socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2013

Southern California is the center of the entertainment industry, which not only includes the world of Hollywood, movies and film, and television, but is also the home of the music industry. Combine that with the growing startup community here, and you end up with at. intersection of technology and music.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Steve Gilison worked as a market researcher and product manager at a startup where my company, TechEmpower , did the software / web development. I’m currently working with several startups, helping them launch new web businesses. Likely any successful web entrepreneur has more ideas than time. I like the idea.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Don’t expect to rely totally on social media, word of mouth, or a personal web site. Our culture grew up on the idea of having our own private car, home, and our things equate to identity and status. If your potential customers can’t find you, or you don’t find them, no sharing will happen and no business model will succeed.

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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.

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Startup Buzznet Entertainment Social Network 213

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

You've got a great idea for a web video series, but how do you learn about how to make that happen, to get distribution, and monetize that video? Los Angeles-based CreatorUp (www.creatorup.com) wants to help aspiring online video producers with an online web education series. Michael Tringe: We are an online web series school.

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Web Content Startup Education 187

socalTECH

JULY 5, 2011

Those brands included the Green Bay Packers, World Wresting Entertainment, and so on. My ground had previously been in raising money for music related nonprofits, through the entertainment industry. The internet search idea sounded amazing, and people just bought into it.

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Startup Sites Web Entertainment 266

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 27, 2013

If any ideas in the script take away from the core message for selling the product it will hurt it the effectiveness of the video. Embrace the idea of transparency and realize it is something that is going to make a better brand. Orabrush also created a web series called “ Diary of a Dirty Tongue ”.

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Dollar Shave Club Tips Marketing Sales 106

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Where'd the idea for DinnerDate.com come from? The idea really came from looking at the dating industry online. What I also like, is I'm a massive foodie, and love to cook and entertain, and this was the perfect combination. The idea is to help restaurants gain extra users, but not through discounts. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Jan Zands is the founders of Los Angeles-based phonesheet.com (www.phonesheet.com), a startup which is developing web-based software for tracking phone messages and action items. Jan Zands: It's a web based phone message manager. So what Phonesheet.com does is takes that antiquated system and modernizes it, using a Web 2.0

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based HitFix (www.hitfix.com) an online news site focused on entertainment, announced it had raised $2M in a funding round. What's the story behind HitFix and where do you fit in the entertainment news landscape? and entertainment as a whole is rapidly changing and growing.

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News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

As you know, today, video is one of the primary means of communications from a personal, corporate, and entertainment level. Kanaan Jemili: Garry Winnick had the idea a few years ago, when he saw the shift happening from traditional video to digital video. The audience for video has grown into billions of people around the globe.

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Content Startup Mobile Platform 113

Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

The idea of video on demand has been around since as early as 1990 when GTE partnered up with AT&T to create the first VOD system. This freedom comes from the option to simply wait until we can find a new box office movie streamed somewhere on the web or available for download from pirate sites. It is becoming a global movement.

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Hollywood Demand Marketing Netflix 91

socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2014

In Los Angeles, it seems like everyone has either a script or a startup idea in their back pocket. We spoke with Lisa Hennessy , one of the founders of DreamJobbing and an entertainment industry veteran, to learn more about the startup. How did the idea for this come about? However, until recently, the two rarely intersected.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Those three organizations have very strong networks inventure capital, entertainment, and academia, and put together the incubator. We''re also using web articles and other data sources, and cross referencing those with location information. Watsup makes it extremely simple for you to get an idea of what is happening around you.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2011

However, from my understanding you might actually be the largest consumer website using "semantic web" technology – can you explain how that works? “In If someone is investing in me and my idea, I simply don’t want to let them down. 6) On the surface, Ranker’s operations appear simple.

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Google Organic Search Sites Startup 264

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 22, 2013

We came up with an idea for an app and around that time we met with Chris. The idea for the app is to see events through the eyes of the audience. The idea is great and has been working very well. MR: We always had a web presence. Whatever you see on the app, you can see on the web.

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Social Media Startup UCLA Media 94

socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2011

For our readers who haven't yet heard of your company, what's the idea behind StarGreetz? We go to the web, we go to feature phones, we go to smart phones, we go to land lines, iPads, Droids, and so on. You've been in more traditional entertainment firms--as an executive in a big studio--why jump to a startup?

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Entertainment Startup Class Santa Barbara 159

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

The small startup in Los Angeles created an online movie player to be embedded anywhere on the web. “We Other ideas can also hinge on the public just not wanting to adopt on owning a digital movie. Streaming has helped digital distribution of movies, but it still has not helped the idea of owning a digital copy of a movie.

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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2013

As much as the idea of "Silicon Beach" wants to represent the whole of the local technology industry in Los Angeles, there are -- as one would expect in such a large metropolitan area -- many different neighborhoods and communities spread across the region, all with their own individual identities, companies, and technology focuses.

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Pasadena Santa Monica CalTech Technical Review 242

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

and has set up shop here to connect with the local entertainment industry. What is the idea behind Moviepilot? and are now one of the largest media outlets for entertainment on the web and Facebook. They're not about theatrical, they'r emore about home entertainment and Ultraviolet.

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Startup Paramount Netflix Entertainment 164

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2013

For startup new product development, this is a strategy used for fast and quantitative market testing of a product or product feature, popularized first by Eric Ries for web applications. Social mobile web. Responsive web technology that re-sizes text and images to fit any screen is the norm with new websites. Osmosis marketing.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 7, 2012

TechZulu is proud to team up with Digital LA and accelerators Amplify, StartEngine, Launchpad, local companies BetterWorks, PromoJam, start-ups and co-working spaces, all working together to create the first-ever Silicon Beach Fest to celebrate startups, tech, and entertainment! Content : Web / viral videos TBA. CoWorks : TBA.

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Startup Press Hollywood Email 106

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

At 12.30pm in the afternoon the idea to create the video was hatched. But when you think about the movement we once called “Web 2.0″ One idea I’ve been searching for is a platform that enables the creation of serialized programs with audience participation. It’s entertainment. Participation.

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Startup Media Content Platform 380

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2014

The idea is hard to refute; The United States is the economic powerhouse that it is because of a culture of innovation, entrepreneurs, and the “can do” attitude that makes it so distinct. Web based shipping service Ordoro. Offline engagement platform EyeQ. Natural language merchandiser Compare Metrics. Texas and eTail.

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Technical Review Commerce Yahoo Web 71

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 20, 2010

First, A Primer: Portals, RSS, Feed Readers & Delicious - When the web started we needed directories to find information and thus Yahoo! The idea was that websites (think news, blogs) could push out a regular “feed&# in an open, XML format that could be read by an RSS Reader otherwise known as a feed aggregator.

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RSS News Blogging Yahoo 349

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

Nevertheless, it was fantastic showcase of new ideas and a glimpse into the future of tech. Addison McCaleb – Mediahound , making it easier for you to discover entertainment. Doug Krugman – Web Thrift Store , supporting charities through buying/selling online. A special thanks to our guests/interviewees!

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Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Los Angeles-based Aggregage (www.aggregage.com) is looking to help aggregate the content across multiple blog publishing sites, and curate that information into specific, B2B niche vertical web sites. Entertainment is confusing--we didn't make investments in pure content plays.

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Startup Content Advertising Sites 162

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

Making ideas reality : dependency. The challenge is in getting clear numbers, but not often as cleanly as a basic web analytics report. Web analytics, pretty clear. ” How to sell your idea to multiple departments: Make all requirements detailed, make presentations, and really sell the reasoning and mission.

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Product Fandango Design Startup 87

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2010

Tip : It is always a good idea to save time on the panel for audience questions. Tip : It is always a good idea to email the other participants in advance with topics of discussion and alert the moderator if you’re worried about the direction it might take. Entertain – It is also your job to entertain!

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Startup Conference Venture Capital Tips 284

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 When he had the idea for his company, he didn’t write a long business plan or try to raise money to hire an agency to build a website for him.

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Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2012

If you don’t have a partner, you’ll often lose interest and find something else to entertain you. Pick an idea that is viable part-time. If your hypothesis is, “we can build a better web-based chat client”, that’s something you could test quickly. Pick a day and time per week where you always work together.

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Entrepreneur Startup Ideas Funding 95

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Our online solution combines both scientific methodology, as well as highly produced, entertaining, professional development content around education and awareness of unconscious bias. It's the idea of bringing a modern web experience to this. Those feel like you're running 2.0.

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Content Training Education Outsource Development 150

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Think about how many images are on the web. After Tanz had sold his pre-Instagram photo-sharing app called MoJungle, he was intrigued with notion of bringing advertising to photos, and had no idea if it was even possible. Millions, billions, trillions? The old media companies were resistant to change. He decided to pivot.

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Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

We said to the studios--you have this amazing content, why not let us clip it all up, find the best moments in film, and allow users to post those to their blogs and Facebook pages, and let us create curated channels on the web? How is this different than the movie clips floating around the web now? Fascinating story.

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Startup Los Angeles Content Hollywood 190

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Looking towards at the end of this year or early next year for our first outside seed round and plan out to build an Android and web version and do marketing and sales. AM: The hardest time was finding the perfect idea. There are so many great ideas for apps out there. Any opinions on the “phablets” you see on the market?

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Startup Design Mobile Software Review 106

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

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Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2011

Those programs--epitomized by YCombinator in the Bay Area, and TechStars in Boulder, Colorado--attract newly minted entrepreneurs with a mixture of cash and mentoring, and a program which rapidly takes ideas and turns them into viable, executing businesses. April was really focused on locking down the business strategy an idea.

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