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. It's a powerful opportunity to connect people offline with the mobile, online experience. However, one way the U.S.

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Startup West Hollywood Metrics Entertainment 220

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

But audience size and consumption is massive and growing plus; Study Innovator’s Dilemma ( my cheat sheet here ). For the first time in history content producers can build a direct relationship with views through subscribers, email addresses and mobile phone number. And we like to be entertained.

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Hollywood Content Yahoo Java 374

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

My interests are eclectic and range from SpaceX and innovations in aerospace, transportation, robotics, autonomous vehicles, to esports, the future of work, and the future of entertainment. Personally, my work has shifted 80 percent to my mobile device for work communication, text, email and reading.

Riot Games 133

Riot Games Southern California Startup Santa Monica 133

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2014

In a recent study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic grew 81% in 2013 and will reach 1.3 According to what I see, as outlined by Surdak, this data surge is being driven by the following six technological and social trends: Mobility: smartphones, tablets, and the “Internet of things.”

Startup 99

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 99

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

I studied East Asian religions in college and was intrigued to hear that a Buddhist monk was delivering meditation and mindfulness via a mobile app. What's your favorite technology gadget, device, or innovation you ran across this year? Then I found Headspace - founder Andy Puddicombe's soothing voice was for me, love at first listen.

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Santa Monica Southern California Venture Capital SoCalTech 124

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 17, 2011

While it’s hard to place a price tag on security and privacy, the consumer study has found in general, 4 out of 5 consumers would spend more online if offered a more secure way to pay. Instead of routing your payments to a debit or credit card, all transactions conveniently show up on your monthly mobile phone bill instead.

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Mobile Study Software Review Research 68

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FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Media in an age of: low-cost capture from mobile devices. The production quality is terrible” I say, “ Please study The Innovator’s Dilemma because it predicts the disruption of your industry presciently.” Study the video game industry. It’s entertainment. means specifically one thing.

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Startup Media Content Platform 380

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2013

In today''s mobile world, SMS has widespread, near ubiquitous adoption, which is great for consumers who want to communicate with their friends and family. By giving them your mobile number, you''ve created a priority channel. They realized you can''t have that kind of information out there lying on people''s mobile devices.

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Yammer Startup Mobile Organization 229

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2012

These days, I’m hearing more and more that Location-Based Services (LBS) are entering the mainstream for mobile users, but I’m not sure why. So far, it’s been just another mobile phone app that tells people where their friends are ( Foursquare and Facebook Glancee ). Branded entertainment. Sponsorships and advertising.

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Services Competition Mobile Entertainment 82

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 5, 2015

Kids can strap on their mini Iron Man “repulsor sleeve” and open their mobile app to learn their mission. A new third-party study commissioned by Disney reveals that parents feel nostalgia for the way they used to play growing up and that they also have a desire to keep their kids active.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2017

To help fix that, the startup has created a mobile app to guide people through their strengths, interests, key skills, and more to guide them along the way to a career they'll love. Deborah Ramo: It's interesting, but my background is actually in the entertainment world. What is your app all about?

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Help Education CTO Coach Startup 100

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

JULY 22, 2019

I have worked as an entrepreneur in mobile gaming and an executive in the entertainment industry, and worked at Yahoo and also as a management consulting. It's transforming industries like entertainment, healthcare, and aerospace. Most recently, I was helping run the healthcare accelerator Techstars ran at Cedars-Sinai.

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Southern California Startup Entrepreneur Los Angeles 124

socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Toyota, Pizza Hut, NBA, Fandango, and More Share Their Success Stories with Mobile and Social Apps. The event will dive deeply into the challenges and success stories of the explosive mobile and social app market. Use discount code: DFR30 to receive $30 price. Win a ticket to digiday:APPS. This is an event you can't afford to miss!

Fandango 124

Fandango CarsDirect Case Study Santa Monica 124

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2016

The people who we our content and videos in are essentially connected, mobile, have their phone with them all the time. Everyone carries their phone around, and 70 to 75 percent of the traffic on our site is all mobile. Many publishers have been wringing their hands over declining CPMs, shift from desktop to mobile, etc.

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Media Content News SEO 100

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 2, 2011

At the Technovation Challenge LA Pitch Night hosted by Iridescent , we saw six teams of high school girls from various Los Angeles City Schools pitch a number of mobile app ideas to a panel of venture capitalists and entrepreneurs. The winners, Techno Unibot Freaks, with In a Flash received a prize courtesy of EA entertainment.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review USC 82

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Without further adieu, I present to you the winners of the 1st annual REACH NeXT conference: Entertainment: Storygami. Categories: mobile consumer, on-demand, chat. Prior to Sphero, Rob was SVP of Global Creative at Disney Interactive, the digital entertainment and games segment of The Walt Disney Company.

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Fractional VPE Entertainment SaaS Social Media 40

Tech.Co

OCTOBER 26, 2017

The company has also released an Initial Cost Study for a Hyperloop system running between the Toronto-to-Windsor Corridor, estimating that the cost of their hyperloop system will be half the projected cost of a high-speed rail line along the same route. Hardt Global Mobility.

SpaceX 102

SpaceX Design Technology Competition 102

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 15, 2015

The curated design and photography-driven entertainment site is where GIFs and memes intermingle with stunning photography, video and the ability to purchase in app. Ellis points out a case study where they discovered viewers of a particular movie poster were the common thread among purchases of a particular turntable.

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Seed Funding Funding Commerce Social Media 40

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2015

travel and entertainment). According to the PwC study: Price will be the biggest factor in the holiday purchase decisions of 90% of survivalists; Merchandise quality will be a major influence for almost 60% of selectionists; A standard free shipping offer would make 83% of all shoppers “extremely likely” to make a purchase; and.

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Commerce Sales Pricing Study 40

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

I went to school at Babson, back East, and majored in finance and entrepreneurial studies. The opportunity to pursue value has become exponentially easier with tools like the Internet, because of real time communications, validation capability, enabled by mobile and social infrastructure. Location-based entertainment is shopping.

Southern California 200

Southern California Startup Customer Custom 200

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Steve Jobs studied calligraphy at Reed College and dropped out early in his educational career. Apple is the 2nd largest company in the world, right behind Exxon-Mobil. .” – President Barack Obama. Steve Jobs 1955-2011. As of July 2001, Apple had over $4.2 billion in cash.

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News Class Study Education 98

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

MM: What did you study? It kept me entertained during down time. It’s mobile spectrum and it’s a constant upgrade of our communications networks, what DC-insiders call the IP transition. I was the definition of a non-traditional student. DB: Cultural Anthropology and Political Science. It kept me connected.

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Training UCLA Technology IP 98

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Entrepreneurism / Monetization Apps, content, mobile. . Web and mobile technology have developed differently in Japan than any other country with hardware, Entrepreneurism / Monetization business, japan, Localization. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization cloud, freelance, mobile. . App Migration – the End of Browser Domination.

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Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

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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. We discuss Googles plan to pay more to Verizon in order to be on a higher speed connection and get its mobile content to users faster. Sounds like a noble cause. Hope you all enjoy.

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Angel Startup Ideas .Net 302

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FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Around 2001 Jonah was studying at MIT Media Lab and began running experiments in viral stories in an era before smart phones (2007) and before social networks took off (2004–2007) and before YouTube (2005). Again he looked to the media industry history and pointed out that before Ted Turner founded CNN he had an entertainment channel.

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Buzzfeed Media Content News 210