Xconomy

APRIL 9, 2018

As readers know, we strive to cover a wide range of innovation sectors, from tech and life sciences to healthcare and education—all with a mix of on-the-ground reporting, daily news stories, in-depth features and analysis, and events and conferences.

News 86

News Education Conference Report 86

Tech.Co

JANUARY 15, 2018

Jen Consalvo and I expanded the national footprint of events, hosted conferences and festivals, created monthly leadership summits, hosted an interactive educational speaker series, wrote a book, and launched a daily news and resource platform with a new brand – Tech.Co. Needless to say, very little of it was easy.

Media 70

Media News Organization Content 70

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. Earned media. Owned media. Real customers.

Media 101

Media Marketing Startup Framework 101

socalTECH

JULY 12, 2017

The Walt Disney Company has launched its fourth year of running its own accelerator program, the Disney Accelerator , saying on Tuesday afternoon that it has named eleven companies to its new class.

Class 113

Class Company Companies Commerce 113

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Everyone is talking about how social media can help you jumpstart your business at no cost, and experts are springing up on all sides to help you do it at a high cost. Before you start, analyze existing media, demographics, and new social media alternatives for a fit to your rollout campaign requirements. Pick your fit.

Social Media 95

Social Media Media Startup Blogging 95

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2023

Former employers will normally only give you candidate employment dates or good news. Let candidates educate you on attributes you need and they bring. If your kids can use computers by age six, every entrepreneur ought to be able to stay current with the latest social media marketing and e-commerce technologies.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Technology High Tech Startup 104

Xconomy

JULY 27, 2016

Responding to this kind of upheaval requires leadership and education. College is great for certain types of education, but we need to educate people about tolerance, on how working together is how we thrive as a human race, and on how intolerance leads to horrible things such as war and even genocide.

Social Media 40

Social Media Media Education News 40

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2013

We caught up with Mark Suster , one of Upfront''s General Partners and a well known blogger and technology personality, the new fund, and how his blogging is now driving the firm''s investment activity. Tell us about the new fund? It''s good news for us, but it''s also good news for Los Angeles technology.

Funding 196

Funding Venture Capital Los Angeles Social Media 196

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2020

Former employers will normally only give you candidate employment dates or good news. Let candidates educate you on attributes you need and they bring. If your kids can use computers by age six, every entrepreneur ought to be able to stay current with the latest social media marketing and e-commerce technologies.

Competition 174

Competition High Tech Startup Social Media 174

socalTECH

MAY 16, 2012

Looking to help voters educate themselves better on the candidates, and the issues, Taylor Peck and Nick Boutelier came up with iSideWith (www.isidewith.com), a cleverly built site which lets users input their opinions on issues important to them, and helps the compare and match their answer with the positions of all of the candidates in the race.

Education 201

Education Sites Startup News 201

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2021

We see evidence in the news every day of these irresistible forces of change, like the pervasive global penetration of the Internet, the impact of terrorist activities even to peaceful countries, the power of social media in building business relationships, and the depletion and pollution of natural resources. Societal upheaval.

Marketing 135

Marketing Startup Entrepreneur Social Media 135

socalTECH

MAY 16, 2012

Looking to help voters educate themselves better on the candidates, and the issues, Taylor Peck and Nick Boutleier came up with iSideWith (www.isidewith.com), a cleverly built site which lets users input their opinions on issues important to them, and helps the compare and match their answer with the positions of all of the candidates in the race.

Education 171

Education Sites Startup News 171

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

This enabled many aspects of the dark side to emerge (fraud, invasion of privacy, fake news, denial of service, etc.). Here one can list pervasive search engines, access to extensive information repositories, consumer aids, entertainment, education, connectivity among humans, etc. We are currently still suffering from those shifts.

UCLA 253

UCLA Social Media Social Network Santa Barbara 253

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.

Social Media 58

Social Media News Web Report 58

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. Earned media. Owned media. Real customers.

Marketing 100

Marketing Social Media Framework Media 100

Tech.Co

APRIL 2, 2018

For Nina Vaca , Founder, Chairman and CEO of Pinnacle Group, she attributes much of her success to the role models in her personal life, business and education, who have fueled her growth and lifted her up along the way. Once women have access to STEM education, they need resources to support them and open the door to high-demand careers.

Education 70

Education Startup Mentor Entrepreneur 70

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.

Artificial Inteligence 109

Artificial Inteligence Startup Entertainment Press 109

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. Earned media. Owned media. Real customers.

Advertising 66

Advertising Marketing Startup Framework 66

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

The first two years of the program focused on education & mentorship. This education will continue. But this year there are two new components: funding & a facility. He previously co-founded Charlie , a Los Angeles based media company and interactive agency. So What is Different for Class Three? So we went ahead.

Venture Capital 287

Venture Capital Funding Startup GRP Partners 287

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Let me start with the news that I’m excited to share with you. Her network from her educational institutions alone has friends in all of the top tech, media & banking institutions. I have known Kara for 7 years and knew almost immediately after meeting her that I wanted to work with her one day in some capacity.

Venture Capital 408

Venture Capital Startup Outsource Development CitySearch 408

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

This is only one of the ways social media and other technologies are changing the experience of forming our views on election issues and choosing our candidates. New York-based Newsela aims to offer youngsters straight news without a partisan spin. These influencers include bloggers, columnists, think tanks, and satirists.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review News Social Media Startup 40

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Over the past four years, Nithin has generated national coverage for his from several leading cable news networks, as well as a number of local and regional newspapers. We had NBC, ABC, Fox, San Jose Mercury News (cover the story). We had a bunch of media come out to our school and publicize Kenya Dream.”

UCI 259

UCI Class Southern California News 259

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year? I left a great firm, Redpoint Ventures (after 11 years), to start a new firm, Archer Venture Capital. Not to be coy, but I think the top influencers of 2011 are secretly working on the next great applications of the internet that will drive disruptive new business models.

Venture Capital 234

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Southern California 234

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 20, 2010

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. I still have my Google Reader and it brings me the news and content that I asked it to find.

RSS 349

RSS News Blogging Yahoo 349

StartUp Beat

MARCH 10, 2020

Attendees of this year’s networking and educational event included senior-level marketing decision-makers […]. spurse announced the pre-launch of its Social Reward platform at the Influencer Marketing Conference & Expo 2020 (IMCX 2020) that took place the 25th February in Los Angeles.

Conference 59

Conference Platform Marketing Education 59

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Former employers will normally only give you candidate employment dates or good news. Let candidates educate you on attributes you need and they bring. If your kids can use computers by age six, every entrepreneur ought to be able to stay current with the latest social media marketing and e-commerce technologies.

Technology 87

Technology High Tech Startup Social Media 87

Tech Coast Venture Network

MAY 15, 2011

Either directly or through members or sponsors, the resources TCVN delivers address numerous categories: education, accounting, legal services, banking services, intellectual property protection, funding, marketing, sales, publishing, strategic planning, administration, professional information, government-related guidance, and others.

TCVN 113

TCVN Technology AeA Press 113

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2015

Tony was the principal investor in STATS, which he sold to News Corp., and also was heavily involved in Hollywood Media, which was acquired by The Times Mirror Company, in addition to a number of other companies. Tony told us a bit about GovX: Explain what GovX is about? What is most attractive about this particular marketplace?

San Diego 100

San Diego Sales Activity .Net 100

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 22, 2013

The mobile app and website that allows people to capture and share images and videos of events through social media. The cool thing is we were not only taught about film and TV, but also about new media. One of our teachers was teaching new media and it was really inspiring. People are starting to notice us.

Social Media 94

Social Media Startup UCLA Media 94

InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2015

Good news: a quick review of TechCrunch’s March 2015 List of Top 20 U.S. The TechCrunch team was judicious in its determination of qualifiers, insisting that the accelerators be, “fixed-term, cohort-based, with educational and mentorship components, culminating in a public pitch or demo day.”

Startup 100

Startup Class LAMP Santa Barbara 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

If you follow the tech media you would be subject to a lot of narrative biases that are completely off base – and this includes the value of email and phone calls. Tech news keeps proclaiming “phone calls are dead,” which is useful except that the data suggests the exact opposite. Higher education. Home alarms.

Email 339

Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2014

Former employers will normally only give you candidate employment dates or good news. Let candidates educate you on attributes you need. If your kids can use computers by age six, every entrepreneur ought to be able to stay current with the latest social-media marketing and ecommerce technologies.

High Tech 103

High Tech Entrepreneur Startup Social Media 103

socalTECH

MAY 27, 2010

For this morning's interview, we have an interview with Kieve Huffman , the co-founder of Dather (www.dather.com), a new Los Angeles startup which has created a tool which helps to aggregate social networking web sites and media. Kieve Huffman: My background, and that of my business partner is digital entertainment and digital media.

Startup 213

Startup Buzznet Entertainment Social Network 213

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

Bitcoin has had a rough start to the year (to say the least) – with a never-ending news feed consisting of massive bankruptcy , scandal stories, and car chase media fiascos. To comment on the rocky state of Bitcoin affairs in the last 30 days, does Dan believe we’re past the worst of a media firestorm?

Startup 104

Startup Venture Capital Draper Invest 104

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 20, 2011

That’s right folks, BlogWorld and New Media Expo have left their old stomping grounds in Las Vegas to venture on to a new chapter. BlogWorld is now being held in New York City in May and Los Angeles in November. BlogWorld in NYC? Now you get a double dose of BlogWorld awesome in a year!

Social Media 65

Social Media Media Tips Content 65

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2013

We see evidence in the news every day of these irresistible forces of change, like the pervasive global penetration of the Internet, the impact of terrorist activities even to peaceful countries, the power of social media in building business relationships, and the depletion and pollution of natural resources. Societal upheaval.

Entrepreneur 103

Entrepreneur Social Media Startup Study 103

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2016

Former employers will normally only give you candidate employment dates or good news. Let candidates educate you on attributes you need and they bring. If your kids can use computers by age six, every entrepreneur ought to be able to stay current with the latest social media marketing and e-commerce technologies.

High Tech 58

High Tech Startup Social Media Entrepreneur 58