Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 7, 2012

Plus anyone who knows the book industry is well aware that it’s close to impossible to hit an epic pay day from writing a book unless you’re Harry Potter or Twilight. Most auth ors write from a place of passion and a desire to share. To entertain us and/or inform. Cheers to discovering a real return on using social media.

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Social Media Media Writing Blogging 68

InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

Along the way, they created a supportive community of emotionally attached stakeholders that would be the envy of any Social Media Manager. I said, ''Hey, listen were going to start writing this newsletter and it''s going to highlight our trials and tribulations, our failures and our successes. Here''s how they pulled it off.

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Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 233

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

It means the “ torso TV ” consumption patterns will be more important than the head or the long tail for the next era of media companies. You should only worry about this if you’re a large, traditional media company with fat margins. Media in an age of: low-cost capture from mobile devices. Harlem Shake.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

Along the way, they created a supportive community of emotionally attached stakeholders that would be the envy of any Social Media Manager. I said, ''Hey, listen were going to start writing this newsletter and it''s going to highlight our trials and tribulations, our failures and our successes. Here''s how they pulled it off.

Newsletter 133

Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 133

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? Basically, that disruption is 18-34 year olds have changed how they consume media.

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News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

socalTECH

JUNE 10, 2015

Why did you decide to write the book? I came here originally to write screenplays, a long time ago, in 1988, and saw the indie film movement as it was burgeoning, and saw a lot of excitements in Los Angeles. We have aerospace, we have medical technology, and of course we have media communications. Lee Schneider: Yes, absolutely.

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles Startup Angel Writing 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2010

The chosen candidate will probably have worked for a very reputable firm that is either in technology, consulting, investment banking, media or a startup. What is the future of social media, digital television or mobile computing. Plus, show my you can write! Where do you think things are heading? What is the timeframe?

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Venture Capital Technical Review GRP Partners Email 290

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Next she took to Instagram, a new social media platform that quickly became the most effective tool in a blogger’s toolkit. The first phase was the rise of the media platforms: YouTube, Instagram, etcetera, that allowed creatives to build audiences. With new followers — today her account, @weworewhat , has 2.2

Platform 170

Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Attending his speaking events is not only educational and useful to your business but it has often been described as very comical and entertaining. October 14: Putting the content into content strategy – effective writing for interactive media. Putting the content into content strategy – effective writing for interactive media.

Culver City 105

Culver City Design Content Writing 105

Tech.Co

MAY 9, 2017

I saw so many different applications for virtual reality in education, entertainment, mental health and communication,” he said. We started traveling to Sundance and SXSW and these shows with awesome companies, but no one was writing about it,” Taylor said. We’d try to go bigger and show more people VR. And UploadVR was born.

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Startup Web Development Design Education 70

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 1, 2011

Synhergy Marketing originally was a company setup to be a full service marketing company for the entertainment industry – the record label, the webzine, everything you would need as an artist. It’s similar to American Idol , but they judge more on your song writing ability rather than your ability to cover other songs.

Social Media 99

Social Media Startup Media Writing 99

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2013

For all those who want to talk about the fragmentation of media and the models for journalism is in trouble; it’s actually not. I spent more time organizing my tax forms, keeping them safe, getting invoices together, getting invoice templates, then getting them out there and tracking down my payment for writing the article.

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Journal Startup Writing Media 90

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

This is a post I’ve been dying to write for 18 months. OK, that sounds like an interesting business, but nothing to write a freakin’ blog post about? And Michael Kirby as EVP of Corp Dev was formerly an EVP at Fox Interactive Media, VP at Fox Sports, director of biz dev at ESPN not to mention a Yale undergrad, Wharton MBA.

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Gogii Invest Blogging Startup 310

socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2009

That was the jumping off point for OneCubicle a little over 18 months ago, when we started writing the business plan and code. I'd also been a television producer on many sports and entertainment shows, including NBC and Fox Sports. Gregg Champion: I can tell you my first project in the technology and entertainment world.

Social Network 100

Social Network Entertainment Startup CTO Coach 100

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 7, 2013

Entertainment." As I write this article, Crash Course stands at 83% of its pledge goal, with nearly 10,800 fans funding the show''s production costs for its upcoming season. Next up was Nick Tran, Taco Bell''s "Social Media Lead." Never heard of VidCon? Think "Consumer Electronics Show meets E! Border Run.

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Course Advertising Social Media Content 190

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

On your birthday, something special happens on social media: you receive hundreds of likes and well wishes from friends, family, high school classmates and people you haven’t talked to for years on Facebook. Writing a wish list for birthday presents at 10 years-old is expected. Say Goodbye To The Wish List. At 26, not so much.

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Startup Venice Social Network Tool 128

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.

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 23, 2015

Just unwrapped a shiny new streaming media player only to find there’s no room at the inn? It can mount to the back of the TV and you can write directly on it to identify which HDMI goes to the BluRay player and which one goes to the cable box. Pick up an HDMI switcher.

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Screening Media Entertainment Press 40

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Peter Marx: I started in the technology industry by writing software for imaging microscopes--looking at things like cell populations using early CCD cameras and understanding cell morphology; working on video compression; working on networking stuff and software for early digital telephony like ISDN and on forward. Thanks, and good luck!

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Los Angeles Technology Startup Examples 203

InfoChachkie

JULY 30, 2012

For instance, a senior executive from a major media agency, who did not attend the show, was prompted by a bearded-booth-babe tweet to contact the company’s VP of Sales. A barometer of whether your guerilla marketing properly communicates your corporate messaging is how it is covered by the media. Don’t Try Too Hard.

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Marketing Conference RSS Angel 209

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. Also, if you happen not to be able to attend BlogWorld and New Media Expo this year TechZulu has you covered. With Lisa as CEO, the company has grown from an idea for a grassroots conference into a diversified media company.

Los Angeles 75

Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 75

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Back to regular writing this week so check back in. Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. What’s your point of view on next generation video entertainment? (34:30 Do you think the impact of social media is effecting Google’s search business? (42:00

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Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Aspiring creators learn by connecting with top web filmmakers and YouTubers on a topics specific to the web: developing a web series, producing web series, writing for genres like comedy & sci-fi, directing, editing, camera, Kickstarter funding, show hosting, distribution, and marketing. Any competition in LA?

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Web USC Course Guide 93

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

It's a fascinating new world out there in entertainment and media, where YouTube stars are now as popular--or maybe, more popular--than traditional celebrities. That said, I think it's great that people are now able to film something in their bedroom, and jump into Hollywood fame, writing books, and becoming legit stars.

Startup 100

Startup Hollywood Content Examples 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Abdul Khan (@ImHungryinLA) - Co-founder, Verso Entertainment. Bruce Sallan (@BruceSallan) - I'm a former showbiz guy who writes a dad's column. Carlos R (@CarlosHernandez) - Social media educator & co-creator of Social Media for the Uncomfortable. Kelly Shibari (@KellyShibari) - CEO, Hourglass8 Media.

Social Media 40

Social Media Journal Media Education 40

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2012

It has been an incredible journey for me and I could not be prouder of what we accomplished over the past few years helping define Yahoo as a leader in digital media and advertising. Yahoo is an amazing brand and company, and I leave knowing we did all we could to help inform and entertain more than 700 million users each month.

Yahoo 74

Yahoo Pricing Writing Entertainment 74

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. Also, if you happen not to be able to attend BlogWorld and New Media Expo this year TechZulu has you covered. With Lisa as CEO, the company has grown from an idea for a grassroots conference into a diversified media company.

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Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 49

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

When to get a lawyer - If you plan to be a venture or angel backed technology company (what I mostly write about) the best time to start meeting and getting to know lawyers is long before you ever start your company. I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes. Many people start companies arse backwards.

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Startup IP Southern California Entrepreneur 318

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 6, 2014

What You Know: A lengthy stream of media and press that have the tech world scratching their heads in confusion and/or denouncing them as the rap beef rudos of Silicon Valley. Wearing sunglasses on stage was for entertainment. Mahbod sets the record straight for us: “It’s an act. “ So why the personalities at all?

Startup 93

Startup Mobile Entertainment Sites 93

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

The best part about Tongal is anyone who wants to write, act, direct, and/or animate videos can join for free. Tongal is gathering strangers to help pitch an idea and develop a video worthy of being potentially shown on the brand’s social media website or even on television.

Advertising 63

Advertising Ideas Writing Startup 63

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

For those not familiar with Lunch.com they are a social media website where people can share relevant knowledge and opinions, and create free communities on any topic. The Lunch Awards are just around the corner and its now time for you to select the winners of this year Golden Thumb Award. Visit TechZulu for full story.

Social Media 76

Social Media Media Writing News 76

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

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

In this article the focus will be on how to successfully attract media attention. The best way to get a journalist’s attention is to know who you are writing to and what interests them. Speaking of time thievery = long winded boring press releases. The numerous amount of long template press releases I received was insane.

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Press Startup Technical Review Email 97

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

Addison McCaleb – Mediahound , making it easier for you to discover entertainment. As an added bonus, media partners The Wrap was also in the Tech Cafe House and brought a touch of tinseltown to the city of weird with a fully stacked lineup of their own actors/celebrities, to talk scripts, life, and upcoming projects.

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Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2018

It was through that experience, that I sat up in my chair when working at Intel Capital, thinking that, this is cool, I've got a pretty big checkbook to write from, and to do deals from, but there are so many more companies I could be investing in that I am not.

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Venture Capital Invest Capital Startup 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

So I thought I’d write a post about how I drive my personal creativity. (A The key is channeling what you learn when you drive onto paper for retention purposes so you have to write it down soon afterward. When I write a blog post I often see the words before I write them. These are all creative processes.

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Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356

Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

If the user shares the add on social media, they earn an extra $.25. Their platform helps couples improve their communication and interactions through their “LoveTips,” and will help support planning and executing activities such as ordering flowers and writing love notes. Quirktastic Media (Durham, NC). Price: $1.99

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Startup Mentor Platform Help 80