socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2020

We spoke to Bill about CurtCo's move into the podcasting area, and why he thinks podcasting is the next frontier in media. Talk about what CurtCo is working on? 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.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2014

We spoke with founder Manrique Brenes --a veteran of such companies as Skype and Cisco--to hear about Blossom''s products, plus its link to such companies at Vizio. What your product all about? It''s a web based controller, which gives you direct access to the system with their phones or browser. That''s a big market.

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Demand Startup Southern California Marketing 258

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2014

Talk about what''s going on at Rightside, and what the business looks like now? Steve Banfield: I am probably the worst person to talk about that, as I joined long after that decision was made. That''s especially true when you think about the investment we are putting into the domain side.

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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. Don’t expect to rely totally on social media, word of mouth, or a personal web site. They also offered an app to make the whole process simpler.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

We spoke with one of those companies-- El Segundo-based ConsumerTrack (www.consumertrack.com)--which is a $30M, bootstrapped an online marketing company which is driving millions of customers to big name, financial customers. What is ConsumerTrack all about? Brett Rossman: ConsumerTrack is a performance-based, online marketing company.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

The event features an interactive networking roundtable at which more than 30 venture capitalists from California, who will talk with local entrepreneurs about deal flow and the types of investments they're looking to fund. Register for the event at the LAVA web site today!

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socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2011

One trend in the Southern California high tech startup market has been an increasing number of startups--and executives--who have been looking to combine their interests in business with their enthusiasm for giving back through nonprofits and causes. First, for those not familiar with CauseCast, what is the company all about?

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Xconomy

JANUARY 2, 2018

Much attention was focused this past year on the impact of social media on the 2016 presidential election, as reports emerged about the use of these platforms by entities linked with Russia to spread false, misleading, or inflammatory political messages. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 7, 2013

Their stamp of approval can put the spotlight on any product or service and can open doors to new markets and opportunities. Their influence is strongest in the area of child education, products aimed at children or parents, parenting, and many other family oriented industries. About my company: [link]. Great service!”

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IBM IBM Email Research 154

socalTECH

APRIL 11, 2013

We caught up with Steven Cox , the company''s CEO, to learn more about the company. He said something that we''ve now heard over and over--he was good at music, but when it came to marketing and Internet, it was just not his skillset, and he didn''t know how to do that. The idea is that products have moved to the web in a big way.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Like a true entrepreneur, even though she was young, she took control of her life and pursued an alternative education. Bruce also experienced a challenging time at school, struggling with the limitations of a 1970’s public school education which emphasized conformity over creativity. [3:27] Self Taught Is Well Taught.

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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. What is BiasSync?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Twitter never seemed to really take the offense in PR and marketing. Right now the most important role to hire in Twitter would be a seasoned marketing professional who could proactively change the conversation about Twitter and educate people about its significance as an information sharing tool.

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RSS News Blogging Yahoo 349

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Messenger : Lynda Weinman , Co-Founder and Executive Chair, lynda.com and author of Designing Web Graphics , a world-wide bestseller, translated into 15 languages. Tell us a bit about lynda.com’s mission and how it has impacted strategic decisions, such as raising outside funding, entering new markets, etc.

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Entrepreneur Training Startup Web 245

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Messenger : Lynda Weinman , Co-Founder and Executive Chair, lynda.com and author of Designing Web Graphics , a world-wide bestseller, translated into 15 languages. Tell us a bit about lynda.com’s mission and how it has impacted strategic decisions, such as raising outside funding, entering new markets, etc.

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Entrepreneur Training Startup Web 245

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

15desks.com), a new startup focused on the education market. We talked with him on why he decided to head up this startup, and what 15desks is all about. Zareh Baghdasarian: 15desks is all about managing your educational lifestyle, all the way from early education to your graduate work.

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Education Startup Course Tool 124

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2012

It's an intensely competitive market in developing games for the iPhone and other mobile platforms, with thousands and thousands of titles competing for attention from users. Talk about your other titles? In 2007, we tried to launch it for the iPhone web, and the platform still couldn't handle it. It's hard to establish a niche.

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Mobile Startup Software Review Platform 216

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

One of the great joys of doing the web series This Week in VC every week is that I get to spend time with great people debating the issues of our day including how our industry is evolving as well as insights into how companies got started, got their initial traction and dealt with adversities. We then spoke about startups. Oh, yeah.

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Tech.Co

MAY 9, 2017

Taylor returned home and dove into learning web development and design on his own. He ended up building a digital agency that did everything from custom apps and web development to branding and digital marketing. Read more about virtual reality trends. Education became a large facet within the space and focus for Taylor.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

It might look a little bit like StoryBots (www.storybots.com), the new kids educational and entertainment service just launched by JibJab (www.jibjab.com). We caught up with Gregg Spiridellis, one of the founders of JibJab, to hear about Storybots. Can you talk about what StoryBots looks like now? Can you talk about that?

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Content Startup Screening Education 224

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Plus, he told us a little bit about how he's helping to build a mini cluster of technology companies in the Silverlake area. Ultimately, we're build tools for marketers on top of that. We have about 8500 customers there, but only a small percentage have built great communities that took off, and the rest floundered.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2013

The online flower delivery market is now an old and established market. We spoke with CEO and co-founder John Tabis about how TheBouqs believes there''s an opening for a modern online flower delivery service, because none of the existing players are catering to the new generation of consumers. Closing this $1.1M

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Services Technical Review Startup Pricing 215

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. Two weeks after Brad’s post I was at the 140 Conference in LA and I held open office hours for any entrepreneur who wanted to spend 15 minutes talking with a VC about their business.

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Technical Review Startup High Tech Software Review 282

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 22, 2012

Their Bundle categories consist of Music apps, Mac Productivity, Web Design and more. In addition to all of that, Stacksocial helps people discover their inner geek by offerings educational courses too. The courses include, app building, web development, Online Entrepreneurship and much more.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 16, 2012

Steve is also a Stanford Professor and noted marketing entrepreneur. In specific terms, “the new… book… (leverages) Alexander Osterwalder’s business model generation book as the frontend of entrepreneurs thinking about their business. One of my first posts was entitled The MBA Education And Other Oxymorons.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

One of the investment themes I’ve been focused on in the past 3 years has been Performance-Based Marketing. When I started investing the US advertising market was $300 billion with only 10% of it ($30 billion) of it being online and measurable. I believe that many social networks confused this idea. Early evidence is good.

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Advertising Invest RSS CPC 284

Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

“[It] is super competitive and great for companies looking to not only gain exposure but to learn from and see the breath of other startups and founders in the space,” said Darlene Gillard, Director of Community and Partner of digitalundivided, about the Startup of the Year competition. Indiegogo (San Francisco,CA and New York, NY).

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Startup Technical Review Competition Software Review 140

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2010

I have written about the topic of sitting on panels before. Educate – Your primary role on stage is to educate the audience. Make sure you really try to get inside the minds of the audience so you speak about what you believe they will think is relevant. Don’t oversell or over market.

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Startup Conference Venture Capital Tips 284

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. Lee Essner is formerly a senior exec from WeddingChannel and has much experience in running a successful web property.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

How did the idea for the company come about? What's unique about us, is that there haven't been modern, commercial technology which companies could subscribe to an implement in their corporate environment. They sign up through a web portal, online, and they create a resource pool. They never had that ability before.

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Cloud Computing Resource Startup Software 133

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Somebody asked the question, “What do you think about the term ‘Silicon Beach?” Brad wrote up his answer here – you should read it because it’s very instructive for how I believe communities ought to think about naming conventions. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

In this profile of #StartupsEverywhere , I talked with John Machacek, Senior Vice President of Finance and Entrepreneurial Development, the Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation about the friendly startup community, job creation and emerging startups. Can you tell us more about GFMEDC?

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 25, 2012

We’ve all have heard the great expression, “it’s all about who you know” more times that we can remember. Moofacese is out to help those opportunities thrive when is comes to the jobs market. Moofacese is out to help those opportunities thrive when is comes to the jobs market.

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Social Network Startup Education Web Development 106

socalTECH

MAY 18, 2009

We spoke to Daryl about the firm, the founders, and their use of Amazon Web Services as its back end. Can you talk about the acceptance of electronic signatures and any legal issues there? And, haven't some folks been trying to educate people about the market for awhile? Explain to me how your service works?

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Outsource Development Santa Barbara Education SaaS 100

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

The cost of entry is so low – you can create a web site for almost nothing - and you are on your way to riches with e-commerce, your latest invention, or personal services. Mashable claims there are 150,000 new web sites created per day. Having a web site is necessary, but not sufficient. Engage your audience with social media.

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Social Media Content Startup Web 93

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

It might look a little bit like StoryBots (www.storybots.com), the new kids educational and entertainment service just launched by JibJab (www.jibjab.com). We caught up with Gregg Spiradellis, one of the founders of JibJab, to hear about Storybots. Can you talk about what StoryBots looks like now? Can you talk about that?

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Content Startup Screening Education 138

socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2008

We spoke with the two founders of the firm, Rob Angarita and Aaron Hawkey , about what the site is all about, and the interesting way in which they connected with their angel investor. First off, tell us what Cramster is all about? How did the company come about? We asked Shai -- how did he hear about us?

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