socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2011

Unfortunately, despite the wealth of Internet based tools for email management, web-based sales management tools, and more, contact tracking has been mostly an afterthought in the Internet age. Jon describes how he's creating a "next generation", web-based contact manager which takes into account the social nature of the web today.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Sean Rad: I started another company called Orgoo, which was a unified communications platform. The stream is potentially the future interface to how we interact with content, much like the web. Given that notion, I think that there needs to be a platform that helps serves ads in a format that is appropriate for the stream.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

SXSW Startup Night 2018 is one of the “must attend” events at SXSW and it’s a celebration of inclusion, entrepreneurial ecosystems and startups. The event is open to tech enthusiasts who want to join an event filled with some of the top leaders, investors and mentors from tech industry to network, find mentors and build their companies.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

We got lots of traction on the web, and the story was picked up in many places. They wanted to use the platform we had developed in a class called Mashup Culture. We've been in discussions with news organizations to use the platform, including with large organizations and journalism sites. It ran in April of 2008.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

However, Elgg could power 100,000 networks and it would make no difference - there is no revenue stream as we give everything away under a GPL license. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

I called this trend “ Torso TV ” because the “head” of consumption (largest number of views) was dominated by platforms that had massive distribution (think TV stations, radio or retail outlets that sell CDs and DVDs. But when you think about the movement we once called “Web 2.0″ think Apple.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

Bill Gross is the man responsible for the overwhelming amount of monetization on the web. But Twitter.com (which will likely improve dramatically on UI, I’m guessing) will be the main event for Twitter search. I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. uh, hello!

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2015

I agree with my friend Lon Safko, and his classic book “ The Social Media Bible ,” which asserts your team can be successful at social without the cost of an expensive expert or agency, by following these five basic steps: Start with the dominant players. Top social networks are Facebook (1.2 billion users).

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

So it is not uncommon for somebody to be skint when a big event such as a “ hen party &# is coming up and just need 200 quid for 2 weeks. Knewton – “Online adaptive test prep and virtual classroom platform&# - I love the innovation that is coming from the test prep industry. The build “implicit social networks.&#

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Stribe offers a plug and play service for instantly creating a social network on any Web site. Zoomorama was a finalist at the Microsoft BizSpark event at South by Southwest Interactive 2009. MLState - has created OPA (One Pot Application), a new development architecture for building social networks, games, etc.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

For those of you who may not know about StartupDemo, it is an event that TechZulu and Schmoozd have partnered up to bring you some of the hottest startups around. Social Rewards helps leverage your existing loyalty program and turn it into a distribution platform via social media.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

One of which I saw was taking startup after startup meetings at a booth during the event until he was literally told the event was over. Social Rewards helps leverage your existing loyalty program and turn it into a distribution platform via social media. Novimap is an online and mobile mapping platform.

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Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

This included stabilizing a historically negative traffic and user trend, reducing the operational cost of the business by nearly 90 percent and pivoting the product from its legacy as a social network to a social entertainment destination. The event will take place Thursday, October 27, at 6pm. Diamond Sponsor.

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Tsavo Idealab Tech Coast Angels Userplane 76

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Event Details. What: Spotlight Series Event. 8:30 – 9:30pm – cocktail reception and networking.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

Well, thanks to a fantastic partnership with the good people at crowd fun ding platform, Indiegogo , we were able to do just that! Savannah Peterson – Shapeaways , the social platform for 3D printing. Anima Sarah Lavoy – Connect , Geo locational convenience for your social networks. The Parties.

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Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The entire event is meticulously designed around thought leadership and fostering open discussion between the industry’s leading mobile businesses. TechZulu was fortunate to attend the inaugural Source13 event in San Francisco, and grabbed a few key insights for you in the videos above. 12,000 apps currently on the platform.

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Mobile Technical Review Platform Startup 71

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

He is a marketing professional with over 8 years of extensive online and social media marketing experience. Patrick is the man behind all the marketing aspects of what could be called one of the funniest sites on the web. Building the Funny Or Die brand and social media platforms to where they are today.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Demand Media is an online media company operating two strategically-linked businesses: an integrated content and social media platform, and registrar solutions. MySpace is one of the world’s largest social networks, with about 125 million users. What are the best startup events in LA? LowerMyBills, Inc.

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Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Joey Flores is co-founder and CEO of Earbits , an online radio platform that enables bands, labels and concert promoters to acquire fans, market new releases and promote live events. a perks platform for small and medium sized businesses. sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.). Our Best Interviews Via Email: Monthly.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Live at the Apple Event: iPad Mini (and more?). Apple event rumor round-up: iPad Mini, iPad 3.5, Social media. Social networking. Social games. Web Design Software. Web Hosting Software. Publisher Platform (P3). Star Trek Contest. Primary Menu. Skip to primary content. Newsletters.

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Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2008

They want a means of representing themselves that is animated, and changeable, and actively communicates in places like MySpace, Facebook, and other social networks. There's been an unusually complex amount of engineering, compared to a web media startup, but that's a good thing.

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Entertainment Clearstone Venture Capital Media 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

Bambi Francisco is founder and CEO of Vator.tv, a leading platform for entrepreneurs and innovators to broadcast and communicate with industry professionals, and VatorNews, a video business network. In 1995 he developed with Robert Morris the first web-based application, Viaweb, which was acquired by Yahoo in 1998. Alex Quilici.

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Twiistup Riot Games UCLA Media 40

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2011

The annual Apple event where no real hints about what products they plan to release are floated in the public domain in advance. While Google stopped Facebook in their tracks when they built a social networking company. And Facebook stomped out Twitter from building an open social network. And on and on.

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Google Press Marketing Content 325

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Metrics: 2.5mm members, 1,000 brands, 2,500 sale events to-date. Free experience is web and mobile app-based, has ads, limited skipping, and limited listening time (40 hours/month). Social network app developer and ad network. Online DSP (demand-side platform) and ad exchange for display advertisers.

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Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. I’d been around the web long enough to remember the dozens of companies before YouTube that tried to create crowdsourced video sites and failed.

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

He’s focused on that sector (not exclusively but predominantly) and therefore has an amazing network at large financial services firms to help you with business development. He knows the history of all of the payment gateways, mobile payment platforms, credit offerings, remittance companies, etc. They seem so reachable.

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Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Socially connected individuals and platforms that enable faster roll-outs of successful products. And then they decided they wanted to be the Internet retailer of computing services so they created Amazon Web Services. LinkedIn – Lots of people talk about LinkedIn as a social network.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

It was many events that led to the crash but perhaps this was the pin that pricked the market. On your tech platforms. Computing will be an order of magnitude more mobile 10 years from now, changing the way applications are delivered and the way we interact with our real social networks. And Social.

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Marketing Venture Capital Funding Technical Review 305