Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

It’s not just Snapchat, although there’s that. See we have JPL that designed the rockets that put men on the moon in the first place and Caltech, one of the two most prestigious engineering universities in the country. Back then only 15% of our dollars were invested locally whereas today 50% of our dollars are invested in LA.

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated. He built & IPOd Demand Media. In the last month alone (ie not captures in the $1.5 What Has Given Birth to This New Movement in LA? .

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

As game developers continue designing massive online virtual worlds where we will spend more and more time, how should we look to correct issues we encounter and how can we build a better future? Cyan Banister [ Founders Fund ] other speakers to be announced soon . If you had the chance to redesign society, where would you even start?

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

With 10,000 square feet designed to inspire innovation, Amplify LA is the ultimate start-up accelerator and entrepreneurial campus — all to bring together the brightest, most enthusiastic technology minds into an environment that provides solutions, support, and collaboration. Social Media: Snapchat. Incubator: Amplify LA.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Should you be buying key words from search engines, building fabulous web content, blasting out e-mail campaigns, or putting all your efforts into viral videos or social media? For young consumers today, it may be Instagram or Snapchat, while B2B offerings should take a hard look at LinkedIn and other business forums.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

And after six months of insane design, coding and development, we have several new products to share with the world.” Epic is a short, sharable video concept that allows users to take slow-motion videos which can then be shared to YouTube, Twitter or via Viddy, while Clique is like the ephemeral image messaging popularized by Snapchat.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Most of the guidance you see for entrepreneurs is aimed at those who are selling a product (Apple, Tesla, Xiaomi), or selling a service (Uber, Airbnb, Snapchat). Shape your business by design, not by default. Use visibility and social media to pull clients in. Picking a niche is another good way to focus.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

On your birthday, something special happens on social media: you receive hundreds of likes and well wishes from friends, family, high school classmates and people you haven’t talked to for years on Facebook. The Star-Match feature is designed to be a friendly connection builder. The Star-Match. Big brands are also heading for Doppels.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 14, 2016

CEO, David Hanson, American robotics designer and researcher created Sophia in the likes of Hollywood legend, Audrey Hepburn and his lovely wife. In an interview with Sophia for CNBC, she says, “I am already very interested in design, technology and the environment. Of course the media took her sarcastic statement to the moon.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2013

One guy was a designer, two guys were Ruby engineers, and I included – not an engineer. Do you think the main visuals are the appealing factors in digital media? I think design forward companies, we can get a little more attention and more referral traffic from that fact that we focus on aesthetics. ML: I do.

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JUNE 8, 2014

I don’t need to tell you what else is LA … SnapChat, Whisper, Tinder. Cincinnati has had the accelerator The Brandery for several years, which caters to the great strengths of design and brand management that are dominant in this city. All great communication companies. KickStarter? You also need marketing muscle.

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JUNE 16, 2016

Computer Vison Startup Nanit If you follow me on Snapchat ( msuster ) you might already know that I’ve been looking at and investing in a number of companies in the computer vision space. My thesis is that it will become a major I/O computing metaphor or as this field is sometimes referred to HCI ( human-computer interaction ).

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2016

Thus begins Snapchat and why you don’t get it. Snapchat will be used for both like the Internet (and TV) are. I just need to break you of the idea that Snapchat is for one thing – it is not. But since Snapchat uses the frequency above your hearing range it’s nearly impossible to “get” without help.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

It conjures up a range of emotions anytime I’ve privately expressed my opinion to thought leaders in our industry that I believe it is one of the most innovative companies in digital media. Some, of course, agree with me that BuzzFeed has been and continues to be the gold standard innovator in digital media to emulate.

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