socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Los Angeles-based Perch , a startup which helps users grow their credit by allowing them to pay for such things as Netflix, Spotify, Hulu, and other services on credit, has raised $2.5M in a seed funding, the company said this week.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2021

Los Angeles-based Perch, a startup which operates a service that lets users build their credit by paying for Netflix, Spotify, Hulu, and other services on credit, has scored an investment from financial giant Citi, via Citi's new Citi Impact Fund. Size of the investment was not announced. Citi announced the investment this morning.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Netflix is, Spotify is and we think FabFitFun is a no brainer,” said Daniel Broukhim co-founder and co-chief executive of FabFitFun. . “We’re helping their products get discovered. “When we think of the potential behind the business … there are a few businesses in the world for whom membership is a no brainer.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 10, 2020

Santa Monica-based fintech startup Grow Credit said this week that it has signed up Trash Butler , a "trash valet" company which takes out the trash for apartment, student housing, and condo dwellers, and will help Trash Butler's workforce and clientele establish and build their credit.

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socalTECH

MARCH 13, 2019

Hulu--like many other streaming movie and television services like Netflix and Amazon--has been actively working to acquire rights to exclusive content to help drive user adoption of its service. Financial details of the streaming deal, which was inked with National Geographic Documentary films, were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2020

The company said that that Louisa Wee has joined the company to help oversee strategy and execution of the company's marketing initiatives, plus brand, content and creative programming. and eHarmony.com, in addition to roles in management consulting and investment banking at McKinsey & Company, Goldman Sachs, Deloitte, and PwC.

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socalTECH

JULY 7, 2020

Santa Monica-based Grow Credit , a fintech startup which provides small dollar loans and helps consumers establish their credit record through paying for online subscriptions, says it has added a new investor, Commerce Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 21, 2012

for about $200M to help fund program purchases, according to a report this morning from the Wall Street Journal. According to the report, the move comes as Hulu is looking to keep up with the big investments that competitors NetFlix and Amazon are making to obtain and create content for their own video streaming services. Comcast Corp.,

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Joe Bayen: Grow Credit is the first platform to allow consumers to establish their credit, for free, using their subscription payments for services such as Netflix, HBO, or whatnot. Joe Bayen: The free plan restricts consumers to $15 a month that they can use towards their Netflix or their Spotify accounts.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 4, 2018

market with the help of several Los Angeles-based investors. Helping people at scale to solve such a common problem is a tremendous benefit for the person but also for society.” One of Europe’s most popular fitness applications is poised to flourish in the U.S. ” Freeletics chief executive officer Daniel Sobhani.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Launched in beta July last year in Oakland, San Francisco, Dealflicks is a price line for movie tickets and gives movie tickets and concessions for up to 60% off to help theaters get butts in their seats. The post Dealflicks Help Theaters Fill Their Seats Last Minute appeared first on TechZulu. We love movies.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

We had the notion that we could create a service that was aimed at the mass market, which was really user friendly, which provided a service to the consumer, and that helped bring back the fun in the entertainment experience, so that we could help the consumer bridge the digital divide.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

According to the WSJ, Disney, 21st Century Fox and Comcast are looking to make Time Warner an equal partner in the streaming telvision company, to help further Hulu's efforts to compete with Netflix; in addition to cash, Time Warner would bring Hulu more exclusive content, said the report. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 17, 2015

per month, allowing users to get an ad-free viewing experience--to help it better compete with Netflix. According to the WSJ, Hulu is exploring adding thew new premium service at between $12.00 and $14.00 Hulu has not officially announced any plans for the service.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2015

EAT Club helps companies with in-office lunch delivery, letting office managers pick which lunches, snacks, delivery timing, and more for in-office lunch service. EAT Club said it currently provides its services to such companies as Netflix, Tesla, and Cisco. Silicon Valley lunch delivery service EAT. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 5, 2022

What if an influencer collective could be truly collaborative, rather than fodder for a depressing Netflix reality show ? The price of membership varies depending on what resources an applicant is looking for, whether that’s marketing, help connecting with potential brand partners or use of studio space.

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socalTECH

JULY 27, 2011

Los Angeles-based TopSpin Media , the provider of tools for helping musicians market themselves online, has scored a win with the Sundance Institute , the nonprofit which runs the Sundance Film Festival. Financial details of the win were not announced.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2023

Not all innovations have to be as disruptive as the Netflix digital download was to Blockbuster’s DVD business. As with any innovation, you need to get market feedback by conducting rapid market tests with real people you intend to help. I found many non-disruption recommendations in the new book, “ Beyond Disruption ,” by W.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 25, 2012

Maybe even as big as Netflix’ seemingly permanent mistake of not allowing Netflix subscribers to send a “your friend Arden thought you’d love this movie. Click here to watch it for free” link to their non-Netflix friends. Our technology helps to establish, optimize, and monetize your mobile marketing opportunities.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

The licensing deal is part of a growing trend of online video streaming services--Hulu, Netflix, Amazon--to develop their own stable of exclusive online content, to attract viewers and subscribers to their services.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Silicon Valley’s big VC firm’s The Social+Capital Partnership, Andreessen Horowitz, Formation8, Ron Conway, and Anand Rajaraman have today launched Data Elite , to help tackle some of the world’s greatest challenges through data science. Venture lab & early stage fund for big data startups and scientists.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

How do you create a tool to help address unconscious bias in the workplaceand why would you create a new startup in that area? I call that providing habitsmonthly habitsto help individuals do better, make better decisions, and who need strategy and strategic implementation of this on regular basis.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

In many cases, the ideas may be small ones, such as starting a promotion to kick-start sales on a stalled item, or suggesting a huge strategy move to acquire Netflix and supplement an already healthy Blockbuster DVD rental business. Consider getting the help of outside consultants and advisors to overcome obstacles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

By providing access to a large variety of titles, like NetFlix with streaming movies, or Hulu for TV shows, with new content added regularly, there is always a reason to keep up your subscription. All-you-can-eat content model. If you already have many followers for some limited free offerings, this also becomes a natural freemium upgrade.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Everyone from the CEO to call-center representatives must have a sense of what your customers are trying to achieve, what’s getting in their way, and how you can help them. Customer empathy is required today to maintain a strong market position in the face of global competition. Build a team culture of collaboration, diversity, and trust.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2023

For example, we all remember when Blockbuster realized too late that Netflix was stealing customers by offering videos online rather than via DVDs, but even then they were unable to adapt their processes and their thinking. Thus they are blindsided and try to react quickly when a new competitor starts stealing customers.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Netflix has both quantity and quality.but isn’t very timely. Use Add-Ons: There are scores of Netflix add-ons to help you find certain shows, search for random episodes, and much more. You can go through show by show and delete them: This also prevents them from affecting Netflix suggestions. Hulu/Hulu Plus.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2020

By providing access to a large variety of titles, like NetFlix with streaming movies, or Hulu for TV shows, with new content added regularly, there is always a reason to keep up your subscription. All-you-can-eat content model. If you already have many followers for some limited free offerings, this also becomes a natural freemium upgrade.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2021

Business leaders from Google, Netflix, and others have uncertainty built into their DNA. Entrepreneurs are normally all about giving answers, not admitting uncertainty. They are reluctant to take advantage of questioning input from outside advisors, investors, and even friendly customers. Should our mission statement be a mission question?

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Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Citrusbyte is a full stack, design and development firm that specializes in helping companies get the APIs they need to run more efficiently. According to the team, the driving philosophy behind Mission Control was to help the world create better software. Image Credit: Wikipedia .

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

One of those is Hollywood-based FilmBreak (www.filmbreak.com), which is applying the world of social networking, media, and the Internet to help film-makers gain access to the analytics and insights they need to better market their films. We're not necessarily the platform to help up-and-comers or amateurs to be successful.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2014

You have Genius on iTunes, NetFlix''s recommended movies, Facebook or Twitter. We hope the advertising will be much more considerate of users, helping them on their mission, and so that it can help you achieve something, consumer or acquire something, or watch something. It''s a very fractured process. That''s not true now.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2020

Part of our team is working on partnerships and sales with big companies like Netflix, Google, and others who require group transportation. It also helped that we're an LA startup, so our burn rate is much lower than they are accustomed to in the Bay Area. Tooling helps. They book through Swoop, which leads to those operators.

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socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

How do a bunch of German moviemakers end up in Los Angeles, running a site helping studios to market and promote their films via their venture backed startup? We really help them understand what their audience is all about. We realized that technology was very powerful, and could help us connect with great fans on the other side.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Sellbot helps online sellers sell through multiple platforms. iScout makes meaning out of football data to help teams make good playmaking and recruiting choices. The Hollywood Meets Silicon Valley panel came next and featured a heated discussion between a former employee of Netflix and Fox representatives.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Warby Parker produces modern eyewear at affordable prices, Apple produces elegant, premium technology products, Netflix offers an enormous library of binge-worthy, unique video. But in a world of nearly unlimited inventory, merchandising becomes a huge challenge and curation > selection for customers who want some help.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2016

Netflix was widely criticized for breaking their business in two. I love when people come with ideas that conflict with my world view because the conflict either ends up giving me more confidence in my convictions or helps me to evolve. Dissenters need to be willing to roll up their sleeves and help do the work.

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