Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Hard to believe another Digital LA Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood is happening this week back-to-back with the new LA Tech Summit produced by Cornerstone. LA Tech Summit takes place the following day and takes a more comprehensive look at the entire tech eco-system in Los Angeles, not just Hollywood.

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OCTOBER 14, 2011

Well, Los Angeles based Near Networks (www.nearnetworks.com) is looking to both reach customers online, and avoid the tacky, lousy production of typical small business ads, with a new service. What is Near Networks? There's been a huge push to engage local businesses, to get them involve din social media, but video has yet to catch up.

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Networking Search Engine Optimization Product Startup 150

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Neville Spiteri is co-founder of Venice-based WEMO Media (www.wemomedia.com), a new, digital studio whose flagship product is TheBlu (www.theblu.com) an online, interactive experience focused on the world's oceans. Our focus is really what we refer to as globally shared media. We spoke with Neville about the company: What is theBlu?

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Cloud Computing Web Entertainment Media 208

SoCal CTO

MAY 22, 2012

Founder Dating Los Angeles LA Demo Day Startups Uncensored Tech Cofounder Dating Los Angeles TechCoastAngels Online Events Venice Tech Entrepreneurs Downtown Startups LA Startup Nights Santa Barbara Startup Weekend Silicon Beach Fest Silicon Beach Startups Los Angeles Startup Weekend Hollywood Hackday Startup Weekend Los Angeles LA Tech Happy Hour (..)

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Los Angeles Southern California Angel Enterprise Forum 198

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JUNE 20, 2014

Yesterday MiTú Networks announced that Upfront Ventures led a $10 million financing in what is now the largest producer of Latino online videos – primarily driven through YouTube. In food you have the amazing food network Tastemade – the Food Network of online video. I wasn’t.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Social Media Week (SMW) helps organizations connect and share the latest social media findings through social, cultural and economic talks and workshops in major cities worldwide. 7083 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028. A City of Angels: How Social Media is Bringing LA Closer to Utopia. 6712 Hollywood Blvd.

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Social Media Los Angeles Media Angel 92

socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2009

Los Angeles-based Buzznet , which operates a network of web sites focused on celebrities and pop culture, announced this morning that it has raised $12.5M and will rename itself Buzz Media. Buzz Media said it now has more than 40 million people visiting its web sites every month. READ MORE>>.

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Buzznet Anthem Redpoint Hollywood 100

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2010

But, there was no good for Hollywood to find them. I got to talking with Will Schroter, who was an old business associate of mine and old friend, and we thought it could be very interesting to create a place where Hollywood could reach out to find people. Let's talk a little bit about the intersection of technology and Hollywood.

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Hollywood Startup Sites SEO 252

socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Pluto's service aggregates content from all of its content providers into themed "channels", which users can tune into and watch on connected TVs and devices, mobile devices, and the web. READ MORE>>.

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Content Entertainment News Venture Capital 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

At io/LA we launched a new 8000 sq/ft co-work and incubator space in Hollywood. We chose Hollywood because we wanted to put top talent from the Entertainment and Technology industries under one roof. Yet a tiny 13 person company called Instagram, leveraged the massive growth of mobile to create a new social network.

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Technical Review Southern California Incubator High Tech 223

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2014

Are you a content creator for the web? It turns out, nowadays, creating the content is only a small part of your job description The most successful YouTubers, studios, brands and agencies today are intensely focused on using social media to engage with fans, get that content out there, and grow their audience.

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Downey Content Help Startup 215

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Kevin Winston , is the organizer of Digital LA , the popular and widely attended networking organization for the Los Angeles startup, web, movie, music, marketing, and social media community. So we did a one-day fall Silicon Beach Fest at io/LA in Hollywood. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year?

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Dollar Shave Club Technical Review Santa Monica Southern California 272

socalTECH

AUGUST 15, 2011

A trio of United Talent Agency execs said Friday that they have launched a new, media company focused on the intersection of Internet and entertainment. The firm said it will work with creative talent to "produce television formats with a web sensibility" and also help develop digital platforms into TV and digital projects.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 20, 2009

This is the beginning of a content community that collects and organizes the best content from blogs and web sites. In other words, it uses what is happening: with the content out in the network with searches that land on the site, what happens when people visit the site, and various other kinds of behaviors.

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Los Angeles Angel Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 150

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APRIL 17, 2010

Lee Essner is formerly a senior exec from WeddingChannel and has much experience in running a successful web property. They have developed a cloud-based platform for merchants to publish to multiple distribution networks, including social, mobile and email. DataPop : DataPop was founded by performance marketing veterans from Yahoo!

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

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FEBRUARY 18, 2013

It means the “ torso TV ” consumption patterns will be more important than the head or the long tail for the next era of media companies. You should only worry about this if you’re a large, traditional media company with fat margins. But when you think about the movement we once called “Web 2.0″

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 24, 2013

A gorgeous day to talk tech while enjoying some of Hollywood’s premiere theme park attractions. HTC BlinkFeed aggregates your content from a variety of media sources, serving up fresh content all in one place, without the need to jump between multiple applications and web sites. Why haven’t we seen more of this??

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Screening Social Media Guide Hollywood 106

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2009

BASSETT Executive Search Solutions (www.BassettSearch.com) The confidential source for executive talent -- serving emerging growth company clients in the high tech, new media, entertainment and consumer industries. This event brings together diverse companies and provides an outstanding opportunity for networking. Advertisers.

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SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon Technology Council 100

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 7, 2013

In the same way, video creators and Multi-channel Networks (MCNs) must utilize YouTube''s distribution clout to gain subscribers, views and brand awareness. Mr. Green disclosed that his Crash Course web series received over $70k of pledges ($30k in the form of monthly, recurring grants) within the first 7-days the site was launched.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

At the Twiistup panel last week, there was a debate over whether big companies could be created here, which is ridiculous--Demand Media is the latest example there, we've got Cornerstone OnDemand coming out soon, and there is no question there are market leading, large revenue companies coming out of Southern California. That's part one.

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Redpoint Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Invest 154

socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2010

For today's interview, we spoke with Brandon Hance, the firm's founder, about how his startup is helping musicians to sell both digital and physical merchandise on the web. There's a convergence between the paradigm of the music business, and the business of social media. Is this installed software, or web technology?

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Van Nuys Tech Coast Angels Startup Web 191

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 15, 2016

Goodwall is a LinkedIn style (but not actually LinkedIn, thank goodness) social network for school pupils that allows them to get recognized by Universities and win scholarships and/or bursaries. Tapas Media. Tapas Media provides a means to kick back and relax with some serious downtime between studying. Find it here: Goodwall.

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socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2009

tech, new media, entertainment and consumer industries. Dealmaker Media www.undertheradarblo g.com is presenting their 13th Under the Radar conference in Mountain View, CA on. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services. innovation. April 24, 2009. Do you have what it takes?

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SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon Technology Council 100

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2010

Discover the what the future holds for you and this game changing media platform. Keynote: Jordan Rohan, Managing Director of Equity Research, Internet and Digital Media, Thomas Weisel Partners 9:30am: Keynote Panel: The State of Mobile: The Economics Of Critical Mass? Krishna Subramanian, Co-Founder, Mobclix.

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Mobile Media Case Study Advertising 40

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Coincident has created a platform that will allow storytellers and producers to create robust second screen stories on the fly that incorporate video, images and other web content. What is coming is Internet-enabled televisions, content streaming with built-in social media interactions in real time and multiple screen activities.

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Screening Content CTO Hire Platform 109

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

Bill Gross is the man responsible for the overwhelming amount of monetization on the web. I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. I know you could argue that YouTube was much broader but it was really popularized in the social networks. High Profile Deal of the Week: 1.

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Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

David Aronchick: When we first got started, although we had a number of connection through Fouad, I worked with my network in Los Angeles, and my network in Seattle, and we landed an angel investment split between both those Los Angeles and Seattle investors. We've averaged 55 percent, quarter over quarter growth sine we launched.

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Redpoint Startup Content .Net 201

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

There are trade publications such as Variety, Hollywood Reporter, and Deadline at one end, and gossip celebrity news at the other end. The driving force for me was the gap in the market which I saw, a disruption in media consumption patterns. Basically, that disruption is 18-34 year olds have changed how they consume media.

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News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 14, 2009

All you have to do is hover over any video or image and drag it to the network or service of your liking. If you look to the bottom of your browser you will see to the far right the ability to connect to Facebook, AIM, Google Talk and other chat networks. You can post TechZulu content directly to Facebook, Twitter, email or IM.

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Stickam Content Draper Web 60

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 9, 2010

Held from July 30, 2010 to August 5, 2010 at Laemmie Sunset 5, attendees had the opportunity to view independent television series and web series, panel discussions from industry experts, and mixers galore for the duration of the event. Let's Do Coffee with New Media. Best Web: “Octane Pistols of Fury” Greg Stees, Chris Prine.

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OCTANE Beverly Hills Southern California Content 78

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

The emergence of a new era of technologies, collectively known as Web 3.0, provides a strategically significant opportunity to make media and business run better. Also known as the semantic web or linked data, web 3.0 is a web in which data is linked to allow for more meaningful, actionable insight to be extracted.

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Technical Review Stickam Web Conference 40

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

Anima Sarah Lavoy – Connect , Geo locational convenience for your social networks. Doug Krugman – Web Thrift Store , supporting charities through buying/selling online. Doug Krugman – Web Thrift Store , supporting charities through buying/selling online. Chris Cox – Invoc , inbound call analytics.

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Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

Yes the real Oscars were also on this past Sunday but if you’re in LA or Hollywood, you wouldn’t be tuning into anything but Startup Weekend LA). The 1st place winner was SnazzyRoom, an online styling tool for mixing and matching items on the web ( SnazzyRoom.com ). Thanks again Tyler Crowley!

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Startup Mahalo Technical Review Idealab 66

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

Surprisingly, Hollywood hasnt played a major role in the formation of new companies, which have tended to be in less glamorous though more lucrative areas like lead-generation and service (with obvious exceptions like JibJab and Hulu, a joint venture of Fox and NBC). Okay, thats AdSense. Well, that technology came from an L.A.

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Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

My daily coffee meetings are not surrounded by the Hollywood elite with discussions of scripts, scenes and casting. In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. Great companies like BeachMint that are growing at a rapid clip have to dig deep into their networks to meet hiring needs.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

There is a feeling that techies are the new celebrities," says Eric Kuhn, an agent who heads the social-media department at United Talent Agency. When I arrived in Hollywood, everybody had written a screenplay," he says. In the end, he sold an $8 million home in the Hollywood Hills to the entrepreneur. View Interactive.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

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