socalTECH

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Santa Monica-based Rubicon Project said this morning that it has raised $18M in additional funding, and acquired the Fox Audience Network (FAN) from New Corporation. The new funding brings Rubicon's total funding to $60M. Tags: rubicon project news audience network merger acquisition venture capital advertising. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

MAY 22, 2018

To help you crush your next investor meeting, we asked top VCs and tech leaders to share their best pitch advice. Founders are understandably very passionate about their product and startup. It shows, you’re just thinking of the end goal, and not thinking about the product/offering,” said Francisco. Know Your Stuff.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2020

What was the biggest news for you/your company this year? This presented MomentFeed with an immense opportunity to help multi-location consumer brands meet the challenges brought on by an overnight shift in consumer shopping patterns. Are you a founder, CEO, or investor who would like to participate? Contact our editors for details.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Can software algorithms help drive more user engagement and video views for publishers? I was running the largest deals in the media and entertainment video area across many different Google products. I worked with the head of each product area, such as YouTube, on how to drive more value for our large partners.

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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. We spoke with Jennifer about what HitFix is looking to do, her own background, and how HitFix is different from the many celebrity gossip and news sites out there.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 2, 2011

The design of the site is simple and uncluttered with the information you need in accessible and uniform places throughout the page. A static way to read what people were saying would be even more helpful ie a comment box. You can also sign up to get information directly from the startup. Startupli.st

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

Encinitas-based Verve Wireless , which develops products to help newspapers publishers take their content to mobile phones, is announcing this morning that it has partnered with Media News Group, A.H. Verve said the new partnership brings the firm's list of local media properties it is supporting to 450, with a reach of 47.5

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

Creating awareness for your brand and products is one of the lifebloods of technology startups yet in a world where so many companies are being created it becomes difficult to rise above the noise. Ever notice how some companies tend to be in the press all the time and your big new product launch struggled for inches?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Case in point is the return of Larry Page to the role as CEO of Google. In many ways that might be one way to interpret even Facebook where Sheryl stepped in as COO but by all accounts ran much of Facebook for a few years (other than product). Much less has been said about when the technical CEO is the best person to run the company.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 3, 2022

A lot of people are in dire financial straits right now, and with traditional banks having such strict thresholds on who can qualify for loans, SoLo might bring the help that people need to get back on their feet. Their main product, the Gigabot printer, claims to rival the printing quality of other industrial printers at 1/10 the cost.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

If you’re a technology startup you need to excel at product, of course. The starting point of product IS marketing, which is what a lot of young entrepreneurs that never studied business don’t realize. He told me that there were a core group of inner Digg users who could control what got on the front page.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2012

And, how do programs like YouTube's recent push to help fund original content channels on the site helping? We've created a channel and web page for every one of our partner schools and school districts, and we distribute the content there. What is IBN Sports? The other obvious piece for us is distribution with television.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

I spoke about the topic on Fox Business News yesterday in a great session with TechCrunch50 winner RedBeacon and will post it along with my other VC Videos when Fox puts it on their website. The promised to follow up with: calls, using your product, talking to customers or “noodle on things.&# Will they?

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

version notice boards are disrupting publishing and news content aggregation in Africa, influencing even how media houses on the continent relay news. Johan Nel, CEO and founder of Umuntu Media says,” Mimiboards will help people on the continent record and handle issues live as they emerge. Mimiboard, virtual, 3.0

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2015

Many people don’t post about their experiences, but still routinely check first to see what others are saying about the brand and the product online. One example of this is Nike’s shoe size page. Motivate your customers to support you by helping them support a common social cause, such as feeding the hungry or saving the environment.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 6, 2011

Well email may be the savior of the Western world’s time, but like all great inventions of the last century, it could use a little help. DueToDos is a web based business productivity platform that seeks to save you time and increase efficiency whether you’re solo or on a team. Here’s how it works.

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Xconomy

JULY 1, 2016

At the gathering, Biden took verbal shots at scofflaw cancer researchers and at drug prices, while the FDA said it would take a shot at restructuring the way it evaluates oncology products. Gilead Sciences has been a target of drug-price criticism for its hepatitis C treatments, but it dialed back the price of its new one.

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Jason Nazar

AUGUST 15, 2013

Each individual piece of content should have its own distinct URL(title tag), and a unique title (H1 tag) for the page that search engines can read and index. Increase the production of your content.It’s a simple formula, go to Google and type in this query site:“ name of your site.com ”.The Referring Traffic / Press.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Maybe small amounts of money for what founders reading these pages dream of but life-changing for many. Before this South Korean wonder spread across the globe I had written about a trend in global audiences that exists when the costs of production are nearly zero and the costs of distribution are also nearly free. billion views.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

For more on that and the rest of the week’s news, fire up the roundup rockets. —One cancer screening test got positive news from a federal agency. The application could put Agios well ahead of typical cancer drug development timelines; shares spiked more than 20 percent on the news.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

After you sign up for an account, super easy if you have a Facebook account, you are taken to a page with available lounges for you to view video. Everything from hip hop music videos to entertainment news and gossip, there is sure to be a lounge to suit your taste. We’d love to help your audience build more meaningful bonds.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

I believe it is the new form of RSS – the place people go to find out what is happening in the latest news. We have an analytics platform that helps advertisers discover information about the demographics of the follower base and the effectiveness of their campaigns. I covered that topic in my Twitter is RSS post.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2014

There are 3 vital questions to ask when putting together a campaign; 1- Is the thing I’m raising money for a great product? 2- How am I talking about my product? He shared, ‘When creating a campaign it’s key to remember that people are fans of you – not the actual product, so you want to be sure to communicate your why.’.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2009

One of the perpetual themes of the technology news sites and blogs this year has been fairly nonstop coverage of Twitter, the microblogging site. So, it was interesting to speak with Sean Rad , founder of Twitter advertising firm Ad.ly (www.ad.ly), on how his firm is looking to help users make money from the service, even if Twitter isn't.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

An investment doesn’t guarantee your product will suddenly be on the investor’s price sheet. We also talked about how brands are increasing driving much of their traffic to Facebook and away from their own web pages. Paul discussed his perspective having been at SAP Ventures. This is astounding and myopic in my view.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 15, 2009

Our startup interview this morning is with Josh Stomel , founder of ResumeBucket (www.resumebucket.com), a new web site that is focused on helping people share their resumes with the world. I went on to Oversee.net, and helped to build that company from 60 to 250 employees. We also blend in ads with our job results page.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Since I’ve been lurking around the various social networks for the last year or so, I’ve learned a few things, so I thought it would be helpful to clue you in on current networking cultures, and how they map into the business networking scene. That’s a necessary part of their hype to build followings and compete in the numbers game.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 25, 2011

If you are a leader at a startup and you are reading a business book, you are not closing customers, raising capital, improving your product, or spending time with your loved ones. He then helps readers evaluate their results with some amusing “grades.” Deliver Bad News Early. Drop Everything And Do What Your Boss Asks.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 22, 2013

Morgan Rostagnat: It first started as a news-oriented app. But the news events were hard to keep up with, so we decided to cover locally and focus on events near LA. Our most popular product is our Facebook app. Our latest product we are excited about is a dashboard that allows you to keep track of your fans.

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Jason Nazar

JANUARY 14, 2009

Each individual piece of content should have its own distinct URL(title tag), and a unique title (H1 tag) for the page that search engines can read and index. Increase the production of your content. The more pages indexed, the more traffic you will get. Get more websites linking to your various content pages.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

After starting Audiolife, Brandon discovered a passion for helping others to engage supporters through the telling of stories and social awareness. GoodThreads is there to help put you back in focus of the goals and allows them to take on everything else. GoodThreads Is Born. just defer you from the overall goal. Online Awareness.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

Watching video has now surpassed text searching, with popular sites like YouTube , so you see more video ads – in banners, news lead-ins, and site placements. Most videos are now in-stream (no download first), and new ones can be interactive, with clickable hot spots. Viral marketing costs real money, but is often worth it.

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SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Comment help. Got A News Tip? send news to tips@pandodaily.com. Follow PandoDaily: Search. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Fireside Chat with Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify. Get Tickets. November 8, 2012 6:00 PM Only $20! Veteran LA law firm opens a Silicon Beach office and launches a pro-bono “Precelerator”.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2009

We see this as a community built on a trusted repository of structured data, something which ultimately helps everyone make decisions. The key to this, is getting the word out to the largest community on a topic, to help maintain the most accurate database. That became the underpinning of several products.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

Updates could be as exciting as closing investment deals, or harrowing as the news of losing a co-founder. To learn more about all the companies, be sure to visit 500 Startups’ official demo day page. Harnessing more energy from our grid by emphasizing efficiency, not increased factory and power production.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2008

We like this business--they've just released one of their three or four different product lines, which are coming later. With this product, publishers are much more responsive, advertisers get better results, and at the end of the day, you need much less people and get a faster return time. We're pretty excited about it.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

That’s certainly one function of every board but if your board is your “brain trust” and the people you can most use as a sounding board to help you make the toughest decisions in your company and if its the one group truly privy to your most confidential information and your hardest choices then it’s a shame if you don’t get more value.

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