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JULY 31, 2012

Los Angeles-based Hulu said this morning that its Hulu Plus service just debuted on the Apple TV. Hulu said that users of the Apple TV can now start watching Hulu Plus shows via the device. The service requires users to be a current member, or sign up for, the premium Hulu Plus service.

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OCTOBER 23, 2013

Los Angeles-based Hulu said Wednesday that it will begin offering up free clips from the site to mobile users--the first time that Hulu has offered up content to mobile devices outside of Hulu Plus. The new clips are available via Hulu''s mobile web interface, at Hulu.com. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

Irvine-based VIZIO is dangling three free months of Los Angeles-based Hulu 's premium service, Hulu Plus, to its tablet owners, the firm said today. VIZIO said it will provide three free months of Hulu Plus subscriptions to both current and new VIZIO Tablet owners, as part of a pre-load deal. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 22, 2019

Los Angeles-based Hulu and a brand new startup, Humu , are engaging in the courts, after Hulu threatened to sue Humu over trademark infringement. Humu is developing machine learning software aimed at human talent development, and was founded by ex-Google employees.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Los Angeles-based Chill , the social chat startup headed by Brian Norgard and Dan Gould, said today that it has launched a major integration of its site with Hulu. Chill allows users to view, chat, and comment on live video streams via social rooms, complete with avatars representing users.

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MARCH 3, 2014

Los Angeles-based Hulu said Monday morning that it has named a new Head of Distribution. Hulu said it has named Tim Connolly--formerly VP of Digital Video Distribution and New Product Development for Walt Disney--to the position. Connolly also has served at Ericsson, startup Cool Beans Coffee, and other companies. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 25, 2014

Vessel , a new startup founded by former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar and CTO Richard Tom, has raised a round of funding from Benchmark Capital, Greylock Partners, and Bezos Expeditions. vessel venture capital hulu jason kilar richard content hollywood' Vessel is in stealth mode, and has not said anything about what it is developing.

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MAY 19, 2013

If you live in LA please turn up to vote on Tuesday. Consider the case of LegalZoom, one of our cities great startups. In 2010 the City of Los Angeles started trying to crack down on tax receipts of Internet startups allocating them to the least favorable gross-receipts tax bracket taking up their city tax by 500%.

Los Angeles

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JULY 29, 2011

A report, published Friday by Wired, says that Los Angeles-based video streaming site Hulu has cut its use of web analytics service Kissmetrics -- a startup founded by former Orange County entrepreneur Neil Patel -- after U.C. Berkeley security researchers detected the use of undetectable cookie code by Kissmetrics.

Hulu

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Partisan rancor aside, we had just come off a boom decade – especially in tech – and many people at the start of the election thought Al Gore was a shoe in. He simply asserted, “the end of software” by putting up a logo with the word software and a red line through it. Before that he was a US senator.

Entrepreneur

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JANUARY 4, 2013

Los Angeles-based Hulu announced on its blog Friday afternoon that Jason Kilar, the firm's CEO, has decided to depart the company, along with CTO Rich Tom. It's unclear if Kilar and Tom are heading to another company or might be embarking on their own startup. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 19, 2018

Los Angeles-based streaming television service Hulu has sued a new startup, Humu , founded by former Google head of people operations Laszlo Bock, over its name. Bock launched his startup in May of last year via a posted on LinkedIn. The lawsuit was filed with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

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AUGUST 8, 2016

Not--it's not a mistake, that "Start Your Free Trial" button on the home page of Los Angeles-based television streaming service Hulu marks the end of Hulu's free streaming , as the company moves 100 percent into the world of subscription video. a month, or a "no commercial" service for $11.99 READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 17, 2010

I was recently interviewed for an article that appeared in Fast Company titled, “ Why you should start a business in LA.&# If you’re interested in the topic it’s worth a read, but I thought I’d elaborate on the topic since it comes up all the time. Zorik Gordon is tearing it up at ReachLocal.

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APRIL 12, 2011

Santa Monica-based BetterWorks , the employee benefit and perks startup headed by angel investor Paige Craig, said Tuesday that it has added a slew of new vendors to its service. BetterWorks' customers include Hulu, Docstoc, and Beachmint, among others. Most of those vendors are in the Santa Monica and Westside of Los Angeles.

Santa Monica

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FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Two, Southern California startups -- whole home music system developer Sonos , and streaming music service Beats Music -- made their Super Bowl commercial debuts yesterday, an unusual occasion for the startup community here. turbotax startup hulu crackle seinfeld debut commercial bowl super superbowl sonos music beats'

Culver City

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JANUARY 3, 2014

One new, Los Angeles startup-- Laudville (www.laudville.com)--recently launched its service to try to tackle that huge task, of bringing your content together. Phoebe Scott: I started Laudville, because I consume a lot of entertainment of all kinds. So, I started working on it. What is Laudville? What is Laudville?

Entertainment

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JANUARY 17, 2011

This applies equally to VCs, startups & big company executives. When I need to give a speech and I’m writing a slide for my deck, I think up the story in my mind that I’m going to tell for this slide. It’s ironic because I believe creativity is the most important success criterion for a startup.

Writing

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JUNE 6, 2012

But as every blogger, musician, novelist or YouTube emerging talent knows … it doesn’t add up to much unless you go big time. Netflix, Hulu & HBO Go are coming from the opposite direction – the Head End. ” That is why Hulu has invested so much in building its Hulu Plus subscription service.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Los Angeles-based 3Rodeo , a brand venture capital investment firm led by former Hulu executive Noah Heller, says it is targeting investments in startups in Los Angeles. 2017 has been a banner year for new startup funds in Los Angeles as well as Southern California as a whole. Size of the new fund was not announced.

Venture Capital

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APRIL 26, 2011

Los Angeles area entrepreneurs, investors, and startups have gotten to know Paige Craig fairly well over the last few years, as he's made many investments in the local ecosystem. What drove you move from investing to starting up BetterWorks? I know you've talked about this before, but how did you end up in Los Angeles?

Startup

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

So why is online video such an attractive market to build a startup? These markets represent about $600 billion of total spend between them, leaving tons of opportunities for startups to disrupt and grow large. But a market in which every network competes to sign up the largest talent by throwing rev share deals at them is also stupid.

Company

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FEBRUARY 13, 2011

They had a hugely profitable business and had a hard time giving that up to move forward. This potential merger is another example of media companies getting together in what seems like a monopolistic way that still might find itself as prey for market innovation of the future; like Hulu for example. Netflix is a great example.

Venture Capital

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OCTOBER 29, 2012

We just graduated, and wrapped up a round of $750,000, with a bunch of great folks from both up north and here. Those investors included a company called Paradigm, which is a big talent agency, Howard Lindzon in San Diego, and up north Greylock and Adam Nash. As we did that, the industry and research started to grow around us.

Content

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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

For investors it’s how much they follow up when they say they will, do they use and engage with your product and so on. Or maybe you’re trying to dramatically change the way TV is consumed, like Boxee or TV advertising works on the Internet, like Hulu. Market Opportunity. But what about markets? I’m still optimistic.

Entrepreneur

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MAY 29, 2014

However, there''s a new trend emerging that''s full of good news for tech workers who want to stay in sunny Southern California, and that''s the continued appearance of promising startups such as Hulu, Age of Learning, Snapchat and Scopely, not to mention high visibility exits and IPOs such as Maker Studio, EdgeCast and the Rubicon Project.

Southern California

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APRIL 23, 2013

It''s increasing a world where online video distribution channels (YouTube, Hulu) are more important than the old-fashioned broadcast and cable television -- and where online video channels are helping to pave and define a new way of reaching audiences and pioneering content.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

If you are looking to start a new business in any domain, it’s definitely worth your time to check your fit for one of these models: Membership website model. So now may be the time to start or transform your business into a recurring revenue engine with subscriptions, or just add an option to get some extra sales growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2015

If you are looking to start a new business in any domain, it’s definitely worth your time to check your fit for one of these models: Membership website model. So now may be the time to start or transform your business into a recurring revenue engine with subscriptions, or just add an option to get some extra sales growth.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2014

According to the startup, it has launched a new version which includes such features as links to Twitter, ability to find other friends using the service, a history of bookmarks and opinions, and much more. The site aggregates content from other providers, such as Amazon, YouTube, iTunes and Hulu. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 6, 2015

MakerSquare , which operates coding camps and classes to help students get software jobs, is setting up a new location in Los Angeles, according to the Hack Reactor collective. The two said that MakerSquare will launch its first class on June 29th. San Francisco-based Hack Reactor acquired MakerSquare in January.

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JUNE 28, 2018

My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.

Santa Monica

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AUGUST 3, 2009

In SoCal we are also leaders in affiliate marketing (Commission Junction), Internet video (Hulu) and bringing local businesses online (ReachLocal). The evening cocktail party was an 80’s theme and lived up to the traditional Twiistup fame with an open bar, elaborate costumes, Hollywood lighting and poker games until 4 in the morning.

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APRIL 24, 2013

Yet, winter is always coming for a startup and thus a new breed has arisen from the ashes and honed a new set of skills, the Growth Hacker. This is the most important role because this person graduates a company from startup to viable long-term business.

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MARCH 13, 2010

I started blogging in 2005 and then re-started blogging about a year ago. You can start in a lightweight, community friendly way like on Tumblr or Posterous without much effort. But I think it’s fair to point out when I believe that the profit motive is a net negative for startups or for our industry.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2009

The topic of whether in-stream advertising has heated up. But I also accept and appreciate the ads in Hulu because I know that I’m watching shows for free. Are you horrified when you search for an address in Google Maps and ads pop up? I feel it’s a necessary evil. Some goes with Google.

Advertising

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MAY 11, 2017

Roofstock , a startup which operates an online marketplace that lets investors purchase homes online as investments, has launched in Los Angeles, the company said on Thursday. The Silicon Valley startup, based in Oakland, says it allows investors to purchase single-family, rental homes. The company said Los Angeles is its 14th market.

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