients in the high tech, new media, entertainment and consumer industries. Helping entrepreneurs succeed.

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socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Startups Made Simple. tech, new media, entertainment and consumer industries. Dealmaker Media www.undertheradarblo g.com is presenting their 13th Under the Radar conference in Mountain View, CA on. Helping entrepreneurs succeed. innovation. April 24, 2009.

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

But I thought I’d take some more time here to expand on what I think are the challenges, and opportunities, of starting a tech company in LA. Challenge #1 – Tech Companies are Not Typically Started by Technologists. Opportunity #1 – Tech Companies are Not Typically Started by Technologists.

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socalTECH

MAY 22, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Startups Made Simple. BASSETT Executive Search Solutions (www.BassettSearch.com) The confidential source for executive talent -- serving emerging growth company clients in the high tech, new media, entertainment and consumer industries. Helping entrepreneurs succeed.

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SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon IP 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

We are just over a week out from StartupDemo and things are shaping up to be an amazing event. Last Friday was the final deadline for all StartupDemo applications to be submitted and we are hard at work selecting the best Startups to Demo during the event. What: A Startup Demo event. TCA is a not-for-profit organization.

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socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2011

It's like New York, which because of all the advertising folks who have spun out of the companies and agencies there where the economy tanked, and have started creating innovative companies. That's a byproduct of the entertainment industry. I think we're very much positioned to be the next big spot for early stage opportunities.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 9, 2011

This installment of TZ Startup Hot Seat features Keith Petri, Co-Founder of iGottaGuide. We first learned about them during our trip to New York for BlogWorld & New Media Expo this past May. One night at 3AM we were winding up when the local friend said there was one more place we had to go. Are you Funded?

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