socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

We're always interested in how technology is influencing the business of Hollywood, and recently ran across Los Angeles-based Scripped. to the business of script writing, and is looking to combine a free online tool for writing scripts with matching those scripts with content producers. Sunil Rajaraman: That's a good question.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

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. think Amazon) and therefore hits with high production costs were more suited to the medium. billion views. think Apple.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

He's been working Hollywood, too, and is a real Cinderella story. An example is Melissa Rundle, who was been writing for the industry doing FunnyOrDie type comedies. Michael Tringe: I went to USC film school, and graduated with a MFA in film production. She's been working almost exclusively in the digital space.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

But the request this time was different: could we urgently help make realistic screen displays for a big Hollywood science fiction movie that was just about to start shooting? There are, I think, several reasons Hollywood movies often don’t get as much science input as they should. Writing Code.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Traditionally, they hand-write those messages and those message slips become clutter, become lost, and they stay in your office when you're not there. So, instead of writing down a message, they can put it into this really, easy-to-use system. In Hollywood, a lot of people don't return calls. Where'd the idea come from?

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 6, 2010

The WebTV Workshop in Hollywood offers a month long course on creating your web series – from writing to promoting it. Damian is the head of Stella Entertainment and has starred, produced and cast over fifteen successful Internet productions. You can catch the recorded live stream below.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

You'd think because of the production value it would be the least watched video, but that's not true. What do you think of all the Youtubers who are using that to get into Hollywood--any thoughts there? I think the ones which are least watched, are the ones where you are not genuine to yourself. Adorian Deck: I think that's very cool.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 7, 2013

Once WalMart has helped you establish your brand, it will then be possible to sell premium products via other channels, such as boutique shops or even directly to consumers. As I write this article, Crash Course stands at 83% of its pledge goal, with nearly 10,800 fans funding the show''s production costs for its upcoming season.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Will Henshall: Focus@will is the first, ever music service which helps with focus and distraction, while writing, reading, and studying. Our tool helps you to extend your productivity cycle to up to 100 minutes, for many people. He was a well known Hollywood music supervisor in a prior life. Explain what Focus@will is all about?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2010

What's the story behind the site and how you got into tracking Hollywood numbers? What I found out very quickly, is there is a tremendous demand among the independent production community for this information. Tags: movie office numbers opusdata hollywood content entrepreneur interview nash bruce. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2016

There are three things we know about startup business plans: one, you will write one eventually. Two, you will come to rely on your business plan, no matter when or why you write one. And three, you will throw the first business plan you write in the trash. The Product has to be Flashy. A One Man Band is King.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

At Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood 2012 Kevin Winston organized a panel called “How to Find and Hire a Developer”. One method to negotiate a lower rate or no cost to have a developerwork with you > Pre sell your product. One method to negotiate a lower rate or no cost to have a developerwork with you > Pre sell your product.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

.” If you don’t read any more of the post, the summary lesson learned for entrepreneurs is this: Product-centric founders often over-intellectualize their communications and therefore fail to sell their concepts to the masses. This does not mean you shouldn’t solve big, complex problems or write complex code.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

In my opinion it’s the most natural fit and it would give Netflix a very strong presence in Los Angeles and in TV (obviously subject to getting the right writes from the studios). He defines this as new products that are dramatically cheaper, lower quality, lower margin but larger markets. It defied logic.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2020

I had my own list on my iPhone, writing down what I wanted to watch, and where those shows are. I've worked on multiple apps and products at Wonderful in Los Angeles, where I am one of the partners. How did you come up with the idea for the company? I started protyping an idea of how to do this, across all platforms. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

We can also write checks as large as $35M out of the Omega Fund. We're helping the entrepreneur, leveraging our network, introducing them to people, and helping them think about new products. You just have to have an iron stomach to deal with the time it takes to get things done with Hollywood.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2013

No matter where I worked, I never found any sort of product that managed the workflow between editors and writers and it is the number one problem in the publishing world. I built the product I wanted, as a writer, editor, and as a publisher. The article can take 10 hours to write a good article and the paperwork can take five hours.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to. The product focuses on the in-store behavior of consumers. The goal of Launchpad LA is to be significantly more than a series of cocktail parties.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2016

For the first half of our show, we actually set up a store front on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, and put their product in a retail setting, and let consumers and investors run through the gamut, allowing them to interact in real time, and get feedback on their packaging and products, and even recommend it to their friends.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Hours after the panelists debated the future of content distribution at the Silicon Beach @ USC conference, across campus at the Annenberg Innovation Lab a remarkable product demo was taking place by Coincident.TV. ScreenSync TV is just one product offering in the amazing portfolio of products Coincident has created.

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Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Richard Botto, Stage 32’s founder and CEO, says, “It’s certainly no longer a fact that filmmaking and television production only happens in LA and NY. A huge number of successful shows and movies are being made outside of the traditional studio system, and the DIY culture in Hollywood has become more and more mainstream.

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

In the bay area it’s quite common for the entrepreneurs starting a company to be developers or technologists who can build the first versions of their products. When he had the idea for his company, he didn’t write a long business plan or try to raise money to hire an agency to build a website for him.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

I believe that huge financial, productivity and technical gains come from new innovation rather than derivative thinking. I will write about some of these topics soon. But I’ll judge the angel class of 2009/2010 on a 7-10 year time horizon. We’ll re-compare notes then. Investors are conformists by nature.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2014

myLINGO is the first product of her company Oladas, Inc., We did a lot of investigative research — cold calling executives in Hollywood through networks at Harvard and networks through Johns Hopkins, the school where my brother graduated from. her joint effort with her co-founder and brother, Adam Polak. Skip classes.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

I have worked on CG films where the script was re-written half way through production several times,” explains May. Interaction is removed (often), making it easier to record snippets and pieces to animate to as the scenes evolve through the on-going writing and production of the film. Story and production.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. 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. but: Something is Still Missing.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 7, 2011

We enjoy tinkering with objects, reverse engineering products, and building things. Of course, as with most futuristic technologies, Hollywood does a great job of adding their touch and this AR experience is no different. Naturally we’re curious people and enjoy the interaction.

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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. We thought it was a real opportunity to bring in some taste-maker editors, who could write specifically for that audience, and break news. Jennifer Sargent: HitFix started two and a half years ago.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 12, 2010

Before I start writing this review, I want to say how much I appreciate the web series' nominated for Streamy Awards. Still, this year was so far from perfect, so far from last year's in production quality, it begs discussion. and lowered production-quality. Best Writing for a Comedy Web Series: Wainy Days (David Wain).

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Jason Nazar

JUNE 18, 2009

Movies – no website has more Hollywood DNA. Leverage a worldwide community to enable a perfect market for outsourcing activities like online research, writing, & content review. New Product Releases Every Month & a Rock Star Product Evangelist. New Product Releases Every Month & a Rock Star Product Evangelist.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I taught a somewhat crazy course about writing and deploying a scalable website in Ruby on Rails and deploying it in EC2. Coming from the world of academia, did you feel you had to overtly fight the Hollywood stereotype that business leaders have to be greedy and vindictive to win? . “In

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2009

A Writer Is Someone Who Writes. A writer is someone who writes, not someone who goes about telling their friends that they are “a writer”. Hubris might be an entertaining trait for an entrepreneur in a Hollywood movie. Hint: He was an entrepreneur. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 9, 2010

Tom Hoffman, Manager, Digital Production & Development, FreMantle. Best Writing: “Odd Jobs” Jeremy Redleaf. The Super Man is a character-driven comedy centered on Mikey an aspiring boxer who takes a job as a building super in a seedy part of Hollywood for free rent.seems like a great idea until he meets his tenants.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

The following week, I joined AT&T Hackathon at iO/LA in Hollywood and again pitched the idea. Because we are still in idea stage, it is in the best interest of the company to keep only a few key people to work on executing the product. The most important thing was (and still is) execution of the product.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

Sonny Vu – Misfit Wearables , developers of the world’s most wearable sensor products. Global reach with a small business feel; and a very strict level of quality control for the selling of their product. Joergen Aaboe – Momentfeed , combining life foot traffic with reduced customer acquisition costs.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

My daily coffee meetings are not surrounded by the Hollywood elite with discussions of scripts, scenes and casting. That’s convenience when your VC is hoping to write the next $20 million check. And of course you have Hollywood. Sure, but it will be different than the Bay Area ones. Let me use LA as an example.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 13, 2010

I’ve always believed that you learn a great deal when you’re presenting, teaching or writing about what you know. Part of the reason I always found presenting to people so compelling is that it forced me to put into writing (a PowerPoint deck) what I thought I knew about a topic. It’s just my writing style.

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