Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 7, 2014

That’s right folks TechZulu is heading to NAB with our old pals NMX to report and entertain live from the New Media Lounge. What better place for New Media content creators to network, learn, geek out on gear the most amazing gear in the world? Brad Wyman Get Funded. Brad Wyman Get Funded. 11am – 12:30pm.

Media 86

Media LAMP Entertainment Social Network 86

TechCrunch LA

JULY 15, 2019

The company’s new round was led by Cain International and was designed to take AllBright into three U.S. Coupled with the launch of a new networking application called AllBright Connect and the company’s AllBright Magazine, the women’s networking organization is on a full-on media blitz.

West Hollywood 139

West Hollywood Networking Entertainment Coach 139

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2014

It turns out, nowadays, creating the content is only a small part of your job description The most successful YouTubers, studios, brands and agencies today are intensely focused on using social media to engage with fans, get that content out there, and grow their audience. Juan Bruce: My background is in design engineering.

Downey 215

Downey Content Help Startup 215

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2022

Investors like me look for these in the people they fund, and you should be looking for them in yourself: Forever curious. This is the capacity to entertain contradictory or incomplete information without discomfort and anxiety. It’s the province of game designers and creators of new social media platforms.

Startup 141

Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Course 141

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2018

Our sources put the company’s funding somewhere around $6 million in its recent funding round. It’s less well-known that the company is backed by some of the biggest names in venture capital investment — firms like Sequoia Capital. ” That was a lie. It worked. . “[Manufacturing] social influence.”

Social Media 254

Social Media Los Angeles Media Geni 254

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2023

If you need investors, it’s important that you understand their filters, and even if you are funding your own efforts, you need to recognize the red flags. On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. You need a big differentiator in these arenas.

Invest 98

Invest Sites Technical Review Social Media 98

socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2009

El Segundo-based BridgeCo , a developer of semiconductors for the home entertainment market, announced Friday that it has raised $7.5M in a new round of funding. BridgeCo said the equity funding will go to accelerate technology development, as well as to expands its partner program. READ MORE>>.

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El Segundo Venture Capital Equity Entertainment 133

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

A new, interactive application, Braindex --designed for the iPad and iPad mini--lets consumers do just that directly on their tablet. TouchFrame has teamed with 51 Minds Entertainment, part of Endemol, to develop what it says is a TV-quality play along game show. Are you smarter than Mike Tyson? How about Andy Milonakis?

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Class Los Angeles Incubator Venture Capital 176

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

If you need investors, it’s important that you understand their filters, and even if you are funding your own efforts, you need to recognize the red flags. On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. You need a big differentiator in these arenas.

Startup 126

Startup Sites Technical Review Social Media 126

Tech.Co

MAY 9, 2017

Taylor returned home and dove into learning web development and design on his own. I saw so many different applications for virtual reality in education, entertainment, mental health and communication,” he said. Taylor started pushing out content through social media and share what was happening in the industry.

Startup 70

Startup Web Development Design Education 70

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. We are thankful for continued support from Demand Media, City National Bank, Richardson Patel, Business Wire, Sheppard Mullin, General Assembly, and others. I like events.

Cornerstone OnDemand 100

Cornerstone OnDemand Belkin Entertainment Newsletter 100

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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GRP Partners MyLife Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 88

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 15, 2015

million in seed funding since its founding in 2012. If Pinterest is catnip for girls, Tapiture was founded to go after the men, but quickly evolved into a more sophisticated artistic social media community. Ellis describes himself as a lifelong product guy, and lover of design and photography. I am drawn to it.

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Seed Funding Funding Commerce Social Media 40

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? Basically, that disruption is 18-34 year olds have changed how they consume media.

News 173

News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

Investors like me look for these in the people they fund, and you should be looking for them in yourself: Forever curious. This is the capacity to entertain contradictory or incomplete information without discomfort and anxiety. It’s the province of game designers and creators of new social media platforms.

Entrepreneur 91

Entrepreneur Ideas Course Social Media 91

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

You will not fundamentally change consumers media consumption habits. No matter how much it bothers you, people do like to entertain themselves with a “lean back” experience. And we like to be entertained. The concise guide is here. My narrative has stayed pretty simple: People in the US watch 5.3

Hollywood 374

Hollywood Content Yahoo Java 374

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Investors look for these in the people they fund, and you should be looking for them in yourself: Forever curious. This is the capacity to entertain contradictory or incomplete information without discomfort and anxiety. It’s the province of game designers and creators of new social media platforms. Embrace ambiguity.

Startup 78

Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Course 78

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

Investors look for these in the people they fund, and you should be looking for them in yourself: Forever curious. This is the capacity to entertain contradictory or incomplete information without discomfort and anxiety. It’s the province of game designers and creators of new social media platforms. Embrace ambiguity.

Entrepreneur 113

Entrepreneur Ideas Course Social Media 113

Tech.Co

OCTOBER 26, 2017

This has caused much confusion both in the public and the media. The company, along with its partners at PreistmanGoode also released the design for its passenger Hyperloop capsule at the London Design Festival. million in Series A financing from Sherpa Capital along with three other funds.

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SpaceX Design Technology Competition 100

socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2014

It''s going to be at least a three year program, and is being funded by Ernst & Young for those three years. To some people, automotive might be surprising, but we''re the leading center for automotive design and automotive accessories. The other EIR with me, Amir, is also going to experiment with this over the next year.

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Los Angeles Startup USC Angel 216

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 29, 2013

Have you received any funding yet? No, we are currently self funded but entertaining offers. Scroll through available promotions and perks and submit their photo either from their camera roll or via Instagram by tagging their photo with a designated hashtag. How does it work?

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Advertising Social Media Entertainment Media 98

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

At the tender age of 15, Tanz teamed up with his friend Michael Schneider (the CEO of MobileRoadie ), to create the design firm Fluid Design. The old media companies were resistant to change. million dollars from some of the biggest funds (First Round Capital, NEA and GRP), is precisely because they solved such a huge problem.

Advertising 98

Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2018

If you need investors, it’s important that you understand their filters, and even if you are funding your own efforts, you need to recognize the red flags. On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. You need a big differentiator in these arenas.

Sites 81

Sites Technical Review Social Media Entrepreneur 81

socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2014

One local startup, Chippmunk (www.chippmunk.com), hopes so, and believes that focusing on user interface design will help it win over its competitors. The company recently raised a $750,000 seed round of funding. They don''t have coupons that work on that given day, the layout and design looks really spammy, and it feels spammy.

Internet Brands 257

Internet Brands Content Startup Sites 257

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 13, 2011

Imagine a white canvas that allows you to create a mixture of any kind of media you want in one space. It came from the frustration that although the web has become a lot more social in the past 5 years, our ability to express ourselves online is still limited to a single media / single element post. Are you Funded?

Startup 97

Startup Web Content Media 97

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. Design: Developing for a Consumerized Enterprise World (BetterWorks). Funding: The New Indie: BONA FIDE film.

Southern California 89

Southern California SoCal Guide Mixergy 89

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2016

If you need investors, it’s important that you understand their filters, and even if you are funding your own efforts, you need to recognize the red flags. On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. You need a big differentiator in these arenas.

Startup 104

Startup Entrepreneur Sites Technical Review 104

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Investors look for these in the people they fund, and you should be looking for them in yourself: Forever curious. This is the capacity to entertain contradictory or incomplete information without discomfort and anxiety. It’s the province of game designers and creators of new social media platforms. Embrace ambiguity.

Startup 98

Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Course 98

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. The fund is organized into sectors and each VC forms forward looking themes within sub sectors. Highland has been around for 22 years currently investing the 8 th fund which is $400 million. 6:00 – 7:30).

Capital 265

Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Investors look for these in the people they fund, and you should be looking for them in yourself: Forever curious. This is the capacity to entertain contradictory or incomplete information without discomfort and anxiety. It’s the province of game designers and creators of new social media platforms. Embrace ambiguity.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Ideas Course Social Media 105

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Aspiring creators learn by connecting with top web filmmakers and YouTubers on a topics specific to the web: developing a web series, producing web series, writing for genres like comedy & sci-fi, directing, editing, camera, Kickstarter funding, show hosting, distribution, and marketing. What inspired you? Any competition in LA?

Web 93

Web USC Course Guide 93

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2014

If you need investors, it’s important that you understand their filters, and even if you are funding your own efforts, you need to recognize the red flags. On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. You need a big differentiator in these arenas.

Entrepreneur 101

Entrepreneur Sites Technical Review Social Media 101

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Most people think they can do product design. I’ve always respected your work and perspective on internet businesses and social media so I wanted to pick your brain about opportunities in this space for consulting and full-time employment; how do I position myself? Getting new projects is tough. I can see that. Wow, great questions.

Los Angeles 179

Los Angeles Product Angel Startup 179

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

Here it seems that entrepreneurs are coming out of business school, transitioning from corporate life, or hail from the entertainment industry. Whereas in Silicon Valley, you can have a V.1 He just pounded out design and code for a few weeks and got Plancast up on the web and users adopting his product right away.

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Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. and has led business analysis & user interface design projects for the U.S. Navy, Pfizer, & Unisys Corp.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

This included stabilizing a historically negative traffic and user trend, reducing the operational cost of the business by nearly 90 percent and pivoting the product from its legacy as a social network to a social entertainment destination. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

Tsavo 76

Tsavo Idealab Tech Coast Angels Userplane 76

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Abdul Khan (@ImHungryinLA) - Co-founder, Verso Entertainment. Adam Bell (@datatv) - Web Design and Branding with an attitude! Barry Schuler (@BSchuler) - former CEO of AOL, Ex Producer of LOOK, Managing Director DFJ Growth Fund. Cash Warren (@cash_warren) - producer, entrepreneur, president of Verso Entertainment.

Social Media 40

Social Media Journal Media Education 40