socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2012

One of the major growth areas along Silicon Beach has been in the whole area of creating content for digital platforms. And in particular, if you're developing comedy and humor content -- which is a big segment of the content being created--how to do you help people find the content which will resonate with them.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

I called this trend “ Torso TV ” because the “head” of consumption (largest number of views) was dominated by platforms that had massive distribution (think TV stations, radio or retail outlets that sell CDs and DVDs. But when you think about the movement we once called “Web 2.0″ think Apple.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Nikhil Jain: Clean Green Guy is an online platform, which allows entrepreneurs and inventors with green business concepts, ideas, and companies connect with investors, financing, and service providers. The web site caters only to people in the green space. Let's start with an overview of Clean Green Guy. What is the site all about?

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Xconomy

JUNE 23, 2016

At their annual developer conferences, Google I/O, held last month, and Apple’s WWDC, last week they both announced updates to their development platforms. Two customer-focused announcements stood out: the reviews API and the customer case studies. Success of the app stores starts with developers.

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Artificial Inteligence Google Software Review Case Study 55

socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2013

What we''re doing, is curating the most popular interests, brands, and entertainers, which comprise the interest in the social web, and putting in on one platform. We really started to study the current generation of smartphones and what people do with them. Phil Kelly: It''s kind of interesting.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

Due to the combination of these factors, marketers began to more heavily fund digital platforms. Precise analytics allow companies to “ measure online distribution of coupons by tracking the printing of web pages and page views;” a significant advantage with digital. A study conducted by Rice University’s Jesse H.

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Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

According to a study of 1700 CEOs last year, only 60% of companies today use social media for marketing, and only 12% of those feel that they are using it effectively. Dell announced years ago that it had earned $3 million in revenue from using Twitter, and other businesses report daily on increases in web traffic up to 800%.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Huddlewoo a live video platform set to launch early 2013 to give people the ability to access extraordinary people for one-on-one conversations and mentoring. We are a platform that facilitates the most important conversations of people’s lives! The calendar, payment and live-video are all facilitated through our platform.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2012

The answer was yes, and we also saw that we could begin to play at web scale, be hosted in the cloud, be scalable in an extensive way. They had been recommended as a preferred provider for Facebook application developers, but it didn't work. We then actually went to the leader, Amazon, and we're in the web services group.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 24, 2017

This makes ads somewhat obsolete for web based products and services, with third party reviews more powerful. According to a joint study by Twitter and Annalect, influencer recommendations have just as much sway as friends when it comes to building consumer trust. This makes company sponsored ads a potential ROI disaster.

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Technical Review Content Marketing Social Media 104

socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2009

The firm recently relocated its headquarters from Hawaii, and we talked with Rob about why someone might need the service, how it's different from the scores of social networking sites on the web, and what problem it's trying to solve. as a social identity platform, which you think of as a social hub, rather than a filter or aggregator.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Valarm is an Android mobile app and integrated suite of web-based tools that will track almost anything via GPS, and remotely monitor almost any environment via built-in and external sensors. Cookbook Cafe is the new DIY publishing platform from L.A.-based Spotlight Companies. digmybrand. Cookbook Cafe. based BakeSpace.com.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

I recall being impressed with Jeff, but I was concerned that he was creating a platform, which often requires a significant amount of capital, takes an extended amount of time to establish and can be subject to margin pressure as the enabling technologies become commoditized. John Greathouse <john *@ *.com> com> 4/25/08.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2010

To kick off our first interview for the year, we've got an interview with Kevin Strong , the CEO of Laguna Beach-based FutureDash (www.futuredash.com), a developer of technology for the home energy monitoring market. Google is doing a web presentment tool, taking data from utility companies. I was impressed by what he was working on.

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Startup OCTANE Outsource Development Google 140

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2011

He is not alone, according to a recent study , which concludes that only 47% of companies use social media today for marketing, despite the fact that 78% of executives polled feel it’s critical for success. Develop a marketing strategy specific to this media. The basic tools are the platforms like Twitter and Facebook.

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Social Media Media Marketing Social Network 104

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Knewton – “Online adaptive test prep and virtual classroom platform&# - I love the innovation that is coming from the test prep industry. Studying for the SAT, LSAT, GMAT, TOEFL, MCAT and other standardized tests in the US is a massive market that has been dominated for years by Kaplan and Princeton Review. Other deals.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2016

Despite the benefits of developing an app, there are valid reasons why retailers choose not to invest in one. Developing a mobile app can be extremely expensive and some retailers believe it is futile to spend that money if a mobile-optimized site is already in place. MYTH: Development costs are too high.

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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. Sam Rogoway: We use YouTube as our hosting platform, for a variety of reasons. Where do those videos get distribute?

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Networking Search Engine Optimization Product Startup 150

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2012

The team needed would consist of at least 1 non-technical business person (me) and 2 or more technical people—designer and developer. Two of the developers that were going to join me decided to continue on with their idea since they already had a team. There were a few things that made building the team difficult. The Code Wars Team.

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2009

Vicon makes motion capture devices--reflective markers, along with specialized, high resolution, high speed cameras--which use dots to reproduce motion on a character or to study the movement of a clinical subject. The problem in developing a character rig--which is a model character in a computer environment--is a complex, custom process.

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Tool Platform Venture Capital Startup 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2010

According to this study from last year, over 65% of existing small businesses still ignore social media for marketing, so he is still the rule rather than the exception. Dell announced over a year ago that it had earned $3 million in revenue from using Twitter, and other businesses report daily on increases in web traffic up to 800%.

Social Media 88

Social Media Media Marketing Startup 88

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Ophir references a study that listed a striking statistic: 54% of all ads being shown aren’t actually being seen. Another area they’ve developed (which they believe to be best in their class of technology) is the realm of nudity detection – in order to brand safer clean images. Why the shift? Banner blindness.

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Technical Review Advertising Google Screening 76

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2010

Discover the what the future holds for you and this game changing media platform. Dave Gwozdz, CEO of Mojiva will highlight some findings of this recent study called "State of the Industry in Mobile." Director, Business Development, NAVTEQ Media Solutions Kevin McKenzie, Founder, JiWire. Guaranteed to be a high value session.

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Mobile Media Case Study Advertising 40

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

I studied it, and very much enjoyed it, but by the time I got to my fourth year of school, I figured out I really didn't want to be that engineer in the lab, designing microprocessors. I ended up overseeing online marketing and development across Reed's website and brands. Jennifer Sargent: It's funny.

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News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Over the past ten years, the rise of the consumer web and the availability of better measurement too. Bootstrapping process, product development, Prototyping. . The step by step story of an entrepreneur’s journey from idea to bootstrap web startup from her vi. Bootstrapping development, team management. . The constrai.

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Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Alex’s entrepreneurial pathway developed organically. Growing up, I’d always been interested in technology and was one of the only people in my high school to study computer science. Building the development team came once they were ready to raise capital. From the Beginning. Skill sets-wise, we were very different.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 4, 2010

Redeye VC , April 13, 2010 Startup Development - SoCal CTO , April 23, 2010 Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering? Some great posts from April 2010 that talk to me in terms of being a CTO at a Startup. Ben Casnocha: The Blog , April 15, 2010 Everyone I spoke with loved the idea.

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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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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Background: Joel Spolsky studied Computer Science at Yale University (class of 1991). In 2008, he founded StackOverflow , and it has become the foundation for a question and answer platform called StackExchange. This ended up developing into Visual Basic for Applications , the strategy for programmability in Microsoft Office.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Computer scientists call the study of graphs “ network theory ,&# but on the web the word “network&# is used to refer to the websites themselves). How to be a successful iPhone developer - 47 Hats , July 20, 2010 I came across this YouTube video of Brian Greenstone from Pangea Software talking about how his company made $1.5

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