socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Before that, I was at a multimedia design academy in high school. I've always been a mobile enthusiast, in technology and design and user experience. Eli Aizenstat: I entered into the Design Accelerator, which is an accelerator run in conjunction with the Art Center College of Design and Caltech, in the summer of 2014.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

We recognized that it was a large business, with American Greetings having about an 80 million dollar a year e-card business, and we thought we could bring some hipness and freshness to the category. Our product is called Starring You, which lets oyu put yourself into any video we create. So, we launched JibJab eCards.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2011

In the IAB study that revealed the graph above, brand advertisers indicated that their number one objective in online advertising was “creating awareness&# followed by “creating purchase intent&# or “likelihood to recommend&# the product. Yet these seem to be the least effective attributes of banner advertising.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I’m super excited to announce that GRP Partners led the investment in Ethan Anderson’s new company MyTime (link has LA-based merchants but will give you a good feel for the product). ” So Ethan went to work as a product manager at Google Video. I think it’s a beautifully designed site and product.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Greg knows consumer businesses and customers, which has added tremendously to our team where I admittedly have more of a background in enterprise software, data and online video. Draft is a Fantasy Sports app designed for the mobile world and the busy lifestyle founded by Jeremy Levine.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I invested in LA-based Gogii , one of the fastest growing, most exciting mobile social networking companies you’ve never heard of and maker of a product called textPlus. Gogii is the creator of the 36th most downloaded application in the history of the iPhone app store – a product called textPlus.

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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. All of them offer the same kind of coupon information for a store or category, but many of those sites that show up have very poor results. We have complementary skill sets.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 2, 2014

Wrap up post and video coming soon. According to International Data Corporation, wearables will be the fastest-emerging category and become a $12B industry in 2018. 15 Startups to pitch their products – 2 winners to be announced. Syuzi Pakhchyan – Art Center College of Design/Intel Technologist-in-Residence.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

“Made in the USA” is more than just a slogan; it’s a philosophy for business, one that emphasizes the importance of staying within the national economy and creating products of the highest quality. There’s a reason why Apple has recently pledged $100 million in American manufacturing plants for future products.

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Technology Google Mobile Outsource Development 104

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

An alternate outcome that I also unfortunately observe in some cases are companies who had extreme early success with an initial product adoption but failed in key areas that limited the growth and therefore the ultimate financial outcomes. How profitable is my product or service? As an early-stage VC I love this phase.

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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). The “product” value is difficult to quantify, the costs are nebulous, and entrepreneurs have to clone themselves to scale the business.

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Social Media Pricing Technical Review Demand 56

Xconomy

AUGUST 9, 2016

Already on that plateau are products like the commercial jet airliner, which hasn’t changed much since Boeing introduced the 747 in 1970. But in essence, aircraft builders have concluded that there’s only one efficient design for an aluminum airframe riding on gas-turbine engines, and it’s the one we’ve got.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 15, 2015

The curated design and photography-driven entertainment site is where GIFs and memes intermingle with stunning photography, video and the ability to purchase in app. We put products they can purchase in the mix. If we see products are trending, we reach out and strike a deal with the vendor and make it for sale on our platform.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). MySpace didn’t handle images or video well. MySpace was: scantily dressed, teenaged, middle-America, design chaos and on ad steroids.

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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Web 297

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued. The metrics were good but we wondered how much better they would be when we expanded our product.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 14, 2020

“We launched a telehealth product in 48 hours, we converted the majority of our visits for the next month in person online and we had really, really great feedback and customer response — both in terms of adoption but repeat visits as well. Early growth in visits is running at 100%, month over month, per Carmy.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

LA not only produced the obvious – MySpace – but also created the whole category of sponsored search (Overture), AdSense (Applied Semantics), Local Search (City Search), comparison shopping (PriceGrabber, Shopzilla) and lead generation (LowerMyBills). Mark Suster, QD3, Brian Solis, Chamillionaire, Ian Rogers, Brian Zisk.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 13, 2012

Some exciting news from Las Vegas in the massive Sony Booth (for every time I’ve been at CES, Sony’s area takes up damn near the entire exhibit hall /HugeExxagerationButSeriouslyTheyDoItBig) with multiple product releases in every possible category of an electronic consumer’s life.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 14, 2012

After we finished drooling in the television area we walked right into this year’s video and photo cameras for the extreme of extremes. Along side 3D, television companies showcased a great deal interactivity and “smart” features as to show us the future of television viewing and interaction. Look at that poor guy.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

With all games designed and developed in house, they also work with companies and campaigns to develop specific trivia game applications. Their presentation ended in a quick trivia round about science, a category which (of course), the techy audience chose. Test, Test, Test – The importance of feedback on your product.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2013

People can buy anything, look up news, watch videos, and the list goes on and on. Today, we support four categories: house cleaning, dry cleaning – pickup and delivery, wash and fold – pickup and delivery, and dog walking. One guy was a designer, two guys were Ruby engineers, and I included – not an engineer. ML: I do.

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Technical Review Mobile Startup Los Angeles 87

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I spoke about how Amazon Web Services deserves far more credit for the last 5 years of innovation than it gets credit for and how I believe they spawned the micro-VC category. But a certain amount gets lost in the headlines – especially when not everybody actually heard the video and knows the nuance of the message. Fair enough.

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MARCH 11, 2011

He invented the category of sponsored search. At the time when you did a search on Lycos, Alta Vista or similar for a category such as Cars you ended up getting 9 spam results and 1 proper website to meet your needs. He thought, “This way any product you launch you can talk instantly with and get feedback from customers.&#

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

The feedback primarily fell into three categories: better ways to discover new content, better organization tools and the option to have private collections. We’re fortunate that our primary investors are also very active Board Members who are working with us closely to build a great product that’s engaging for users.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

The video is only 16 minutes long and it is well worth the time. Facebook is about to try to dominate display ads the way Google dominates text ads - Chris Dixon , May 15, 2010 It is customary to divide online advertising into two categories: direct response and brand advertising. It's a great talk. It's a great talk.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

More Mansion Videos. See the entire Mansion video lineup. In February, Googles YouTube signed a lease for about 40,000 square feet of production space in Playa Vista. Viddy, a mobile-video-sharing company, has its office a block from Google in Venice. Most Popular Video Feed. Interactive Graphics. Stock Quotes.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Lisa and her team create media projects designed to move the social progress agenda forward. He is a founder of Strengths Doctors, a consulting firm which helps leaders design energizing work environments. The apps can stream video, audio, news feeds, Twitter, Facebook, sell digital content, physical merchandise, and much more.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2016

I have to believe that I’ve met a team of extremely bright, highly competitive and deeply passionate founders who have an idea for a product that has the potential to transform a market. It’s not a consumer product — it’s for people with technical capabilities. In the end, the vote is yours. What Next Density?

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

I’m investing heavily in Internet video. So I invested in Maker Studios , which is now the 3rd largest producer of Internet video on the web. TreeHouse is also a video company. But its objective is to teach the world web design or to program computers. Full product out shortly. Americans watch 5.3

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). Except that MySpace didn’t handle images or video well. What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0

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Frank Addante

MAY 22, 2006

► October (1) New Video! Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. But, there was always something “missing&# in the teamwork category that prevented us from going full throttle.

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JUNE 16, 2016

Today I am so excited to announce our latest investment in the category —  Nanit  — which is a smart baby monitor. One of the first investments I did in computer vision was Osmo, a product designed to get children off of the couch and to stop starting into an iPad and instead get them using physical objects (and other people!)

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