socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2012

Location-based analytics software firm MomentFeed , which is based in Santa Monica, has turned to a former Facebook executive for advice, the firm said today. According to the startup, it has added former Facebook sales director Rob Lissner as Special Advisor to the CEO, to help shape the firm's product and sales strategy.

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Yahoo Santa Monica Los Angeles Sales 145

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Santa Monica-based Activision reported today that it passed up more than $500M in sell through for the opening weekend of its new title, Call of Duty: WWII. The company pointed out those sales exceeded the combined box office openings for Thor: Ragnarok and Wonder Woman combined.

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Activision Santa Monica Report Sales 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

In 2016, our Santa Monica office more than doubled market share of early-stage companies. One example is Santa Monica-based hardware company, Ring, who transitioned to a hybrid business model that now includes recurring revenue. In the interest of full disclosure, Headspace is a client of SVB Santa Monica.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 13, 2008

Santa Monica-based DECA, a venture-backed, digital entertainment studio, said this morning that it has become the exclusive business and production partners for teen brand SMOSH, a leading provider of humorous videos on YouTube.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online car pricing site run by Scott Painter, said today that it has named Stephen Hansen as the firm's new President and COO. Hansen was most recently CEO and Chairman of WePlay, and also has served at Avamar Technologies and was Chief Operating Officer of GeoCities.

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Truecar Santa Monica Pricing Report 140

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 5, 2013

One of the hotter topics at the last Silicon Beach Fest (SBF) in Santa Monica was the exodus of homegrown tech talent. For all the technical wizardry on display on movie screens, Hollywood continues to struggle to keep up with the blistering speed of technology and its impact on sales and distribution of digital content.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

28 from 7pm-10pm in Santa Monica. He is also the co-founder of Playsino, ExpressCoin (Bitcoin exchange), GoCoin (Bitcoin payment platform), Five Delta, Evertune, GamesTV, Digital Entertainment Network, KnCMiner.cn (Bitcoin Mining), and Robocoin China (Bitcoin ATM). He began his career as a media, entertainment and IP attorney.

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Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

DemandMedia has already scaled a tech team to a considerable size in Santa Monica. You can hire a talented head of marketing, business development, technology and sales. 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.

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Company Companies Technology Startup 290

socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2009

We invite you to the Second Annual Digital Family Reunion on Wednesday, December 2nd at Wokcano Restaurant in Santa Monica from 6-11pm. Read more below for details. It's time again to come together for the holidays!

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Fandango CarsDirect Case Study Santa Monica 124

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 15, 2015

Santa-Monica based Tapiture has grown in traffic by 300%, monetized from year one and raised $2.25 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. “We million in seed funding since its founding in 2012.

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Seed Funding Funding Commerce Social Media 40

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 There’s Santa Monica, Westside, Hollywood, Downtown LA, the Valley, and Pasadena. In fact Paige Craig has coined it Silicon Beach.

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Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2015

Women in sales or real estate, were more savvy with negotiation than those who weren’t and often asked for, and received, the better price as a result. It’s been a fascinating sociology study starting with the first panel of all female executives I heard during a conference on the Santa Monica Pier all the way up until now.

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Conference Entertainment Startup Digital Hollywood 40

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers. He is a recognized leader in the Voice 2.0 Event Details.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

This past SWLA (February 24-26) was like non other and the 5th event to take place at Coloft here in Santa Monica. 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. By 6:30 the house was packed and SWLA was underway.

Startup 66

Startup Mahalo Technical Review Idealab 66

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.

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 22, 2013

I was with SAP America for about 7 years heading different roles such as consulting, product management, and sales. There are different sectors from technology to entertainment startups here. Like I said, Santa Monica and LA are the hotspots for startups. I was very inefficient at doing my job with the lack of tools.

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Social Media Social Network Tool Mobile 92

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

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 entertainment industry. WSJs Lauren Schuker Blum shows us around.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44