TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Let's take a look at some of the many ways businesses can benefit from these new models to streamline operations and deliver faster and more accurate results.We’ll begin by looking at some real-world examples and then we’ll dive into more details of how these improved search capabilities can enhance your business.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

From a marketing marketing perspective, that allows filmmakers to quickly and easily promote their films through social media and build a fan base, and incentivize fans to support their films by offering access to exclusive content, livestream video chats, and production updates, as an example. What's your background?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2011

I don’t believe it’s hyperbole to say that Twitter and Facebook are truly transformative at a societal level, for example. My example du jour is LinkedIn. It might be in online game platforms solving the problem of entertaining people. It’s not all sunshine and candy canes. That might be in online resumes.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

chapter of the Media, Entertainment and Technology Alliance (METal) and the voice of KenRadio's World Technology Roundup on CBS Radio, Rutkowski has recruited a roster of mentors to coach entrepreneurs who enroll in the institute's programs in LA. For example, there's an idea for an events company we're considering.

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socalTECH

JULY 5, 2011

Those brands included the Green Bay Packers, World Wresting Entertainment, and so on. Those brands created reward portals around Internet search, so, for example, you might go to the New York Giants site, search through their branded portal, and you would earn points, which they could redeem for swag from the team.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

It’s fun social entertainment that without words helps me feel connected to people that I’m close to or whom I want to follow. But that product is the perfect example of perfectly suited for the web given the real estate available. Mobile is great for capturing images and quickly & easily sharing them.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 23, 2023

We watch our news and entertainment anywhere we want to on any kind of device we choose. Examples of re-imagining the business. There are hundreds of other examples of re-imagination everywhere we look, making our lives easier and our reach greater than ever before. Let’s explore examples of these and more.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

An example of a great serialist was Charles Dickens in which Oliver Twist & Nicholas Nickleby and others were written and distributed serially. And to those who keep telling me that the CPMs are too low to make a business please stop thinking about two-way entertainment in only CPM terms. It’s entertainment.

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socalTECH

JULY 18, 2012

For example, if someone is browsing a clip, they can see the origin of that, if it's a movie, and that can be linked to a DVD, or merchandise, or a T-shirt. Allison Dollar: An example would be studios, which have a franchise of feature films. They can then share that across a social network. It a way of using video for self expression.

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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. Matthias Galica: The first two verticals which correspond to our use case are in music and entertainment.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 28, 2014

Yes, most of that is from NetFlix and YouTube and others delivering entertainment content. Dave’s Top Ten Trends workshop promo video Check this example by clicking on the link to the left – from my www.berkus.com site. Ninety percent of all traffic on the Internet is in video form.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2013

What we''re doing, is curating the most popular interests, brands, and entertainers, which comprise the interest in the social web, and putting in on one platform. You can go to your particular interests, pick your favorite brands and entertainers, and favorite them. How did the company start? That''s where the company started from.

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Mobile Startup Entertainment Tech Coast Angels 159

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Richard coincidentally cites Mike Yavondite’s Qiigo as an example; Mike was a guest on TWIVC later that day. What’s your point of view on next generation video entertainment? (34:30 An example is Metacafe, a Highland Capital portfolio company. Fansnap is an example, search for ticket purchases. 34:30 – 37:00).

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socalTECH

JULY 18, 2018

Santa Monica-based SPACES (www.spaces.com), led by CEO Shiraz Akmal and a team of entertainment veterans from Dreamworks Animation, is hoping to do that with a series of physical attractions, powered by VR technology. We're an entertainment company. In the U.S.,

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Entertainment Santa Monica IP Startup 180

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 7, 2009

Part of the reason is that when I look at the CTOs, we see that the industries (games, entertainment, aerospace, retail, etc.), For example, an online retailer probably doesn't see themselves as a technology company. But where do the software development companies in Southern California congregate?

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2013

For example, the most popular people born in Texas, the most popular people who are Geminis, the most popular people for each profession--like the most popular comedian or most popular country singer. Before, you might look up May 20th as a birthday, and we''d sort by age. Instead, we''re now sorting by popularity.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

We caught up with Dan to hear about how the firm is going beyond online sales, and making shopping online for fashion as much entertainment as e-commerce. Dan Murillo: Little Black Back is what we call an entertainment shopping company. We think there is a new category of the e-commerce and shopping sector, the entertainment sector.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

I was running the largest deals in the media and entertainment video area across many different Google products. I also lead our media and entertainment vertical practice. magazine, for example. Rachel Payne: I was working at Google for about eight years, most recently in global strategic alliances. One of our customers is Inc.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2014

every thing from smartphones to the network, video streaming for example over the Internet. If you think about the City of Los Angeles, just as an example, there''s pretty much continuous interaction between the city and technology. I view myself as having a pretty good background across a lot of things., Thanks, and good luck!

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

For example, Hulu said that college football fans might choose Hulu + Live TV during the season, but shift to a more inexpensive plan in the off season. Hulu said, in its announcement that, "price changes are never easy to stomach", and said it is also making it easier for its subscribers to shift in between its different plans.

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socalTECH

JULY 12, 2017

This year's Disney Accelerator class appears to be far more mature than prior years; for example, Epic Games is a well established company whose tools are behind such games as Gears of War and Infinity Blade, and aXiomatic is an investor in its own right, owning esports team Team Liquid, plus a stake in Super League Gaming.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2014

We both agree that the later-stage valuations are being driven up to a point that feels irrationally priced [he uses b-round SaaS valuations as an example and I am willing to be even more broad based]. I wrote my version here and Scott wrote an excellent write-up of his views here. I don’t totally agree with that view.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

He has been blogging on a number of subjects, for example, eLearning. Back in the early days of LA venture capital, I was first an associate of a fund, and then partner of a fund, Entertainment Media Venture Partners. Entertainment is confusing--we didn't make investments in pure content plays. Elearning is an example.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

My commute, for example, from Santa Monica to Century City is less than 15 minutes each way and I never have to take the freeway. But ultimately we’re on the Internet to communicate, buy stuff, become informed and be entertained. Commuting - The freeways here are legendary for traffic.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 13, 2018

Launched in conjunction with Kendrick Lamar’s Top Dawg Entertainment , the collaboration between Nike and Lamar marks a series of firsts for the world’s largest sports and lifestyle brand. The SNKRS app is only one example of Nike’s innovative approach to integrating technology and fashion.

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JULY 9, 2010

Greg Siegel: I had most recently been representing actors as an entertainment agent at Endeavor Agency, but I had started out in the Internet world way back in the nascent days of the Internet. An example is Ashton Kutcher, who really is the king of digital media right now, and was involved in building his production company.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 16, 2018

For example, Steven Kotler, a pioneer in flow state research, broke almost 100 bones as a journalist researching the topic. I first met Job Stauffer, Co-Founder and CCO at Orpheus Self-Care Entertainment when I was, in fact, procrastinating from work. are the quickest way we’ve found to tap into human flow. Gameplay in RaveRunner.

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socalTECH

MARCH 29, 2012

Amanda MacNaughton: An example of this is we powered a promotion for Rock the Vote, a big campaign for them. We're bringing in an exciting director of business development, focused on brands and entertainment, and we'll be looking to grow our footprint in the entertainment and brand areas this year.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 14, 2016

They're seeking community, education, entertainment, and most of all, a sense of authenticity. Join us at the Pepperdine West Los Angeles Graduate Campus and learn invaluable information about what it means to be an entrepreneur. Breakfast provided. Consumers these days are looking to connect with companies on a much deeper level.

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Pepperdine West Los Angeles Education Entertainment 100

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JUNE 6, 2011

Some examples of those who we have worked very closely with are Ron Garrett, who was the lead engineer on Google AdWords. Another example is Mark Hoebich, a bootstrap founder of a company called TV Tracker, which is a B2B provider in the entertainment market. Those are two examples, we have about a dozen.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

As an example, Mark Rosman, one of our directors and teachers, just got a web series picked up by Alloy, the Girls Intelligence Agency (GIA). An example is Melissa Rundle, who was been writing for the industry doing FunnyOrDie type comedies. They've worked in this industry at a very high level.

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JUNE 15, 2011

You've been in more traditional entertainment firms--as an executive in a big studio--why jump to a startup? Did those prior entertainment relationships help to get those celebrities to work with you? We've been innovating over the last fifteen months, and have to patents pending on the technology right now.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

The convergence of the Internet and the entertainment business has made Los Angeles a hotbed of activity in the online entertainment industry, attracting companies from all over the country interested in connecting Hollywood with the Internet. Peter Hoskins: We're more about entertainment than a technology, platform, or wire.

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Entertainment Advertising Hollywood Startup 100

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JUNE 20, 2014

For example, we had a keynote from Patrick Soon-Shiong, who talked about his new health incubator, and Frank Addante, at Rubicon Project, talking his ad-tech services. We''re showing people that we have the cool media-entertainment stuff, which is cool and great, and we love that. We have Chet Pipkin, talking about Belkin.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2008

For example, say we're buddies--and I wanted to encourage you to go out and vote, you go to the AT&T multimedia storefront, find the Obama "Yes We Can" Mogreet, and type in a cell phone number and just click send. Our team comes from the entertainment industry--we have the entertainment background, and we have done this before.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 22, 2012

It is an old warning in the entertainment industry. For example, if you have a bicycle currier service that you want to be known as speedy and reliable, define yourself as “the FedEx of urban curriers.” (See “Manage Your Mantra” from several weeks ago.)

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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2012

I like to refer to that as the ultimate brand fan page, or to take the example from the apparel industry, where I come from, a virtual look book for a brand. We showed it to other brands, and colleagues in music, sports, and entertainment, and finally brought it to the MAGIC apparel trade show.

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