socalTECH

MAY 2, 2014

To get some insight into how those names are changing--we caught up with Steve Banfield , SVP and GM of Registrar Services over at Rightside (www.rightside.co) -- which is in the midst of spinning out from Santa Monica-based Demand Media. Steve Banfield: What will become Rightside has been part of Demand Media.

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Demand HTML Web Media 231

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

That's when phone calls were a dime, so you get an idea how long ago that was. It's a comprehensive program with national sales training, HTML emails, a very cool interactive Flash landing page about the 8 ways to save, brochure and presentation for the sales people, extending reach via social media, etc. It launches November 16.

Marketing 150

Marketing Social Media Blogging Media 150

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2013

You have Demand Media here. In terms of where it’s going to go…I have no idea. But nothing fancy, probably just an app that is wrapped in HTML 5. Since you have been in LA for a bit…what is your take on LA’s future in the startup world? JK: I think LA’s startup scene will have a number of rock star exits. You even got Yahoo!

Journal 90

Journal Startup Writing Media 90

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

For example Twitter , where gazillions of bots [type A] follow other equally superfluous but nevertheless very busy bots [type B] that automatically generate 27% valuable content (links to penis enlargement tools) and 73% not exactly exciting girly chatter (breeding demand for cheap viagra). Sad but true. Keep up the good work.

Social Media 41

Social Media Develop Development Media 41

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

By the mid-nineties we had the World Wide Web, which gave us a standard way to publish web pages using HTML. 18 months ago 25% of all pitches to me were ideas for how to build products around Twitter’s API. Don’t Stop Believing. Social Networking in Web 1.0: GeoCities, Tripod & Yahoo! Now I don’t get any.

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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

The Internet and World Wide Web themselves emerged from open protocols (HTTP, HTML, SMTP, etc) that allowed businesses, individuals and governments to put information online that was accessible to the masses and then to build applications on top of this infrastructure to the benefit of the masses. What I can tell you from my vantage point?

Course 280

Course Startup Framework Marketing 280

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

I personally experienced the even more subversive side of DIGG when I learned that groups of people were actually demanding money to get stories on the DIGG homepage and I, the naive believer in online democracy and good intentions of people, learned about the black hat and gray hat monetization of the Internet. Video is the new HTML.”

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Buzzfeed Media Content News 210