Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2014

Fact: social media is among the top most powerful communication tools today. Pew Internet Project’s research on Social Networking reports that as of January 2014, 74% of online adults use social networking sites. Digital Insights reports in their 2014 Social Media statistics that Facebook has 1.01

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Sure, Facebook, Instagram and other Social Networks provide the ability to upload and share your content, but none make it as seamless and easy as Kincast. Professionally, Tom has architected and developed new products at 3 previous start-ups. Kincast is another app that was created out of a gap in the market.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 13, 2011

Path , the developers of the eponymous app for the iPhone, has come up with a mobile check in app with a focus on who you’re with. In their original app, Path, the developers focused more on sharing a picture or moment privately with a select group of friends. It seems the developers are emphasizing who you are with.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 15, 2012

If you’re new to software development, you may be asking yourself, “What the heck is a User Story, anyway?” Ultimately, your goal is to keep things simple — for yourself, for your testers, for your art team and eventually, your developer. One for each of the main Hero Screens you have in your application.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 8, 2013

The developers of CanWeNetwork want to make it easier for people to meet and discuss future business endeavors and/or grow their network base. The clean and simple interface is also a plus, as it doesn’t crowd the screen with buttons or words that distracts the user from focusing on finding a new network.

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Networking Social Network Screening Education 82

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2009

Last Week, Calabasas-based Masher Media announced it had received a round of angel funding from the Tech Coast Angels to fund its development of MyMiniPeeps (www.myminipeeps.com), a virtual world for children. They're looking for deeper social networking, and more of a gaming element on sites.

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Media Tech Coast Angels Social Network Content 150

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

One of those is Hollywood-based FilmBreak (www.filmbreak.com), which is applying the world of social networking, media, and the Internet to help film-makers gain access to the analytics and insights they need to better market their films. Lots of them were in online media and entertainment. Where's the service now?

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

The multi-tiered platform allows for money to be transferred between Facebook friends, the ability to click and purchase any item that you see on Facebook and through the published API’s, developers can integrate and write their own applications on top of the ZunguZ platform. As we know, developers always give their product a code name.

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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. easy sharing (through social networks or platforms like YouTube).

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Guide to Evaluating Startup Ideas - Tony Wright dot com , May 27, 2010 A great developer I once worked with was kvetching at lunch one day. He started targeting the ad by location and interest, and the number of potential people he was reaching began decreasing on screen (Facebook tells you dynamically). Innovative. Disruptive.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2012

What does the world have in store for the mobile games market, and how do mobile games developers look at the world? Tell us about Mobile Deluxe and the types of games you develop? What kind of games do you develop? Two, we've also been a full service, publishing and development house. and on most phones around the world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Allowing your social media efforts to stagnate. Gone are the days when companies could put up a website that sat on the screen like an electronic business card. Social media is about maintaining a dynamic conversation between you and your customers. Combine social media seamlessly within your traditional marketing plan.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Josh Brooks: The goal of Postcard On The Run, is I'm trying to develop a product that speaks to the crossroads of analog and digital, and online to offline. Nowadays, when you post something online, whether that is an image in a gallery or social networking site, it only has a lifespan of just a few seconds.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Solaborate is a blend of great social network platforms, by taking in all the greatest bits and putting it all into one. Consumers all have access to social networks, but the business-side has never really caught on. We want to continue developing our network and keep growing our community base.

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Social Media Social Network Tool Mobile 92

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

He’s focused on that sector (not exclusively but predominantly) and therefore has an amazing network at large financial services firms to help you with business development. So they develop short-hand ways to qualify things better. It’s your job to find a continued way to stay on the radar screen of the VC.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 21, 2010

The app, clearly made for comic-book lovers and announced at CES, is intended to be an online comic-book shop with social features. As the app, which is being developed for Adobe AIR, Windows, and mobile platforms, is early in its development, a full review would be premature, but here are our first impressions. for Windows?

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Software Review Social Network Screening Networking 40

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Allowing your social media efforts to stagnate. Gone are the days when companies could put up a website that sat on the screen like an electronic business card. Social media is about maintaining a dynamic conversation between you and your customers. Combine social media seamlessly within your traditional marketing plan.

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Social Media Media Startup Content 85

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

It became a theme in my keynote at Caltech on the future of social networking. I use to to learn, to grow, to ask questions for which I’m curious and to further develop relationships that I have. Unlike those IM clients with a small (ineffective) footprint, Meebo experience is a website and a full page screen.

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Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2010

Once that a product has made that initial screen, we look further, to make sure it's also cost effective and easy to live with. For lack of a better word, it's really social shopping--not in the way of using social networking to drive sales, but because moms are social, to allow them to share information regularly online.

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Software Review Commerce Startup Sites 200

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

It is a good thing that there is an app for everything today — work, social media, games, shopping, travel, photography, and schedule of movie screenings. It is no wonder that the average apps user spends 139 minutes per day browsing them, according to a report by Flurry, a company catering to app developers.

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Mobile Social Media Google Software Review 40

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2010

It has nine pictures or more on screen, and in each location there are pictures that contain pictures from your category or have different letters in different locations. It was funded in 2006 with about $8M in investments, and we were fortunate to have the benefit of that investment in the development of the intellectual property.

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Both Sides of the Table

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. “What you get&# is one of the most mature, seasoned & experienced mobile games developers that has existed.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2012

“I found it to be the best social network, connecting people on a deeper level. People stopped worrying about social status.”. Park had a screen-printing business in 2004, starting with his own $4,000 investment. You strip away all the layers the mass society gives you. It’s a breath of fresh air.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

We also had awesome group of mentors that included: David Waxman (Co-founder of PeoplePC, Spot Runner and Firefly Network), Paige Craig (CEO of BetterWorks ), Josh MacAdam (Co-founder/CTO at Ming.ly Also of note was Ryan Orrico’s launch of HandJob, a new form of job applicant screening and referral tracking.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005. Christopher Brereton is one of the founders and lead guru of PictureHealing , a company that develops community, awareness and support through photo sharing on iPhones. Sizhao “Zao” Yang – COO and Co-founder at BetterWorks.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2011

Any company who develops products reliant on iOS spends weeks crapping their pants before WWDC. While Google stopped Facebook in their tracks when they built a social networking company. And Facebook stomped out Twitter from building an open social network. from winning the Internet portal wars. And on and on.

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Google Press Marketing Content 325

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Having been through the experience as an entrepreneur twice myself I have developed a list of what I think it takes. As an entrepreneur people who aren’t going to respond to you and it’s your responsibility to politely and assertively stay on people’s radar screen. What attributes am I looking for during the process?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Restricted Supply: We love the content that is produced by the companies that are the primary suppliers to hulu: Modern Family, The Office, The Simpsons or even classics such as Arrested Development. Hulu emerged in the social networking era and yet Boxee has been way out in front in terms of creating social viewing experiences.

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Hulu Technical Review Content Advertising 292

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

For decades the “layering&# of technology has allowed us to develop IT systems and networks in a specialized way that let’s best-of-breed technology solutions to emerge at each layer of the stack and to allow people with different skill sets to specialize in key areas without having to have competence in every technology arena.

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Startup Technical Review S3 Services 343

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. Will we discover stuff through second-screen apps? It will involve 3d (see Nintendo’s moves , for example).

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