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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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 14, 2020

These discussions and lessons — which the company emphasizes are not therapy sessions — are meant to frame how potential customers could view the types of things they could talk about with their therapists. If there’s one thing that Bird knows, it’s how to reach a millennial audience. ”

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

On August 23rd, 2013 I had an email intro from my good friend and trusted source Jeff Berman who only sends me stuff when it is somebody he respects (ie a strong filter vs. those who send casual intros). and Petri was co-founder and head of creative at Remedy Entertainment that launched the hit PC games Max Payne and Alan Wake.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

When it's all about trading, swapping, lucky finds, and more--explains Dan Murillo , who is CEO and Founder of Little Black Bag (www.littleblackbag.com), an online e-commerce community based in Los Angeles. Can you talk about what Little Black Bag is and the origins of the company? They tell their friends about the site.

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Commerce Sites Entertainment Social Network 153

Berkonomics

JUNE 30, 2012

We are constantly bombarded by ads in multiple types of media, to the extent that we most often tune them out unless particularly entertaining from the first moment. But it must be told about and by the customer, with your product as the tool of solution, not the focus of the story. Dave’s book: Positioning.

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Case Study Study Social Network Advertising 212

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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Entrepreneur Entertainment Technical Review Ideas 100

socalTECH

MARCH 29, 2012

What's the best way to get the word out about your brand on social media? We spoke with Matt and Amanda MacNaughton , the brother and sister team behind PromoJam, to hear more about the company's platform. Amanda MacNaughton: PromoJam is an enterprise, social marketing technology platform. What is PromoJam?

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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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Entrepreneur Commerce Sites Social Network 210

socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2011

For this morning's company profile, we thought we'd connect with ShareSquare (www.getsharesquare.com), a newly funded Los Angeles startup focused on QR barcodes -- 3D barcodes -- focused on musicians and entertainers. We caught up with Matthias Galica , the firm's founder, to hear more about the company. However, one way the U.S.

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socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2014

For today''s Insights and Opinions section, we are featuring a post from Jonathan Handel , a Los Angeles entertainment/technology attorney, who imagines one day when driver''s licenses will be obsolete (thanks to Google and Uber). Email us and let us know - and we may feature it here! READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Google High Tech Entertainment 147

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

My macro theme was “great entrepreneurs&# who mapped to my belief system about the kind of entrepreneurs I wanted to work with. That strikes me as an attractive market for disruption over time. Mobile: When I think about the current generation of mobile monetization in reminds me of people reading radio programs on TV.

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Mobile Advertising Media Marketing 329

InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

You can watch/listen to how John and Kyle turned their email newsletter into an international bestseller in the following 9-minute excerpt from John''s recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. an email) to about 35 people. If you want to be kept informed just send me an email and let me know that you''re in, and that was it.

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Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 233

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 12, 2014

Silicon Beach Fest is LA’s original festival celebrating LA tech, entertainment & startups with panels, keynotes, workshops, mixers, and more in Santa Monica. Head to the beach on the first weekend of summer to celebrate LA’s digital innovators in tech, startups, entertainment, fashion, marketing, and more!

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Hollywood Entertainment Content Email 81

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2018

As part of the lead in to the conference, and as a part of our sponsor relationship with the conference, we're running a series of interviews with speakers from the conference about their experience in the area of recurring revenues, customer service, and similar topics. The second, was investing in relationship management and support.

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Customer Custom Services Conference 113

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Andrew Connell is the CEO of DinnerDate.com , a startup which has been in beta in San Diego for the last few months, and is just now expanding out to new markets. We spoke with Andrew about the startup and what it's all about. It's trying to help people solve a problem they are passionate about. What's DinnerDate.com?

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San Diego Hollywood Mobile eHarmony 264

Berkonomics

JUNE 22, 2012

It is an old warning in the entertainment industry. If you are proud of the fact that you were first to market with a product or service, you might define yourself as the “first and best”. There is no one who will ever be as passionate about telling your story as you.

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Mentor Statistics Press Entertainment 136

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

TechZulu gets some questions answered for all you marketing folks out there. Patrick Starzan is the Vice President of Marketing and Business development at Funny or Die. He is a marketing professional with over 8 years of extensive online and social media marketing experience. What’s been your biggest success?

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Sites Marketing Social Media Social Network 61

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2010

I have written about the topic of sitting on panels before. 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. But try to make it a functional discussion rather than a marketing pamphlet.

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Startup Conference Venture Capital Tips 284

socalTECH

JULY 18, 2012

One way is to create your own, custom video clip which you can share via email, text message, or through a social networking site like Facebook. We spoke with Allison Dollar, Chief Strategy Officer at the company and member of the founding team, about what the company's service is all about. What is the SnapCuts service?

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Social Network Mobile Media Examples 246

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

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

So it is a combination of markets and people. The contextual ad market was attractive. Tell us more about Highland Capital (14:30 – 16:30). Richard’s email address is public but it is hard to manage all the inbound cold emails. What’s your point of view on next generation video entertainment? (34:30

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Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 4, 2011

Embedded in the page are standard social media buttons like Facebook, Twitter, Disqus and good old fashion email as methods to recommend programming that you like. And the site is growing, it now includes video content made by brands you may recognize from places that you visit elsewhere on the web, like the Popsugar entertainment news brand.

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Web Netflix Social Media Product 65

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

We caught up with Andy, whose executive experience ranges from ZeroDegrees, NBC Internet/Xoom.com, Infoseek / Go Network, to CNET and Snap.com, and whose last firm was MerchEngines, which he sold last year, to hear more about his new startup. The best form of this right now is email, and even then, that's through a one-size-fits-all email.

Southern California 245

Southern California Idealab Startup Customer 245

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 6, 2013

Adam sat down with us to talk about startups, the LA scene, and his company ScoreBig. I once worked for the NBA and there are two problems that the live entertainment and sporting industry faces: the number of empty seats and the consistency of raising prices. Tell us more about it. We don’t sell junky seats at last minute.

Startup 79

Startup Pricing Entertainment Sales 79

InfoChachkie

JULY 16, 2012

Fortunately, several startups have devised tools which make it possible for content creators to maintain the entertainment integrity of their videos while embedding relevant calls-to-action. Skimlinks is an affiliate marketing tool that allows website publishers to readily monetize their online content. What’s So Cool About Coull?

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Customer Custom Entrepreneur Advertising 226

InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

You can watch/listen to how John and Kyle turned their email newsletter into an international bestseller in the following 9-minute excerpt from John''s recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. an email) to about 35 people. If you want to be kept informed just send me an email and let me know that you''re in, and that was it.

Newsletter 133

Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 133

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Gaming is about to take a decisive turning point thanks to smartphones, tablets, next-gen consoles, and digital downloads. Scot has been an entrepreneur and executive responsible for the launch of several interactive entertainment ventures. Please email us reach@techzulu.com. Josh Yguado - President SGN. Partner with us!

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Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 94

socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2011

We caught up with CEO Eric Frankel this week to talk about the firm, his decision to go from the comfortable world of Hollywood as President of Warner Bros Domestic Television Distribution, to a startup, how the firm is using the cloud to power it service, as well as where the firm is going next. How did the company come about?

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Entertainment Startup Class Santa Barbara 159

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Well, aside from it showing discipline and intelligence – we always get flooded with emails when we recruit and when you have to manage volume you need to go for obvious filters. Wait a second, what’s this CAA logo all about? He told me he was planning on recruiting somebody for a similar role and I asked about his spec.

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Venture Capital Technical Review GRP Partners Email 290

socalTECH

APRIL 23, 2013

We caught up with Uygur--who has had his own show on Sirius Satellite Radio, hosted MSNBC Live, and currently has his own show on Current TV--to learn more about The Young Turks, his online efforts, and his views on how media is shifting to the Internet. We operate the largest online news network overall, with about 1.25 billion views.

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Media News Startup Technical Review 196

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 4, 2014

Ever fantasized about climbing Mt. How about hiking in Patagonia without carrying a 60-pound backpack and eating freeze dried food? Kurt and his crew can make these, and about 35 of other once-in-a-lifetime treks, a reality. Greathouse : Yes, it always seems to get harder to launch a startup when a market begins maturing.

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Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Resource 187

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 14, 2013

o Assess Budget - The Say Yes salespeople are straightforward about determining the bride's budget at the outset of the sales process. Whenever I pitch a group of people, I always take the time at the outset to learn a bit about each participant. o Keep It Fun - Every sales process involves a degree of mixed emotions.

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Sales Startup Activity RSS 251

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2014

TechZulu recently sat down with east coast transplant Olenka Polak to talk about startup life in Los Angeles. All these efforts were to figure out what it would take to put something like this in the market. But this feeling sort of dies out when you’re working with the product every day, and talking about your product every day.

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Startup Entertainment CTO Coach Screening 91

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Culver City-based Lootsie (www.lootsie.com) has createe a product which ties together those loyalty reward programs with the advertising and marketing efforts of brands, to help both those mobile developers and marketers. We did that through email, and eventually mobile. How does Lootsie work? I was COO of UrbanDaddy.

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Mobile Culver City Startup Examples 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2009

During this high-level event, Top Brand Marketers, Agency Executives, Publishers, and App Developers will come together to discuss and explore how brands can harness the power of the billion dollar app boom. The event will dive deeply into the challenges and success stories of the explosive mobile and social app market.

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Fandango CarsDirect Case Study Santa Monica 124

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

We don’t think about how much Microsoft does to make our lives easier, especially at work. And 450 million licenses of Windows 7 were sold since its launch in 2009, making it the fastest-growing operating system ever, and showing us that Windows is going to keep controlling the OS market share. 3. It’s not just about Windows.

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Writing Training Email .Net 88

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 6, 2013

Adam sat down with us to talk about startups, the LA scene, and his company, ScoreBig. While I was working for the NBA, I learned there were two problems the live entertainment and sporting industry were facing: the number of empty seats and the consistency of raising prices. Tell us more about it.

Startup 61

Startup Pricing Entertainment Education 61