Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

The power and influence of paid media advertising, including print ads, TV commercials, radio, and even online digital campaigns is waning, in favor of unpaid earned and owned messaging from your website, social media, key market influencers, and existing customer word-of-mouth. marketing is not zero marketing. Real customers.

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socalTECH

MAY 5, 2016

Appetize develops cloud-based, point-of-sale (POS) systems which is used in the sports and entertainment, parking, leisure and education markets. FreedomPay offers up a payment gateway which runs on Appetize's Android-based tablet software, and eventually will also be rolled out on iOS. Appetize is led by Max Roper.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2023

We all come from the era where our society and education prepared us for the labor market, meaning working for someone else as an information professional, factory worker, or retail associate. The wealth of online education offerings is a great start, but is not enough. It takes more than passion and a course on business basics.

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socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2011

A new, venture backed online education company, Encore Career Institute , headed by Steve Poizner, said today that it has linked with the UCLA Extension to offer up professional certificates and career counseling online. The firm said it has raised $15M in a Series A venture capital funding from InterWest Partners and Granite Ventures.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 17, 2018

The only requirement is that they focus on educational video content targeting children and young adults. Looking ahead over the next 10 years, this is going to be the way consumers are [being entertained], accessing insights and knowledge, and connecting.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2015

The power and influence of paid media advertising, including print ads, TV commercials, radio, and even online digital campaigns is waning, in favor of unpaid earned and owned messaging from your website, social media, key market influencers, and existing customer word-of-mouth. marketing is not zero marketing. Real customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2013

The power and influence of paid media advertising, including print ads, TV commercials, radio, and even online digital campaigns is waning, in favor of unpaid earned and owned messaging from your website, social media, key market influencers, and existing customer word-of-mouth. marketing is not zero marketing. Real customers.

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Media Marketing Startup Framework 101

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2020

We all come from the era where our society and education prepared us for the labor market, meaning working for someone else as an information professional, factory worker, or retail associate. The wealth of online education offerings is a great start, but is not enough. It takes more than passion and a course on business basics.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

You probably haven’t heard of Raymond “Pappy” Smith, but he parlayed his Junior High education into an entertainment empire that changed the way Americans viewed gambling. His success was based on delivering substantial value to an overlooked market, spurred along with some common sense growth hacks.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2010

Total Immersion's technology is used to insert real-time, interactive graphics into a live video stream, and have been heavily applied to the entertainment and advertising markets. Tags: total immersion augmented reality environment clean green education. The firm is headed by Bruno Uzzan. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Unused assets, as well as your free time, have no value on the shelf, and should be marketed. Your assets need to be visible, real, and marketed online. The current pandemic has already highlighted new things that can be shared online, including access to healthcare facilities, education resources, and even entertainment venues.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

Andrew was SVP of Mobile at Fox Digital Entertainment which launched the very successful Simpsons online game (curse you for wasting tons of my kids free time!) and Petri was co-founder and head of creative at Remedy Entertainment that launched the hit PC games Max Payne and Alan Wake. Tech Market Analysis Upfront Ventures'

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InfoChachkie

JULY 21, 2016

The reality television show Shark Tank makes for entertaining content but many of its underlying messages are potentially detrimental to tech entrepreneurs. I get that Shark Tank is a TV show focused on entertaining its viewers. Experienced entrepreneurs have no issues parsing where reality stops and entertainment begins.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

According to the firm, the alliance will include technical collaboration and education focused on using Total Immersion's D-Fusion software along with Adobe Flash. Total Immersion is headed by Bruno Uzzan, has has scored a number of high profile wins with entertainment and other firms, mostly around marketing. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2018

Our system works on under-the-table payments of below-market wages for jobs that our non-Hispanic citizens don’t want to do and in a country where people our unemployment rate is already so low that some economists are warning about inflation due to full employment. education: bi-cultural, bi-national and bi-lingual. Invisibility.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2020

We've obviously pivoted into what I think is today's most exciting media market, which is the podcast world, which is growing at a nice 40 percent annual pace. We get to take what we love best, which is create uniquely entertaining and authoritative, informative content, and put that in a medium people are actually enjoying and receptive to.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 4, 2014

It’s the New Year, and there’s no better time to get educated on all the blogging, podcasting and Web video tools to help you become an active content creator. Likewise, if you’re looking to learn how to market through online channels for your business, this is also for you.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 27, 2012

Make no mistake, successful entertainers are entrepreneurs. At the outset of their careers, they are forced to market themselves with little to no budget and differentiate their product so that they gain adequate attention without alienating too many potential customers. Entrepreneurs and entertainers alike must address their fears.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2018

In this age of constant market evolution and new technology, there is no such thing as a static business that is self-sustaining. Since these usually require a large investment, and more time, including customer education, they need to be started while your current business is still healthy. He entertains no sense of a static business.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2016

It combines innovation and entertainment. Two good examples are children's entertainment company (Spin Master) which launched an AR drone-racing game for the holiday season. The partnership will bring about the first mass-market consumer application of AR drone piloting. Lawrence C. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 20, 2018

These are your candidates, because they are companies already absorbing much or all the marketing expense necessary to make sales of your invention. They will be more willing to pay a royalty fee if your product gets them to market earlier or is protected by patent to create a barrier to their competition.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

We caught up with Michele and Dan to better understand why they founded the company, and why this market was such an interest to them. Our online solution combines both scientific methodology, as well as highly produced, entertaining, professional development content around education and awareness of unconscious bias.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2022

Autos for drivers: Waning market demand. Education: More students and different classes. These cultures bring a whole new set of needs in food, entertainment, and lifestyle. That means that starting soon, our doctors, hospitals, eldercare, hospice and even death care systems are going to face unprecedented demand.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Greg will share his experience on how to Successfully Build and Sell an Effective Social Media Marketing Agency. At the ripe age of nineteen, Greg’s life shifted dramatically as he began his education at the University of Southern California while simultaneously cutting his teeth in the Interscope Records New Media Department.

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Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

. “This year, more than ever, we are working with companies with the potential to help define the future of media and entertainment together with Disney.” Brit + Co is a digital media company that inspires, educates and entertains real women with a creative spirit.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 20, 2018

These are your candidates, because they are companies already absorbing much or all the marketing expense necessary to make sales of your invention. They will be more willing to pay a royalty fee if your product gets them to market earlier or is protected by patent to create a barrier to their competition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2019

The power and influence of paid media advertising, including print ads, TV commercials, radio, and even online digital campaigns is waning, in favor of unpaid earned and owned messaging from your website, social media, key market influencers, and existing customer word-of-mouth. marketing is not zero marketing. Real customers.

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Media Framework Social Media Metrics 95

socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2008

Los Angeles-based RealD, which develops 3D projection systems for the theater market, said today that it has shipped a new product used for 3D stereo displays on monitors. The product comes out of the firm's 3D visualization arm, which provides 3D tools to research and development and other applications. READ MORE>>

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Third Wave Digital (Allen DeBevoise), Dream Maker Entertainment Ltd. Entertainment Co., Nikhil Jain: We actually are working on different use cases, in areas of entertainment, healthcare, and enterprise, and also in gaming, which is the reason a lot of these partners starting working with us. That was how it started out.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Appetize is backed by the Guggenheim, the 49ers Family Office, WME SVP of Music Marc Geiger, Roar Entertainment and others; the company recently announced deals with Live Nation and the Sacramento Kings, and is part of the Dodgers Accelerator. For hotels, for cruise ships, for sports and entertainment, and for restaurants.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

These sites (so far) have managed to balance facilitating product discovery and purchase capabilities with users'' desires to entertain and educate themselves without feeling like they are in a marketplace. The combination of Search and Social is redefining the way marketers are allocating their ad budgets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2015

We all come from the era where our society and education prepared us for the labor market, meaning working for someone else as an information professional, factory worker, or retail associate. The wealth of online education offerings is a great start, but is not enough. It takes more than passion and a course on business basics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2015

Creating a successful startup is all about marketing these days, no matter how compelling your solution. According to Urban Dictionary , hype is “a clever marketing strategy where a product is advertised as the thing everyone must have, to the point where people begin to feel they need to consume it.” Peak of inflated expectations.

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Tech.Co

MAY 9, 2017

He ended up building a digital agency that did everything from custom apps and web development to branding and digital marketing. I saw so many different applications for virtual reality in education, entertainment, mental health and communication,” he said. Education became a large facet within the space and focus for Taylor.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2011

They get marketed as such. Will that be enough or will high churn rates creep in, new toys be introduced into the market, new time sucks pulling user attention away? Why had it endured though market machinations and become this year’s darling IPO? Not improving your life or business. Not solving a real problem.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

CreatorUp is the online web series school teaching the next generation of web series creators how to make and market their own new video projects on the web. And our network of filmmaker and entertainment industry colleagues allow us to recruit top teachers who are leaders in the web world. What inspired you? How does it work?

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Successful entrepreneurs make similarly educated guesses. By observing innovations and existing market conditions, they anticipate emerging technological trends. Film and radio helped Hitler mislead a nation, yet those same technologies have also educated and entertained billions of consumers.

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