SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Thursday, November 4, 2010 -- Content World Turned Upside Down: Can Traditional Media Adapt? TCOSC Digital Media Society. Every aspect of the business of entertainment media and other content providers, and their traditional sources of revenue, are under assault by disruptive business models. See [link].

Content 100

Content Technology Council TCOSC Cloud Computing 100

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

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium.

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

It’s enough to drown any business which tries to fight it or ignore it, and it’s an opportunity to ride higher and faster than even the successes of Google and Facebook, for those startups that use it as their driving force. Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. exabytes per month at the end of the year.

Startup 106

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 106

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

AUGUST 21, 2011

Digital Media was an obvious theme because it’s one in which LA (where I’m based) and NY (where I spend a lot of time) have strong assets, companies and management teams. While the media industry is driven by a combination of subscriptions and advertising – it’s clear that the latter plays a unique role in media.

Mobile 329

Mobile Advertising Media Marketing 329

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2017

It’s enough to drown any business which tries to fight it or ignore it, and it’s an opportunity to ride higher and faster than even the successes of Google and Facebook, for those startups that use it as their driving force. Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. Data enable: use metrics and measurements.

Startup 55

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 55

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2014

It’s enough to drown any business which tries to fight it or ignore it, and it’s an opportunity to ride higher and faster than even the successes of Google and Facebook, for those startups that use it as their driving force. Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. zettabytes by the year 2016.

Startup 99

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 99

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Peter Csathy – CEO Manatt Digital Media Ventures, accomplished media and digital media entrepreneur. Heather Wilburn – Founding Member of AdWords Program & Biz Dev Manager for Channel Sales team at Google. The conversation shifts over to the work Heather Wilburn is doing with Google AdWords.

Startup 95

Startup Google Education Venture Capital 95

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. They not only have gotten bigger but they have an amazing track record of funding the biggest names in the sector: Cisco, Apple, Google, Facebook. Los Angeles. People either love it our hate it.

Company 290

Company Companies Technology Startup 290

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. Social Media has been traditionally seen as branding medium, but that seems to be shifting this year.

Entrepreneur 210

Entrepreneur Commerce Sites Social Network 210

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 5, 2013

With unrivaled weather, a host of high-profile universities and unlimited array of daytime and nightlife entertainment, Los Angeles seems like a dreamland for young tech professionals and the companies hoping to employ their talents. And for good reason. At SBF, a number of good ideas were floated to do just that. But it is the L.A.

Los Angeles 98

Los Angeles Startup Angel Southern California 98

InfoChachkie

JULY 16, 2012

As noted in YouTubers Come Of Age – Google Scores A Solid Return On Its Video Development Fund , many YouTube personalities are sensitive to the nature of the ads associated with their content. Others shun translucent run-of-site Google ads, because they are distracting and monetize at extremely low rates.

Customer 226

Customer Custom Entrepreneur Advertising 226

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

And this in a nutshell, is what our lives as media consumers has turned into: a constant stream of impatience and auto-pilot interactions with ads. Enter Vidzey , the in-video shopping platform that seamlessly combines media, entertainment and e-commerce. Use digital media to change the way we consume media and shop.

Entertainment 98

Entertainment Advertising Startup Media 98

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2010

Discover the what the future holds for you and this game changing media platform. After recent announcements by Google and Apple, the mobile advertising ecosystem is abuzz with optimism and flush with venture capital. Should media companies offer their content on an ad-supported basis or get users to pay up front?

Mobile 40

Mobile Media Case Study Advertising 40

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2013

01% conversion rate again to the people who clicked over to the website from the YouTube video, that’s 185 new customers, 185 people who would have never thought to google search for a tampon service, who will now be signing up to spend the 15 bucks a month to get tampons delivered to their door. If we apply that.01% Comedic timing.

Dollar Shave Club 101

Dollar Shave Club Customer Custom Marketing 101

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Following graduate school, he worked in Film Finance and Sales at CAA, Creative Development at Vuguru (Michael Eisner’s multi-platform studio), and Content Partnerships at Blip Networks. And our network of filmmaker and entertainment industry colleagues allow us to recruit top teachers who are leaders in the web world.

Web 93

Web USC Course Guide 93

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

A few companies have aggregated all of that free media out there from those marketing materials. Especially with DVD sales declining, we offer an interesting way to help studios. Because things are moving toward streaming, and online, we become an interesting funnel to move people along the chain to actually consuming that media.

Startup 190

Startup Los Angeles Content Hollywood 190

InfoChachkie

JULY 5, 2012

Others shun translucent run-of-site Google ads, because they are distracting and monetize at extremely low rates. 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.

Customer 133

Customer Custom Entrepreneur Advertising 133

socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

We're now doing revenue share on affiliate revenue, doing revenue share on DVD sales, or ads we run against that content. About one quarter of all of the searches on Google are for entertainment related content, and studios are not playing into that at all. Beyond that, everything is just gravy.

Redpoint 201

Redpoint Startup Content .Net 201

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. The “private sale” market phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Their purchases are limited to restaurants, bars, retail clothing outlets, travel and entertainment. In late April 2010, VentureBeat published that Blippy credit card numbers were published on Google search: [link] followed by Blippy’s response. They focus on trying to drive engagbranded social media marketing campaigns (e.g.

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

Here it seems that entrepreneurs are coming out of business school, transitioning from corporate life, or hail from the entertainment industry. Whereas in Silicon Valley, you can have a V.1 Loosing talent is a HUGE problem and the reason why Google will give big bonuses and cash to keep their teams in tact.

Company 111

Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

If the user shares the add on social media, they earn an extra $.25. Think of looking at a dot graph of your business sales in virtual reality. Quirktastic Media (Durham, NC). Tapping into a niche community is part of Quirktastic Media’s competitive advantage. That’s the concept behind AdWallet. DatavizVR (Austin, TX).

Startup 79

Startup Mentor Platform Help 79

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 14, 2009

If you look to the bottom of your browser you will see to the far right the ability to connect to Facebook, AIM, Google Talk and other chat networks. Trending topics are all the rage, Twitter, Google. Put your digital audio content up for sale with AudioMicro, simply and securely. Also, with the meebo bar comes meebo chat.

Stickam 60

Stickam Content Draper Web 60

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

When tickets went on sale over a month ago, we expected the regular ticket sales cycle, however we were more than surprised when Startup Weekend LA sold out in 6 hours! That’s right… just about the same amount of time it takes to sell out a Radiohead show at the Forum. Stay tuned for the upcoming Ming.ly is also hiring.

Los Angeles 73

Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Seventeen lawyer regional firm Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP has represented digital media, internet, technology, consumer electronics, and entertainment companies and investment funds out of its Sherman Oaks office since its formation in 2002. Share on Google+. Share on Facebook. Share on Twitter. Share on LinkedIn.

Sherman Oaks 44

Sherman Oaks Riot Games Tips Redpoint 44

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

NAME Google. In growing numbers, Silicon Valley executives—long based in tech strongholds like Santa Clara and Palo Alto—are buying homes in Los Angeles, as the lines between the technology and entertainment businesses grow blurrier. The southern migration is taking place as companies like Google. NAME Facebook.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

Following a quick ice-breaker game of “Half-baked” where anyone in the room throws out a word to then generate an entertaining pitch, the real pitches began. We’d also like to thank the Startup Weekend Global Sponsors including Amazon, Twilio, Kloudmine, Open Tok (Talk Box), Sendgrid, Microsoft, and Google. Coffee is for closers!”

Startup 66

Startup Mahalo Technical Review Idealab 66

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

provides a strategically significant opportunity to make media and business run better. TechZulu still has a few slots open for our early 2010 events for our large diverse audience — social media users, venture capitalist, PR people, developers, bloggers, Hollywood entertainment and many more. Advertise and get noticed with us!

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Stickam Web Conference 40

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2011

I wanted to find out if the 3D effects were useful and people would enjoy playing with or was it just something to tack on to a mobile device to try and increase sales? Some people are opposed to having companies overlay android rather then leaving it as a pure google experience but it honestly doesn’t bother me that much.

Software Review 77

Software Review Screening Orange County Mobile 77

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

But I’m sure he’ll never remember your company when Google buys you for $500 million and he’s still eating Ramen – right? Your cousin specializes in entertainment law – that’s different. Consider it a sales & marketing expense for them. Here’s a hack for you.

Startup 318

Startup IP Southern California Entrepreneur 318

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

SXSWi is five days of presentations and panel discussions from some of the biggest thought leaders in Interactive digital media space. Bootstrapping enterprise, marketing, Sales. . Bootstrapping Marketing Strategy, social media marketing, web applications. . jim spencer, media convergence group. Michael Coté, RedMonk.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

There is no sector of the economy that isn’t being transformed by the online community that is now voraciously consuming media, applications, communications and buying global products. According to Google data 30% of all restaurant searches now come via mobile devices. Bottom of the sales funnel. Everybody is now payment ready.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

I recently invested in a company in the media & entertainment sector (this will be announced in a couple of months) so I’ve been thinking a lot about how the industry works, why the structure has evolved the way it did, why the company I invested in has had so much success and what this all implies for the future.

Writing 356

Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

A very big thanks to Alexandra Harris, the founder of FanCause , a company that aims to connect entertainment brands with their fans to raise money. Entrepreneurs should also use social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.) Sounds like a noble cause. She created the notes and carefully noted the times. Hope you all enjoy.

Angel 302

Angel Startup Ideas .Net 302

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Dana Settle & I are hosting a dinner tonight (10/20/10) with some of the biggest companies in entertainment to talk about the future of television, film & digital media. But with the introduction of Apple TV, Google TV, the Boxee Box & other initiatives it’s clear that this battle will heat up in 2011.

Content 386

Content Google Media Hulu 386