Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Hard to believe another Digital LA Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood is happening this week back-to-back with the new LA Tech Summit produced by Cornerstone. LA Tech Summit takes place the following day and takes a more comprehensive look at the entire tech eco-system in Los Angeles, not just Hollywood.

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Hollywood Screening Ideas Entertainment 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Neville Spiteri is co-founder of Venice-based WEMO Media (www.wemomedia.com), a new, digital studio whose flagship product is TheBlu (www.theblu.com) an online, interactive experience focused on the world's oceans. Our focus is really what we refer to as globally shared media. We spoke with Neville about the company: What is theBlu?

Cloud Computing 208

Cloud Computing Web Entertainment Media 208

SoCal CTO

MAY 22, 2012

Founder Dating Los Angeles LA Demo Day Startups Uncensored Tech Cofounder Dating Los Angeles TechCoastAngels Online Events Venice Tech Entrepreneurs Downtown Startups LA Startup Nights Santa Barbara Startup Weekend Silicon Beach Fest Silicon Beach Startups Los Angeles Startup Weekend Hollywood Hackday Startup Weekend Los Angeles LA Tech Happy Hour (..)

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Los Angeles Southern California Angel Enterprise Forum 198

socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2013

Southern California is the center of the entertainment industry, which not only includes the world of Hollywood, movies and film, and television, but is also the home of the music industry. All of these startups are applying technology (software development and algorithms) to some aspect of music and the music business. Miso Media.

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Southern California Startup Sherman Oaks Venice 254

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Social Media Week (SMW) helps organizations connect and share the latest social media findings through social, cultural and economic talks and workshops in major cities worldwide. 7083 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028. A City of Angels: How Social Media is Bringing LA Closer to Utopia. 6712 Hollywood Blvd.

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Social Media Los Angeles Media Angel 92

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 6, 2009

This is why I say that Local Event Organizers Need to Adopt Social Media. In his post, he mentions the following events / event organizers, and you should visit his post for a bit more on each of them.

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Southern California Los Angeles Technology Council Stirrers and Shakers 243

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2014

Are you a content creator for the web? 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. READ MORE>>.

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Downey Content Help Startup 215

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

TechCrunch, Forbes, PandoDaily, and other national and local media covered the fest, centered in Santa Monica and Venice at venues with views of the beach on picture-perfect sunny days. Panels were based at hubs including Leadership, Branding / Advertising, Social Media, Entrepreneurs, Community and more. Kindling’s: L.A.

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Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Despite the proximity to Hollywood and the entertainment world, in the world of Southern California startups, actually combining the two world is quite difficult. Sara Bordo: My co-founder, Brad Sexton and I, both come from the Hollywood studio world. My first studio role was in digital media at Paramount Pictures.

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Paramount Entertainment Hollywood Content 187

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

My point was that Amazon continues to dominate the web services business because AWS continues to cut prices & margin in the same way a hypermarket does to control market share. Every politician in the country knows this as well as every consumer brand, every retailer, every restaurant and every media company. I wasn’t.

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OCTOBER 8, 2015

Los Angeles-based Pluto TV , which is developing an online Internet TV platform aimed at curating live TV entertainment for Internet users, said Wednesday afternoon that it has signed up a roster of over 20 new content partners fro the service. READ MORE>>.

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Content Entertainment News Venture Capital 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 15, 2011

A trio of United Talent Agency execs said Friday that they have launched a new, media company focused on the intersection of Internet and entertainment. The firm said it will work with creative talent to "produce television formats with a web sensibility" and also help develop digital platforms into TV and digital projects.

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Entertainment Funding Seed Funding Web 157

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 7, 2012

This fest will include panels, workshops, cocktails and keynotes for startups, content creators, developers, social media marketers, designers, entrepreneurs, and more. Design/Dev Hub (Launchpad LA) : Design + developers, UI, UX panels. Content : Web / viral videos TBA. Media/Tech: io/LA (Hollywood).

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Startup Press Hollywood Email 106

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Kevin Winston , is the organizer of Digital LA , the popular and widely attended networking organization for the Los Angeles startup, web, movie, music, marketing, and social media community. So we did a one-day fall Silicon Beach Fest at io/LA in Hollywood. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year?

Dollar Shave Club 272

Dollar Shave Club Technical Review Santa Monica Southern California 272

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. You should only worry about this if you’re a large, traditional media company with fat margins. TV of the future will not always have linear stories. and again here.

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Startup Media Content Platform 380

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APRIL 17, 2010

We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. Lee Essner is formerly a senior exec from WeddingChannel and has much experience in running a successful web property.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Dana Settle & I are hosting a dinner tonight (10/20/10) with some of the biggest companies in entertainment to talk about the future of television, film & digital media. This is where the digital media puck is going. Michael Ovitz , the co-founder of CAA will be the keynote speaker. The device itself will have no storage.

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Content Google Media Hulu 386

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2008

Ian Rogers is the CEO of Topspin Media (www.topspinmedia.com), a venture backed, Santa Monica-based startup developing web applications for the music industry. What's the idea behind Topspin Media? Topspin is backed by Redpoint Ventures and The Foundry Group.

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Media Yahoo Startup Tool 100

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2009

Your Software Development Partner. 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. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon Technology Council 100

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2010

Discover the what the future holds for you and this game changing media platform. Keynote: Jordan Rohan, Managing Director of Equity Research, Internet and Digital Media, Thomas Weisel Partners 9:30am: Keynote Panel: The State of Mobile: The Economics Of Critical Mass? Jennifer Byrne, Director of Business Development, Verizon.

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Mobile Media Case Study Advertising 40

socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2009

Your Software Development Partner. 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. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services. Startups Made Simple.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon Technology Council 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

My daily coffee meetings are not surrounded by the Hollywood elite with discussions of scripts, scenes and casting. In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. But we do have great technology developers. Los Angeles. I live in the city of Santa Monica. Hit some bumps in the road?

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

and are now one of the largest media outlets for entertainment on the web and Facebook. So it's going to be a sales team, a business development team, and helping our relationships with YouTube and Facebook. We're looking at distribution and marketing, which is the core of Hollywood and Southern California's core competencies.

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Startup Paramount Netflix Entertainment 164

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Coincident has created a platform that will allow storytellers and producers to create robust second screen stories on the fly that incorporate video, images and other web content. What is coming is Internet-enabled televisions, content streaming with built-in social media interactions in real time and multiple screen activities.

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Screening Content CTO Hire Platform 109

socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2012

If you're a music artist or band, and you want to create your own fan app for the iPhone, Android, or iPad, you're looking at hiring an app development firm, spending six months, and $100,000--right? Mobile Roadie, headed by Michael Schneider , develops tools that make easy for non-programmers to create their own mobile apps.

Mobile 239

Mobile Santa Monica Content Tool 239

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JULY 1, 2010

-Money to be used for hiring and additional product development. A social analytics platform for Facebook app developers and publishers that provides detailed demographic and engagement data. -A A social analytics platform for Facebook app developers and publishers that provides detailed demographic and engagement data.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 4, 2010

Hot New Mobile Devices and Window Mobile Development with Loke Uei Tan. broadwayallday : The Man Behind The 50 Cent Web Empire. 0: All Web Leads. Tweetphoto: One Of The Fastest Growing Twitter Photo Sharing Sites On The Web. Twingly Channels: Cutting Out the Noise Of Online Search And The Real-Time Web. I'm Batman.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Social Media Twiistup Web 40

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The company is employing a network of documentary filmmakers and high quality, Hollywood production capability here in Los Angeles to produce small business videos in HD for the web and YouTube. There's been a huge push to engage local businesses, to get them involve din social media, but video has yet to catch up.

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Networking Search Engine Optimization Product Startup 150

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

There are trade publications such as Variety, Hollywood Reporter, and Deadline at one end, and gossip celebrity news at the other end. The driving force for me was the gap in the market which I saw, a disruption in media consumption patterns. Basically, that disruption is 18-34 year olds have changed how they consume media.

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News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Giving you the ability to chat in realtime with all your friends around the web right from TechZulu. ( is the leading live video site on the Web, enabling users to create real-time connections with others around the world. Contact us for more information on supporting TechZulu's growth and development. Are you interested?

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Stickam Content Draper Web 60

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Iroko Patners had , a souring relationship with YouTube, Google Ads Words, Amazon Web Services even though the movie streaming firm had about eight million YouTube streams a month, with a $1 million revenue run-rate in 2011. The team in London is around 15 people – mostly tech, design, business development and marketing people there.

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Netflix Marketing Technical Review Content 82

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

CEA represents more than 2,000 corporate members involved in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and integration of consumer electronics products. The emergence of a new era of technologies, collectively known as Web 3.0, provides a strategically significant opportunity to make media and business run better.

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Technical Review Stickam Web Conference 40

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

I started in media technology, and built a number of companies, which I was able to build out and get the ball rolling, in digital, nonlinear editing and special effects technology in Hollywood. As a result, I had great visibility into what I would call the developing sea change in the traditional fashion supply chain.

Southern California 200

Southern California Startup Customer Custom 200

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

In the bay area it’s quite common for the entrepreneurs starting a company to be developers or technologists who can build the first versions of their products. 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.

Company 111

Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 9, 2010

Held from July 30, 2010 to August 5, 2010 at Laemmie Sunset 5, attendees had the opportunity to view independent television series and web series, panel discussions from industry experts, and mixers galore for the duration of the event. Let's Do Coffee with New Media. Best Web: “Octane Pistols of Fury” Greg Stees, Chris Prine.

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OCTANE Beverly Hills Southern California Content 78

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Assignmint is a web-based platform to list freelancing work for employers and help writers find the right freelance job for them and standardizes the paperwork between the two parties. For all those who want to talk about the fragmentation of media and the models for journalism is in trouble; it’s actually not. Digital media?

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Journal Startup Writing Media 90

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

Bill Gross is the man responsible for the overwhelming amount of monetization on the web. The reason is that like Hollywood these seem to require large up-front investments and seem to be hit driven. They help speed up the network by pushing the highly viewed and large media files to the “edge&# of the network (e.g.

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271