Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

. “Let us come together and celebrate…” The mashup theme was reflected in the SBF programming, which included panels highlighting accelerators, VCs, startups, developers, movies, TV, music, web content, art, fashion, social good, surf & skate, and more. & #celebrity to pull off anything! Kindling’s: L.A.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2018

McFedries, brud ‘s founder and chief executive, confirmed that the Miquela account had been hacked in a text exchange with me, writing, “some redditor idiots hacked the page we think.” ” That was a lie. “[Manufacturing] social influence.”

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

We're always interested in how technology is influencing the business of Hollywood, and recently ran across Los Angeles-based Scripped. to the business of script writing, and is looking to combine a free online tool for writing scripts with matching those scripts with content producers. Sunil Rajaraman: That's a good question.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

But you must work hard to develop alternate distribution at websites like Yahoo!, You also need to develop an O&O (your own websites) strategy. I meet way too many Hollywood producers who tell me, “I just signed X, Y, Z talent and we’re putting a bunch of videos on YouTube. MSN & AOL. Technology is Critical.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

He's been working Hollywood, too, and is a real Cinderella story. An example is Melissa Rundle, who was been writing for the industry doing FunnyOrDie type comedies. I started writing, doing production, and wrote a winning student short, and also worked at Creative Artist in film distribution and sales.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Jan Zands is the founders of Los Angeles-based phonesheet.com (www.phonesheet.com), a startup which is developing web-based software for tracking phone messages and action items. Traditionally, they hand-write those messages and those message slips become clutter, become lost, and they stay in your office when you're not there.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

I can tell you that my goal is to develop the most depth I can with an audience of 100,000, instead of 10 million people. What do you think of all the Youtubers who are using that to get into Hollywood--any thoughts there? That's what's most important these days, which is authenticity. Adorian Deck: That's a great question.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

So if you want to be a content producer and want to make money you can develop content for global “niches” of watchers who might like: Japanese Anime, South Korean drama, Bollywood productions, reality TV on any topic – fashion, cooking, travel. Harlem Shake. million views). And here’s the thing. and again here.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2012

I got a call from a VC friend of mine who said, “we’re looking at this deal but can’t write the full check. I decided to write a $2+ million check along with my co-investor who offered $750k. I saw it first hand in college, which is where I first developed the analogy. I think you should look at it.”

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

People say we’re crazy, but we know creators are legit businesses,” Karat writes on its website — the company didn’t respond to a request to chat about what they’re working on. Podfund , for example, writes checks sized between $25,000 to $50,000 to emerging podcasters.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2010

What's the story behind the site and how you got into tracking Hollywood numbers? You can also share those, and we have a widget server which allows you to republish reports you have developed. Tags: movie office numbers opusdata hollywood content entrepreneur interview nash bruce. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

First Principles. Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. -

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

In my opinion it’s the most natural fit and it would give Netflix a very strong presence in Los Angeles and in TV (obviously subject to getting the right writes from the studios). Any Hollywood studios taking notice? ==> What do you think about the Netflix decision? So why on Earth should Netflix split into two businesses?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

The launch of their new Boxee Box in November and the user acceptance of that will be telling for their future development. But the whole market will develop more slowly as we watch this bum fight take place. Or can we develop more fragmented content to meet the needs of fragmented audiences and interest groups?

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2013

On the flip-side, Assignmint is a tool for editors, which we are in the process of developing right now. I spent more time organizing my tax forms, keeping them safe, getting invoices together, getting invoice templates, then getting them out there and tracking down my payment for writing the article. It’s growing. It’s horrible.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to. They have developed a cloud-based platform for merchants to publish to multiple distribution networks, including social, mobile and email. with the clips.

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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. That’s convenience when your VC is hoping to write the next $20 million check. But we do have great technology developers. And of course you have Hollywood. Let me use LA as an example. Los Angeles.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Calabasas-based software developer Final Draft , which develops screenwriting software, has been acquired by Burbank-based Cast & Crew Entertainment Services. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Cast & Crew said the buy will help expand its suite of technology solutions.

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Xconomy

JUNE 10, 2016

First reported by Deadline Hollywood , Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence has signed on to play Holmes. And in New York, these folks are writing a musical about Martin Shkreli—specifically, the hilarious rumor that Bill Murray might steal back the Wu-Tang Clan album Shkreli bought for $2 million.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

This San Francisco startup has amassed an impressive portfolio of innovative products that have the potential to disrupt content distribution in Hollywood and everywhere else. Many companies are developing second screen technology, but few have come close to what Coincident.TV WOW, right? has accomplished. Coincident.TV

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? But I didn’t write it for you; I wrote it for myself. but: Something is Still Missing.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Yet, actors remain a main part to character development (based on personality), as well as the ‘performance’ of the film. With this new development, we often think of the dramatic roles of Gollum in Lord of the Rings and Caesar in this year’s release, Planet of the Apes: Rise of the Apes, played by Andy Serkins.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Steve Seigel: The last few years the technology scene has really exploded here in LA, with the development of Silicon Beach and startup downtown. Anyone can write a check, but not everyone can provide intellectual capital. How did you get involved with angel investing, initially? And, that help is not always capital.

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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. We thought it was a real opportunity to bring in some taste-maker editors, who could write specifically for that audience, and break news. Jennifer Sargent: HitFix started two and a half years ago.

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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. When he had the idea for his company, he didn’t write a long business plan or try to raise money to hire an agency to build a website for him.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

The following week, I joined AT&T Hackathon at iO/LA in Hollywood and again pitched the idea. So, I teamed up with a group of developers that showed interest in working on my idea after the weekend. Everything comes out in the wash—You can call yourself a UX guru, or an iOS developer, or even the King of the World for that matters.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 9, 2010

With the amount of networking possibilities, if you had an awesome idea I could almost guarantee you would have found someone to either help you bring your idea to fruition, or if already fully developed a chance to setup a meeting with a network executive. Tom Hoffman, Manager, Digital Production & Development, FreMantle.

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

I think because we're a Hollywood town, people haven't taken it all that seriously. We'll even write a half a million check. Because, who it takes to develops successful software-as-a-service is someone who has come through Oracle, Seybold, to some extent SAP or PeopleSoft. We're taking it seriously. That as unhealthy.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2009

A Writer Is Someone Who Writes. A writer is someone who writes, not someone who goes about telling their friends that they are “a writer”. Hubris might be an entertaining trait for an entrepreneur in a Hollywood movie. Hint: He was an entrepreneur. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

Margaret Francis – Heroku XL , making large-scale app development easy. Sonny Vu – Misfit Wearables , developers of the world’s most wearable sensor products. Q Manning – Rocksauce Studios , mobile ap designers and developers. Savannah Peterson – Shapeaways , the social platform for 3D printing.

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Jason Nazar

JUNE 18, 2009

Movies – no website has more Hollywood DNA. Leverage a worldwide community to enable a perfect market for outsourcing activities like online research, writing, & content review. Their development process need to be more open & transparent to get the community excited about being part of reviving the MySpace user experience. •

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