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JANUARY 12, 2017

the parent company of Snapchat , has been sued in a patent infringement suit, by a company called Vaporstream. Snap Inc), and cites a number of patents which were granted to Vaporstream in July of 2005 for Vaporstream's secure messaging products. Venice, California-based Snap, Inc. , READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

and international cities like London, Mexico City, Seoul and Vilnius are building professional social networks for black professionals and blue collar workers, fashion labels, educational tools in augmented reality, kids entertainment, and an interactive entertainment production company. The new batch of startups coming from across the U.S.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 24, 2022

Niantic’s games incentivize people to use their technology to go outside and meet others — that’s why it calls its AR development the “real-world metaverse.” Then, those short video snippets of real-world locations are validated by developers, which is then processed to become part of the AR map of the world.

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MAY 4, 2017

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software used by multi-location brands to manage consumer experience interacting with their locations, has enhanced its Paid Media Manager software. The company said the enhancements include the ability to executive targeted, local Snap Ads and Geofilters on Snapchat. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 26, 2018

Venice, California-based Snap , the parent firm of Snapchat , has quietly acquired a 3D gaming engine developer based in the UK, according to a report. According to the report, Snap acquired PlayCanvas, a developer of 3D game design software, last May. No details on the acquisition have been announced by either of the companies.

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

Santa Monica-based Snap announced a series of brand new, original content, called Snap Originals this morning, which includes content developed by established film and television writers, as well as others. The original shows will be on the Snapchat Discover page, as well as available through search. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Los Angeles-based JibJab , the developer of e-card and other humorous content tools and apps, has released a new product today, called JibJab Camera.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Blurr , a social media app developer focused on communal photo sharing with users around you, has relocated to Los Angeles from Boston. The startup, which offers up an iOS app, said that Los Angeles was a "far better place" for the company, specifically citing such local Los Angeles companies as Snapchat , Tinder , musical.ly

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OCTOBER 23, 2018

to the Skysource / Skywater Alliance team , which has developed technology which wrings water out of thing air. The XPRIZE Foundation also said it has awarded a Haawaiian team, JMCC Wing, with $150,000 to acknowledge that team's development of a "unique technological approach" to the challenge.

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

Among the announcements at the demo day were the funding of smartphone toy company SnowShoe , and an acquisition of Smart Toy , a developer of an interactive toy. The Disney Accelerator said that Smart Toy was acquired by Los Angeles-based children''s product firm Cartwheel Kids, and that SnowShoe raised $2.2M

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JULY 21, 2017

Interested in getting involved in the development of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones)? We've combed through our database of companies to figure out which companies are involved in this industry here, ranging from key developers of military UAS/UAV platforms, to startups developing the software behind the growing consumer drone market.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

The Honest Company - The green and eco-friendly products company, founded by Jessica Alba and serial entrepeneur Brian Lee has been named as an acquisition candidate , not to mention unsubstantiated rumors of an IPO. Snapchat - Snapchat--or as it calls itself now, Snap Inc.--is Image courtesy N StJerna via Flickr.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

San Diego-based Wildfire Systems , led by startup veteran Jordan Glazier , has developed software which product referrals and automatically transform them into trackable links across email, text messaging, chat, and social messaging. Jordan Glazier: Wildfire has developed a platform for monetizing social messaging.

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MARCH 11, 2014

We have a large number of highly talented engineers and entrepreneurs now developing companies in our local market. And if they were acquired by Apple that would be quite an accomplishment – especially for a product that will continue to live. We know the perceptions you have of our market from our past. Maker Studios.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Product Development: philosophie. Whether the end goal is a functional business app or a mobile-friendly website, philosophie’s modern, open-source approach to development is sure to get the job done. Social Media: Snapchat. Entertainment Tech: Atom Factory. Atom Factory is a pioneer in the artist management field.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Santa Monica-based Forge Platform , which is developing software development kits used for Ethereum, has raised $1M in a seed funding, the company disclosed on Wednesday. CEO Lorenz was previously in Product and Monetization at Snap, and prior to that was SVP of Product at Brand Networks, in addition to serving at a VP at SHIFT.

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DECEMBER 18, 2018

Venice, California-based Snap is continuing to see turnover in its hardware unit, SnapLab, and has lost its VP of Hardware Development in charge of its Spectacles sunglasses product, the third head of that unit in the past six months.

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AUGUST 17, 2020

Indi operates an app which lets people get paid for sharing their social content, making product recommendations, and more. The reason for this business, is folks are always going on social media to recommend products to their friends, but they're not making any money from it. We have four different ways people can make money.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Therefore the LA based startup has announced a line of new products and rebranded under a new name. And after six months of insane design, coding and development, we have several new products to share with the world.” ” Supernova’s first two products include Clique and EPIC , already available on the App Store.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2016

One of the companies at that intersection of video and e-commerce is IPSY (www.ipsy.com), a subscription beauty products company which uses video as a core piece of its monthly beauty products business. Corey Weiss , IPSY's Head of Business Development, is based in Santa Monica, and helps to run that effort. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

70% Team, 30% Market I also talk often about how much the team plays a critical role in my decision backing an A-round company because so much changes as a company develops. Incumbents launch products, VCs throw cash at other competitors, team members quit, the economy dips — whatever. So Why Imbellus?

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JULY 16, 2013

Because at least while the VC spigot is open and flowing for high-potential individuals that fit a pattern that some VCs seem to favor they can access cheap capital that isn’t terribly dilutive and can use the to fund development and swing for the fences with limited focus on monetization. That leaves 99.99% of you. Again, all true.

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MARCH 16, 2017

We want to take our contacts at Google, Apple, Facebook, Disney, Microsoft, Cisco, Verizon, AT&T, Comcast, and other companies we believe should have a relationship with our portfolio companies, and help the CEOs and management teams more effectively do business development. Where are you planning making investments?

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JUNE 18, 2015

There are so many events to attend that one could become a full time conference attendee and you could easily feel like you’re missing out with each event that happens without you and of course there is Twitter and Instagram and Snapchat to remind you just how fun it was for everybody else. “Yeah, we think about going every year.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

One of the defining characteristics of product design is that reducing friction of a given feature/function drives usage of that feature/function. It will be interesting to see if any new startups can compete against the industry giants in picture and video sharing: Instagram, Vine, FaceBook, and SnapChat.

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JUNE 22, 2015

No carrier in their right mind wanted to cede control of the software but Apple was willing to offer its products exclusive through one carrier in exchange for not having any carrier software on the device. Why Exclusivity Matters to Your Customers or Business Development Partners.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 9, 2016

The reason why, is we're more than a consulting firm, in that we also provide access to capital, and access to production, resources, and talent. It's really the home of a broad base of services to help media and tech companies develop new opportunities, and accelerate their success. It's a full range of activities.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Yes, we all know that stories of Facebook, Snapchat and Uber where the founders had either board control or super voting rights by class structure but this is actually the exception and you shouldn’t blow up a good financing option over this issue. Some founders are just better at the start then the scale. D-Rounds and on … Oh, jeez.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 26, 2016

Mark Zuckerberg announced native Instant Articles as a feature update about a year ago and Facebook has been slowly rolling out and improving the product ever since. This is a key opportunity for small blogs and publications to get ahead of the game and really understand how best to use the new product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

Prime examples include Uber, Airbnb and Snapchat. This term refers to an initial venture-capital investment, often wrongly sought to seed early product development. In fact, most often, it is limited to seeding a startup business rollout or scale-up after development is completed from friends and family.

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JANUARY 22, 2014

Of course it is super helpful if a VC can drop you in to important people for business development, recruiting, PR, sales and eventually M&A. Simply put – I’d be in search of a VC who had an intuitive sense of my product, my customers, my organizational issues, my competitors, etc. Connections? EQ and Team Leadership?

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2013

App developers are coming up with new ideas daily to make our lives easier. If I had any advice to give to entrepreneurs it would be, build a minimum viable product that’s not a utility unless it’s a utility people will pay for on day one. Build a minimum viable product and test it out in the market. Thanks Matt for your time.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Luckily, he was able to talk to Steve Jobs, who offered to sell their product at an event. You get to learn everything from marketing to sales to accounting to business development to being able to make pretty websites and graphics. I am not surprised that Snapchat is LA based. It was a success and the group made payroll.

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JANUARY 5, 2016

When we were acquired by Disney we had a product & engineering team of 55 people. Each distribution channel you sell products in has its own unique customer base but your goal is to build a relationship with those end customers. And of course SnapChat is relevant for younger video consumers. The audiences are getting longer.

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MARCH 7, 2015

Or SnapChat won’t compete and ephemeral video them. But I walked into a board meeting this week with my partner Kara Nortman and she was filming live on Meerkat asking one of her developers new product ideas. But I am willing to say right now that this Meerkat thing is a phenomenon and it’s magical.

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JULY 6, 2015

In this post I advocate taking a harder stand on where your product or solution differentiates in the market – even if it means you lose some deals as a result. Since selling takes time, effort and focus – figuring out who wants or needs your unique product offering is what increases your win ratios and thus your top-line revenue.

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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. It turns out that their are constant magic moments of your child’s development that happen at night.

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